Re: sudden car death (got parts?)

[geordy <grostad@thresholdnetworks.com>]

Cheapass Ron wrote:

>  
> 
>> What else would make it die while going over a bump?
> 
The tear is on the bottom side of the tb side of the boot, it looks
like someone overtightened the bootstrap or something and heat
caused a stress crack in the rubber.

> 
> Hmmm...how bad are your engine mounts?  Where's the
> tear?
> 
> I don't have liquid wrench, will
> 
>> wd-40 work?
> 
I bought some liquid wrench at bow wow today, in a squeeze bottle
and I also bought a brand spankin' new intake boot for $40!  AACCCKK!
that's expensive but I'm not in the mood to mess with the bone yard....

> 
> Not worth a shit, IMO, for this application.  Doesn't
> penetrate very well.  Use Liquid Wrench, or PB
> Blaster, which I like a lot.
> 
> If you ain't got this mother apart yet, patch that
> hole in the intake boot...use RTV, or a bicycle patch,
> or friggin duct tape...try to determine if this is
> your problem *first*.  If it is, you'll be glad you
> didn't fart around with the timing belt.


I thought I had a bad motor mount when I got the car but it turned
out that the bolt the holds the mount to the chassis was WAY loose.
I think it's fine at the moment.

> 
> If you do tackle the timing belt, it's a good time for
> a front motor mount change, coz all that shite has to
> come back apart if you ever want to do that mount.
> 
> Ron
> 
> 
> 
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