Copper gets brittle from heat, which makes the fine strands break easier just past the point of the solder. Not to mention it makes a stiff spot. You'll never find a soldered joint in an oem harness for a reason.

Anyone have a PTU bracket for a cyclone intake, the kind that bolts to the back of the plenum like in this photo? Thanks.

I won't say I'm an expert at ANYTHING, LOL, but if locktite is holding my converter bolts from loosening up and my crank sprocket up front, if it were mine, I'd use the glue and let it set up for a few days. It doesn't see that much heat, but I'd...

Thats how it was my first year at Illinois... The university definitely wasnt gonna be keen on emergency DSM maintenance in the dorm parking lot either...

Maybe the OP can shed some light on what attracted them to this car in the first place. If a reliable ride to school is the priority, a good used Prius C would be better than a 20 year old Chrysler.If they want a Fast and Furious turbo kit mod...

When rebuilding electrical components like distributors, wiper motors, crank angle sensors, etc. there is usually a little vent in the housing that is stuffed with a fibrous/sponge-like filter material. Presumably this is to allow hot gases to...

How do you support the other side while peening them? With a throttle body its easy enough to support the head of the screw with a small socket or something on the workbench while hitting the threaded end of the screw and therefore no chance of...

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Locktite them. If you try to peen them, you'll end up bending the throttle shaft.

For those who have replaced the seal in their cyclone manifold: when you put it back together and re-installed the little throttle plate screws did you peen the back side to keep them from backing out? If so, how? I can't see any easy way to do...

Homemade biodiesel!

I’ve used diluted purple degreaser on steel parts and they came out great. Of course with lifters you’ll want to make sure they’re thoroughly flushed out after to remove any debris that may have come loose inside.

I have not cleaned lifters and rockers specifically, but I have cleaned many other parts in an ultrasonic with excellent results. Using the right cleaning solution for a specific task is key. The ultrasonic just takes it to another level and...

My first DSM was a 91 Talon in that same two tone blue/silver. Seeing that makes me nostalgic.

Old picture but that’s what I did with mine. I used caliper paint too so it’s tough AF and heat/fluid resistant.

That's pretty much what I'm planning to do with mine. Paint it with red enamel and then sand the red off the top of the letters with a sanding block and polish them. It will require some maintenance to keep them looking polished but I'd much...

Baking it to remove oils would still be a good idea before spraying primer. Put it in the oven at a couple hundred degrees for a while then clean it really well with a degreaser. You don't want any of that stuff bubbling up out of the aluminum...

I have a couple of different ones. First time out I made one from brass stock and a couple of 6-32 bolts but it was hard to hold and bent easily. So I bought the MD998752-01 tool from Miller Special Tools and that's what I use mainly because I...

That’s another possibility. If nobody else has any answers I can take a look at my trans and see how to check and/or change the spring but that won’t be until this weekend.

There is a spring in the selector mechanism on the transmission. It sounds like the spring may have gotten weak, broken, or is out of place. My previous car sat for a long time in gear (because the parking brake wasn't working) and when I got it...