Recent content by HawkRod

Orange you lucky?!? Hope you have a great one! :moparsmiley::usflag::bday::usflag::moparsmiley:

As stated already, keep doing some homework on what it is worth, but I think you will do yourself a favor by having you or someone spend some time with the car to clean/ detail it as well as get it running and driving well. It will present so much better and will add many $$$ to the sale price...

Hope you have a great one!!! :moparsmiley::bananaweed::bday::bananaweed::moparsmiley:

I see discussion about this regularly, but there seems to be a misconception that a thermostat can help a car cool better. That is wrong. For example, if you have a 180* thermostat and your car runs very hot and/or overheats, changing to a 160* thermostat DOES NOTHING. The problem is that your...

^^^ Listen to these gentlemen! Until you know IF you have an oil pressure problem, you really don't want to run the engine assuming you are OK. Like @Dave6T4 (referenced below), I use my stock gauge in the dash so my car looks factory but plumbed a mechanical gauge that sits on the back of my...

Kern: Checking installed height gives you the ability to measure what your closed pressure is. From there you can measure open pressure based on your cam and verify it is what you need. But an important measurement is also to measure from the bottom of the retainer to the valve guide oil seal...

I don't think there is room (on the car) for the eccentric bolts to give any more adjustment than OE, so my bet is that they are simply replacement OE.

Hope you have a great one! :moparsmiley::usflag::bday::usflag::moparsmiley:

There is really no reason to check installed height on every valve. The heads should be pretty consistent, and unless you are on the hairy edge with respect to lift, just check one set on each head. If they are reasonably consistent then you are good to go. Using the individual spring...

Hope you have a great one! :moparsmiley::usflag::bday::usflag::moparsmiley:

Maybe he is taking the trim off because the car is getting painted?

First off, I am not a manual transmission expert, so this is more of a question than a statement: Synchronizers help you get a transmission into a gear - my understanding is they do nothing once it is in a gear. I've heard that if a manual transmission pops out of gear, it could be linkage...

Hope you have a great one! :moparsmiley::usflag::bday::usflag::moparsmiley:

Hope you have a great one! :moparsmiley::usflag::bday::usflag::moparsmiley:

It's been awhile, but I think it is grounded through mounting.