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    Did piston soak increase my oil consumption?

    Trav is one of the most knowledgeable posters on this forum. Do what he suggests.
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    How to add quote from a previous post

    How do you include in a reply a quote from a previous post ?
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    Help Needed For Fast Idle Adjustment For a Motorcraft 2150 Carburetor

    The idle mixture screws affect the mixture fed through the tiny ports swept by the throttle valves. The idle screws affect little more than the idle. If your carb is running way too rich at speeds well above idle and the choke plate is in the full vertical position, there is probably something...
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    Help Needed For Fast Idle Adjustment For a Motorcraft 2150 Carburetor

    In your photos, if you turn the screw, with the little spring around it, counter clockwise, that should reduce the 2800 RPM.
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    Help Needed For Fast Idle Adjustment For a Motorcraft 2150 Carburetor

    Warm up the Jeep so that the choke plate is fully open. With the engine running, open the throttle slightly so that you can lift the fast idle cam to the second highest step and opposite the fast idle screw. Stop holding the throttle open. The fast idle screw should now be touching the fast idle...
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    Wander-around junkyard vs. inventoried junkyard

    Perhaps the junk yard does not have titles for the cars they refuse to sell.
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    Harbor Freight warranty on plug-in tools

    Thanks for the tip @Owen Lucas. I am going to try a new transducer.
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    Harbor Freight warranty on plug-in tools

    Thank you for your replies. Sounds like I need to write this one off. HF may just be the wrong place to buy an ultrasonic cleaner.
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    Harbor Freight warranty on plug-in tools

    My $89 Harbor Freight ultrasonic cleaner has stopped working after about two years of very infrequent use. Their website says its warranty is for 90 days. Does anyone have experience with HF being lenient on their warranty for plug-in tools? Please relate. Thanks.
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    Fastener Sizes

    Porsche 356s used 8mm diameter bolts with 14mm head size. In good condition, those obsolete, original bolts and their 14mm wrench size nuts are highly coveted by 356 purists.
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    Too much grease on caliper brake pin?

    You don't write badly; in fact, better than many English speakers.
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    New brake pad and rotor installation questions

    Perhaps you would do well to buy the additional parts that you would like replaced, maybe the pins, anti-rattle parts and clips. Add them to the other parts that you plan to supply. Ask that the old parts be returned to you and hope the inventory of old parts matches the new that you supplied.
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    Bad brakes; Is this real?

    Ultra-slotted rotors.
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    Spark plug hole repair, 10MM x 1.0

    Yes, it's aluminum. https://forums.aaca.org/topic/108184-what-year-did-packard-make-aluminum-heads/
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