The Dude Abides

what are some signs that your cat or midpipe might be clogged, and what would be a good replacement so you dont loose backpressure. and i dont want this to evolve into a backpressure debate.

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He cant paint, its covered in decals and stickers.

Well im heavier then both of you and me and my 5 ft yakama roof rack cheater bar couldnt break it either. So darn, but dont worry itll work.

Ive seen that one around. Yea guido has lots wrong with it. But until the motor or tranny goes im just gonna keep pluggin away.

Ive noticed lately that my resoner is rattling and loose. I was thinking about just cutting this out and replaceing it with either a straight pipe, cherry bomb, or something else along those lines. Heres the kicker. I have my cat and my stock muffler and id like to keep it as reasonably quiet as possible. If i replace this thing with either of my choices am i going to drasticaly change the exhaust tone. Ben

Sorry GD but i have yet to find a 58 dollar radiator from ebay.

Ok update. After my big wrench broke i was done that day. But i did change out my cap and rotor. Put in and rewired a new blower motor. And managed to fasten my battery back down so it wouldnt roll around in the engine bay. As far as the brakes go im done for this weekend. Ive got a friend with a huge garage full of tools and (AIR TOOLS) in case i run into any more problems with this darn thing. I will have a buddy then to help me bleed the brakes. Hopefully the calipers arent siezed from beinging without fluid. Well See. Ben

ok now before anyone else chimes in and states you got hosed, let me elaborate. You need to check the subframe, the shock towers, underneath the thing. Sometimes these things rust bad from the bottom up. Do i think you overpaid. Yes but not buy much, these are getting more rare buy the day. And its red which is awsome. Check the forums on this sight to look for parts and pray to god yours isnt rotton from teh bottom up. Good luck and other brat guys will chime in. Ben

Dont know what else he could do besides strap some rocket boosters in the bed.

My 88 DL does the same thing. I just replaced the cap and rotor plugs and wires. Still there Heres what people have told me to check, i also have the iratic idleing problem as well. Check IAC Valve Check Coolant Temp Sensor Check TPS

I know, mick is a big kid who never got out of his toy phase.

McBrat was my local guy but hes going through a move so im not going to bother him about it. I think i can find someone with an impact to break them loose.

Exactly, if you need something for a utility trailer why not just get a s10 or a small foreign truck. Theres your utility trailer right there. Just a thought.

It was a 1/2 inch but craftsman. This is the 1st craftsman wrench ive had that has broken. I can get a new one for free but i might just pick up that tool for future use. Thanks for the info GD

With all due respect mr GD i dont see how that is going to fix my problem when this is what i broke. Maybe it was when i used the yakama roof rack as a cheater bar.

Wow that took less time then i thought. It was only 5 minutes before i snapped the end off of my big wrench trying to get the castle nut off. Oh just wonderful. I love haveing the proper tools. And people wonder why it takes me so long to get anything accomplished. I replaced the blower motor and the capand rotor as well. Nice suprise that there a screw holding the rotor on and that its impossible to get to without inventing a tool. So goble enginereing kicked in and used some duc tape pliars and fishing lure and wala it went off and on.

My understanding is this is a plug and play system. The only thing i need to undo is unplug the metal brake line from the drum and screw it into the rubber line from the caliper, NOW if this is wrong then i have a problem and will not be doing this today. This kit came off a car which was converted to disc brakes not from a junkyard car.

Tossin this one out there as well. How do i tell wich is the right of left side caliper when im installing these.

Thinking about swaping my disc brakes over this after noon. Couple questions. How long to you think this will take and is it necessary to bleed them afterwards. Im kinda on my own on that one. Ben

Yep thats the one. I was gonna snag the hood off of that one but it ended up being severly rusted underneath.

:)dl 4 headlights or gl 2 headlights:grin:

Dont know if tht was the one i was looking at or not. Was it the DL.