What did you do to your non-G body project today? [2022]
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That's crazy. This one has 4 wheel discs surprisingly. I thought for sure it'd have drums in the rear.
I had an 04 sedan that I bought in 08 at 54k miles, ran it up to 175k and sold it 6 yrs later. replaced timing belt at 132k but it didn't need it. averaged 35mpg on the highway at 75mph, but no cruise. it was only rated for 31mpg (before they rated them under load, which was 30mpg)!
replaced it with a 2013 hatchback, ran it for 6 yrs, gave it to my daughter after she got her license at 16. she drove it for a year until she got hit by an idiot during Covid, just before the used car prices took off. got the same mileage.
great cars, easy to work on, CHEAP to work on. rear disc and the 2013 have timing chains not belts. they still use that 1.6L engine. the only new difference I am aware of is the oil filters are now cartridges and not spin-ons. how they did that conversion I don't know. the wheels are still 4x100 to my knowledge and 13" so cheap to replace. at one point I bought some wheels w/tires off Craigslist and mounted them, BMW bottlecap wheels from the 80s-90s. bolted right on!
I'd buy another in a heartbeat if needed.
So more plans changed. I couldn't get the Camaro done before work because the detail shop was still on it and I only received 1 tie rod end in my order. So I ordered another one from my bosses parts store and another mass air flow sensor. After work I dove into it. EJ showed up we did both tie rod ends and got on the brakes. Well left front caliper was locked up and wouldn't collapse. No problem I stay on the brakes he starts making calls. He finds a left front at a store on 37 and I'm like not yet I want to get the back apart see if I need more there.sure enough right rear won't collapse. He calls them back they won't have it until 1:30 today. We order and all work stops on the Camaro by this time it's 8:00 at night so he said let's run the air line in my bey through the block wall my boss is paying him to run. So we go from the mechanical Bay at my shop to my frame bay. Move all the equipment off the wall cut the sheetrock out behind the frame machine, tap into the old black pipe where it ends run it across the ceiling down the wall and out with a ball valve to shut it off and a T with a ball valve for a drane. Outside as it started to rain like a tropical monsoon or Northeast hurricane we put on a 90° and an air fitting. Now I have air outside on the office side of the building. By this time it's plenty late and plenty dark out. Now EJ and I are both like le land of unfinished projects so we've kinda made this deal. Basically one hand washes the other. Because his luck is as bad as mine as fare as his own cars. His truck has been off the road for 6 months two. So now we head all the way over to his shop on county line in Jackson with a quick stop at Wawa because iced tea a burger and a pack of smokes were mandatory at 9:45 on a Friday. Plus I'm back in the shop uplander and of course it's dead empty! Lakewood is predominantly a Jewish town and everything is closed from dusk Friday night all through Saturday until dark Saturday night and I really don't want to walk. So we get to EJ's shop about 10:00 last night. Now his truck is one of those ones with that blue oval and has lots of stuff I don't know anything about. 97 7.3 converted to this and swapped to that taken apart 6 months ago by a diesel mechanic that's nowhere to be found now. Sure EJ let's just put it all together and see what we did wrong latter. So we thread at a geriatric pace! I don't know what the hell I'm doing between the fact that it was originally a fire truck and what these blue oval guys do to change things to make power with that junk there's wires and crap everywhere! But I digress and we managed to get it together enough to see if it would crank. He hits the key and it spins like a 4 cylinder without a timing belt and sounds like a dry Bering seizing! I'm like stop stop! He's like my hand is not on the key! And with that the brand new reman starter let it's smoke out and welded it's guts together. So we grab another that's for a different truck but it's a 2 bolt starter and his is a 3. Well apparently that doesn't matter because it went in and it worked. That's when we both had enough and went home. I ate some of the dinner that was long cold on the counter for me and absolutely could not fall asleep. I finally passed out around 3am and here I am the next day going to go start over again. Hopefully with a little more success
Great day to work on deer stands. Specifically the one closest to my house, literally across the street. Cut a small tree down to clear a larger area which helps not only with shooting, but I plan to make that area a food plot in another two weeks or so.
So this morning, despite it being a Saturday and all, my body decided to awaken me around 7:30. By 8 i was out in the shop giving the floor a last sweeping and getting the fence gate panels swung away and by 8:30 I had my S-10 started, warmed up completely to a low idle, ever so gently backed out of the front driveway, and moving down the street on the "in gear" idle. No loud pedal at all. made to the end of the block and entered the back lane, made it to the entrance to the shop, and just needed a quick blip of the throttle to get it over the threshold. I had rigged a pair of parking blocks using some baulking that I had hung onto and backed them with the floor jacks for additional drag. Front wheels hit the wood and All Stop.
Why all the caution and emphasis on slow? No Brakes. Lost the driver's side front caliper when the steel delivery line split wide open and pissed the entire reservoir all over the ground. I have been waiting for about a month to get Bay One back empty and open again because I had turned it into a body shop annex in order to do the final assembly and body work on the new door skin for the Monte. As recounted elsewhere, took the money shot on that on Thursday and managed to jamb both ends, the lower edge/seam, and the A pillar in Code 82 Deep Red, which sort of has the same depth of color as the 79 Deep Claret Metallic but without the flake.
So, once in the door and far enough in that I could drop the main overhead door, I went for breakfast and did some other domestic to-dos and then re-entered the shop, dug out the dollies, and put the truck up on them. Makes it about like doing heavy aerobics to push a car around but beats trying to drag it into a better position using a floor jack. My gut muscles have already been rebuilt once; not looking to repeat the experience. It's still on the dollies, at least until tomorrow, when I can lift it higher and slam a 4 pack of 5Ton jack stands under it to give me a stable work place. After that it's off with the tires and a more or less total front brake replacement job. Calipers, hoses, lines, the whole taco. Fun.
Nick
The late model series was at the local dirt track so the wife and I got sandblasted for an evening.
Haven't been to a dirt race in 4 years and the weather was beautiful and she actually enjoys dirt cars so it was a good opportunity.
27 late models running 50 miles on a 3/8 oval is a heck of a lot of action.
We got there late-ish and got front row middle of the track seats which despite the dirt getting blasted in your face were great spots.
Haven't been to a dirt race in 4 years and the weather was beautiful and she actually enjoys dirt cars so it was a good opportunity.
27 late models running 50 miles on a 3/8 oval is a heck of a lot of action.
We got there late-ish and got front row middle of the track seats which despite the dirt getting blasted in your face were great spots.
Yep, sometimes miss the Midwest. Southern Indiana dirt track is everywhere, out here is a bunch of nothing.
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