01-28-2020, 01:37 PM
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Pulled into a parking space that had a shopping cart partly in the space. Thought i would get close and move it. Well i wedged it against the curb and the fender. I tried to pull it away and scratched the front fender.
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01-28-2020, 01:41 PM
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Exact same dimensions. However, the Borla 40665 Turbo XL has a 2.5" inlet/outlet, compared to 2.25".
In experimenting with other vehicles, that did make a difference...
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Well, the stock muffler is back on now. Thank god. So now it just looks fancy as it is painted black....haha.
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02-04-2020, 10:28 AM
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Swapped the vacuum and coolant lines when reinstalling the throttle body after cleaning the IAC. Talk about white smoke! ...long night of oils changes.
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02-04-2020, 07:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Ripper238
Pulled into a parking space that had a shopping cart partly in the space. Thought i would get close and move it. Well i wedged it against the curb and the fender. I tried to pull it away and scratched the front fender.
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02-04-2020, 10:06 PM
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Almost rolled on Fordyce. The only thing keeping me from going is my buddies winch line.
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02-04-2020, 10:41 PM
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Not a biggie but it ate me up at the time. OCD.
I was installing a 2nd gen map light/mirror in place of my base model mirror with no map light. This required me to cut open the headliner a bit to take the bigger assembly. I was using a good quality snap off blade knife but the headliner is surprisingly tough. When I was just about done, and of course the positioning is awkward as F##k, the blade snapped and my weight carried the knife across the headliner. I put about a 2-3 inch slice in the felt of the headliner.
Luckily it's almost all under the visor so it's not really visible. I had to dab a bit of superglue on the slice as the felt started to pull apart in time.
Ouch. Still hurts.
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02-05-2020, 09:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Kanoe
Not a biggie but it ate me up at the time. OCD.
I was installing a 2nd gen map light/mirror in place of my base model mirror with no map light. This required me to cut open the headliner a bit to take the bigger assembly. I was using a good quality snap off blade knife but the headliner is surprisingly tough. When I was just about done, and of course the positioning is awkward as F##k, the blade snapped and my weight carried the knife across the headliner. I put about a 2-3 inch slice in the felt of the headliner.
Luckily it's almost all under the visor so it's not really visible. I had to dab a bit of superglue on the slice as the felt started to pull apart in time.
Ouch. Still hurts.
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Ooh that sucks. At least it was the headliner and not your hand, though. Keep hands out of the way! Safety first.
I had a tiny drill bit break on me before when I was drilling a pilot hole to screw some network equipment to my desk at work. It snapped and the drill jumped and then next thing I knew I had drilled through my pinky finger into the desk, effectively pinning my hand. I had to reverse the drill out. That was a fun explanation to my boss. He was freaking out thinking I would sue or need workers comp or something.
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02-05-2020, 11:58 PM
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Swapped the vacuum and coolant lines when reinstalling the throttle body after cleaning the IAC. Talk about white smoke! ...long night of oils changes.
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Did the same thing myself, I felt about *this* tall when I figured it out. The other big one was somehow I forgot to install the lower rear shock bolt after installing new shocks. about 10 miles down the road I hear a weird "rubbing" noise so when I pulled into a parking lot to look for a cause I see the brand new KYB Monomatic bent backwards and jammed against a brand new tire.
The shock eye rubbed a small groove into the inside sidewall but didn't kill the tire. The new shock was also ok but I damn near was ready to burn the whole thing to the ground, just to end my suffering!
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02-06-2020, 10:29 AM
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The worst part is that I had just finished an upper engine rebuild. New heads, all upper gaskets replaced, valves reseated, new injectors, new spark plugs and wires. All I kept thinking was that I just did all that work for nothing. I was sure I had destroyed the engine. I kept picturing coolant seeping into the crank and corroding it to pieces. I was so paranoid that I changed the oil three or four times that night. Oil change, drive around the block a couple times until everything was good and hot, then drain, and refill. The oil was a touch milky on the first change. So easy to overreact when you're in the heat of the moment.
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02-06-2020, 12:39 PM
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Originally Posted by mmw0k7o
The worst part is that I had just finished an upper engine rebuild. New heads, all upper gaskets replaced, valves reseated, new injectors, new spark plugs and wires. All I kept thinking was that I just did all that work for nothing. I was sure I had destroyed the engine. I kept picturing coolant seeping into the crank and corroding it to pieces. I was so paranoid that I changed the oil three or four times that night. Oil change, drive around the block a couple times until everything was good and hot, then drain, and refill. The oil was a touch milky on the first change. So easy to overreact when you're in the heat of the moment.
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I'm sure after all said and done it feels like you dodged a bullet on that one. So how did everything turn out, are you happy with the results ?
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02-06-2020, 04:38 PM
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Put in aftermarket cams with shim spacers. All was good for 2 months with lots of power. Then started to hear a "clicking" noise at idle that sounded like a valve tick. Adjusted the valve clearances again (did it after the camshaft install the first time) and the intake was WAY out of spec. That should have been my clue but I just shimmed it again and kept driving.
Clicking gets worse. Decide to keep driving it and change the oil soon, maybe it was just a bit low or thin. One morning about 50 feet from my house I hear a loud PING and the engine just about dies on me. Flooring it, I get it around the block and back to my house. Parked it on the RV pad and open up the valve covers and the engine spit a shim, crushed it and sent metal shards all through the oil and engine. It was done.
I still have plans to put the camshafts back in but after I put in stiffer springs (should have done that in the first place) as well as converting it shim under bucket.
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02-06-2020, 05:05 PM
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Put in aftermarket cams with shim spacers. All was good for 2 months with lots of power. Then started to hear a "clicking" noise at idle that sounded like a valve tick. Adjusted the valve clearances again (did it after the camshaft install the first time) and the intake was WAY out of spec. That should have been my clue but I just shimmed it again and kept driving.
Clicking gets worse. Decide to keep driving it and change the oil soon, maybe it was just a bit low or thin. One morning about 50 feet from my house I hear a loud PING and the engine just about dies on me. Flooring it, I get it around the block and back to my house. Parked it on the RV pad and open up the valve covers and the engine spit a shim, crushed it and sent metal shards all through the oil and engine. It was done.
I still have plans to put the camshafts back in but after I put in stiffer springs (should have done that in the first place) as well as converting it shim under bucket.
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Sorry man thats a rough go
I dont fully take responsibility for this just yet as i know for a fact that i torqued my spark plugs to spec but had one blow out last week as i was driving home and it took the threads with it. Melted the coil pack and broke the upper mount, dousing the engine bay in oil as well. I was leaving town the next day and just got back so now i finally get to time-sert the head and hope for the best.
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02-06-2020, 05:51 PM
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I'm sure after all said and done it feels like you dodged a bullet on that one. So how did everything turn out, are you happy with the results ?
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I love the results so much that I drive my old 3rd gen more than I drive my newer 5th gen.
I have learned more about cars than I ever believed possible just by having a little courage to loosen that first bolt. This forum and others like it gave me the knowledge to undertake projects that I never thought were possible.
They started off very simple and progressively got more and more involved. Let's see what projects I can remember...
- spark plugs
- rear hatch internal latch rebuild (handle wouldn't release and then an internal component broke after hard close)
- AC receiver drier
- air mix servomotor
- alternator
- fixed 4WD differential sensor preventing 4WD from disengaging
- dash light incandescent to led conversion
- power antenna motor replacement
- exhaust; everything back from crossover pipe
- O2 sensors
- AC compressor
- rebuilt front and rear breaks (solved issue with rear brakes that kept destroying calipers in the front)
- replaced electrical cable from alternator to battery that was preventing alternator from charging battery
- quarter panel glass (both sides at different times)
- repaint entire vehicle with bed liner paint
- blown head gasket and cracked head that led to upper rebuild including injectors, reseating valves, water pump, pcv valve
- MAF sensor and IAC cleaning
- full power antenna replacement
- spark plug wires
- brake booster followed by fluid flush and bleed
- suspension/steering rebuild front; upper & lower control arms, upper & lower ball joints, struts, coil springs, shock mounts, inner & outer tie rids, sway bar links & bushings, power steering rack bushings, cam adjuster bolts, diff. drop spacers
- greased axle zerks (solved long time transmission clunk)
- to be completed next week pending parts arrival: suspension rebuild rear; sway bar links, sway bar bushings, shocks, coils, panhard bar bushings, panhard bar conversion kit
Needless to say these did not all happen recently. I've owned the car since 2002 when it had a measly 23k miles on it. Now it has 255k. I feel like as long as I can find these cars at the junk yard it will last FOREVER!
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02-10-2020, 11:29 PM
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Took the wifes 2001 threw the car wash today. For got to hit the switch to send the Radio Antenna down. I'm sure I'm not the first to do this one. Got a new one on order
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I fixed this one over the weekend was pretty easy.
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