Questions that don't deserve their own thread. No stupid questions edition. Unless you're OP.Why can't I get a Haynes manual for cars newer than 2014ish? I'm considering a new car since mine has finally exhausted the last of my patience.
So I have my late dad 2010 V-rod muscle that only has 1200 km mileage on ithe got cancer right after buying it so he never ride it muchbut neither do I or my brother cause its a pain in the ass to rideso we thought about trading in it for other bikesused Panam are super cheap these days so I wonder maybe if thats a good option, i know about the early panam having problem so im thinking of maybe trade it for 24 panam or wait couple more years for 25/26 panam instead people on my shithole country dont care for vrod so its hard to get any premium value out of low mileage rod here
>>28956628Probably because they're digital now.>>28956637>So I have my late dad 2010 V-rod muscle that only has 1200 km mileage on itDude. That's amazing. It's the Muscle version, too. It's got a Porsche watercooled engine, when HD was still hanging to aircooled. That is one hell of a bike. I think you could like it if you got used to it, but if not, they're valuable, especially with that low of mileage.>people on my shithole country dont care for vrod so its hard to get any premium value out of low mileage rod hereThat's wild.
>>28956637It's a better bike than Harley have ever made since.
Am I considering all the options? I drive 80 miles 6 days a week just for work, getting killed on gas. Looking at plug in hybrids, but I don't know how well they've figured out winter. A prius phev gets 128mpge, what's the downside beyond a little extra cost?
Bought a Taurus Interceptor off a buddy for next to nothing, knowing it had a bad valve. Before I bought it I stuck a bore scope in it, I knew it had some scoring in the cylinder with the bad valve. After opening it up I realized it's pretty severe, you can catch your nail in some of the scratches. Should I cut my losses and scrap it, or throw a valve in it and slam it together cheap as possible and send it?
I have a BMW with an automatic transmission. If I barely give it gas while it's upshifting from 1st to 2nd I can hear a noise coming from the back that's hard to explain. The car shifts smooth. Can't feel anything. But I hear it with the top down. Anything it could be besides a failing transmission?
>>28957093I'd just sell it, let the next retard in line deal with it kek
My feem was recently quoted>$1750 for 2 new lower control arms plus wheel alignment>$700 for 2 new ball joints >$500 for a new skid plateAfter she drove her car into a snowbank a month or so back. are these prices completely insane or is it just me? Seems like $500 in parts and maybe 6 hours of labor all in probably less. 2014 camry hybrid.
>>28956991>save money on gas by spending thousands on another car
>>28957158Your post isn’t really clear about what is parts vs labor being quoted, or whether there is damage to a subframe needing repair. It does seem your “feem” whatever that is about to get screwed. Pic related is the lower control arms including new ball joints from RockAuto.com
>>28957161I mean... >drive 80 miles per day 6 days a weekI get 27mpg in my car, 17 gallons a week at, being generous, $4.5/gal is $80 a week on gas. A prius phev has an equivalent of 128mpg, so $16 a week. My car payment wouldnt change at all really.
How do I not get jewed at a dealership? My cars on its way out and I don't have much credit history to get a loan from a CU. Only choices are FB marketplace (I don't want to deal with nigs and boomers) or a BHPH stealership.Coombait for optimal attention-grabbing.
>>28956628retard question inboundso I want to start doing basic maintenance stuff, and the next thing on the list is tire rotationI know I have to leave one corner in the air while I'm rotating, which means a jack standmy retard question is: how do I set up a jack stand when my jack is using the jack point already?do I jack up next to it and put the stand at the jack point?I have a Colorado so I know I have a solid frame, what parts are okay to jack on and what should I avoid?I would ask my dad, but I didn't have enough interest in vehicles while he was alive to learn from him
>>28957340Since you have body on frame construction you have all kinds of options, you can jack and jack stand anywhere on the frame that is not causing things to become unbalanced. I’m not sure what you mean by one corner in the air? If I were doing a one side at a time only tire rotation, I would put the jack dead center of the flat part of the frame, and then put the stands near the front and rear of the flat parts of the frame(commonly the jack points). If doing a multi side rotation I would do the same, but have the truck on 4 jack stands at each jack point. Always lower most if not all of the vehicle weight on the jack stands and insure everything is stable, you want the stands holding up the vehicle not the jack. Some faggot will be along shortly to say you can only jack a manufacturer specified jack points, but they are autistic retards. I’ve been doing it for 30 years.
>>28957340I will add on more thing that is problem for me on my leveled f150, that likely won’t be a problem for you. My jack stands do not go high enough to keep my tires from touching the ground when placed on the frame. I jack my truck up on the frame and then place stands under the front control arms, and rear axle housing tubes. This allows the suspension to not droop and letting the tires have pressure to the ground. This adds to your question of where can you put jack stands. Be careful to make sure your jack and stands are not placed anywhere that can crush a brake line, wires, grease fittings, etc.
>>28957363>I’m not sure what you mean by one corner in the air?my idea was to jack one corner and put the jack stand, then use my jack at the corners as I work around the truck doing the rotation
>>28957383That’s perfectly reasonable, but the jack and the jack stand are always fighting for the optimal position. I think you should end up with the jack stands in the optimal position. You have a lot of options for jacking with a full frame, just make sure you’re not crushing a sensitive component. Also, in every step of jacking be paying attention to your stands and make sure they’re not tipping/lifting a foot up or changing position on where you placed them on the vehicle. This is not complicated, but if you act like an unobservant monkey shit can fall off and over.
>>28957205They didnt include a breakdown in the estimate. Noted, i said $1750, in fact its $1600 for both control arms and $120 to realign the wheels I guess control arms are labor intensive, like maybe a few hours each. But even so the price seems crazy.
Just bought these tires on a memorial day sale. Are these good enough?
>>28957441>chinese mystery meatshiggy diggy
>>28957424The $120 alignment is not crazy. The mechanic shop charging a thing called LIST PRICE for parts is absolutely normal, meaning they charge you 100% more for the parts than they cost them. The Moog parts I showed you in the pic are of a name brand non-oe, and at least historically very high quality replacement parts. I don’t find this repair to be that laborious. I think it should take a mechanic at most an hour per control arm. Now let’s do some generous mathControl arm cost to customer LIST PRICE: $2002 hours of labor per side at $150 per hour $600Total price without fuck fees and taxes $800If everything you have told me is accurate the mechanic you have chosen is charging double what it should cost at least. You have a crooked mechanic. I challenge you most to start doing your own repairs. If that’s not going to happen you need to find the most expensive(perceived as expensive, but actually honest) mechanic shop around, they will end up being the cheapest. To find the most expensive mechanic who will also work on 10+ year old average cars you need to find a car enthusiast shop. Look for a private mechanic shop(not a chain corporation) that is not a total shithole and works on classic cars(cars from the 1960’s or older). The classic cars will be in the parking lot.
How do i get these lock nuts off anons? I've been trying to hammer a socket on but it just breaks loose once i get the impact gun on it.
>>28957158Yes that is insane. OEM arms are $150 apiece and the ball joints are $60. If you’re doing control arms, ball joint is an additional 5 minutes of labor. They are jewwing you extremely hard. The front lower control arms aren’t even that difficult on that car, just annoying that’s it’s FWD so you may need to deal with the axle
>>28957391one last questionI've seen people say that you can jack up the rear on the differential, but also that you can damage the cover doing thatam I right in assuming that the concern is positioning the jack incorrectly so that it's pressing on the lip where the cover and diff mate?
>>28957550You want the puck to be under the bigger part of the diff. If the first point of contact is the cover, yea, you’re gonna have a problem.
>>28957460His original post says that’s what was quoted to his feem meaning female ? So yea, mechanics trying to get one over on a dumb woman is pretty classic.
>>28957104Could it be the flex joint on the drive shaft? We replaced it because it was causing problems which were fixed but we did a bad job followed a YouTube tutorial that installed it backwards
>>28957505This is what i thought. I told her to get the work done elsewhere then post the actual repair bill + this quote as a google review for both places.
>>28957680forgot picAlso i missed the $25 “shop charge” cant help but think they throw this on just to see if you’re paying attention
>>28957053it will always burn oil but will probably run ok. you'll have to decide if you want to live with that or not.
>>28957093auto transmissions usually don't make noise when failing, they usually start slipping or shifting badly (hesitating, not shifting, not downshifting, stalling, etc). you didn't describe the noise at all so we can't really help you, but it sounds more like something like a rear end problem, a bad mount, loose exhaust, etc.
>>28957158stop going to the dealer, they are scammers, overcharge by 3-4x, and do piss poor guatemalan tire shop tier work.
>>28957340put into youtube "car model put on jackstands" you will find a tutorial specific to your car's jacking points. if you can't find one, enter a sister model built on the same platform, it will be the same.
>>28957500they make a set of locking nut removers that you pound on then use an impact to remove.you can also try a slightly smaller socket than the one that keeps breaking loose. go to slightly smaller SAE if metric etc.if you get completely stuck you might have to weld a nut or a bolt onto the end of it, just protect your wheel well with thick layered aluminum foil first so it doesnt get splattered
Any ausfags know if its legal to install a blowoff valve block off plate?
>>28957996Think I’m going swap valves from another cylinder and torque the head back on and do a leak down test and see how bad it is. Also thinking about dropping the pan so I can remove that cylinder’s piston and give it a quick and dirty ball hone. Either way I’m not going to keep this thing in the end.
>>28958010Related, I'm trying to get my car registered but it had a BOV and pod filter when I got it. Both illegal.Its an imported car and the parts are impossible to get my hands on, even for an unreasonable price.So I'm thinking I'll just slap a block off place in there (just to get the car registered, then the BOV will go back on, it's pretty sweet) and one of these filters www.amazon.com.au/Universal-Carbon-Filter-Enclosed-Induction/dp/B0FBR8GFHB/It should be legal because it's enclosed.Please tell me if I'm a stupid nigger.
>>28957158Can confirm it's insanely overpriced, other anons got you with the actual costs
>>28957297>coombait for attentionI guess it worked. You have two options, either learn to DIY, or learn the actual rates/prices of operations and components. Information is the answer you're looking for. Even if you don't wanna DIY, look up how it's done on YT, check the prices for all the parts of your car, and overall be informed. You won't avoid the occasional fuck up from a mechanic but your wallet will thank you
>>28957682pretty much all shops charge a percent or two in shop charge, they say it covers shop supplies they use while working, but it's basically just a scam.
>>28957460I started doing my own repairs because I got quoted $400 to do one control arm, and had already bought a Haynes manual and saw how simple it was. $1600 for two is blatant robbery. Sometimes they can be hard to remove, but it's three fuckin bolts on most cars.
>>28957682>$230 for "headlight restoration"I'd be laughing in their face as I tore up the quote at that point.
Bought a 2012 ZDX off mi madre for $7k. 90K miles, belt, water pump, transmission recently serviced. Did I do good?
Should I get these, or TARE Superlite 15x8? These are only 2lb heavier and fit perfectly (i already have one set)
>>28956702>Probably because they're digital now.My 2015 car has one.I have to log in to see my.... F* that S*I do have a log in to see my cars manual.
>>28958858Addendum: I can only see the online Haynes for a specific motor size for my car. I would need to rent access for any significant change from the specific model of my car I paid Haynes for.I don't see them long for this world.
Hello fellas, long time no meet. Car wrenching season is upon us so here I am again.For me its that time of the decade again when I have to replace either my alternator or my battery. How do I choose an alternator among those that fit inside my engine?>>28958122bro if you have a place to wrench then do your own fucking repairs. I dont have a place to wrench and yet I still do it on the side of the street. >>28958000for the work quality, i think it depends, i once had a dealer who installed the wrong fucking bettery, i also had an other who was very competent but then they told me to get rid of my 240k km car lol
>>28958987The dealer who installed the wrong battery also refused to take it back btw lol, the manager of the other dealer who placed the correct one, he offered to buy the incorrect one from me but when i went back to drop it, he wasnt at work. they both charged 3 times as much for a battery that i found online for 100 fucking euros !
>>28956628My car is getting close to 150,000 miles. Thoughts on having my transmission serviced? Its a 2011 Subaru with a 6 speed automatic.
>>28957682Arms should be 150-300 depending on the car typeSpark plugs are 20 bucks for 4Four wheel alignment is anywhere between 30 and 50 bucks usuallyBall joints are 100-200Skid plate is 30-100 depending on carHeadlight restoration (not alignment) is a scam most of the times but should cost 100-150Add to that 2-4 hours of labor depending on the mechanic. Heck some people here could do it in 1h
i have a fitment question.i've removed the (failed) aftermarket cat from my car and am preparing to put in a (tested) genuine cat in its place. but the potential problem i'm seeing is that the exhaust-end of the cat has bolts already. i know from experience that the header/manifold-end can be a bit of a squeeze to get the cat on because of space limitations (big brace bar is partly in the way) but i fear that the bolts on the other end will then get in the way of installing the exhaust-end of the cat.which end should i install first?the threads on the bolts btw are OK, i don't want to drill them out either, i just spent several hours drilling out a seized bolt on a bracket i don't need.
>>28958999yes, do it today. if it's that overdue, drop the pan, replace the filter, and clean the magnet, don't do just some kind of fluid only flush.
>>28959059you will want to remove everything to the rear of the cat so it's not in the way, then install the cat, then put the rest of the exhaust back on.if you can find your car's service manual, it will likely give you the factory recommended sequence as well.
>>28956628>Why can't I get a Haynes manual for cars newer than 2014ishbecause of youtube, normalfags stopped buying service manuals. in the old days (and i'm old) the first thing you did when you got a new shitbox is go down to the auto parts store and pick up a haynes or chilton manual. today you can just put the job into youtube and find 12 different videos of it being broken down step by step.also as cars get more complex, there's no way to fit all the procedures, data tables, and wiring manuals that would be needed into a paperback book without making them really long.so basically sales started collapsing as the books started becoming more expensive to make = no more hardcopy service manuals being made.it's a shame because I prefer them. i still have one for each of my cars as my cars are all older. it's much faster quickly looking up a torque spec, or flipping through to verify whether or not something has to come out to do a job without trying to scrub through a 80 minute youtube vid, but here we are
>>28956628Is there a way to take out the windshield washer fluid reservoir in most cars to dump all the fluid? I never really had issues with mixing, seems to just be fine, but still curious.>How do I choose an alternator among those that fit inside my engine?Go to rockauto.com assuming your car is stock? Not even a question if car isn't modded.>>28958122Make sure you go get an alignment now.
