Good News Fo SHO!

"TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts" (the-vancen) 03/28/2015 at 17:40 • Filed to: SHO, the turd

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Its out side! And its in a spot that would have been impossible to get to without stopping the car, which probably means, the brakes are done!

All that's left is the front cross member, then I can get it safetied and maybe, just maybe drive my car that I've owned for eight months.

So exciting.

In other news, my mothers old car, a 2005 Focus just threw this code, which I gather means a bad intake gasket, OR a cracked intake manifold. Funny thing is, it threw the code the day after my mother picked up her brand new Mazda.

I always knew that car had a mind of its own.

nafsucof > TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts 03/28/2015 at 09:32

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SHO me a burnout!

nafsucof > TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts 03/28/2015 at 09:36

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got this Wikipedia "The plastic intake manifold on early versions of the 1.8 and 2.0 has a major fault due to poor-quality materials. The manifold has swirlplates mounted on a square shaft at the aperture where it mounts to the cylinder head. Early 4-cylinder Duratec engines can be ruined when the swirlplates break off and enter a cylinder. Most cases are of single swirlplates but also the shaft can wear and break. Early signs of this fault are evidenced by a ticking noise emanating from the front of the engine. This can occur as early as 25K miles, with failure typically occurring after about 90K miles. ( more details )"

TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts > nafsucof 03/28/2015 at 17:03

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Its been making a horrible ticking noise for years. It probably ate all those years ago.

TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts > nafsucof 03/28/2015 at 17:03

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Soon.

Steve in Manhattan > TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts 03/28/2015 at 18:55

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Still missing my '97 SHO - nice little V8, very comfortable.