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Sperglord Firecock posted:About that.... Hope you have adjustable shocks because that poo poo gets old in a DD. If you don't have them I would get them. That being said, if you have lovely springs too shocks aren't gonna help you anyways.
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Get under there and take some pics of the rear shocks/springs and front struts, look for any labeling on the springs that might tell you the manufacturer and/or spring rates. If they are cut they're garbage.
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Nov 23, 2014 03:46
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This is going to end in tears.
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Nov 24, 2014 00:29
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Sperglord Firecock posted:Ironically, I'm 24, so I should already be "coming of age". I still feel like a dumb kid. Something tells me I'll be 50 and still feeling like a dumb kid, just with more aches and pains. At least you have money to buy a cool car coming out of the military, when I got out I drove a Tercel for a few years  It had a sunroof tho 
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Nov 24, 2014 01:46
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Yeah he has a point. Z cars aren't in any way famous for their rust prevention.
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Nov 24, 2014 01:58
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If you drive it during the winter you're dumb. Get a winter beater.
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Nov 24, 2014 17:20
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Sperglord Firecock posted:The Passeo? What's so great about that? It doesn't have to be great that's not the point. It's a loving dependable winter beater just go buy the drat thing before somebody else that's smarter than you does.
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Nov 25, 2014 01:00
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Have YOUR MOM hold the camera while cranking the motor.
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Dec 7, 2014 02:29
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Slow is Fast posted:Fix your loving cables already This, don't be a dumbass, you should have done it asap and it's probably the reason the first new battery took a poo poo.
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Dec 12, 2014 00:48
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The car is loving doomed.
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Dec 12, 2014 23:36
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Sperglord Firecock posted:Options I am looking at are a terrifyingly stock 1996 Ford Escort 2 Door Hatchback for 1350, an ugly as sin early 96 Miata for 1250, a rusty 94 Accord for 1k. If the Escort is a GT then get the escort, otherwise buy the Miata. Miatas are great winter cars with snow tires.
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Dec 14, 2014 23:25
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Sperglord Firecock posted:I'm sure I could look up what fuses the 1980 300X uses and possibly just flip in a new fuse. Laughed pretty hard at this.
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Dec 18, 2014 20:06
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Something tells me the previous owner was praying for a guy like the OP to come along. "Oh yeah flip on that switch there if you think the engine is getting too hot, just don't forget lol."
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Dec 19, 2014 04:25
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InitialDave posted:Quoting for support. Cue vague out of focus shots, "I tried to get the camera to work but my mom won't help me."
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Dec 20, 2014 23:17
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Yeah looks like even if he did put a mech fan back in it wouldn't work with that piping in the way. Or just re route the piping....That's what I'd do or get a better E fan if that one isn't sufficient.
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Dec 21, 2014 02:19
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Funny thing is, people that would actually know how to fix the car would never have even bothered with it to begin with. This car was destined to end up with the OP and break his heart.
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Dec 21, 2014 02:57
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Safety Dance posted:I wouldn't go quite that far. Yes, there's a buttload of PO fuckery, but Firecock told me he'd be willing to dump about $5K into getting this car running well once he starts working. Reading the plugs would tell us if the fuelling is way off. Once that's sorted and he has a new clutch in place, then it would be pretty good. He'd be better off putting 5k into something else honestly. I'd get it running halfway decent and sell it. Then buy a Miata 
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Pretty sure he bought the pants and got a free bowl of soup. [edit] It's admirable that you want to deal with the car's issues, but what we're saying is unless you have the knowledge to do it yourself you might as well be flushing money down the toilet. If you plan on learning on the car, and committed to do what it takes then go for it, but if you have any reservations about the task at hand whatsoever, you really need to cut your losses or it will end in tears and the car being worth less than what you paid for it after draining your account to get it to run and drive like it should. Applebees Appetizer fucked around with this message at 05:32 on Dec 21, 2014 |
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Raluek posted:(I've bought 2 "freshly rebuilt" engines from craigslist, now: one that was set up for race gas and had like a 12:1 compression ratio that ate itself alive, as you might expect, and the other one I opened up as soon as I got it home and found 7 spun rod bearings. Don't trust sellers!) Waiting for the obligatory "Hay guyz the engine is making a knocking noise what do I do now?"
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Dec 21, 2014 16:33
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G-Mach posted:Is there anyone that still tunes these cars? That's what I was wondering. I think Ken's idea is the best, if it wasn't originally a turbo car put it back to stock. Then down the road if you still want to turbo it do it right.
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Dec 21, 2014 22:46
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Paging Slow is Fast.....If that really does have a 2.2 it looks like a winner. I'd be all over that poo poo.
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Dec 23, 2014 06:07
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Yeah dude you need to go buy that ASAP before somebody smarter than you does. That's assuming it has the correct fans/battery cables/terminals/etc.
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Dec 23, 2014 06:25
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Just ran the VIN through Carfax. Yep, it's a Subaru Legacy.
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Dec 23, 2014 07:28
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Sperglord Firecock posted:Hopefully I didn't come across as a giant jerk, but the entire objection part was more directed towards the people that are like, "SELL IT, IT'S A MONEY PIT". Yeah because gently caress good advice right in the rear end bro!
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Dec 24, 2014 16:41
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SouthsideSaint posted:yeah because sell the car you love and want to learn on is great advice. Yes hes a little stubborn about stuff but hes learning. hes gone from what do I do im stuck in this well. too oh a rope ok ill try to grab it and cover it with mud. so learning but not at the best speeds. Sure hes gonna get upset when everyone is telling him to sell his car. Everyone has a car like this once in there life. What I don't get is why is everyone here still beating the dead horse of selling the car and getting a beater. He wants this body style and motor of car. Hes willing to sacrifice his sanity to a turbo Nissan. For a forum that is automotive insanity we sure are having a lot of Debbie downers acting all automotively sane. I ultimately don't give a gently caress what he does with the car, but suggesting he sell it and cut loses is not bad advice in this case, sorry. And waving the NOT INSANITY!! flag is dumb considering the OP has no clue what he's doing, 13" Dick punishing himself with a BiTurbo would be different because he actually knows what he's doing. Telling someone with no automotive experience whatsoever to dive head first into a basket case might be great for our entertainment for us but it's not exactly going to be the best advice for the OP in this case. But yeah we're debbie downers for being realistic and not INSANITY 
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Dec 24, 2014 19:11
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Or how about actually contacting the PO and asking him what the gently caress.
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Dec 26, 2014 17:18
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If there weren't videos of the OP's lack of fashion sense I'd think this was a troll for sure. Unless the pants are a troll too, and the other goons are in on it 
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Dec 27, 2014 06:36
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Sperglord Firecock posted:No, one of the fans was mechanically seized up so that it was not spinning fast enough, so I took the entire laptop apart to remove the fan, sprayed a poo poo ton of WD40 in the fan bearings, blew the entire interior of the laptop out with canned air, and then blew out the leftover residue from the fan bearings and reinstalled it. Jesus Christ do not touch that poor car anymore, you can't even fix a loving computer fan correctly. [edit] Never mind, just soak the entire engine bay with WD40 and everything will work itself out.
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Sending a case of WD40 stat.
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Jan 3, 2015 04:48
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Korwen posted:Pretty certain we've all made the mistake of using wd-40 incorrectly, but now you know. Yeah I did when I was like 12 years old.
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InitialDave posted:So yeah, it's hard to blame people for thinking it's meant to do the job when they really push it on the marketing. It's not too hard to tell that it's a poo poo lubricant, my 12 year old brain figured it out pretty quick after I used it on all the bearings on my bike that it was a bad idea. Sperglord Firecock posted:It makes an angry grinding noise, but it works now! Angry grinding noise being the give away there.
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Jan 3, 2015 17:51
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Doesn't he have a garage? Throw a cheap wood stove in there, that's what I did when I lived in NY. In FL during the summer good luck cooling a garage cheaply tho. It's easier/cheaper to heat a garage than to cool it. And working on cars in the extreme heat or cold both equally suck donkey dick.
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kastein posted:You guys talking about what weather is best for wrenching in this thread is pretty funny really because it doesn't matter if it is 60 degrees and partially sunny and someone's handing him tools, he aint doing dick diddly squat to the car. Pretty sure that's been a given for awhile now. Any talk of him doing any actual work is all hypothetical.
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Fact of the matter is, the OP at this point in his life living with his mom and working at a car rental place has no business driving around a rolling project, never mind the fact he has no clue what he's doing. Lots of us are capable of handling a rolling project, but if I were in that situation it's the last thing I'd want to deal with. Gimme a dependable car with the least amount of operating costs until I get my poo poo together and then I'll start looking for a project. Having your only car being a basket case is a royal PITA, been there done that more than once.
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Just close this thread it's worthless. Then have somebody else get the car running and just sell it. Then don't ever post another thread in AI again. Thank you.
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AcidRonin posted:So.....i'm just going to say that I hosed up a lot when I first started 'working on cars' or whatever. Ask me about putting gear oil in an automatic transmission! Or getting my first case of (expensive) synthetic oil and pouring it all right through the motor on to the ground! Cutting springs! Vegetable oil (Wesson) in shocks! Scotch tape on wiring! Horrible judgement! I wish AI was around in the early 90's
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Jan 16, 2015 02:46
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This is the only time I´ve ever wished I was a mod because I'd give him a week to fix the loving cables or he'd be perma banned.
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Im converting my Miata to manual windows for a few reasons, one of them being the power window switches are made out of dog poo poo.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Holy poo poo yes, get a 95 M. Thats not an m edition but seems like a good deal as long as it has a clean title.
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