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  1. pishta

    Engine repair question about 2008 Town and Country 3.8L

    K-seal works but not every leak is fixable. Worth a shot. Some you pour into rad, run it for a few minutes, pull all the plugs and let it sit overnight. My old Town and Country trans started to go so it was off to CarMax as a trade in on a 2012, we still have it. I have only changed out the...
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    Avoid this vendor!

    Yup, Paypal came to bat and refunded my payment after about 20 minutes after I opened a case against the seller with email proof of their 60% refund. If a vendor doesn't take paypal, I wont buy from him as paypal is VERY buyer friendly as of late and A-hole sellers who scam will get screwed by...
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    Low oil pressure on new engine solved

    air compresses like a spring, oil doesn't. If the gauge is measuring pressure, Id like it to be all non compressible oil. It really measured 23 with the air bubble out of it and 20 with the bubbles. the air did make the gauge read more stable, ie when I bled it, the gauge would vibrate very...
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    Did not realize 3 speeds were avail. in E bodies..............

    I leaned to shift a Mopar 3sp behind a 6 in a 71 Duster when I was 6. Sat between the parents on the bench (no seat belt!) and I shifted when I was told. Reverse N pattern
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    Are you an Imperial maintenance expert?

    I saw a vid that Mopar sent out a guy (plane ride and all) to check a possibly bent frame of a Hellcat that pulled bad on the strip, it seemed that Hellcat/SRT owners had another level of customer service. It was all about how a Dodge dealership would not take back a manufacture defective car...
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    Bolt on timing chain tensioner

    plastic timing cog probably was more of an issue than the tensioner. I wonder if the tensioner of the 3.1 was taken out by the busted chain, but that is a shame on that one. Hard to image that plastic busting a chain but hey, you experienced it.
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    Bolt on timing chain tensioner

    Pre-grind the ditchs for the double roller so the rollers contact the nylon slipper if that makes you feel better. If a nylon chunk can shear a chain pin...! I got a 200,000 mile plus Mazda that has 2 6 inch long slippers and a 1" shoe that contacts the roller style chain and it has barely any...
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    Who else's car started out as a LOW option car?

    My first 65 was originally a 273-2, 3sp auto, 9" brakes no radio (had a delete plate) but it did have a heater and a manual driver side mirror and back up lights. Belts were in there but not in the back. Im not sure if you could get a heater delete in 65 or no lap belts...?
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    Who else USED TO wrench outside?

    That was almost my first V8 car, that Olds. But Dad agreed on a 65 340 Barracuda auto...thanks Dad! I live in So. Cal where its always outside work weather but I pay for it every mortgage payment!!! I think its gonna be 80F Christmas day here.
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    Some people just shouldn't own a mopar

    There is a 72 Challenger rolling around here that looks like that.
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    Some people just shouldn't own a mopar

    Get your fill here.......pedal pumpers..
  12. pishta

    torquing intake bolts

    I used a 9/16-1/2 box end combo wrench and a 1/2 drive torque wench. It was a 10" wrench so when I put the 9/16 on the 2 inside bolts and then put the torque wrench inside the 1/2 end, I just made a crows foot adapter but you have to factor in the length to adjust for the lower torque spec...
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    With LoJack dead in the US, what is a classic car GPS tracking alternative?

    I agree with a $25/mo burner phone with free life360 app on it. It monitors location in real time for free , Also does speed and even history of driving with a cheap monthly fee. Tap a RUN feed for a battery charger so when its off its on internal battery. Only issue is that you got about 18...
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    Cam checking v-blocks

    Could you make them out of hickory? Some hard wood....were not checking +- .0001.
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    Post your diagrams and what not

    @halifaxhops broken link
  16. pishta

    Sharing a link , any one in Nevada .

    slant with a hole at #5 rod, who knew?
  17. pishta

    What is this tool thread? Take a guess. Stump the Toolman!

    Well, its a lead sheath cable knife. The thicker part is where you hammer on it to slice/break the lead sheath or case on an old telephone cable or splice.
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    Cam gone flat? Here's a interesting video.

    I check the crown on every lifter I install Just put them feet together and note the (non)fit. I've never seen a new one not crowned. If the wear pattern on a pulled lifter is not circular, they are not rotating. I got a set of slants that are concave! Paint a strip on the top edge and when you...
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    Cam gone flat? Here's a interesting video.

    Could also go with EDM lifters...direct oil pressurized onto cam lobes at lifter base. Maybe grooving the lifter bores so lifter galley oil bleeds out onto camshaft. More than one way to skin the cat.
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    Cam gone flat? Here's a interesting video.

    My 82 Mazda has a spray bar over the cam and it's an OHC so I'm sure it's needed as there is no crank sling on an OHC. I've never wiped a lobe ( knock on wood) but I don't deal with battleship springs or wild lifts either. Spray bar would be easy to fab up. Just a small closed end brass pipe...
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    What is this tool thread? Take a guess. Stump the Toolman!

    Nope...this one is very specific to a trade...oops!
  22. pishta

    What is this tool thread? Take a guess. Stump the Toolman!

    First titties i saw in a film shown in 5th grade classroom!
  23. pishta

    What is this tool thread? Take a guess. Stump the Toolman!

    They have miniature ones like that to measure turntable/cassette player belts at the electronics store I got to.
  24. pishta

    What is this tool thread? Take a guess. Stump the Toolman!

    Those look to be the cleats of the portable cylinder bore machine? I investigated sleeving a Mazda 1.8 and it just didnt pan out.
  25. pishta

    Chinese 4150 copy

    Quickfuel........? As in what's the difference.
  26. pishta

    Ed Pink's shop is getting DESTROYED he must move, see tour:

    Move it to OC, F LA county taxes and all they pay for, ie NOTHING for the working man.
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