Recent content by Joesmith

The re manufactured engine place said they would void the warranty if I re use my old one, since there was metal bits all in there. My mechanic and I are both calling around salvage yards locally to see what we can find. He also said he may have found a place that remanufactures those timing...

Yeah it sucks. It’s very pricy I assume, because the oil pump is built in. But I’m already stretching myself on the replacement engine. And I know that there are kits for pulling the pump out of that cover and replacing that, and that seems like you could get in there and get it pretty well...

So my 07 is finally in the shop getting a remanufactured engine put in. Engine failure due to pushrod bearing going bad. In the oil pan there was a lot of metal bits. The re-manufactured engine doesn’t come with the timing cover/oil pump assembly. The mechanic is telling me we shouldn’t re-use...

Hmm that drag link bed or lack there of is curious…it could be something that was “fixed” as they were trying to get it on the road after it got totaled. Previous owner said it got hit on that side. I ordered a new adjustment sleeve for the drag link to get my steering wheel centered but maybe...

I tried getting pictures of the under side but I wasn’t able to get it up in the air and get the tires off yet…too busy flushing my rad and heater core…previous owner decided to make mud in the rad by mixing coolants. he told me there was a thermostat issue, so he swapped it with a lower temp...

The forums will not let me upload any photos for some reason

I’ll post some pics when I get out of work today. see I measured the front springs according to something I read on these forums and that’s how I came up with the 6 inch lift. But since I have read like 3-4 different ways you can measure to tell what lift you have and all of them disagree, I...

The control arms were on my list of parts to chase around until I solve this. can anyone tell me how to measure or where it’s supposed to be set? when I get adjustables, how do I know where to adjust them too? I can’t go with the same length as the stock ones obviously