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90% finished with the top install. Just need to put the interior panels, carpet, and seats back in. Wasn't hard at all with a second pair of hands but would have been a serious pain in the rear end trying to do it by myself. Oh, yeah:  Also the weatherstipping doesn't seem to be holding on as tightly as before. Should I hit it with a bit of adhesive? Previa_fun fucked around with this message at 23:03 on Jul 27, 2013 |
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Seat Safety Switch posted:I want to see much, much more of this car. 75s are so awesome. I agree -- they're incredibly quirky.
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Jul 28, 2013 00:37
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Re-drilled the hangers on my hardbody with some friends. http://instagram.com/p/cSHx-UMbD5/ Let me know if that link works.
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Jul 28, 2013 00:39
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Replaced the fan clutch, hopefully the source of my semi-overheating woes. Got the old one off, and after a few turns in each direction it lets loose and starts freewheeling.
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Jul 28, 2013 00:43
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Installed a Eurocode intake in my S4. The car instantly feels peppier, and should get better over the next ~500 miles or so once the car adjusts to it. Also just sold the 20" wheels that I was running for the past month, so I'm trying to decide if I use that money to buy an exhaust or something "responsible" like the new fridge my wife wants.
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Jul 28, 2013 03:18
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Cut out part of my xj's floor, welded in new metal, hit it with some duraglass, primer and paint. Also found out that I don't have a spare exhaust manifold laying around, stuck calipers suck, and the rotors from my 98 bottom out on my 99's dust shields.
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Jul 28, 2013 03:23
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Bought the tools I needed to finish the job, then didn't do any of the work. 
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Jul 28, 2013 04:26
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I swapped the rear wiper and headlight switch on the Niva so it's impossible to turn off the headlights while reaching for the heater fan switch. I saw one of the tyres is in the running for the horrible mechanical failures thread and left it at that. When I've steeled myself a little more I'll go out and let some air out before it goes full exposed bubble. There's already a nice bulge and the tread over it is stretched and disintegrating 
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Jul 28, 2013 05:30
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IOwnCalculus posted:What is up with that S-curve radiator hose? Why not just have the connection on the block come straight out the front and have one 90 degree bend, or just do two 90 degree bends instead of two 180 degree bends? It is the stock radiator hose, but the curves are now steeper because the radiator is tilted back to make room for the front mounted intercooler. The thermostat housing is made such that it has to be installed in that position. Not an ideal situation, but I haven't got around to find a better suited hose and/or thermostat. Here's the stock arrangement:  Another picture of my engine from the other side:  Front suspension of my car in current state: 
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Jul 28, 2013 07:41
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Welp, there goes another  towards rock auto for new front end parts. I managed to destroy the tie rod and ball joint boots on both sides trying to replace axles, so I'm just going to replace everything while I'm in there.
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Jul 28, 2013 22:45
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Most of my latest Rock Auto order came in yesterday   Still waiting on one more box.
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Jul 29, 2013 01:30
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Failed again at bleeding my front brakes. I've hit the point where I'm certain there's something letting air into the system. I'm taking apart the few connections, applying pipe dope to them, new crush washers, and starting basically over. I decided to take this moment to buy a new tie rod end so I have something else I can do in lieu of pulling out all of my hair.
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Jul 29, 2013 01:40
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Fixed the audio input jack on my wife's Kia Spectra5. It's all plastic, and unless you use a 90-degree connector, the cable sticks straight up so it can get whacked by anything. Doesn't happen often, but enough whacks and the jack gets flaky. Replaced it with a better panel-mount jack, which is tougher than it sounds, because the OEM jack is on a PCB, and the whole assembly is its own little enclosed part, like a switch. The PCB anc connector are now dangling inside the console, with a bit of cable connecting it to the jack inside the housing. Simplest solution. Then I found out the replacement OEM part is available for $20 + shipping. Ah, well, my solution will probably last longer. Larrymer posted:Welp, there goes another You can get polyurethane boots from Energy Suspension and Prothane. Just replace the boots, unless the joints are iffy.
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Jul 29, 2013 01:48
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Darchangel posted:
Oh dang that's helpful, I did the same thing trying to yank the axles from my Protege, tore the poo poo out of my ball joint boot. I would up unbolting the control arms, they're still hanging since I could never get the tapers to break.
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Jul 29, 2013 03:58
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Jul 29, 2013 12:53
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Ferremit posted:
Barbecued roo for tea tomorrow. Flash cooked with fifty billion lumens.
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Jul 29, 2013 14:36
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Fixed the lights on the dashboard, got a new windshield last week, adjusted the brakes and carb so it runs and stops much better. I also made a new air cleaner by cutting it out of a big block air cleaner from a Buick 455. It came out not too great but I had to give back the one from the Caprice that I was using and I have a show to go this weekend.  Then I ran out of paint late on Saturday night.  New windshield  Both blinkers work now but the oil light doesn't since I have a mechanical gauge and the light isn't connected. 
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Jul 29, 2013 17:14
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Darchangel posted:You can get polyurethane boots from Energy Suspension and Prothane. Just replace the boots, unless the joints are iffy. Good tip. Car has 110k ish miles on it so I'm just going to replace it all. I should just set money on fire instead of work on cars. It's about the same result.
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Jul 29, 2013 22:10
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I finished replacing the rear pads and rotors on the Volvo. To say they were bad would be an understatement. I only drive the car once a week, so it's something I'd been putting off.    Also, rusty pins are kind of a pain in the rear end. Thanks, Volvo.  Got them out with liberal amounts of liquid wrench, a pin punch I bought at harbor freight and a big fuckin' hammer.
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Jul 29, 2013 23:56
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I ripped the dip on one of my rear wheels, so i peeled it off both wheels on that side, still not sure what direction i'll go next.  I'll probably just leave it like this for a while. Also,  gently caress youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu mack. somehow they decided that requiring you to get the front end 3 feet off the ground is an ok way to remove the radiator. Powershift fucked around with this message at 04:26 on Jul 30, 2013 |
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Jul 30, 2013 04:17
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I see they took lessons from GM. 
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Jul 30, 2013 04:57
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some texas redneck posted:I see they took lessons from GM. I don't know how but GM seems to make vehicles that are really simply put together and a gigantic pain in the dick to actually work on at the same time.
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Jul 30, 2013 05:23
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No kidding. A lot of stuff is stupid easy to do on this car (headlamp bulbs or headlamp housing replacement? pull 2 pins on each side and they fall out. complete ignition system replacement? 4 bolts and 1 plug). It's also a pretty simple engine, in that it doesn't have EGR or PCV systems, or even a FITV or IACV. Then you look at, oh, how to pull the radiator, or radiator fan, and you just want to curb stomp some engineers. It's still easier to work on than my Altima.
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Jul 30, 2013 07:25
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You all should experience the joy of working on a w123. Seriously, they really are quite nice to work on. Someone must have spent time thinking "ok, now someday the mechanic will need to get a tool in here, how can we make this accessible?"
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Jul 30, 2013 12:51
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Sat it outside the workshop at work with the doors open and dire straits cranked up while we sat on rescued couches around a gas heater and drank beers and scotch and coke to celebrate my birthday 
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Jul 30, 2013 12:59
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Ferremit posted:Sat it outside the workshop at work with the doors open and dire straits cranked up while we sat on rescued couches around a gas heater and drank beers and scotch and coke to celebrate my birthday Well how about that. Ignored it because it was my partner's birthday.
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Jul 30, 2013 13:37
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found a puddle of red stuff on the garage floor this morning, didn't smell like Tranny fluid. Popped the hood and found out that the power steering rack is leaking again. Second time in two years. 
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Jul 30, 2013 17:26
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Put on new battery cable terminals just to rule them out, and then put in a new battery At least now I know how old my battery is, and I have a 3 year warranty 
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Jul 30, 2013 18:41
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ratbert90 posted:found a puddle of red stuff on the garage floor this morning, didn't smell like Tranny fluid. I was expecting you to say you found a cat in there.
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Jul 30, 2013 23:23
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Just finished doing the plugs on my Hemi Ram, don't ever do that if you can help it. 16 plugs, 8 of which are goddamned near inaccessible. I don't know if I want to strangle the engineer or myself.
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VikingSkull posted:Just finished doing the plugs on my Hemi Ram, don't ever do that if you can help it. 16 plugs, 8 of which are goddamned near inaccessible. I don't know if I want to strangle the engineer or myself. Sounds like my 4.6 F150, but with more plugs. The back half of the motor was basically under/in the firewall, requiring 2 or 3 extensions and u-joints or wobblers depending on which bore you were going after for the back 4.
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Jul 31, 2013 04:05
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Took apart the proportioning valve - did not have any copper washers to put it back together.
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Finally got around to wiring up the seatbelt sensor in the Soarer - the buckle has two wires but there were three coming out from under the seat. A bit of trial and error and now no more dash warning, yay! Figured since the coolant hadn't been changed in forever then the sparks would be similar - spot on! The coilpacks are crack free (thankfully) but the plugs were a combination of blackened, corroded and a couple nicely marinated. Also I realised the 5th and 6th would be the fun ones tucked right at the back - I had to plank on one side with a foot braced against the house wall to see what was going on. Bit smoother now and in combination with the new O2 sensor and recapped ECU, it should stop slurping the juice so much (hopefully). Now to rewire the brake light to stop the dash warning screaming in Japanese at me every time I slow down..
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Motronic posted:Sounds like my 4.6 F150, but with more plugs. The back half of the motor was basically under/in the firewall, requiring 2 or 3 extensions and u-joints or wobblers depending on which bore you were going after for the back 4. The drivers side rear 4 are under the master cylinder and the passenger side are under my A/C poo poo. This is in a week where I also did my oil and filters, drivers side half of my catalytic Y pipe, and I still need to do my o2 sensors that I foolishly thought I could skimp on replacing when I did my cat.
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Plastidip'd my rims yesterday and went to a small meet today.   
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Aug 1, 2013 08:29
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Diggin' the dipped wheels. I just dipped the grill on my SS because it was starting to fade to gray pretty badly. I hosed up in one spot and it came lose. I probably won't fix it.
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Super Aggro Crag posted:Diggin' the dipped wheels. I just dipped the grill on my SS because it was starting to fade to gray pretty badly. I hosed up in one spot and it came lose. I probably won't fix it. Thanks! They turned out really nice once I put some tyre foam on 'em. My mate had his powdercoated, and they turned out reallll nice.  
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For some reason I really don't like black plastidip on wheels. It just looks too dull. That powdercoating looks pretty good though.
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some texas redneck posted:For some reason I really don't like black plastidip on wheels. My wheels have black paint applied with a brush. Jealous? The things people do. Today I got most of the way to putting the heater back in the Niva. Just now I found out I should have done the gaskets dry. We'll see what happens I guess. Yesterday I bought a 13mm spanner!!! I've been using the same 13mm spanner form my old Chinese socket set since the late 80s or early 90s. It's my most used tool. Recently I realised it's starting to feel a little loose. That toolkit has held up pretty well. Only a few broken ratchets, a broken 12mm spanner and quite a few lost sockets. I think some of those sockets may have gone missing in ...oh maybe 1998 or so when I rolled my car rather spectacularly on a country road. Quite a while later someone I didn't know showed up and gave me my toolbox. They had managed to collect up most of the pieces after it had been catapulted out of the boot when it was crushed.
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I swapped the charcoal canister on my '03 Impreza yesterday. The old one had a bunch of cracks in it that the previous owner tried to fix with muffler putty. I took it one step further and slathered on blue RTV before continuing to get emissions leak codes so I just bought a new OEM one (for cheaper than RockAuto wanted for a Chinese knockoff!): Muffler putty:  New versus old:  And I swapped the air filter today. Gross bugs fell out of the intake air tract side of the airbox and the filter itself was filthy, so all in all a good fix to make.. Engine side:  Intake side:  Bugs from the airbox: 
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