Recent content by JAKE

What's the latest? Man, there seems to be an epidemic of this kind of problem lately. Every Forum I visit has at least one on-going post from someone complaining about the same thing. Keep us posted; whatever's causing it, it's solvable. Jake

Congrats! Glad you posted. Jake

Someone tried something similar on me earlier this year. I called the company the check was drawn on before depositing it and learned of several other attempted frauds too. I received a $2,100.00 (+/-) company check for a $500.00 (IIRC) pair of cylinder heads I had up for sale on EBay. I was...

accusations Jake

My former 86; broken wire inside MAF. Replacement for $50 taken from a wrecked 'F' Body and my local wrecking emporium. Tested on site. Ran fine for years and was still going strong when I sold the car. Jake

I assume you've already visually checked the thin MAF wires inside the MAF tube, right? Jake

No, re: the highlighted area. There is no fuel pump cut off for low or no oil pressure. This gets passed around a lot, probably because it seems logical, but nope, our engines don't have that feature. One is a sensor for the dashboard oil pressure gauge and the other is a backup for the fuel...

I tried that on my son's 96 LT1 and the engine died INSTANTLY. Jake

Yep, me too. I've got enough "rarely used, specialized tools" laying around. Jake

I'm glad to see everything worked out well for you. Jake My son, Ryan M. Cameron, graduated from West Point on 22 May 2010! He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant and I pinned on his first pair of "Butter Bars" PROUDEST DAY OF MY LIFE!!

A stock LT4, when it comes to the valve train, is a different animal. It uses what GM calls NET BUILD, which means there is NO adjustable lifter preload without changing the length of the pushrod. All you do is torque down the adjusting nuts, IIRC 18 lb/ft) and you're done. For LT1s and...

I encountered the exact same idle issue as he has on my 86. I posted more on my experience above. At idle, more like 20/22* BTDC according to what Diacom reported to me on my 86. Jake

On my previous 86, not only did I have play with the throttle foir a minute or so to keep the engine idling with the wire disconnected but if I allowed the engine to idle that way for a extended period of time the exhaust headers would begin to glow red. Retarded timing causes that; that is...

Yep, 180. My 96 Owner's Manual (not the Factory Service Manual) has the bleeding procedure in it. I stayed with Dex-Cool (orange) in spite of what others have written in both my 96 and my son's 96 - no problem. Jake