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Old 05-31-2005, 04:30 PM
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Default Guess this could account for some of my power loss?
http://www.transamws6.net/images/rev1116


"one of these springs is not like the others.... one of these springs is not like the rest..."

#3 cylinder, Intake spring... fortuanetly doesn't seem to be any valve damage (comp check came back good)
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Old 05-31-2005, 05:41 PM
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Who dude! Glad you caught it!
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Yea when he showed us at his house we were like WTF. Glad you got it done and safe to say nothing else destroyed. Thanks again for the code wipe.
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What spring is that? REV?
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Originally Posted by horist
http://www.transamws6.net/images/rev1116


"one of these springs is not like the others.... one of these springs is not like the rest..."

#3 cylinder, Intake spring... fortuanetly doesn't seem to be any valve damage (comp check came back good)
Whoa!

Glad you caught it in time!
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Damn,that looks nasty.
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Whats the deal with the inner spring? It looks extremely short on both the good and broken spring...
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What kind of springs are those?
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That inner coil is the spring dampener.
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those are the single spring variety with dampner in the middle.
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ouch

been there before
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