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  1. Mark Maras
    I'd adapt a clothes dryer vent hose (duct tape and something else) to the exhaust and vent hose fittings into a wall , window or door. I'd also buy a carbon monoxide detector. Many years of welding has taught me not to vent the exhaust into an oncoming breeze. Some of it will find it's way back in. venting to the side or down wind is best.
  2. Mark Maras
    The landau top contact adhesive will work well. That's what our local upholsterer uses. I used 3M headliner adhesive in an aerosol can. Good stuff. One can was all I needed for a Corolla headliner. Don't go cheap with the foam. It's the part that fails after years of heat and cold.
  3. Mark Maras
    If I wasn't going to fix them myself, I'd remove them and take them to a mechanic to adjust the floats rather than risk a fire. My last resort would be drive it with a fire extinguisher handy.
  4. Mark Maras
    I doubt that I would have recognized Cody five years later although I see he still likes to pose with his legs crossed.
  5. Mark Maras
    Nothing wrong with having the axles balanced but because they turn approximately 3 1/2 times slower than the drive shaft I've never experienced or heard of a balance problem with them. Driveshaft balance problems are very common however.
  6. Mark Maras
    A few things can cause the problem. Fuel pressure too high (I like 3.5 psi), floats set too high or crud in the needle and seat valves.
  7. Mark Maras
    Chemically treat, remove and paint any and all rust spots when I first see them.
  8. Mark Maras
    I haven't gotten one.
  9. Mark Maras
    There shouldn't be any detectable slop in the u-joints in any direction.
  10. Mark Maras
    Or if it's Lucas, it's a smoke fitting.
  11. Mark Maras
    I agree. Over the years it always seemed that the lock nuts were tighter than I had tightened them. I found that just giving the wrench a good bump (not enough to hurt) with my hand would secure them.
  12. Mark Maras
    I believe they're closed cell foam. An easy test would be weigh it, submerge it in fuel for a day or two and reweigh it.
  13. Mark Maras
    Thanks for the video. Do the other plugs show the same intermittent spark? I'm betting no.
  14. Mark Maras
    @jalexquijano Have you tried the spark tester recently without a different distributor? Plug the tester into each spark plug and see if there's a poor spark on #4.
  15. Mark Maras
    Yeah, I've still got that gut feeling that the problem lies between the rotor and the sparkplugs. We know all the components are quality products but the connections are what I'd like to confirm. That cheap inline spark tester in post #152 would be a definitive test.
  16. Mark Maras
    Google "appliance wheel center caps".
  17. Mark Maras
    Cereal box gasket saturated with grease or oil.
  18. Mark Maras
    I'd make one and use a paper punch for the bolt holes.
  19. Mark Maras
    @jalexquijano A spark tester is an excellent idea and cheap too.
  20. Mark Maras
    There's something that ZedHead mentioned a while back as a possibility and that's a bad oil ring in #4. We've covered most, if not all, of the easy things. How does one check to see if an oil ring is bad without pulling a piston? The only thing I can think of is a borescope?
  21. Mark Maras
    So, not enough miles driven to determine oil usage?
  22. Mark Maras
    What about oil usage? Miles per quart or how often do you top it up?
  23. Mark Maras
    The numbers look OK. Lets try heading down another path momentarily. Something I don't remember discussing in the past is oil usage. How many miles do you drive before it needs a quart of oil and are there any oil leaks?
  24. Mark Maras
    I don't like to compression test a hot engine because I don't like to remove spark plugs from a hot engine. However if the plugs come out easily it's better to test the engine when it's warm.
  25. Mark Maras
    Remove the coil wire, remove the spark plug wires and spark plugs, get comfortable in the seat and turn the engine over (wide open throttle) with the starter until you see oil pressure on the gauge. It shouldn't take long. Then proceed with the test.
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