I got my tester second-hand some time back. It's real basic (I'd need to buy adapters for non-standard openings and stuff). Ebay always has some new and used ones (that might be where mine came from - I cant remember).
I have heard that Napa sells them, and a lot of online tool stores do (Midway auto, et al).
I've gotten lucky with some cheaper tows I guess. That 100 buck price is rediculous.
I have heard that Napa sells them, and a lot of online tool stores do (Midway auto, et al).
I've gotten lucky with some cheaper tows I guess. That 100 buck price is rediculous.
By any chance do you have an aftermarket thermostat housing? I got the chrome Ford one only have it warp on me and leave coolant sitting on top of my timing chain housing. I tore the whole front of the engine off only to find out it was just the thermostat housing (fortunately I was planning on having the timing chain housing powdercoated anyway).
actually, assuming the tune is good (no detonation) and the rotating assy, is in good shape, the stock rotating assembly will outlive the block. head over to turbomustangs.com and you will see what i mean. there are many people on there that have run bone stock shortblocks and most of the failures were because of the block splitting at the main caps and having the split go right down the center of the lifter valley. upon disassembly, the rotating assembly usually checked out fine.mo_dingo said:
as for the coolant problem, run a compression test as well as the coolant pressure test. if it is a head gasket, you will be way down on compression in at least one of the cylinders where if it is a lower intake gasket, the compression should check out fine. it is definitely worth checking before unnecessarily taking the heads off and replacing perfectly good gaskets. also, as far as $800 goes, if you have the time, tools, and basic mechanical know how, i would definitely do it yourself rather than paying to have it done. keep us updated.