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14 INCH DETECTIVE posted:I was thinking just keep parking in Belltown and let nature take its course. I was gonna say I actually think it looks kinda cool. Granted I can never endorse going to belltown, gently caress that place.
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Swap your trunk for a cop's trunk when the cop isn't looking, then wait for the cop to come out of the donut shop. The tagger will get his mouth fractured and you'll get a nice new trunk.
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Aug 9, 2013 23:33
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Negromancer posted:I was gonna say I actually think it looks kinda cool. Granted I can never endorse going to belltown, gently caress that place. Shorty's Hot dogs on 2nd, if you haven't been. 
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Aug 9, 2013 23:54
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14 INCH DETECTIVE posted:Shorty's Hot dogs on 2nd, if you haven't been. Better than Po Dog's? Seems like a much closer option since they opened one up in ballard. Their deep fried danger dog is pretty amazing. I had no idea that Shorty's even did hotdogs, I've only been there a few times to grab a drink while waiting for shows to start at the Rendezvous.
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Aug 10, 2013 02:58
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Negromancer posted:Better than Po Dog's? Seems like a much closer option since they opened one up in ballard. Their deep fried danger dog is pretty amazing. There are better street dogs than Shorty's but the arcade games make it worth it.
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Aug 10, 2013 04:17
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14 INCH DETECTIVE posted:
... What does that even say?
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Aug 10, 2013 05:08
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T1g4h posted:... What does that even say? I'm glad I'm not the only one...
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Aug 10, 2013 05:21
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It looks like NYLO5T 3A to me. My thoughts were New York Lost (Against all authority) based off of my friend and mines guesses. But then again we have no loving idea.
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Aug 10, 2013 06:26
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T1g4h posted:... What does that even say? "I decided I didn't need to get my high-school diploma".
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Aug 12, 2013 18:53
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That better be a 14 inch dog.
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Aug 14, 2013 14:47
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Found the brake fluid leak, it was the left front speed bleeder. Started the car, put pressure on the pedal and it was pouring out. Replaced it with a standard bleeder, and after going through a can of super blue it's fixed. Note to self: Do not buy speed bleeders ever again.
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Aug 15, 2013 19:35
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Was it leaking out the actual nipple or from around the threads? Guessing there must've been something up with the part of the bleeder that mates with the sealing surface. You don't need this but posting because I like diagrams: 
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Aug 15, 2013 20:41
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It was leaking right out of the nip. Wouldn't do it non powered, but as soon as I started the car and put the pedal down it came gushing out.
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Aug 15, 2013 21:58
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leica posted:It was leaking right out of the nip. Wouldn't do it non powered, but as soon as I started the car and put the pedal down it came gushing out. Sounds like you have some poo poo on the seating area or damage to that part of the speed bleeder. That should seal like standard bleeders when tight.
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Aug 15, 2013 22:14
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Well the standard bleeder I replaced it with works fine, no more leakage. I imagine the speed bleeder was faulty.
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Aug 16, 2013 00:57
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You guys are dicks, look what you made me do 2005 CVPI from the local county sheriff's department, 134k on the clock, every possible piece of paperwork and maintenance history, brand new spare, and the original title. Now I just need to see if I can get temp tags in NC without an NC driver's license so I can bring it to Ohio for the title transfer and registration. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0XYCAxxnSc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0XYCAxxnSc
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Aug 24, 2013 20:19
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So weird anecdotal question - I travel a lot for business and several years ago would occasionally get a Grand Marquis or Towncar as a rental. It seemed like every one of them had a squeak in the rear suspension on expansion joints. It sounded like someone in the distance having sex on a wire framed cot. Hit a joint and you'd get a rhythmic 'eeky eeky' as the suspension reacted. Was this a common thing for late model Panthers?
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Aug 25, 2013 02:44
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I'm thinking of purchasing a CVPI for a non-driving project. What are you guys paying for yours?
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Goober Peas posted:So weird anecdotal question - I travel a lot for business and several years ago would occasionally get a Grand Marquis or Towncar as a rental. It seemed like every one of them had a squeak in the rear suspension on expansion joints. It sounded like someone in the distance having sex on a wire framed cot. Squeaky control arm bushings are a panther body thing. Some love squeaking, some just don't. I have no idea why.
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Aug 25, 2013 05:20
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MonkeyNutZ posted:You guys are dicks, look what you made me do One of us, one of us... I need to wash mine. loving doves have bombed it to hell and back and it's a mess  EDIT: Okay, so here's a question. Do any of you guys get terrible, loud clunking from the front end whenever you go over a bump while turning? It seems like if i've got the wheel cut fairly sharp and I hit a bump or pothole, there's immediately this loud-as-gently caress CLUNK from my front suspension. It's mildly unnerving. T1g4h fucked around with this message at 09:53 on Aug 25, 2013 |
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blk posted:I'm thinking of purchasing a CVPI for a non-driving project. What are you guys paying for yours? I just picked up mine a few days ago, 2008 with 77k miles for a hair under 7k. Excellent condition inside and out, and with no issues I've seen so far aside from a finicky aftermarket alarm that only seems to be able to unlock (but not lock) just the drivers side door, as well as open the trunk.  Also those push-bars really do make a big difference in low speed impacts. Just yesterday I went to visit my aunt and she managed to back directly into the front of my parked car, literally the 3rd day I had it. Messed up the bumper on her car but just left a little scuff on the rubber pads of those bars. Marux fucked around with this message at 16:19 on Aug 25, 2013 |
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Aug 25, 2013 16:09
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T1g4h posted:One of us, one of us... I get a disturbing clunk on my '00 p71 when turning the wheel side to side, sometimes while turning and hitting a bump. No clue what causing it, but this car is full of mystery like the disappearing of about 3-4qt of oil with no smoke from exhaust and not a drip on the ground.
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Aug 25, 2013 17:45
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ExtremeODD posted:I get a disturbing clunk on my '00 p71 when turning the wheel side to side, sometimes while turning and hitting a bump. No clue what causing it, but this car is full of mystery like the disappearing of about 3-4qt of oil with no smoke from exhaust and not a drip on the ground. Have you checked your coolant?  E: I suppose it would usually go the other way, wouldn't it. Still, peace of mind and all that.
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Aug 25, 2013 18:11
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The clunk is the knuckle on the spindle that touches a stopper on the frame, which basically stops you from turning any further. If you go over a bump with the wheel turned to the max either way the knuckle rubs on the stopper and makes the clunking noise. To stop it you can gob some grease on the end of the knuckle and where it meets the stopper, or just stop maxing out the turn radius going over bumps.
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Aug 25, 2013 18:32
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Seattle goons there's another CVPI at the place I got mine in classic black and white with full security gear lights alarms sirens full cage radio everything for $5500 if anyone's interested. '08 w 120k I believe.
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14 INCH DETECTIVE posted:Shorty's Hot dogs on 2nd, if you haven't been.  Such a fun place. Play some skeeball at rabbit hole, wander down to shorty's. Belltown got a lot more tolerable after the floating bridge crowd started going to capitol hill (Thanks, Macklemore!  ). Anyways, how maneuverable are these things? I've never seen SPD parallel park outside of those nice "POLICE DEPT ONLY" spots at the end of rows on the 'ave. What's it like parallel parking, and what's it like trying to make one of these move?
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Aug 25, 2013 19:26
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Basically just get used to doing this 
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Just got my temporary license plate so I can finally drive around a little... Sweet jesus, it's WAY more fun than our old Grand Marquis. The 3.55 limited slip rear end may have something to do with that but man do the '03+ cars steer nicely.
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I believe that's also when they went to a rack and pinion setup, did an oil change on a 99 that still had a recirculating ball. Makes the oil filter a bastard to get to on the newer cars, but the drive is much better.
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leica posted:The clunk is the knuckle on the spindle that touches a stopper on the frame, which basically stops you from turning any further. If you go over a bump with the wheel turned to the max either way the knuckle rubs on the stopper and makes the clunking noise. To stop it you can gob some grease on the end of the knuckle and where it meets the stopper, or just stop maxing out the turn radius going over bumps. Awesome info. My dad's 00 Marquis has this same clunk.
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So I had a thing happen. Drove on it almost 20 miles all said and done. Mechanic couldn't quite figure out how the hell it didn't come flying off. Now to scrape up another $900 for the timing chain guides and tensioners. On the clunk deal I have the end of steering one and one that happens if I turn the wheel side to side, like the joint is loose and has some play.
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Discovered a possible issue with my Vic today. It was raining and I was driving out near Georgetown for any of us Seattle goons and hit a rough patch of road over some train tracks. The ABS freaked the gently caress out and went crazy and my car pulled hard to the left while it did it. I wasn't trying to trigger it, but I understand that even light braking under those circumstances can cause it to go off, I'm more concerned about the way my front end dove to the left. Can ABS activation trigger a pull? Or is this a symptom of another problem?
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Did you try hammering the brakes with the ABS fuse pulled? My first thought was a sticking caliper.
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I'll try that tomorrow, I was only asking because it was the first and only time it's lurched to the left like that and semed like a fairly unique occurance.:
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14 INCH DETECTIVE posted:Discovered a possible issue with my Vic today. It was raining and I was driving out near Georgetown for any of us Seattle goons and hit a rough patch of road over some train tracks. The ABS freaked the gently caress out and went crazy and my car pulled hard to the left while it did it. I wasn't trying to trigger it, but I understand that even light braking under those circumstances can cause it to go off, I'm more concerned about the way my front end dove to the left. Can ABS activation trigger a pull? Or is this a symptom of another problem? If you were crossing train tracks that weren't perpendicular to your tires it's possible your left front tires was on pavement when your right front was on track material and the braking caused your front right to lose traction so your left front wheel was doing the braking, pulling the car left.
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I ordered a go rhino pushbar and some  LED headlights to mount on it to fix the lovely headlight situation. And now that people will drive even slower in front of me I got some supertone to honk an tell them to get the hell out of my way. And a new badge for the trunk since mine did not get put back on after the respray. Oh and last week since I was way too lazy to pull the headliner to remove all the NMO mounts and plug the holes I spent $20 on ebay for some antennas to cover up the big rear end brass lugs. If the weather holds out this week I will wash it for the first time since I bought it and give it its first coat of wax in preparation for the trip to Vegas and Alabama. And of course get some sweet pics of clean my FauxPo mobile
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If you'd just paint the loving thing electric purple and orange already you wouldn't have these problems. 
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Sep 4, 2013 22:06
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Only tangentially related. I've already got a daily driver and I don't have the disposable income to throw around on something like this, so I obviously had to live out my Panther fantasies on the internet. 
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Sep 4, 2013 23:37
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What game is that? I've basically recreated my car in Saints Row The Third, trying to find one in Saints IV.
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APB Reloaded, it's basically Cops and Robbers Online. Decent gunplay, amazing customization, free-to-play. However, a lot of the really nice customization items are for $$$ only, and your symbols are pretty heavily limited without 'Premium.' Nothing on that particular vehicle is bought with real money, though. If you do pick it up, play Enforcer. We get the wee-woos. 
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