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Read my "repair guide" on replacing your head gasket, and you will have everything you need to know. IT is much easier to replace the head gasket on this car than most, I can tell you from experience. You also need to find the source of your other leak, if you have one. You may have simply...

yes, the All-Trac was sold to my neighbor, who is also our tenet. they live in the "guest" house on our property. His wife drive the Vitara with the studded snow tires, and he got rid an old Cavalier and bought the All-trac to have something with AWD for him to drive. Quinn is my 18 year o...

Is the one available from Toyota any better then the chain stores? The ones Ive been getting are NSK bearings. I have no idea what is different about the dealer part and the AM parts, one would think the factory uses the same supplier since there can not be that large of a market for them. But mayb...

Pictures of Blue Belle after the new engine is installed and running after 3 days apart in my garage: http://i687.photobucket.com/albums/vv232/Petros98223/blue%20belle/Snowof2-24011002.jpg http://i687.photobucket.com/albums/vv232/Petros98223/blue%20belle/Snowof2-24011001.jpg Blue belle with my Terce...

We had some unusually heavy snow fall for this late in the year, at out house (only about 500 ft above sea level) we had accumulations of 2 to 4 inches or more on Monday and Tuesday Feb 21-22, and than got hit hard on Wednesday, with more snow on the way today! From Seattle south there was not much ...

YOu will need a wiring diagram from both cars, lots of extra prints and a hand full of highlight pens. Than you have to make a new wire diagram that combines both of them, from there you carefully mark the wires for cutting and splicing. And than double check it all before you start cutting. Than gi...

if you have any car problems, there are a number of us who can lend you a hand. Just let us know when you arrive.

The design of the float and needle valve in the carb are what determines how much fuel pressure it can handle. With too much fuel pressure it will overpower the ability to hold back the fuel supply, and it will spill over into the throat of the carb making it run rich, possibly causing it to stall o...

Welcome to the list! Sorry to hear about your problems. You did not note what the temp gauge was showing when you got back to your car while it was billowing steam. If the engine was not overheated, it might be okay and something external is making it not run. Sometimes it will blow steam out the co...

send us all you can get! these are the first things that disappear off the '83-84 when a new one shows up in the wrecking yards. Too bad they did not put them in all the years for us market, but they did in Europe and Japan.

Dramatic video of recent NZ earthquake. You are not safe in your car if near brick buildings! I am surprized that a modern country like NZ does not have better building codes, old reinforced masonry is very dangerous. Most places prone to earthquakes will require retrofitting of old buildings. I tak...

Baas, Welcome to the list! Building special cars for such an event makes good sense. Many years ago I worked for a repair shop in Santa Monica California who who rally a Volvo sedan in similar events. Now known as SCCA pro rally, and also World cup rally for simply speed event on rough roads. I like...

the fel pro front seal kit comes with an oil pump gasket you will likely never use. it seems a rip off to sell the front seal as a "kit" when you can not remove the oil pump without also replacing the pan gasket (which means the kit is useless). the front seal quality is fine, just questio...

Boy, that is a tough one, like what is my favorite food. I would have to say the original Datsun 510, with the 1600 L-engine and rear IRS (not the later fake one they called a 510), I owned two of them. Not very impressive the way they came, but once tweaked, are great "ricers". I lowered ...

Aw shucks you guys, you are too much. :oops: I am just a guy who likes to play with old cars. In case any of you wanted to read some about the cars I helped design and build, someone set up a web site about old racers, below is a link to pages about Tony Adamowicz, who drove some of the cars we buil...