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Part of the oil change process was taking a 1/4" ratchet and 7/16" socket and snugging the valve cover bolts to try to slow the leaks.

The exhaust manifolds, especially the right one on the high performance 383s and 440s, always cooked the cork valve cover gaskets on those engines. Chrysler finally came up with a"high temperature " valve cover gasket for those engines that helped a bit, but leakage was always a problem.

Back in the day, I did prime engines. I still have, somewhere in my tool box, the priming shaft that I used for the old Chrysler V8 engines. Of the modern Mopar engines, the 3.6 has the highest volume oil pump, more volume than any of the V8s. It also has less restriction on the intake side...

I started a new 3.6 Pentastar upgrade today. It came as a long block engine, so no oil pan or covers. It stared up after turning over for less than five seconds, and had absolutely no ticking or rattling. Despite having no oil in the passages, and only assembly oil on surfaces, it was...

Redirecting the flow would work, but you will need to make an opening in the metal bracket that supports the coolant reservoir. But if there is coolant coming out of the overflow opening, there is a bigger problem. At the very least the pressure cap isn't holding pressure (not as rare as it...

It would be good to pressure test the cap. I have seen several caps fail to hold pressure in the past year on these systems.

I didn't think of ox shoes in particular, but I knew that those are "shoes" for some large animal.

I had a teacher in high school who's VW was stolen from his yard one night. He bought another one and chained to a tree with a chain and lock that were meant for securing a bicycle.

I agree with the GM paint quality assessment. Back in '86 I bought a new Silverado, and the paint was off. This truck had 27 miles on it, had not been damaged in shipment or at the dealership, and still had paint issues. The hood and fenders were one shade of gold, the cab roof and doors...

No fair on that bet, It is a job requirement to leave the socket you need to get the cover off on the truck. Then you have to go back down to get the bulb you forgot while you were looking for the socket.

It is the transmission vent. Why Jeep runs it up onto the engine, yet ends other vent tubes under the body, is a question for the engineers. It probably has something to do with the expansion of transmission fluid when heated.

There are definitely two o-rings on the cap pictured. There should be one on it, and it DOES NOT go in the upper groove where the orange o-ring is on the cap pictured. In all probability, that upper o-ring is the one that made the cap so hard to remove.

No, it is AM/FM only. The satellite antenna is mounted on the roll cage above the sound bar.

I have daily driven my Gladiator since I got it new two years ago. It drives as well as any other truck that I have owned, which were all straight axle Dodge Power Wagons, with one two wheel drive truck thrown in. As for off road, I feel that the Gladiator is as capable as I will ever need...

Yeah. The parking lot paving is not too good at supporting jack stands for rear differential rebuilds either.

I do it with the cap seated and tightened. After the 25 lock to lock cycles, check the fluid level and add as needed.

Why? Why delete a perfectly good "O" starter kit?

Wow! The sign used to say"Long haired, freaky people, need not apply."

If you have the P0128 DTC (Thermostat Rationality) the diagnostic process is very simple. First, verify that the coolant level is correct. If it is, replace the thermostat. This is the diagnostic process shown in the Dealer Connect Service Library.

Best laugh of the morning.