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I'm thrilled I got my C.E. light off today, replaced my exhaust manifold with a new one, and got new tires mounted and balanced. Feeling pretty confident in my temporary reliability. Old Exhaust manifold; apparently this is a known issue in the 4.7L Dodge V8's. The header bolts heated and expanded into a hot mess that toasted the exhaust manifold and made my truck sound like a WW2 Abrams tank every time I accelerated.  New shiny manifold; My mechanic/muffler guy had to weld out/in the old mess to even get the bolts out. The truck sounds perfect and amazing with just the flowmasters instead of bolts racketing around.  New tires: 270's that came off a newer F250. The guy got these taken off with new wheels right after he bought the truck, and then threw them in storage. I got these 4 brand newish tires, and had them all mounted and balanced for only $150 total!! It takes a few days of cruising Craigslist and OfferUp, but when it comes to tires - that's where you can strike gold. 
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Put on some tunes and spent the day going through the imported Prado Land Cruiser I've got. Changed the oil, flushed the cooling system. Took the wheels off and went through the brakes, cleaning them, finding out that one of the retention clips for the front brakes was broken. Also was surprised to find rear discs waiting for me as I was expecting drums. Whoops! I lubed them back up and put it back together. On doing an indicator light check I noticed the left side indicator wasn't lighting up. Figuring it was a blown bulb I took the lens cover off.  The bulb was still lit, it had just fallen out of the now very dead rubberized plastic base and was down in the fender. The other side was just as bad, would crumble if you touched it. 22 yen for complete replacements for each side so not a big deal. Put in an order for the OEM set of front pads as I know for sure it comes with the front clips I need, couldn't find out of any of the aftermaket options come with anything more than just the pads.
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Wait, 22 yen? Like, $.40?
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Metal Geir Skogul posted:Wait, 22 yen? Like, $.40? Whoops, I meant 2400 yen, so around 22 bucks.
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Dennis McClaren posted:New tires: 270's that came off a newer F250. The guy got these taken off with new wheels right after he bought the truck, and then threw them in storage. I got these 4 brand newish tires, and had them all mounted and balanced for only $150 total!! It takes a few days of cruising Craigslist and OfferUp, but when it comes to tires - that's where you can strike gold. When you say new-ish, how many years are we talking?
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KakerMix posted:Put in an order for the OEM set of front pads as I know for sure it comes with the front clips I need, couldn't find out of any of the aftermaket options come with anything more than just the pads. There's a disc brake hardware kit that has the anti-rattle and guidepin clips and should be under $5. As for pads with the hardware, I just looked up a 1991 land cruiser on rock auto, should be the same brakes: https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?pk=8839300&cc=1276646&jsn=447 Fermented Tinal fucked around with this message at 12:36 on Apr 26, 2018 |
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Apr 26, 2018 12:26
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Finally changed the gear oil in my 84 d100, and changed the regular oil while I was at it. It sounds so much less angry now!
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The Door Frame posted:I wanted to finally install the upgrades to my sound system that I bought forever ago. Ford of Australia decided to make accessing the rear speakers as difficult as possible Is that a ford capri? The mazda 323 based version?
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Sorted this crappy indicator switch, bulb needed to be isolated from the chassis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYZEF1na7A8
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Apr 26, 2018 15:22
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Oh, that type of trafficator. Pretty drat awesome it still works! E: not your car semaphores, but the lucas green bulb on the end that you thought would be DOA.
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Fermented Tinal posted:There's a disc brake hardware kit that has the anti-rattle and guidepin clips and should be under $5. Those look pretty similar yeah. Don't suppose you have a link to the disc brake hardware kit 
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Fo3 posted:Is that a ford capri? The mazda 323 based version? Sure is, I miss mine as it really did have more character than the various BF 323s I have. I'm putting an XR2 engine in my 323 Wagon.
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SEKCobra posted:When you say new-ish, how many years are we talking? His new truck had 4,000 miles on it when he removed these tires. Pretty new-ish? 2014 F250.
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Dennis McClaren posted:His new truck had 4,000 miles on it when he removed these tires. Pretty new-ish? 2014 F250. I wouldn't use tires older than 5 years, so that's not really something I'd consider that great a deal. I mean, it depends on storage conditions and all, but 4 year old used tires might have decent amounts of tread left, but the rubber is likely to be fairly degraded.
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SEKCobra posted:I wouldn't use tires older than 5 years, so that's not really something I'd consider that great a deal. I mean, it depends on storage conditions and all, but 4 year old used tires might have decent amounts of tread left, but the rubber is likely to be fairly degraded. You should really be changing your tires with brand new ones every oil change. Don't want to risk your life with year old rubber.
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Four or five years is one thing, ten years is another. Want to know a secret? I bet 90% of the MY 2014 cars on the road are...still on their original rubber 
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10 years is just completely reckless. What are MY 2014 cars?
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Apr 26, 2018 20:27
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SEKCobra posted:10 years is just completely reckless. What are MY 2014 cars? Model Year 2014
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My tires only have a 3 digit date stamp, so they wrap around to new every 10 years.
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MY = model year. 5 year old rubber I wouldn't sweat it too much if there's no dryrot/cracking for daily use only. Towing, track time, or just heavy use I would probably get new by 5 years. E: oldest I've ever run was a set of Bridgestones that were 12 years iirc, had a whitewall stripe and everything. Pretty much brand new tread depth and not a hint of dry rot, but I still never drove it on the highway with those wheels. Bajaha fucked around with this message at 20:50 on Apr 26, 2018 |
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SEKCobra posted:I wouldn't use tires older than 5 years, so that's not really something I'd consider that great a deal. I mean, it depends on storage conditions and all, but 4 year old used tires might have decent amounts of tread left, but the rubber is likely to be fairly degraded. They were literally sitting inside an air conditioned, indoor storage shed from the day he took them off, until I picked them up. I think that would make conditions a little safer than if they had been sitting outside his garage in the yard since 2014. Dennis McClaren fucked around with this message at 21:08 on Apr 26, 2018 |
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Apr 26, 2018 21:04
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I have some really old star spec's that aren't dry rotted but are certainly much harder than they used to be.
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Dennis McClaren posted:They were literally sitting inside an air conditioned, indoor storage shed from the day he took them off, until I picked them up. I think that would make conditions a little safer than if they had been sitting outside his garage in the yard since 2014. No, you're definitely going to die.
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Powershift posted:No, you're definitely going to die. All 4 tires will spontaneously explode, hurling the truck into space. BEWARE!
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KakerMix posted:Those look pretty similar yeah. Don't suppose you have a link to the disc brake hardware kit https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?pk=2419066&cc=1276646&jsn=484 This set's on wholesaler closeout: https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?pk=1363164&cc=1276646&jsn=480 I have no idea how old the still-have-the-whiskers tires on the FJ45 are, except that they are not from the current decade. No dry-rot from what I've ever been able to tell, I'm planning on running them. Last set of tires I put on the Mazda were probably closer to 20 years old than 10.
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I've been tracking a set of Hankook TD tires from 2013, poo poo works fine unless they are cold, but I suspect they sucked when cold from new
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Fermented Tinal posted:https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?pk=2419066&cc=1276646&jsn=484 gently caress yeah. i'm going to be sad if the front pads aren't everything I hope them to be and personally blame you and not take any responsibility for myself.
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KakerMix posted:gently caress yeah. i'm going to be sad if the front pads aren't everything I hope them to be and personally blame you and not take any responsibility for myself. Toyota essentially used the same axles in land cruisers for decades, most variation was in width and whether or not the diffs had lockers. There was a change in the 80s I think, but your front disc brakes should in theory be identical to any other cruiser from around the same year. E: For your Hilux, I don't know about the diesels specifically, but if it comes with the 4cyl model calipers, you should look into upgrading to the v6 model ones. It's an easy upgrade but you might need to change brake cylinders too. If you end up deciding to keep it, rear disc conversion is actually more cost-effective than continuing to run the rear drums, upgrading to a land cruiser brake cylinder is a must for this. As for your lack of personal responsibility, I can offer no guidance. Fermented Tinal fucked around with this message at 01:15 on Apr 27, 2018 |
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New pads, rotors and koni yellows w swift springs      
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PaintVagrant posted:New pads, rotors and koni yellows w swift springs I can't wait to see what happens to the prices on these things. They're such awesome little cars and it feels like they'll be around forever, each one onto it's 8th owner, 7 of which each paid $10k for it when it changed hands.
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Found her in the barn at my parents' farm earlier today. So covered in barn swallow poo poo and dirt and cobwebs it was barely recognizable as a car. Turned out to be a silver 1954 Mercedes-Benz 300SL GULLWING that's goddamn near immaculate. Just got done cleaning it. There's a few chips and wear marks in the paint but the body is  RUST FREE . This is amazing for an Ontario car, probably a 1 in a billion kind of thing for this region. Passenger door opens too far, the mount on the body is a little bent but doesn't seem like it presents any real problem since the door closes and opens fine otherwise.  100% MINT red interior. This was covered in everything, including raccoon poop, a few shots with the old can of contact cleaner and it was back to being german perfection.  Then I did something dumb, and rolled it: 
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Pulled the wheel off to check the camber alignemnt only to find grease all over the inside wheel and on the CV boot. gently caress. Just replaced the wheel hub bearing too.
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My tires were manufactured the year I joined SA. I keep waiting for a good sale to pop up so I can stop squealing my tires at every stop sign, but cheap, thin 14" tires are becoming pretty hard to come by, unless you're willing to buy sketchy Chinese tires Costco keeps teasing me with its constant deals on tires, but the only kind they ever have in my size are snow tires, regardless of season ExecuDork posted:I would like to know more about your pink convertible. I wish it was pink, it's just a red 93 Mercury Capri that has faded over time to look pink in the right light. It's a Japanese econobox, turned "practical family convertible", built by Ford of Australia, and then rebadged in America as a luxury convertible synonymous with the power of the V8 Mustang and the comfort of a Cougar XR7 It's a tiny, slow, heap of poo poo with the least comfortable interior that I have ever had the misfortune to have experienced I love it Fo3 posted:Is that a ford capri? The mazda 323 based version? Aussie spotted. It's essentially a 1989 Mazda Familia cabriolet minus the roll bar, it even uses parts off of the older BF platform instead of off of the BG that its contemporary 323's did While checking the compression on it and doing regular tune up stuff, part of the compression tester got stuck to the block and would not come out. That's the 3rd EZ out, by the way. 1 broke, 1 was stripped, and the 3rd finally completed the job. It took an hour to get the fucker out of my engine  Luckily for me, I was planning to chop off most of my old, rattling exhaust anyways. There were a lot of metal shavings in that combustion chamber that my magnets couldn't get at, and I prefer to not think about them E: as a kicker, the reason I replaced the old, fouled spark plugs was because I finally changed out the faulty PCV valve that had been eating my fuel economy. After putting actual spark plugs into the spark plug holes, the brand new PCV valve broke while I reinstalled the air intake, so now my new ones will be fouled soon too All of my struggles were pointless The Door Frame fucked around with this message at 07:17 on Apr 27, 2018 |
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The capri is a hateful car that soaks up every bit of hate you can throw at it and laughs at your feeble efforts to improve it in any way. I sincerely hope that the one my buddy owned has been melted down into a trash can so it can more accurately represent itself. Godspeed and good luck fixing that bastard. Given how much is nla and their rarity in the us, you'll need it for finding model specific parts. Like various suspension bushings that have to be sourced from flaky greybeard on facebook who bought the molds to make them. 
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Elmnt80 posted:The capri is a hateful car that soaks up every bit of hate you can throw at it and laughs at your feeble efforts to improve it in any way. I sincerely hope that the one my buddy owned has been melted down into a trash can so it can more accurately represent itself.  You know australia did make good capris... in 1972! Fo3 fucked around with this message at 13:06 on Apr 27, 2018 |
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Elmnt80 posted:The capri is a hateful car that soaks up every bit of hate you can throw at it and laughs at your feeble efforts to improve it in any way. I sincerely hope that the one my buddy owned has been melted down into a trash can so it can more accurately represent itself. It's such a heap that if anything important breaks, I'm just going to Frankenstein something from a 323 or escort in It's liberating to not give a poo poo about the car
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Bought new wheels and tires for the Focus yesterday, got them mounted today. I love them.    
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I've never been much of a hot hatch fanboy or anything but I've always like the look and feel of the newer focus, especially the ST/RS.
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I put some wheels and tires on my wife's Honda Fit. They look really good and summer 205s are much better than all-season 185s.
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Changed the spark plugs on The Girl's 1997 Lumina. Like everything else on this car, what should have been quite simple turned into a tragicomedy. The engine is transverse, with 3 plugs up front and 3 in the back. And they're side-mounted. Between the engine and firewall. All facing different directions. So what you have to do is unbolt the front 2 engine mounts, hook a ratchet strap onto the engine lifting point and frame, and tilt the entire thing over. Ridiculous. Then, there's just barely enough room to access the rear plugs, although you can only go by feel. The plugs were toast. I'm guessing that it was the original set, with 150k miles. Starts instantly and runs much smoother now. I felt a little proud of myself; I didn't get super pissed off, and that's usually par for the course with this car. A couple of years ago this was an intimidating job that I didn't feel ready for, now it's just whatever. I could only curse GM and mutter "why would you do this?" while feeling my way through the job. Bonus: this is the first thing I've done on this car that didn't require penetrating fluid. Although I did have to use vice grips to get the extremely stuck plug wires off. I tried to use my phone in video mode as a mirror+light. What I ended up with was something resembling a sloppy, drunken robot sex tape.
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