Why feel like an idiot? Half the guys on this board are posers and won't have
a clue what your talking about! Heck, most of them have stripes on
their Vipers!
The issues revolve around whether or not both sets are in sync.
As you may remember, both plating and polishing the retainer end caps is only
possible if you drain the housing completely and blow both the bleeder and
the line to the cap out first. I know what you are thinking, me too....I
am one that really thinks that is overkill. Disassemble and clean out the filter if
you haven't already. Dont feel that the trap gasket needs replacing unless you have
seen the leak for yourself. Half the time you can get away with just taking
the T and swapping it out for two Bs altogether, although. I've seen that
cause both the voltage drop and the whistle to return. Best bet, do what the
NY/CT club does....run 'em wide open and use the largest seals and clips and remember,
no petroleum of any kind on the o-rings. In all the years our club has done
that, we have only lost two of them and both were, as you already guessed, in
yellow Vipers (yep, both had rear wings). I hear the guys in California don't even
know enough to have all the D sets taken out at the dealership, even when they can
have it done for free! California, you got to wonder why they even
sell them a Viper without some kind of written test...or new tax?
You can smell them before they start to really go, so definately
do this before your next DMV inspection. Don't buy the sets on Ebay
(even if they last twice as long) 'cause we will have to hear about it from John.
Send a shot of what you pull out, I'm betting its the later.
We can help, even when, like this time, we have no clue what you are talking about!
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. This thread went as far off topic as ozzy when he bites the head off a bat! !
