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    New account / Members

    I have a coulee of buddies who are looking to join the forums and are unable to. They have gone through the steps to register however they never receive a confirmation email. Any suggestions?
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    Kids today, Elf on a shelf.

    I've had to repeat myself over and over with my youngest son today, he just does not want to listen and everything is no no no. I had to dig up Tinkerbelt, Who needs elf on a shelf?? I have belt on a shelf! Perched nicely on a shelf in his room. Things have improved already.
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    Marauder

    Since I'm a sucker for punishment I just bought myself another thing to have to work on. As if the Buick didn't keep me busy enough I bought pro-charged 2003 Mercury Marauder. It was too much car to pass up. The paint, body, exterior are mint it has 86,000 kilometers on it about 55,000 miles...
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    Can a check ball cause a rattling sound

    I've noticed that when my car is parked between my house and my neighbour's house and it's in reverse, I can hear what sounds like a rattling sound coming from the transmission. Its definetly not the converter or the tc bolts, it definetely sounds like it's in the valve body but only when in...
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    Transmission and oil cooler installations if you have pics

    Does anyone have pictures of how they mounted their transmission and oil coolers, I removed the ones in my car and dropped the front mount intercooler to get to a small leak in the rad. the rad is an aluminum large two row Alladen unit, it doesn't have a built in transmission cooler. I've had...
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    AEM wide band failsafe guage

    The wife bought the AEM fail safe guage for me. Anyone using is, any install pics? Time to go wide band.
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    GNX 085 hitting the auction block at Mecum.

    I don't know, 50 miles on it, cars were made to be driven. http://www.gm-efi.com/news/super-low-mileage-gnx-grabs-mecum/
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    Getting harder to protect your turbo buick or any car with this out there.

    Pretty easy to steal cars with a set-up like this one.
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    Rock Auto Discount Code

    I recently ordered a few things from Rock auto for my DD, I got this code, it's good until Oct 5th. if your thinking about ordering anything maybe you can take advantage of the code. See below. 1692023514180494 will expire on October 5, 2014.
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    Precision TE-60-1 rebuilt with Garrett BB center section cartridge smoking

    I have an oil burning issue which is not there with my old TE-60-1 journal bearing turbo. Since I had 2 of these turbo's I had one retro fitted with a brand new Garrett ball bearing center section cartridge, and p-trim wheel. The car pulls like a freight train, the spool is instantaneous, 0-22...
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    Engine Oil and Transmission Oil coolers

    I have a Cotton's front mount and was wondering how anyone else with a front mount inter-cooler has installed their oil and trans coolers. If anyone has any pics or ideas please post. Thank You!
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    Auto Trader commercial Bo and Luke Duke.

    Awesome commercial.
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    clocking the turbo, torque specs?

    Got my te60-1 back today, it was rebuilt with a garrett ball bearing center section. I'll need to clock it in order to install, does anyone have any ideas of what the torque specs should be for the center section? Also, any idea what the thread pitch is for the oil feed fitting (the 90 degree...
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    Another one left to rot not a Buick.

    There are several cars in my neighborhood which I have had to watch rot away over the years. Here is one of a few I will get pictures of. This is an 84 SVO, 72,000 kilometers only, it's done! There is no rear window, four flats, exhaust system has fallen off, there is algae growing on the A...
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    Turbo Oil Drain line gasket part #

    Does anyone know the part number for the turbo oil drain line gasket, the one which site beneath the turbo into the return oil line? I need to get one locally, here is a pic as well, Thank You!
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    Wax cleaner my neighbor gave me, works amazing.

    My neighbor came by today, she gave me a bottle of Duragloss 105, she had no idea where she got it but knew she would never use it . I never heard of the stuff before, I tried it on my trunk lid, all I can say is wow! I'm always looking for that deep shine, I think I have tried everything under...
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    Do you think this would slow people down in construction zones?

    I think this could work.
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    Idea for a new show....

    A buddy of mine is looking to get an older classic car, he has shown me dozens of ads, sent me dozens of links. What amazes me is the HP numbers these sellers are claiming their cars make. Example an '85 350cid, with new gaskets installed in an 81 Monte Carlo, guy claims 500HP, does not list...
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    Engine Oil Cooler good or bad in my situation

    My oil gets black fast, and smells like gas. I have an external oil cooler installed, it's fairly large, I also have a large aluminum Aladdin radiator and my car never gets over 180 degrees and usually stays about 165-170. I was thinking about removing the oil cooler as I don't think the oil is...
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    Drill Sgt. touching

    Touching, watch vid and see Drill Sgt. with 10 year old misbehaved boy.
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