over the years Ive seen a great number of guys with muscle cars , corvettes and hot rods, etc. that they wanted to work on , needed advise,or have me work on, and overheard enough requests that its made me aware that a small percentage of the guys in this sport, seem to be TOTALLY CLUELESS
feel free to add your own intellectual JEMS
heres some real statements
"can I re-use the old pistons and rods with new rings after you bore the block .030 over, I don,t really have, the cash to buy new pistons ?"
" I installed a 160F T-stat but the engine still runs at 200F just like it did with the 190f t-stat, whats wrong?"
" after you port the heads, can you adjust the rockers so I won,t have to do that when I install the heads?"
"can you port the heads for me and re-install them, by 7pm, Ive got to get back to work, Ill wait?" (it was 1pm)
"If I buy a new cam, and lifters can you break them in so I won,t need to do that when I install them?"
"the vibration can,t be the tires I swapped those around and it still vibrates after 60mph"
"the engine won,t start, and I made sure the distributor went back in and the rotor pointed exactly where it did when I pulled it out before I installed the new cam, so I don,t need to verify the timing"
"the engine was leaking oil so I put a can of stop-leak in the oil and now the engine smokes"
"I adjusted the rockers and the engine won,t start, I know its right because the rocker nuts as far down as it will go, and I torqued them to 55lbs like the manual said"
"yes I know you said the cam lobes worn flat,and the lifters shot, just install a new lifter because I can,t afford a new cam and I need the car back running correctly today"
"I could not get those little brass rods in the carburetor back into those holes under those light bulb shaped covers so I just used dikes and snipped off the lower end so they fit and now the cars exhaust smokes, do you think that might be related?"
" bought this MSD ignition at the swap meet, for $20 and I can,t get it to work, the guy I bought it from assured me it works so what did I wire wrong? ( suggesting testing per MSD specs, was ignored)
"my dad said his 289 high performance mustang used to run in the low 12 second range totally stock, so why do I need a cam,intake and headers to run 15s with a 302 "
"I got a great deal on a 460 ford engine,at the salvage yard, its a ford,engine, so it should just bolt up and run in my 1989 mustang right"
" you replaced the drive shaft last week, and put in new u-joints, not this week the front brakes squeal on hard stops, could it be the u-joints are bad?"
" call down to the local auto parts store and ask if they have any 392 hemi valve cover gaskets in stock, only to be told that hemis only come in 5.7liter and 6 liter"
"I add oil every time it gets a bit low , but the engines started to smoke and the oils not low, but the car won,t move when I put it in gear, so now what?"
feel free to add your own intellectual JEMS
heres some real statements
"can I re-use the old pistons and rods with new rings after you bore the block .030 over, I don,t really have, the cash to buy new pistons ?"
" I installed a 160F T-stat but the engine still runs at 200F just like it did with the 190f t-stat, whats wrong?"
" after you port the heads, can you adjust the rockers so I won,t have to do that when I install the heads?"
"can you port the heads for me and re-install them, by 7pm, Ive got to get back to work, Ill wait?" (it was 1pm)
"If I buy a new cam, and lifters can you break them in so I won,t need to do that when I install them?"
"the vibration can,t be the tires I swapped those around and it still vibrates after 60mph"
"the engine won,t start, and I made sure the distributor went back in and the rotor pointed exactly where it did when I pulled it out before I installed the new cam, so I don,t need to verify the timing"
"the engine was leaking oil so I put a can of stop-leak in the oil and now the engine smokes"
"I adjusted the rockers and the engine won,t start, I know its right because the rocker nuts as far down as it will go, and I torqued them to 55lbs like the manual said"
"yes I know you said the cam lobes worn flat,and the lifters shot, just install a new lifter because I can,t afford a new cam and I need the car back running correctly today"
"I could not get those little brass rods in the carburetor back into those holes under those light bulb shaped covers so I just used dikes and snipped off the lower end so they fit and now the cars exhaust smokes, do you think that might be related?"
" bought this MSD ignition at the swap meet, for $20 and I can,t get it to work, the guy I bought it from assured me it works so what did I wire wrong? ( suggesting testing per MSD specs, was ignored)
"my dad said his 289 high performance mustang used to run in the low 12 second range totally stock, so why do I need a cam,intake and headers to run 15s with a 302 "
"I got a great deal on a 460 ford engine,at the salvage yard, its a ford,engine, so it should just bolt up and run in my 1989 mustang right"
" you replaced the drive shaft last week, and put in new u-joints, not this week the front brakes squeal on hard stops, could it be the u-joints are bad?"
" call down to the local auto parts store and ask if they have any 392 hemi valve cover gaskets in stock, only to be told that hemis only come in 5.7liter and 6 liter"
"I add oil every time it gets a bit low , but the engines started to smoke and the oils not low, but the car won,t move when I put it in gear, so now what?"