Gearhead Thread

mussa · April 01, 2009, 02:08:21 PM

flames are so life like

PhillyPhreak54 · April 01, 2009, 09:50:44 PM

I missed that.

Funny pic. Nice V-6 Mustang wheels on the Ranger.

Speaking of Mustangs; I have the itch again. A buddy of mine in the apartment complex just bought an '89GT and hanging around while he's been working on it has helped push me to start looking.

I found an '88 GT on Craigslist for 2200...I e-mailed the dude to ask a few questions. If I like what I hear then I will ride over and check the car out. Perhaps I can work him down to 1800 or so.

Seabiscuit36 · April 01, 2009, 11:01:04 PM

I'm trying to convince the wife to let me get a beach truck

Diomedes · April 01, 2009, 11:02:25 PM

if you'd let her get a 'whore's night out' car, then she has no reasonable argument against it

Seabiscuit36 · April 01, 2009, 11:06:43 PM

i think thats every day?

We've been looking for a beater to just drive from our beach house over to the beach. Something like this for 2k fits the bill. Its either this or an old ass suburban which i wouldnt mind 80's style

PhillyPhreak54 · April 03, 2009, 09:28:33 PM

So I'm driving to work this morning and my truck cuts off. I heard the warning signal chime and saw the display read ENGINE FAIL SAFE MODE. My icehole puckered up because all I could think of was how my engine just took a massive shtein. I was expecting to hear knocking later on.

So miraculously I had no one behind me and was able to cross over lanes and get to a parking lot while coasting. I put it in park and let it sit for awhile and then tried to re-start it and it fired up like nothing was wrong. Good oil pressure, not overheating, all that junk was good.

I googled the 2005 F-150 Lariat engine fail safe mode and it came up with several hits of people who had the same shtein happen.

So I went to Advanced Auto Parts and had them run the free code scan and sure enough it was throwing the codes for the throttle body system.

My factory extended warranty doesn't cover it because its not part of the powertrain or drive train. But the extended warranty that I bought when I got the truck covers it. All I pay is a $50 deductible.

I was gonna try to clean out the TB, but farg it...its covered under warranty and I want a whole new TB on it.

mussa · April 03, 2009, 10:28:10 PM

should of bought a toyota

PhillyPhreak54 · April 04, 2009, 01:53:57 AM

Never!

Those new Tundra's are hideous.

Tomahawk · April 04, 2009, 01:00:58 PM

You should have bought a Prius

rjs246 · April 04, 2009, 01:17:46 PM

They're silent below 5 miles per hour!

Diomedes · April 04, 2009, 02:37:10 PM

blind pedestrians love that

General_Failure · April 04, 2009, 02:47:25 PM

They're only worth half the points in a Prius.

Tomahawk · April 09, 2009, 01:10:40 PM

New headers arrived yesterday. Since I'm going to replace all the bushings and front suspension components and the engine has 37 years of oil and grease on it, I decided to pull it out. Headers are not installed yet (obviously?)

Tomahawk · April 22, 2009, 11:02:30 AM

Has anybody ever had to get pretty thick carbon deposits off pistons? I've been trying to do it with steel wool and carb cleaner, but it's sloooooow going. Would a wire wheel tear the piston up?

I'd really rather not completely disassemble the bottom end

Diomedes · April 22, 2009, 11:52:17 AM

you won't hurt anything with a wire brush. be gentle if you go with a wheel on a bench grinder or drill though.

do you have access to a bead blast cabinet?

edit: oh right, you just said you don't want to take it apart. you've got some work cut out for you if you're gonna do this by hand with the pistons still attached to the con rods