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    • bigredmachine
      and that price isnt even factoring for any extra parts that may or may not need to be replaced due to rust or just falling apart. still need grease for the wheel bearings, wheel seals, hub seal, axle nuts, lock washer, ect. 2 k seems like a...
    • bigredmachine
      Nearly $1k in parts, and easily 10hrs labor to strip and clean knuckles, replace calipers, rotors, fabricate replacement lines, wrestle with rusty bolts, bleed brakes, or everything back together. Sounds about right at $2k Don't want to be...
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      bigredmachine replied to the thread Gates T298 Timing Belt.
      aisin is talked about a lot but thats because its oe supplier and you can get the t-belt kit from rockauto for way less than getting the parts from the dealership. for some drive belts gates is an oe supplier for toyota
    • bigredmachine
      bigredmachine replied to the thread Gates T298 Timing Belt.
      i would have no problem running that belt, gates is a good aftermarket alternative. aisin is preferred because they are the oe supplier
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      bigredmachine replied to the thread Hdj81 speed conversion.
      i was referring to actually pulling the skin off of an old cluster or one that your trying to swap. i dont know if you would be able to order one seperate or if there is an aftermarket option available
    • bigredmachine
      i left all of those vsv in place and just looped the vacuum lines up top back to themselves or used caps to finish the delete
    • bigredmachine
      93-94 have the pair system, the pair pushes air into the exhaust system to help heat up the cats quicker and this is done via the exhaust manifolds. you can see where the ports are just by following the hard lines coming off the pair valve...
    • bigredmachine
      i always used some electrical tape around the joint to keep them from flopping around and dropping a bolt. 1 or 2 wraps is enough to allow it to still flex pretty easy
    • bigredmachine
      for the seatbelt theres not really anything that you can do, its doing what its supposed to do. theres a mechanism in the seatbelt assembly that is supposed to lock it if your rolling over. easy fix is to try to pull out a little more seat belt...
    • bigredmachine
      i had the napa eclipse on my truck and had no issues with them for many years, it was way more cost effective even with my price from the dealership and lifetime warrantee. i was working at a dealership at the time and my price was 10% over cost...
    • bigredmachine
      wouldnt even trust them to do that, they would probably try to pick the truck up by the body and not the frame. seen that before depending on what the max pressure for the tire is i would recommend going to 40, higher tire pressure will give...
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