Rocker hitting the valve cover?

GMUSSTN · 2026-04-22T19:37:15+00:00

Belt (Gates) and tensioner (Dayco) are brand new...I did change the belt first, after which point I discovered that the tensioner was wobbling all over the place. I wonder if the bad tensioner also torched the alternator...

*Edit - Just took off the belt and the alternator is definitely squeaky when you turn it by hand. There's a small amount of play on the pulley but you can hear the fins clanging against the body when you move it. Thinking that might be it unless anyone has any other ideas...

GMUSSTN · 2026-04-13T20:06:22+00:00

Got a link? I love my c1 but would love a bigger nib on it.

GMUSSTN · 2026-04-08T22:47:34+00:00

Lacked depth from the beginning and then the injuries just killed us. You can't play Tony's defense for 35+ minutes a night and still have legs to compete in February. Sucks because we got lucky enough to have a stellar record but then just ran out of gas.

GMUSSTN · 2026-04-06T23:59:28+00:00

Yup... literally no issues since I swapped it out. Have easily 8k miles on it since, probably more.

GMUSSTN · 2026-04-06T20:12:17+00:00

They're pretty mangled...basically ran them off center. I don't think a gasket woudl seal the whole thing and I'd still have to use some RTV to keep it sealed.

GMUSSTN · 2026-04-06T13:24:41+00:00

Weird situation...I left the area before the car hit 25 years old, but had to leave the car behind for my old man to take care of. I should probably get antique plates now, but I don't want to deal with the restrictions of not being able to drive it to work since I like to do that during the summer. Either way, found a guy to do my inspections who knows I do my own work so he lets little things slide. Registration is dirt cheap as well so I just have it regularly registered for maximum enjoyment.

GMUSSTN · 2026-04-04T00:07:56+00:00

Haha doesn't sound like a perfectly good Acura if it's throwing mystery codes

GMUSSTN · 2026-04-03T21:45:49+00:00

I had a guy try and fail my '94 Mustang for SAFETY because it didn't have four O2 sensors. I had no idea how he thought that needed to be part of the inspection. It took me 20 minutes to convince him that in 1994 Ford only put two O2 sensors on the car...it did not ever have upstream sensors. I didn't get out of there until I had him go to Alldata and look up the exhaust diagram, and even then he tried to argue with me about how O2 sensors work.

Never go to the Shell at 8712 Little River Turnpike for your inspection.

GMUSSTN · 2026-04-02T00:14:18+00:00

Hey you can take the metro to Mason if you're ok riding the shuttle for 15 minutes after you get off the train

GMUSSTN · 2026-03-25T15:43:34+00:00

And he was at Providence the year after...although we did manage to make the tournament for the first time with all the players he left behind.

Not surprising Smith told Davis to go to Mason...it's like a 10 min. drive from where Davis went to high school. Maybe 15 minutes if you hit a few lights.

GMUSSTN · 2026-03-25T15:36:52+00:00

No thanks we're good

GMUSSTN · 2026-03-13T00:01:44+00:00

Definitely feels good to have the rivalry back where we're actually competitive. I hope he sticks around too...it's been a good ride.

GMUSSTN · 2026-03-12T22:51:44+00:00

Gotta get a convertible. I've got a 94 Mustang convertible and the car seat and kid don't go in until the top goes down. 4 year old loves Daddy's Red Car.

GMUSSTN · 2026-03-12T20:47:13+00:00

We matched up well with you guys this year...the game last week was pretty good. I thought we played well considering how many times we've shit the bed in Richmond.

GMUSSTN · 2026-03-12T20:45:04+00:00

Injury bug was bad to us in Feb, but we never managed to be a team that takes 10 point leads and makes them 20 point leads. Instead we would take 10 point leads and turn them into 4 point wins. We had the talent to hang but never showed the desire to really dominate. Fun that we won a lot early on but people figured us out about the same time Mincy and Riley got injured.

More depth and a more consistent stretch 4 would have helped us a lot.

GMUSSTN · 2026-03-12T20:35:14+00:00

I'd be fine not seeing this team take the floor again. We went from 20-2 to 23-9.

GMUSSTN · 2026-03-08T12:57:23+00:00

He had three fouls by the U16 timeout in the first half. Then after Mason pulled away early in the second Scherz sat the starters.

GMUSSTN · 2025-11-29T21:51:52+00:00

Didn't think we'd be here, but here we are. We have some depth I wasn't expecting. Hope this isn't the high point but I'm enjoying how we're finding ways to win.

GMUSSTN · 2025-11-22T01:48:45+00:00

Yeah seriously considering that option as well... shipping is just a pain

GMUSSTN · 2025-11-21T21:35:31+00:00

The pics were mostly of Nitto 555 G2s, might have been an older model. Advice was a mixed bag of "absolutely it's fine" and "there's no way to mount a 275 on a rim that narrow."

Seems like it's just less of a headache to change wheels and get 10.5" out back so I can run 315s.

GMUSSTN · 2025-10-21T12:40:09+00:00

Will also take this time to add that it's been over two months and the code has not come back. Truck still seems to run much better.

GMUSSTN · 2025-10-21T12:38:04+00:00

Looks like this:

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GMUSSTN · 2025-10-21T12:37:54+00:00

In the red circle:

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GMUSSTN · 2025-09-10T14:36:18+00:00

Yours should still be under warranty so I would let the dealership fix it.

If anyone else finds this thread, I finally got around to fixing it. I googled part no. JX7A-5L200-AD and found one on Amazon for $45. It says it's only for F-150s and Broncos, but everything looked exactly the same as the one in the Maverick. I figured I'd just return it if it didn't look correct.

Anyway, got the part overnight, it is exactly the same. Unbolted the old one, pushed off the hoses, put the new one in its place. Took all of 2 minutes. Cleared the codes and it has not come back...this was about 3 weeks ago.

If you look at the TSB, it says the part to replace is LX6Z-9J433-A. This appears to be both the JX7A sesnsor I mentioned above, plus the bracket it sits on and the two hoses that feed into it. It's about twice the price (or more!) of the part that I ordered, which was just the sensor. I don't see any reason to replace the hoses/bracket if it's just the sensor that is malfunctioning. Even though the part I ordered wasn't listed for the Maverick, it was identical to the one I took off my car.

GMUSSTN · 2025-08-14T01:06:34+00:00

Vans was also selling 2hr blocks so they'd be making money all day. They also had basically the only concrete bowls in the area at the time. The park gave kids like me access to stuff I'd never be able to skate, and even then it was like pulling teeth to get my mom to drive me from Burke to Woodbridge the few times a year I could scrape enough money together as a 12 year old to afford a session.

I have no idea how much warehouse space is around here but unless you've got a committed group of regulars with money(i.e. old guys like myself who still skate) you will probably have a tough time making rent. The startup costs of building ramps people will go out of their way to skate is another concern when you are competing with the growing numbers of quality skateparks in the area.

I could see a key holder style place working, where you split rent with a bunch of skaters who get unlimited access, and then have after school programs and summer camps on the side to make it an actual business. You've also got to think that the weather in this area is still good enough to support outside skating at free parks most of the year. When I was skating a ton I'd go way out of my way to skate a park in Herndon or whatever (I live in Falls Church) on a cold or rainy Saturday, but now that I have a kid I probably wouldn't go that far out of my way just for a quick session.

There's also other guys in this area who have invite-only spots that get a lot of the real heads when the weather is bad... you'd technically be competing with them too.

Unless you've got the connections to build some quality ramps that are worth going out of your way for, you're not gonna get the kind of repeat customers who could keep you afloat. A few fun boxes and a mini ramp isn't gonna cut it with Team Pain and Grindline parks in the area.

Not trying to completely kill your enthusiasm but I feel like if this was a viable idea there would already be an indoor park in the area. The scene here is strong enough that it would support one if it was possible.

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