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Got the stripped lug fixed on the FXT today. Five minutes with a die and the threads are as good as new. What a great feeling.
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Lower rad hose. Between the fan and a pin that was sticking out my forearms are shredded. I look like goddamn emo teen. Goddamnit.
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Sep 16, 2017 00:10
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Pulled the radiator in the Gorester. New flywheel and clutch tomorrow.
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Sep 16, 2017 03:05
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Finally got the new starter into my wife's Nissan and it fired up pretty well. Now just to button up everything that I took off, and by "button up" I mean install the stainless 4-2-1 header I bought on eBay because why not?
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Finished patching the drivers side floor. It's... good that flooring goes on top of it.  Then put some POR-15 over some surface rust that remained, got the tunnel installed, new transmission mounts, installed one of two seat belts (including a new mount for a re-tractor), and some light cleanup.  Tomorrows goals, scrape the POR-15 off of my hands, install the other seatbelt, place some rubber underlayment on the metal floor, padding, flooring, metal trim, set the bench, fix some rust on the fender, mount the fender and misc. sheet metal that is fender related, reinstall the throttle body including trimming a piece of the cable, bend some allthread for the air-box that has to mount reversed (oh maybe I'll modify the mount instead? all problems sheet metal related are now being fixed by welding), get new gaskets for the thermostat that leak, put the hood back on, and start tuning it. I'll be lucky if I get the fender mounted.
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2010 Civic 313k miles with a nasty vibration sound in reverse and in drive to a lesser degree. Got quoted for $500 service to replace the motor mount at a Honda dealership. Bought the motor mount replacement for 25 dollars off Rockauto and replaced it in about 4 hours (took a lunch break in the middle)  old mount was so worn that the part where the engine mount bracket meets the hydraulic was just bare metal, no rubber. Also the top fell off because the rubber was torn/worn. Car sounds perfectly fine now, absolutely no weird sounds in drive or reverse
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Razzled posted:2010 Civic 313k miles Gonna assume 313k miles is a typo, otherwise holy poo poo.
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Today I finally replaced the broken crash bar on the Foz's front bumper, also allowing me to replace the broken passenger fog light.   I didn't take a pic of the final outcome but it's just a SF Forester and you've seen a billion of them before.
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Night Danger Moose posted:Gonna assume 313k miles is a typo, otherwise holy poo poo. 45k miles a year, holy poo poo... quote:Tomorrows goals, Not a bad day of production honestly, I ended up picking up a few odds and ends like greasing the seat slides, spreading seam sealer underneath, and some rattlecanning. No work tomorrow, tailgating the Broncos game. I think the flooring goes in Monday though, then the trim and seat sometime later during the week, fixing the airbox deal, thermostat, weatherstripping, hood, fuel tanks, then tuning starts next weekend.
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Night Danger Moose posted:Gonna assume 313k miles is a typo, otherwise holy poo poo. My mom commutes 1.5 hours each way a day five days of the week, she runs her cars into the ground
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Yeah in alaska I was doing 500 miles / week. On Alaskan highways which made my old Audi look like a spawned out salmon. All the light colors dots on the nose are large paint chips, accumulated over 3 years. 
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Sep 17, 2017 02:18
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Threw new front sway bar bushings today, less front end rattle.
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Garage2Roadtrip posted:Threw new front sway bar bushings today, less front end rattle. wow are those broken or is that by design
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Razzled posted:wow are those broken or is that by design There's not really another easy way to get them over the bar otherwise, so they're split bushings stock and aftermarket on pretty much every one I've ever seen, no matter the make and model. The new ones are split too, just in a different spot (3 o'clock).
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washed him  The body is mostly flat and I use a shower squeegee to take the water off after washing. I only need swipes of the microfiber towel here and there to get water drops. Never have to wring out a soaked towel. There's a liquid polish called Zaino that I've been wanting to try. And I might get it wrapped in vinyl for like $1k plus materials, not sure. https://www.zainostore.com/
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Garage2Roadtrip posted:Threw new front sway bar bushings today, less front end rattle. Hmm, I have a rattly driver's side *something* on my ride and the sway bar is the thing I'm yet to check.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:Hmm, I have a rattly driver's side *something* on my ride and the sway bar is the thing I'm yet to check. Of course the adage is "fix one thing find two more", so after letting it settle for 40 miles I bought a set of sway bar endlinks...who knows what'll be after that.
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the joy of old cars. Hopefully I'll take it off the road next year so I can strip it down and throw some new bits at it.
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Garage2Roadtrip posted:Yeah in alaska I was doing 500 miles / week. On Alaskan highways which made my old Audi look like a spawned out salmon. All the light colors dots on the nose are large paint chips, accumulated over 3 years. Always heard tales that license plates would be basically worn down stubs many moons ago in the last frontier. Just an urban legend?
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Measure never cut rough. Use scraps to cover what you should have bought more material for. 
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Raised up the front of the IS300 by about half an inch to prevent the upper control arms from contacting the body.
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BlackMK4 posted:Raised up the front of the IS300 by about half an inch to prevent the upper control arms from contacting the body. Wait, you found and bought one already??
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Larrymer posted:Wait, you found and bought one already?? Yeah, I bought that wagon. The braking issue was a bad booster which was allowing normal pedal travel to active the braking assist switch and engage ABS, previous owner replaced it with an OEM one and gave me a call. Suspension noise was the ever-common issue of a lowered double wishbone suspension car tapping the upper control arm on the body. I like it so far, and I'm getting terrible thoughts when I see I can get an Aristo 2JZ-GTE off eBay for under 2k. I'll be installing my oil pan baffle in the S2000, swapping to a set of 255/40 RT615Ks I have, and getting the car aligned this weekend. 5 trackdays in October with it. Chuckwalla Oct 7-8 Musselman Honda Circuit Oct 14 Arizona Motorsports Park Oct 28-29 BlackMK4 fucked around with this message at 04:15 on Sep 19, 2017 |
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crosspostin from the vw thread Now this is a story all about how My Golf got fixed but it's still a cow I'd like to take a minute just sit right there I'll tell ya all about how I sprouted ten new grey hairs. Somewhere in Mexico welded and brazed This garbage rolled off of the assembly line after a number of days Floppy and loose in the front and the caboose Burinin oil like Sadam and it ain't got boost And couple a mounts who were up to no good Started making trouble underneath the hood Clunks going over bumps and the creaks made me scared So I decided to buy some new mounts and I'll take 'er from there            
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That was awesome.  I finally got around to addressing the peeling paint on the trunk lid panel, which had a nice filthy surprise waiting for me once I finally removed it:  One last look at the original peeling mess:  Various stages of priming and painting:   Semi-gloss black with a matte clear coat:  Horrible potato pic ahoy. It was night time when I was finally able to put it all back together, so the first real good pic I could get was when I got to work the next morning:  It's still a bit rough in a some spots, but I really like how it turned out. I was actually able to save the GTO lettering and the 5.7 logo, but I don't think I'll be putting them back on. I'm also considering removing the Pontiac badge from the trunk lid, not sure just yet. Root Bear fucked around with this message at 04:29 on Sep 20, 2017 |
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I've never really thought about it before, but I had no idea that was a separate panel.
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:I've never really thought about it before, but I had no idea that was a separate panel. The one that blows my mind is the previous-generation CR-V hatch. The entire thing is like four unfathomably large trim panels and it's still incredibly ugly.
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Finally got a rear seat for my p71! Unfortunately the goon-supplied one never showed up (Greyhound!) but a person was parting out a civilian Crown Vic so I now have a grey vinyl rear. I had to trim out the foam in the middle for the fire suppression box, but otherwise all is well. A bit beat up (no pics), and I need a driver's side seat belt buckle. Thankfully, the stock seat belts were still there behind the C pillar trim panels, zip tied up and tucked away. Never used!
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:I've never really thought about it before, but I had no idea that was a separate panel. The Commodore used to have full width tail lights on some trim models, so it was easier for Holden to make the same boot opening for the Monaro/GTO and share as many stamping parts as possible.
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God drat that's hot. DogonCrook posted:Lower rad hose. Between the fan and a pin that was sticking out my forearms are shredded. I look like goddamn emo teen. Goddamnit. I need to do hoses on both my car and my mom's. Mom's has a noticeable coolant stain appearing around where the upper hose meets the radiator (hopefully the radiator is fine, but it's a 2003 with 160k); I get a whiff of coolant occasionally on mine (2006 w/183k), and the low coolant message has started saying hello now and then. I know the complete cooling system is original on both cars, except for the water pump on mom's car (Toyota + timing belt) and thermostat on mine. Obviously not counting coolant. Night Danger Moose posted:Gonna assume 313k miles is a typo, otherwise holy poo poo. Friend has about 250k on a 2012 or 2013 Civic. It's been a giant pile of poo poo for him that spends more time in the shop vs the road, from the day he bought it brand new.  He still owes a small fortune on the car too. Its newest party trick is overheating at random for no reason and doesn't seem to have a blown head gasket (there's no temp gauge, just a HOT light).He travels all over NY/NJ to repair pharmacy dispensing machines (PYXIS, I think?), mostly in hospitals.
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Time to work on my new old Primera today. The plan for this week and next is to fix any body issues, seal the undercarriage after fixing, clean the throttle body and the cable, re adjust the handbrake (you can pull it into low earth orbit at the moment) replace the rear right brake completely. Re align the suspension and do a general service (all fluids all filters) Here's the car    Here's the first pic of today's work, old right fender and the replacement. It's so dusty because I stored it for over 10 years for the previous owner (and now obviously don't have to pay for a new one)   Tomorrow, if I find the time to take better pictures, I'll post how far I have come with the body work and the brakes. But a friend also wanted to send his seat ibiza over for "a small service" so we shall see how much time remains for my car. Combat Theory fucked around with this message at 14:56 on Sep 21, 2017 |
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 Threw some new endlinks on the front swaybar, and magically the AW11 felt like a new car again. No noises, rattles, or clunks from the front end.
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Garage2Roadtrip posted:
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Elsa posted:I dislike the look of that jack, especially the single bolt at the center of the X Pretty sure it's fine. http://www.bendpak.com/car-lifts/specialty-lifts/md-6xp.aspx
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Garage2Roadtrip posted:Pretty sure it's fine. oh. drat that looks kind of nice actually.
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How is that jack for servicing things under the care. Exhaust repairs, driveshaft, etc? It's hard to tell from the promo video, but it looks rather restrictive
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