While replacing a brake hose, I was able to unthread the flare nut, but the nut stayed glued to the brake line. I was able to pull the clip and unwind it by turning the entire hose. How do I free the flare nut from the brake line? I tried gripping the brake line with pliers as tight as I...

Looking over the roller rockers for wear, they seem uniformly in ok shape. The roller itself can slide slightly along its axle, and you can see bits of the inner needle bearing. The roller surface is shiny, smooth, and free of defects. Then I noticed a number - 48. Each one had a number...

I'll be re-assembling the cams shortly onto the rebuilt head, and I am wondering what I should look for on the lifters and rockers. The lifters were replaced 20,000 miles ago, I have no record of the rockers being replaced. (155k on the car). Last I remember the engine was running quiet...

I was smart and replaced the side lights and turn signals when parts were easy. I didn't replace the center garnish and while it is intact, it has yellowed.Has anyone found a way to reverse this? There's a number of techniques on the internet (vinegar, baking soda, peroxide, etc) but I'm...

I'm ready to paint or powder coat the valve cover.The pro's: More durable More heat resistant Less chippingThe con's Harder to do 2 colors Risk of blasting media getting into baffles Can't do it myselfIf you have powder coated a valve cover, Did you remove the baffle? How did you...

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I'm having a lot of parts blasted and repainted in the process of taking the head off. Perhaps in re-assembling it I'll see where this goes, but I'd feel better about being able to identify it.It has a 6x1.00 welded nut on it.Top sideUnderside. It's about 2.5"x4"Thanks!

I'm doing a lot of cleaning, painting, rebuilding and replacing as long as the head is off and the timing belts are apart. I'd like the tensioner bolts to stay rust free if possible (for easy on-off in the future) and I'm wondering if anyone here has a solution. Is paint or grease better...

1990 GST, 155,000 miles, snapped timing belt, head at machine shop. All the valves impacted all the cylinders. Initially stay stock, then when everything is sorted out and running well take it to 300 hp max.Which valves should I use? Reading what I could find on older posts, "Engnbldr" has...

While under the car I noticed this little gift, some oily residue on the bottom of the compressor side of the turbo. Previously the car was running fine, no smoke, no turbo screech, no smoky exhaust. The axial and longitudinal play seems fine as best I can tell by feeling the intake side...

I'm going to try to rebuild my power steering pump (leaking and 150,000 miles). I've read this article https://www.dsmtuners.com/threads/how-to-rebuild-and-modify-a-power-steering-pump.345914/ however all the parts sites I've looked at say the rebuild kit is for 6/90 and up. There were lots of...

Surprised I didn't find any discussion on this. I'm replacing all the 30 year old vacuum lines, many of which show deterioration and cracking. The old spring hose clamps seem suspect from a fatigue point of view, not to mention the heavy rust affecting strength. And it seems foolish to assume...

In the course of cleaning up the engine bay and furthering my understanding of every single part since you know something is going to fail before I get this car back on the street, I'd appreciate some help identifying these components. 1st photo is Pax side, 2nd photo is drivers side, 3rd...

Background: 1990 GST, 150,000 miles, I owned it from 90,000 to 150,000, stock engine, no overhaul I'm aware of. I'm taking off the head to repair from a snapped (new) timing belt. First thing I see is the lower furthest driver side exhaust manifold stud is sheared off. Huh. 3 more shear on...

Getting closer to getting the head off. And I see this.3 bolts and a stud with a nut. WTF??? Is this the way the factory did it? Was my car built on the day they ran out of turbo bolts? Sure hope all 4 come out.

It comes off the air intake, and was unconnected to anything. It's been that way for a long time judging by the dust and lack of clamp marks on the end. The car drove fine with it like this. It makes no sense to suck unfiltered air through a 1/2 inch (S'cuse me, 12mm) hose. But so far I see...

How do you get this plug apart? I see no visible tab to press. It won't budge, and I don't want to ruin it. This is a 1990 GST, the plug is coming from the O2 sensor to the wiring harness. There are single ridged grip sections on both ends, but gripping them does nothing.And do they have...

I'm removing the left engine splash shield on the way to removing the lower timing cover and checking if the balance shaft belt has come off, this is post timing belt breaking and bent valves. (1990 GST) So far 2 bolts have sheared off out of the 6 or so that hold it in place. So 3 questions...

Greetings.I bought a bone stock 1990 GST Eclipse in 1996, and drove it to 160,000 miles. The last 15,000 miles it had trouble with spawling on one of the camshafts, and that eventually did it in. It was polished off as best as we could, but the friction from the wear eventually caused a...