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Old Apr 16, 2013 | 04:04 PM
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You can buy a fairly decent VACUUM GAUGE for $20 or so. And there's lots of stuff you can "check" before you start THROWING PARTS at yer Jeep.

Here's a cool site for diagnosis......http://www.secondchancegarage.com/public/186.cfm
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Old Apr 16, 2013 | 05:48 PM
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You can buy a fairly decent VACUUM GAUGE for $20 or so. And there's lots of stuff you can "check" before you start THROWING PARTS at yer Jeep.

Here's a cool site for diagnosis......http://www.secondchancegarage.com/public/186.cfm

Yup. Old school stuff that still applies today.
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Old Apr 16, 2013 | 08:37 PM
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I remember tuning up my old Chevy with a tach, vac gauge, a timing light, and small screwdriver. Old school tools.
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I remember tuning up my old Chevy with a tach, vac gauge, a timing light, and small screwdriver. Old school tools.
I still have my Sun dwell meter.
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I still have my Sun dwell meter.
Mine's a Penske I got at Sears.

I've still got a tube of distributor cam grease I bought from the JC Whitney catalog in the late 60s.
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I've still got a tube of distributor cam grease I bought from the JC Whitney catalog in the late 60s.
I'll trade you for a can of Type A transmission fluid.
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I'll trade you for a can of Type A transmission fluid.

I've got some CANS of Penzoil and Valvoline with a pour spout, unless you will go for a can of Ny-oil fine machinery lubricant from the 50s'.
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I've got some CANS of Penzoil and Valvoline with a pour spout, unless you will go for a can of Ny-oil fine machinery lubricant from the 50s'.
I think at least three of us need to clean our garages.
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I think at least three of us need to clean our garages.

Right on
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I'll trade you for a can of Type A transmission fluid.
Still got a push-in spout? I do...
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