What have you done to your car today?
- Thread starter Perfect Balance
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- gdwest1
So, I hit the A/C button on my dash for the first time in many moons, and I was met with a very unpleasant noise. Get home, look under the hood only to find that of the 3 bolts securing the pump, 2 of them are missing, and the 3rd is too long for the hole. Being that it's a Sunday, and everyone is at Church, all of the dealers are closed. No A/C for me.
I was feeling lucky, so I figured I'd see how much Water remained in the Radiator. Surprise! There was none. Again. Upon further inspection, I found that my Radiator cap only took about 3 pounds of force to squeeze the spring, and it's rated for 13 Psi. So, a new one of those with a red switch thing at the top, a Gallon of Anti-Freeze concentrate, and 2 bottles of G-Oil, because that was the only selection at the store for 10W30.
The top still leaks when I decelerate, and it leaks onto the passenger side. Found that out as I was taking a nicely-dressed girl off campus for lunch. Whoops. It's hard to catch the water with your hand, Shift, hit the wipers, steer, give hand gestures, and carry on a flirtatious conversation at the same time.
And to top it off, it seems my clutch is on its last legs. Anything more than about 30% throttle above 2nd gear and it slips like crazy.
And lastly, the exhaust... Im not sure what the deal is, but on Start-up, it sounds quite... rough. Ususally a few trips up and down the Rev counter makes it better.
Oh, the joys of owning a 1992 Geo Tracker, that you bought for $600. Up until now, it had been flawless...
I was feeling lucky, so I figured I'd see how much Water remained in the Radiator. Surprise! There was none. Again. Upon further inspection, I found that my Radiator cap only took about 3 pounds of force to squeeze the spring, and it's rated for 13 Psi. So, a new one of those with a red switch thing at the top, a Gallon of Anti-Freeze concentrate, and 2 bottles of G-Oil, because that was the only selection at the store for 10W30.
The top still leaks when I decelerate, and it leaks onto the passenger side. Found that out as I was taking a nicely-dressed girl off campus for lunch. Whoops. It's hard to catch the water with your hand, Shift, hit the wipers, steer, give hand gestures, and carry on a flirtatious conversation at the same time.
And to top it off, it seems my clutch is on its last legs. Anything more than about 30% throttle above 2nd gear and it slips like crazy.
And lastly, the exhaust... Im not sure what the deal is, but on Start-up, it sounds quite... rough. Ususally a few trips up and down the Rev counter makes it better.
Oh, the joys of owning a 1992 Geo Tracker, that you bought for $600. Up until now, it had been flawless...
- 3,211
- Brisbane
- Punknoodle_Nick
Got my new pipe made up to delete the AFM for the new ECU, and just did a dummy fit with the heat shield I made, still needs all polished up, and rubber edging put on all of the edges. The heat sheild has a curve on its top edge that follows the curve of the bonnet. It was a pain to measure. The benefit of doing that as opposed to just making a covered one, is that for one, I like exposed cold air boxes, and two, when I channel air in to it, it will be able to flow freely out of the bonnet vent, which sits just above and behind the filter.
This is pretty much all the engine bay stuff done for now, except for the ST205 water to air intercooler set up I've bought for it. I have coil on plug coils to mount and wire for the new ignition system I'll be installing with the ECU but that'll all be hidden under the intercooler anyway.
I'm really stoked with it, in my opinion it looks great, and its solid as a rock. Quite proud of my efforts!
- 2,121
- Chicago
- mustang622006
Same as usual, drove it to work 
- 2,266
- GTP_Thatman/Thatmanthere
- A Man Hamster
I fitted a switch to the EGI fuse and can now de-flood my car without popping the hood. So yeah the 7 is now "reliable". LOL(until it blows up)
But now my Subaru's alternator decided to just die so I tried a junkyard one and that wasn't good so I'm waiting for them to find me another one.
So yeah the 7 is now "reliable". LOL(until it blows up)But now my Subaru's alternator decided to just die so I tried a junkyard one and that wasn't good so I'm waiting for them to find me another one.
- 2,336
- Los Angeles, CA
- WRBWRXMAX
- Max Archer
Put some license plate frames on my car so that people would know what my favorite magazine is!
Representin' my favorite magazine with the license plate frame. by MaxArcher, on Flickr
(That's Grassroots Motorsports, by the way.)
Representin' my favorite magazine with the license plate frame. by MaxArcher, on Flickr
(That's Grassroots Motorsports, by the way.)
- 2,121
- Chicago
- mustang622006
- 1,127
- New Orleans, LA
- GasolineJunkee; babygangstayurd
Took the GMC badge off the front grille of my Sierra. Gonna paint the red part black. Gotta finish masking the chrome first once the baby falls asleep.
- 3,770
- Manning, SC
After further inspection, a plug that I just had put in was the culprit. Only 2 weeks before, a plug from 2010 gave out in the exact same hole.
- 8,191
- Southern Louisiana
- GTP_Kent
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Debadged the Sti of "Subaru" "Impreza" and "Symmetrical AWD," leaving only the red-ish pink Sti badge.
Very clean and much less cluttered (imho).
Used a combo of hair dryer and bumper stick adhesive remover (made to be easy on paint). Washed the area very well afterward just to make sure none of the nasty got left behind (still need to wash the rest of the car later).
Debadged the Sti of "Subaru" "Impreza" and "Symmetrical AWD," leaving only the red-ish pink Sti badge.
Very clean and much less cluttered (imho).
Used a combo of hair dryer and bumper stick adhesive remover (made to be easy on paint). Washed the area very well afterward just to make sure none of the nasty got left behind (still need to wash the rest of the car later).
- 22,550
- Arizona
- HamiltonMP427
Had to replace the alternator today. Did it late in the day though so, I will finish up tomorrow morning, good thing I have today and tomorrow off.
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- Arizona
- HamiltonMP427
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- California
- gdwest1
Removed the sword, gave it a polish. Anally cleaned the windows, and am now looking for someone to show me how to take the top off of my car. I've owned it for 2 years and still have no idea.
Christian_C
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- 1,499
- Stoke, UK
- GTP_Christian_C
Fitted my new belts:
- 11,343
- Chicago, iLL
- GTP_Nismo
How is that possible? Dealer-bought M1?
Ooooooh yeah. Did the same but decided to leave the AWD badge in case the car ever needs to be towed or gets towed and the driver is a complete idiot.
Installed OEM window visors on the WRX. Look nice but due to the rear window design on the hatch, rear visors are strictly for looks.
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