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From: dr_jeff on 7 Jun 2010 21:20 FelPro gaskets are really good. My dad used to sell gaskets and other parts and rebuild engines. FelPro made great gaskets.
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 7 Jun 2010 22:01 On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:20:39 -0400, dr_jeff wrote: > FelPro gaskets are really good. My dad used to sell gaskets and other > parts and rebuild engines. FelPro made great gaskets. Hmmm...I'm hearing of a lot of people using the FelPro with good results.
From: clare on 7 Jun 2010 22:23 On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 22:01:17 -0400, Hachiroku ???? <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote: >On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:20:39 -0400, dr_jeff wrote: > >> FelPro gaskets are really good. My dad used to sell gaskets and other >> parts and rebuild engines. FelPro made great gaskets. > >Hmmm...I'm hearing of a lot of people using the FelPro with good results. > > The fix on the early M engines WAS a Felpro gasket IIRC.
From: jim beam on 7 Jun 2010 22:33 On 06/07/2010 03:21 PM, Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B wrote: > On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 22:08:23 +0000, Gary L Burnore wrote: > >> In alt.autos.toyota Hachiroku ????<Trueno(a)e86.gts> wrote: >>> It has been recommended (RE: my '88 Supra with an apparent BHG...) that >>> I PARK THE CAR AND PULL THE HEAD! >>> >>> So, this I will do. Given that once I pull the head the HG is toast even >>> if it's not blown, I obviously have to buy a new one. >>> >>> I have seen them as low as $17; also $26, with $58 being the usual >>> on-line price. Beck-Arnley wants ~$60, some places advertise Fel-Pro at >>> $58, or $17, or $26. My band's guitar player said yesterday, "Eh, $12, >>> big deal". I told him about the prices I was finding. >>> >> I put a felpro in mine on the blow, first was from toyota. It is still >> running strong 150K later and I beat on it. > > Really? How much was it and where did you get it? > Did you do this yourself? > > >> >>> The thing I SHOULD do, obviously, is pull the engine and have the whole >>> thing refreshed. A local engine guy, who's one of the best in the >>> country quoted me $2200 for complete bottom end refurb, and I know when >>> I get it back it will be one of the best 7M-GEs in the country. >> >> The thing you should consider is getting one from japan, used, always >> guaranteed at or less than 40K miles on the engine. Comes with pretty much >> everything. Starter, alternator, another air conditioning compressor etc. >> > > Last I saw (Toyota has since removed this lsit from their site. Don't ask > me how I stumbled upon it...) was a whole bottom, NEW from Toyota was > $2,500!!!! > > > >> >>> > call these guys - http://nippon-motors.com/ i've used them before - their prices are great, and the product has been excellent. they know what they're doing too. -- nomina rutrum rutrum
From: Nate Nagel on 7 Jun 2010 22:35
On 06/07/2010 10:23 PM, clare(a)snyder.on.ca wrote: > On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 22:01:17 -0400, Hachiroku ????<Trueno(a)e86.GTS> > wrote: > >> On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:20:39 -0400, dr_jeff wrote: >> >>> FelPro gaskets are really good. My dad used to sell gaskets and other >>> parts and rebuild engines. FelPro made great gaskets. >> >> Hmmm...I'm hearing of a lot of people using the FelPro with good results. >> >> > The fix on the early M engines WAS a Felpro gasket IIRC. Same for the infamous GM V-6 intake gaskets, IIRC. nate -- replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply. http://members.cox.net/njnagel |