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The Locator posted:TLDR - Ford took 8 days to do a 1 day recall, so gave me a free oil change and an extended warranty for the hassle. Uh, something bad must have happened while it was in the shop. Like, killed an old gypsy woman bad.
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SCA Enthusiast posted:I think the main trick is to only go forward with craigslist deals where the potential buyer is able to communicate in complete sentences. This has been my experience. Also, please buy my motorcycle that has been up in CL since April. Pham Nuwen posted:Tell them you're sure the foster families will love this child too. 
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Jun 6, 2017 16:59
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Applebees Appetizer posted:This, it's simple and the last five or six cars I've sold on CL have been pretty much headache free, although I chalk it up to selling mostly cars around 5k or less that are econoboxes and a few Miatas. I can't imagine trying to sell a WRX or something that has a giant ricer following with most looking for joy rides. Selling boring cars is a hell of a lot easier I would think. Absolutely. The last three cars I've sold were a beater Outback, a beater Civic and clean-ish Camry and it only took a week and five showings between them. Selling my toy is taking a lot longer. I think the need to get to work on Monday makes boring cars a sellers market.
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Jun 6, 2017 18:21
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Ugh, I'm having a poo poo time finding cheap truck to tow with. I live in a pretty rural area so I thought it would be easy. I was hoping I could find something that needed a little work for $3k, but it seems it's all $6k 2000-2002s, and $1500 pieces of crap with questionable registrations and not much in between. Don't know if I should break my current-registration-and-smogged-only rule, consider a SUV or break down and finance something.
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Jun 8, 2017 21:48
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Darchangel posted:Looks like my Crown Vic will be needing pads and at least front rotors soon. What was the Goon collective preferred configuration for daily driver brakes? I seem to recall Centric rotors and ceramic pads of some sort. Is there really any difference, particularly with rotors? Even the plain-jane poo poo at O'reillys is almost $50 per rotor. Ditto for the "Brake Best" ceramic pads. I might as well get the Power Stop Daily Driver kit from Rock or Amazon (probably Amazon because $LOL shipping @ Rock Auto.) I did DD-grade centric rotor/pad kits with ceramic pads (Posi-Quiet iirc) from RockAuto and it was cheaper than Amazon with Prime. I don't see the kits anymore though. So far so good. Haven't run into anything and they're quiet and not dusty.
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Jun 8, 2017 22:35
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rdb posted:SUVs... Good point on the dealers. Maybe I'll hit up some tomorrow, maybe they got something interesting on trade. Elephanthead posted:Chevy van is your cheapest tow vehicle. G30 or G3500 or G20 in a pinch. Fprd also has good towing vans of that age. I rocked an E150 for about a year. Not sure I want to go back to that. Even writing 'free puppies' on the side did nothing to reduce the suspicious looks I got while driving around.
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Jun 9, 2017 02:11
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It's an exciting day off for me! I drove around looking at used car lots to see if any had old trucks. Didn't see any. just a '02 F150 going for $11k at a buy-here/pay-here. I did come across a 90 F250 with a 7.3 diesel for sale on the side of the road. I hear that should be able to pull a mountain up a larger mountain, albeit at a low rate of speed. Anything I should know about those in case I call on it later today? I also picked up a set of manifold gauges and a can of R134. I've read Motronic's threads and think it all makes sense. Hopefully a recharge will take my Outback's AC from 'eventually cool' to 'wife is too cold before we leave the parking lot' and I don't window the compressor or anything stupid.
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Jun 9, 2017 18:46
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Just test drove a 97 Silverado from Craigslist. Looked okay. Ran pretty good, shifted nice. Only complaint would have been that the brakes were very vague despite having a new master cylinder and brake job all around. Thought I might have a winner, and then I noticed the coolant reservoir: bone dry. I'm never going to find a goddamned truck.
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Jun 14, 2017 03:43
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cursedshitbox posted:a 500 follar truck turns into a 5000 dollar truck, a 5000 dollar truck turns into a 5000 dollar truck. Yup. And everybody with a $5000 truck is asking $7000 and that's more than I got in my pocket.
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Jun 14, 2017 04:58
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Hmm. Truck with no coolant guy was pretty salty when I offered him KBB fair minus a long block. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Jun 14, 2017 20:59
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IOwnCalculus posted:I'd be more worried about what the coolant had done to the rest of the system in that condition, rather than the engine. And indicative of an inattentive owner. Not great on a high mileage vehicle. rdb posted:Are you certain of why it's out of coolant? Was it in the oil or just missing from the bottle? No idea why. There wasn't even moisture in the bottle, so it had probably been like that for awhile. I pretty much stopped under the hood at that point, so no idea if that tree-fiddy was full of milkshake or what. Really now, I'm grateful. If he had the presence of mind to check the fluids before posting the truck I probably would be driving a Silverado that would go pop the first time I tried to pull my boat up a hull.
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Jun 14, 2017 23:38
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rdb posted:I ask because those engines are not known to have those kinds of issues. Chances are it's on the original water pump and it's all run out the weep hole. Changing a water pump on one of those is all of a 30 minute, $20 job. I definitely think your offer was in line though. $5000 trucks are really $2000 trucks these days. People pay too much for some 200k mile heap, do nothing to fix it then try to pass the buck on when they get bored. This person seems particularly lazy if they can't even be bothered to top up the fluids. Oh yeah. I had hoped it would be an easy fix but with my luck the magic head gasket juice would have turned green. I'm still hoping that I'll find a truck that was well-maintained but has a new issue that the owner doesn't want to fix (read: transmission) and they are unloading it for slightly more than the dealer is offering in trade.
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Jun 15, 2017 00:38
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CommieGIR posted:I can't watch GOT, or The Walking Dead for that matter. It just got too brutal for me. Seriously. TV makes me anxious as hell. I started watching Breaking Bad and it was great but it stressed me out too much. So I just watch Simpsons reruns and try to forget about what's outside my door.
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Jun 16, 2017 03:35
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Welp I'm a truck owner*. I just bought a 240k mi '01 Silverado from a flipper. Hopefully there are no snags at the DMV and this doesn't blow up in my face.
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Jun 16, 2017 20:02
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Seminal Flu posted:Have the brake lines been replaced?
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Jun 16, 2017 20:08
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Alarbus posted:GM brake lines are a wear item. LOLmestic. It looked rust free (possibly from Texas) so maybe I'll get lucky. I'll crawl under it after I get out of the DMV. Any specific areas that collect rust?
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Jun 16, 2017 20:22
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Well, no problem at the DMV so I'm clear there, but in other car news: gently caress me.  Looks like the wife might end up driving the Silverado. I noticed a little antifreeze smell from our '04 H6 Outback this week, and sign of some splatter from the overflow bottle. Levels were normal, but I saw a couple bubbles after running errands this morning so I borrowed a block tester. It didn't get much yellower but that ain't blue. Looks I get to do some head gaskets. Hopefully I caught it early early enough so I can do this a controlled manner.
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Jun 16, 2017 22:04
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funny Star Wars parody posted:I've had it with stubbing my toe, time to shoot my foot off If I had a gun that could make my stubbed toe somebody else's problem I would consider it.
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Gingerbread House Music posted:I may have accidentally ordered a new Wrangler, with no options. In Rhino grey.  I take that to mean all the options will be arriving via FedEx. It's supposed to be 110* today so I thought I would get an early start on playing with some new toys but 9:00am wasn't early enough. I pulled the front wheels off the Silverado to confirm that all the rubber is trashed and that everything else looks okay. Things were actually better than I expected, no play or grinding from the wheel bearings and the brakes looked recently replaced, in the last 5k maybe. I'm so glad I finally gave in and bough a 18v impact gun and a decent jack. It makes driveway wrenching so much easier. I think a rolling stool is next on the 'things I'm too cheap to buy that would make my life easier' list.
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Jun 18, 2017 20:37
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NitroSpazzz posted:Wow, all the places we've toured with vinyl they look like poo poo I think the trick is to spend more than $1.99sqft installed at the big box hardware store. Speaking of the service position, I have reached the acceptance phase of my EZ30 head gasket failure. Shops aren't getting back to me with estimates but I've heard book is 14 hours so I'm assuming $1200 labor on the low end, plus $500 or so in parts and machining, but probably over $2000 all said and done. I could swing that, but I'm cheap and my time is worthless so I'm thinking I'll embrace the suck and do it myself. I've never pulled an engine but have always wanted to so yay. 
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Jun 21, 2017 17:01
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If I wasn't so opposed to car payments I would consider cleaning it up and trading it in. The car is otherwise in good shape and my wife loves it so might as well stick with it.
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Jun 21, 2017 17:24
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Eew, gross. Frank's is worse than Charlie's take hot-take on Tapatio.
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Jun 21, 2017 18:02
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Cage posted:Guess ya'll don't get to eat buffalo wings anymore. I love wings but the classic buffalo sauce is garbage. There are like a million better flavors. Like garlic Parmesan or Cajun.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:AE86? Buy car. Too hot to wrench this weekend better buy games.
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Jun 22, 2017 19:13
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Ugh, no good deed goes unpunished. I'm changing the front pads in my friends CRV so I ordered a set online. Go to install them, they don't fit. So I go to the local parts store, pay a few dollars more and get pads. While I'm installing them I noticed the hardware seemed pretty flimsy, but whatever. Go for a test drive and first few stops are perfect, so I start giving it a few harder stops and it starts sqeeling loudly under braking and slightly while steering right. Those loving clips. The driver side lower clip has slid a little and is now touching the rotor. I took the wheel off, and bent the clip away from the rotor but it started doing it again so now I get to try a different hardware kit and do everything all over again. At least its only 90F right now.
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Jun 23, 2017 19:14
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Rhyno posted:I thought it was like, 6 carriers or something. Six makes you a rear admiral.  I have only six if I count a trailer. Barely a squadron. Hope you gentlegoons are enjoying a warm summer's Saturday as I most certainly am not. 
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Jun 25, 2017 03:13
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IOwnCalculus posted:That tie rod doesn't know what the gently caress. How many turns does a 15-degree bend work out to when reinstalling the outer?
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After two hot hours of fighting an inner tie rod and three hours of lazy youtubing I finally came across a video where the presenter in a strange accent uttered the phrase "They use the red locktite..."
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Silverado Day two update: Big loving hammer got the ball joint off the knuckle. Heat and a pair of pipe wrenches took care of the inner tie rod. Proceeding with drilling out the control arm rivets. hosed up a HF 1/2" bit so I bought a pricey carbide bit. Drilled the rivets, smacked them with a cold chisel to remove the heads but I can't drive the fuckers out. More drilling I guess. Hope the bit lasts. Lesson learned, just buy new control arms next time.
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Larrymer posted:You poor bastard. I bought the arms and the job still kind of sucked. Oh good, it's not just me. These ball joints really enjoy being imbedded in the knuckle. I decided to replace a a wheel bearing and thought a hard second about just buying a new knuckle. Alas, I am cheap and have to time to kill.
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eyebeem posted:Zibba Zabba Wubb Dubb Sounds like in bikes you need to either have a super gimmicky name, or go the exact opposite and name your company Paul.
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eyebeem posted:I had to be talked out of going with blue CNC paul brakes on this very bike. Yeah, they're local to me. I see their Sprinter running around frequently.
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Cop Porn Popper posted:About 90% of them if my customer base is anything to judge by. Elite 10% reporting in. Looked up my Chevy's option codes while I sat at the DMV registering it. Got a G80.  Now to instantly negate that, in the 16 years I've been wrenching I've mostly purchased/owned 160k mile plus Japanese cars. A twelve year 92k Outback is the newest thing I've ever owned. I've never replaced any more than badly need suspension parts, like bad ball joints or a grinding wheel bearing or strut mount. I've never replaced a shock or strut. I just replaced everything on my truck. Holy poo poo, it makes a difference. I'm going to have to start replacing struts on everytging now.
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