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Any one know if anyone makes a tool, or if anyone has the plans to make the tool that replaces the transmission during transmission service? I've seen one once. It's a bracket that bolts to the bell housing and the transmission mount. It holds the engine in place when the trans is out of the...

So I talked to some pest control people and they said that an obscene amount of old fashioned mothballs would be better than a glock. So i've done that. I've also pumped up the tires. Then I put the car in neutral and tried to push it. It would not budge. Any possible ideas? I'm thinking...

Captain obvious strikes again! :L

So, just found a 1972 454 power steering, power break, ac, and 4 speed covertible in a barn untouched for at least 12 years. Looks like several mice have raised a few families in it. I know I'm going to need to gut the car and start over from scratch. . . I really don't want to bring the mice...

One other thing that I did. . .even though ti's probably not right. . .and will do nothing. . .but I figured that it couldn't hurt. . . . I put the o-rings on the valve stems (with out the grooves) anyway. . .being carefull not to have the seal drop below the retainer. So the orings are wedged...

Just posted the resolution to this issue to the wrong thread. . .I've copied it here: Ok, so final story on this one. I agree with lars, I think the postitive stop seals were installed incorrectly. In other words, the machine shop (who shall remain nameless) attempted to install these (Manley...

Ok, so final story on this one. I agree with lars, I think the postitive stop seals were installed incorrectly. In other words, the machine shop (who shall remain nameless) attempted to install these (Manley 24045-8 - Manley Viton® Valve Stem Seals - Overview - SummitRacing.com) .530 sized...

Just removed my springs to find that my brand new positive stop (PC) valve seals were shreaded and causing smoke out the tail pipes. Long story short the top of the seals were shreaded away from the metal ring base. They look like they were cut when installed or via some other means. I'm trying...

Update. . .well it wasn't the intake gasket. see this other thread for the update: http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/forums/c3-technical-performance/127251-mechnical-flat-tappet-rebuild-3.html#post1082319

Ok update, Lars takes the prize on this one!! :) So after doing the intake a bunch of times . . . with very little success. . .and after verifity the ange of the heads and intake with the alignment tool from fel-pro. . .I finally go arround to getting myself a stud mount spring compressor to...

How do I read the Anmeter gague with the following symptoms. When driving the car, the gague never reads negative. But it fluxuates frequrently and stongly to the positive side. When it goes to the positive side, the RPMs drop, and the interior lights dim. Now when I first got the car, when...

I assumed stroken383 was being funny. :) Yeah. . .fiber optics have been arround a long time. The principals have been in place since the 1840's and ownes corning (i believe) had some major modern break throughs in the 1960 or 70's with glass that was clear enough to pass light over extreamly...

While driving my car (1970 coupe) the other night, I noticed that my high beam fiber optics indicators did not show that the high beam bulbs were on. This was odd, because they were indicating that they were on a few minutes earlier. I cycled the high beam foot switch, and I noticed that the...

Ok it is a high volume pump. I just dug up the second spring that I got with the car. And the paper work with the spring says that the pump is a high volume high pressure pump, and that if I want to reduce pressure, I should replace the colored Spingarn with the non colored spring in the bag...

Any way to identify which pump I have. I'm pretty sure it's a melling 55, just don't know if it is an A or HV.If the pump is an HV, I know I have a spring that will reduce the pressure. Will that slow to flow down at all? In other words, I'm assuming more oil would get dumped back into the...

Thanks for the info. My car has the correct GM LT-1 windage tray. I think that is a good one. You opinion?As far as the pump is concerned. I know it is high pressure because it's running at 70psi. I don't know if it is high volume. I will ask the previous owner.I'm prett sure it's not an...

So a few weeks back I noticed something that has me concerned. When I really get on it. . .after the RPM crosses approx 4,800 the oil preasure drops considerably. WHY?!?!?! It never goes to 0, but it dose start to drop, then once my rpm's drop the psi goes right back up. Could this be the...

On first fireing, it started smoking right on schedule, approx 5 to 10 minutes after starting. then after about 20 minutes. . .after i was done burping the radiator....i noticed that it wasn't smoking any more at idle. however it does puf a tiny bit when i start it and when i blip the throttel...

UPDATE: So I've been driving arround for several months with the car still smoking. While it doesn't seem to be as bad as it was (amount of smoke) it's now smoking from both pipes. So back to the drawing board. Last night I took the intake off. While I was cleaning the mating surfaces, I...

I have had my heads recently rebuilt (story in another thread), I have checked the new seals and they appear to be correct. I believe that I'm still having a intake Manifold Gasket sealing problem. . .and oil is being sucked into my intake from the lifer valey. I have been using the Fel-pro...