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I recently removed my dashboard to get at some persistent electrical problems. I like how much more room I have now, and don't mind the rustic look -- I'll work up a custom dash at some point, and make do with zip ties and duct tape in the meantime. But I'm wondering if it's ok to remove the knee ba...

I had a trip to Las Vegas planned for the end of July and had decided to drive (about 1000 miles each way) I had been driving my 82 hatchback for about a year while slowly reassembling my pickup, but three days before the trip it developed a major oil leak from the filter flange. Rather than try to ...

UPDATE: the entire car is gone. Thanks to everyone!

another thing to try is to pull out the cold start lever. If that helps, your timing is retarded. If it hurts, you're too advanced.

Andrew: thanks for the tip. I'll stop by the fittings place on the way home and see if they've got some. Fatmobile: The bug (looked like a big fruit fly) must have gotten in there while I had the inner cylinder out to have the welding done. I tested the jack before I disassembled it and it worked, s...

And put socket-head (allen) bolts for the two bolts under the IP when you're putting everything back together.

Then you'll be able to remove your A/C + water pump without removing the IP next time.

Piglet_74: that looks exactly like the jack(s) I have. Probably made in the same factory (in China, of course), just painted different colors. I paid twice as much, though :( Fatmobile: this jack looks like it had a ball valve in th base as well, but I couldn't see or get in there well enough to cle...

Just my .02, but I had a much better experience with bringing my pump to the local Bosch service center. They quoted me around $500 for a full rebuild, reseal, and calibration. Called a week later to say that my cam ring was out of spec, then let me bring my bin o' pump parts in to them to see if th...

Finally got to spend some time with the bottle jack this weekend. Took everything off the base and submerged it in a pan of diesel. pumping the handle causes fuel to get sucked into the low-pressure intake on the upstroke(so far so good), and pushed out the low-pressure intake on the downstroke (not...

I'm putting together a bottle jack pop tester so I can start testing and rebuilding my own injectors. I'm using a 4-ton bottle jack I picked up at NAPA, I've followed Fatmobile's plan. Fuel delivery through some 1/4" vinyl tubing into a hole in the side of the outer body. Works great -- pump th...

Thanks to all -- tensioner came out with no trouble! Tried first to just remove the nut and pull of the tensioner. Sure enough, the motor mount got in the way. Double-nutting the stud just worked. Tensioner seems okay -- not much play at all -- but I have no idea how old it is so I'm picking up a ne...

I read the recommendations to change out the tensioner pulley when replacing the timing belt, and it sounded like a good idea -- I always like to change out any parts I can/should when I've already got things taken apart. My Bentley doesn't mention anything about replacing the tensioner pulley -- at...

I just installed brand new parking brake cables in my caddy. Put the drums back on and went through the procedure in the bentley for adjusting the parking brake. The driver's side adjusted fine -- I was able to find a setting where two clicks up I can't turn the wheel by hand, but it spins freely wh...

I was recently thinking the same thing. I'd love to have a instantaneous MPG meter on my bunny.

82vdub wrote:

dexev wrote:I'm always afraid to let the engine run with the bolt inside the IP sprocket loosened. If that bolt were to vibrate loose.... Am I being overcautious?

So, remove the nut from the inside of the sprocket, and when you're done timing, reinstall.

Ah! I never thought of it that way...good idea