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.So prices range from $444 at the dealer to $67 to $128 at RA, to $22 on Ebay, and O'Reilly has one for $202. I like that O'Reilly actually makes an effort to describe the part.

I was told, on the Toyota Forum, to go to Rock Auto and get the Denso IAC, exact same part as the dealer sells but much cheaper. This person had bought a Denso IAC from Rock Auto, but obviously it is not available now, and I was seeing brand names that don't mean anything to me.

I removed and cleaned the old part and the truck is running now. Before it would not run, just start and die immediately, because apparently it was stuck closed. However something seems wrong, the idle is too low sometimes and it seems to idle rough, at least some times. So even though I am driving it again, I think this part needs to be replaced. After I cleaned and re-installed it, I started it and went for a test drive. The idle seemed too low, and then the "check engine light" came on. I stopped and did some shopping in a grocery store. Came out and it seemed to start and run fine and the "check engine" light was off. So it seems to one of those things that is not working quite right. I just think the dealer price on the part is crazy high, that's all.

Rock Auto doesn't have any name brand versions of the part I am seeking. Just these. I imagine the dealer is selling Denso. And if Rock Auto did have Denso it would be cheaper, maybe $200 or $250 instead of $444. That's one of the things that annoys me, I would expect Rock Auto to have a name brand guaranteed OEM quality version of this part.

(I'll delete this post after I get some input because it's obviously not an antique car issue) I wanted to get a small replacement part for the fuel injection system for my 2002 Toyota. It's called an IAC, Idle Air Control Valve, which contains a solenoid, and a metal door that opens to allow air in so it will idle. Like the idle air screw for a carburetor. The IAC also has connections for coolant so it monitors temperature. So you get temperature dependent idle air into the fuel injection system. Obviously i wanted to get a new part from the dealer and swap it out. Dealer parts can be trusted. They wanted $444.65 for this tiny part. Plus 9.5% sales tax would put it close to $500. Rock Auto has many versions of this part, but most are out of stock. They do have this one for $67. And Ebay has one even cheaper at $22.

Looks like the car that was hit went right over the top of the Studebaker's front bumper.

Here's another hub wrench.. https://www.ebay.com/itm/292720685979

I;m not sure this is rthe correct wrench or not. It looks like it. Someone is selling it on Ebay for $85 which sounds high, but it seems to be the only one available at this time. https://www.ebay.com/itm/373005216574

You might like this video, it has Superbirds and a 190 mile-per-hour Dodge Daytona , 426 hemi with two four-barrel carbs.

Give Sebastien a Superbird, not some 1300cc foreign job. 1300cc is a motorcycle-sized engine.

That's a nice convertible for being outdoors. I figure it's regularly stored inside.

I like the early Ford pickup, the early Mustangs and the low rider station wagon.

yes that could be the issue. The fluid being driven by the impeller needs to be constrained.

Everything was going good until the tour guide announced the '83 Duesenberg with the 460 V-8.

I just replaced a broken old well centrifrugal pump. The brass impeller just cracked and broke free at the center where it is fixed to the shaft. On the left side of the picture there is a plastic housing type thing called a "diffuser" that is fixed and the impeller spins inside of it. In this case, the clearance from the outside diameter of the impeller to the plastic "diffuser" housing needs to be relatively small in order for the spinning impeller to be able to build pressure. In other words, if the impeller were OK, and you removed the "diffuser" the pump would not work, the impeller would not be able to move enough water to build pressure then. I guess I should add that not all centrifrugal pumps even have "diffusers." Or you might say, just the pump outside housing acts as a diffuser.

Clockwise. Centrigrugal. It spins, forces water outward direction radially. With a centrifrugal pump, the low pressure inlet is at the center of the pump, near the shaft. The higher pressure is at the outside diameter. You can visualize how those arc-shaped vanes will fling water outward as they spin.

Yeah I'd test the pump off the engine too just for confirmation. I'd test it on the bench. Put it on the vice, drive it with an electric drill. Use a rubber hose as a coupling. Water supplied to the inlet by a flex hose from your trash can. Hose on the outlet that reaches vertically about 2 feet. Spin the pump, see if water gets ejected like you'd expect. And test the engine for clear water passage....

The Alfa Romeo BAT (or Berlina Aerodinamica Tecnica) are a series of Italian concept cars. The cars originated from a joint collaboration project between Alfa Romeo and the Italian design house Bertone that began in 1953. Three cars were built: the BAT 5 in 1953, the BAT 7 in 1954, and finally the BAT 9 in 1955.

Jay's got a video drive of one

You're right! It doesn't work anymore. If I search for used Alfa Romeo parts and include "-fits" I NOW get a Honda Accord air conditioning compressor which also "fits" Alfa Romeo. And I also get a Mopar ignition coil which "fits" Alfa Romeo.

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A 1922 Maxwell Speedster, board track racer, 4cyl, CA title. Well built unique car, been stored the last 15 years. Good tires, will run, just needs a new battery and loving owner. 1922 Maxwell Speedster - $11,500 (Corning) https://sacramento.craigslist.org/cto/d/corning-1922-maxwell-speedster/7362503245.html

Impeller probably looks like this