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Well shit eh, thanks for that info! It has a little sag.. as can be expected. And yes, i know shocks arent what set ride height. Lol. It is needing shocks because the entire car floats uncontrollably over rolling bumps. Granted, i had the trunk and back seat loaded with camping gear, and...

Hello there all, Ive semi owned this car for a while, driven it my whole driving career. It is need of shocks. The fronts, at a quick glance, look like more than just the shock ends need to he unbolted to get the job done. Whats the preferred procedure here fellas. The rears are likely...

The engine isn't fully stock, nor is it built or anything lol. 4 barrel and intake, and electronic ignition upgrade. The pump is making an awful racket, so it is sure to go sometime soon. Ill keep it on there as long as possible I suppose. But if it goes, pipes on the head, and remove cat...

No emissions, still has the cat. Remove the belt and pump, what do you do with with the air tubes?

Thank-you all for the SUPER informative replies! :) As it would appear, I may have a fairly shitty time trying to find some rear brakes.. haha. I am pretty certain it has the 7.25 diff. It also definitely has a finned drum from what I recall the last time I had the wheels off.

Hello good people of the FMJ world :) ! I dont post often, because for the most part my old girl runs along just fine year after year. However, at the end of last season I got stranded for the first time in about 7 years AND the front brakes finally wore out. I don't know that they've ever...

I normally drive an 01 diesel volkswagen to work (75 mile round trip), but it has been down for a steering rack replacement for the last three weeks! So I have been driving my 88 5th, and it has been extremely enjoyable :). The looks you get, and the heads you turn is a good time. Luckily I get...

Yup, pretty darn certain lol, have I seen them drip? no lol. But the fuel is gone and the oil is very gassy. I do not get days out of it sitting, it will be hard to start within 12 hours. It will stumble away on what is there for a few seconds until the fuel pump pumps some back up in there. For...

Thankyou, I took that picture in my grandmother's driveway this past weekend. It spent the first 30 years of its life since brand new in that exact driveway ;). Scarborough, Ontario. What I ended up having to do when I swapped to 4bbl was move the bracket on the intake back a set of intake...

So, I have an 88 5th. Years back the ECU or the carb died and it wouldn't run right. To replace those items was looking at near $800. So I went the cheaper way and scored a TQ, performer 4bbl intake and a regular ignition distributor. Fast forward 7 years and 15k kms. It has always ran pretty...

I haven't seen any from a Canadian supplier yet that I would consider inexpensive, but I will keep looking.

Yessir I did, sorry forgot to add that! No vacuum there at idle, and vacuum if you crack the idle up some. My idle mixture screws are about 2.5-2.75 turns out as it sits.

13 degrees base idle timing, with an idle speed of 770 in park. 19.5/20 of vac. However AJ after reading your TQ setup in that other thread, I feel like I jsut have the base idle and mixture screws set incorrectly chasing the highest and cleanest idle..

I did take a closer look under the old girl, and she is limping hard to the drivers side. I dunno if that is because of the leaf or the torsion on that side though. That must look super accentuated with my 300lb ass in the drivers seat. lol I know it needs shackle bushings too, so i guess the...

That's what my 88 would have too eh? Is it any good in stock longblock form?

I feel like my throttle isn't allowed to return to absolutely closed.. I recall I have a stronger return spring out to the front than what was originally on here to aid in the throttle returning to "idle" Sorry, didn't mean to ignore that question the last time. It is a summit/ebay ProForm...

I cant recall where the timing is as it has been a few years.. but I will check its base and total tomorrow and get back to you. IIRC correctly base timing is at 15* with the mixture screws about 3 turns out, and the idle screw as low as it will go to still contact the throttle arm. Idle speed...

Right, we can ignore it being an 850 really. I am not stabbing for full throttle ever, because the engine cannot handle it. It doesn't do anything for power so I never romp on it that way. Unless I shift 1-2-3 and allow more RPM to happen before getting in to the pedal. I think we can also just...

So I have an 850, atop a stock 318. LOL, Yes it is over sized. However, the issue is not to do with the secondary situation.. Only off idle hesitation. So the thing runs about as good as any carb anything i've ever seen except for when it is not at full op temp. Although tonight it was raining...

Not necessarily to tow anything (although I'd like a hitch on it eventually..) but when I have my own fat ass plus 3 other people she's well loaded down lol. The leafs are pretty soft, so I imagine it is really the only way aside from stronger leaf springs to be able to have the rear end handle...

Yeah, looks to be up on the passenger firewall. I'll get one ordered up. Battery connections are good, however I will check the alternator as well.

When idling, the engine is slow enough that the DC meter (is this amps or voltage btw?) is in discharge, and my plug-in 12v power socket shows like mid 11v. However at cruise I see like 15.2v! WHOA. No wonder the lights and fan really pick up when it gets up off idle! LOL Obviously that wild...

I agree fully, however I have had the carb of two or three times over the years already to try and seal them up better lol. Once was just adding new "sealant" to the existing seal and the other was removing the wells and resealing them fully. I have used this pump before on a diesel with a weak...

I have an issue. My thermo-quad leaks out the secondary wells, yes. I should remedy that, but it just isn't in the books at this moment. I have tried to reseal the wells twice to no avail. Can I get an electric pump to push through the mechanical pump? I already know it will not suck through...

Well this is disheartening.. It makes the car SOUND like shes largely un-maintained lolol. I guess Ill try new clips and see what is gonna happen.