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Ok, that is good.
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Aug 9, 2021 17:48
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Please tell me where to get one, tia!
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Aug 9, 2021 17:50
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RIP Paul Walker posted:Please tell me where to get one, tia! https://www.redbubble.com/i/sticker/Snake-She-Needs-Premium-Dude-by-allenhoang/45573311.EJUG5
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Aug 9, 2021 17:56
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shy boy from chess club posted:Yea that's what I thought too but this is what it looks like IOwnCalculus posted:I've never torn into a compressor that didn't have a fixed electromagnet. Well, my understanding of AC compressor clutches was incorrect, or incorrectly recalled. Never mind! Late Fees posted:We got all new rear brakes -- cylinders, shoes, springs, adjusters, and even drums -- and 4 new monotube shocks this weekend. drives like a dream now if you ignore the worn steering gear. love this truck, wish the AC worked and also wasn't an R12 system Convert to air dusters (R152a aka 1,1-Difluoroethane). If the system is actually good, it should work better than R-12. http://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=964688 I ran it in my '90 RX-7, and will be running it in my '79. I also used it in my '87 Toyota Corolla, but I have a leak somewhere, so it only works for a week or two. Given that I have dye in the system, and don't see any of it, I'm betting it's in the evaporator box. Wasabi the J posted:OMFG Ceramic tint is loving blessed. Any new tint I get will be ceramic. I put cheap (Gila brand, from Walmart) ceramic tint on my '70 Cutlass, and the difference was amazing, even if only on the side windows. opengl128 posted:Yup, that was exactly what I found when I opened the hood. Pretty cool huh? They forgot to put it back after bringing it in to show how dirty it was and sell a replacement for 6x the price. Probably forgot to bring it in, too. Raluek posted:got some new shoes today, and they were installed correctly on the wheel Nice. I almost went with that look on my Cutlass. Still might. Not like it's hard to change. quote:i also discovered that the car is magic Imaging paying $$ for an MSD, then not actually hooking it up. Sab669 posted:
OK, I need to stick one of those in the Outback's fuel door ('03 3.0 - really does need 93)
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Aug 9, 2021 20:11
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Sab669 posted:https://www.redbubble.com/i/sticker/Snake-She-Needs-Premium-Dude-by-allenhoang/45573311.EJUG5 Just bought two, thanks!
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Aug 9, 2021 21:19
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Darchangel posted:Imaging paying $$ for an MSD, then not actually hooking it up. it WAS hooked up. i had unplugged it to get some slack in the "harness" (  ) between the msd box and coil so i could get it out of the way of the valve cover that i had off. forgot to plug it back in, fired up the engine, and had a moment of "wait a minute..."so i guess it was hooked up, but not correctly. i wonder if it even works (once i wire it in right)
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Aug 10, 2021 05:23
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I have seen MSD boxes on cars that are running HEI. I mean it could have just been left there from a previous ignition system.
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Aug 10, 2021 13:49
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tuna posted:It's magic running on 100% ork energy. Investigate at your own risk. The Ominissiah blesses us.
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Aug 10, 2021 17:03
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Raluek posted:it WAS hooked up. i had unplugged it to get some slack in the "harness" ( Sorry, by "hooked up", I meant *correctly*. Here's hoping the box actually works. MSD's boxes seem kind of fragile. Like no reverse-/over-voltage/input protection at all. To the point that I think I'd rather use a Crane or Holley ignition box. BigPaddy posted:I have seen MSD boxes on cars that are running HEI. I mean it could have just been left there from a previous ignition system. It's not particularly necessary in that application, but theoretically it can be *better*., due to the multiple-spark aspect. Not as dramatic as when applying it to points cars, but it can improve cars that already have electronic ignition. Not least of which because you can also add rev-limiting, 2-step, and fiddle with timing on the more advanced models.
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Aug 10, 2021 19:12
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Darchangel posted:Well, my understanding of AC compressor clutches was incorrect, or incorrectly recalled. No worries man, I thought the same until I saw this one, first time I've seen that. So it wasn't just the clutch, went to swap the evap tube and found lots of metal chunks and splinters. Weird there was nothing in the compressor or lines and no black stuff. Sucks but I made sure to check that parts stores had all the other stuff in stock before I swapped the compressor and drier which was a huge mistake trusting their delivery times. I even gave extra time and that wasn't enough. I want to go on a huge rant about that but I'm just worn down to a nub with it and it doesn't matter anyway. I got the new hoses/manifold that bolt to the compressor this morning so it'll be new everything except the evaporator which I'll have to flush and hope I get everything. I have an appointment tomorrow morning so nothing like waiting til the last moment two weeks ago when I started this project. So basically I was so lucky that the compressor failed like a day or two before the clutch bearing failed (it was a couple years ago but it was close) so I would think it was just the clutch. Real fuckin lucky, you bet. Evap tube/compressor chunks filter 
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Aug 10, 2021 20:51
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Had sponginess in the clutch pedal this past week as well as the pedal only coming up halfway a few times, had to get my toe under it and pull it back to top. Fearing a failing slave cylinder, did a clutch bleed and found that the brake fluid was very low. I didn't realize it was brake fluid there, I had 2 quarts of motul sauce ready to go! TMYK I suppose. Filled up with DOT4. Hoping the slave lasts until March, that's when I can afford to put a new SPEC clutch and flywheel in while I'm in there. Feels much better now but I'll be keeping an eye on it.
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Aug 13, 2021 02:11
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im p confident i figured out why the $300 vo' was leaking PS fluid and got perma-parked; the po tried the ol' double-copper-gasket trick thats the banjo bolt connecting the PS hose to the steering rack. im sure i could have buttoned it up and sent it right there but i went ahead and put in all new hoses, too. ill pick up some dextron later and see what it do on another note, while i was wrenching yesterday, i realized that ive come back around to enjoy working on cars again. it feels really good because there was a long stretch of time where everything--even simple repairs--felt like a huge burden and small challenges quickly spiraled into large frustrations. im still broke-brained and all but its something to celebrate stone soup fucked around with this message at 14:53 on Aug 15, 2021 |
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Aug 15, 2021 14:47
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  I don't know if the PO just didn't put anything back together and it waited 5000kms to explode or if some really dumb criminal thought there were cats under there, but my sister called me and told me my moms X5 was "knocking" on the highway and i figured the worst. ended up just being plastic flapping around.
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Aug 15, 2021 20:21
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stone soup posted:im p confident i figured out why the $300 vo' was leaking PS fluid and got perma-parked; the po tried the ol' double-copper-gasket trick new hoses and crush-washers at the steering rack:  after i filled up the ps reservoir and discovered it still leaks! yay! at least i know exactly where it leaks now  one of the rack's hard-lines is very much chooched. i have a feeling itll go faster if i bend up the replacements myself rather than try to source pre-bent lines. stone soup fucked around with this message at 15:37 on Aug 16, 2021 |
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Aug 16, 2021 15:33
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Had this car for 3 years, time to make it more Subaru Last week, replaced the OEM tires with Michelin CrossClimate2's. Since we have an upcoming 2-week long camping trip to Grand Canyon/Zion/Bryce in a couple of weeks, I wanted a bit more storage space for camping gear. Got a cargo box, Yakima CBX 16, and mounted it as one does in the REI parking lot.
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Aug 16, 2021 16:04
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You didn't make the staff from REI do it? I used to have to install those all the time, I don't miss it.
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Aug 16, 2021 19:17
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They helped me get it out of the box and on to the roof without me really asking for it - I just asked to borrow a box cutter since I left mine at home and had my wife with me to help lift it up, but the dude just was like "ok let's get it on there" I got to do all the fiddly parts of "getting it centered" and "mounted to the crossbars" though. I do need to get the front crossbar further forward so it doesn't flutter as much in the wind, and then slap the mandatory stickers on it.
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Aug 16, 2021 19:29
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Bought a 69 4 bolt main from a classic car salvage yard near me after Pomona was a desert of anything Pontiac. Going to strip it down to a short block and drop it off at a machine stop to be magnafluxed, cleaned, rebearinged and reringed with extra clearance for forced induction, get a 3 angle valve job done on the 6X-4 heads I picked up in Maine last year so I will get around a static 9:1 compression ratio on it. Not sure if I want to get better pistons to run NO2 on it for a bit or just blow it up then get a 462 stroker rotating assembly and build that for turd bows. After doing some readings, research and just general “what would be fun to do?” Navel gazing I want to twin turbo the poncho after initially thinking about going with a supercharger just due to performance per buck potential and how there is a lot more choice with turbo stuff now and to me it seems supercharging has fallen behind.
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BigPaddy posted:Navel gazing I want to twin turbo the poncho after initially thinking about going with a supercharger just due to performance per buck potential and how there is a lot more choice with turbo stuff now and to me it seems supercharging has fallen behind. I get the feeling that this is because it's cheaper to put together a turbocharger than a supercharger, since you have just one moving part that has to be carefully fitted to some non-moving parts. A belt-driven centrifugal supercharger adds a gearbox and belt drive to that, and positive displacement superchargers usually have two pieces that need to be carefully sized to each other as well as the housing. I still want to supercharge my C10 eventually because there's surprisingly little room underhood for the plumbing needed for turbocharging, especially if I want to keep air conditioning.
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Aug 16, 2021 20:08
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100%, with cheap EFI systems a lot of the mystery and cost to turbo tuning has gone away compared to me 15 years ago with Skylines where everyone just ran the same turbos and aftermarket ecu setup since it was known to work and the cost of doing something that didn’t work was new a new short block. So gently caress it twin turbs on the thing and make a 10 second cruise liner*. * once maybe
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Aug 16, 2021 20:33
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Replaced drier, condenser, expansion valve, and compressor on the 4runner. A/C is ice cold again. Everything, including a vacuum pump, for about $300. I love my old truck.
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Aug 16, 2021 21:03
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stone soup posted:im p confident i figured out why the $300 vo' was leaking PS fluid and got perma-parked; the po tried the ol' double-copper-gasket trick To be fair, it *does* use two copper washers - just usually one on either side of the banjo! All I did was plate some more hardware:  Oh, I did buy an aluminum thing. Forgot to post that outside of my own thread:  Not a lot of movement beyond that. I need the fasteners done so I can bolt the radiator in, so I can take measurements for a new parallel-flow AC condenser, so I can get *that* ordered.
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Aug 16, 2021 21:34
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On the just-purchased-today Mini S, the dash had a typical Mini rattle. A little bit of sound deadening material should hopefully help. I bought a 50 sq ft box of the stuff and used like 3? 
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Aug 16, 2021 23:41
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Front LED turn signal bulbs. Of course, I had to install the parallel resistor but what are you gonna do?   
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Aug 17, 2021 23:19
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Replaced my battery in the 2015 Sierra. I was stubborn and didn't want to remove the strut to get it out and ended up doing a lot of extra effort and taking the strut out too! Then I got to finagle and manipulate a big battery to get it out of the cubby, and it didn't have a go handle either. Installation was the same pain as removal. All set up now though. Confirmed it was original equipment, and the bulging sides and wet top confirmed my diagnosis, and confirmed that it went in the bed, not the cab.
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Aug 19, 2021 03:18
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devmd01 posted:Front LED turn signal bulbs. Of course, I had to install the parallel resistor but what are you gonna do? Get an aftermarket digital flasher instead of the ancient thermal relay manufacturers still use because people are too stupid to check their lights (not that flashing faster gets their attention anyway)?  Just google for one. They're not hard to find. My Saturn was all LED converted and didn't need any of that hacky garbage.
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Aug 19, 2021 12:47
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Replaced the plastic clip for the driver’s door lock pin in the Mini. The pin was just loose in the rear storage pocket when I bought the car, and the clips were like $3 online. The hardest part was just blindly guessing where the clip was supposed to go based on the shape of the pin, but total it was a ten minute job. Picture an empty hole here for the “before”  Last night I replaced the completely disintegrated side markers with eBay style smoked LED units. 
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Aug 19, 2021 16:36
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Washed it   
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Aug 22, 2021 04:12
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Looks like the cover of consumer reports 1999.
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Aug 22, 2021 04:21
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVhhVJt0xG0 Took it for a rip. Sprayed a 100 shot of nitrous on it. On the way home the CEL came one. Scan tool told me it was just a rich condition. I might have to go down one jet on the fuel side. I told my tuner to leave it a little fat to be safe, and I'm running colder plugs. Probably gonna have to change the plugs.
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Aug 22, 2021 05:00
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in today's continuation of the adventures of [thread title], i was wondering why the plug where the distributor connects to the harness was wrapped in tape well,   it's just some corroded-rear end pins jammed into the mating connector. i guess someone broke the housing along the way. i wonder if i can figure out what molex or whatever connector this is, and get a replacement for it without having to chop and re-terminate. gonna shine up the contacts at a minimum
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Aug 22, 2021 05:01
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Just ditch the old connector and repin it. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0051PLP3U/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_7QWBEVXD5NP9466N4BFJ
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Aug 22, 2021 12:48
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The in law's car (17 Escape, 2.0L turbo) was leaking oil, and appeared to be from the valve cover at the back of the engine. Said I'd replace it and ordered the part since I have replaced VC gaskets a million times and it's easy. Today that adventure has started and it has been less than easy. Ford runs tight rear end harnesses and hoses all over the top of the cover and there's tons of poo poo in the way to even get to it. I had to take off 2 cowl panels, The brake fluid reservoir, tons of hoses and clips and almost had to remove the high pressure pump to get enough clearance to get it off. There's a high pressure hard line just over the cover which I don't want to crack open, but thought I could just loosen the pump and move it a bit out of the way. I decided not to since the nuts holding it on were double nutted (one for a bracket, one for pump) and there's little clearance on that side so my hand is chewed up enough already. Decided to try and slide the cover out instead of lifting it straight up. This will come back to haunt me when RTV gets involved in part 2, god dammit. Everything has been done in the most "gently caress you" way possible in regards to serviceability. I've had to do a couple things completely blind and I imagine getting it back together will be an even bigger nightmare. Anyway, got it off after two hours of fussing and found a pool of oil in the 1st plug well. Not much else really noteworthy except it being nice and clean underneath. There's an air inlet hose that runs behind the engine that may have a loose fitting on it (PCV recirc I'd guess) that may be the cause of the greater leak but can't really tell since it's got a nice coating of oil everywhere. I'll clean it all back up and let them monitor it. gently caress working on modern stuff, and maybe all stuff, really.  E: not the exact engine (maybe earlier model or different variant?) but this is pretty close to what you're looking at starting out. 
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Aug 22, 2021 13:04
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I replaced the battery in my SIL’s escape last year and yeah that engine bay has some pain in the rear end packaging.
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Aug 22, 2021 15:13
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Finally got the Carplay/Android Auto add-on installed in the Jagon.   Also the plates arrived 
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Aug 22, 2021 19:20
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Suburban Dad posted:Modern vcg Same. Replaced the VCG on 1998 BMW S52 and its tractor like complexity. Maybe an hour? Replaced the VCG on a 2009 BMW N52 and it resulted in a trail of tears, gnashing of teeth, and contemplating all life choices thst led to that decision. Multiple days. And that was a 10+ year old car. I can’t imagine the misery of of a modern euro car.
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Aug 22, 2021 20:17
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Yeah I've learned my lesson. Or at least that's what I said the last time I worked on a car and hated all of it. Here's to next time. 
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Aug 22, 2021 21:15
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Miata made it to the paint shop and the E46 M3 ABS harness finally showed up, so everything is coming together.    Also pulled the clutch assist spring out of the BRZ so it feels like a normal clutch 
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 Found out why my car would sometimes make a metal on metal screeching noise when turning left occasionally. Not sure what happened here.
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