Aren't there cheaper ways to experience being a prick?
Avatar looks like you moved on to the "Porsche experience"
I just like to argue.
Oh, and yeah-this forum isn't dead. It just has peaks but the tech-as Blue notes-has been discussed ad nauseum. I used it all the time as a reference for my D1 but now having owned one for most of the past 13yrs off/on there isn't much that I haven't had to do or seen done (and found help here).
We could see more traffic in the newer models (LR3/D3) but that doesn't seem to have resonated, yet.
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Ray
Aren't there cheaper ways to experience being a prick?
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Cheers,
Kennith
Let's draw a distinction between an honest guy who's done twenty from a "regular" guy who's done twenty.Who wants to listen to the guy that's done three or four head gasket jobs when there's a guy right in front of him that's done twenty?
Let's draw a distinction between an honest guy who's done twenty from a "regular" guy who's done twenty.
Even then, I would argue that a shade-tree mechanic with a different full-time job has (a) slightly more time to do the job, and (b) more incentive to do it right.
This is not to cast any shadow on people who do it for a living - it's just the priorities are different. If I were to do every head gasket job so it would last for, say, five years and sixty thousand miles, and never have a dissatisfied customer, I'd be losing money on every one of them.
On the older trucks, when you remove the exhaust manifolds, they tend to warp and the bolt holes don't line up with the holes in the head.
I have a pile of these manifolds in the garage - can they be machined?On the older trucks, when you remove the exhaust manifolds, they tend to warp and the bolt holes don't line up with the holes in the head.
I have a pile of these manifolds in the garage - can they be machined?
Thanks - I'll give them another go. I do have a faint exhaust tick on my GEMS D1 - can't even figure out where it comes from.
Thanks - I'll give them another go. I do have a faint exhaust tick on my GEMS D1 - can't even figure out where it comes from.
I wonder if baby powder sprinkled on the manifold and pipe would tell you.
Thanks - I'll give them another go. I do have a faint exhaust tick on my GEMS D1 - can't even figure out where it comes from.
BTW, another tech mentioned to me that you can get an exhaust manifold spreader. That might be worth looking into.
As Stew said, a smoke machine is the easiest way to find the leak.
Spreaders are a pretty common tool for a Chevy engine. The old small blocks are really bad for that.
Let's draw a distinction between an honest guy who's done twenty from a "regular" guy who's done twenty.
Even then, I would argue that a shade-tree mechanic with a different full-time job has (a) slightly more time to do the job, and (b) more incentive to do it right.
This is not to cast any shadow on people who do it for a living - it's just the priorities are different. If I were to do every head gasket job so it would last for, say, five years and sixty thousand miles, and never have a dissatisfied customer, I'd be losing money on every one of them.