Recent content by Kurtatron

That’s a clean one, almost a little too clean for beater status 🤔 looks great. The AC in mine isn’t working. I hope it’s a simple fix. I already tried filling it. Didn’t work.

Beater lovers unite! (until a good beater deal shows up, 🔪) 🤣

I sold the Scion xD Monday. After trying for months to sort out leg pain issues with this clutch, I’ve given up. I am scheduled for an MRI to see if the clutch caused an injury. Burning pain in my leg has been persisting for months now. Even though I loved that car, it was time to face...

Stick shift straight six. Pure bliss.

I genuinely think if you intend to keep the car 10+ years, buying new is worth the initial cost. Amortizing the cost over 15 years vs buying cheap cars and parts/labor over the same 15 years, I think you can make the case. Financially, over 15 years the new car owner may spend a small amount...

You know who will suffer the most through all this? I theorize it’s the people who love buying cheap beater vehicles. Modern cars can go the distance, 200k, but beyond that, repairs are much more complicated or expensive.

Here’s pics of the old seal pulled out. I ran my finger along the cam nose and felt no ridge. I’m at a loss how this happened. The other cam seal has no leaks. Can I test for a clogged PCV by feeling for pressure under the dipstick? This time around the timing belt redo is going much easier...

My coworker has a 2000 Silverado V8 (not sure which engine) that has 300,000 miles on original engine and transmission. I rode in it and was thoroughly impressed.

I’ll theorize it depends on what seals. Cam seals won’t leak if there’s no oil draining onto them, so only when the engine was running recently. Only seals and gaskets that can be submerged in pooled oil will leak long term. But when you turn on a car that’s been sitting for years, all those...

How do I know a seal is ptfe?

I just replaced it with a new OEM pcv. Unless there is some cap or plug I didn’t notice, I don’t think it was that.

I changed the timing belt 2 months ago on this Lexus. The work included the two cam seals. I had done this job on a 1MZ before and had no problems with that job. What could have gone wrong? I used a pvc pipe to perfectly install the seal just like the Toyota tool. I don’t remember if I...

Imagine when a BMW 330 refers to a 330cc engine. Or a Lexus gx550 refers to 550cc engine. 🤣🤣🤣

Back on 2015, I bought a 2.4 Toyota JDM engine. It sat in a warehouse for at 15 years. When I opened it up, I was aghast at the amount of rust. The rods and crank had surface rust. The camshafts had rust spots, albeit not on the lobe peaks. I had no choice but to install this engine, since the...

Clutch job is finished! Clutch is much lighter, no chatter, smooth as baby’s butt. But unfortunately I destroyed an ABS sensor in the process. I undid hard mounts on the ABS, but I guess that wasn’t enough to protect them during the Axle install. But abs replacement is a cake walk compared to...