What did you do to your non-G body project today? [2023]
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You saw the same things, creating inspections excuses, to push against older less fuel & emissions efficient cars and trucks, so, it'll likely intensify as a new means to an end
I suspect many of these blue-state governments will have increased standards for rust going forward in a push to get more ICE vehicles off the roads and force EV adoption.
You saw the same things, creating inspections excuses, to push against older less fuel & emissions efficient cars and trucks, so, it'll likely intensify as a new means to an end
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Pulled my 02 Yukon Denali in the shop to fix the broken exhaust manifold bolts on the head side, 2 on the DS, one on the PS. After I broke the studs on the Y pipe side, I was able to remove the manifolds. I had enough stud to weld nuts onto the broken studs on the driver side, but the passenger side required drilling it out. I also had to drill out the broken bolts on the PS manifold for the EGR tube after I snapped them. I red wrench got the broken studs out of the discharge part of the manifolds. Now I am waiting on studs to come in the mail.
Driver's side of my 6.0l in my 2001 2500HD has the outer two broken. Four in the middle are new and have been holding fine. I pulled the manifold a while back to fix it but my buddy didn't have a good enough welder in his shop to reach the broken studs. Factory MLS Gasket expands, seals good. I deleted the EGR at the time also, had a factory non-EGR manifold laying around the shop so I put it on.
Everything was put back on with copper anti-sieze, so if you don't have any I'd recommend it.
Everything was put back on with copper anti-sieze, so if you don't have any I'd recommend it.
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Transported the new relief valves for the Canton Accumulator out to the shop and parked them beside the unit. I'll have to bleed the air out before I can do the swap or the pressure will blow the oil reserve all over everything.
Did a parts match between a seat bracket that just came in and the existing one that I scored last summer and got a match. The new one shows some signs of a repair and still needs at little more bead work to get the curve of the ear in the right shape but that is cosmetic and could even be ignored. Maybe tomorrow or Sunday.
Did a parts match between a seat bracket that just came in and the existing one that I scored last summer and got a match. The new one shows some signs of a repair and still needs at little more bead work to get the curve of the ear in the right shape but that is cosmetic and could even be ignored. Maybe tomorrow or Sunday.
Oil, filter and tire rotation for my wife's car this afternoon. Had a slight pulse in the front brakes under hard braking so the rotors are at a local shop getting turned, will be ready tomorrow morning. Original brakes with 87k miles, still have some life left in them so the turn will get me another year or two before a complete brake job. My youngest is hoping to get the Impala when she gets her license in three years so it'll get the best parts I can get when the time comes.
Today was car manual day, off and on, all day.
Earlier I finished cataloging all but 10 boxes (of generics - Motor, Chilton, Haynes, etc) worth of the shop manuals into a notebook to have a paper record, listed out by year, then what the numbered box where the manual was located in, and what it was, so on so forth. Maybe around 745pm.
I just now, 1am, I finished transcribing the list into a master excel spread sheet.
So far we have 467 unique year/make/title manuals. Of those, there are 40 multi-book titles consisting of between 2-4 books each instead of just a single book, good for a total of 137 volumes. There are also 101 titles for which more than one copy exists.
Altogether, I'm currently at 705 books, with 10 boxes to go. My guess is the final count will tip the scales at 850-900 books. For counting purposes the ones bound into a single 5" plastic binder count as one "book".
Earlier I finished cataloging all but 10 boxes (of generics - Motor, Chilton, Haynes, etc) worth of the shop manuals into a notebook to have a paper record, listed out by year, then what the numbered box where the manual was located in, and what it was, so on so forth. Maybe around 745pm.
I just now, 1am, I finished transcribing the list into a master excel spread sheet.
So far we have 467 unique year/make/title manuals. Of those, there are 40 multi-book titles consisting of between 2-4 books each instead of just a single book, good for a total of 137 volumes. There are also 101 titles for which more than one copy exists.
Altogether, I'm currently at 705 books, with 10 boxes to go. My guess is the final count will tip the scales at 850-900 books. For counting purposes the ones bound into a single 5" plastic binder count as one "book".
The 2025 Calendars are HERE. Two different editions, two different sizes, and a digital package!! Starting at $12.97US
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