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    AC pusher fan for condensor

    And as far as pusher fan, you dont need a fancy one or even a huge one. A 10 or 12" cheap pusher will work fine for ac assist, mount it to a corner of the condensor and it will get a good amount of head pressure drop at low speed. Dont mount it to where any of it blocks the sensor on your fan...
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    AC pusher fan for condensor

    Pressures overall look low, and I would look that expansion valve over for numbers and try to find out if it truely is an r134a valve or if they just threy a replacement r12 valve on, that will make a huge difference in refrigerant throttling performance, also make sure the expansion valve is...
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    Define no rollover noise

    You can use 30 wt synthetic ATF or even 50 wt synthetic ATF ( I personally run Amsoil 50 wt synthetic ATF, I used to run the 30 in both my zf and my Brownie but the rollover noise from my brownie was insane and I needed to take care of that so I did some chacking and found that the 50 wt atf...
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    Air Conditioning gods needed.

    Chances are without extra air blowing across the condensor, it wouldnt matter how much you tried to squeeze in there ( and youd have a heck of a time doing it without the extra air flow as your pressures would be fighting you the whole way, it wouldnt get cold enough. It could be reading 65+...
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    Fan clutch and thermostat info?

    Its not Magtech, Its M&S Tech ( first thing to go Gary LOL and you can find their poor excuse for a website here that has been temporaroly down for upgrades.... for about 5+ years now. Yes, the things pull air like crazy...... when they work. Mine decided to lay down on me on a trip out west...
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    SMF clutch slipping

    Problem is not all these kits are exactly the same thickness as the factory setup and shims have a habit of getting left out behind flywheels . Napa sells an adjustable pushrod for about 11 bucks for your clutch to set it properly when changing to a non stock assembly You should have roughly 1"...
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    Air Conditioning gods needed.

    Always charge with a big box fan blowing across the condensor to imitate road speed, especially with clutch fan systems, now adding oil, if you didnt see signs of oil leakage around any joints will have effectively changed the volume of your system and will throw all pressure readings to the...
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    What rpm to charge system

    If charging with a can, set at around 1200 rpms and do yourself a huge favour and get a box fan and set it in front of the condensor and kick it on high while charging . These 2 things will a ) draw refrigerant in a tad faster and b) lower the head pressure, which will help to balance the...
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    Need help with recharging my AC system with R12

    You are correct... for where you live, replacing teh accumulator would be required as teh dessicant would be saturated after 10 years of a compromised system, , where I live as well, but where he lives, if you laid a worm out on the ground, it would be dust in a matter of minuits if it didnt...
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    RLDSL

    Hi Bill, sorry about the box being full, but I really havent had much time to get on here lately. My wife had radical breast cancer surgery a litttle bit ago and Ive been chasing my tail taking care of her and running her to doc appointments and chemo treatments etc. Its probably easier to get...
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    light requirements with a tow dolley

    Well, I didnt know for sure before the trip so I went to advance and they price matched uhauls 29buck price on a set of the things so it wasnt too horrible. I could have got away without them, turns out the new uhaul dollys have lights on them, but in rain, they would be mighty hard to see...
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    Frost plug tool

    If you need a higher resoloution scan, I can email one to you directly.
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    Clutch Identification Issues for SMF

    Someone can correct me if I'm wrong here, but doesnt Valeo sell a SMF kit that has bolt holes for the pressure plate that wont line up with anything but their pressure plates? You can always take your flywheel to a machine shop and have it redrilled for a standard pressure plate ( order in a...
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    Hydroboost Chevy style ???'s

    I dont know anything about the GM pump side of the lines, but I went with a hydroboost out of a 80s suburban and the part number on that unit is EXACTLY the same as the part number as the hydraulic unit that goes in the f450. The hose fittings fit the ford fittings perfectly, I havent lost a...
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    Hydroboost pushrod and AC condensor

    Call Jon at www.nostalgicairparts.com I had him do some fancy footwork for me a few years back for these things and he keeps the part numbers handy for anyone who calls up . He came up with a couple different modern design higher capacity condensors for these things that really make a huge...
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    Need help with recharging my AC system with R12

    If its been sitting empty in that part of Texas, and the system was partially open, there was no need to replace the drier, atmosphere is bone dry ( read that climate semi arid desert ) dessicant would have dried itself out and would be good to go again. Sometimes local knowledge outweighs book...
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    CDR Explained

    Oh so true. THere are many reasons for excess crankcase pressure, and just as many cures, but, a failed breather system WILL result in excess oil consumption, which is something very basic in any engine design and the op is stating that it will not . The internet is full of misinformation...
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    CDR Explained

    Nice theory and all, but you have to remember. THeres a LOT of things that manuals leave out because they are not written for laymen, they are written for professional mechanicas, who are supposed to know things that regular folks generally dont, like the fact that these type of breather systems...
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    Need help with recharging my AC system with R12

    I'm kinda surprised they sold you the r12. even ebay sellers are supposed to ask for a epa license number before selling that stuff, you must have found teh rare odd private person with a few old cans in their garage. I do happen to have one of those coveted licenses , but even with that I...
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    4.2 mpg

    I guess ths shouldnt shock me. Back when I had that van, I had a buddy who went and bought a toyota mini truck, and that little pos only got about 15mpg and was uncomfortable as all get out, and I never could figure that one out when my big ol ford van was getting 23+ I guess with the old...
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    4.2 mpg

    I dont know about a v8 being better. Years ago I had a ford van with a 300 straight 6 and a 3 on the tree ( non overdrive tranny) and the worst gearing on earth for fuel mileage, a 5.13 rear. The beast would pull ANYTHING, and shockingly it got around 23+ mpg running around empty on the...
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    4.2 mpg

    A good friend of mine inhereted a roughly 2003 f150 that has a 4.2 in it with a slushbox, byt the axle code ( 19) it looks like it has a 3.55 open diff. Truck is completely bone stock and has only 29k moles on it and is in perfect condition, he inhereted it from his father in law when he passed...
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    light requirements with a tow dolley

    If I have a visible set of tail/ turn / brake lights up high on the top of my headache rack where they are visible over top of a towed car on a dolly , would I still be required to mount a set of those magnetic lights on top of the towed vehicle? I was thinking of just running a wire from my...
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    Valve Seals? Let me know what you think

    I hate to be the bringer of bad news but if you were getting a chuffing from the intake, thats a tad more than a failed valve stem seal. Thats more like a worn valve guide or leaking valve , to allow that kind of pressure past a valve back up into the intake on the compression or combustion...
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    Enviro Save...heard of it????

    Looks a WHOLE lot like slick 50.. just another way to sell folks worthless teflon to dump in their oil.:backoff Just run a quality synthetic like the spec calls for and you wont have anything to worry about ( there is a very good reason that ZF changed the spec to require synthetic ATF in...

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