i have the correct one on the way in the ups. it should be here in the am. will try. hopefully that fits. also it will answer the question as to whether a 1fz igniter "works" or not.
thanks john.
i only have 35's and i really don't need assist. steering is fine with that size. i even have a friend with 37's and he has no issues either on his lexus. which has actual elockers. but i am a little biased. i came from the rock buggy world and sold it to drive my nearly unmodded cruiser. so i...
i figure with my almost never posting i would offer up what i found on my journey this week, with thanks to previous posts, especially john held, and the paper fsm i payed a million dollars for, my beast lives again.
the back story:
she has been parked vestigial in my driveway for several...
little update, i hollowed out the cats and replaced the o2 sensors. interestingly enough the right side sensor had an extender on it so i just needed to order the two cheaper left sided ones. this made almost no improvement.
a couple of days ago, i popped the hood and cranked the...
oh, to add, if i had the money, i would still buy slee stuff. it looks fantastic, even if its expensive.
but you are going to have to wait about 9 years until i get into, finish, graduate from med school and do a residency.... and no, i am not a kid. this is the "i am 39 and want a job...
lets just say i was intimately familiar with the entire operation. not really at liberty to say much more.
don't get me wrong mr slee, the stuff you make is pretty much the top of the shelf.
but considering how much the 3fe and fz motors suck, and how cheap the 5.3 is, if the adapter...
lets call this what it is. 80s aren't common. and when they were new they were insane expensive. so place like "marks" and ehem, 'other vendors' are used to customers with deep pockets. so dropping 3k for a set of bumpers went without question.
i worked in a fab shop for a long time. i...
i am glad i posted this. this helped jog my thinking a little. one thing i haven't really thought about is that the reason i rebuilt the motor was because it blew a head gasket. and what happened in that process was that the #5 and 6 cylinders filled with coolant. in the process of sitting...
i paid a grand for my cruiser. a year ago. motor blew a head gasket after 4 months of driving. another grand. now i get 8mpg. and i love every minute of it. its a 91 and the paint is faded with the clear coat oxidation peeling off. and i still get people asking me every day if that is "my...
this is what i am afraid of. i don't want to have to do the "throw parts at it till it works" method of troubleshooting because every damn little part for the 3fe is $100.
i would imagine the o2 sensors are old as hell. i don't think i will feel bad about replacing those. but i have been...
the air intake hose could be suspect. maybe i should try the carb cleaner trick to see if it gets in there.
and yes, the 5.3 is inbound. need approval from the cfo.
the fuel float is really weird for sure. but i fill the tank till it tops off and that is right at twenty gallons. the odometer is pretty correct as far as correlation to the gps.
and this has been a solid 8mpg since the rebuild. which i finished over six months ago. i haven't checked...