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

I can think of a several whys

Yesterday I swapped the cruise unit and cable on the GT, off the 02. Works like a champ. The flat rope in the control box tore in half. I figure it is possibly wreck related just took awhile to stop working.

Originally Posted by SDGTP99

Got a job about 2 miles from the house a few months back. Driving to and from work is about all I do rn. Probably all any of us who still work do. I have discovered my MPG's plummeted to 15.8. Not great and not horrible.

i got one of them jobs, less then 5 miles round trip. where the mpg on the dic drop to the basement, your only filling up once a month now. at least thats how i roll.

even since selling the regal and dd the tahoe. its got a bigger tank and a v8, but it still lasts a month.

I've driven my truck 8,500 miles, the avg mpg is 12.5 over that with 95% city.

Originally Posted by SDGTP99

Anyone know how to tell whether it's the power steering pump or the steering rack that I need?

whats it doing? hard to turn left? thats the rack.

you also hear the pump whining? and the wheel is not smooth to turn. could be the pump.

Picked up a new to me 2000 with 155k on the clock with a rebuilt engine. Forgot alot about these old crates but I'm quickly remembering. So far I've, fixed the water in flood boards, fixed a brake line, 180* tstat, cleaned the throttle body, washed it multiple times, (now needs buffed) replaced a burned out fog bulb, and put in some autolite 605's. Still need to change the supercharger oil, and port the supercharger. Might do that all in one fail swoop.

Future plans are, tint all the way around, headers, replace the catback system as it is rusting out. Thinking a glass pack res to a chambered muffler of some sort. Probably will ditch the dual muffler at that point because I'm lazy and a y pipe to another muffler is pointless weight. Then to get a tune for those mods and see if the old girl is ready for a pulley drop.

Overall a decently clean car. Will need new tires as it sat for over a year and the tires on it are slightly weather cracked. Pretty sure it needs a hub assembly too because the tcs off light is always on and has a slight shimmy turning right. Someone ran boost in overdrive and now it has the od Mia mod so that will need rectified, but the guy I bought if off of said he'd pay for a junkyard tranny and my cousin owns a repair shop so simple enough of a fix. Broke the throttle body gasket so now gotta fix that. Glad I knew going into this it was going to be a project car. [emoji23]

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GTP got hauled off to a transmission shop yesterday. Trump is paying half. Broke it on February 13 on black ice.

Originally Posted by idrivejunk

GTP got hauled off to a transmission shop yesterday. Trump is paying half. Broke it on February 13 on black ice.

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Originally Posted by wowitsfast

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I don't know what emoji 44 looks like or how come I got a dislike for what I said.

I am aware theres not many things I could do that are stupider but crushing a better body than the GT didn't make sense to me.

Originally Posted by idrivejunk

I don't know what emoji 44 looks like or how come I got a dislike for what I said.

I am aware theres not many things I could do that are stupider but crushing a better body than the GT didn't make sense to me.

disliked the tranny taking a crap. cant hardly "like" that news. could i?

No worry. Like that its getting fixed. I got the price is right loser horn from ya on it already on post 9110.

Originally Posted by FordMan77

I finally gave the GP a much needed wash today. Been over 2 months and it was looking horrible. Lot going on in life lately and the cars have kinda suffered. Might throw it in the garage tomorrow and give it a quick buff and wax that it needs. Clear is really starting to haze on the decklid and SLP spoiler again

I should take a few days off of work and break out my new Flex XC that I bought and learn how to use it. I'd bet it can pull out the shine if I do it right, just never used a really nice polishing machine before so I need to practice. I should clay it to start with too most likely.

3401?

You did it right the first time. Yeah clay first, you dont want to grind stuff into the paint.

I have had mine for over 6 years and love it. Make sure you get the Lake Country Force pads.
I have the smaller 4 3/8 backing plate since I use the 5.5" Force pads.