Recent content by cruisermatt

No reason to repair a output shaft when they are readily available new, OEM, inexpensively. I should have several in stock.

Orlando crew about half way there. Slowly. :lol:

Not intended to argue with you about your own products - but that 75-77 version, or any alternator intended to mount in the upper passenger side would not work for him without fabrication. The pre-74 would be the bolt-in. After 74 (Start of 2F production) when USA market shifted the alternator...

The reason you aren’t finding anything is that you are working on a Non-US example and the alternator is mounted differently. This will work for you, however since that is an original NipponDenso alternator my preference would be to have that one serviced if possible...

Good to know, I won’t spend time on it then. Not that I’ve had a single person reach to me needing one, ever, but I do make a habit of at least drawing all these simpler parts in case the need ever does arise later. Maybe there is no change in them and one of mine just got bent?

They tap on pretty easily with a 12-point socket (I think 13mm) and a small hammer.

There’s a set in the raffle. :)

Mostly my 5-speed 530i I picked up back in October. Into the whole car for about $3k including wheels/tires, amp, Carplay head unit. Bought it with intention of boosted LS swap but will more likely end up doing that to a nicer example instead.

I haven’t heard of this before, interesting. I just chalked it up to bad luck, plus these bearings are super cheap, the only option out there is like $8.

New, they don’t come up used around here. looking for a set? :)

Lastly was new wheels and tires, went with the same thing as before, Geolander Mt in 37x12.5 on 17” Toyota steelies. Had to get new rims since my last set was so beat up from rocks that the tire guy wouldn’t touch any of them. Holy cow, soooo much better. Actually drives right again.

oil leak ended up being my shift tower which was loose from my previous repair failing, this time I time I welded the holes, used Time-serf’s and made paper gaskets. aaaand we noticed the input shaft on transmission was super loose. Of course my NV4500 munched the input thrust bearing. :doh...

So I have done nothing to literally nothing to this truck since October when I fixed the brakes, and only driven it a few times since I picked up a more comfortable car to DD. Even though I completely went through everything before my Colorado/Rubicon trip last year the truck really felt...

No concern as long as you are sure it's not dragging - just that sometimes it can seem like is not dragging because it is so slight. This will eventually heat up the front brakes enough to boil them. This actually just happened at my shop recently Have you also verified that your rear drums...

be careful with that because you can have dragging and not feel it until after +hour drive the brakes will eventually slowly lock up.