Recent content by Dave999

T5 out of an early S10 is not good enough you need a world class unit really and one with quite a long input and a good supply of 9.5 10 or 10.5 inch clutch plates T5 out of a 2000-2004 mustang might be robust enough (long toploader type input) Z spec racing T5 might be (short toploader...

yes. agree...... if the starter pinion teeth are wedged right into the root of the the ring gear teeth it can get a bit stuck ideally that skirt on the pinion hits the flat side of the ring gear and stops the pinion ofver shooting, well before there is any real deflection of the pinion due to...

you get the same if the bar is not in the right position in respect to the rail. push it right up to the chassis rail. add the spring clip and then move it slowly away until you see the spring clip ends sink into the grooves in the white nylon half moon bushes on that side. if you don't get...

if the switch bolts to a metal dash you don't need the ground tab, because it grounds through the screw in metal collar and the spiked metal tab that stops the switch body turning in the dash hole this, i think you have acknowledged if the switch bolts into a plastic insert in a dash pod...

Carb headers sort the ignition curve for modern fuel new cap new rotor new leads new plugs properly gapped clean bulkhead connector on the ignition side at least clean earth straps check battery clamps make sure you see battery voltage at the input to the ballast this alone can create...

I believe Australian engines did not get hit with with too many emissions requirements until later in the decade and in general were built off the original LA 318 specifications. built in a new facility with an engaged workforce. it will be closer to the book than not. if the car is as...

yes Unless you have access to stuff to do the job differently which is nigh on impossible today without unobtainable or maybe custom bearings, a pile of main caps and a dogged determination to find the right one i was just illustrating that there are other ways cap off a different block...

are you off the gas when changing? come off completely see how you go and provided you are not free wheeling at 90 i.e you are somewhere in the 20 mph range all should be well. Or come off to reduce engine rpm to where you think it should be for first, see how you go OR double declutch...

years ago in Australia small country garages were issued with a main cap repair set by Chrysler Australia and a special set of bearings that covered the normal oversizes plus a range with a couple of thou variation that came from the production line that "fixed up" bad tolerances, in...

Yes that is exceedingly useful info perfect sneaky way to work out what you got without dismantling

or see if you can identify the trim/options looks like you car could be "L" or "J" if yours is "J" whatever that means it at least had a 9 1/4 when it left the factory if its an L and was a Europe assembled car we often got "special" equipment.. don't know why probably local...

which potentially means the safety piston/shuttle valve will have flipped in the distribution block switching off the rears, and keeping full pressure available to the front. most of the time they never move so when they do they can get stuck. there are 2 types one that locks out and the...

a bit of grinding also had to be done with my original parts i fitted new old stock brackets and slider calipers to mine, i lucked out on an australian job lot, and the brackets needed grinding because they rubbed the rotors and that's all OEM kit for my model of car, with standard 2...

if all else fails pumping fluid in from the wheel end can occasionally work. you need a hose tail/barb with the same thread to replace the bleed nipple and if your pump is powered rather than hand activated a friend to watch the level in the master cylinder whilst occasionally slowly pumping...

I agree my use of modern was to cover lambda sensors produced for OEM use by big players in the supply chain rather than the older narrow and wide band sensor that were produced to work with a very specific ECU or gauge system which were quite rightly bespoke jobs for the application...