What did you do to your car today?

[Irukanji]

I forget the name of the one over on Zoklet, but yah here we go again.

I'll have a writeup with pics when the radiator gets here, the one I replaced in the last thread is starting to leak, plus the thermostat gasket has gone again(!!!!) so I'll probably remove the thermostat altogether at least for summer since I think it is causing some of the problems, also change the bottom radiator hose and give the whole lot a flush out.

GL HF

[Infinityshock]

Not doing anything to my car but im refurbishing my bike that I haven't ridden in years. What a PITA

[Township Rebellion]

...as if nothing has changed.

I mentioned in the other thread, my 02 is off the road until January. Deliberating selling it and getting an E30 or try storing the car until I can rebuild it (garage space fell through for me).

[Irukanji]

...as if nothing has changed.

I mentioned in the other thread, my 02 is off the road until January. Deliberating selling it and getting an E30 or try storing the car until I can rebuild it (garage space fell through for me).

Yeah the elusive garage space, when you have it you don't need it, when you need it you don't have it(or can't get it). I think my gearbox will need a service, it doesn't like 1st or 3rd I think. Once in 4th it's happy(starts buzzing/humming/weird shit just before the 3-4 gear shift), took it 50km down to my old mans on the weekend and it sat at 110 the whole way without a complaint(after some steering shudder for the first 3-4km which went away)

[NGP]

just got finished replacing the head gasket in my 87 horizon. it was my first time replacing something major and i was jumping for joy when i finally got it to start.

[Infinityshock]

just bought a new fuel tank for my bike

i dont see how a 4.5gallon tank costs more than a 30gallon tank

[888]

Washed it and thats about it .

Oh by the way I started this thread on zoklet.

[Township Rebellion]

 You sure did.

Started it up and drove it around, it's been sitting for a few weeks. Still works good.

I think I might keep the thing.

[MoaningLisa]

ordered $300 in parts.

I have a AWM code small-port head, I ordered a top end gasket kit, timing belt kit, water pump, and enough hose clamps to convert from the german 1 time use ones to more realistic screwdriver ones.

I found an AEB head (big port) on craigslist that I will be porting/polishing and putting on. then injectors/tune, and a turbo after that.

[Irukanji]

(2 days ago)

Got the new radiator in.

Ran into problems immediately. The cheap Chinese piece of shit I had in there before(last replacement) had seized a few bolts into those screw things you slip over metalwork to hold them on the otherside. One snapped off, the other got stuck in. Removed the lines no problem, 19mm crowsfoot is a bit tricky to use on the ratchet but is better than rounding the fucker.

Anyway I ended up giving up trying to remove the fans since the bolt was stuck, disconnected the wires, and removed the whole assembly. Definitely doing it that way next time, so much easier. Then I spent 45 mins cutting and bashing the bolt until it broke off. The new lower fan support used 2 slots so I didn't need to get any extra bolts. The slots were 5mm too shallow so the fan shroud needed modifying. Get that in, go to slot it in....the welds were too high to allow the side bushings to fit close, so out it went again to cut a small bevel around the hole.

Got it all in, fitting, then(tl;dr) the auto trans cooler lines didn't bolt up because the threaded section on the radiator were too short to make a good seal...off to the parts store for a cooler which I plumbed in-series with the original one, hopefully it cools better(it should, since it isn't running through hot coolant now before being "cooled", just through 2 coolers).

Stuck it all back together, filled it up, ran for 5 mins, turned off, opened cap to get air out. Repeated another time. Level hasn't gone down yet, which is promising.

Also replaced the lower radiator hose, cut up my hand a bit but it's done now.

52mm replacement for a 26mm. Aluminium everything, seems nice.

They also threw in a "free radiator cap" which was the cheapest piece of shit I've ever seen. Chucked the old one back on since it was relatively new and had an actual kPa rating on it. And flushed out the block a little with the hose.

2 hour job turned into an 8 hour + $140 job(but saved 20% off the cooler, on sale ftw)

[888]

Changed the inner and outer tie rods and also put new control arm bushings in place of the old,.

[MoaningLisa]

the accumulation of parts I have in my dorm room right now.



as soon as I can make it to NY to pick up the head, I'll do all the work.

[NGP]

replaced the plugs and wires on my girlfriends 00 ford taurus. fuck that. when that car dies i'm gonna replace it with something less engineered to be a pain in the ass.

also, i propose a new international holiday: punch an automotive engineer in the face day! we gather all the changes made to cars over the years and the engineers responsible for said changes and we get to pummel them for the really stupid ideas. we should also get to punch them for the great ideas that were never used, like a drain plug on an automatic transmission. i would love to be able to change the trans oil in half the time with a third of the mess.

[Township Rebellion]

replaced the plugs and wires on my girlfriends 00 ford taurus. fuck that. when that car dies i'm gonna replace it with something less engineered to be a pain in the ass.

You could get an Audi 5000, spark plug changes on those are easy

[Jedi Moped]

I pissed on the tire of my car today.