Thinking v2
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For my supercharged Lexus. It came with custom 3" exhaust that sounded awful and interfered with the rear axle, and then I bent it on the trail. I ended up getting 3" aluminized with regular bends, because I could find literally nothing else, but at least it sounds good.
98 F150 5.4L E40D/4R100
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 28,490
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From: MI
Have they tried hitting it with a fist or hammer?
It is unbelievable how often that fixes things.
One of my kids explorers would have all the gages go dead, hit on top of dash would restore them. I was a solder thing that eventually fixed it.
A long time ago I had a clothes washing machine that would randomly stop working in the middle of a cycle. I looked on AOL message boards and some lady said she got hers to restart by hitting her washer in a certain spot with a fish. I thought she was making a joke until I realized she misspeled fist. I hit it in the appropriate spot next time it stopped and it restarted immediately and finished the wash. It too was solder joints.
It is unbelievable how often that fixes things.
One of my kids explorers would have all the gages go dead, hit on top of dash would restore them. I was a solder thing that eventually fixed it.
A long time ago I had a clothes washing machine that would randomly stop working in the middle of a cycle. I looked on AOL message boards and some lady said she got hers to restart by hitting her washer in a certain spot with a fish. I thought she was making a joke until I realized she misspeled fist. I hit it in the appropriate spot next time it stopped and it restarted immediately and finished the wash. It too was solder joints.
98 F150 5.4L E40D/4R100
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 28,490
Likes: 7,618
From: MI
At 15 bucks for a set, that's the best I could hope for. Nah , they actually still looked good the other day on the pass side. I got a glimpse filling up the tire.
The Mr Gasket (I think were the other set I had) SS bolts were around 50 and were suppose to be one of the best. Well they just spun in the hole.. never achieving torque. BUT, they didn't strip it out,,and were the right size....weird right!. The head chamber threads must be sloppy, that's all I could come up with. They need to be clean/flushed and dry. Only studs would work as they installed deeper, two or three threads deeper.
The pre-applied locktite from the manufacture was also bad... resembled candle wax the way it fell from threads. Yea I've never seen or heard of that. They made a mess of thread chambers.The bolts themselves were good.... well, I didn't trust them after that, they went in storage at the time.. However, just last fall , I wheeled the rest of thread locker off them and used them on the SD to install the air dam. Bolts cost more than the part they were securing....but it looks damn good underneath lol.
Found them in history (purchased 2018), -
The Mr Gasket (I think were the other set I had) SS bolts were around 50 and were suppose to be one of the best. Well they just spun in the hole.. never achieving torque. BUT, they didn't strip it out,,and were the right size....weird right!. The head chamber threads must be sloppy, that's all I could come up with. They need to be clean/flushed and dry. Only studs would work as they installed deeper, two or three threads deeper.
The pre-applied locktite from the manufacture was also bad... resembled candle wax the way it fell from threads. Yea I've never seen or heard of that. They made a mess of thread chambers.The bolts themselves were good.... well, I didn't trust them after that, they went in storage at the time.. However, just last fall , I wheeled the rest of thread locker off them and used them on the SD to install the air dam. Bolts cost more than the part they were securing....but it looks damn good underneath lol.
Found them in history (purchased 2018), -
Last edited by Jbrew; Jun 4, 2024 at 12:32 PM.
98 F150 5.4L E40D/4R100
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 28,490
Likes: 7,618
From: MI
