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Took about an hour to replicate the stock line bends in the new 3/8" Polyarmour coated lines. Better to replace the rusted 28 year old trans lines now, at home, dirt cheaply, than out on the road at the hands of some stealership for a fee equal to yo...
(Posted in: Larger trans lines in Polyarmour coated lines)

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That's as clean as these pitons are getting. Cleaned the carbon out of the lands with a busted piston ring and everything got washed down with throttle body spray and steel wool and a tooth brush.
(Posted in: Pistons and rings)

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339 hits | 44.91 KB | Posted: 5/27/13
Double flaring the trans end (rad end not required) is the easy part. Bending 3/8" lines is a good deal tougher than smaller lines. Best have your Wheaties and employ the tube bender. I own two types.
(Posted in: Larger trans lines in Polyarmour coated lines)

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Not rocket science to add 10 inches of bigger pipe and lop off that three inches of 1 and seven eights restrictive pipe. It allows you to run not only any 2 and a quarter inch muffler, but also a later model B body tailpipe, which fits perfectly.
(Posted in: Exhaust)

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This Flex hone is GREAT 40 to 60 seconds in each cylinder and they cleaned up perfectly. At 59 bucks it paid for itself first time out. I even splurged and bought their brand of honing oil. A tiny dab of fluid creates plenty of slurry.
(Posted in: Cylinder deglazing)

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That large fitting screwed into the proportioning valve is what stops most DIY types from replacing the lines themselves, because it's different than what comes on the pre-made polymer coated lines you get at the parts stores.
(Posted in: Front to rear brake line)

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You can see the restriction has been cut off and a 2 and a quarter inch extension welded onto the back of the cat pipe.
(Posted in: Exhaust)

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309 hits | 30.45 KB | Posted: 5/27/13
These rad and trans fittings will allow you go to larger 3/8" lines to replace the stock(rusted and 28 year old) 5/16" lines. This will increase line volume and delivery by 44%.
(Posted in: Larger trans lines in Polyarmour coated lines)

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307 hits | 26.91 KB | Posted: 11/21/11
26 year old cylinders still had fair crosshatch left on them. The band of fuel varnish build up at the bottom of the cylinder indicates the rings were less than perfect(though none were broken). This is the worst rust of the two cylinders that had ru...
(Posted in: Cylinder deglazing)

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305 hits | 49.24 KB | Posted: 11/22/11
Can't say I know DNJ bearings, but they're American made and came in at 28 bucks for the whole set.
(Posted in: Crank polish & Main bearings)

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304 hits | 64.35 KB | Posted: 7/13/13
This is the only other stock transmission line clip and it holds both lines as they pass between the motor mouny and the oil pan. The triangles in the middle used to be rectangular. That is all the filing I had to do to get them to accept 3/8 inch li...
(Posted in: 3/8 inch transmission lines in Polyarmour)

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291 hits | 59.84 KB | Posted: 7/13/13
Here is a better pic of that stock clamp out of the car and modified to accept the larger 3/8 inch trans line. Not rocket science and it makes for an almost stock looking install.
(Posted in: 3/8 inch transmission lines in Polyarmour)

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289 hits | 44.29 KB | Posted: 7/13/13
The stock trans line holding strap, at the front of the engine, was even easier to modify and mount the 3/8 inch line with.
(Posted in: 3/8 inch transmission lines in Polyarmour)

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288 hits | 85.55 KB | Posted: 7/10/13
This hose complete's the circle, coimg out of the other side of the stacked plater cooler, routing through the chin spoiler, then through an existing hole in the lower rad support (I enlarged) and clamping right onto the return line which will take t...
(Posted in: Remote/aux transmission filter)

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279 hits | 78.64 KB | Posted: 7/10/13
I mounted this remote transmission filter in front of the passenger's front tire, on the 86 Fifth Avenue. Plenty of unused real estate there, in the wind stream, and well protected behind the front bumper. The hoses go straight up, over the bumper sh...
(Posted in: Remote/aux transmission filter)

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279 hits | 84.74 KB | Posted: 9/26/14
I wasn't even going to change the front shocks. One was busted and came right out of it's body, leaking fluid. The other seemed to want to stay at quarter extension ! Guess I'm glad I spent the extra on front shocks.
(Posted in: Urethane shock absorber bushings front and rear)

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278 hits | 11.68 KB | Posted: 3/8/15
Weedy original one piece 1.75 tailpipe part 45614
(Posted in: Exhaust)

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277 hits | 61.07 KB | Posted: 2/17/14
The first 51" replacement line bent to mimic the original line. No tools required as 3/16 inch high copper content polymer coated lines are easy on the fingers. This takes you from the proportioning valve, with the new fitting on the line, to th...
(Posted in: Front to rear brake line)

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276 hits | 62.65 KB | Posted: 7/13/13
The 3/8 polymer coated lines are double flared and nut straight onto fittings that adapt the stock 1/8NPT 27 out to the new 3/8 inch lines, at the transmission
(Posted in: 3/8 inch transmission lines in Polyarmour)

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274 hits | 41.37 KB | Posted: 7/3/13
After you've drilled a hole, slightly larger than 1/4", through the center of the "crater" left by the offending stud, you can feed the bolt and washer through the filler neck using the old British Leyland wire trick. Drilling the hole slightly large...
(Posted in: Overflow tank stud repair)

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273 hits | 81.82 KB | Posted: 2/17/14
I lather the fitting and the line under the fitting with Permatex Anti-Seize. Then it gets shot in undercating or rocker guard. Then gets lathered in greasey RustStop23, available through NAPA. Maybe, just maybe it'll make a nother 29 years
(Posted in: Front to rear brake line)

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266 hits | 68.39 KB | Posted: 11/22/11
Torqued in the mains in three stages, ending at the 85 ft/lbs spec'd in teh manual. Twirls beautifully. Even remembered the rear main seal.
(Posted in: Crank polish & Main bearings)

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265 hits | 80.09 KB | Posted: 2/17/14
Three new polymer coated lines and two female unions didn't break twenty dollars and I already had the 30 dollar double flaring kit, so for under twenty bucks I've saved over $1,000.00 compared with some stealership estimates......or more !
(Posted in: Front to rear brake line)

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264 hits | 36.5 KB | Posted: 6/15/15
Wilwood casting
(Posted in: Front to rear brake line)

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264 hits | 47.31 KB | Posted: 10/31/14
Just to prove I opened the box and did put it on.
(Posted in: decent oil filter)

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262 hits | 79.77 KB | Posted: 5/26/15
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262 hits | 41.82 KB | Posted: 7/3/13
Using washers on either side of the plastic spreads the bind and probably wouldn't leak (it's not critical anyway as it's not a pressurized tank), but I gooped around the nut, leaving just the final 1/2" of threads exposed.
(Posted in: Overflow tank stud repair)

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261 hits | 54.7 KB | Posted: 7/3/13
This ! little stud is set into the plastic rad overflow at the factory and from then on it starts to rust solid to the threads of the nut holding it to the rad support. Unless you're very lucky the stud will spin with the frozen nut and you've wrecke...
(Posted in: Overflow tank stud repair)

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260 hits | 84.2 KB | Posted: 9/26/14
There is the rear Sensatracs, with the urethane bushings ready to go in.
(Posted in: Urethane shock absorber bushings front and rear)

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256 hits | 45.68 KB | Posted: 2/13/13
(Posted in: Carb)

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256 hits | 49.69 KB | Posted: 7/3/13
This simple 1/4UNC20 bolt and a couple of washers and matching nut are al that's needed to fix the overflow tank stud for good. It's 1 1/4" long if you're wondering.
(Posted in: Overflow tank stud repair)

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250 hits | 69.79 KB | Posted: 9/26/14
For a change I used Energy Suspensions urethane shock absorber bushings. Fit great, installed well. Should outlast rubber and offer a less wallowy reaction in corners.
(Posted in: Urethane shock absorber bushings front and rear)

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248 hits | 44.74 KB | Posted: 10/31/14
Finally made the switch to fully synthetic 10W30, so I figured it was time to pony up for an oil filter fit to filter the synthetic. This was on sale so I cracked open the sporran and fished out enough Canadian Tire money and purchased it......Ooooch...
(Posted in: decent oil filter)

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244 hits | 59 KB | Posted: 7/13/13
3/8 inch hoses connect from the in-rad cooling loop to 3/8 inch I.D. polymer coated, high copper content Polyarmour steel lines. By the time they rust coal burning electric cars will be long forgotten.
(Posted in: 3/8 inch transmission lines in Polyarmour)

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244 hits | 72.07 KB | Posted: 9/26/14
There is the top of the new Sensatrac, with it's stem threads and nut lathered in anti-seize. If you look carefully, just to the right of the stem is a shiny metallic piece of metal. That is one of the old nut lands that I Sawzalled off to get the nu...
(Posted in: Urethane shock absorber bushings front and rear)

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243 hits | 70.58 KB | Posted: 9/26/14
New Sensatrac in place. Old ones came out well, except the passenger's top, which I Sawzalled the nut on two lands and it came out no trouble......right out of it's shock body actually.
(Posted in: Urethane shock absorber bushings front and rear)

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You can just make out the Canadian Roberston head, square, wood screws holding that MDF adpater in place, under the parcel shelf. I've always mounted the 6 X 9s underneath the shelf for ease of installation, better fit and to keep them out of sight o...
(Posted in: 6 X 9s to replace the rear 5 X 7s)

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239 hits | 80.27 KB | Posted: 2/17/14
Up here in salt country I decided to scope the condition of the 29 year old brake line that runs front to back. Like that round bolt head there in the pic ?
(Posted in: Front to rear brake line)

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239 hits | 55.72 KB | Posted: 2/17/14
I managed to get the entire front to rear line out intact and in one piece. The stealerships will often charge a King's ransom to replace this line. I stashed this template high up in my patio rafters until I'm done pre-making three more lines.
(Posted in: Front to rear brake line)

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Nyloc nuts make sure vibration never loosens the speakers, yet it allows easy speaker replacement whenever you blow the 6 X 9s up
(Posted in: 6 X 9s to replace the rear 5 X 7s)

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the hot transmission fluid is coming to the rad cooling loop from the front most fitting on the trans, to the fitting on the right side (in the pic). We're upside down so it is coming in to the passenger's side rad fitting via the 3/8" polyarmou...
(Posted in: Remote/aux transmission filter)

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Even a marginal 6 X 9 speaker will outperform the best 5 X 7 in the world. I'd had ENOUGH of those terrible factory 5 X 7s in the rear parcel shelf, so in went the Sony Explods !
(Posted in: 6 X 9s to replace the rear 5 X 7s)

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(Posted in: Carb)

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232 hits | 69.76 KB | Posted: 2/17/14
Everytime I strip an old M-body or each time I'm in a junkyard, I pull out the side cutters and score a proportioning valve and all the fittings. That loose fitting will allow me to make the lines up ahead of time.
(Posted in: Front to rear brake line)

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230 hits | 53.75 KB | Posted: 2/17/14
Two 51" polymer coated lines and a 40" unit fit perfectly from the proportioning valve all the way back to the axle hose connection. Use the 40 in the middle and everything is reachable.
(Posted in: Front to rear brake line)