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The flexi joint on my exhaust was blowing slightly when I bought the car, but over the last couple of months it's deteriorated, and the flexi was now held on by a prayer... Now, as it's a 2001 156 SW, 1.8TS - it has the twin pre-cats on the downpipe. £370 to replace the section with the flexi joint! Or £28 (inc delivery) for a flexi repair section from a Polish seller on eBay! (Very quick delivery by UPS!) Exhaust came off with only 1 sheared stud on the manifold flange, and a swift angle-grinder-fest removed what was left of the old flexi. Simple matter of mating up the ends and repair section, and applying instant sunshine.  
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DropShadow posted:Brought my daughter home from the hospital in it. Most nerve-wracking 1.2 mile drive I've ever taken. Congratulations! I made the car seat base modification to my own vehicle last November, and I remember it being a harrowing ride home from the hospital the first time using it. When we went in to the hospital it was 66 degrees and sunny. Three days later when we brought her home it was in the low 30's, 40 mph gusting wind (her balloons someone bought at the gift shop all blew away) and white-out snow falling.
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Dec 16, 2013 18:38
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DropShadow posted:Brought my daughter home from the hospital in it. Most nerve-wracking 1.2 mile drive I've ever taken. Congrats! When I did that last year, it was made extra fun by the fact that the battery in the MS3 had decided to poo poo itself while we were at the hospital. Luckily my sister-in-law had driven my Ranger to the hospital too, so it didn't take nearly as long to jump as it could have.
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Dec 16, 2013 18:43
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treizebee posted:On the subject of winter, I pressure washed the underside yesterday when it finally got warm enough to not insta-freeze. Jealous Cow posted:This "freezing rain" and "snow" we got earlier in the week was nothing and the response was insane. I saw dozens of plows around Richmond coating the road in salt and denting peoples cars. Between that and the run on grocery stores whenever there is even a mention of ice or snow makes me think everyone here is retarded. Count your loving blessings. You know what's 100 times worse? When they dont do that at all. Yeah yeah it's gross for cars, but you're fine if you wash it off. I grew up in VA and I was used to the salt. So used to it that I assumed everyone everywhere did the same thing to some degree or another. This is what a quarter inch of ice (this is NOT snow) turns into in four days after the fact if you don't salt or, in fact, do nothing at all.  70 mph highway. I learned first hand what "ice cobblestones" are on bridges too. You know those commercials where you see car manufacturers torture testing the suspension with that thing that makes the shocks bounce up and down over and over? Yeah. It took 5 or 6 days for the ice on bridges to become non-perilous, which was finally the last of it.
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Dec 16, 2013 18:55
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treizebee posted:I hope you got it from a reputable source. As I'm sure you know, anything HKS is a prime knock-off target. https://www.twosrus.com he's one of the people who advocates that people not buy from untrustworthy sources because there are knockoffs out there. fully reputable, if he ripped off somebody in the MR2 community he'd be finished for good.
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Dec 16, 2013 22:40
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The dealer told my cousin he needed a new belt and brakes and said it would cost whatever dumb amount, so I said I'd do it for him. 2011 Altima 2.5s So I go to move the tensioner and bust my hand on the loving rotor. The nut is completely loose. Once the belt was off the pulley wobbled like crazy. This is what it looked like.  I made one scratch at most, if any at all. But wait...    Part of the collar for the threaded hole. Anyway a 20 minute job into 3 hours getting parts and poo poo, putting that new one on was such a bitch.
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Dec 18, 2013 05:56
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Christmas. Inspired. LEDs. 'nuff said.
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Dec 18, 2013 08:50
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Installed this bad boy about 45 minutes ago Naturally the MR2 bracketry is improperly designed and it keeps the BOV off of the mating surface by about half a millimeter... So even with the o ring in place it doesnt form a seal. I had to use RTV, can't go for a test drive for at least another hour. I'm pissed.
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Dec 19, 2013 23:55
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drukqs posted:Installed this bad boy about 45 minutes ago The proper, and more manly, solution is to modify the bracketry.
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Dec 20, 2013 00:50
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The Bonneville may not have panned out, but I did find something else: 1977 Mercury Cougar. Sure, it was made at the height of the Malaise era, but having driven it I'll say that the torque it has is more than enough to get it moving, so it's surprisingly nimble for a car of its era and low horsepower. I'm sure it's a dog at highway speeds but I'm not buying it to race it, I'm buying it to phase out my Impala as my daily driver. It's comfortable, not rusty, everything works, it has had a regular maintenance schedule and it looks like something Darth Vader would drive. The owners are going to hold it for me till February and then I'm buyin this wonderful symbol of American excess. For $1500. And it was much more fun than I remember my equally slow Cadillac being.   
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Dec 20, 2013 04:39
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Probably have to polish that glass a bit but wow that thing looks good. Was it garage kept its entire life? The dashboard even looks good. It would look killer with a set of Moon-style hubcaps or something along those lines instead of the stock steelies. Chrome actually would work on this thing.
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Dec 20, 2013 04:54
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Sort of crossposting from the miata thread. Last week i did something i've been wanting to do for years, bought a hardtop for my 1996 Miata. The south florida sun EATS fabric tops, and i think it makes the car look much better, its from a later second gen, so it comes with a defroster and headliner. Today i installed some spec miata brackets to make it more rigid than it is with the removable latches, and removed the sad, beat up softtop. It may live again as a G-string top in the future, but for now i'm going all-coupe. 
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Dec 20, 2013 04:57
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Probably have to polish that glass a bit but wow that thing looks good. Was it garage kept its entire life? The dashboard even looks good. Well, the owner, a chick who goes to my college, said that her dad has kept up regular maintenance, and the original owner was a mechanic and literally lived just down the street. So while not garage kept, it has been cleaned and maintained in the Florida climate, so not much to worry about. Plus I've finally realized that the impala is deteriorating faster than I can fix things, so I need to replace it and move on with my life. I have nothing to lose by replacing it and everything to gain, as much as I will miss it. But this car was surprisingly peppy for a 70's land yacht. I pressed on the throttle and rocketed out of the driveway. It has a 351, though I'm not quite sure whether that's a Cleveland or a Windsor; it's not an Xr-7, and every site I go to just says 351. The girl didn't know either, as daddy bought it for her. Like I was saying though, the torque caught me by surprise. It's not necessarily a lot, but it happens so low in the rpm range that it's basically full power the moment you press the throttle... and it'd have to be, considering that 351 should only be producing 160 HP. I don't know how the Big Three were able to get so little HP from such large engines.
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Dec 20, 2013 05:10
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Cleveland was only in 1970-1974, so it's a Windsor or 351M.
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Dec 20, 2013 05:21
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I can only assume this would have the slower of the two.
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Dec 20, 2013 06:23
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Look at the upper radiator hose. Does it go to the top of the intake manifold? If so, Windsor. If it goes to the timing cover, M. M valve covers will be 5 or 6 bolt; W will be 8 bolts. That said, if memory serves, for a 351 you're more likely to find a 351M 2 barrel under the hood for 77 (aside from the XR-7).
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Dec 20, 2013 07:17
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Picked it up from the dealer after they took care of a few rattles and a TSB for me, then I bought and installed slush mats and my plates that came in. It finally feels like my car 
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Dec 20, 2013 09:41
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some texas redneck posted:Look at the upper radiator hose. Does it go to the top of the intake manifold? If so, Windsor. If it goes to the timing cover, M. I believe you are right. Interesting side note, I found dyno numbers from an identical engine to mine, and net for my Impala is actually 150 hp at 4400rpm and 245 ft lb at 2400 rpm, compared to ~160 hp at 3200 rpm and 291 ft lb at 1600 for the 351. SO it wasn't just in my head, I was in fact going faster.
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11BulletCatcher posted:I believe you are right. Interesting side note, I found dyno numbers from an identical engine to mine, and net for my Impala is actually 150 hp at 4400rpm and 245 ft lb at 2400 rpm, compared to ~160 hp at 3200 rpm and 291 ft lb at 1600 for the 351. SO it wasn't just in my head, I was in fact going faster. The 351 Windsor has more opportunity to be tuned, as its related to the Ford 302. The 351M was more related to the big block family, actually derived from the Ford 400, so it does have plenty of torque. Its kind of a toss up as to which is better, and I am not sure. Ford guys would be more knowing than I could ever be of help. Either way that car is in fantastic shape for its age. I love it. Do you have more photos of the couches... I mean front seats?
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Dec 20, 2013 16:31
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Installed and torqued a whole bunch of little bolts. Next up, safety wire! 
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Dec 20, 2013 17:39
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DBA 5000 rotors?
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Dec 20, 2013 17:44
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Not as fancy as DBA - wilwood. Now that I think about it, DBA probably ignores the 1966 Dodge market. Fools!
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BrokenKnucklez posted:The 351 Windsor has more opportunity to be tuned, as its related to the Ford 302. The 351M was more related to the big block family, actually derived from the Ford 400, so it does have plenty of torque. Believe it or not the front seats are "buckets" though only in the sense that they aren't bench sets. The drivers seat is a little tattered, but it's kind of a checkered cloth material. I'm afraid I don't have pictures, but I will say they are very comfortable. And the leg room in the front is ridiculous, I felt small in that thing. (I'm 5'10 and 200lbs,, which may not be all that big, but I ain't short either) The back, on the other hand, offers surprisingly little leg room for passengers. Of course, it's not mean for them. The view from of the hood is astounding, though. [edit] They were these exact seats, only in Black and white: 
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Dec 20, 2013 19:59
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Bought some neat looking (I think) 306 D Turbo wheels, so I can slap the 14" winter tyres from my MX-5 onto the big Peugeot for the 2 days of pitiful snow we will inevitably get. Still, it's better than rolling around on my current lovely tyres, and those mornings when you find yourself on a deserted country lane with pristine snow all over it are worth the hassle. (I did a handbrake turn out of my road on ice this morning to bid farewell to my current hockey puck tyres  )
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I used JB Weld Steelstik for the first time today to reattach some mounting points on a headlight retaining ring. Saved me $11. Well, saved me about $5 after buying the JB Weld.
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Astonishing Wang posted:I used JB Weld Steelstik for the first time today to reattach some mounting points on a headlight retaining ring. Saved me $11. Well, saved me about $5 after buying the JB Weld. in one of my more "Cheapass" and "redneck" of fixes. i JB-welded the cap onto my coolant tank on the mack. steel on both ends, and it was the neck the rad cap went onto, and surprisingly, it has held perfectly without issue. JB weld is the bees knees.
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I think my Impala is mad at me for looking at another car. I pulled up to my brother's apartment, and when I went to turn the car off, it continued to run. Pulled the ignition coil wire to shut it off, then plugged it back up. Now it doesn't start, but the dash lights stay on and trying to crank it engages the starter but doesn't spin it. I can only assume that my ignition switch has gone bad.
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11BulletCatcher posted:I think my Impala is mad at me for looking at another car. I pulled up to my brother's apartment, and when I went to turn the car off, it continued to run. Pulled the ignition coil wire to shut it off, then plugged it back up. Now it doesn't start, but the dash lights stay on and trying to crank it engages the starter but doesn't spin it. I can only assume that my ignition switch has gone bad. Guess you can just pull the plug off the back of the switch and hotwire it every time you need to drive it. 
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jhcain posted:Not as fancy as DBA - wilwood. Now that I think about it, DBA probably ignores the 1966 Dodge market. Fools! Which '66 Dodge? Ended up getting a Summit kit that uses Mustang (and turbo T-Bird) bits for the Coronet.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Which '66 Dodge? Ended up getting a Summit kit that uses Mustang (and turbo T-Bird) bits for the Coronet. This is a Charger, so essentially a tarted up Coronet. Today was safety wire day. I don't mind it, once I'm in the groove. Fronts were easy, rears were a pain with the bolts down between the rotor and mounting hat. But done!   
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jhcain posted:This is a Charger, so essentially a tarted up Coronet. You seem to have a pretty cool website. I just bumped Slung Blade's Coronet thread if you want to take a look and dispense advice on powertrain and handling.  Good cat name too.
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Today I washed the car. So much rain lately it looked pale. Also polished out the headlights. http://i.imgur.com/tByY25ul.jpg
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Dec 21, 2013 22:13
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Spent an hour and a half clearing ice off the miata. Inch thick on the hood, 5/8 everywhere else. Best part, couldn't get the drivers side open at first. So I had to straddle the center console and to hit the clutch and start it. That takes some acrobatics when you're 6'5".
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Carburetor was completely clogged up on the Ram so I'm letting it soak overnight in some carb cleaner. Going to rebuild it sometime tomorrow night and then hopefully get the truck idling again on Monday.
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Dec 21, 2013 23:21
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Got it down to 2.5 hours this time.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:You seem to have a pretty cool website. I just bumped Slung Blade's Coronet thread if you want to take a look and dispense advice on powertrain and handling. That site is an amalgam of several people, cars and projects. The Duster and the Judge belong to a friend out in Kansas City. His cats, too - he's had Penske, Lola, Muncie... I stopped at naming a dog Holley. The Charger and Torino are mine, the Camaro belongs to another friend here in town, and the Bel Air is another friend's car. There are huge piles of parts stacking up in my basement right now. It's going to be fun doing the actual build, once the critical mass of parts is met.
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Changed oil in my Mazdaspeed3 and washed her (kinda). Always fun driving on wood and then the ramps. And then at some point spilling oil on the driveway.  Next up is dash-cam install, hopefully that can be my Christmas day project.
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Raluek posted:Guess you can just pull the plug off the back of the switch and hotwire it every time you need to drive it. Ended up being a blessing in disguise; I went to pick up a new switch and ran into a guy who is looking for my exact car for a project.
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11BulletCatcher posted:Ended up being a blessing in disguise; I went to pick up a new switch and ran into a guy who is looking for my exact car for a project. Well that's fortuitous! Were you able to agree on a price? Too bad you'll be leaving Team Impala.
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Oil change/Brakes on the Miata. I had the fronts done in ten minutes per side, but my it was my first time doing rears on a Miata and the exact order of operations eluded me at first (Remove cover bolt for adjuster, back off piston, remove lower caliper guide, remove pads, re-assemble, adjust piston). I adjusted the piston as near to the contact point as possible and the e-brake still won't lock up the rears, but it'll hold it on any hill in town.
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