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angryrobots posted:No you have it right there, and comparison to the oil debate is exactly right. HURR DURR ITS A TRACTA MOTA MAN, IT WANTS COPPERS AND DIESEL OIL  I would try some coppers in it but I'm not intentionally putting myself through that bullshit again, I'm used to 5 minute plug changes on 4.0Ls. Also, I'd never run a non-precious-metal plug in a wasted spark motor because I don't like halving my plug change interval. That's one of the few hard and fast rules I have on sparkplugs. I did end up putting NGKs in it iirc because that's what the parts store had when I bought them a few months ago, right before I "fixed" it temporarily by replacing the #2 plug wire, and "fixed" it again (it started acting up again 50' out of the shop) by swapping the cat, O2 sensors, and manifold off my parts car onto it.
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It's starting to get that stupid loving dead spot in the throttle range (high RPM, mid to high throttle) again and the misfiring/chugging is creeping back in at idle sometimes. I think I need to pull the plugs and see if any are fouled, betting #2 looks like it runs on coal. If all it takes is a new plug or two every few months, gently caress it, I'll do a few plugs every few months. I don't particularly care about this motor (since it sounds like a barrel of assholes at cold idle and definitely has a hella bad case of piston slap on at least one cylinder, which may be related to this issue) so I'll just beat on it till it explodes and then either swap in my known good spare EJ251 or do something dumber. Also I put half the snow tires on the MJ and it drove up the hill out of the yard on the first shot in an inch of snow, RWD open-diff, after only getting stuck a half dozen times while slowly losing ground every time I tried to make a run at it again (seriously, I moved 40-50' backward and was still stuck right before putting them on) on the allterrains it had on it. I still need to put the other two snows on it.
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Nope. Issue went completely away when I did the plugs, so I assumed it wasn't it, and it's a bitch to get at without pulling the stupid intake off and stuff so I'd rather do almost anything else. The piston slap is BAD. like REALLY loving BAD. I had no idea a motor could sound that bad without having spun a bearing. Chris and others have told me it'll just mak ea racket and maybe lose compression (thus the plug fouling and bogging) basically forever that way.
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Warning: shield your poor virgin ears before listening to this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0UNf9oUqB4 It's actually worse now. That's with a full oil change done 30 seconds before the video was taken, Rotella T6 5W40 with a Wix filter.
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How is it I owned a 97 outback that got lovingly to 380,000 miles with only a head gasket change/upgrade done at 350k on the original motor and 5MT transmission, but you chew through Subarus like I chew through sugar-free gummy bears? I mean, in the end, we both end up with a gigantic pile of poo poo, but I still have transportation? (I do know that the outback's first 340k were done by a guy, my uncle, who did dealer work every 3,000 miles on the clock and only drove from Phoenix to New York multiple times a year in it, zero city driving, so that's some of the mystery).
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Are you going to install windows in that block? Sure Sounds like it! 
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Metal Geir Skogul posted:How is it I owned a 97 outback that got lovingly to 380,000 miles with only a head gasket change/upgrade done at 350k on the original motor and 5MT transmission, but you chew through Subarus like I chew through sugar-free gummy bears? I mean, in the end, we both end up with a gigantic pile of poo poo, but I still have transportation? I buy shagged out shitboxes with at least 200k miles and three owners on their record. Max price is 500 bucks. 2000 red forester: 200k miles, PPPO had done the head gaskets at least two times, PPO did them at least once, ozmiander bought it and went to do them again properly and the last head bolt pulled the threads, he threw the block out and sold it to me for 300. I threw a motor in that was built from a junkyard block from 1991 with multi hundred thousand miles on it, ran that for 49k then was an idiot and spun a bearing real bad by forgetting to check the oil for a month and then executing an 80mph 4k rpm WOT pass because someone was hogging the left lane. The next engine was junk when I got it (I figured it was safe since it came from from a tboned donor and was wrong, it also had failed felblo head gaskets in it) and lasted a month because that's how long my junkyard warranty was. The one after that was loving mint at several hundred thousand miles but the car rusted in half around it. I still have that one as a spare. Of those motors only one was my fault and I can't blame it at all. 2001 silver forester: I am too lazy to put the last motor from the red forester in this slamwagon until the motor that is in it no longer moves it. I bought it with 217k and no idea how it was treated previously for 500 bucks from a guy who used it as his winter beater and hoonmobile. He warned me it would need struts soon because he aired it out a few times, I am still driving on 3 of them.
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Jan 21, 2017 02:40
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KASTEIN FOR MODERATOR, MAKE AI GREAT AGAIN
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I know this is an ancient post, but...clam ache posted:Well scubaru recommend a ngk plug. And I've always had good results with ngk plugs. Where as I have had four or five a.c. Delco fail out of the box and just as many of not more vautolite plugs fail fresh out of the box. Mind you this is my experience so ymmv. NGK is the OEM for most AC Delco plugs.
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:I know this is an ancient post, but... True but as Delco doesn't come with the little condom to keep the tip safe. And I dunno why but I've had a.c. Delco branded spark plugs fail out of the box. And this was after gapping them correctly
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If it was the plugs fault all cylinders would be doing it. The misfire is coming back on the lovely sounding cylinder first, my bet is because it had low compression and is fouling just that plug. We shall see. I am not throwing away money on good plugs for a poo poo motor that fouls them every few thousand miles. No point.
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:I know this is an ancient post, but... Built to AC Delco's specs, so, so what? Alpine was an OEM for Honda radios, so I've been told. Didn't make them Alpines.
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So I did the waterpump in the MJ because it exploded. Too lazy to cross-post the pics here, everyone knows what a waterpump looks like. Today I called out sick because I had a sore throat and was hocking up chunky loogies. Went to the junkyard anyways looking for subaru body panels, accidentally bought an engine instead. It's just an LM7 but the donor was basically untouched under the hood aside from the MAF having been pulled so I grabbed the one three cars over and put it on. Then pulled the whole mess out in one big tangle. The donor, a 2000 gmc Yukon XL 1500  Two hours later... you are no longer needed  MINE, ALL MINE  For future reference  Something seems to be missing  A lot of garbage cars and trucks  This is why I like this yard  I got: Engine and everything bolted to it Intake tubes, MAF, airbox, filter, brackets Throttle cable All wiring, ECU All accessories Fan Mounts Ac lines, as much as I could get All coolant hoses Fuse box lid housing and brackets Fuel lines as far as the frame rail. If I had been thinking I would have gotten the rest of the lines, filter, and pump assembly too but I was in search and destroy mode by then and cut them right after the filter. Oh well. All for that price. I think I did ok. Only a few more things to buy before the Honcho repower can begin in the spring. kastein fucked around with this message at 03:47 on Feb 3, 2017 |
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That's a pretty good deal. HONCHO!!!!!!
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I'd your justy front cut carbureted? I'm getting a free 88 4wd 3 door and it needs a metering solenoid.
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It is efi. There is a carbed one in a local yard though. Circle it in a pic and I will try to make it up there.
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Could you just buy the whole thing? I'll pay in any way you prefer other that Buttcoin. I hate carbs but free rust-free Justy ehhh. It can be the little brother to the 323GTX or Forester.
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Uh yeah you did, I'm jealous of your local yards. I have a couple of local pick-n-pulls - at location A I once got charged $4/ea for the shagged ujoints in a driveshaft. At location B the clerk charged me $20 for a front XJ skidplate (fair imo), and the (armed) guy who checks receipts stopped me because "that isn't enough, something isn't right here". I rarely go junkyarding anymore and when I have to, I take certain liberties regarding the transport of small items such as old RENIX IAT sensors etc. Getting detained by an armed guard over a paid-for, filthy skidplate that was destined for the crusher kind of ended my enthusiasm for Los Angeles junkyarding. Now I just drive 40min to a guy who specializes in scrapping XJs and has parts meticulously organized down to 10A fuse level, and is happy to let you wander around his shop/storage. Also holy poo poo those Yukon doors are clean as gently caress, around here they would have been pulled immediately and resold out of some hombre's CONEX in the parking lot.
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I never had any problems at LA junkyards, I used to spend weekends at the Wilmington Pick Your Parts and the Santa Fe Springs Ecology. Even the weird yards in Sun Valley were nice because I always was super friendly when I went in. It also helps to speak spanish. Some really rough places got the breaker bar carried on top of the toolbox, but through hundreds of visits I never had any problems. edit:The only time I was ever hassled was at the tiny Moss Landing PickNPull which demanded I emptied my pockets. I asked if it had suddenly become the company policy, called the corporate number right there, they denied it flat out on speakerphone and magically there was a new manager the next week. It helped that I knew the regional manager. At that point I had probably gone to that location every few weeks for 10 years. DJ Commie fucked around with this message at 05:29 on Feb 3, 2017 |
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Yeah, rust belt is nice for junkyard inventory turnover but not much else.Cop Porn Popper posted:You doing anything to the lm7 or leaving it stock? Not sure yet. Probably leave it stock, get it running, then maybe a cam and tune. Might need to go back tomorrow for the BCM, key/immobilizer module if it had one and TCU to make it happy for now, also the obd2 socket I forgot to clip. I really wanted an LQ4 but I also want my truck running by like June at the latest and am not willing to pay LQ4 prices or wait long enough to get lucky yarding one so gently caress it, this will do.
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DJ Commie posted:I never had any problems at LA junkyards, I used to spend weekends at the Wilmington Pick Your Parts and the Santa Fe Springs Ecology. Even the weird yards in Sun Valley were nice because I always was super friendly when I went in. It also helps to speak spanish. Some really rough places got the breaker bar carried on top of the toolbox, but through hundreds of visits I never had any problems. Yeah I dunno, I'm chill with the entry guys but I admit my spanish is poo poo. I'm referring specifically to the Monrovia & Santa Fe Springs LKQ/Ecologys - I forgot about the Sun Valley location; those dudes were cool and that yard is really clean. The Monrovia location is seedy as gently caress and SF springs is where the armed guard stopped me. Maybe I just have bad luck. edit: I never felt I had to carry the breaker bar up top, once I was inside the yards everyone was really cool and I loaned guys tools etc... it was just the guys at the front gate/cashier that got weird. The Royal Nonesuch fucked around with this message at 05:37 on Feb 3, 2017 |
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The Royal Nonesuch posted:Yeah I dunno, I'm chill with the entry guys but I admit my spanish is poo poo. I'm referring specifically to the Monrovia & Santa Fe Springs LKQ/Ecologys - I forgot about the Sun Valley location; those dudes were cool and that yard is really clean. The Monrovia location is seedy as gently caress and SF springs is where the armed guard stopped me. Maybe I just have bad luck. I always greet the security guards on the way in, I always volunteer my bag/box for inspection and usually say some inane poo poo about the weather or ask how their day is going. Brightens up the day of anyone. Honestly, you'd be sour too if you're just scowled at by people pocketing injectors and trying to sneak out worn out garbage. I think SFS Ecology is a scrap recycler too and there is no worse place for humanity circling the drain than there. 
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DJ Commie posted:I always greet the security guards on the way in, I always volunteer my bag/box for inspection and usually say some inane poo poo about the weather or ask how their day is going. Brightens up the day of anyone. Honestly, you'd be sour too if you're just scowled at by people pocketing injectors and trying to sneak out worn out garbage. I think SFS Ecology is a scrap recycler too and there is no worse place for humanity circling the drain than there.  Yeah you nailed it - when I was trying to find some bosch/volvo injectors for my Jeep it was incredible how every single rail had been pulled and stripped (I finally just bought some on ebay). I'm always super friendly with security guys wherever I go; I work in that field and spent my own time standing around dealing with assholes and contemplating the most interesting way to end myself.Anyway enough derail - I am looking very forward to the Honcho rebuild and seeing it run some trails. How is the suspension? Does it need a fuckload of new bushings or is it relatively good? What's the axle/locker status?
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kastein posted:Yeah, rust belt is nice for junkyard inventory turnover but not much else. I got a real nice LQ cam if you're shopping 
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The Royal Nonesuch posted:
Suspension is pretty new, all new leafs and LII sliders instead of shackles. Allegedly locked front and rear, I don't trust my right foot with 290hp, a 6.xx first gear, 3/4 ton axles (really half ton, the j20 d60 in the back is 30 spline junk), and 35" TSLS so it will probably get the kingpin 60 and E350 D60-1SU I had been hoarding for my MJ. I have an Eaton elocker to buy 35 spline side gears for and an aussie 35 spline auto locker for the other end... and one 5.13 or 5.38 gearset bought already, I have been buying parts for the next off-road build for half a decade now whenever they come up for a good price. Oh, a set of h1 beadlocks too... I went back for the bcm and vats receiver today so I can even keep that if I want. And found a 4 volume engine donor fsm set on ebay with a bad listing name for half normal price so I may even make money on that part when I am done with it!
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Alright, bought a 94 chevy k3500 6.5td's driver drop 32 spline slipyoke np241c today. I also have in my possession a 92 or 93 23 spline np241d from a w250 aceofsnett and I tore the nv4500 out of years ago, which is a fixed rear output yoke. So I think as long as the input gears have the same bearing width and gear tooth profile, I can build a doubler box AND a tcase for cheap. Need to find what adapter plate and intermediate shafts cost for this these days. If it looks too expensive I guess I will just go with a regular old tcase setup. E: also going to have to delve into the wonderful world of adapter ujoints for this probably unless I just find a way to use 1410s or 1350s for everything. kastein fucked around with this message at 02:08 on Feb 21, 2017 |
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  Beater shitbox is almost back together. The door needs to be changed again when I find a matching one because it bothers me. The rest are close enough and actually somehow look better in person I think? gently caress it, it's a 500 dollar beater A-B car.
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Yeah subaru can gargle a loving mile of dicks for having so many goddamn silvers in so short a period. Did NOT make this easy. Just stick with one color for just a few years you execrable rear end bandits  Still collecting j10 parts.
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Almost as many silvers as carpet pattern variations over the GC range.
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How hosed is that 360? If you're gonna toss it, i'll give you a six of woodchuck for it.
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It's so seized that a breaker bar on the harmonic balancer bolt just tightened it more without the crank budging at all. I'm still collecting parts, not gonna pull it till I've got everything in order. Hoping to clean up the transmission that's going behind it shortly. If you're within reasonable distance of central mass, name your price for what's left of the 360. I don't think this one's worth shipping really. e: to add to the complexity of this project, we're trying to buy more land so my spare parts fund is spoken for until a paycheck from now, which unfortunately puts the kibosh on me throwing several thousand dollars at J10 parts orders. I am loading all the poo poo for it up and dragging it to the hangar so I can regear the diffs, rebuild the transmission, build the doubler, rebuild the tcase, and clean up the engine under a roof instead of doing it in my yard and hoping it doesn't rain that day, though. Saturday I dragged three of the four tcases (parts donors included), transmission, and a boatload of other random stuff there, Sunday I loaded this big bastard up but didn't feel like doing much else after that for some odd reason. 
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Pinging any interested folks to my A/T question about getting a Sidekick (not technically a Jeep but related concept) https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3213538&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=393#post472739545 quote:tl;dr: Given that it's just the kind of car I've wanted for 18 months now, should I spend US$2,200 to buy a '97 Suzuki Sidekick with 103k miles to use as a commuter and highway car, and for very light hauling, in Montreal?
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I have no idea. Anyone want this drat Datsun? It is very much in my way. Make a reasonable 3 figure offer and it's yours. Also the red toilet Jeep is going to die this week or next weekend, I threw a battery in it and drove it onto the kill floor. It's one of God's own prototypes. A highly bodged mutant of some kind never even considered for a valid inspection sticker. Too cursed to register, and too stubborn to die. Good riddance  your effect on my driving record, outlook on life, and property values will not be missed.
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Hey Ken since your killing the red jeep was wondering if you would be willing to sell the motor I need one for my 98. I'm on long Island and can grab it whenever it's convenient for you.
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Torn Quad Jones posted:Hey Ken since your killing the red jeep was wondering if you would be willing to sell the motor I need one for my 98. I'm on long Island and can grab it whenever it's convenient for you. Christine lives on
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Torn Quad Jones posted:Hey Ken since your killing the red jeep was wondering if you would be willing to sell the motor I need one for my 98. I'm on long Island and can grab it whenever it's convenient for you. I'm keeping it for a stroker build because the block has no holes in it but you wouldn't want it anyways. Rod bearings were all junk in 2014, I slid new ones in and it lasted exactly as long as you would expect.
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