I bought a 1964 checker marathon. It has the original continental 226 ci 6 cylinder engine. The previous owner said it ran 4 years ago when he brought it home to use as parts. He never got to it and it has been sitting in his garage for 4 years, it will not start now [...]
Ok, I just bought a 190 mustang a couple months ago and I was looking into fixing the heater in it cause it gets pretty cold over here. Anyway, the car blows air but there are components missing from the AC and the heater. What Im trying to figure out are what these two metal [...]
The engine turns over well, it just doesn’t fire, but I took the #1 plug wire off and put an old plug on it and got a good spark when I cranked the engine over. Checked compression and had 140# on a cold never fired engine. I removed the fuel line at the injector rail [...]
I have a 98′ Chevy that i had to replace the motor in, hooked every wire back up the way it came off the old motor ( grounds, plug-ins etc.) Bought new distributor, distributor cap and rotor bug, coil pack, ignition module, pickup coil, plugs and wires. It is in time and i even checked [...]
Two dumb brothers wanted to smuggle something so they could be "cool" like the other criminals. They decided to smuggle chickens across the border. So they borrowed a beat up small plane and went to Mexico and bought chickens dirt cheap, loaded up, and began flying north. Staying close to ground to avoid detection, Bob [...]
I have worked on alot of engines but never an outboard 2 cycle, so here goes:
1) The engine is a 1973 Johnson 25 hp, and it idles fine, but from 1/2 throttle to 3/4 throttle it sounds like its running on 1 cylinder and then goes to 2 firing cylinders, and cycles between the two. [...]
I Am posting this to voice my experience for anyone who needs help. A couple months ago, I had a 5 year old Sears/Craftsman 2-stroke leafblower seize, because my sister forgot to put oil in the gas…. Used it for a while and it seized, after sounding very unhealthy producing an almost [...]
hi there i just bought a 94 model cr 125.when riding for the first time it ran perfect until i opened it up over 3/4 throttle in 5th gear, it just bogged then cut out.i pulled in clutch let the revs drop then let clutch out an the engine fired back up an ran fine [...]
I have worked in law inforcement and as a correction officer. I’ve seen many laws being broken by the officers. When I complained I was the one who got set up and repermanded. As a civilian I’ve seen many traffic laws broken by patromen. To name a few like speeding , double [...]
My school district is hemorrhaging money, and firing teachers left and right (I am a teacher). Suddenly, my old room partner is GONE, and this new young teacher is next door. Guess what? He has never TOUCHED a gun in his life! He is REALLY young! He never had a [...]
Ok. It’s a ‘98 vw beetle with a brand new battery and 3/4 tank of gas.
We lost power- one battery cable was very loose so we tightened it. Car would then start but idle with very low RPM and would immediately die if you hit the gas. After a few days of sitting, [...]
I have new spark plugs, distrbitor cap and rotor and battery in it. My car use to start immediately with minimal cranking. Now it starts intermitently. I have heard there is a relay under the dash that causes this. How do I find this relay and replace it? I am now [...]
So my I drive a 96 Pontiac grand Am SE 4 cyc manual transmission, when I bought it, it was running but then I went away for a year or so. My car sat in my drive way with half a tank of gas. I came back after a year and my battery died so [...]
Hi my name is Tim Clark and I just recently bought a 1996 chevy impala ss for 1200 dollars but here’s the catch the engine caught on fire and burned the top part of the engine everything is lost on top but i belive the engine is still goodbut here is my question I also [...]
Q.Why are fire engines red in colour?
Ans.
fire engines have ladders.
ladders have steps.
steps are one foot apart.
foot can be measured using rulers.
a ruler can b a king or a queen.
elizabeth is the queen of england.
elizabeth is also the name of a ship.
ships float on water.
water has [...]
I recently bought a Kawasaki 750sx and it has a Keihin CDK II carb. The engine idles great and fires up first time. It also launches out of the hole with 1/3 to 1/2 throttle but once I break about half throttle it will quickly bog down and usually die. 5 seconds later it will [...]
i have a 2000 chevy tracker with 250k miles on body and 80-90k on engine i bought it from my boss and it ran fine than it started to putter and die on me after driving for a while i change the fuel pump relay sparkplugs airfilter oil brought it to goodyear and they did [...]
I am doing tie-dye and the store was out of the cobalt blue I need to use. Which combination using any of the following colors would yield a dark blue?
Yellow
Turquoise
Fire Engine Red
Fuschia
Black
I also have hunter green.
I can’t go to the store and get some of the cobalt I need since they are sold out. [...]
PS: THIS IS A TRUE STORY
In September 1955, James Dean was killed in a horrific car accident whilst he was driving his Porsche sports car. After the crash the car was seen as very unlucky.
a) When the car was towed away from accident scene and taken to a garage, the engine slipped out and fell [...]
I’ve replaced 0 in parts, and 4 mechanics have told me they can’t figure it out. It is an ES with a V6 engine 2.5L. I am thinking it’s an electrical problem, but how do I pinpoint it? I bought a new water pump, new tensioner pulley, new tensioner, new distributor cap, [...]