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| aartod | Aug 21 2014, 01:25 PM Post #46 |
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As far as the comments to on subaru engines, depends upon what engine you are talking about... 2.2L is so nice to work on or even the old 1.8, but if you are talking about the 2.5L- yeah it sucks to work on! |
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| truckjohn | Aug 21 2014, 09:00 PM Post #47 |
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There's no question... Jaguar! Absolutely exactly NOTHING on those cars is made to work on without disassembling the ENTIRE car in the factory and putting a WHOLE NEW car together out of parts..... If your Battery goes low - it wrecks the Fuel PUMP? WTF? and the old engines were EVEN WORSE.... Sure - those old 12-cylinder engines run so smooth... if you can EVER get them running right with 12 separate 1-barrel carbs.... and LUCAS electrical systems.... It's no mistake that they call Lucas "The Prince of Darkness".... |
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| Woodie | Aug 22 2014, 05:51 AM Post #48 |
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Good point truckjohn. Those inboard disk brakes were a real treat. $1,000 rear brake jobs were the norm, and I'm talking about 1970 dollars. Edited by Woodie, Aug 22 2014, 05:53 AM.
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| robertino | Aug 24 2014, 10:37 PM Post #49 |
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VOLVO...don't even try to mess with it if you don't have that stupid Special service tool to hold the cams on the other end ! Who even came up with that should be flogged! Also the Rolls Royce engine was a pain in the --- . But if you want to talk room...The Toyota Turbo AWD Celica. The guys in the shop would take a lunch or magically disappear when one of those showed up !!!
Edited by robertino, Aug 25 2014, 03:13 PM.
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| perfesser | Aug 25 2014, 09:45 AM Post #50 |
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I never had any problem accessing the engine in my 1960 Volvo 544, except for the idiot who placed the side draft carbs directly over the exhaust manifold. Back when they were common, I saw 5 of them have engine fires due to that. Mine died a different death, though.
Edited by perfesser, Aug 25 2014, 12:33 PM.
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| robertino | Aug 25 2014, 03:10 PM Post #51 |
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NO NO not the old Volvo's I'm talking about the 90's and up. They need this slotted tool to keep the cams from moving when you are working on the head, and it mounts on the back of the cams. You'd think with all the over heating issues that those 5 cyl Volvo engines had , they'd come up with a simpler tool or locking mechanism. |
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