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1969 Chevrolet nova 305CID 202 camel back heads
are the torque specs for the head bolts the same 65 ft. lbs for the 202 camel back heads as for the stock heads?
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2004 Chevrolet ROLL BACK 6.0L Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out, Stall, MIL Lamp on
I NEED HELP FROM ANY CATERPILLAR TECH,OR GM TECH.This is what I have,I bought a 04 chevy rollback with a cat engine in it.I have had this truck for almost a year now and have had this problem to come and go several times.Well it started out that the yellow lik...
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2001 Ford Windstar 3.8L speedometer
vehicle is blowing number 10 fuse in cental fuse box,and odometer shows --- this fuse runs a tonne of stuff including pcm, abs, bps speedometer, blower, motor, rear defrost, ect. have unplugged all these listed and still immediately blows fuse . It is not the...
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1999 GMC Jimmy 4.3L a/c compressor
hello fellow tech's. - this vehicle's a/c will randomly stop working when ever it feel's like. - the customer will be driving along with the a/c working perfectly, then all of a sudden it will start blowing hot & when she presses the a/c botton the light flash...
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1993 Honda Accord 2.2L Slave cylinder
This Honda had no clutch pedal. The fluid had leaked out because of a leaking slave cylinder. I replaced the slave cylinder and tried to reverse bleed the system. The system won't bleed and there seems to be a blockage preventing the fluid from traveling to ma...
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2002 Saturn LW300 3.0L MIL Lamp on
code p1516 can not be erraise,car goes intu limp mode sun as startup,lost of power ligth on,misfirin and no power till key cicle on off 10 secunds then will star good not misfiring,good power, drives exelent all over,till key is turn off again,circuit 582/581 ... Trouble codes: p1516 (tps not learn).
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1990 Toyota 4Runner 2.4L speedometer
We have code 42 and we suspect bad speedometer head. Dealer in our area wants over 700.00. Anyone have info on getting rebuilt or good used one at a decent price? Thanks.
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2001 Volkswagen Jetta 2.0L A/C Compressor
Vehicle came in with an inoperative A/C Compressor. Vehicle came from another shop that has already replaced Fan Control Module and High Pressure switch with no success. I can apply voltage from my Power Probe at A/C Compressor and Compressor engages fine. I a...
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1999 Ford Pickup 5.4L battery light flickers
tested circuit a found low voltage after changing the ring connector on the end of the alt cable that connects to the relay on the fender. removed vacume can to access the harness wile testing the a circuit, movement of the wire revealed voltage fluctuation, ...
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2006 Ford Econoline 6.0L Excessive Emissions, Surge, Misfire
Vehicle ended up going to Ford. Vague report back from fleet stated drained and flushed fuel tank. Replaced fuel pump. Serviced trans. I have no clue as to what they actually found as the issue or if simply their shotgun worked better than mine.
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2000 Kia Sportage 2.0L blower fan
This vehicle is a fix. Thanks to Carl, James, and Stephen for their input. Carl told me what the a/c relay wire colors are and while I knew that, him saying it got me looking at the operation of the relays. James info was that the blower switch has two circ...
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2000 Nissan Sentra 1.8L MIL Lamp on
Thanks to all that gave me some ideas and was in fact one tooth off on the exhaust cam sproket. We replace the tensioner with the updated one and the light never came back on.Great network Trouble codes: P0335 (crank sensor A circuit).
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2000 Toyota Corolla 1.8L No Start
I finally got this figure out, The ecm is in fact okay, i time the compression time and spark time and figure out that it was indeed doing fine, but to get exact is hard to say, ecm is reacting correctly. My teacher rick escrambre once told me, live by cod... Trouble codes: P1305 (cylinder 2 ignitor no 2 circuit), P1310 (cylinder 3 ignitior no 3 circuit), P1315 (cylinder 4 ignitor no 4 circuit).
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2000 Toyota Tundra 4.7L key cylinder
MOST REPLIES STATED TO JUST DRILL OUT THE CYLINDER. HAD ONE REPLY TO TRY ANOTHER KEY, BUT THE CUSTOMER ONLY HAD ONE KEY. HAD DEALER CUT KEY BY VIN AND WORKED JUST FINE. HARD TO BELEIVE THE KEY HAS NEVER HUNG UP BEFORE OR EVEN ACTED LIKE IT WAS HARD TO TURN AN...
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1983 Volvo 244 2.3L Cuts out
thank you everybody that replied i would like thank bruce for such a detailed message you have done this before i see thank you for the help. the problem ended up being i wiring issue under the intake manifold. with the amount of wires under the intake manifol...
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