I despise discount tire, but I still use them because they have the best equipment. The key is you have to know how to use a tire machine and balancer better than they do (extremely easy, you just have to care) and watch their every move. Most of...
I have an 88, turnkey 62 for sale if anyone has interest. 252k miles. It's in North Carolina right now driving around. Southwest vehicle.
If you have interest I can text any detailed pics you want. Thinking $13.5k. Open to offers, not...
I have owned 3 wits end kits and have looked the C&C kit in detail on their shop truck, I agree. I built a motor for a friends truck that will be getting a C&C kit eventually and I have a new wits end kit on the shelf now, I hope to have them...
They cannot charge and test the system without a working compressor.
If the compressor self destructed and sent metal particles through the system (we call that a burnout) $1300 would be in the ballpark. These are not easy systems to flush as...
I have towed all kinds of stupid stuff with cruisers. An 80 with an 80, a 100 with a 100. Only on city streets, out of necessity when I had no other choice. I absolutely would not tow anything over 5k with one for any distance. When I towed an 80...
I tried last night, couldn't get any of the half dozen or so dealer sites that I know of to work no matter what I did. My cart was wiped too, had about 40 part numbers in it.
Get a mechanics stethescope or a long piece of metal to listen around and figure out where the tick is coming from and if its at cam or crank speed. All of my 2uz's have some degree of valvetrain noise. They are very quiet motors overall, so...
Yes, I run mobil 1 0w40 in all of my cruisers and have for the last 7-8 years. If you have a tap that is not an exhaust manifold crack, it is likely in the valvetrain. all but one of my 4 2uz's has cold start piston slap, but that goes away in 30...