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

35w, I only have 6.0 don't wanna risk burning bowls

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Got another 6 inches, for a total of 13... Tomorrow is gonna be cold. Hopefully I don't lose anything in the snow. Lol

Pff. Try removing a transfercase at 3500', 8-10" of snow and -10 blowing wind; don't let the sun fool you. LOL



Towed buddy back down the mountain. Half way down, strap got sloppy, wrapped around the front axle and took out the left front brake house. Then it got super icy. Good times!





Different time, more snow, less altitude, butal-er conditions, blew a bead doing a side pull.....

You can almost stand up underneath that, I'd take that over mine. lol

-35 F with a hefty breeze and 3 hours of sunlight, laying on your back in it the entire time...

Originally Posted by WarStryker13

You can almost stand up underneath that, I'd take that over mine. lol

A midget sure could. Luckily it was my buddy's rig (he just built it and didn't test anything.... front driveshaft was a tad to long, so when it compressed...BANG!), so we ensured he did his own dirty work. LOL

-35 F with a hefty breeze and 3 hours of sunlight, laying on your back in it the entire time...

Ya, that'll chill your bones good.

Originally Posted by Bronco Boy

Pff. Try removing a transfercase at 3500', 8-10" of snow and -10 blowing wind; don't let the sun fool you. LOL



Towed buddy back down the mountain. Half way down, strap got sloppy, wrapped around the front axle and took out the left front brake house. Then it got super icy. Good times!

wish i had the pics of my blown up t case, (blizzard of 96) i was snow plowing. tooling down the road then all of a sudden the whole truck just jumped, like something locked up, stopped and there was a 100 foot trail of red atf down the road, looked under it and there was a hole about the size of a soft ball. snapped the chain. still had rwd so i loaded the bed with like 800 lb of salt and drive it for another 6 hours, dropped it off at a shop after i found a used unit and had it swapped out while i slept for 4 hrs lol then right the hell back at it.

Originally Posted by Scottydoggs

wish i had the pics of my blown up t case, (blizzard of 96) i was snow plowing. tooling down the road then all of a sudden the whole truck just jumped, like something locked up, stopped and there was a 100 foot trail of red atf down the road, looked under it and there was a hole about the size of a soft ball. snapped the chain. still had rwd so i loaded the bed with like 800 lb of salt and drive it for another 6 hours, dropped it off at a shop after i found a used unit and had it swapped out while i slept for 4 hrs lol then right the hell back at it.

Nice! Good thing for two drive axles. LOL


Forgot I had an image of buddy's t/case. He done it good. LOL







And of course, the dreaded "pic of shame"

damn busted it up good lol

my brother years ago had a 72 camino with a 396, little did he know his e brake cable was dragging the drive shaft and scoring a nice groove into it, one day he was doing a burn out on some pot hole filled road and the tires shook and then BANG! shaft broke, then it spin and hit the frame locking it up, cracked the bell off the tranny, was a b&m performance built tranny, not a single thing broke other then the case. had the guts swapped over to a new case off he went.

Replaced the Power Steering pump today. Fairly straight forward to do. Lining up the bolts on install was a PIA at first. I cut a piece of welding rod 4-5 " and put in top hole on the block to help alignment. Bottom bolt went right in after. Filled the reservoir, bled the system, key on motor off. Lock to lock 25+ times. Checking level periodically.
Started car and continued bleeding air. Was nice and smooth right? Take car for a test drive and at low speed and idle no power steering. Upon acceleration and cruising at highway speed steering is fine. Still air in the system do you think?

Pump is an AC Delco Professional Reman from Rock Auto. It was whining as it should upon first start up after install but is quiet after bleeding.

theres no bleeding for a pump really, you bleed the rack if its been replaced.

you might have got a beat pump, it happens.

Originally Posted by Scottydoggs

theres no bleeding for a pump really, you bleed the rack if its been replaced.

you might have got a beat pump, it happens.

I meant bled/purged/removed the air from the system. Whatever you want to call it...lol. I'll see if theirs any more air in the system first and if not..out it comes.

what im saying is there is no air, all you did was pull the pump, the lines are full of fluid, the pump is self bleeding, like as you filled it, it bled.

Looks like I'll be getting another one then. Oh the fun. Thanks SD.

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Found these in the garage. They're 19"s off an 05' Vette & if memory serves me correctly my little brother bought them for his Ford Coupe hot rod & they didn't fit. I'm wondering if he'll let me take them off his hands and I can use them on the GXP.

Corvette wheels are 5x120 though, would be cool if they could fit but they won't.

A simple Google search shows many GPs with Vette wheels, including Drunkies. Maybe it's just not worth the effort & cost to make it work?

New bulbs and ballasts on the left side doing the others tomorrow. Had to do some minor shimming to get the Hotspot where I wanted it. Hopefully they help a bit more in the rain. Headlight isn't on car in pic so it's crooked a little.

4500k w/hylux ballasts

Vs

5500k with about 500 hours on the bulbs w/VVME ballasts




From like 3 ft lol


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