Thread: What did you do to your car today? Vol 2.0

running low already lol



injector in spacer.



and the 2.8 back side, cause nothing shows its a 2.8 like th elack of space left at the snout lol

Getting ready to sell my 02. Removed retros, put stock junk back on. Changed bcm settings to flash headlights with the fob. Have a few more things to take off and change. Man selling this car is gonna be tough for me, I've had it for 4 and a half years.

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I took a pair of channel-locks to the terminal clamp, then tapped it down onto the post.

It'll work for a day or two. lol

Originally Posted by WarStryker13

I took a pair of channel-locks to the terminal clamp, then tapped it down onto the post.

It'll work for a day or two. lol

I've done that a few times. What did they use such junky terminals for.

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Front rotors & pads, l/f outer "split boot kit" (we'll see how THAT works out), r/f outer tie rod end (steering wheel is a tick off...eff it), tried getting a broken bleeder screw with a broken EZOut stuck in it out of r/r...no luck...(again eff it). Had to put 2 washers under knuckle because castle nut went WAY past cotter pin hole...Whut up w/dat?

Originally Posted by 02NavyBlue

I've done that a few times. What did they use such junky terminals for.

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Well the terminals came from a JY, so I guess it's fitting that they're just plain junk. But they worked for me when I needed them to, so...

My life is turning into an episode of Roadkill... Lol

C'mon War!
Go old school on those battery terminals!
Drive a screw between the terminal and the connection!
Ala 1960's all over again!!!
It'll have a "retro" look!

I'm not messing with those again... They'll stay like that until I need a new battery. Lol

If I do decide to switch before this battery dies, I'll use it for diagnostic purposes. Or JY power seat extraction.

Originally Posted by cheatah faheatah

Front rotors & pads, l/f outer "split boot kit" (we'll see how THAT works out), r/f outer tie rod end (steering wheel is a tick off...eff it), tried getting a broken bleeder screw with a broken EZOut stuck in it out of r/r...no luck...(again eff it). Had to put 2 washers under knuckle because castle nut went WAY past cotter pin hole...Whut up w/dat?

You need an alignment, your tires will show the wear soon enough.

A "tick" in the wheel is off more toe wise than you'd think.

Originally Posted by Fivefingerdeathpunch

You need an alignment, your tires will show the wear soon enough.

A "tick" in the wheel is off more toe wise than you'd think.

I'm aware replacement parts might not be "identical"...11 turns old one off, 11 turns new one on. As another backyard gauge, I left the old jam nut on as well, can't be off too much, right? Maybe one turn either way...? It's only 1 finger low on the left of the wheel.. I figure toe wear can't be worse than what was happening with the sloppy a$$ end I took out...??? I respect your opinions, Five. Thanks.

thats how i roll when i change parts, then i get to the shop when i can, unless its really out of whack, then ill tune it up by eye to get the wheel straight then right to the shop lol

Originally Posted by Scottydoggs

thats how i roll when i change parts, then i get to the shop when i can, unless its really out of whack, then ill tune it up by eye to get the wheel straight then right to the shop lol

I mean, I only changed the 1 outer tie rod end today...no inners, no lca's, no strut unmounts...

Still needs an alignment

Originally Posted by stealthee

Still needs an alignment

i agree. still needs an alignment.

if one side was bad the other is right behind it, change it too and then hit the shop.

What they said lol

I've done alignments, just turning the inner tie rod like a half turn changes the degrees on the alignment machine quite a bit. I have to say though, I have no access to an alignment machine anymore, so I have been visually aligning my car for about the past 2 years. Many thousands of miles later, the tires are wearing nicely.

If you're off a little, you will only notice cuffing between the treads when you run your hand along them. If more, uneven wear will be easily visible.

Today in preparation of selling the 02, I replaced the led strips for my mirror puddle lights on the passenger side. Drivers side started flickering last year, now they're both re-done with better ones. Also new speaker in the RF door, still have to replace the LF speaker, put halogen fogs back in, and remove my dash cam wiring. From changing things back to how they were, all these memories are coming back from when I first bought the car.

Odometer dump.

Thats a puppy dump haha, my GTP is about 30 miles from 245K. I gave it a break today and drove the heavy junk. Something caught my eye when I went to the gro sto... like what if you dumped the colors of the two cars behind mine together?

just might be black lol or you want that dupont magic color changing paint.

installed belt wrap in all of 10 minutes maybe, test fitting my collection of belts took longer.







also fixed my ac, pas side was blowing hot, took the actuator off and the knob was stuck, broke it free turned it to cold, dropped the actuator on the foot cover called it a day lol