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"aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe" (emaxxbl) 01/29/2016 at 16:58 • Filed to: None

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Make sure your valve covers aren’t loose the first time you go to drive your freshly rebuilt car.

Matt Nichelson > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 01/29/2016 at 17:03

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So is that what caused the lake of oil from your last post I assume?

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 01/29/2016 at 17:04

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There was that one time I put the timing chain on 90-degrees off, that was much, much, much worse.

lone_liberal > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 01/29/2016 at 17:07

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At the same time, make sure you don’t over-tighten your valve cover bolts. Especially on a Gen I SBC.

aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe > Matt Nichelson 01/29/2016 at 17:08

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yep.

Urambo Tauro > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 01/29/2016 at 17:13

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GM learned this the hard way.

Matt Nichelson > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 01/29/2016 at 17:15

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Oops. Well on the bright side, your car didn’t actually turn into the bbq you were smelling.

dietryng > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 01/29/2016 at 18:26

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that isnt how alfas cool themselves?

yeah, gotta stay focused when working on the car. your phone is the tool of the devil, when it comes to distractions.

Chasaboo > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 01/29/2016 at 23:14

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I’ll second that with replacing your oil cap after changing the oil. My friend didn’t and smoke was pouring out of the hood as we were driving to the track.

orcim > lone_liberal 01/31/2016 at 03:51

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Le Sigh. I have two that are broken from a head gasket replacement - a quart every 3 weeks with 2 episodes (depending on parking angle) of smokey wispies coming out from under. So em-bare-assing.

Luckily I just got my reverse drill bit / extractor set along with my metric tap/die kit this last week. Now to schedule some down time for a daily use production vehicle. Gah.