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The thread sealant I used was for a high temp application
Loctite 592 High Temperature Thread Sealant 50mL
The studs I have look short to me, 3/8" long. I have longer bolts and I'll try that first and if that fails, the headers are coming off.
Many thanks for all your replies.
I'll clean the threads really well and try longer bolts. That failing, I'll dig deeper.
Aluminium heads sounds very appetising too.
Hello Mopar family,
I am hoping you can help me with a bit of a headache coolant leak. I had quite a few coolant leaks from the header bolts. I took them out and re-installed with thread sealant. That took care of all of them bar the one seen in the video. I pulled it out again, reapplied the...
So I bought the dial indicator. When I set it blindly at 4 notches out from tight I had 0.01,7" play. I tightened it by a notch and I got a more desirable 0.012" play which is middle of the range.
Thanks all for the advice.
Thanks for your advice. I am using the old cone bearings that were already there. They have 2000 miles on them. I took for a spin yesterday and everything felt ok. I will redo the procedure and take it from there.
I am a bit lost here. The manual says to tighten the adjusting nut until there's zero play which I did. You then back it off 4 notches to achieve 0.08"-0.18" play. I don't have a dial indicator so I just used a measuring ruler by the side to see how much play I have. I found I had to back off...
That's nothing. She grabbed all the Valentine/Birthday/Christmas cards I gave her over the years and hid them all over the house for my new partner to find. She emptied all the water tanks, that's 50,000 gallons (we are on tank water only). She said my dog disappeared last week and she remains...
I just pulled the rear end to change diff gear ratio. Forgive my ignorance but these look like green bearings? Do I need to do end play adjustment on these bearings?
Thanks for your help
UPDATE - problem solved
The issue was there wasn't enough oil in the engine. I add a quart of oil and the problem resolved completely. I did some hard braking and drove 20 miles.
The Lokar dipstick showed oil to the full mark before adding that quart. So I obviously have the wrong dipstick...
I think the money is right there. I'm low on oil. I ordered oil and filter next week and will see if that fixes the problem.
I think the oil pressure readings are correct. The sender is from Summit, Dakota didn't supply a sender. The readings are accurate and measured against a mechanical...
I haven't gone down that road because it's pushing really good pressures while running around town.
It's hard to say. When I had the stock gauges the needles move so slowly that I never noticed the change. With the digital gauges, I get alerted everytime it happens.
I will check it with a...
I'm seeking some help to troubleshoot my oil pressure problem. It's a reasonably fresh 383, Comp Cam (not sure which), stock oil pan, with maybe 2000 miles on it. I'm running a K&N filter and VR-1 10-40W oil. I have a Dakota Digital dash so any quick changes in oil pressure immediately shows on...