What Did You Do To Your 3rd Gen Today?

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Drove it, drained 4 quarts of old ATF. Red, but burned looking. Filled with Castrol Import ATF. Trying to get another three months or longer out of the torque converter.
 
The bumper metal is actually fairly thin, so easy to work with. I put it chrome side down onto some 2x12 chunks, and pounded onto the dents from the inside using a short length of a 2x4 and a sledge hammer.

If I ever get ambitious enough to do better, I'd use some body work dollies with the rounded shapes, but I've got too many more exciting things to deal with in the nearterm.

Gotcha, this was exactly what I was thinking of doing to mine as well. Don't want to take it to the shop. So ****ing expensive, the amount they charge. Good to know it will come out well.
 
I adjusted the tension on all of my drive belts! When your 3 year old tells you "The silver truck is making a terrible noise" I guess it's time to take care of business.

Motto of the night? Adjusting the P/S pump belt tension: "You can't get there from here!" ...well, you can, but you gotta remove the airbox if you're going to have a hope in Hell.

Oddly I don't remember cursing it when I did the timing belt in February.
 
Pretty sure the bezels with the real wood overlays we're dealer options and not factory...I think.

Nice job on the conversions!

Ah, interesting. Too bad the plastic coating over the wood is discolored and peeling, I would have kept it on otherwise to match the rest of my '97 Limited. As it is, the wood is off, and I plan to paint it with some SEM Silver. Didn't you paint your console trim with satin black? I might do the same for mine.
 
I replaced my flowmaster muffler with a walker bolt-on. What a night and day difference! It feels like I'm driving a luxury suv again :thumb3:

I need to do this too. Previous owner had a Flowmaster installed and I find it annoying as fugg except when someone is irritating me – then I use the loud exhaust as a "weapon of annoyance" as well as a warning to others of a potential ass-whooping ahead if they don't stop doing whatever dumb shit they are doing to get on my radar.

I hate that I can't sneak up on anyone with my Flowmaster though... :(
 
I need to do this too. Previous owner had a Flowmaster installed and I find it annoying as fugg except when someone is irritating me – then I use the loud exhaust as a "weapon of annoyance" as well as a warning to others of a potential ass-whooping ahead if they don't stop doing whatever dumb shit they are doing to get on my radar.

I hate that I can't sneak up on anyone with my Flowmaster though... :(

I found this on Amazon, FWIW
Walker 54681 Quiet-Flow Stainless Steel Muffler
 
Ah, interesting. Too bad the plastic coating over the wood is discolored and peeling, I would have kept it on otherwise to match the rest of my '97 Limited. As it is, the wood is off, and I plan to paint it with some SEM Silver. Didn't you paint your console trim with satin black? I might do the same for mine.

Yeah seems like I read somewhere that you can sand off that top layer of the wood coating and then re-stain it. Who knows though. I'm not a fan of the dealer wood and prefer the factory plastic woodgrain.

Yeah I did paint the black shifter bezel black a couple of years ago since the black plastic looked really scuffed and nasty when I got it. I didn't really even prep it much but just cleaned and painted it. Seems to be holding up pretty well!
 
so I'm getting this done today:
Timing belt, tensioner, water pump, t-stat, cam/crank seals, radiator, belts/hoses. i also ordered a B&M super cooler, but i noticed before i dropped it off that the PO already put one in it. woo hoo! so i will be returning that one.
 

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Cleaned all the winter road salt off... thoroughly jet washed underneath...

Then tidied up the garage ready for the next round of work!
 

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Pretty sure the bezels with the real wood overlays we're dealer options and not factory...I think.

Nice job on the conversions!

I assume they just clip straight in, and no longer bother with the two locating screws?

I've been tempted with this mod... only I have the factory carbon fibre effect that was only available pre facelift.. so kinda what to keep that!
 
I assume they just clip straight in, and no longer bother with the two locating screws?

I've been tempted with this mod... only I have the factory carbon fibre effect that was only available pre facelift.. so kinda what to keep that!

Which mod are you referring to? I get confused easily at night when my buddy herb is around... :hat:
 
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