Nice to see some other local guys around. I'm from Abington, but now I live in Northeast Philly. And I work in Newtown area for Verizon. You guys should stop by the Super Fresh on Knights Road by the Franklin Mills Mall on Sunday nights.
I saw White Heat's car at JD's a couple of weeks back...
Yes it is fairly easy to do all those things, just get a shop manual from Pep Boys. I wouldn't advise using the manuals they sell for doing really indepth things, but for what you want they will work.
The "t" fitting is a bad idea because it does not give you an accurate reading of what your temp actually is. The best two ways to fix this problem are install the sensor in the side of the driver side of the block below the exhaust post. There is a headless nut the can be taken out and is the...