I have a screw loose...

Mm-hmm. I can just imagine what SOME of you folks are thinking: “Really? How about telling us something we didn’t already know…”.

Okay, I confess: it was a cheap and tawdry way to get your attention. But I do. Have a screw loose, that is. And it’s a real problem that I need real help on.

Okay, okay--so it’s not exactly a screw. More like a bolt. And it’s not just one bolt--it’s more like three. And they’re not exactly loose. More like missing altogether.

hecko? Are you still with me? Good.

These three missing bolts are what attach the A.I.R pulley and spacer to the pump. I got the pulley, got the spacer…but I can’t find out for the life of me what size bolts put ‘em together. I’ve searched the catalogs…got what turned out to be the wrong set from a local boneyard…tried various dies…all to no good end. And I gotta have the emissions stuff working, or the local smog Nazis will beat me severely with a rubber hose.

(Okay, okay, okay--so it would only be with a 1/8” vacuum hose…and it would only be the elderly lady at the DMV…but it would still probably sting a little…).

Now, you could blow this desperate appeal off. Sure, you could ignore a fellow Forumite’s urgent cry for help, and stay slumped in front of the TV watching yet another rerun of “Barrett-Jackson” on the Speed Channel.

Or, you could choose to put that cheese burrito down…leave the pop-top on that fourth can of Bud…heave yourself up and out of the Barcalounger, and go find out just what size these missing mystery bolts are.

Just think how much the bunny rabbits, the little kittens, the tiny birdies and the baby ducklings—all of Mother Nature’s precious creatures here in California—will thank you, for giving them fresh clean air to breathe.

Or, you could wake up in the middle of the night tonight to a crying child, asking why Mommy/Daddy has left poor Bambi choking and gasping in the forest, due to the noxious fumes emanating from a certain unsmogified C3…

It’s your choice.

So…will a certain “JA” in “TX” stop playing with the most prized item in his vast die-cast collection—that pink Barbie Corvette—and offer up some expert aid? (Sorry to let that little secret out of the bag—but it’s not as if video of it isn’t already playing on YouTube…)

Will “TS” in “AK” push the ‘pause’ button on his VHS copy of “Vette Vixens: Wet ‘n Wild” long enough to lend a hand? (You might wanna get a DVD of that thing—that poor ol’ videotape must be plumb wore out by now…)

How about “PL” in “NJ”—will he cease stooping over his engine compartment, muttering “Chrome! Need more chrome! Gotta bring the bling to this baby!”)--??

Will a special lady—“Ms. M”, also in “TX”--stop lingering over the male centerfold (December’s ‘Dijon Dan’) in her favorite magazine—“Mustard Seed Monthly”—and pony up her assistance?

Will “Double Initials Between J and L” and her other half quit bickering over whose car is hotter—“Is too!” “Is not!”--and offer their help?

“KS” in “OH”—might he quit napping behind the pallets on the loading dock long enough to cough up the info?

Or a certain “Small Jeep-lover” in “IL”—stop splattering that fake mud on the tires and give some good aid?

Must I mention “MK”, also of “IL”—surely ONE of those four has these items intact? And surely the photo library has frontal/rear/sideways/upside down shots of each? Yes??

No hiding now, ‘R78” of “NY”—and no, you can’t use the excuse of ‘too much snow on the ground’ just yet, either.

Nice try, “North Sky” in “MN”—but that applies to you too!

And “Mister Formalwear’ in “IN”—surely a man of the (black) cloth is duty-bound to lend a hand to one in need?

Oh, hecko there, “AW” in “PA”—just because you dominate the digits doesn’t mean you’re exempt from helping either, y’know…


(Note: due to strict Forum/IRS rules and regulations, the identities, locations and peculiar personal habits of persons mentioned above have been carefully concealed so as to avoid unnecessary shame, embarrassment, humiliation, and nervous jitters)


Do I have to go on…be less discrete…and single out each of the rest of you 800-odd members (and I do use the term advisedly) to raise some responses here? Don’t make me get more specific…

I've got a pump and pulley in a box out in the barn. I'll go out and look at 5PM Chicago time. Not a second sooner.  Mike

Hey there boltless, What did ya do? The Air Injector Reactor should have been all together before you took it apart?  If ya rebuilt with new bearings and filters then you lost the bolts.  It sure is nice of Mike to go to the barn to get your answer. I bet the bolts are still in the box?? What do you think "JA" in "TX"??

spielman52006-11-02 15:43:43

Ok, I would have bet they were metric but they're not.  1/4-20 X 1 1/4". You may have to buy 1 1/2" long and cut them down unless you go to a specialty supplier. Or the bolts dept at an autoparts store may have them. They look like grade 5 but I don't think that's really necessary.  Mike

While we are looking for parts, does anyone have a spare rubber manifold for the vacuum overrides?

Pushy bas#@$d, ain't ya?!
I saw the title of this thread, and the poster, and thought, "So? What manner of medication finally allowed you to admit this? Admitting you HAVE the problem is half of recovery!"

Mike has it covered, so I'm goin back to play wid da Barbie car....VVVWWWOOOOM...VWWOOOOM!"

Ted, were ya at in this saga? Did ya get her fixed? Don't like us anymore??Cat got your tongue? Oh,  the rewind is done..See ya later..

Captain Kapp comes through again!

I'm sure I speak on behalf of ALL the members of this august forum when I say, "Thank you, Cap'n, for saving their sorry, saggy, 1.36:1 rear ends once more!"


But just to be on the safe side.......all right, children--all together now:

'Thank you, Captain Kapp, for saving our sorry, saggy 1.36:1 rear ends once again!'

Well nuts, I feel as though I was stripped of this thread. Somehow I took a turn for the worse and missed it until today. Fortunitly Mr. Mike bolted to your rescue and was able to put a cap on the topic.
Tuxblacray2006-11-03 14:53:28