Search results

The water pump on LS engines in trucks isn't hard at all. Drain coolant and remove Intake pipe, upper rad. hose, top half of fan shroud, fan+clutch, lower radiator/heater hoses, then WP. Just make sure the block surface is as clean as possible for the new gaskets and you should be golden. Last...

Pure Prairie League at a historic lodge in Steelville, MO in 2013. Really cool venue that was packed at about 150 people, that I also saw Poco, Marshall Tucker Band, Three Dog Night, and a couple others at - but PPL's performance was just spot on, clean and true to their recordings, and not...

By the criteria of being unique or strangely optioned, my '82 Mercedes is the very first coupe with the turbo diesel engine - serial number 000001. Lots of the more common power options (power windows, sunroof, antenna, auto climate control, etc.) but not the common, but optional, passenger...

And the OP's calculations don't even account for how many times you'll have to replace the newer, thirstier piece of equipment in the lifespan of the older one. Stick that in your carbon footprint calculator and smoke it! My '74 Economy Jim Dandy had a 60" deck, 14HP flathead Kohler, and...

Appreciate the insight, thanks guys.

Schaeffer's or Amsoil in everything. Maybe Ams in the Cruze's gas turbo 1.4.

Yes, there is a spring-loaded plunger that acts on a shoe to keep the chain tight.

Lately I've been working on several 80's Mercedes diesels, and since these cars commonly rack up respectable odometer readings timing chain stretch is something that needs checked. It's a SOHC 5 cyl. turbo diesel with a double-roller timing chain maybe 2.5-3 ft. long - 5 degrees stretch is...

Thanks, that sounds like something that might do the trick.

I replaced the door glass on a Kubota tractor cab and the old weatherstrip doesn't want to cling to the underside of the door glass where it curves up over the fender. I'm skeptical that yellow super trim adhesive would accomplish this for very long - I need to run a small bead in the bottom of...

I was talking with somebody the other day and they mentioned working on a friend's Hudson with a cork clutch - crazy stuff. I'd love to drive something with a straight 8 some day.

The fan that's "on high all the time" - do you mean the mechanical fan or the electric assist fan? I'm not sure if that has both or just the belt driven one. A lot of replacement fan clutches don't behave quite the same as the original. The one from Napa I put in my '85 GMC hooks up hard until...

Very nice. I just did the valves on a friend's turbo 300D yesterday, and had mine open for the second time a couple days before that. Apparently the accelerator linkage is much crazier on the turbo 5's. I've had the same Schaeffer's in mine since acquiring it last fall, and we switched his...

Van is an '02 with 379K on it (ex-Pepsi truck) but engine was replaced not too many miles ago with what appears to be a used one. Seems to run quiet and smooth except a misfire on #3 - only at idle, when warm. Cool it doesn't so it, and when up to temp the misfire count on my scanner slows and...

Originally Posted By: pandus13 Like that we can add "rocket-ride" to the good qualities... :-) I'm stealing that one from you!

The 1st gen Cruze is turbo, but not DI - they got a bad reputation but the causes for that largely go away if you just maintain the car like you want it to last. Mine has 112K and the *only* repair I've had to do is the water outlet. In the right terrain I can break 40 MPG on 89 octane. Good...

Very nice car, Trav! Quite an options list. And while that number isn't much among a group of 123's it's a decent number speaking generally. car51, I'm not in the first pic but my car is the white one on the far right. Mcrn, that is a strangely long list of heavy repairs for a 123, but...

Originally Posted By: fdcg27 Sounds really cool. These are cars of the quality era and were very well designed, developed and built. I liked the two 123 diesels that we had. If everyone drove a W123, the need for road repairs would be greatly reduced. They can handle any rough road really well...

Had several guys come to town yesterday with their Mercedes. We kicked tires, went on an 85 mile drive through the countryside, and had a good time. L to R in the top pic: '83 300D, odo hasn't worked in some time but somewhere between 300 and 400K (he said 500 but I don't think he's allowing...

I've done overnight piston soaks on a 1ZZFE and J35A7 w/active VCM. Lots of smoke and it had the desired effect of reducing oil consumption.