Tech Day in McKinney - Sat, Nov 19th

[Bell]

Guys, I am so sorry for ditching you.

My excuse... Saturday morning, 9am my buddy calls to tell me his house burnt down over night. He and the fam are fine but I spent the day boarding up the house and just being there for them.

I do have a fuel filter and some silcon grease in my trunk for next time.

[juxt3r]

I'm going to see about digging in again this weekend. Both water pump gaskets will be replaced, I'll add a little sealant, and we'll see what happens. For the sake of safety, I'm once again cruising the streets in the ol' wagon...which has a grumpy 4th gear.
Many thanks to everyone who dropped by on Saturday, and HUGE thanks to Mr. Roadster for his uber-generosity and help!

[rootdown_53]

Holy cow, that sucks that you have to replace the gaskets. On a good note, the job will go really quickly as you've recently completed it. I will be making all of the same repairs this weekend that I observed last weekend.

[black roadster]

On a good note, the job will go really quickly as you've recently completed it.

Twice! Third times a charm, right?

BTW, Your most welcome and enjoyed our chat. Sorry it didn't come out well the first or second time.

[rootdown_53]

Thanks to all who helped explain things at the Tech Day in McKinney a few weeks ago. My timing belt change went smoothly, except when I broke a water pump bolt! Heck, even that was an easy fix...I didn't even need a drill. However, I have developed a new rattle between 3200-3600rpm. I wonder if it could be one of the timing belt covers? Any thoughts?

[Miatamoto]

I had a rattle around 3500 a while back, well actually it was more of a buzzing noise. It was a heatshield on the pipe right before the cat. converter. I know it's not related to the work that you did, but it's a pretty common problem. Start banging around under the car with a rubber mallet.

A hose clamp fixed my problem. Hopefully yours will be that easily fixed.