Recent content by OldSkull

Oil? Not a single trace under the Echo and I did all the maintenance on every car in my yard and NONE of the trucks I own got undercarriage rust NONE! Only the Buick got rear undercarriage aluminium parts , all others GM, Ford, Dodge, Plymouth, Honda, Toyota, Mazda and VW I owned got steel. I...

Exactly! Well said BjBnet! They never clean the undercarriage of their Jeep at -26c and they never ride all day long on HW were the salt act like sandblasting on every undercarriage parts! I wash all the vehicles I own every fracking week and give them a coat of wax every year since 1977! I can...

Well I did it 3 times! You may need a lot more just to figure things out the first time... Lets say a hour maybe, check your belt since you are already getting there,for this job you need to slack the bender, check all puleys, replace what need to be and your good to go :-) Not difficult...

Let's say 30 minutes max :yawn: The worse part is breaking free the viscous from his puley but with a "Home made" tool like the one I built save you lot of $%?@#@! :birgits_tiredcoffee

Outch! Yep the shipping cost kill the deal...There is lot of good source parts sellers on your side I think Tony CRD can help you find them and save you some "precious"kopkrab.gif I fabricate my own clutch fan tool using what I got on hands, the aluminium bar and galvanized pipe are 40" long...

215/85/16 fit perfectly well but very few made them in "D" load version (65psi) they are almost all "E" load and need 80 psi (reed very hard ride) , some ride them at 40 psi to get back some confort... "D" and "E" load tires are heavy and you loose mpg running them, best compromise is "C"...

Just get back from the "Stealer" with the nylon fan $112 with all good Canadian taxes! Best price I can found here! No problem since I got the serpentine for $50 at Carquest but the Viscous clutch his $124 and need a 6 week delivery delay or a 2 days delivery at Napa for $169! Dooooooo Frack no...