What did you do to your V today?
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Wish I could say the same for the rest of the car lol the car really hasn't been driven much at all since I put the motor back in. Still needs a few things to be street legal again and then hopefully it will be my summer daily again.
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We have snow today. Miniature snowball sized flakes too. Hail and rain yesterday. And it was sunny in the 60's Wednesday.
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Working going on today. 8.8 Rearend swap, creative steel cradle bushing, mighty mouse shock spacers, ground control coil over kit and a set of hotchkis swaybars.
May even yank the trans out real quick and install the creative steel brass shift pivot and stabilizer bushings.
May even yank the trans out real quick and install the creative steel brass shift pivot and stabilizer bushings.
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Replaced my exhaust gaskets today. Helpful tip, cut the bolt holes on the end like pictured. It makes swapping gaskets in the future a snap because now you don't have to pull all the bolts and then try to get the gasket in and a bolt started at the same time. The gasket just slides in and rest on the 2 bolts on the end and you throw the rest in and tighten down.
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Replaced my exhaust gaskets today. Helpful tip, cut the bolt holes on the end like pictured. It makes swapping gaskets in the future a snap because now you don't have to pull all the bolts and then try to get the gasket in and a bolt started at the same time. The gasket just slides in and rest on the 2 bolts on the end and you throw the rest in and tighten down.
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Good idea. Alternate thought: get the Fel-Pro MS92467 gaskets that cost a mere 15 cents more, and are better, thicker, and have the slotted bolt holes already.
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Re epoxied the end brackets back on my rockers. Car had some stupid big wheels on it when she came to me and the wheels obviously had touched.........
Fwiw if anyone else has loose fitting push rivets where the wheel well liner meets the front bumper, 10mm push rivets are a better fit.
Fwiw if anyone else has loose fitting push rivets where the wheel well liner meets the front bumper, 10mm push rivets are a better fit.
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Changed my tranny fluid...again. I put in Amsoil OE Multi-Vehicle Synthetic Automatic Transmission Fluid about 700 miles ago and last week shifting from 3rd to 4th became difficult. I went ahead and swapped it out with GM Manual Transmission Fluid PN - 88861800 (which is supposedly rebranded Dexron III-H) and it made a big difference for the better.
If using Amsoil, then you should definitely use the Torque-Drive as it specifically states Dexron III-H whereas the OE apparently just meets III.
Also noteworthy is that everything I've read states the capacity of the tranny as 7.4 pints, but both times I changed the fluid it almost took the full 4 quarts. I made sure the car was level both times...
If using Amsoil, then you should definitely use the Torque-Drive as it specifically states Dexron III-H whereas the OE apparently just meets III.
Also noteworthy is that everything I've read states the capacity of the tranny as 7.4 pints, but both times I changed the fluid it almost took the full 4 quarts. I made sure the car was level both times...
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Cleaned ground connectors to head, while bellhousing is away, but what a PITA to get to the bolt heads...
And bought new batterycableconnectorbolts, but wasn´t the same diameter in the back of the screws to clip on the security caps, so stay away from this yellow product:
Will make a new pair next time to the right specs...
Greetz
Ron
And bought new batterycableconnectorbolts, but wasn´t the same diameter in the back of the screws to clip on the security caps, so stay away from this yellow product:
Will make a new pair next time to the right specs...
Greetz
Ron
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Today was some basic maintenance and swapping out my winter wheels and tires for a stock set I had recoated recently. In all, did an oil change (AmsOil), replaced vacuum lines (they were hard as rocks, new GM red plug wires, new valve cover gaskets, flushed the clutch fluid, and put on the new wheels. Subtle color change to Porsche "Hyper Silver" like on the new 911 GT3. Waiting on my some rebuilt calipers to come in from the exchange program on here, those are coated in a high gloss copper. Should look cool, I hope!
Biggest shock was how clean the valve covers were inside. The engine has 180k and they're not even varnished. I have never seen anything like that on any engine I've worked on, let alone with that many miles.
Biggest shock was how clean the valve covers were inside. The engine has 180k and they're not even varnished. I have never seen anything like that on any engine I've worked on, let alone with that many miles.