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Sad news indeed.

Some people will say you start by removing the sun visors, at least in the convertible. You don't actually have to if you loosen the a'pillar trim and can slide the end panels down. but you take off the "bezel" - the metal and plastic face that runs from side to side. To do that, you have ...

What caused the bent pushrods? Stuck/sticking valves. Check the top of the heads and the rocker shafts to make sure you're getting sufficient oiling.

You'll spend less redoing the existing engine than in fitting a modern powerplant into what is, actually, a very small and tight engine compartment.

Tilt wheel, nice. Good luck with the car!

Barry Wolk wrote:OK, you're crazy. Smallest size they offer is 3/8" and I needed 5/16".

Seems to me shaving 1/16 would have been less work. But then the project isn't right in front of me to look at...

My search for T-bolts ended at Metro Bolt, right behind my building. They didn't have exactly what I needed, but they did have a Grade 2 large-head carriage bolt that fit the bill, exactly. I was able to reshape the head, get rid of the square shank and cut a new fine thread in the part that wasn't...

If you don't work for $0 per hour, you shouldn't expect a shop to work for $0 per hour.

But the headlight switch may be the culprit. You will need to learn to read schematics and do diagnostic work if you want to fix it yourself.

High-torque bolts and nuts don't usually come loose on their own if they're torqued down properly, unless someone "helps" them. The statement in bold is completely incorrect. In fact, high-torque fasteners are more likely to come loose in regular operation, hence the need to continually c...

GOldman Classics wrote:Hello all,

Now I think I have gotten the catalogs reformatted so I can actually view them without being superimposed..... Please have a look and give me any feedback....

Regards
Dan

61-5 and 66-7 catalogs aren't loading on Safari. Haven't tried others.

Moin, That could be possible; I know that happens sporadically in the States. But I'm glad you spotted and got resolution for that problem before it became fatal. Actually, I suspect that something similar happened to me in early 2007. High-torque bolts and nuts don't usually come loose on their ow...

Good idea. My friend who works in the engineering dept of an airline got me some high temperature Aeroshell grease which I'd like to try out. Alot of the grease we get in the local market is crap and melts at the slightest rise in temperature. In the Caymans (GTB1) we run NEO high performance greas...

mjabbasi wrote:Those were replaced some years ago and car barely driven since then.

Couldn't hurt to pull them and re-pack them with fresh grease.

Dan Szwarc wrote:

nunzo wrote:the hurt i was asking about was in reference to ice in the system, not the water.

Ice is some serious hurt.

It's also water.

Was the original dash painted or enameled? Oh, Imron... there are two ways to remove it... dip it, or get corrosion behind it. We had trucks and trailers painted in it... fisheye left pores and on aluminum cabs and steel trailer frames, it would peel off in sheets with a little moisture and corrosio...

The nice thing about the 430s and 462s is draining the radiator gets a lot of coolant out of the block. Drain out whatever you can and then add 100% antifreeze at half to 60% of the system capacity per the owner's manual, then top it off with water. Drive it enough to open the thermostat and run th...