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ekuhn
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Napa is on to something. Selling 10mm only socket sets.
w_b
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I literally found a snap on 10mm 6pt 3/8 drive in the gutter in front of my house this morning. Not mine either.
SCORE!
On a sadder note, the 30yo 225hp outboard on Ya Sista’s A$$ finally STB. I will now pay more for a new outboard than I originally paid for the entire boat.
And I will like it. Not a DIY repower doe, paying the pros on this one. Yay boats!
SCORE!
On a sadder note, the 30yo 225hp outboard on Ya Sista’s A$$ finally STB. I will now pay more for a new outboard than I originally paid for the entire boat.
And I will like it. Not a DIY repower doe, paying the pros on this one. Yay boats!
w_b
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If only
Wanted to give everyone a update on the state of the Infiniti...
It started to make some knocking/slapping noises really loudly on my commute home from work. I was only a mile from home, and knew it didn't have much life anyways. I gave it full throttle, and within seconds (I don't think it even got to redline) it gave out. Pulled over and tried to start it a few times, it sputtered a few times before its final death.
I got a junkyard motor with 130k and a 90 day full warranty for $400. While the pics arnt here of it going in, or the motors being swapped I have it in now and it runs awesome. Need to buckle up a few things in the next few days and it should be ready to go. Mainly rebuild a CV that fell apart after yanking on it, and weld a new flex pipe into the exhaust. You can see where I cut it dangling under the car.
First time I have ever done an engine, and 90% of it was by myself. Certainly learned a lot, but don't know if I am going to be doing another in my moms driveway anytime soon.
It started to make some knocking/slapping noises really loudly on my commute home from work. I was only a mile from home, and knew it didn't have much life anyways. I gave it full throttle, and within seconds (I don't think it even got to redline) it gave out. Pulled over and tried to start it a few times, it sputtered a few times before its final death.
I got a junkyard motor with 130k and a 90 day full warranty for $400. While the pics arnt here of it going in, or the motors being swapped I have it in now and it runs awesome. Need to buckle up a few things in the next few days and it should be ready to go. Mainly rebuild a CV that fell apart after yanking on it, and weld a new flex pipe into the exhaust. You can see where I cut it dangling under the car.
First time I have ever done an engine, and 90% of it was by myself. Certainly learned a lot, but don't know if I am going to be doing another in my moms driveway anytime soon.
so coming back to this, got the report back from blackstone with (just) over 15k on the oil in my truck, still looks good, (TBN around 2, 1 is spent, higher is better) and it looks like i could potentially run this next one even longer (if i find a filter rated for 20k i may just try it)
The whole process certainly did not feel safe. From using cinder blocks and bricks with a harbor freight jack, to using a seatbelt attached to the exhaust manifolds and suspending the it in the air to mate the transmission and engine. While this time it was fully in control, next time I would 100% use more safety equipment.
Kudos to you for tackling this job and for $400, why not? However, man...there is NO WAY id ever get under a car like that...if anything, put the back up as high as you can as well and try to somewhat level the car....With that crazy angle you are on, id say there is a chance it can slip. Even if its a remote chance.
Totally agree, wouldn't do this again... I did have 2x 1500lbs ratchet straps on the 4x6 to the back tow hooks to stop slippage. At the highest angles it did start to slip every so slightly. Back wheels were also e-brake'd, and chocked. I was under the car when the front was this high for less than a minute total. Still terrifying.
JerseyPete
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I would also shove the tires/rims under the car as well. gets them out of the way and limits how far the car will drop if something fails.
EJphotos
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Genius. Where was this when I had my Integras? Would have been all the tools I ever needed.
That is nutty, but nice work! Reminds me of my friends MR2 engine and auto-to-manual swap. The engine has to come out the bottom, so we dropped the engine onto a creeper and lifted the back of the car with the engine lift to slide it out. Late-night high school driveway mechanic-ing.
my nephew trusting the jack, jackstand, and tire under the car. (i know, we all did this tho.)
We are drilling out the flange studs on the exhaust manifolds. too complicated to pull them off, and re-tap them,
there is a through-bolt solution.
how does a 6 cyl engine with two carbs only produce like 70 HP.
'68 Corvair Monza
I know you are digging the flipped a/f housing.
I asked him when he is going to bend that rear valance back into place, so it doesn't look so odd.
He is still 16, so not driving it until feb. Seems like it will be a death car in the snow, assuming it starts in the cold.
We are drilling out the flange studs on the exhaust manifolds. too complicated to pull them off, and re-tap them,
there is a through-bolt solution.
how does a 6 cyl engine with two carbs only produce like 70 HP.
'68 Corvair Monza
I know you are digging the flipped a/f housing.
I asked him when he is going to bend that rear valance back into place, so it doesn't look so odd.
He is still 16, so not driving it until feb. Seems like it will be a death car in the snow, assuming it starts in the cold.
iman29
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Question for the experienced mechanics here.
mother in law calls her 2012 Chevy malibu won’t start. Typically this has come up because due to her depression cycles she doesn’t get out much and forgets that I tell her to at least start the car 1 time a week. I already replaced the battery a year ago so I knew it had to be something else.
Went over with my son and jump started it. Decided to take it to my house and park it out front for now in case it somehow does need a battery I can just work on it here. My son goes to drive it and the dash indicator for “door ajar” keeps flashing and the drivers side lock keeps popping back up.
Once we get it to my house we realize the lock won’t stay locked unless you manually push it. The big problem and probably why the battery went dead is the dome lights stay on. Even when driving. After driving about 10 minutes they go off but not once it’s parked.
Had to disconnect the battery terminal for now but based on my google it’s a known issue with the door activation lock/switch.
She’s on fixed income so trying to figure out if it’s worth the hassle of trying to tackle this DIY or not. Some YouTube videos seem a bit complicated and with my gorilla sized hands I can see how I will have issues trying to fix it inside the door.
mother in law calls her 2012 Chevy malibu won’t start. Typically this has come up because due to her depression cycles she doesn’t get out much and forgets that I tell her to at least start the car 1 time a week. I already replaced the battery a year ago so I knew it had to be something else.
Went over with my son and jump started it. Decided to take it to my house and park it out front for now in case it somehow does need a battery I can just work on it here. My son goes to drive it and the dash indicator for “door ajar” keeps flashing and the drivers side lock keeps popping back up.
Once we get it to my house we realize the lock won’t stay locked unless you manually push it. The big problem and probably why the battery went dead is the dome lights stay on. Even when driving. After driving about 10 minutes they go off but not once it’s parked.
Had to disconnect the battery terminal for now but based on my google it’s a known issue with the door activation lock/switch.
She’s on fixed income so trying to figure out if it’s worth the hassle of trying to tackle this DIY or not. Some YouTube videos seem a bit complicated and with my gorilla sized hands I can see how I will have issues trying to fix it inside the door.
yes
can you disable it somehow - it is probably a normally closed switch which is held open when the door is closed.
pith it from the outside? It is already broken, can't break it more?
one piece crank
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Cool project. And that looks like a cool place to visit.
iman29
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yeah I didnt try anything yesterday just more diagnosis. My first thought was to take out the dome lightbulbs since she doesnt drive at night but then she will still see the "door ajar" error.
Hoping i can poke around inside the door latch and see if i can trip the switch so it thinks the door is closed.
will put this on hold for tomorrow when its raining and I can pull the car into the garage. stay tuned...
iman29
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jeez I went into the toolbox to get my 10mm and it was missing as my son last used it... found it in the wrong slot but that made me nuts for like 10 mm I mean min.