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    Ridiculous, not rediculous.

    ;)
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    Ridiculous, not rediculous.

    Really annoys me...... :nono:
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    Lasik .... anyone ?

    Mine need a touch up badly, I'll get em done again in the new year. :aigo:
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    Lasik .... anyone ?

    Had mine done back in 1997 after 28 years of wearing glasses..... BEST thing I've ever done! :)
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    Heater core coolant hose melts.. any tips?

    Personally I'd be looking at another possible cause starting with a B and ending with a G seperated by an H ;)
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    Heater core coolant hose melts.. any tips?

    NOT "melted" that's an overpressure burst....
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    Head Gasket thickness selection

    Exactly, ANYTHING you change above the piston will have an effect on the final compression ratio, I usually CC the head and piston dish then calculate the actual ratio (been lazy since finding a calculator to do it ;))
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    Bad Head Gasket?

    I think in your application the stock IC just isn't going to cut it and is heat soaking badly :( Personally I'd Bore and Hone and go the next up piston size. 83mm = 3.267" x 4 thou = 13 thou then add 4 for 17 thou top gap (don't forget to add in the new oversize bore) 83mm = 3.267" x 5...
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    Bad Head Gasket?

    I do the old school 4 thou per inch of bore top and 5 per inch 2nd and if I'm running the engine hard I add another 4 thou to the total and so far so good. You appear to have caught it right at the start and it doesn't look too bad as far as closed gap damage goes so the comp figures would...
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    Happy birthday, Mk3runner!

    Damn I have boots older than most of you guys ;)
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    Bad Head Gasket?

    Damn.... Come on guys "doesn't look that bad" WTF are you smoking... :nono: Dave: My educated "guess" after trashing my 7M in much the same way is it's a combination of lean and high AIT that's ran the cylinder temps high enough to close a couple of the ring end gaps :(
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    Happy birthday, Mk3runner!

    HB young fella! :)
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    three codes 32, 34, 52

    118
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    Noob Maintenance Questions Bare with me.

    Thanks Lad it's been a loooooooong ass time since mine was NA :)
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    Noob Maintenance Questions Bare with me.

    1: Yes (assuming you're NA you have to remove the TB) 2: Sorry NFI RHD here so we didn't get the monkey motion linkage garbage 3: It's the "BHG" light aka "Bird Has Gone", also might need to top up the Rad Recovery bottle.
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    Bad Head Gasket?

    Ahhh ok will wait for the pics then :)
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    cylinder head ?'s

    Will need to be line honed at least of you swap caps in from your old head, make sure you hardness test it before spending a cent on it.
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    Weighed my car today!

    7M and Auto but with the 9" and big fuel tank.
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    Bad Head Gasket?

    What was the ring end gaps set to Dave?
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    Early Vs Late 7M Blocks

    No probs, Stock is a Steel plug in the factory blocks.
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