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hey man can i borrow a 10mm socket
cont. from the last threadI have now found a decent place to jack my car on the subframe (on the lower control arm), and no longer will I use rubber pucks to jack up my car.feelsgood
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>>28665104Scratch scratch scratch
>>28665101anyone used a set like this? I see a gorillion bullshit chinese brands selling this exact set for like $30, and I'm thinking, at that price its GOT to be trash, but figured I might ask on the rare chance its a gem
>>28665449Ive never needed and of these in 13 years of wrenching. Go get a nice set of snap ring pliers if you have money to blow
>>28665774I've got a nice set of snap ring pliers, I'm just tired to bastard death of trying to remove hose clamps of every shape and size with slip joint pliers, ESPECIALLY THESE FUCKERS. I keep finding them in places i cannot position the jaws perpendicular and trying to remove them parallel to the jaws is maddening
>>28665941I got a bunch of channellocks from an estate sale and that's what I use on those factory bastard style clamps. I've never needed those goofy looking clamp pliers
I've got some play in my steering, thought it was the tie rods, but turns out it's the rack itself.Flick through the Toyota service manual to work out how to remove it. All seems straight forward. Get to point 9. FML.Thanks, Toyota-san. Very cool. Nice 'car'.
>>28666198See if you can undo the engine mounts and raise it up enough to clearance the steering assembly.
>>28666211it does look like it's just the rear lower engine mount in the way, but pretty tight.
Installing bigger sway bars and adjustable endlinks. Sheared an exhaust bolt, haven't even started on the front, which is the hardest part. Fuck my life.
>>28665101Soft top hydraulics again. One leaky cylinder gets replaced - the next one starts to leak.>>28665449Yes, but not the entire set. Clamp pliers are useful when doing the hoses, especially the remote one. They are trashy but for occasional usage it's perfectly okay.
>>28665951>I got a bunch of channellocksThey can work (I previously did spring-type OEM clamps with pump pliers), but the process feels really shitty: you need a lot of space around the clamp, they slip from it all the time and they eventually damage it. Specialized pliers from Chinesium proved themselves to be way faster and more convenient, especially in hard to reach spots.
>>28665941knipex hose clamp pliers are goat>>28666414those are just cobras
no wrenching but I did clean the car and I got my final revision tune to datalog which I did today. perfect weather for it. DA was less than half my current altitude. dare I say, boost weather?
>>28666451Do they make those clamp pliers in tiny sizes, as with regular cobras? I mean the one pictured is huge.
>>28666458no, but theyre adjustable for tiny or super large clamps. they havw tiny cobra pliers
I changed the plugs on my RS5, I can’t believe the amount of stuff I had to maneuver around to reach them
Rate this Africa-tier repair I did with polyurethane sealant glue on the torn wishbone bearing. Btw it worked like a charm, I wonder how long its gonna last. That PU-sealant is strong as fuck.
>>28667122Sometimes I think about getting powerflex bearings to become maintenance - free
Call my car the bible with how holy it is.
>>28666459Meant that the red parts take a lot of space which isn't really necessary, and they will interfere with stuff if everything is tightly-packed (like a normal cobra-style pump pliers did in my case), and they have a selection of Cobras of different sizes. Could've also made them thinner and just along the green lines. Also having a big handle on the side isn't really helpful: a lot of times you can access the clamp along the hose it is clamping but that's it, there's no space on the side.Not trying to shit on the tool (Knipex makes great tools) even if this might sound like it, but I mean if it's spacious enough around the clamp in most cases you won't even need a special tool.t.suffers from owning a transverse European turbo
>>28667191if access is that limited then you're kind of stuck using those remote action hose clamp pliers
>>28667256Those sadly don't grip as good as direct action ones and they still need space on one side. But sometimes they are the only ones that can get to the clamp.So, to conclude, at least half of the >>28665449 set is kind of useful, especially if the engineers were retards or everything is packed really tight.
I wasn't aware, but some of the flopped craftsman v series products were also branded and sold under the dewalt line. The pseudo-RBRT hex bit sockets are on sale, the sae set is $14 and the metric set is $38. Actually not too bad if you work on shit with a lot of recess hex.
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Lidl alert for all fellow bong wrenchers.£9 for a set of chro-moly impact sockets next Sunday. Sadly only small sizes, but might be handy. And fuck, it's 9 quid. Why not eh?
What is this stupid plastic pos and why is it ripping my OEM leather seats and how do I fix it
>>28665101Waiting on my stahlbus Drain valve to do an oil change, its gonna be my first ever done solo. Last year I had a massive fail, bought everything but the drain plug with was a hex hole was almost stripped so I could get it off and I still had to go to a mech who ofcourse over charged me
I pulled this pile of shit put the garage for the first time in months. Starting the process to get ready to revamp / restore and motor swap the thing. It's been sitting since 2017 and only driven to the store once in a while.
>>28667794why are you showing us your bitch tits. hit the gym lardy
>>28667688are you retarded cut away the plastic then, and file down the rough edge
>>28667794That's a man
>>28667794nice gyno fag
>>28667885Correct. I'm just happy this thing moved out the garage under its own power.
>>28665103yea su-*hushed whisper* holy shit guys looklooklook over there it's a nigger
>>28665941i replace those with toyota ones, the ends are nice and flat for easy grip with any kind of spring clamp plier
>>28667955If you're spending money you might as well get T clamps
I suspect I got the wrong sparkplugs off rockauto, and my vehicle might be fucked up now. I went to O'Reilly's right before they closed today. Gonna gap em and put em in. Let's hope my motor's not toast!
>>28667794>>28667876>>28667885>>28667886Those guys are all being mean and off topic for no reason. So let me tell you I wish I have a nice empty private lot to wrench in.
>>28668186true. in my case i get the toyota ones for cheap, or get them for free off wrecked cars.
>>28668217>mean and off topic for no reasonYou must be new here faggot.
>month ago >driving on dark night>come up on tree limb down in road, swerve to avoid and end up straddling over a smaller limb>got out and looked under car, nothing hanging down or fluids gushing, kept driving>change oil today>big gash down tranny panny that didn't break skin >mfw
I'm fucking cumming
>>28667794get rid of the tits bro and stop cutting . jesus loves you
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I found my boost issue finally. One of the lines that go from the waste gate/boost solenoid to the intake had something clogging it. I found a very small leak on the hot side pipe not large enough to make any difference but bought one of those nice spring clamps to fix it since I had a normal wormdrive on it. well it didnt work. its still bleeding out in the same spot.
>>28667794YWNBAW
>>28671435I kinda like my tits. I don't cut - my husbands cat is demonic and scratches the shit out of you when you give her a bath.>>28671491I know, it's great right?
how would you test wheel/fender clearance? Preferably without actually removing the coilover. I was thinking jack the car up on one side, put 2 jack stands to hold it there. Attach the new wheel, then use the jack to push the wheel up to maximum compression like pic related (angle is exaggerated but you get the idea).That coilover will essentially have the weight of the whole car on so even at max compression i don't think it will raise the car more but i dunno it sound sketchy as fuck i don't want to fucking flip the thing
>>28672000bring it to a shop that sets up coilovers. get it corner balanced.
>>28665101Ex cracked a wheel so I am painting a set of stock wheels this week/end and got new tires and sensors for them coming
>>28673563You're helping your ex?
>>28673596No, psycho gf pulled my steering wheel so now she is my ex. Happened a month ago.
>>28673655that's not a steering wheel anon, that's an actual wheel
How to keep it from getting worse without sandblasting or repainting?
>>28673810>How to keep it from getting worse without sandblasting or repainting?Lanolin coats - Surface Shield, Woolwax, etc
>>28673810hit it with a coat of rust converter (like kurust) once that's set, nice heavy coat of waxoyl.
fml i just ordered off rock auto and forgot to enter the discount code before checking out
>>28675103can you cancel the order?sometimes with bigger places you can call up customer services and explain you forgot to add your discount, and they can do it for you after the fact
>>28673656Right into a curbAnyways this is what I am thinking of going for color wise, I did not label it and did not put it on a clean sanded surface. Instead I just layered black, gray, and no primer to see how it came out before working on the wheels.
>>28676467toyota camry? looks like the stock 17 inch wheels
>>28676478Stock 19s vs the discontinued wheel she cracked
>>28676495fit the smallest steelies you can over the stock brakes and laugh at potholes and kerbs
>Be me>Get first car>2004 Nissan Frontier>Year or three passes>Crash into spicced out minivan>Minivan taillight busted, otherwise unharmed>Nissan not so lucky>Entire right hand side of engine bay concave>Truk is kil>Get truck towed home>Pry off hood>Pain.jpg>Start disassembling to assess damage>Battery speared by part of chassis>Radiator fucked>Relay/fusebox shattered>Various cables cut>A/C lines+what I think is the condenser are crushed>Engine seems fine>Pulleys untouched>Axle might be okay/passable>Steering column looks untouched>Had to chop off part of the crumpled chassis>Incompetent retard so I let it just sit in my backyard for years on endI want to bring her back to life since there's a lot of sentimental value tied into it, but I don't know if I can. I know how to use tools and am no stranger to getting my hands dirty. But this project seems so overwhelming that I'm kind of paralyzed. I guess I'm posting all this just to ask where to start. Sorry if this is offtopic.
>>28677780>But this project seems so overwhelming that I'm kind of paralyzedi know that feeling all too well. i beat it by just chipping away at it. even if it just meant one (1) nut was removed for the entire day. the side effect of doing that was that while i was at it, i'd end up just getting carried away, removing more shit than i planned to. before i knew it, i had the stuff out that i wanted to reconditioned, and now it's almost all back together.
>>28667368just picked up a set. not bad for 9 quid. 5 year warranty.
>>28667794hope you keep the cadet18. not too many factory turbo motors that go up to 7500. i have a soft spot for s-12s since i had one years ago.
>>28678964I'm currently undecided on what I'm going to do power plant wise. I have a spare competition 71b transmission but over all I don't know if I'm going to keep it this way. Right now it's tired. It has 300k, it has low compression on 3/4.It needs some bodywork and paint. I've been toying with three stupid engine options : vg20et + 71c, q25de + cd009, or looking at trying to RWD adapt an sr16ve. These all put you at about 190hp nearly the same as the top of the line s12 but with more available parts.Unrelated but I had some weird issues related to the old failed PCV on my barge, had to redo the VC and plug gaskets again.
>>28665101Nothing much in general as of recenttoday switched tyres on my DD and recently got someone to do some work on my project cars rear subframebit of welding sandblasting and paintingnow ill need to do so for the front one and swaybars
I need to change front struts on my car. watched videos and it seems not too difficult since I'm replacing the whole part and not fixing it parts by parts. Any bullshit I should know about that might have been missed in videos?
>>28679510This really depends on car. Generally speaking I tend to do ball joints, outer tierods and other suspension joints at the same time I do struts anyway. Some cars the uncompressed strut may actually be longer than the space available when on the car, and you need to partially compress the spring in order to fully remove the assembly.
replaced the starter on my truck this weekend, also tried to install a backup camera but it was a cheap chinese thing that didn't work for shit.
>>28679036those are not engine choices that i would have considered. sr20det is the obvious choice. rbs will also fit in the s-12's long hood space. i think japan and australia got the rare option for fjs as well which would be the neatest option of all.
>>28679749VG30E is a stock S12 motor, meaning there is already a cross member and OE engine mounts to support the VG20ET. The cross over exhaust arrangement means that VG (e and Et) /VQ turbo motors will sit in nicely to align their downpipe with the existing exhaust channel. I also am fairly fond of the Single cam VG motors...people shit on them all the time but every one I have had was a reliable tank for hundreds of thousands of miles.SR16 VE just sounds like a hoot having 185HP at 8700RPM or something silly in the N1 versionsI dislike the sound of the big block SR's, and putting in a iron pig of an RB seems like it would mess up the handling, more than the S12 already is.Drove an FJ20E RSX coupe a few years ago, which was fun, but I am not about to drop 10k on a 45 year old engine with basically no OE support anymore.
>>28679774>VG30EWas just looking at superchargers for my '94 D21 earlier today and the Eaton m62 costs almost as much as my truck did, but I loath the idea of installing a turbo.
>>28679774oh yeah, i forgot about the vg stock option. the sr20det is still a good option as i'm sure it has lots of aftermarket support and was pretty reliable up to 400 or so. some of the earlier rbs were rev happy as well and lots of power potential. hard to find parts for them now though i'd guess. on the old s12 board i was on, there was one guy in aus who had a fj24 s-12 running in the 10s. this was 2 decades ago so that was quite a feat. that motor also had huge potential but i'm sure everything would have to be custom due to the rarity. i'd still try to get the cadet refreshed and run that with mild mods. i had the ca20et slightly modded and was still pretty fun for its time.
>rebuilt engine in my project car, first time doing something this big>Put engine back in car>Hook up everything again>It just needs fluids at this point and I'm good to start it>Genuine anxiety over thisHow do I go about startup procedures anyways? I can't put a drill on the oil pump and prime It, do I just pull the fuel pump and ignition relay and crank it for a while? How long do I run on my initial oil?
I would kms if I was european and didn't have harbor freight
>>28680085>tire inflator with a trigger>corded heat gun>18v ratchetwhy
>>28680101The cordless 3/8 ratchet is based. Currently my favorite tool.
>>28680073>do I just pull the fuel pump and ignition relay and crank it for a while?yeah that works, oil pressure is built up within seconds on a typical engine but since yours is likely dry, it might take a bit longer. use the oil pressure light as a guideHow long do I run on my initial oil?500-1000 miles (da da da da). people out there say to use non synthetic when breaking in an engine in order to further help break in the engine but it really doesn't matter.
>>28680085we have screwfix in the UK which sells all manner of cheap tools
>>28679970Ben diggles car. 1000hp on pump fuel.It was a drag car, got sold for cheap, turned into a drift car. He bought it back in the last few years and has made it more into TA / hill climb car. The fj was a popular motor for 4cyl drag rails and had a lot of support...Bens power output was not uncommon, just that he kept it in a gazelle made it special.My blue coupe is a ca20e with a cam, and honestly I don't find it to be lacking on fun despite the paltry 110hp. I figure that the 150-190hp range is where I would want the car to be able to flog it constantly without it being excessively dangerous or hard to live with. My Cedric has it's stock 270PS and it's pretty boring to never be able to floor it and open it up because of traffic - driving a zippy car slow is worse than driving a slow car flat out, every time.
how the fuck do i route intake piping when installing a turbocharger? i keep having to go on ebay and buy a 90 degree hose joiner or a 45 degree pipe or whatever and then wait a week for it to arrive then it still doesnt quite join up
>>28680370 can't you find a precut kit for your car?
>>28676495Which one? I do like the gold
Your favourite solutions for tight oil filters?
>>28680619drive around for 10 minutes prior to warm things up, and use an oil filter removal tool
>>28680628>oil filter removal toolThat's what I meant, there are several kinds: those claw things, belts, chains, caps and pliers.
crank no start on a 7.3 powerstroke. ran when parked. scanner data shows high pressure oil pump is not making pressure. starting fluid was sprayed into the intake and it didnt start so now im thinking its low compression.I was going to do a compression test, but getting the valve covers off without pulling the engine looks like a nightmare. so I just spent $550 goy bucks and bought a new re-manufactured hpop and im hoping that does the trick.
>>28680631depends on your manufacturer. I use a chinese copy of the Toyota tool on mine.
>>28680648I know you checked with starter fluid, but can you check fuel pressure? There is a sickness of shitty chinese fuel pumps on these, it's all the same small pump for $10-150. The $300 Motorcraft pump is the only one that lasts.
I fucked up putting the harmonic balancer back on the crankshaft. Missed the keyways by a few degrees and cranked it down with the impact gun. Tore the fuck out of the keys. I have no idea if thats bad or not. Tightened up the crank bolt, Im gonna put the pulley back on today and run it and see what happens
>>28680375shit no i'm adding a turbo to an old shitbox for a laughi did buy one of those ebay universal intercooler kits that came with a ton of pipe and joiners and that got me like 75% of the way though
>>28680648If your compression is so low it won't start on ether you have no compression.
>>28680923>If your compression is so low it won't start on ether you have no compression.one would assume. however there is another explaination I need to dig into. when I bought this thing it had a pack rat living between the heads and in the intake. it chewed a hole in the intake tube and made a nest between the air intake filter and the turbo. when PO started it up, pack rat nest material most likely got sucked into the engine (no intercooler). I believe this to be true because I disassembled the turbo and cleaned rat poop out of it so i assume material got post the turbo and into the cylinder.im not familar enough with this engine to say where the material got stuck, assuming it got stuck at all, but maybe the issue here is a lack of air and the failed shot of ether proves that.scanner data insists the HPOP is not building pressure. sadly no CEL codes to go off
>replace motor which turns the door that sends air to feet/head/windshield >still doesn't work >open up climate control unit to look at PCB >pcb looks clean >reassemble and test >press the defrost front windshield switch and a fuse blowsFuck me
red pill me on 'mintex' brake rotors and pads.Need to do the rear, and there is a deal on for £70 for 2xdiscs 2xpads. Anyone ever heard of them?
>>28682649I've heard of them, though never used them. Also never heard any problems, though, so make of that what you will.
Found this in my 02 jeep last saturday. Got the 6.0, 32RH. I have no fuckin clue how, but the tube broke and got in the way of the shift linkage and kept me from getting P, 1, and N was stiff to get. My buddy did some fab sorcery with a chunk of brake line. 2 weeks of chasing my tail doing ez diag, works been fuckin busy, my fellow jeepers were bloody useless.Did the bands, filter and fluid while i was there on top of an oil change. Now the bastards throwing codes for the SKIM key. The original has been fine, not really sure.
