Re: my personal pressing todos

From: JAMES KNOX (knox.james@sympatico.ca)
Date: Sat Oct 18 2003 - 02:42:50 EDT


HI Michael, Consult with Jon , consider making, bending lines with double
flare kit aviation style, Jon may own it SnapOn, Without offence rubber hose
and clamps is wrong!

Jim Knox 91 Dak Real dumps at the headers! noisey but not fast . Hi Dave ,
Tony, Greg and Bob Tom----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Maskalans" <mike-lists@tepidcola.com>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 11:38 PM
Subject: DML: my personal pressing todos

>
> so I went running around looking for truck parts today. that was a
> pretty frustrating couple hours...
>
> first I hit Cortese Dodge for a baseline...
> - $86 for a TPS. eek.
> - $44 for a serpentine. not horrible.
> - and either $29 or $61 for my trans line (return or pressure,
> respectively). Dodge calls the trans coolant lines one piece from the
> tranny to the radiator - I thought that was pretty interesting.
> putting it in could be even more interesting....
>
> I wandered around looking for good prices on Mobil1, too. Walmart is
> the jackpot there. even when it's not on sale it's a buck a quart
> cheaper than auto parts stores. no M1 at Sam's though, so they won't
> get any membership money from me =)
>
> I don't trust my Pep Boys at all anymore, so I didn't check there, but
> I did hit Advance Auto.
> - $25 for a TPS. wonderful! but it's special order - and AA only will
> do a special order for over $150 from the same manufacturer. Jon - can
> you get me the # for your good local Dodge dealer? The guys there
> offered to help me track something down locally on Monday, but if yours
> is a good dealer I'd hope to find something of a more reasonable price
> there to stick in while I'm wrenching.
> - I got a serpentine for $32, but after I got home and actually looked
> at it, it's got me wondering. my current belt has a smooth backside,
> and smooth ribs on the front. this belt has a smooth back side and
> rippled ribs on the front. is that kosher?
> - they didn't have anything in their computer for trans coolant lines.
> they said their usual solution for a leaking crimp like I've got is to
> cut the metal line on either end and just hose clamp a new rubber
> section in place. that sounds like a horrible solution to me - can
> someone lend me some pointers on how I could put proper flares and
> fittings on those two hose ends to seal myself back up? I really don't
> know quite what I'm looking for....
>
> thanks for any pointers (hopefully over the weekend so I can get stuff
> picked up in the time before I head to jon's nice warm and dry garage
> to work - thanks again!)
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