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As difficult as that was, it has to be easier than the starter under the intake manifold.
I don’t know about you guys, but I would’ve been using simple green and brake cleaner to clean everything in sight before, during and after working on it. Plus, changing the lower ball joint, since the boot was torn. |
I want that battery tester! It's less than $60 from Amzn.
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(edit) Not many hour long videos hook me into watching to the end...but this one did. |
Does anyone know or have a good theory on why starters on some vehicles are under the intake system ? Is packaging so tight that the easy access of yesteryear not possible ? Is this a case of fixing something that isn't broke ?
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If the car in the video is Vanke's car he didn't win in a Dart. The car in the video is a Barfaruda. |
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Please, never forget that Barfarudas need love, too. |
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Unfortunately, it had a 273 and the 6 cyl version of the 721 transmission. So no power AND transmission troubles, PLUS it was a notchback. To prove its bona fides as a sporty car it has a small vacuum gauge in place of a tachometer. I sold it as soon as I got mt 356 back together. |
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Watched it last night. I am no apologist for lack of reparability in modern cars, it sucks. However this didnt seem THAT bad to me. About the same as most modern transverse car with the exception of having to remove the axel. Its not ideal for sure but seems like a 2hr job at a shop or a 4 hr driveway job. This is the sort of thing that will drive you nuts if you buy a new alternator and arnt aware the shaft has to come out, fight with it for an hour thinking "surely I don't have to unbolt the knuckle. Pre interneting really helps but its a time sink.
It also lasted 165k miles. Its more forgivable to me than porsche requiring a programmer to change the battery for example. |
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Without a lift and doing that job on your back would be ridiculous. |
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digging him a nice hole. |
I'd be out front, enjoying the sound...almost cried when a neighbor sold his big block Corvette...I loved hearing it drive by.
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Unless I know how to do it already, I research online/YouTube, but since I don’t have a lift, I’m sitting down or on my back underneath. At 65 and 6’4”, it’s getting harder and harder to work underneath a car. Especially, when you have to get up and down eleventy hundred times to get tools and parts. The good news is, when I’ve done one side, I know what tools only to take to the other side. |
Alternator swap. Easy, right?
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And here I thought the engineers that designed the Toyota Tundra V-8 engine were the only ones that did this. I honestly think they subscribe to the chaos theory…. Just sayin Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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I ended up watching the whole video! That guy is pretty entertaining, and he made a dull, labor-intensive job interesting to watch.
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