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I was driving to work this morning and the car started to knock and miss. # 6 plug blew out. The problem is why the knocking? I don't want to go to the time and expense of the timesert kit if the engine is bad.

Here is a few other great old car movies that came to mind: The original 1974 Gone in 60 seconds Thunderbolt and Lightfoot White lightning Cannonball run Gumball Rally Moonrunners (I think that was the name--it was the movie the Dukes of Hazzard was based off of.) I love old car movies

How many people on here have avoided stuff like that out of pure luck especially in their younger days. I'll be the first one :)

Owned many many cars in my life. My insurance lady used to start laughing when I called her. Here are some highlights First car 1964 Ford Van. Age 12 Given to me by a customer on my paper route. 69 Ambassador ex secret service car Factory 390 Multiple 71-73 Mustangs Multiple Fox Bodies 70...

If this is not fixed yet try to get access to an OBD II generic scanner. Look at the mode 6 misfire data. Bad COP's will show up under that data before they are bad enough to set a misfire code.

Just plain awesome. And cost was 0 thanks to a member on here.

You would unplug them both and check for resistance between 2Q and A and 2R and B. Resistance should be just a couple ohms at the most with both ends disconnected. You would also check for a short to ground. We have everything from smashed wires to mice eating them in the shop over the years.

Disc brakes, dual master cylinder, 3 point seat (shoulder) belts. Make it as safe as you can for him. I love old cars, but they are light on safety.

I saw a picture of the car. It is on the front of the car and not DMV issued.

Is the car running bad? If the car is running okay you should look for other causes of the lean code. Vacuum leak, bad or dirty mass air flow sensor or ? If the car is not running bad I would hesitate to tear into the engine. Running a smoke test for vacuum leaks should be done after the car...

They did say that on the news. I wouldn't make something like that up.

They said on the news that the second terrorist caught had a license plate on his car that said TERRORIST1 on it. That kinda should a been a red flag to some-one. Of course they probably had there hands full shaking down 3 year olds and their 90 year old great grandmothers at the airport to pay...

There are a couple ways of getting the fuel out. If the car has a rollover valve it maybe hard to siphon. I usually tap into the fuel pressure port and jump the fuel pump relay or just run the car and pump out the fuel. You could also disconnect the line and jump the relay. Little bit of a pain...

Thanks to Burt Ragio for sending me o-rings to fix my eatc.

If only $8.00 would get rid of all my problems

We named our Basset Hound Buford T Justice a few years ago. We were torn between that and Flash (Velvet Ears).

I haven't had it fixed yet. I am just babying it. As long as I don't jump on it it's okay.

Fixed may sagging bumper cover. I replaced one broken factory plastic bracket and wire tied the center. It looks way better.

"Oldie" from the 80's. I am getting old. :cry:

Cat Stevens -- Morning has Broken