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Robert Herndon said:
Parts are starting to roll in..... :)

Found some wear in the single upper control arm rubber bushing. Replacing it with this spherical bushing from Steeda in Florida...

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I’m thinking of doing something ambitious like..... changing the oil in the Civic. Pretty sure that’s going to seriously tax me out. :LOL:
 
iblive said:
I’m thinking of doing something ambitious like..... changing the oil in the Civic. Pretty sure that’s going to seriously tax me out. :LOL:
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I do all my own work...I rebuilt the differential in the Mustang last year and added 4.30 gears....I use a hoist at a friend's shop for the big stuff like this....Gear Install 1.jpgGear Install 2 (1).jpgBacklash.jpgGT500 Cover.jpg
 
Don O said:
Damn, I’ve had that happen to me too. At least that’s what I told the wife :run:
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These cams are made by Ford. They install with stock springs and no mechanical modifications to the camshaft phasers. They do require a special spark map and camshaft WOT timing values, but I can write that with my tuner...

Here's what they sound like....


Think about this...that's only a 281CID engine!!!!
 
Robert Herndon said:
These cams are made by Ford. They install with stock springs and no mechanical modifications to the camshaft phasers. They do require a special spark map and camshaft WOT timing values, but I can write that with my tuner...

Here's what they sound like....


Think about this...that's only a 281CID engine!!!!
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That is sweet sounding ! Sounds a lot like this. This is my 69 being loaded on to a truck, heading to its new owner in FL earlier this month.

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iblive said:
I’m thinking of doing something ambitious like..... changing the oil in the Civic. Pretty sure that’s going to seriously tax me out. :LOL:
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IB, you joke. Back in the mid 80's, my female classmate used to drive a Mercury Lynx. She used to get me to change her oil. THAT car pissed me off to poorly designed vehicles. The oil filter was in a majorly awkward place between the back ( technically the side of the engine) and the firewall. It also was just above the exhaust pipe which of course got very hot when one preps to drain a warm crankcase. To access it, one had to lean over the engine, reach both arms in a sardine can and try to get leverage or a filter wrench in there to turn the darn thing. Getting enough strength to tighten the new one was also really fun too.

As a side note. One day she calls me up and says< " HELP" I said ut oh, what? The answer was she needed me to come up to her dad's house to fix his mistake. He mistakenly undid the transaxle fluid plug and drained the trans instead of the oil. So, in fine fashion, Ford had left me with the fun of accessing the fill hole from above. Well, in order to get a funnel or tube off one into the hole, I had to remove one of the one motor mount and of course reinstall it before I could do her oil change. Pretty sure this all took me way past dark to accomplish as her call for help did not come until way late in the afternoon that day.

HAHA my next favorite oil change story goes to Chevy Blazers from the 1990's-2000's i think. I had to do a oil change on a lady friend's Blazer and could not find the filter. Turns out GM hides it up behind the headlight on some remote device/pump or whatever it was. Dummy me, I was expecting a filter ON the engine like most normal cars.
 
Yargnad said:
Im telling you. I tried several cleaning kits, to no avail, trying to remove the oxidation then decided maybe cheaper to simply replace them. Boy was I wrong. And to top it off, generally only the left side is ever available. Maybe they operate like Twix and the right side factory burned down or something....
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Yargnad said:
Oh wow! They come down a bit, now only $458! What a bargain!!!! Maybe I'll buy a few for everyone while theyre so affordable...

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Here is one headlamp for my 1983 Honda. OH and they don't fog up or yellow. Best part too is they are in and out with the loosening of 1 or 2 screws on a trim ring, unplugging and plugging in a new one and re-tightening the screws on the trim ring. Done $10.99 per side for real glass lamps.



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Robert Herndon said:
Good bumpers. I've used them before....
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THIS is what I like to hear. For as long as I have been fixing stuff ( bicycles with junk seat post clamps) that don't stay tight enough for a seat to not turn, slam lower etc when a bike is jumped or dropped during wheelies etc. I have always looked for the simple and well designed widget that anyone with simple tools can make work 100% of the time. Reliable and durable. I positively hate PLanned Obsolecence.
 
chilipeppermaniac said:
THIS is what I like to hear. For as long as I have been fixing stuff ( bicycles with junk seat post clamps) that don't stay tight enough for a seat to not turn, slam lower etc when a bike is jumped or dropped during wheelies etc. I have always looked for the simple and well designed widget that anyone with simple tools can make work 100% of the time. Reliable and durable. I positively hate PLanned Obsolecence.
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Robert Herndon said:
These cams are made by Ford. They install with stock springs and no mechanical modifications to the camshaft phasers. They do require a special spark map and camshaft WOT timing values, but I can write that with my tuner...

Here's what they sound like....


Think about this...that's only a 281CID engine!!!!
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Ok. That’s nasty! :2Thumbs:
 
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