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I only changed my oil and filter. I went looking for a new shift boot but none of the junkyard cars had one that fit, so I might have to pull mine out and see if I can get a pattern made and cut at a leather tannery. I wish I could have the wacky ribbed rubber shift boot from 80s cars. This weekend might be the fuel filter.
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Oil and filter on an I5 Eurovan. The skid plate was most of the hard labour; eventually we bodged together a lever system with some spare pieces of 2x4 to hold it in place while we bolted it back to the frame. Was going to install an Equus tachometer from Canadian Tire (no OEM one) but we couldn't find the tach sensor and the tach didn't come with the inductive ignition wire clamp that the manual stated it had. Returning it tonight.
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Jun 1, 2009 19:36
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FogHelmut posted:Noticed that my windshield washer fluid bottle has a leak. Then I figured I'd just pop out the tank and replace it. GM wraps the air intake around the washer fluid bottle, which necessitates partial removal of the battery, fender liner, left front wheel and fusebox, and has a one-way rubber fastener between the washer bottle and the intake's vapor reservoir that's permanently fused at build time. It tears if you try and move the intake around too much, such as trying to separate the intake from the washer bottle. I ended up grabbing an entirely new assembly from a Sunfire, only to find their washer filler neck is inexplicably 1/4" longer and rubs on my hood.  e: Here's a really awful diagram: 
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Jul 10, 2009 15:04
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FogHelmut posted:Mine is stupid and under the battery and behind the headlight, but on the right side. Hooray GM. I hope it doesn't involve removing wheels and fenders. If your car is the same way, do yourself a favour and look for a little plastic expanding-bolt (like an arrowhead) that fits into the inside of the fender from the side of the reservoir. I think it's there to keep the reservoir from shaking against the side of the body, and I definitely couldn't wiggle the reservoir at all until it was out. I had a horrible time finding that until I took the fender liner and wheel off, but now that I know where it is I could probably take it off with just removing the fender liner. Knowing GM they probably reused this exact piece for everything from the J-bodies to the WS6. It would've been faster for me to pull the motor, I suspect. Or the bumper. Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 05:17 on Jul 12, 2009 |
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Jul 12, 2009 05:15
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A tank of gas, and then discovering that despite what the gas cap says, driving around with it open does not make warning lights appear on your dashboard, preventing you from looking like a goober when you pull into traffic. 
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Jul 24, 2009 19:47
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Somehow a rock ended up wedged between my OEM wheel and the hubcaps, so I had to take a hubcap off to get rid of the thumping-plastic-water-bottle sound whenever I drove anywhere. Looking at changing the plugs and wires now to take care of a bizarre flat spot in the 2000-2500 rpm range that makes the car shudder on deceleration and stumble on acceleration.
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Aug 7, 2009 15:41
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I bought my snow tires way back in the summer, when Canadian Tire was selling Nordics for practically half off. I got to install them, as well as install snow tires for three other vehicles "while I had the jack out." My arms are pretty tired now after removing and fastening 20 wheels and 80 lugnuts with a 24" breaker bar in a few hours. New respect for tire shop guys. It's my first time on snow tires, hoping it will be awesome. 
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Oct 26, 2009 05:47
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^^^ That might be the best $1k anyone has ever spent. I just spent two hours trying to change the driver-side turn signal bulb. Whoever at GM designed this thing must have really tiny hands - you have to come in through the fender liner and reach into a very small hole and manipulate the thing with the very tips of your fingers because the intake plumbing and crash reinforcement beams are directly in the way. I can't imagine how you get the headlights off. I hope I can sell the car before one of the headlight bulbs burn out.
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Jan 21, 2010 08:21
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mlmp08 posted:I finally replaced the shifter bushings in my WRX. I should have done this years ago. The new bushings cost $30 shipped and it took less than 10 minutes to do. It doesn't make a WRX 5-speed feel good compared to truly good manuals, but it feels a whole hell of a lot better. I also swapped out my intercooler hoses and clamps for something with better flow and that wasn't getting old and brittle.
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Mar 24, 2010 07:52
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Cop posted:It's a 2004 and I don't think my airbags work anyways since it has an aftermarket radio. From what I know, since I bought my wiring harness for $12.00 instead of $120.00, my door ding and airbags don't work anymore. On my old GM, swapping the stereo out made you lose door ding but I would never imagine that anyone would design an airbag system that even comes close to the stereo wiring.
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Mar 30, 2010 20:01
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Summer tires and wheels, finally! Jacking it up by the rear diff was pretty weird, especially since my trolley jack is tiny as all get out.  .jpg) I'm debating whether or not to repaint the wheels - they're EDM WRX wheels, but I kind of like them. I'll probably have to get rid of them when I go to wider tires  I was worried they wouldn't clear my brakes (they definitely don't clear STI Brembos) but they do!
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Apr 18, 2010 03:49
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I dropped my car off at the tire shop to have a nail removed and the tire patched up. My friend picked me up to give me a ride back home, and on the way we visited a VW swap meet show, wrenched on his other car, got the other car tooling around and jumped it a few times from my Eliminator kit once we realized its battery was flat and not charging well. So, nothing done on my car but it still turned out pretty well.
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May 16, 2010 05:10
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Oil change, but I wasn't sure about the valve noise on the drivers' side of the block, so I took it to the local Subaru independent mechanic to have them check it after they do the change. Hopefully it's just one of the cavalcade of normal Subaru sounds. Wednesday the car is going in to get its bumper repainted (the first owner hosed up the bumper cover and one of the fenders on a fence and apparently found the worst paint shop ever to repaint and reinstall them - not a single bit of prep, not even sanding it down). That's going to be expensive.  They're throwing in some touch-up work around the car for the various other bits and pieces that got beat up over its life.
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Jun 7, 2010 22:50
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Paint shop called, my bumper is done and the replacement foglight is on order. Looking forward to it. 
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Jun 14, 2010 17:45
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Paint shop called, my bumper is done and the replacement foglight is on order. Looking forward to it. I was tempted to get the entire car reshot in a different paint colour (Forest Green, like the NA bugeyes) but it would probably cost a fortune (the bumper alone was more than enough money). Next up on the mods is to get the stupid lowering springs taken off and replaced with the OEM WRX springs so I can finally clear the apartment parking lot entrance without scraping. I should probably take care of the anti-lift kit at this point as well, so I don't have to pay for an alignment twice. After that, I'll probably be looking for new tires (still rolling on the RE92s that came with the car, and they're getting frighteningly worn through even moderate city driving) and possibly wider wheels. edit: Here is a picture. It's a pretty good job; they even fixed the crookedness of the bumper. They still have to put a missing clip on the right hand side.  Before, you can see some of the damage in this picture from when I first got it, but it was getting a lot worse near the end to the point where an entire sheet of paint came flying off at highway speeds from the front diffuser bit. Rock chips would just take huge chunks off. 
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Jun 17, 2010 17:25
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Seat Safety Switch posted:edit: Here is a picture. It's a pretty good job; they even fixed the crookedness of the bumper. They still have to put a missing clip on the right hand side. Now I can focus my attention on the parts of the car that matter more than aesthetics.
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Jun 25, 2010 20:05
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Got it fitted with a new clear bra. In the bay next to me at the tint place was a brand new 9-kilometer Ford Raptor SVT which was getting a smaller, less expensive clear bra than me.
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Jul 4, 2010 01:48
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Free hail chip repair! ... as part of the continued work to refit my bumper to clean up after the first repair shop, which apparently just left random parts out of it. Next: Fixing the "fuel distributor" (  ) on an '86 Audi 5000. What the hell is a fuel distributor? Apparently it's attached to the fuel pressure regulator, so it must be somewhere on the injector fuel rail. Or not! Inside of it is a tiny rubber plunger which apparently shits itself after, oh, about 25 years. Mechanical fuel injection is fun.
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Aug 5, 2010 16:05
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Yesterday: full bumper rebar replacement. I wish I had taken a picture of the old bumper rebar; the previous shop had just cut and welded it back together again to "un-bend" it. The welds were chock full of really nasty looking rust and the fitment holes on the rebar had obviously been cut out with a Dremel in order to make it fit. The new rebar is a little expensive, but it's worth it so my bumper actually lines up straight and I won't die horribly in a collision:  I think the shop may have taken some pictures of her guts when we had the bumper cover off to have it repainted, I'll see if I can get them. edit: Man, my headlight lenses are getting foggy. I'll have to see if I can find some decent headlight polish. Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 16:54 on Aug 6, 2010 |
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Aug 6, 2010 16:51
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I put a brake master cylinder brace on and did a little bit of fiddling with my bumper to try and straighten it out. No luck, but I did find a few bolts that either fell out or weren't replaced properly by the body shop.
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Aug 29, 2010 04:50
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MATLAB 1988 posted:Here you go! The exhaust is about 2.5in in diameter and goes from the Y-pipe back. There is a notable difference in BOOSTU quality as well.
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Sep 5, 2010 19:42
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I did my first autocross at McTinkerson's rotary event. It smelled like a lawnmower convention with all the high-powered rotaries kicking around. I must've been the slowest (or near-slowest) driver out there, with frequent stupid overbraking attempts and gate misses on the back stretch. On the plus side, I didn't hit any cones and have to get out and exchange insurance information with them.
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Sep 27, 2010 20:24
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Got a new battery because the colder weather lately (-16'C) has been exposing how lovely the previous owner's Energizer from Walmart was. Went to Canadian Tire after not having any luck finding a battery that fit anywhere else; they had a pile of used batteries from this week alone that reached drat near to the ceiling. I guess other people must be neglecting their starting needs as well. Last battery they had that fit was a NASCAR-branded Motorcraft one. Now I have a Subaru with a NASCAR battery, and have been noticing a significant ease in turning left. Why the hell is Canadian Tire sponsoring NASCAR?
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Nov 21, 2010 21:07
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MATLAB 1988 posted:My 1986 Subaru XT has a torn CV boot, the CV isn't making noise yet. I hope not to do any wrenching until spring, I'll replace the CV axle then (maybe install some Poly bushings while I'm at it!) Also: that thing is awesome.
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Dec 13, 2010 21:38
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Found out that a 4.5mm allen key exists and is required for adjusting the residual fuel pressure on an Audi 5000: Of course I don't have one, and discovered the size after spending an hour and a half taking apart the airbox to get it out of the fender.
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Feb 13, 2011 08:56
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MrSaturn posted:Sorry...what? What's a doorblade? Before/after would help. e: 
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Feb 14, 2011 17:17
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I just swapped my PCV. Nothing big. I've got a pretty big install day coming soon (struts, springs, control arms, control arm bushings, control arm relocation kit, ball joints, steering rack bushings). Get better, weather! Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 19:01 on Mar 25, 2011 |
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Mar 25, 2011 18:58
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I'm just enjoying my car at the minute. That's code for waiting for FedEx and DHL to get off their asses and push the rest of my suspension swap parts through customs.ExecuDork posted:That just goes to show how perfectly engineered Chrysler minivans were - clearly, everything was finely calibrated to fail at exactly the same time, with the (awful, awful, horrible) A604 transmission designed to give out a week earlier than everything else as a safety feature. At one point we were heading to a family vacation on a moderate-speed secondary highway when the van just started coughing out enormous clouds of thick grey smoke and lost power. I assume now that this was the head gasket. We ended up leaving the van at the dealership (it's the weekend, why would a Dodge repair desk be open?), going back and continuing the vacation in a rusty '88 F-150 Custom. How's that for a family hauler? I can only imagine how much things got worse after their later "redesigns" and additional features. I will happily point to that specific van as being the Worst Car In The World in lieu of contrary evidence. Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 15:02 on Apr 6, 2011 |
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Apr 6, 2011 14:57
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some texas redneck posted:Oh, the dealer quoted her $400 "and we won't charge you for the labor" to replace the handle. I got the handle from the same dealer for $80. And yes, I did give the dealer the VIN to make sure they got the right color, and it looks like they still managed to get a different color..
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May 25, 2011 18:03
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Swapped '99 2.5RS sedan headlights into my '97 Outback Sport. I'm thinking I'll need to adjust the headlights quite a bit to compensate for the increased ride height of the Outback Sport over the sedan. Starting out:  Where we're going, we don't need eyes:  Done! So modern!  I lost one of the headlight mounting bolts on the driver side when I fumbled the socket with it inserted, but it's pretty solidly in there so I'd say a job well done (at least until the bolt rolls out from wherever it got stuck and I can install it again). Next up: replacing the driver side fender! Looks like it could also use a new Subaru badge. Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 04:36 on Aug 10, 2011 |
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Aug 10, 2011 04:33
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I put in new Hawk HPS brake pads. It surprises me people pay to have this done, though I can imagine some cars are a bigger pain in the rear end than mine.
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Oct 3, 2011 17:12
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Nodoze posted:I'm probably gonna have to spray the poo poo out of them with PB Blaster or something Saturate it a little bit each day for the week leading up to the install, and that should help a lot.
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Oct 3, 2011 18:38
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Are Forester tail lights tarred in, or are they like the GD+ Impreza where they're just bolted in? I have to redo the tar on my '97 Impreza, so I'm curious what people are using.
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Oct 26, 2011 23:48
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I hope you paid cash at the dealership too and wore a disguise. Looking forward to doing my first t-belt in a few weeks, but thankfully it's SOHC
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Nov 7, 2011 23:58
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You added a battery tie-down to that after the picture was taken, right?
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Nov 30, 2011 00:43
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I don't see anything going over the top of the battery; I see the hole at the bottom where I would imagine the tiedown would latch into. I'm probably missing something though.
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Nov 30, 2011 01:35
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Detroit Q. Spider posted:Don't get me wrong, I think Cobalt SSes are cool and I'd totally rock one. I'd have to make it look like a base model though - no wing, no badges, maybe even sell the wheels for some steelies. It's always fun to surprise people.
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ratbert90 posted:Blue isn't boring. 
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Jan 29, 2012 17:10
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Tentacle Party posted:After arriving at my new tropical address with the biggest garage of my life, I ripped the front bumper off...
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I didn't even know there was such a thing as wide-angle LEDs. I guess I need to look a little closer next time I'm at the supply store. I'm tempted to redo all the bulbs in my Impreza's dash but Subaru uses white bulbs covered in little green plastic 'condoms' that I'm not really willing to pull off and swap. An LED in the proper colour from the start would be much better.
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