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first mistake....buying a GM

yes they have paved roads. Yes I paid to drive thru that. Would I do it again. Without a doubt!

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nope, this is the second time I have ever heard of ti and today was the first. I have never myself tried this way. I always poured water over the intake. you will hear the rpm's change if there is a leak. and the water is not going to hurt anything if a spark is to set it off like a torch...

Only thing I can guess is the person who owned it before me or before them was out jumping it. The only weld that holds those tubes in a little 1/2 on both sides to stop it from spinning. They are pressed in at the factory. I did how ever see the crack where the tube is pressed into the...

I would say it is clean. My 78 bronoc has no cat on it and she just squeeked by with 289hc @ idle and was very clean 2500 with 55 ppm HC's I think I may have a vacuum leak someplace on my engine. Where I have no idea. Might be under the intake.

My tranny and Tcase both take 90/140wt. I changed the gear box but not the Tcase yet. As far as wheel bearings go. How many brake shops actually service those wheel bearings when most of todays fwd cars the rotors pull right off after removeing the calaper. And drums are pretty much the...

I had a buddy weld my axle tube. his weld broke. I asked another friend if I could use his mig welder. Nice Millermetric 210. Here are the after pictures. someof the welds do not look pretty, but it is holding up and I have already been wheeling with it.

Dean I am gonna have to agree on everything but the tranny fluid. If not changed regularly the detergents in the new fluid will break apart sludge within the tranny and clog up the tiny orafices that autos use. Either do it every 30k miles or forget about it until your tranny is cooked. I...

oppsie didn't see I already put in the request for the ip! :)