Gary Hurst wrote:
that sums it up. that 2.2l ecotec was THE BEST 4 cylinder the general ever
built up to that time, but the bean counters cheaped out for a few pennies
and the chains were giving up the ghost on account of it.
I don't even see it as a cost-cutting measure, unless a larger oil
It's not the pump but the little chain oiler that they cheaped out on
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It's not the pump but the little chain oiler that they cheaped out on
It's cheaper to drill a .035 oil hole than a .050? (using made up numbers, I
have no idea what diameter the original and upgrade orifices are)
If the problem only exists at low rpm, then it
OK Don wrote:
I'm definitely in the newbie catagory.
You should definitely download this book:
http://courses.forestry.ubc.ca/bendickson/FOPRLibrary/Library/Safe%20Work/WCB%20fallers_buckers.pdf
or http://tinyurl.com/dxa9yj
You might want to read some of the safety threads on ArboristSite.
ignore
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Its happened again I have once again got a car back I once owned
before. This one is the OK don car that was never running right, they
pulled the head off had it rebuilt, put it back on and it still misses
at idle. This is my understanding anyway, I have not messed with the
car yet to see
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You failed.
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You failed again.
Craig
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Yea, I know I failed.
Craig McCluskey wrote:
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You failed.
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Yes, I know I failed again, I will probably fail several more times
before its over.
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You failed again.
Craig
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E M wrote:
It's been deleted.
...by author. I suppose I should have picked up the phone instead of posting
here, but I didn't really want a worn out 911 Targa. Looks like I missed out on
a great flipping opportunity.
Mitch
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I had a VW Bug painted BC/CC in 75. A great job, metallic medium
gray looked about a mile deep. That car never saw the first coat
of wax and when we finally traded it in on the Cherokee in 87 it
still looked like it was just painted. The water still beaded up
and it still looked a mile deep. I
I once saw one repaired with a 2 or 3 gate hinge. Last I heard it's still
working for a couple of years and has better 'feel' than the original.
LarryT
91 300D
Does your business accept or need to
accept V/MC/AE/Dis? We have the
best rates 0% Interest Business loans.
Visit:
BTW, there's a program on the HD Theater channel that has a couple of Brits
buying and flipping cars. Some need paintwork and the mechanic/painter always
sands the car with his hand and sandpaper instead of using a backing block.
The backing block should *always be used to keep the
I didn't read the original ad, but providing the tin worm has been kept at
bay, and the car given reasonable car, amazing just how many miles you can
rack up on some 911 engines. SCs, and 3.2s will go a very long way. Even
with high mileage, they often have lots left in they. They are the 240Ds
So the problem was remedied in 2004?
Allan
Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net writes:
Gary Hurst wrote:
that sums it up. that 2.2l ecotec was THE BEST 4 cylinder the general ever
built up to that time, but the bean counters cheaped out for a few pennies
and the chains were giving up the ghost on
Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net writes:
Hey you're not going to start allowing attachments on the list are you?
I like just having a URL to go see pics and other attachments. Makes
downloading email faster.
Allan
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yeah, so the general also issued a list of part numbers to upgrade your
early timing chain setup to the later one the doesn't break anymore, which
is what i bought from cloyes. while you are there, you do the waterpump
(i'm using a metal impeller bosch) and you also need a bunch of new
gaskets.
anything that is a real deal on craigs goes in minutes. if you need
confirmation from here, you will never get one of these bargains
On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
E M wrote:
It's been deleted.
...by author. I suppose I should have picked up the
Gary Hurst wrote:
anything that is a real deal on craigs goes in minutes. if you need
confirmation from here, you will never get one of these bargains
The last car I bought on Craig's, I was the 2nd caller about 15-20 minutes after
the ad came out. The first caller was 50 miles farther than
jabba wrote:
anything that is a real deal on craigs goes in minutes. if you need
confirmation from here, you will never get one of these bargains
Yep - my son picked up an airhead a month ago, had a friend come along
since friend has a pickup truck to pick it up. His commitment to buy
was
presume ac on any old car won't work long term, even if it blows ice cold.
if long term working ac makes or breaks the deal, pass
you wouldn't want the targa unless you knew the AC would be good for more
than a few months? and how could asking the list do anything about the
future performance of
On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 8:40 AM, LarryT l02tur...@comcast.net wrote:
BTW, there's a program on the HD Theater channel that has a couple of
Brits buying
and flipping cars. Some need paintwork and the mechanic/painter always sands
the car with
his hand and sandpaper instead of using a
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 8:47 PM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
Mitch Haley wrote:
Yikes! I meant 435. No point in buying a Husky if the model number starts
with 2, may as well buy the Poulan version instead and same some money.
(Husky, Poulan, Redmax, and Jonsered are the same company)
..The clear peels because there is no pigment there and uv rays kill
it..Though mostly because of poor maintenance. IE waxing..
Thoae days are long gone, thankfully.
RLE
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MANFRED - Good to hear from you. I had decided perhaps you have built one
too many walls and were stuck inside the dome home and no one had found you
yet. I was contemplating a rescue mission. I had a '62 Corvair with a
similar problem in the back [well, not that bad yet]. I 'repaired' it with
On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 2:37 AM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
The annoying part is that the gentle drivers, who are used to getting
200,000 miles out of any piece of crap, are getting 70,000 miles out of
pre-2004 Ecotec engines because they don't rev them high enough to keep the
oil
You wrote kept saying that
American cars are known for their dodgy electrics---
Perhaps they're unfamiliar with Lucas electrics? Course, they were getting
warm beer fron their Lucas refrigerator.
They also made fun of the 5 mph rear bumpers on a 911 they bought also.
Kept referring to it
I felt the same way when you climbed into the Quantum and headed for
Oklahoma.
On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 9:24 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.netwrote:
Speaking of which, i sure hope they made it home. I was surprised those
cars even made it down the street.
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85 190D, 84 190D, 84 300D euro manny, 76 240D, 76 300D,
Anybody got a good OM 603 crankshaft? Running my brother's out of
oil spun a couple crankpin bearings.
A decent short block would be fine, too!
Peter
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Anybody got a good OM 603 crankshaft?
I think Regina's got a stroker crank for that block that she isn't using.
Mitch.
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I am toying with it. This is the only list that i have the link thing
setup, and it sometimes does not work all that well. I thought it would
make it easier for the vast majority to just have the attachment there.
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Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net writes:
Hey you're
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View the videos, also.
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
WHen my wife saw the two cars her son traded his nice looking E class for,
she about threw a fit. She is certain that both of us are out of our minds.
She's probably right.
The radio doesn't work in either of the 190s - but it's not an issue since
both cars produce such a
I suspect that list Mom might have something - getting it will be another
matter.
On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 8:28 PM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
Peter Frederick wrote:
Anybody got a good OM 603 crankshaft?
I think Regina's got a stroker crank for that block that she isn't using.
Yup!
On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 7:51 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.netwrote:
I am toying with it. This is the only list that i have the link thing
setup, and it sometimes does not work all that well. I thought it would
make it easier for the vast majority to just have the attachment
More words of wisdom from Woger. So just what is a scrap yard
quality car?..
Neglected mechanically and cosmetically, driven into the ground and often
described by the owner as mint, like new, original, immaculate, showroom
etc.
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...I didn't read the original ad, but providing the tin worm has been
kept at
bay, and the car given reasonable car, amazing just how many miles you can
rack up on some 911 engines. SCs, and 3.2s will go a very long way...
This one was a 2.7.
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..I like just having a URL to go see pics and other attachments. Makes
downloading email faster
To clarify, pix should be attached or embedded?
RLE
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Damn, damn, damn.
Wilton
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I've got some vacation to burn up.
Peter
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. I felt that way when the old boy who
bought it drove off to KC in it.
Wonko the Sane wrote:
I felt the same way when you climbed into the Quantum and headed for
Oklahoma.
On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 9:24 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.netwrote:
Speaking
I was driving somewhere a few weeks ago and saw a pimped up old
Oldsmobile or some such with Chivas Regal window decal, a decal across
the trunk, and stickers on the sides. Coupla bros in it, I was unsure
as to what they were promoting, the beverage or their fondness for it.
It had the same
Peter Frederick wrote:
I've got some vacation to burn up.
You going to help Regina put her 603 back together?
Mitch.
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CONSERVATIVE, n. A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as
distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with
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One is enough, thanks!
I might be persuaded though.
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OK, so I got this POS 87 300D in yesterday. Actually, its not a POS,
its a pretty nice car. Anyway, this is the car I had a ways back, when
I got it, running at idle it would fog up the neighborhood and could
just sit there and miss the whole time. It gradually started getting
better while
Anybody done pressure valve seals on that IP?
Peter
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The color of the smoke would be a giveaway, but if you trust the long block
to not be the problem, swap the #1 injector with a different injector and
see if the problem changes cylinders after a while. If not, it's in the IP
somewhere.
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