What have you done to your car today?

And now that my A/C works again, has anyone had luck with those re-charge in a can kits? My A/C is pretty weak, always has been. Figured it's a low charge which seems to be common and I hate bringing my car to mechanics. Since I don't really need A/C it's not a high priority or something I want to throw money at.

They work - can only be hooked to the low side, so that's good.
make sure ya get the right refrigerant.
 
And now that my A/C works again, has anyone had luck with those re-charge in a can kits? My A/C is pretty weak, always has been. Figured it's a low charge which seems to be common and I hate bringing my car to mechanics. Since I don't really need A/C it's not a high priority or something I want to throw money at.
I've had a leak for awhile so yes. Been buying cans regularly while I procrastinate on getting it repaired. Hopefully yours is R134 not the newer R1234, because it's expensive AF. For some reason though, NAPA is half the cost of every other place I can find it.
 
I've had a leak for awhile so yes. Been buying cans regularly while I procrastinate on getting it repaired. Hopefully yours is R134 not the newer R1234, because it's expensive AF. For some reason though, NAPA is half the cost of every other place I can find it.
90% sure it's R134 as the car is 9 years old. I don't have a leak, just seems like they don't really fully charge the systems when new, common complaint.
 
More like “what are you doing…” Moving in ~45 days and I need to have this back on the road!

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Oh yes - is this a two or four door?

We have slowly been bringing a 65 110 back to life. Have not touched it for three or so years but it is set to start again. The title was left in a glove box and a mouse made a nest out of it - we had to piece pencil eraser sized portions back into the title and bring it to DMV as the previous two owners were diseased and closest living relative with ties to the estate moved to South Carolina.

Super cool vehicles.
 
Oh yes - is this a two or four door?

We have slowly been bringing a 65 110 back to life. Have not touched it for three or so years but it is set to start again. The title was left in a glove box and a mouse made a nest out of it - we had to piece pencil eraser sized portions back into the title and bring it to DMV as the previous two owners were diseased and closest living relative with ties to the estate moved to South Carolina.

Super cool vehicles.
1965 2-door 109, exMoD (British Military). Your 110 is actually a 109 (if also 1965).
 
This was a good one yesterday....I got in my focus after work, start it up....and its louder....hmmm, def. and exhaust leak....Drive a short ways and now its suddenly REALLY loud. My first thought was....ok, this car is almost 13 years old with nearly 200,000 miles....the downpipe is probably rusted and broke at a joint. FUCKKKK....I mean not a huge deal, but working on old exhaust systems just blows....Rust in your eyes, broken bolts, everything frozen together.....So I get home, get my ramps out so I can get a quick look....

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Turns out the nuts that hold the mid pipe to the down pipe had just fallen off....Not sure why they waited almost 13 years to do this? But I found some nuts and washers in my bins that worked and had this fixed in about 10 minutes....id say I lucked out on that one.
 
I installed a front/rear dashcam mirror for rearward visibility. I’ve had this thing for 6-months and finally decided to commit to installing it. Rear camera is mounted in the 70% rear door trim, centerline of the vehicle. The camera cable is routed down through the door, through a rubber accordion tube to the interior, then up to the headliner and forward to the center roof panel. Power runs up the left A-pillar and the GPS puck is at the base of the right A-pillar.

I’m now looking at a screen, not through a mirror reflection. At first glance it took a few minutes to get used to it, then I didn’t even notice. Rear field of view is huge, and greatly reduces the vehicle’s natural blind spots.

I’m very happy with it.

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The rearward view that drove the whole project.
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