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Glad you are dialed in Over 200k is good life. Do they have the 2nd battery on order for you? Running mismatch isn’t great but for a week or so won’t kill the new one. For diy alternator rebuilds- True Value Hardware stores usually sell individual brushes, bearings, etc. How well they can...

I couldn’t resist it. I remember mythbusters did the test of mpg on ac vs windows down. Running what appears like a 2000ish model explorer- the computer showed running the ac used 0.1 mpg Windows down showed using 0.5 mpg They finished the test by comparing an explorer vs a suburban and the...

Hmm so wonder if I have one on my 2013 tahoe ppv. Some of you know since i cant physically do mechanics anymore i went back to being an electrician. Funny thing about alternators & lead acid batteries- the faster you charge them the faster they charge up to 80% no matter what. And alternator...

Thats what I was thinking- they are broken now, what- ya gonna make them brokener? Like a stuck set of rings. Atf/acetone mix to soak in a couple days at first? Unfortunately there is the expensive retesting. Or if ya have one spare injection line- remove one from the car and custom bend...

Gasser flywheel has wrong teeth count & will not function with the starter. I am leaning to air in the fuel system. Follow the above for it. Also, out the front/top of the ip (injection pump) is a 1/4” diameter fuel hose about 5 or 6” long, in an upside down “U” shape. Replace that hose...

The turn signals: you can get that by having an incorrect bulb in anyone of the turn signal positions. A single filament bulb where it’s supposed to have a dual filament. So in your tail lights, it should use an 1157 bulb because that is a dual filament, meaning one for the turn signals and...

Ok- i wrote a response before my “embrace the suck” comment that didn’t post for some reason. That sensor is your engine coolant temperature sensor that sends a signal up to your injection pump to tell it to advance for cold timing and to operate the Little solenoid that holds the throttle open...

Embrace the suck, remembering that one day you’ll look back & laugh. Most likely when reading a joke of the day calendar, but still…

It is possible. I just never seen it yet.

Usually the best way is for you to research who is in the area, or modern time someone that does online meeting via phone. Then you explain the situation and you & her meet them together. Start getting “group counseling”. Obviously you can include other members besides the two of you. The...

Looking great. Every thing makes perfect sense- how GM should have done it.

Get her into both a psychologist and a psychotherapist. Not after long term visits but mainly the two diagnostics. Bi-polar is something that many people have a horrible time at life, then get a pill each day that takes them a couple months to get squared away on. After that they become...

Yup, clean electrical connections, put a meter on the power & ground wires, then get on the phone to tech support.

If he does put a carb on- tell him run a 0-60 or 0-100 whatever is appropriate at your racetrack, then also do mpg testing. I know carburetors. But I prefer fi because of results.

No 2 speed alternator I ever heard of. But every other one basically doesn’t start putting out until a certain rpm, then puts out more the faster it spins. That pretty much how all alternators work. There is a circuit that “reads” battery power and will work like an on/off switch. When the...

Ok, well the 1/16” is 0.0625 and DSG is 0.065. I don’t see 25 thou being enough to stretch apart. A hardness check would be a good comparison. A full reverse engineering? I have the brand new set from Leroy. Can measure gears, spread, etc. Using the hardness file on the corner of the...

I have a set of Leroy’s gears on my shelf I plan to install in my engine build for my hummer. It’s because of medical issues I haven’t finished it yet. Financial impacted it for a long time but I have enough to finish at least getting it together and in the rig. My reason for gear drive is...

If it’s a force issue that pushed the gear out through the plate- then thicker might be the answer- but metal hardness would come into play long before then. My hardness file set went byebye year’s ago. But remember these are copies of the DSG design. It’s been way too many years for me to...

The “known good” pmd test is in order here, as mentioned the lifetime warranty one is the way to go. Mount both the current one and the lifetime one on a heat sink so you can simply move the wire over to test. Get a dummy plug that the back side is filled with silicone to keep the one not...

Might be worth lab samples?