Quoting G:
Looks good! But I think your doing it backwards and should have done the engine bay first.
G, this guy doesn't need much (if any) "help" like you offer the members of this board.
... you find fault with anything and everthing anybody ever does /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif
I'd rather read a hundred posts like Tom's then one of yours
... sometimes you know you're going to be doing major work in the engine compartment, and it makes more sense to do things in an order that may "seem" ass backward.
... and sometimes it's hard to break stuff up into segments to do posts or like Tom does,
kick ass videos!
I know just how hard this task is.
I got my ass
fully kicked this summer trying to clean up a good friends car that suffered a little from the weather we had out here.
yikes!
This is why you fix a dipstick that pops out under boost!
there was some stains I couldn't get out.
Didn't want to kill the stickers, so I didn't use to aggressive a chemical solution. (just watered down simple green in a spray bottle)
... sure would like to hear what other folks use, as i wasn't totally happy with the results.
I had my good friend handle the hardest parts.
... running the hotsy for an hour on a car on stands is a young mans game. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
wear safety glasses
be
sure to umplug each and
every connector and blow the connector and component
completely dry.
[Edit] G, I don;t want to sound like I'm picking on you, but you find fault with almost everything anybody posts on this board.
... lot's of folks are getting real tired of it!
Tom is a kick ass,
contributing member, and untill you post pics of what you do, maybe you should think twice before posting anything that would keep a cool, saavy cat like Tom from sharing his tips and tricks with us here on the .org.
I've learmed a bunch from his posts and I love his videos.
I want to see anything and everyting he does! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Sorry for speaking out and posting pics in your thread Tom, but I want to the see the video of how you handle this task, and I figgered if I raised the bar a lil, you'd knock it out of the park. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Re; the colored dot...
In aviation,
two colored dots were used on tube style set-ups. The yellow dot (or stripe) indicated the heavy spot of the tube, and the red dot on the tire indicating the lite spot of the tire. They were lined up during installation.
Later, when they went to tubeless, the dot allowed saavy cats to check /mark the heavy spot of the rim and line up / index / dial in the tire to the wheel and make a smaller / more stable weight package. Airplanes are hard on tires, and
any advantage is taken. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
In the automotive field,) the red dot is meant to designate the lite spot of the tire.
Many of the saavy old school cats I trained under knew the real backstory, and they would spin their wheels, (sans tires,) and mark the heavy spot.
They would then put the dot inline with that spot, resulting in less weight being used and a more consistent service life.
imho, (unless you've identified the heavy spot of your wheels) the colored dot is put inline with the valvestem by any tire mook worth a shite.
At the very least, it allows guys making
serious power a quick visual on whether they're spinning the tires on the rims. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/devil.gif
