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Bent valve?
Dan, Allan, and an anonymous local club member ("Solid Red 98") were right on the money: it was a dropped valve seat. As it was the intake valve that wasn't seating, pulling the intake was enough to show it: for comparison, here's one of the other normal intake passages: So, pulled the...- Randy
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- Forum: RT/10 and GTS Discussions
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Bent valve?
Well, I was only planning on pulling the one head. :-) Randy- Randy
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Bent valve?
So, in any event, the head is coming off. Thanks much for the feedback; I'll pull the head this weekend and see what surprise waits for me there... Thanks again, Randy- Randy
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Bent valve?
Daily driver, 2000 RT, 79k miles on it. Started a louder-than-normal ticking sound a month or so back. And, no, not the normal Viper engine ticking sound - I'm on around 150,000 miles on two Vipers, this is louder, and gets worse when the engine is warm. With the hood open, does not seem to...- Randy
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Valve Covers Freshened Up.... Pics Inside
Who did them? I've replaced my 2000's valve covers due to paint bubbling and flaking off, so I have a spare set just ready for refinishing like that... :-)- Randy
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- Forum: RT/10 and GTS Discussions
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Mysterious A/C vacuum tube
Neither Gen 1 nor Gen 2 disable the A/C clutch under any throttle load - the reason it goes hot is due to the loss of vacuum (another side effect of WOT) which opens the flap in the ventilation system and bypasses the evaporator. You should know this simply because turning off the clutch does...- Randy
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Old version, Lemke three piece tops, some help needed
Sounds like you are missing the pieces to put on your sport pad, which (current version) consists of four machined blocks with hand-tightenable screws that attach to the four studs that you put into the "roll bar". The original version had some pins with detent balls in them, which did not do...- Randy
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Hood hinge installation.
Its just three bolts on each side - however, one of the bolts on each side is under the headlight housing, and you can't easily get to those two bolts without pulling the nose covering off - at least, thats how I did it when I replaced my AC condenser and radiator a few months ago.- Randy
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- Forum: RT/10 and GTS Discussions
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WTB: Gen. I Autoform Hardtop
When I had a Gen 1, I wanted one of the Autoform tops also - I wanted the very low-profile top that complemented the car lines, not made the car almost look silly like the factory tops. If thats the aesethetic reasons you refer to, you need to check out either the one-pierce or three-piece tops...- Randy
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- Forum: RT/10 and GTS Discussions
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Hiding the V1
Simple, I pull it out of the mount (leaving the suction cups and mount attached to the windshield), and put it in the trunk. As I have the display mounted with Velcro on the steering column, if I feel particularly paranoid, I'll also pull it off and throw it in the trunk and lock the glove...- Randy
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- Forum: General Viper Discussion
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Hiding the V1
I use the suction cup mount and put the unit above the rear-view mirror for the best range fore and aft. I use the remote display (on top of the steering column) so the visible alerts aren't visible outside the car with the top off. I've mounted it this way in both Vipers for over 10 years...- Randy
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- Forum: General Viper Discussion
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I need a GEN 1 dash (new or used).
When I replaced the dash on my '95 back in 1999 or 2000, I got one of 13 remaining left in the Mopar parts system, and I don't think they are making them anymore, so I would bet there are no more available from the dealer. Always worth a try, of course, but I imagine the original poster looked...- Randy
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unbelievable
Sween, we have at least five '98 GT-2s in the S.F. Bay area, all Northern CA club members. Fred 'Driving School' Kinder (in this forum, has three Vipers including the GT-2), Rich, Jerry, Alan, and Bill. Depending on which mall your friend saw it parked, I could make a guess at who it was.- Randy
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Which parts are 96' RT/10 specific?
The OEM windows for the '96 are unique to the '96 - previous years were zip-up vinyl. However, I think they will fit other gen-1s.- Randy
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Best Car Alarm?
I use a pager alarm that hooks up to the stock sensors, and which is enabled at all times - just turn off the receiver/pager when you don't want to hear it. The one I have isn't sold any more, but Crimestopper makes many appropriate/similar models.- Randy
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