What have you done to your car today?

I got a little more done with cleaning up my GSR brakes.


Before:


After:
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I've still got all of this to do:

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I'm in no hurry though, it's still cold outside.
 
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Looks sharp.

Yesterday, I continued cleaning up the interior with a thorough vacuum and dressing of the plastics. I did the glass, as well - Very grimey.

Today I cleaned and dressed all of the panelling from the rear of the car, and vacuumed the rear mat. I hit a couple little stains with some carpet cleaner, and (hopefully) removed enough of the oil that it isn't visible any longer.
I also removed, prepped, and painted some bits of the subfloor frame that had corrosion starting.


I'm debating leaving the interior apart/out of the car for the weekend - I've got the first autocross of the year on Sunday. Plus, with some of the sound deadening gone, it sounds cool - I can hear the turbo through the exhaust.

Also, I'm wishing I had a camera right now.:indiff:
 
Wait... PB - Did you paint your brake lines, too?
I'd be concerned about the paint damaging the rubber of the lines (that, and as the line flexes the paint will just crack and flake).
 
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Wait... PB - Did you paint your brake lines, too?
I'd be concerned about the paint damaging the rubber of the lines (that, and as the line flexes the paint will just crack and flake).
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That's overspray, I'll be using the SS lines currently on the car.👍


EDIT: @ Eriksmil: I wish I didn't have an airbag, or it wasn't illegal to remove them. Stock steering wheels suck.


Of course, once I get my roll bar and harnesses, it will be coming off, but it sucks meanwhile.
 
It was warm enough that the car wash was open today, so I got all of the salt and other crap off the Civic finally. Looks great for now.

 
Went by my mechanic today and helped him take the Koni shocks, 160J springs and Datsun 160J rear axle, which has in a welded differential, off of my Datsun B310. We put back on my rear axle and standard shocks and springs and bled the brakes.

Entered in an Autocross last Sunday but since the engine for the normal AutoX Datsun B310 needs some parts we decided to pull the suspension parts off that and put them on my Datsun so we could drive the event. Finally getting around to taking them back off.
 
Wouldn't an LSD make more sense than a welded diff for autocross?

I mean drifting, yeah, I can see the use of a welded diff, but autocross would seem to want some sort of useable diff.
 
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I'm still trying to figure out which car has what and what was removed off which car and which car was actually used in the autocross.
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I'm glad I'm not the only one. :lol:

Parts from the Datsun came off the Datsun so they could be put on the Datsun, I think.
 
In a modestly-powered car, maybe not. I agree, it might be a challenge, but if it can't break the tires loose at will, it might help get the power down. Might.
 
:lol: Ok let me try again.

My daily driver is a 1981 Datsun B310 (what you guys in America know as a 210) Pretty much standard except for 13x7 wheels and I swapped out the A12 for an A15 engine.

My mechanic also has a 1981 Datsun B310 which we share in AutoX events. It has in a fairly fast engine and good suspension. On the back of the car:
- Koni shocks
- Datsun 160J springs (they're stiffer than the standard B310 ones)
- Datsun 160J rear axle (bigger, wider and stronger than the B310 rear axle)

As I said the engine for this car needs parts. We wanted to drive the event so we took the shocks, springs and rear axle from this Datsun and swapped them on to my Datsun which we drove in the event.

Yeah a LSD would make more sense than the welded diff but unless you've got something like a 510 or a Z car, aftermarket parts like a LSD aren't exactly easy to find for old Datsuns.
 
Hahaha! Pedobear looks great PB.

Today I got some new spark plugs, I hadnt even looked at them since I bought the car and it doesnt say anywhere in the service book if they were changed. The NGK's were in good condition but I put a set Bosch super 4's in anyway. Also noticed the oil was below min! so I topped that up today. Car doesnt feel or run any different.
 
Oh come on homeforsummer, Perfect Balance...Peanut Butter...Plymouth Baracuda...he could be numerous objects and we wouldn't even know it!
 
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I've had the sticker on for a while, but hadn't posted it.
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Lmao, that's awesome. I got a brown Pedobear sticker for my cousin. At the time his girlfriend was 17, so I put it on his passenger side mirror.

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She said it always freaked her out. Yes, Courtney, Pedobear is always watching...
 
Today, I lunched the transmission in the Talon. It now sounds like a rock crusher (Though it did make it home!).

I knew it was on its' way out, but I was honestly expecting a few more months out of it. And the kicker: I spent almost $60 yesterday putting some fresh Redline MTL into it. The old fluid came out silver, telling me that there were aluminum filings in it - From the case, probably. I think a bearing ceased, and the gearshaft was turning the whole bearing inside the transmission case.

But, there is an upside to the story, I suppose.
-I got to drive a really fast Talon at autocross today when mine lunched on the way back from an hour break, and
-I get to drive my roommate's G35 for a few days 'till I get my transportation sorted.

I'm going to get a second car.... I've got a few leads. Hoping to have something in my hands before the end of the week.
 
I got the Maypops on the 'van replaced with some Dunlop Sport Signatures. Stepped up from 215/60-17 to 235/55-17 and I like the way it handles better already. These seem like a decent-price all-weather mild-performance tire.

On the Subaru I finished up the passenger side CV boot replacement on the passenger side, which was a serious PITA. It really didn't want to come apart.

That prompted me to farm out the LR wheelbearing replacement, which required some new parts and extra labor to get apart. It was not cheap but I'm just as glad to pay somebody to do it. Since I had the front end apart I treated it to a 4-wheel alignment as well.

I took the Thule roofrack off, which really quieted the wind noise, too.
 
I'm out playing the battery/alternator dance today, doing my best to avoid the Toyota dealership. My hope is that its just the battery, as I doubt the alternator would be having problems with less than 82K on the clock. I get to walk the block and a half back over to Autozone in about 20 minutes in the 4F weather, then put the re-charged battery back in the car, cross my fingers that it starts, and then drive the car over to Autozone to have them check the alternator.

Its all crazy, because my brother just had the same problem with his Nissan about two weeks ago. That, and my Toyota hasn't been giving me any signs of problems whatsoever.
 
If the alternator were dead then the battery would keep everything running until it died, and if the battery is strong enough to turn the engine over normally to begin with then it's certainly strong enough to keep it running for a good while. I don't think either of those things is the problem, but I suppose you'll find out.

EDIT: Apparently a good battery can run without an alternator for about a half hour. And a battery that's "just strong enough to start the engine", as I asked, would probably last less than half that time. So either way, unless your engine is struggling to crank, that crappy battery would probably get you to Autozone even without an alternator.
 
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