Morning Oppo....blargh.

"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike) 01/26/2017 at 07:46 • Filed to: Morning Oppo

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I am at work and feel like crap with a headache, sore throat and cold I’ve been battling since last weekend. Found out this morning when I went to leave for work that the left strut on my Accent’s rear hatch burst, so the hatch will barely stay up.....will have to order a pair of those, maybe from RockAuto...anybody have any other recommendations for a cheap place to purchase gas strut stays?

...Also found out that one of my desktop computer’s CPU heatsink 120mm fans died....as in won’t-even-spin dead. Luckily, it’s a dual-fan heatsink with another 120mm case fan right behind it, so the machine is still running at 30C at idle and low-resource use, so it should be fine until my freshly ordered replacement arrives in a week or so.

On the plus side, the replacement drivers’ side headlight for my Accent arrived to replace the cracked and slightly leaking unit that’s been on it since I bought the car in 2013. Will have to give the passenger side light a buffing with a restoration kit to get some of the UV damage off....finding a warm day with decent weather will be the hard part! Anybody have any recommendations?

Patrick Nichols > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 01/26/2017 at 08:00

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Leaky headlight you say? You must have gone through a lot of blinker fluid

random001 > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 01/26/2017 at 08:11

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check amazon for car parts.

Sorry you feel bad. Get better soon!

merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc > random001 01/26/2017 at 08:17

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Yup, amazon has good prices too, and if you have prime, shipping is covered. I typically start on rockauto and copy/paste the part numbers in amazon to see if they beat the prices. I’m about 50/50 so far, but when you factor in shipping, it’ll sometimes swing to amazons favor

random001 > merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc 01/26/2017 at 08:24

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And don’t pass up the “new and used from” section. I bought a brake rotor kit that was $450 new for $220 from Amazon warehouse because the boxes were damaged, but all the parts were in perfect shape.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Patrick Nichols 01/26/2017 at 12:42

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So much blinker fluid!

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > random001 01/26/2017 at 12:43

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I’ll have to take a look, thanks! Gas struts for the rear hatch shouldn’t be too expensive! Everything for me is in Canadian Dollars though and that comes with extra shipping to get it here :(

merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc > random001 01/26/2017 at 13:59

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That’s good to know. Thank you for that bit of knowledge. I’ll be sure to check it out.