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hey man, thanks... but i've already got a new pan and seals coming in.... i plan to take the car in for alignment (less sheetmetal) and see if it is worth messing with. if it is, the car is rusting in my backyard until they fork over enough money to rebuild it. it's 110 F in my shop and i'm pretty f...

no, it's a rheostat. basically an arched coil with a contact that sweeps across the coil making the coil longer or shorter. the guy i was referring to did it to a z31 (300zx) as a "get me by". The CHTS is buried in a 300zx, and takes a fair amount of time to change out (speaking from exper...

make his parents pay for the parts, did he have permission to drive it? if not call the cops! his dad is dead and his mom (my sis) is not really fit to have kids. RC was taken by DHS and given to the grandparents. after a year or so, he was sent back to his mom. but, he refused to go back because h...

i put new gr2's on it before i gave the car to Mark. thank god! with the old factory struts, that thing really would have hit hard.....

all those parts are still available individually. along with a couple header flange gaskets, cost was $134.58. that's surprisingly inexpensive considering OE stuff.... still not sure what the gasket in the corner does. the parts guy didn't know either. i still plan to kill the kid, but just a little...

dream garage - where everyone has 3-phase power, a mill, lathe, tig and band saw.... i left out plasma cutter, sand blaster and paint booth as i didn't want to go too over the top....

i've seen guys put a variable resistor in place of the coolant temp sensor. you just dial it up to whatever resistance/temperature you want. this does work, but is a hack job if you ask me....

kill him!!! This is not even his car. It belongs to my older nephew and is his only transportation. I am going to kill that little bastard!!! Fascia is ripped along the bottom, core support is tweaked under, steering linkage is bent, oil pan is smashed to hell, exhaust pipes are flattened, fender sh...

are these tails sealed with butyl rubber, or can they be sealed with butyl? i've seen cars where the butyl basically just gets hot and droops out causing a leak. easy and cheap fix if that is all it is....

these cars are purpose engineered to run at a certain temp. deviating from the design doesn't make any sense and will most certainly cost in efficiency and power unless other items are modified to compensate. in the old days, everyone thought a 160 degree thermostat was the sure way to lower combust...

The stuff I use I get at NAPA and its more like a solvent that you let it idle with in the iol for a few minutes before draining,always amazes me what comes out after doing that. :shock: Engine flush is solvent and is HIGH RISK!!! I've pesonally witnessed the aftermath of an "engine flush"...

check Josh's site (legacy777). he seems to have a little of everything technical w/respect to the 1st gen. also, there is an endwrench publication that describes the 2.2 rebuild. it's available on the net, just do a search. or, just look a few posts down. there is a thread "ticking noise" ...

i don't remember how deep i set the cam seals. i usually just note the original depth and reinstall to that level. did you set them flush with the bore face or deeper to the end of the lead-in chamfer? how did you get the seals out? a lot of mfrs suggest prying these out, but that always worrys me s...

Hydraulic lash adjuster are the same thing as valve lifters, except these operate directly between the valve stem and rocker arm instead of between a cam lobe and a push rod. Subaru likes these little guys because they save valve train weight and are inexpensive by comparison. To determine if hydrau...

Timing Belt Replacement Tips: 1. put a piece of cardboard in front of the a/c condensor to prevent an "opps" to the cooling fins. 2. loosen cam sprocket screws while cam belt is still on, same for crank pulley screw. 3. crank sprocket just slides off unless rusted.. grab it and wiggle whil...

took the radio out of the '90 today. it is a matsushita. disassembled the chassis, removed the faceplate and controls board. the board plugs into the main board as does a secondary board. the volume, bass, and fader knobs are all ALPS brand pots. none were loose. i then checked the soldered pins for...

linda's '94 has started flashing the CEL continuously for no reason. runs like a top though....

yeah, that makes sense. not sure if it was the ball joint arm or not... i remember the tie rod arm and some other part of the knuckle. don't remember which part, but it stood straight up when shimmed and pressure applied to the wheel hub shaft. was very stable. i'm sure that is what you used as it i...

to press out the wheel hub (and outer race), i did the same thing as you. stood the knuckle up on the tie rod arm and the part that connects to the strut. i had to use a spacer to level bore relative to the press cylinder (one of the plates that came with your press works just fine). i am so happy t...

cool... you will be happy that you did.. that timken or should i say NOK seal, is a total POS!!! greedy bastards trying to trick us into buying crap that won't work worth a flip! really boils my blood! it doesn't cost that much more to make it right, as evidenced by the same price at Napa for an ori...

here's a thought... you didn't find any metal in the trans pan, and there was a knocking noise from the front of the transmssion. you heard a bang and it would go forward but drag, and in reverse it would lock up.... this sounds as if the differential spider gear shaft has come loose, slid partly ou...

cool, i'll pull the radio next time one of the cars needs some service and will post my fix or lack thereof...

tulsa, oklahoma.... a bit of a drive from washington... :D you say it was the volume knob? i wonder why pushing in on the fader completes the circuit to the LH speakers? i have the same problem on a '94 too. must be a pretty common issue. well, if i don't hear of a good fix, the owners will just hav...

hey guys, is the fader-balance knob the problem with the LH front and rear speaker cut-out on '90-'94 legacy. i can push in on the knob and the speakers start working. do i just need to clean the rotary with electrical cleaner, or is it more complicated. i can also crank the volume and hear just a l...

fifth gear.... i suspected there may be more to the turbo, than just some extra friction discs... i come from gm land and run 200-4R trans (v8 240z), but only certain codes. some codes are a completely different valve body, accumulators, centrifugal weights, etc. i don't know for certain, but it may...