It never hurts to watch Robert work. Sometimes he breaks stuff so we don't have to.

Used the Erik method on the gasket this time. Glued gasket to pipe with permatex aviation , then installed head without bolts. Installed water pipe bolts loosely. Torqued head , then torqued water pipe bolts. Probably overthinking this Lower one is the harder one as you have to play Tetris with the...

The surface has to be very clean in order to measure warping as little as 0.05 mm. You didn't show us good quality pictures of the cylinder gaps. Usually exhaust leak happens there. Also how bad are the sleeves out of round at the top? White block engines are basically unrepairable. While it is theo...

Unfortunately, unless you have 00 V70R rear brakes calipers. brackets and vented rear rotors you are out of luck. The 'regular' AWD cars have a dished rear backing plate which is designed around the regular rear calipers (be happy as they are at least still available). You can use the rear backing p...

Actually the key thing about endlinks... - Whenever doing strut, replace the endlinks too. I use Lemforder. This way you only have to disconnect the lower end, where it is attached to the sway bar. - If the allen key or Torx side is strip, use a pair of vice-grips and grab the back side of the ball ...

Could someone post a picture of the area to check? What are the rocker panels and what must come off to check them for rust. Because if any car has rust, it's my poor neglected Geronimo. I want to know now before installing the $2000 in parts I've recently purchased for it. 20230703_095829.jpg Ther...

I hereby nominate that one for the Titanic part thread….amazing that it rusted and holed under the clamp, saving a major fuel spill A strip of thin rubber sheet should do the trick for the padding. Trying to remember what I used I just moved Evitas fuel filter job up the priority list :shock: :shoc...

Perfect! Includes dryer lint with spontaneous combustion feature.
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abscate wrote: ↑10 Jul 2023, 07:47 Ooof , that’s a bad filter. Are you done with that one ?

On the cycling AC compressors on P80s. See jimmys tome above. He uses that as a check on correct charge when working these systems

Shook it out, looks good as new (might have been original to the car, late '96 build.)

I can't look with my mouth as my foot is usually in it!

Neil.