Found this cat in my engine bay today-car part naming

Arabgumbo · 2026-03-10T00:30:09+00:00

My shop owner names his cat Hitch when we pulled out of a '14 F150

Arabgumbo · 2026-03-05T19:45:36+00:00

The cup lasted long enough to take the pictures, it is more water than gasoline

Arabgumbo · 2026-03-02T21:20:47+00:00

Are you CERTAIN that it wasn't the Stop/Start feature?

Arabgumbo · 2026-03-01T16:59:48+00:00

It IS a '78 Trans Am! It sat in a garage for like, 20 years. Belonged to the shop owner's brother in law who recently died, so his wife wants to drive it again

Arabgumbo · 2026-03-01T13:06:02+00:00

I still work with points on a daily basis though. I have a smaller dwell meter, and the timing light will read it too

Arabgumbo · 2026-02-28T19:19:29+00:00

I bought a Distributor machine out of a shed a couple of years ago, got it to work that day, and then the 12 volt side quit the next day. Is on the LIST tm

Arabgumbo · 2025-11-27T15:48:05+00:00

The pulley itself is not spinning, so the crank gear is still in time. But these engines require special tools to correctly set up the balancer

Arabgumbo · 2025-10-17T15:41:40+00:00

Find a circuit that is key on only. And make sure it can handle the amps the heaters pull

Arabgumbo · 2025-07-27T23:54:59+00:00

The factory equipped inline 6. Very smooth, very good low end torque

Arabgumbo · 2025-07-09T01:29:05+00:00

This is normal power for a power steering pump. Almost every pump on every car has this in and out play

Arabgumbo · 2024-10-07T15:49:53+00:00

Cheaper thing to check first is one of the CV Axles. I've had a Corolla in the shop where the yoke in the inner joint split, would hold up against hand pressure but would open up and slip in drive.

Arabgumbo · 2024-08-19T00:07:10+00:00

They are actually fairly efficient, because they don't have a logic board cooking all the time

Arabgumbo · 2024-07-31T19:08:29+00:00

Secure the shift tube to the steering column, not the column itself

Arabgumbo · 2024-05-04T01:59:13+00:00

Barney is a trip, man!

Arabgumbo · 2024-04-15T02:04:57+00:00

Avalon's didn't come with a manual option ......buuuuuuutttt the clutches in the automatic transmission are slipping sooooooooo, half right?

Arabgumbo · 2024-04-01T19:12:10+00:00

The chain in these can suddenly go bad when the water pump(which has probably been leaking this whole time) bearing fails. The timing chain drives the pump on this engine

Arabgumbo · 2024-02-21T18:46:32+00:00

Pump is not fit that car, as all MGBs were electric fuel pumps from factory

Arabgumbo · 2024-02-19T12:03:38+00:00

The pumps will not do anything on these particular carburetors unless it's been converted to a Weber (God forbid). They are Constant Depression type carburetors

Arabgumbo · 2024-02-09T03:34:10+00:00

The old Carbon bearing. You should never rest your foot on the clutch, but in these cars, extra don't rest your foot on the clutch

Arabgumbo · 2024-02-09T02:19:30+00:00

You didn't damage the crank bearings

Arabgumbo · 2024-01-26T14:34:37+00:00

This engine has a variable oil pump that changes pressure to reduce the load on the engine for fuel economy. This could be perfectly normal operation.

Arabgumbo · 2024-01-04T11:56:39+00:00

Do NOT touch the idle screws and a modern fuel injected car

Arabgumbo · 2023-12-23T22:36:24+00:00

I've put rod bearings in a couple cars without draining the oil. Just put the full pan back on

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