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I'd expect a "competent" exhaust shop could put something together from this 'n that, which would look very much like what it ought. Sound level selectable by owner. Mufflers aren't rocket science... cut your old holey one open and have the shop replicate it.

A long time ago I got a bunch of "rubber" seals for ball joints, etc in two sizes from a place in TX whose name I don't immediately remember. They were a fairly popular parts source then.... I eventually used all I had among various 2002s, 533i, 635CSI, 3.0CS and who recalls what else. So they...

when my 2002 wouldn't go into reverse, I took off the output flange, then the rearmost casting. In that casting is a piston that needs to slide up and down in its groove without hanging up. I used crocus cloth to smooth both the piston and bore, reassembled, and WALLAH I got reverse back. Sold...

Aren't they simply crimped on, suggesting you and your favorite pair of pliers, plus a rag for cushioning, could squeeze them back on? I have a set of gutter trims I got from a salvage CS, but of course they are pre-bent and shipping from Hawaii would be a chore.

Shock Treatment: you and your BFH (big friendly hammer) need to evenly distribute the force of the blow around the perimeter of the piston to evenly transmit that energy to the ring(s). So, some sort of mandrel between hammer and piston is needed... for instance, a piece of properly sized iron...

If the theory is that fuel is boiling out of the carb (into the engine or not), check the temp of the carb(s) under various circumstances. If you don't want dirty hands, there are any number of infrared non-contact "guns" that will read temps. Alternatively you can get a contact thermocouple...

Back in the day, aircooled VWs used to shed a lot of alu powder with every 3,000-mile oil change, yet they ran and ran and ran. Hope yours does (the latter parts) the same!

By all means fix it first unless your daughter either has amazing skills, or anticipates a checkbook restoration. Post college, I dropped $5k, found and sent my daughter a nice clean Honda CRV with a rebuilt top end, whose motor became unreliable (not the top end) and triggered the CEL...

I'm a little fuzzy on some details, but my first experience was in about '73 when I lost my keys (or someone stole them) while I was surfing on the North Shore, at Pipe. My '64 bug had only three wires to the ignition switch. I vaguely knew that one was power (obvious, the big red one...

Wow I hadn't heard of this trick for like, 20 years. Good to know someone is still doing it.

The vapor barrier is a cheap alternative to using a door card material that doesn't crumble with moisture. It's easy enough to cut a bit of thin plywood, seal both sides with poly, and you'll never have to scrw around with the staining, gummy stickum that's used to hold the vapor barrier again.

Had a BMW K100RS bike that would cut out randomly. Two issues occurred, both were common knowledge among those that rode these great bikes over many years and miles. Their solutions may be of use: First, I had replaced the ground wire from trans case to battery ground with a heavier wire...

I think he means the battery box and cover were $30.

Looks like he's above the high tide line, so the sand should be at least dry, and blow out of whatever it's gotten into with a brisk drive on a dry road. Still a dumba** thing to do, but we've all seen worse!

Beautiful picure. The photo posted shows why you didn't finish first by miles: the Porsche isn't even touching the ground! J/K

Your motor and trans mounts look okay. Try to wobble the fan, anything other than simple rotational movement about its shaft suggests the seal has gone bad, and corrosion is destroying the bearing, then the fan has radiator for lunch. A bad seal and bearing may be revealed by observation of a...

As I told a doper acquaintance long ago: "Getting away with it doesn't make it right". He had no response though I could see he was trying to choke up some smart-azz reply.

Cornishman: reading extensive comments in the "Pitfalls" article, the success or failure of your proposed scheme will depend on the applicable motor vehicle registration AND insurance laws read in both states. Add to that the variety of insurance policy mandates, state laws governing...

A long time ago, the u-joint on m steering shaft got rusty of something, and made a very stiff spot in the rotation of the steering wheel. Markus Glarner was a member then are revealed the problem. I took the joint out and nearly boiled it in ATF (heat gun under a tin can) and it's been good...

Car is not a fetish object. No harm in placing an object on it, as long as it doesn't scratch or stain the finish. But to each their own...