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Need to have the transmission in my car rebuilt (slipping on 1-2 shift badly). Wondering where nearby is a good shop that knows GN transmissions and can give me a good rebuild/upgrade. I have a pickup and dont mind driving. Located in the Tampa Bay area. Thanks!

Hey all, Been awhile since I was active here, in the least 2 years I've finished my thesis, graduated and received my MSME, started a new job, moved, etc. etc. etc. All the wonderful things life keeps us busy with. That being said, it didn't leave much time to work on my old GN. The good news...

Hey guys, My car has a steadily-increasing leak from the power-steering/hydroboost system that has gotten to the point of becoming a real issue. I have my car laid up to do some much needed work and figured I'd try and tackle this while I'm at it. I have no idea where the leak is coming...

Hey guys, My car has a steadily-increasing leak from the power-steering/hydroboost system that has gotten to the point of becoming a real issue. I have my car laid up to do some much needed work and figured I'd try and tackle this while I'm at it. I have no idea where the leak is coming from...

Hey guys, I (finally) am gainfully employed as of a few weeks ago, a pretty sweet job as a test engineer at Honeywell. Now that I have some income and can afford to, I've been looking to get another car so I don't have to use my GN as my only transportation, can stop putting so many miles on...

Hey guys, while I have the parts off anyways, I figured it was time to replace my leaking stock uppipe. I think I have another stock uppipe (sans leaks) lined up. The problem I have is that the car has never had the correct factory adapter/seal between uppipe and turbine inlet (or at least...

Hey guys, I just sprung a leak in the sides of one of the metal coolant pipes that runs along the top of the pass. side valve cover under the turbo. I need to replace them both (as they're welded together, or at least mine are), and pretty soon as the GN is my main mode of transportation. If...

hey guys, i got a set of the old ramchargers dual fans about 6 years back, and they worked great with my f body rad to cool the beast. unfortunately the fans just crapped out, and i was looking for something that would be as easy as possible to drop in. ideally another set of ramchargers...

Guys, I finally got some money scraped together to get the tranny in my 85 hotair rebuilt (its slipping/flaring pretty bad on the 1-2 shift), and now I'm just trying to figure out where. It for my daily driver, which is an 85 with some basic mods (pump, chip, injectors, etc.) but still very...

I need to get the trans rebuilt in my 85 (hotair). Its been slipping on the 1-2 shift at anything over moderate throttle, and is getting slowly worse. Also, the TC clutch lockup has been acting up, cycling on and off frequently at around 40-50 mph under medium throttle. The car is pretty...

Hey guys, While I have rebuilt a manual trans or two over the years, auto trannys are still a dark art to me, so please bear with my ignorance. I've noticed over the last few months that the trans in my hotair 85 has started to act a little funny. There are 2 different issues I've...

Let me see if I can describe this clearly... It's a brand new alternator, and a 6 month old fully charged (12.8ish volts) battery. When I first start the car, the alternator puts out NO voltage (reads 11.5-ish at the battery terminals). It;ll stay like this until you give it some gas. At some...

Hey guys, For those who don't know me, I'm currently a researcher and graduate student of mechanical engineering at the University of South Florida working on my PhD. This semester one of my courses is Convection Heat and Mass Transfer in Advanced Thermodynamic Systems. As part of the course...

I know the obvious answer is improper voltage, but I'm looking for some specifics. A few days ago my voltage light came on dimly and it hasn't gone away. I say dimly because it's barely visible in daylight, and when the key is on, engine off (and the voltage light is lit as it should be) it is...

Over the summer I did a refresh on my engine, re-ringing a cylinder that had gone south due to detonation (the rest of the engine was fine, so I'm guessing a bad injector?). In the process I replaced a few pieces of sketchy wiring, and also installed a brand-new injector wiring harness from...

Surprisingly couldn't find this info anywhere... whats the proper torque spec for front wheel lug nuts? Thanks!

Hey guys, I'm sorry if this question has been asked to death, if so just tell me what to search under or post a link and i'll check it out. All I could come up with by searching is a chart showing the different codes of 200r4 tranny, and what they were used in car-wise. What I'm looking for...

A few days ago I noticed an annoying squeaking noise coming from behind my "gauge cluster" (I have the digital dash option). It increases its frequency with vehicle speed (not engine speed), and so I assume its coming from the cable going to my odometer (i don;t know if that cable also gives...

First let me apologize for any missing c's in this post... I'm on a friends laptop that has a messed up keyboard. So after getting my hotair bak on the road for the first time in over a year, I've been dying to get someone to run me. I know its not nearly as fast as most of the guys here on...

I'm talking about penetrating lube, as in breaking loose corroded nuts/bolts/press-fit connections etc. Get your mind out of the gutter:biggrin: Machinist's Workshop magazine recently tested penetrants for break out torque on rusted nuts. They arranged a subjective test of all the popular...