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  1. 5.0TailPipeHump

    No Start After Winter

    Thanks for that jrichker, turned out to be the distributor cap and rotor, pulled it off and was filthy, put the new cap and rotor in place and we have lift off. Cheers!
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    No Start After Winter

    Ok ill stop cranking it over , do ya think a change of plugs will do the trick? If so what plugs should i go with? right now I've got stock e7 on her
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    No Start After Winter

    So parked the car for the winter with just over a half tank of gas and battery connected, nice day today so i decided to fire it up , well that was not the case. It will turn over till the battery dies but tthat's it, i got fuel pressure to the rails and can smell the gas when trying to...
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    Drivetrain 8.8 Rearend Guru's. Identify This Sound

    got some gears installed last year and having trouble identifying a noise from the gears, i get a popping sound and squeak from the rear , i uploaded a video of what's going on here. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBaDBtekGXk&feature=autoshare View...
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    How To Rotate Driveshaft

    Got a slight vibration on the highway and want to rotate the drive shaft to see if it fixes the issue, recently had some 355 gears go in. Question is do i have to remove the whole shaft to rotate it or can i just remove the four 12 point bolts and still keep the drive shaft in the...
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    Driveline Squeak/chirping?

    Yep after a week she started to make noise. A local shop did the work and said they could not here any noise, now for it to start making noise it's got to be in motion say for 5km so just after she's moving and warmed up then bam the dreaded noise. The u joints is what I expect as the one's on...
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    Driveline Squeak/chirping?

    Need a little help with a noise i got coming form underneath, recently got gears installed Parts installed were Axle bearings axle seals pinion seal shim kit. 355 gears Now i,m dealing with a noise that's driving me nuts. Also just happened today i,m getting a slight knock while coasting at low...
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    Suspension Unbearable Front Vibration

    harmonic balancer, motor mounts?
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    After Market Upper Control Arm Rubber Bushing Will This Work?

    I am going to replace the stock uppers bushings with the stock arms i got on the car now and just go ahead and do lowers with poly. I did try to get the bushing to fit by throwing some heat at it to try and squeeze it in but no go but it's not far off from going in , i suppose a person could...
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    Tubular Control Arms Help (pic)

    Rick , the part # on the box is 2155A63 , so far i,v taken all bushings out and they all have this hole in them , i could use a full tube of grease and all it would be doing is filling is the whole control arm. Any suggestions on what to do? Maybe some JB weld to fill the hole or perhaps some...
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    Tubular Control Arms Help (pic)

    I was greasing up my control arms and used quite a bit of grease, i was expecting grease to start coming out the sides and be good to go, so i took out the bushings and there was grease in there but also a rather large hole going into the tubular part and suspect grease made it way down this...
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    After Market Upper Control Arm Rubber Bushing Will This Work?

    Well i ended up going with some after market control arms and don't want to run the uppers with polyurethane bushing but rather rubber , this is my daily driver and have a fear of binding up the rear suspension so rubber would be the choice for me if i can get this to work . I ended up taking...
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    Ideas For New Heater Core Pressure Check Befor Install

    I just finished up a heater core install w/o ac:p but be sure to do what the guys said above with the restrictor , i went to my local hardware store and found aluminum sleves and are a perfect fit in the big end of the core , no need to make them but rather go to home depot or lowes and get a...
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    Lower Intake Hoses To Heater Core Help

    Thanks for the help guys :nice:
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    Lower Intake Hoses To Heater Core Help

    I just finished up a heater core install and before i had my lines byPassed, i can't remember how they hook up to the heater core , what side does the water pump hose going to the core go on, Passengers side or drivers side? and help or diagrams would be appreciated .
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    Electrical Another Cruise Control Issue

    Yep there should be a small clip that slides in to your cable, i,d check out some junk yards in your area if you have one close by and look for any 5.0 in there yard with cruise and yank one out.
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    Antifreeze through the firewall

    Thanks for the replies, i put some leak seal in it and will see what happens down the road as i know it,s just a temporary fix, if it keeps on leaking i will just by pass it for now and get it looked after in a month or 2, this is my daily driver for now and can deal with the cold cause i,m...
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    Antifreeze through the firewall

    Guess its better than a head gasket eh, also i kept it outta the yellow in the rps but why would this happen when going through the gears? would some stop leak help is some? If not im just going to reroute the hose so i will have to do with out heat.
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    Antifreeze through the firewall

    Just got back from a drive and got on it some and then i noticed white smoke out my back window , i though on sh!t head gasket but i don't think thats what going on here , i'm leaning more towards the heater core , on the passengers side there,s a small black hole with antifreeze coming out , i...
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    My T5 through the inspection cover

    http://s996.photobucket.com/albums/af86/saw426/Crank cancer/?action=view&current=100_4270.mp4 Video