Nope. Click the link next to the picture I posted further up in the thread. I've already wiped that from the copy of the embedder I made. CF is LITERALLY the only place that link exists outside of Google Photos.
post 519 still has my code with the "Click for full res" with the hyperlink URL around it? also it has and extra [img][/img]
Well.... replaced the ilder pulley when I got home. Thought that was the source of the squeekin'.
Nope.
Coming from the fan hub bearing instead. Ironic thing is, that's a cheaper part than the fan pulley. Gonna be a PITA to replace it though. Stupid thing is pressed in to the alternator bracket. I JUST had that out a couple months ago. Wish it would've been squeekin' then!
Also finally decided on a header in lieu of attempting to repair the OEM manifold with sketchy welders (person) and sketchy welders (machine). Already have new installation hardware and a fel-pro gasket... also have a flex coupling that I'll be putting in as well so I don't have to worry about it cracking again (hopefully).
So somehow I gacked the oil pan gasket when I replaced it, however many years ago. Ended up breaking into two pieces at the back of the pan and leakin' like a sieve.
Replaced it with a NEW Fel Pro using their new handy-dandy installation pegs... really does make it easier. Tightened everything down and degreased everything with some Simple Green. Checked underneath this morning after the drive to work and again at lunch. Still looks pretty dry! FINALLY!
Now I just gotta replace the cracked up exhaust manifold and she'll be running MINT.
[Friday] ordered new fan hub bearing to evict tweety bird from the accessory drive, and an ebay header. Hub bearing was delivered yesterday (thank you, Amazon Prime) but now I won't have a chance to change it out until probably after the 1st of the year
Header should be here Friday for my wife to wrap up and put under the tree (yeah, it's like that).
So somehow I gacked the oil pan gasket when I replaced it, however many years ago. Ended up breaking into two pieces at the back of the pan and leakin' like a sieve.
Still looks pretty dry! FINALLY!
Did you replace the rear main seal at the time?
My girls' is leaking and I'm curious if It's the rear main and not just the oil pan gasket. I was looking to do the felpro pan gasket as you did, so it's good to see yours came out well.
My girls' is leaking and I'm curious if It's the rear main and not just the oil pan gasket. I was looking to do the felpro pan gasket as you did, so it's good to see yours came out well.
Yup. Did RMS and the pan gasket at the same time.
Might not be the RMS or the pan gasket either... here's some things to check:
That should be a sticky or something.
We may be checking and replacing all of these things this spring. VC gasket is OK, (replaced by previous owner) but perhaps the other things need replaced too. There's a good amount of "gook" around the oil filter side of the engine, so I wonder if the adapter gasket is toast.
other than the steering, we seem to be at a stand still on building it any further, so now I think we'll just resign to keeping it on the road and dependable.
That should be a sticky or something.
We may be checking and replacing all of these things this spring. VC gasket is OK, (replaced by previous owner) but perhaps the other things need replaced too. There's a good amount of "gook" around the oil filter side of the engine, so I wonder if the adapter gasket is toast.
other than the steering, we seem to be at a stand still on building it any further, so now I think we'll just resign to keeping it on the road and dependable.
Yeah, that's pretty much where I'm at. I've got a few other little minor "creature comforts" to throw at it, but other than the 8.25 rear, I'm not really doing anything else to it until probably after we're in our house.
That's kinda why I went ahead and went with the cheapy ebay header. It appeared to be constructed the same as the APN header, they're both made in China, and this one was less than half the cost of the APN SHIPPED! Figure if I'm going to get a header that may just end up cracking again anyway, might as well be about as cheap as I can go without it looking like it was made out of towel rack tubing.
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