Recent content by Chad

What's an IMRC? googled it... Intake Manifold Runner Control Where is it? Chad

Quote To make sure that it is the idler pulley and not the tensioner pulley, I'd use Driller's method of using a peice of heater hose as a stethescope. It works great but just be careful around the belt. Just hold one end to your ear and move the other end to the center of each pulley and listen...

I have a squealing pulley on my Mark and I'm wondering what the name of this pulley is so I can get a new one. I think it's the IDLER pulley. This pulley is right next to the tensioner and is just a free spinning pulley. Problem is, I think the bearings in my pulley have gotten wet or grimey...

Ok, I've installed and set up the wet nitrous system. The WOT setting seems to be correct. It's opening the valves at WOT like I'd expect. The problem is, I loose power (a LOT) at WOT from a stand still. While moving and WOT I notice no power increase, maybe a little reduction. Questions...

Partial credit to Sleeper :) Chad

Checked the timing. Can't see the timing mark at all so I have no idea what it's set at. Could be part of the problem. -- How the !@#& do you loosen the bolt on the distributor? I can't reach it. Checked the u-joints and lubed them all. They were a bit dry but still had grease in them. No play...

2 related? problems. The truck shakes when I accelerate. From a stop, if I floor the gas it shakes the truck but it also does it if I lightly press the gas. If I go about midway on the gas it will act like it wants to die. If I let off the gas or drop it into neutral it stops. It also...

Well I couldn't have done it without all the help from the board. Driller, if you lived closer to me I think I'd be spending a lot of time prying knowledge from your brain! Thanks for saving me some cash. Chad

The big winner was a stuck front left brake caliper. I replaced both front calipers and it's fine now. Thanks guys! Chad

Thanks Driller. Yah I tried a c-clamp on the piston and it wouldn't budge with all my effort. I put it in a vice to push it back into the caliper housing and I had to REALLY crank down on the vice to get it to go back in. I'll get new calipers and send the hubs back (that I ordered before I...

Interesting. I took the brake caliper off today and noticed that I could put it right back on.. without depressing the cylinder. So... with the caliper off the brake disc, I pressed the pedal. The cylinder barely moved but I did get it to pump out about 1/8-1/4". I then proceeded to try...

Taking the air ride out of a Mark is like castration. It's part of what the Mark is. Don't castrate your Mark ;) I always see Mark VIII's on ebay listed with new coil over suspension or air-ride delete or whatever and I always cringe. Chad

right, I didn't change the oil because I didn't add it to the oil, just the intake and gas. If sea foam found it's way into my oil from either of those entry points I'd have more serious problems than a 2 mpg loss. Though, my 2mpg loss may be related to my front driver's wheel issue I brought...

Well with the car jacked it's difficult to spin the wheel. Not extremely difficult but it's not exactly easy. Seems like I have to put an effort into it. I had the rotors turned and put them back on. Now I have a squeek squeek coming from the driver's wheel except when I press the brakes...

Thanks... all I have are !*@#&#@ cheap sockets because I'm always loosing them. haha Chad