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Hagerty's published this article yesterday which explains the conversion of the GM 350 gas engine over to diesel and why it failed better much than I could. It goes on to explain the plethora of other reasons why Oldsmobile's effort in the automotive diesel market was such a mess. Good vintage...

That's awesome. I was not aware of a coal fired Olds... The reason the 80s GM diesels were such dogs and rarely lasted beyond 100k was due to the fact that GM simply replaced the spark plugs with glow plugs and retrofitted a fuel delivery system. That's a bit oversimplified however these were...

My clock issue seems to be a motor problem, as it's intermittent. It likes to run best when the large oven is on and all that heat is loosening things up. It certainly could be a gear train problem as well however broken teeth would cause it to stop in the same spot each time and that's...

Thanks for all the kind words. Tonight I replaced the neon element on the large oven for the bake function. It was far fainter than the others and since I have the spares, why not. Great info leefree, thanks for sharing. Any idea what temp probe's part number was, or where you got it? That's...

First off, this is cross posted in the Shoppers Square forum so I apologize if this is a violation. I meant to post it here to share my story but accidentally selected the WTB option and it got posted there instead. I've been looking for a Frigidaire Flair, preferably a Custom Imperial, for...

I've been looking for a Frigidaire Flair, preferably a Custom Imperial, for about 5 years. Due to their size I wanted one relatively close so that a couple hours in a pickup would retrieve it. In late October I located an RCIB-645 in MA that was only about 1/2 hour from a client so I made...