Recent content by John Larkin

It is really stuck the first time. Lots of penetrating oil left to soak, leave the rad hose on so you have something to grip and wiggle it endlessly until it finally comes out.

Try to tighten the harmonic balancer. This happened to me several times years ago. It walks forward and loses contact with the crank sensor. Clamp some vice grips really tight on the flywheel, then get a torque wrench and tighten the balancer, I think it is 235 lb ft but double check the...

I would pull the fender. You will have to remove the header panel and the bumper filler also. Take your time. Might be a good time to service the power antenna if you have not already.

Probably time for a new Denso O2 sensor. Also reset the ECM and possibly reseat the chip. Weird things can happen. No idea on the bluetooth.

I worked well for a long time but eventually someone broke it and skipped out.

Cut one out of an old piece of aluminum gutter, round the corners, sand it with 600 grit sandpaper, drill two holes, voila.

I have used KBS Coatings on many projects and it works. I did a set of wheels on my utility trailer that sits outdoors 5 years ago and they are still rust free. They ship by mail too.

I would be more inclined to suspect a bent rocker arm from the original incident that allowed the push rod to get off kilter and be damaged. It would be hard to imagine spring bind on a stock valvetrain with stock replacement springs.

I was going to say flux capacitor. No more time travel for you.

I thought injectors are 0-5v square wave? Pull your chip out of the computer and check it for bent pins. Reinsert the chip and see how it runs, of course disconnect the computer power wire first. Sometimes this fixes oddities. Your codes are about the MAF readings.

Valve springs are easy, need the rocker arm tool, valve springs and a handful of extra keepers in case one or two go flying. Comp Cam 980-12 springs unless someone knows better. Use cork valve cover gaskets, not sure about rear main as I never did mine. Not sure you need a turbo, the chip and...

I do hear that the Goodmark fillers are pretty awesome like original.

R&E Paint Supply used to be a good source to buy paint online and will ship smaller quantities. I did my own fillers at home - the originals finally dry rotted and fell apart. I bought a can of black base coat and a can of 2K urethane clear. I prepped them first, sanding and priming until I...

Get Denso O2, not Bosch.

Muffler shops put those little L brackets on all the time for the rubber hangers. Maybe its a good time to wire it in place and take it there? For probably $50 they can do something custom and save alot of headache in a few minutes.