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Thanks for the responses guys. I’m using the original pinion and gears. I didn’t touch the pinion depth because the only thing I was doing was putting in a new lsd so it was just a matter of putting the old ring gear onto the new carrier. Guess the next thing is to shop for a torque wrench.
Thanks for the responses guys. I’m using the original pinion and gears. I didn’t touch the pinion depth because the only thing I was doing was putting in a new lsd so it was just a matter of putting the old ring gear onto the new carrier. Guess the next thing is to shop for a torque wrench.
Good tip! The “new” pump ended up being defective. It was only pushing out 10psi. Bit the bullet and bought an OEM one and the car runs great! Never even crossed my mind that the brand new pump could be defective so thanks for the tip!
Good tip! The “new” pump ended up being defective. It was only pushing out 10psi. Bit the bullet and bought an OEM one and the car runs great! Never even crossed my mind that the brand new pump could be defective so thanks for the tip!
I haven’t ruled out that I screwed something up. The only thing that bugs me about that is that it ran great for 5-10 minutes before it decided to die out. Which if the fuel pump install was botched, why did it run at all? The fuel pump could possibly not be the main underlying problem but it was definitely a symptom. I hooked the bad pump directly to a good battery and verified it wasn’t working. Thanks for the input, I’ll go rent a gauge tomorrow.
I haven’t ruled out that I screwed something up. The only thing that bugs me about that is that it ran great for 5-10 minutes before it decided to die out. Which if the fuel pump install was botched, why did it run at all? The fuel pump could possibly not be the main underlying problem but it was definitely a symptom. I hooked the bad pump directly to a good battery and verified it wasn’t working. Thanks for the input, I’ll go rent a gauge tomorrow.
Here’s my experience.
1: My moms northstar cadillac was horrific to work on. I must have replaced the coil packs 3 or 4 times in 150K miles and they are really hard to get to.
2: My uncle owns a fleet of chevy trucks and vans for his company. They all seem to have the same electrical issues which range from daytime running lights always shorting out on the drivers side, to instrument clusters and a/c freaking out.
3: The german cars Ive worked on required me to buy a bunch of different tools. Hex heads were a really common fastener type that I wasn’t equipped to deal with. However the easiest car I’ve worked with is my sister’s c230. Everything is placed very logically and there aren’t very many situations where a bunch of wires or hoses have covered a bolt that I’ve needed to get to so everything seems like it was made to be serviced very easily. Parts are very expensive though and take a long time to special order since none of the auto parts suppliers in my area seem to stock the parts that I need.
4. I think Japanese cars are superior to american cars. Not sure how the koreans stack up in car quality. Every japanese car I have owned has been a blast to own and drive. Theyve been relatively problem free. On the reverse side, my parents love domestic cars for some reason. My mom has had 3 caddilacs, all of them were plagued with engine or transmission problems. My dad has had 3 dodge trucks. His first one caught fire because of a faulty fuel line leaking onto the turbo. This current one is a hemi and he’s currently on his 3rd engine in 150K miles because the last 2 engines both decided to drop their valve seats. The mechanic that did the work this last time had another dodge ram in for the same problem and says its really common with the Hemis. Needless to say, I’ll never buy a Chrysler product.
Here’s my experience.
1: My moms northstar cadillac was horrific to work on. I must have replaced the coil packs 3 or 4 times in 150K miles and they are really hard to get to.
2: My uncle owns a fleet of chevy trucks and vans for his company. They all seem to have the same electrical issues which range from daytime running lights always shorting out on the drivers side, to instrument clusters and a/c freaking out.
3: The german cars Ive worked on required me to buy a bunch of different tools. Hex heads were a really common fastener type that I wasn’t equipped to deal with. However the easiest car I’ve worked with is my sister’s c230. Everything is placed very logically and there aren’t very many situations where a bunch of wires or hoses have covered a bolt that I’ve needed to get to so everything seems like it was made to be serviced very easily. Parts are very expensive though and take a long time to special order since none of the auto parts suppliers in my area seem to stock the parts that I need.
4. I think Japanese cars are superior to american cars. Not sure how the koreans stack up in car quality. Every japanese car I have owned has been a blast to own and drive. Theyve been relatively problem free. On the reverse side, my parents love domestic cars for some reason. My mom has had 3 caddilacs, all of them were plagued with engine or transmission problems. My dad has had 3 dodge trucks. His first one caught fire because of a faulty fuel line leaking onto the turbo. This current one is a hemi and he’s currently on his 3rd engine in 150K miles because the last 2 engines both decided to drop their valve seats. The mechanic that did the work this last time had another dodge ram in for the same problem and says its really common with the Hemis. Needless to say, I’ll never buy a Chrysler product.