The Official Hot Rod Thread

[long coat]

Check out the chive today. Lots of cool cars. I'm not going to post a link because of some of the other stuff they have.
NSFW- don't open it there, no nudes, but stuff that could cause trouble.

 

[churchmouse]

Does she know the 64 is yours yet?

Sort of.....

 

[rhino]

Saw this today. Hubby said no since he just redid the front brakes on my old truck and says I have to wear those out first. This could take a while.

beautiful 1986 chevy suburban w-pull rite hitch $6500.obo


My '89 suburban has a 350 in it and I get 17.5 mpg with it. I try to run mid grade or premium since I don't put a lot of miles on it, but I'm quite pleased as I never expected that kind of mileage with it.

That's impressive, especially for that vintage.

When my 2002 Silverado with 5.3L was new, I got 20 mpg combined and a couple of times got 22 mpg when it was all highway and interstate. Now I get about 16 mpg.

 

[RustyHornet]

Sort of.....

 

[ChristianPatriot]

And the damage is...

Upper and lower radiator hoses
Upstream and downstream O2 sensors
Rack and pinion
#3 fuel injector
Valve cover gaskets
Left driver-side wheel bearing

The only one of those that I don't want to tackle is the rack and pinion. Anybody want a side job?

 

[ChristianPatriot]

Unless you guys think it's not as bad as what I'm imagining

 

[RustyHornet]

Unless you guys think it's not as bad as what I'm imagining

YouTube is your friend.

 

[Bigtanker]

Unless you guys think it's not as bad as what I'm imagining

Is the R&P mounted to the firewall?

 

[ChristianPatriot]

Is the R&P mounted to the firewall?

It's like most of the other ones, down the centerline of the front wheels.

 

[churchmouse]

It's like most of the other ones, down the centerline of the front wheels.

Can you buy a refurbished unit.

 

[Bigtanker]

It's like most of the other ones, down the centerline of the front wheels.

Ok. When I did alignments in the mid 90's, I recall some of the GM's having them on the firewall. It was a true PITA to get to the outer tierods for adjustment.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

Can you buy a refurbished unit.

New ones are affordable

 

[churchmouse]

New ones are affordable

I would do it myself. Unless there is an alignment issue.
You can get it close enough to get to the alignment shop.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

I would do it myself. Unless there is an alignment issue.
You can get it close enough to get to the alignment shop.

Yeah that's where I'm leaning. It's about 600 bucks worth of parts, but with labor it was gonna be like 3 grand.....

 

[RustyHornet]

Holy crap!

 

[churchmouse]

Yeah that's where I'm leaning. It's about 600 bucks worth of parts, but with labor it was gonna be like 3 grand.....

Uh.....err.....I thought that was a low miles car.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

Uh.....err.....I thought that was a low miles car.

Even with all the repairs, it was still a good buy

 

[RustyHornet]

Mouse, I still need to look through my '72 manual for you. I got it out at lunch and flipped to the steering section, then got distracted.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

Parts should start rolling in the next day or two

 

[RustyHornet]

I need to pick up my motor mount I ordered from Napa. I had ordered some from summit and went to replace the broken one Saturday, turns out there are 2 different kinds... Guess which I got... I have been nursing the one that I glued back together with The Right Stuff. The motor torques towards the broken one, otherwise I wouldn't have done that...