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    The Tragic Tale of ElSuperPinto

    That wasn't the only time either:
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    The Tragic Tale of ElSuperPinto

    Did you just call the Ford emblem a zit? :fuss:
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    The Tragic Tale of ElSuperPinto

    I don't mind a car with a face. What bugs me is when Ford decided to move the nose from where it belonged: To the middle of the freaking forehead!!!
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    Exorcising a '78 Mach I

    Headers are just mild steel tubing. I'd put either a long pry bar or piece of heavy steel pipe in the collector, heat the header with a torch, and bend back to shape.
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    Exorcising a '78 Mach I

    There's some pics of my Hedmans in my build thread somewhere.
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    The Tragic Tale of ElSuperPinto

    So... To clue the rest of y'all in... I once told @General karthief that once you saw the picture of the II front end in one of the old Motor manuals, you'd see the front of a II as frog-eyed and never be able to un-see it. I recently picked up a copy of the 1980 Motor manual, which has all...
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    The Tragic Tale of ElSuperPinto

    I can post a screenshot of the actual picture.
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    3.5L Coolant Flush

    I use a BG flush machine. :shrug: The truth is, with modern vehicles, there is no way to get 100% of the old coolant out. That went away with the appearance of pressurized coolant reservoirs and the advent of capless radiators and quick disconnect hoses. The old coolant flush machines were...
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    Fox Body Market

    These numbers are being driven by nostalgia and speculation. The people buying these aren't drag racing or street racing anybody, especially not a Camry driver.
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    2024 Mustang

    Car sales are booming. I work for an auto group with six lines (eight if you count the three GM brands separately), and we're so busy that even with four of our six manufacturers back at full capacity, we can't keep the lots full. Hell, they bought out one of our competitor's used car stores...
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    2024 Mustang

    Looks like a Hyundai or Audi on the outside and a Hyundai on the inside. It's generic, with crap for competition, which, if history is any indicator, means it will sell well.
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    Fox Brakes and Anti Seize..

    Use the grease there as well.
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    Fox Brakes and Anti Seize..

    https://www.crcindustries.com/products/brake-caliper-synthetic-grease-2-5-wt-oz.html I have literally put that on thousands of cars ( @90sickfox probably has too). It's what Carmax uses on ALL brake jobs and brake inspections (or at least it was from 2016-2020 when I worked there). It works.
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    Coming out of hibernation.

    CT material there... @General karthief
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    My spark plugs dont fit the GT40 heads

    I get mine from the local parts store or Rock Auto to avoid that.
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    My spark plugs dont fit the GT40 heads

    NGK makes their plugs in Japan still. I run them in ESP and the 4Runner exclusively. Delco and Motorcraft are relabeled Autolites, which are made by Honeywell, hence the Chinese manufacturing.
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    The Tragic Tale of ElSuperPinto

    It was slow as hell at the shop this morning, so ESP ended up in a bay getting poked and prodded, trying to get to the root of the fan failure. I have one of these: https://www.tooltopia.com/Power-Probe-PPRPPROKIT01 I know how to use it. I chased that gremlin from the battery all the way...
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    The Tragic Tale of ElSuperPinto

    We replace tires at 5/32" on used cars. One of these didn't quite hit 6/32" on the tread depth gauge, and the rest were barely at 6, so rather than the next owner of the Kia Soul they came from receiving a quote for tires when they come back for their first oil change and get mad about it, the...
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    The Tragic Tale of ElSuperPinto

    ESP is in the new shop for the first time this evening. I had a chance to replace the 9-year old dry rotted Firestone 205/55/16s with a set of good used Kumho 205/60/16s for free, so I did. You wouldn't think an additional 10mm of sidewall between the ground and the wheel would make such a...
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    Continuing on to my other projects thread

    About five minutes. Real talk? I've never seen a compressor that didn't show up with at least SOME oil in it, and while SOP is to drain the new compressor, measure what you got out of it, flush the rest of the system, and replace the accumulator/receiver-drier fill it to the correct level...
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