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Slow is Fast posted:Ken is awesome. Spergs out in IRC. And goes with us on mad sick junkyard runs. He introduced me to the method of parts removal of "break everything around the part you need to get it out faster", made the mustang so much quicker. He also found and helped me pull the good engine for my car. By pull I mean we literally had to lift it out and carry it over to the wheelbarrow with our huge manly arms. Ken is awesome.
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I sold exactly nothing except the stuff my uncle gave me to sell  WTF was up with the weather this weekend, it wasn't like April at all, especially at 4am when we were setting up.
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Apr 15, 2013 17:49
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What is the reason that you didn't just make the top cross bar like the middle and lower one and instead of doing all that welding? Wouldn't it be stronger than the 2 welds holding the cross bar on the top?
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Jul 7, 2013 20:31
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Congrats on the job dude! It might be time to settle down with a nice Subaru for that commute you have coming up.
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Jul 12, 2013 00:43
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Oh my god we might have kastein talked into a Subaru 
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Jul 30, 2013 02:42
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I'll have to check it out in person but it really doesn't sound like rod knock.
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Oct 24, 2013 17:11
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Yea I have an old Kubota tractor with a 2 cylinder diesel and it does that exact thing before the second cylinder lights up on a cold start.
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Oct 24, 2013 17:40
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Mighty Horse posted:Was that the yard thats on row52? Thats gotta be an 80. I had a 79 with the VW engine and the grill on mine was much more spectacular.
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Mar 7, 2014 18:41
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Hahahaha, the end is the best "this probably isnt even visible from the outside of the car".
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May 6, 2014 22:24
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Yessss, cant wait to see the 5 ton get some love. When work slows down a little pretty soon I want to come help with that.
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May 24, 2014 23:04
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Ah drat, I have that exact door that you could have just had.
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Jan 7, 2015 03:46
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Never done a Ranger but that 2.0 in my cousins Escort was the worst loving engine swap Ive ever done, and Ive done a goddamn ton of them. gently caress fords forever.
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Mar 1, 2015 17:39
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Mar 17, 2015 13:26
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XY5KTVA_2ys&t=84s
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Mar 18, 2015 15:59
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kastein posted:Well. It looks like there is a donor in the junkyard near where I'm picking it up, so we'll be grabbing a spare engine, transmission, and most of the front driveline (CVs, wheel bearings, knuckles) just in case. Doubt the rear driveshaft or diff will go bad. Hopefully it'll fit in the back, because it comes with a spare set of wheels and tires too. This is going to be the best trip ever with one of my best buds. The only thing I worry about is the exposure of the massive amounts of road food farts that whether we like it or not are going to happen. Im also bringing my cameras and my phone obviously so expect fartsnaps for those of you on my snapchat. The nice pictures will happen when we get back to the east coast sometime.
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Mar 20, 2015 06:42
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Im in Minnesota, leaving in about 10 mins. See you in Denver, haha.
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Mar 21, 2015 15:11
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Driving selfie teaser
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Mar 22, 2015 00:31
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Alarbus posted:Wait, you guys fit HOW many spare parts in the back of that thing? 2 extra tail lights Coil Timing cover Spare tire, jack Rust free cutouts for the Forester Both calipers Front hub flanges A long block
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Mar 22, 2015 02:14
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Right now we are headed to Noelands house to hang out.
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Mar 22, 2015 02:15
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Charming things of note so far Shakes violently at 60 but not 65 No low beams but high beams arent very high so that works for now Cant put sunvisors down without adjusting aftermarket rear view Struts are probably original One lug nut on the rear turns but doesn't tighten or loosen Stereo seems to not working well so were using my phone to listen to metal Oil smell Its mint shy boy from chess club fucked around with this message at 03:35 on Mar 22, 2015 |
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Mar 22, 2015 03:22
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So we went back and picked up the transmission today. The extra weight has really quieted the vibration at 60. Didnt help acceleration or handling, however.
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Mar 22, 2015 18:54
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Lost data access on my phone for a few hours there but I figured out how to get the slow kind for now. We are now just inside Iowa. Cant decide if its just paranoia but the engine doesn't seem to sound as happy as it used to. Sitting in a gas station parking lot right now giving it a rest to see what it sounds like once it cools off a little. It might not have liked 500 miles at 4k rpms.
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Mar 23, 2015 05:59
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We just took a break at a rest stop for a few hours, engine seems fine so we were probably just being paranoid. Just went through Des Moines and hope to drive at least the daylight hours.
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Mar 23, 2015 13:22
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We bought a spare at the junkyard in CO before we left and THANK GOD. No more terrifying pull to the right, hahaha. No I can safely say its mint. We can hear the stereo now which consists of 2 3.5 inch speakers, lol.
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Mar 23, 2015 21:13
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Ozmiander posted:Why, did you stop playing the trumpet? Never!
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Mar 23, 2015 21:28
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It was great meeting Safety Dance last night, sucked I was sooo tired. I assure you Im usually a lot more social but I was fighting to keep my eyes open, haha. We just left Chicago after staying the night with Kens bro and just got to Indiana. Paging Rhyno, Rhyno please pick up the white courtesy keyboard.
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Mar 24, 2015 15:47
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Check engine light on and just got on 90 selfie. Check out the 4 day stubble we are working on. Shaving is for people with houses.
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Mar 24, 2015 20:36
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Bulk Vanderhuge posted:How does the 4wd work exactly? It has a button on the shifter and activates some kind of collar going over splines setup. Yea the stubble isnt too bad probably cause goons.
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Mar 24, 2015 20:57
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Just got back to my house after dropping Ken off at Logan to pick up his fozzy. Got through the last hour staying awake by blasting Skinny Puppy and Neitzer Ebb. Im so tired, see you all in three days when I wake up.
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Mar 25, 2015 10:02
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This was such a fun trip! It was so great meeting up with the AI guys we got to, Tremek, Noeland, Safety Dance. Im sad that we missed out on meeting up with Bokenknuckles, lightbulb out, Boaz, Cornholio and Rhyno and the others that were on the way but it was a pretty intense trip in the little Justy that could. Since we were on a time crunch for Ken to get back to work and making sure the car was going to get us home we really had to hammer down as much as we could to get home. Who knew a 3 cyl Subaru with 230k on it could do 2000 miles at 4k with minimal problems and would go so smoothly (after we changed the death tire) until the second we got back to Kens house. We know that now but there were some harrowing moments and car guy paranoia along the way. Im uploading pictures and video right now and Ill dump them in the thread tonight. Im still trying to catch up on sleep so my brain is tired but sleep is for suckers and I can catch up on that when Im dead. Also the muffler broke right about when we got to the MA border when Ken was trying to sneak back to his house under the radar. gently caress the roads in NY so much, they suck so noticeably worse than the rest of the loving country and I blame them for the muffler problem. Jerks.
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Mar 26, 2015 02:54
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I90, it was so terrible and a super potholefest. From prior experience every road in NYC is poo poo too. Anyway, here are the good pics I got, most of them from the car at speed. Picking the old girl up: A shot from the park and ride where we met up with the PO, Thank you SO much for the ride there Tremek!      Cool trucks in CO    Train derailment in Nebraska  I wanted to get every state but some of them happened at night. Also Nebraska is super flat, more than the desert I drove though last year     This rig was loving awesome    Adventures in Babysitting    Lol  The headquarters     This just finished uploading, I love how you can hear the motor turning 4000 rpms like a boss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87hsSpiavUg shy boy from chess club fucked around with this message at 03:42 on Mar 26, 2015 |
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Mar 26, 2015 03:40
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bandman posted:Oklahoma has the worst I've been on. I was in Oklahoma last year and I still think NY is the worst. Its not just I90 its like all their roads all over the state, they are so terrible all year. Then again I was only on I40 in OK.
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Mar 26, 2015 04:12
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mariooncrack posted:poo poo, you probably passed right by my city if you guys took 80. We did, which state? It was hard meeting up with people though because we had no schedule besides drive as far as we can without falling asleep at the wheel/dying for as long as possible.
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Mar 26, 2015 04:47
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bandman posted:It was I-40 that made me form that opinion. The expansion joints on that loving road feel like they are a foot wide. Oh I agree, I40 is so lovely in OK but NY is worse, so much worse. And its not just 90 its all the roads Ive driven on that I can remember, 84, 87, 287, 95, all the surface streets, just all of them are so lovely.
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Mar 26, 2015 04:50
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gileadexile posted:Please tell me you spent most of the trip with the throttle matted! I didnt drive at all but from what Ken said it wasnt much more than 1/2 throttle at the most to maintain hills and most of the time it was like 1/4. I think because of the ridiculous engine speed on the highway it was at peak power, haha.
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Mar 26, 2015 04:52
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My Scirocco turns like 4k at 75 and still gets 31-33 mpg, I cant stress how much Iove that car in case anyone hasnt noticed yet, haha.
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Mar 26, 2015 05:23
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Haha 155/80s, thats gonna be the best 10/10 driver ever, even daily doing that the 75 miles to work wont hurt it.
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Jun 2, 2015 01:56
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That power steering line doesnt look to hot either.
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Jul 8, 2015 14:09
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Oh man we need to try that current sensor on the 56 if you need a test run.
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Jul 16, 2015 11:54
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Bring those struts tomorrow and we can slam them on in 2 seconds. Gonna be a lot of moped work happening too, should be a productive day. I actually cleaned up the shop a little too.
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