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Butt Wizard posted:I'm about to drive a LHD car for the first time so I'm probably going to monster a gearbox in a couple of hours you'll be surprised how naturally it comes. You're probably going to turn the windshield wipers on every time you try to signal though.
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Powershift posted:you'll be surprised how naturally it comes. You're probably going to turn the windshield wipers on every time you try to signal though. Here's hoping. I've driven European cars before so I'm used to that, but I suspect I'm going to have to take everything much slower when it comes to changing gears.
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I've been working at this a couple days. when i bought the car it looked like someone removed some stickers from the back of it with a fork. i cleaned and filled a bunch of the marks last year. Here it is after a rough sanding. hours painting and sanding and being dissapoiinted and sanding again and painting again etc after the last coat of clear  sanded, polished, and cleaned:   It's not perfect, but you have to be looking to notice it, and i picked up enough of my mistakes that i'm fairly confident i can get it perfect next time i try something like this. I also tried removing the "radical nightshaydezzz" fromm the tail lights, but it would likely destroy them to try, so i just went over it really good with rubbing compound which lightened them up, and made them shiny   Now most of the back of the car looks presentable. 
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Jun 8, 2014 00:02
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 Drove it. Only fluffed up a couple of changes from second to third (not smooth enough on clutch). Now I can cross that off the 'Things to do before I die' list.
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Jun 8, 2014 00:34
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Drove it around on this very nice sunny day with the windows down. My car owns. It makes cool noises and looks nice and handles really nice. I hope your car also owns. If so, please drive it alot so you can too enjoy having a fun car! Thats all I got.
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Jun 8, 2014 03:04
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Chinatown posted:Drove it around on this very nice sunny day with the windows down. My car owns. It makes cool noises and looks nice and handles really nice. amen. I just fought 42 year old shocks.   I had a set of vise grips on the shaft, and a set on the top of the upper mount, and soaked everything in penetrating lube, and the fucker still twisted the op off instead of backing the nut off. All i can say is thank jeebus for ratcheting flex head wrenches.
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Jun 8, 2014 06:04
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Chinatown posted:Drove it around on this very nice sunny day with the windows down. My car owns. It makes cool noises and looks nice and handles really nice. My car owns even though it handles funny and has poor brakes (drums all around). I love it.
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Jun 8, 2014 06:07
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Powershift posted:amen. Ugh. When I did those on my Blazer, the top nut would not come loose whatever I did. I ended up cutting through the big washers with
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Jun 8, 2014 06:19
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i was getting pretty desperate near the end, but the rear upper nuts are pretty much enveloped by the aftermarket exhaust that's seemingly made of old drill pipe. I'd say the exhaust probably weighs around 150lbs, but it sounds so right so i'm not gonna gently caress with it for now.
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Jun 8, 2014 06:33
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I did my very first work on my own car today (yeah I know, kind of behind the curve of most of AI). One of the speakers in my front passenger door crapped out on me about 7 months ago and I finally got around to opening it up to see if it was a loose wire or the speaker itself, using this tutorial. After an hour and a half of nail-busting work prying the drat thing open... I couldn't tell anything. The wires were wrapped up too tight to tell.  I wiggled them around a bit to see if it changed anything, I guess I'll give it a better listen tomorrow morning to see if it actually changed anything. If not, I'll probably bring it to the dealership or something for better diagnosis. Still proud of myself for getting dirty and trying to tackle it.
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Jun 8, 2014 20:17
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Took the bed off the Ram and installed a new fuel sending unit. Wasps were getting aggressive so I'm waiting for the sun to go down before I work on the fuel pump.
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Jun 8, 2014 20:41
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Shock chat: this is what angle grinders were made for. Get medieval on that poo poo, they include all new hardware for a reason. (Companies that don't, or use studs or weldnuts on shocks, should just die. Jeep, I am looking at you.  )
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Jun 8, 2014 21:41
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kastein posted:Shock chat: this is what angle grinders were made for. Get medieval on that poo poo, they include all new hardware for a reason. The exhaust basically wraps around the upper shock mount, which is on the inside of the frame.i would have had to drop the exhaust to get an angle grinder in there. Today i got the A/C compressor and blower motor running in the lincoln, but it was running around 65 psi, so i'm worried the compressor might be damaged by some idiot overfilling the system. I re-organized the garage hoping i would be able to have the lincoln on the garage when i do the rear axle bearings in the ford in case i have to wait for parts for a few rainy days. And i would have gotten away with it too, but the lincoln is exactly 1 foot too long. It's right up against those shelves in the back, and the front bumper is pretty much dead in line with the center of the rear axle of the pickup.  So loving close.
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Jun 8, 2014 22:53
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Got the drivetrain out of the Celica today, now to start tearing it down for a rebuild. 
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Jun 8, 2014 23:56
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Finally got around to installing the trailer hitch on the wrangler. I NEVER want to have to do that again. There is zero room to get the washers and lock nuts onto the bolts. Exhibit A on why 4 bolts took two hours: 
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Jun 9, 2014 01:54
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Washed my work trucks. Im a big fan of old, well maintained stuff    My girlfriend uses the Dodge and I also put the spray rig back in it today to make watering flowers much easier for her. e: the dump truck is also my favorite truck ever, dont tell my C10 
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Jun 9, 2014 02:05
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McTinkerson posted:Finally got around to installing the trailer hitch on the wrangler. I NEVER want to have to do that again. There is zero room to get the washers and lock nuts onto the bolts. That doesn't really look too bad. Slide bolt mostly in, hang washer on it with fingertips or needlenose pliers. Use heavy grease to glue nut into wrench, or use visegrips to get it started, or use locking adjustable wrench. Sneak it up in there, tighten accordingly... Don't get me wrong, it is an asinine design, I just think it isn't that bad compared to some other atrocities I've had to deal with. Like the rear end in a top hat who put a T55 or T60 size torx bolt tightened to a billiondy foot pounds on the oil filter adapter, located so you can't get a bit+ratchet between it and the frame rail. You have to take the tip out of the bit, then use a box wrench on the tip instead of a ratchet. It is double plus dumb. kastein fucked around with this message at 04:51 on Jun 9, 2014 |
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Jun 9, 2014 04:48
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kastein posted:
I did use grease to hold the nut to my wrench. Unfortunately I did not have pliers skinny enough and long enough to fit. That's what took so long. After an hour I ended up using a telescopic magnet that had a head just narrow enough. kastein posted:Like the rear end in a top hat who put a T55 or T60 size torx bolt tightened to a billiondy foot pounds on the oil filter adapter, located so you can't get a bit+ratchet between it and the frame rail. You have to take the tip out of the bit, then use a box wrench on the tip instead of a ratchet. It is double plus dumb. That's just plain evil.
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Jun 9, 2014 05:49
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Yesterday I put Kartboy shifter bushings in my '14 WRX and did the first oil change. The bushings were not a fun time and I'm glad I don't have to do them ever again. Definitely shifts way way better now though.
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Fresh tires on the cars last night. Got all the way through it, then lifted one of the old winter tires with my back instead of my knees (to keep from tearing my coveralls with the studs) and *pop* goes the lower back. I might kill myself. Rivals are crazy-rear end nutjob tires. Tread on the sidewall. Knurled beads to hold onto the wheel better when you slide. I loving hate these lovely ricer lugnuts which rust in the air and get stuck to the tool. And on the other car.. this zerk was supposedly cad plated when I installed it in October. Luckily the strut around it turned to junk so it's not that big of a problem. Yet more junk to throw into the dumpster.  Them Speedlines is wide.  205-50-16 RE760s are super nice but are really showing the weaknesses in my suspension setup. Suspect I've torn or blown something in the front end too, feels like the right front has dynamic toe. Will mess around with the tire pressures first and then probably start building new strut assemblies from my spare parts pile. Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 18:34 on Jun 9, 2014 |
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July 16th, 2013: My wifes Mazda6 stranded her at the mall parking lot due to a failed alternator. Queue the only torrential downpour to ever take place in Utah in the middle of July! After a few hours I gave up and came back to finish the job the next day. Friday, we are at a stop light and the battery light comes on. As soon as the engine picks up RPMs it goes off so we turned around and gambled a stop a O'Reilly to check the alternator. Voltage regulator failed most likely meant that the 11 month old alternator poo poo the bed. I at least had the comfort of swapping on a Saturday morning in about 3 hours. 
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That's one of the things I love about Subarus. Alternator swap is literally a 10 minute job (if that.)
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bull3964 posted:That's one of the things I love about Subarus. Alternator swap is literally a 10 minute job (if that.) Until you forget to loosen that one bolt on the alternator and strip out the tensioner block. And then strip out the tensioner block on the other tensioner pulley because it's left-hand thread 
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Well, I didn't take the photo for the terrible car stuff thread but I will leave up to your imagination how I made the serpentine tensioner belt install a one man job with a box end wrench, a ratchet strap, and the subframe 
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Working on a 94 WRX at the moment and after I replaced the air con idler pulley the power steering pump was making all sorts of noise complete with air bubbles and a small pool of Dex 3 on bits and pieces. So after attempting to siphon as much as I could out of the reservoir (yeah that got messy) I found a couple of flattened o rings that needed replacing. Now it's back to being quiet and bubble free - yay!
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I've got a very warm ST205 that is getting outrageously hot after I run. When it's idling, the fans on the Delta come on every few minutes but this doesn't seem to happen with the 205. I'm gonna have to take it in and get someone to have a look at it to make sure the fans are actually working, the bonnet is way too warm for it to be good.
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Shinies for the Cayman from Schnell. Supposedly designed in Germany :eyeroll:, but they do seem to fit better than most Chinese-manufactured stuff I've seen lately. Only had to cut like 1/4" from the end of the pipe where the crossover is.   
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Jun 11, 2014 21:17
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Oooh. Shiny. Do we get a sound video? I wonder which injector is bad.... 
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Seat Safety Switch posted:
Prepare for motorcyclists to hassle you about "chicken strips".
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Let's see, what have I done on the ride... well, in the last couple days I got a new fuel filter, replaced the fuel pump due to leakage and hosed up gasket, had a shop unfuck my vacuum lines, and I got a new distributor cap since the original one showed signs of arcing and wear. Despite these actions, my issue with the erratic, lovely idle and threat of stalling continues. Next I need to look at the ignition coil and the carburetor as well as replace my AC compressor ...
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Sunroof has been making some nasty noises when opening/closing - mostly when it pops up/down there was a grinding noise, sometimes jamming. Moved really slow too. Hit it with some spray white lithium grease. Now opens/closes much faster and smoother, with no grinding noise. An added bonus is the rattle that's been annoying the poo poo out of me for the past year is also gone.  Definitely not the "recommended" GM multi-purpose light grease in the owner's manual, but $5 vs  + is a decent decision.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJRYnJchD3g Decided to make a video of the exhaust. It doesn't sound too bad. Next I'm going to take it to APR and get it tuned.
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Change of oil after a week on seafoam, and some general maintenance. Finished the AC job I started last week by vacuuming it down and refilling it, I have frosty delicious AC again. New plugs finally got put in as well, no wonder it wasn't running so hot. .50 is -not- the right spark gap for an XJ, they were ate up. Still idling a bit rough, but I'm fairly sure that's the throttle position sensor. Need to find my multimeter and confirm it.
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Clean the throttle body and IAC seat+pintle and check your vacuum lines before you replace the TPS. Unless the TPS signal is glitchy and screwed up of course.
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Hit a milestone.
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N is for Nipples posted:Hit a milestone. What kind of car is that?
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I'm guessing a Ford F-150 based on the gagues/font/little truck.
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Pulled the clutch/pressure plate off the 3SGE. It looks about as well as could be expected for a clutch with 70k miles on it, combination of D.C. traffic (PO, 40k miles), 30k of spirited driving on back-roads, as well as teaching 7 people how to drive stick under its belt. It still has a fair bit of material though. I suspect what actually was causing the slipping, which started a few weeks before I parked it, was a bad rear main seal. It's pretty nasty inside the bell-housing.
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Replaced the adhesive on my wing mirror after it started falling off on my drive home. I used a high tech method of applying pressure as the new adhesive cures... Started stripping my spare set of suspension down ready to be sent away for re-chroming and resealing  Unfortunately I don't have a skinny 36mm spanner to split the fronts, so they will have to wait until next week   Also pulled a spare steering column apart to try and find why there is side-to-side play in mine. Got stumped by a random type of fastener which I've never seen before. Gave up.
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Fart Pipe posted:What kind of car is that? Chinatown posted:I'm guessing a Ford F-150 based on the gagues/font/little truck. Correct. That style of gauges is pretty ubiquitous on 08-12 vehicles and beyond. Interesting fact, this is what it looks like starting up (not my video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWCBKAT0BOc
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