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Are they ROUND? On the bottom even? Then they ain't "WORE OUT" - they're "SEASONED"!!! ;LOL

Although a cheapy pancake compressor and an impact wrench would run you about $125-150 at a Tractor Supply/Northern/Harbor Freight type place, you can get a hammer driven manual thing for $20 or, an electric one for about $50. The multiple hitting action though is fairly critical for breaking...

Same as Daryl, don't know, but WELCOME ABOARD! The system is a pretty unusual one - all I can recommend is if you don't find the problem reasonably quickly, take it to a decent vette-only shop near you and have them diagnose it. That would also serve as a good way to test to find if you found...

How about a previous leak on the intake gasket - on that port only, causing it to pull oil out of the valley into #6? The center ones are always the worst for leaks, and, if it's underneath and there is otherwise a good seal on intake and the valve covers are tight and hold vacuum and such...

Oh that's true - and I voted "No" on this one! Hey you don't specify, so I assume your trucks are a Ford and a Toyota? :D

If they did, I'd bet they'd have points! :L So how long you got before you can play with your car again?

Goes along with everything I've heard... Ethylene glycol carries substantially less heat than water, propylene glycol ("low tox" a/f and Evan's waterless coolant) even less. That I can testify to as I always change my heaps over to low-tox since I found out I am so damned allergic to the...

Guy I only have experience with the aftermarket L88 hood and several after market carbs and cleaners, typically with the <3" element and typically with a 1" phenolic spacer. With all that height, the three ignitions which have been on mine - including the original HEI, an aftermarket HEI, yet...

I'm so glad you raised this....I touched on it but didn't want to press it.... Amazing how things change for the good in 15 years. Such commonsense considerations are the norm now, not the exception - not instantly considered the ravings of whackos. It's a pragmatic concern for those in...

Generally not. The whole working "guts" of the A/C is in front of the radiator - so, aside from some radiant heat from the radiator going FOREWARD against air flow, there should really be no impact of engine cooling system on A/C system. That being said, however, since the whole car is the...

Sounds like you have a high end one.... Mine is a green knob on the negative post that turns and disconnects the whole ground. This lever you describe - is it attached to the battery or does it have a large wire going to it? In either case if you turn it off and lose door lights (assuming...

Dry Compression Test vs. Wet On an engine that sat a long time it's not a bad idea to pull the plugs, squirt a sec or two of WD40 in each cylinder and spin it for 30 seconds or so, but as for a ocmp test: Comp tests are preferrably done with a warm engine, although this is often problematical...

Count yourself lucky.... ....my name is on the assination list of the militant wing of the AAA.... :L

well, for one thing... ...he used to work at MSD!!! ;LOL

Oh just stop it now! You KNOW you wanted to start a fight! EVERYONE knows there's four things polite people don't talk about: Religion, politics, sex and FUEL SYSTEMS!!! Hey, did ya here the one about the bisexual libertarian buddhist guy at Fram? :L

Tom points out a third option.... Mine must fall in between. Unfortunately I know because it has a few "issues"....:L I can touch in two places a heavy center chrome metal part, surrounded by foam and then a leather layer. I really have no idea if mine's a stock option - very little else...

Wow.....I wonder if *THIS* can get any nastier.... I like hearing all perspectives, even if the personal timbre gets a LITTLE thick.... Why if I wasn't trying to make the "300 Post" level with this post, I wouldn't even REPLY on this thread again! :D

Shameless trying to get to 300 posts...I am currently unreasonably hoping this was a serious compromised head gasket. Thinking about taking off other head, having both tested and machined for O-Rings to better use the high end copper head gaskets. I'm still hoping to avoid crawling under...

That's one approach....or.... get one of those $10 remote starter switches which make it much easier to get to TDC anyhow, leave the key turned off, and crank it with that. On the vette it's super easy to reach down to the starter to attach the clips to the main battery stud and the solenoid...

Bill75 - that's an excellent chart, THANX!!! ntxt