FML lolz

12/18/2010 5:56:40 PM

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"We are bleeding brakes and i said to smores "dont pat that bleed screw up with too much torque""

12/19/2010 10:13:37 PM

I drove my truck about 600 miles this weekend

12/19/2010 10:50:15 PM

i accidentally my front left axle :/

12/19/2010 11:17:55 PM

The chickenhawk can roll under its own power. I love it when a plan comes together.

12/20/2010 12:57:25 AM

had the Z06 detailed today, and replaced the lift struts for the trunklid. also plugged a small nail in the LR tire.

12/20/2010 7:24:50 PM

Quote :

"On a related note, is there an easy way to diagnose a bad starter?"

Bueller....Bueller?

12/21/2010 2:14:51 PM

You can take it off and have the boys at Advanced Auto put it on their machine and test it for you.

12/21/2010 3:56:57 PM

BUT IF YOU REMOVE THE STARTER, HOW CAN YOU GET TO ADVANCED AUTO?

12/21/2010 4:04:11 PM

Bump start it.

12/21/2010 4:06:23 PM

^^^good enough

^^I have two cars

^yeah but if it wouldn't start then I'd be stuck with a car at the bottom of the hill.

12/21/2010 4:11:47 PM

12/21/2010 4:15:54 PM

i hate all of you

12/22/2010 9:00:33 AM

TKE has no bump start balls. its a shame. i bump started my car this morning 'just because'. maybe thats why my starter doesnt die!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




[Edited on December 22, 2010 at 12:10 PM. Reason : .]

12/22/2010 12:10:15 PM

Seriously, freshman year, my bike battery took a shit and I had to bump it for two months, multiple times a day, in the winter, all because I was too cheap to buy a new one. On the other hand, it was like <350lbs wet.

12/22/2010 12:42:10 PM

i feel like every man has a similar story. every man...but TKE.

12/22/2010 12:52:50 PM

lol, wtf fools.

I have no problem bump starting the car at all. But I only drive this car in inclement weather, and I doubt I can push the car fast enough to bump start it on a slick surface.

12/22/2010 1:12:26 PM

Quote :

"for two months, multiple times a day, in the winter"

12/22/2010 4:00:28 PM

washed it, drove it

12/22/2010 5:00:54 PM

Lol dad and i drove his 89 ranger for a day with no starter in the thing at all.

It was fun having to Fred Flintstone the car every time you shut it off.

12/22/2010 5:53:48 PM

^^^and barefoot

12/22/2010 7:05:18 PM

UPHILL

12/22/2010 7:22:10 PM

^^^^^5 So? It snow like 5% of the time in a NC winter, so who's to say he ever had to do it on anything but dry pavement.

Bought a new starter today and had smores over to check it out with me. Naturally the car started up right away. Seems it doesnt like to start in extreme cold. Also, looks like 1000 freaking hoses have to be removed to get the old starter out. Dammit all.

12/22/2010 9:10:12 PM

put in new air filter in the GSR

12/22/2010 10:29:53 PM

so the day after I had the Z06 detailed, my mom backed her GMC Acadia into it in her driveway.

No real body damage, just scraped along the side lightly for a couple of feet. I got some rubbing compound and got it all out except for 3 really tiny chips. Body shop I took it to today wants $416 to repair it...even though they're just about the only blemishes in the paint, I can't stomach that for a 9-year old Chevy with 101k miles. Maybe somewhere else will do it for a good bit cheaper.

12/22/2010 10:54:55 PM

front control arms and tranny fluid

12/23/2010 1:30:40 AM

zxappeal and I did some work over the weekend:

Almost finished dismantling the bed of the '66 pickup. Finally decided to quit fucking around with bodywork on the bed panels, and just order a bunch of new parts. The bed will probably be about 80-90% reproduction stuff, but oh well. It'll go a shitload faster, and I'm not convinced we'd ever get as nice of a result trying to polish the original turds.

Started stripping some more paint (and bondo, haha) off the cab.



On the 'vette, we replaced both belts and a couple of idler/tensioner pulleys. Dan installed the replacement bushings in my driver's seat track to stop the seat from rocking. It isn't perfect, but it's a HUGE improvement (i.e., it mostly sits still now, with the occasional slight wobble in the tracks...although C5 seats themselves are kinda flimsy and flexible and otherwise suck all-around, aside from general comfort.) Dan also put a bunch of strips of aluminum sheetmetal in the base of the seat, to deal with where the spring wires had cut deeply into the seat foam. Improvement there, too.

1/18/2011 7:25:09 PM

Also had the Z06 aligned about a week ago, and had 2 new tires (Nitto NT05, 295/35R18) mounted on the rear. Will hopefully mount the fronts this weekend, and replace the brake pads all around (ordered Carbotech AX6 today).

Ordered an SA2010-rated helmet today, too. Next up: fix my climate control display (extremely dim) and replace my shocks with 2004-spec Z06 shocks.

1/18/2011 7:27:32 PM

A few weeks ago: cracked my front bumper on the mother of all pot holes
A couple weeks ago: taped all the cracked pieces in place with neon green duct tape
A week ago: removed the air ride system and went back to a static cup kit suspension

1/18/2011 9:09:50 PM

New pads and rotors on the IS250. Washed, waxed, and vacuumed. Twas a busy day with this car.

1/19/2011 8:42:57 PM

Control arm bushings/control arms (front), solid exhaust mounts (helpful when you drive like... me), and solved a wiring harness issue, I'm getting pretty good at that now, could tell which wires were making contact and exactly where!1



[Edited on January 19, 2011 at 9:11 PM. Reason : pictars!]

1/19/2011 8:45:34 PM

You should have put RUF control arms on it.

1/19/2011 9:32:12 PM

New tires for both cars arrived just before lunch

1/20/2011 12:58:20 PM

Dr Pepper and I started getting the XJ ready for the upcoming race season.

Swapped in the locked 4.56 geared front axle and iroks, didnt get around to the rear.

Upcoming mods include 3/16" frame plating, corbuea seats, a some better shocks

1/23/2011 10:23:55 PM

oVer the weekend I did a timing belt swap, and put on a high volume oil pump, as well as replaced the tired ass battery with a Deka AGM

1/24/2011 6:34:08 PM

^ in whut?? i'm about to have to buy 2 more gallons of rotella t6 this weekend.
for 146,000 on a motor "known for burning oil" she's not low at all @ 4400 miles

1/24/2011 7:50:11 PM

zxappeal and I diagnosed a drain on the dodge, dropped that back off at the paint shop to have some chips fixed today.

put a fuel filter on the sentra

welded up some cracks on the muffler on the jeep, installed a new exhaust hanger, it's nice to have it in one spot and not flopping around underneath, fixed a broken rear sway bar link also.

twas a productive weekend!

1/24/2011 8:47:01 PM

self:
new control arms, front left shock, front left axle, tranny fluid change

dealer for free:
new fuel pump (recall), new driver's side seat bottom (the heater burned through the seat)

misc:
nc inspection (after 2 failed attempts)

1/24/2011 10:03:54 PM

in my 2002 WRX 100+K also uses no oil, I woudl say pretty heavily modded too

sumfoo1

Quote :

"^ in whut?? i'm about to have to buy 2 more gallons of rotella t6 this weekend. for 146,000 on a motor "known for burning oil" she's not low at all @ 4400 miles"

Also changed the wifes oil on her built EJ25 in her Saab9-2x sent oil sample to Blackstone, came back with flying colors on her 10,000 mile first build (her first engine she built)

1/25/2011 6:51:36 AM

I was really looking for a 9-2x 2.5 those things are tough to find though.

I drove one when it was new but that's the last time i've been able to find one nearby.

Mak vIII do yall have oil catch cans on them?

1/25/2011 8:44:41 AM

No catch cans on either, and her 9-2 started life as a 2.0, she built a 2.5 to drop in.

1/26/2011 6:29:20 AM

only car I've owned that burned oil was a bone stock sl2 saturn

my valve cover is vented straight to ground on the turbo car and it's never low on oil. I should put a bottle on it to see what does come out

1/26/2011 8:01:06 AM

New wiper blades on the MX3. I CAN NOW SEE IN THE RAIN!!!!!11!!1


Also, the brakes on the IS250 feel MUCH better than stock. Smooth, linear feel. Still a while to go until they are fully bedded in.

[Edited on January 26, 2011 at 9:36 AM. Reason : .]

1/26/2011 9:34:58 AM

washed Z06

washed BMW, wiped down plastic/rubber with armor all

washed, polished, and waxed SV650

1/30/2011 1:11:27 AM

OMG, what haven't I done... Replaced steering rack, u joints/bushings, and steering column bearings. It's... SUBLIME!

2/1/2011 12:09:14 PM

Alright detectives any ideas with this one?


I worked on the Integra's brakes back in November. 2 weeks ago brake fluid decided to randomly leak out of the passenger front caliper (where the line is bolted to the caliper). However I could not get the brake to leak when I had the car up on jackstands even when I repeatedly stood on the brake pedal. So I cleaned the fluid off the wheel and gave the brake line bolt a slight turn and it's been fine. 3 days later fluid leaked from the driver's side front brake caliper. There was brake fluid on the wheel, but the caliper itself was bone dry...interesting. Brake fluid level was fine as well. I tightened the bolt a tiny little bit and left it alone. It didn't leak for a week or so. I drove it once last week and the brakes seemed fine. Monday night I looked at the wheel again since I'd been out of town for 4 days (car had just been sitting) and more brake fluid had leaked out.

WTF is going on here? I'm at a complete loss. These calipers are new (from Autozone) and their outer surface has already rusted to hell. Could that have anything to do with this?

I don't get it

2/2/2011 2:22:34 PM

Pinhole leak in the line?

2/2/2011 3:27:11 PM

replaced rear brakes on subar00.
replaced both front shocks. only 1 side was blown , but i did both since it was a nice day

2/2/2011 5:01:46 PM

replaced a front turn signal on the Z06

thought it was going to be a giant pain in the ass, but i figured out that you can pop off the air ducting from inside the front bumper, then reach your hand up through the hole in the bumper. Takes just a couple of minutes to do it that way.

2/2/2011 5:49:43 PM

^^^no.

2/2/2011 8:40:12 PM