Potentially boring thread topic, but still...

"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile) 02/05/2018 at 15:28 • Filed to: None

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What did everybody do on their car and/or project over the weekend?

Me, I fixed an exhaust hanger issue on the Galaxie and repainted the underside of the trunk... after turning some steel bushings on a lathe to repair my grandmother’s walker, because of reasons.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/05/2018 at 15:34

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I went and checked on my truck, drained the water out of the bed and ran the engine for a bit. Nothing exciting

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/05/2018 at 15:34

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got the weird little van ready for sale

PartyPooper2012 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/05/2018 at 15:35

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I was gonna work on my car, but then I got high....

I was gonna fix the reverse camera, but then I got high...

Not really. I put my wrenching clothes on to go work on it, but it was raining. I said fuck it. Netflix time.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > PartyPooper2012 02/05/2018 at 15:36

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Many times have I been foiled by the rain spirits. Many times.

HammerheadFistpunch > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/05/2018 at 15:37

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I found out that my suspension bushings are toast and rotating in their housings, and that my wheels are out of balance. parts incoming!

Nibby > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/05/2018 at 15:37

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drove it

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 02/05/2018 at 15:38

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Hey, steps taken to get money are rarely bad steps.

PartyPooper2012 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/05/2018 at 15:39

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I can live without reverse camera after all. No need to work on it in the rain in February in North East. Fuck it I say. Netflix.

Azrek > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/05/2018 at 15:39

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I had midterms and one class is CISCO CNNA Networking. So I was doing a server stack and may have gotten a tad excited when I was able to get all the PCs to ping each other....

Then I did a FEMA and OSHA certification on Waste Management and then IT Law....

I drank alot of rum....

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > HammerheadFistpunch 02/05/2018 at 15:39

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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Nibby 02/05/2018 at 15:40

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Well, I guess that’s a thing to do “on” a car. Maybe. It depends. Normally driving on a car is a thing with a monster truck, though...

sony1492 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/05/2018 at 15:41

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My weekend starts tomorrow. I’ll begin cutting out the trunk to make room for exhaust pipes and turbos, the exhaust hangar will be cut to the right size and drilled to fit, most of the ss lines will be cut to size and attached to the fittings, and there might be an attempt to finish the fender bodywork(unlikely)

RutRut > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/05/2018 at 15:41

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Started looking for a new one.

OPPOsaurus WRX > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/05/2018 at 15:42

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tiled (and later grouted) in front of the fireplace. when i put the hardwood down I kinda wish i left 2' in front of the fireplace so i didn’t have to cut tiles and have different size tiles, but i will line up the front of the adjacent cabinets so that the grout lines line up with the cabinet base.

Nibbles > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/05/2018 at 15:42

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I pulled the heads on the Camaro, got the top end all nice and clean, and found out the heads are warped. Off to the shop they go

Spanfeller is a twat > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/05/2018 at 15:42

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Smog checked it.

XJDano > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/05/2018 at 15:42

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Nothing, but I did help my mom load some things into my dad’s pickup. My dad has bad back & knees, can’t lift stuff but can drive. They paid me with 18 eggs and 1lb venison sausage.

Pickup_man > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/05/2018 at 15:43

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I finished rebuilding* the engine in a base model Cobalt. Why? Good question.

*Not total rebuild, but top end and timing set, so head off, cams out, valves out, side cover off, oil pan pulled etc. etc. etc.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > PartyPooper2012 02/05/2018 at 15:43

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Most things involving the Galaxie don’t require the pomp and circumstance of putting in the shop, and the shop isn’t warm unless prepared for a long haul, so even having a shop can mean rain- or cold-related task avoidance. Particularly short tasks.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Pickup_man 02/05/2018 at 15:44

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Somebody’s got to rebuild Cobalt engines. As a lesson and example to everyone else.

AestheticsInMotion > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/05/2018 at 15:44

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Plastidipped a wheel

Wrapped an old neochrome steering wheel

Got started on rough drafting for a commissioned instagram logo. A new (to me) style means lots of practice and screwing around to find ideal line spacing, thickness, character spacing, word alignment, etc.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/05/2018 at 15:45

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1. I put gas in it, premium!

2. I was taking stuff out of the back seat and notice even more rust on the inside of the door. Arrrggggg.....

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > OPPOsaurus WRX 02/05/2018 at 15:46

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Since the question was related to what you did on your car, I’m going to hallucinate that you’re James May and have a fireplace in your car. And cabinets.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Azrek 02/05/2018 at 15:47

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You left out when in the process you drank the rum. These details are important.

Azrek > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/05/2018 at 15:48

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During...before, during and afterwards...I may have did a rum fuled celebratory dance in my living room which left my cat basking in the sunlight less than impressed when my server stack was all green.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > XJDano 02/05/2018 at 15:49

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Mmmm, venison.

Sausage is a good bet for venison, too, because if you try to prepare it as a pot roast/etc. it can get all tallowey if not done right. Ask me how I know.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > RutRut 02/05/2018 at 15:50

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Be sure to vet all your bad decisions here, to be sure they’re bad enough.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Spanfeller is a twat 02/05/2018 at 15:50

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Basic, but necessary. I also checked over another car on Saturday to get it inspected today, myself.

PartyPooper2012 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/05/2018 at 15:52

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to be fair, if it were a flat, i would have gone and changed it... be it a tsunami or 8 feet of snow.

dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/05/2018 at 15:52

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Washed, checked fluids, rotated tires, had an inspection done, and ordered a new air filter. Nothing huge, just some simple stuff that needed done.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 02/05/2018 at 15:52

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Next time put some of the premium gas in the door, to heal the rust, because premium is magic.

Spanfeller is a twat > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/05/2018 at 15:54

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I actually learned a trick to pass emissions: they put dry ice in the airbox so that air is denser and the car runs more efficiently.

My car actually failed the first time around because the dyno wasn’t able to handle the car’s almost 2 ton heft, They also put on the front wheel drive dyno because its a Kia, chuckles.

The second time around it did pass, however they did check if I had done that dry ice trick because to them I seemed too interested in the smog check equiptment

I just like car stuff, let me be wierd!

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Azrek 02/05/2018 at 15:54

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It occurs to me that it’s been a really long time since I worked on a car while lubricated. I need to do that more often.

Pickup_man > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/05/2018 at 15:55

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Long story short my sister ran it low on oil and it jumped time, so dad and I tore it apart and figured we could fix it for about $200 plus time. Well we discovered a couple more broken parts, ordered some gaskets we originally didn’t think we needed and parts took longer to get here than expected. Three weeks later its done, and we’re still in it for under $500. I’ll probably buy it off dad for about $1000, and drive it in place of my gas guzzling, high mileage, rusty old truck. We didn’t check the rod bearings (which with low oil we probably should have) but it runs smooth under load so..... If it blows up in a couple months, screw it, it’s just a Cobalt.

XJDano > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/05/2018 at 15:56

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More like a summer sausage. Already cooked. With cheese. Was a good snack while watching Bathurst 12 Hour.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > PartyPooper2012 02/05/2018 at 15:56

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Yeah, but a backup camera... that’s like the Bud Light of car problems.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Pickup_man 02/05/2018 at 15:59

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I get that. Also, the difficulty of effort of taking it apart and putting it back together isn’t as bad as one might think, if only from the fact you don’t need to be car-to-be-depended-on level painstaking.

RutRut > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/05/2018 at 15:59

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2013 Roush Raptor?

Azrek > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/05/2018 at 16:00

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Just do it on non-important parts...like backseats.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford 02/05/2018 at 16:01

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This would have been a better story if one of the items in the list was something like “re-indexed dart launcher”.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > RutRut 02/05/2018 at 16:03

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That definitely sounds like living on the edge. I don’t see a fault with that.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Azrek 02/05/2018 at 16:05

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I’m thinking whenever I do the carpets, that may be a Box O’ Yuengling sort of job. Not worth it being hammered, but a casual relaxed buzz.

RutRut > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/05/2018 at 16:05

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The only question at this point is blower or no blower? Not sure I’m in love with a blower added on for my daily, I have the n/a 6.2 in my F250 now and it has been trouble free up to the 140k miles on it.

Azrek > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/05/2018 at 16:07

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I approve. My buddy owed me a bottle and he came through right at midterms with a delicious bottle of rum.

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/05/2018 at 16:08

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I did an oil change and tire rotation on the F-150. I’ll send the oil sample off to Blackstone today.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > RutRut 02/05/2018 at 16:09

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Two blowers, and a steel skull with teeth for the intake.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 02/05/2018 at 16:14

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On review of your post history for info on the F150, nice truck. Good idea babying it a little.

OPPOsaurus WRX > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/05/2018 at 16:15

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i think this qualifies as a project. project was not specified as car project. and sorry to disappoint, its not in my car.

DucST3-Red-1Liter-Standing-By > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/05/2018 at 16:16

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Nothing car/bike related, but tore down my phone to replace the battery and got our tax returns filled. Woo!

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > OPPOsaurus WRX 02/05/2018 at 16:17

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Tile and hardwood floors! In your car by the weekend, or you’re fired!

Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/05/2018 at 16:17

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Nada. Mine’s in the panel shop after someone at work had a parking “oops”. Only a 6” dent but they’ve managed to place it right at the intersection of door, sill, and wing. Plus it’s pearlescent paint so they need to respect the entire side.

Instead I went to Leadfoot Festival and watched other people work on theirs with duct tape

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > DucST3-Red-1Liter-Standing-By 02/05/2018 at 16:18

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Tax returns *can* be car related. Sometimes.

dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/05/2018 at 16:29

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“refilled the smoke screen canister”

“replaced the old ejection cylinder under the passenger seat”

arl > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/05/2018 at 16:33

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I thought about washing it. Then I walked the dog instead.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford 02/05/2018 at 16:33

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Basic maintenance of un-basic things, with as minimal a description as possible.

Jarrett - [BRZ Boi] > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/05/2018 at 16:34

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I replaced an air filter! Yay!

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > arl 02/05/2018 at 16:34

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I take it your dog didn’t get anything done on his car, either.

osucycler > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/05/2018 at 16:38

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1967 Bronco work, removed 4 locking lug nuts without the key, thank you hand sledge, 12 pt socket, and impact gun. Pulled passenger drum off easy peasy and tried to pull the drivers side off but had to resort to oil and WD-40 to try and break it free. All to put in new emergency brake lines and check the components.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/05/2018 at 16:39

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Took a picture of the car whilst waiting for my 0300 replacement . Then went home and collapsed with the flu

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/05/2018 at 16:41

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I’m sure the UOA isn’t at all necessary, but the data in neat. So far, that 2.7 ecoboost is wearing very minimally and returning great UOA reports after initial break-in. It is also a deeply impressive engine when towing.

arl > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/05/2018 at 16:42

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He shed all over the back seat and slobbered all over the rear door and window.

I cannot wait until warms up and I can give it a proper detail.

EDIT - removed sideways dog picture, because kinja.

promoted by the color red > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/05/2018 at 16:49

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I wiped a bunch of dust out of the Miata. Thought about peeling that factory sticker in the sun visor, but figured I should keep it for maximum JDM status.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 02/05/2018 at 16:54

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I was pretty horribly sick a week ago, so I sympathize.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > osucycler 02/05/2018 at 16:56

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Nice. You’ve got all the necessary elements in your story - interesting car, challenge, unusual work to do, and ultimate success.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/05/2018 at 17:13

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I put gas in it after doing a lot of driving.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 02/05/2018 at 17:15

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Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/05/2018 at 17:17

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DucST3-Red-1Liter-Standing-By > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/05/2018 at 17:24

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don’t you put those thoughts in my head!

StudyStudyStudy > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/05/2018 at 17:27

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Installed a fuel pump spacer and rewired the fuel pump. Got to use rivnuts for the first time. Those things are the bees knees.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > StudyStudyStudy 02/05/2018 at 17:56

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Yes. Yes they are. Big ones (5/16" thread/ 1/2" hole and up) can be pretty hard to install, though.

Echo51 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/05/2018 at 18:08

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Finally dragged the racer into the garage to start work on. it uh, needs a few loving taps and new parts after meeting a guard rail last season.

And off goes the fender to be able to straightend the corner!

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/05/2018 at 18:26

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One of the side repeaters on my Accent was having the amber coating flake off of it for quite a few months now and the light emitted was appearing far more white than the amber it was supposed to be. I finally got around to replacing the bulb and decided to upgrade to some Sylvania Zevo LED bulbs instead due to a sale.

I think the original halogen bulbs actually emitted a much nicer light SPREAD / more light due to the reflector, etc, but the new LED bulbs are far brighter and vastly more noticeable...and the name of the game for a signal is not how much light it emits, but how noticeable it is, so I’m quite pleased.

You can see the old halogen with the paint flaking off in the new Zevo bulbs’ packaging...definitely time to replace them! I kept the old bulbs as backups just in case, for now, but the new LED bulbs should last forever, or close to it. On the plus side as well, the new bulbs took away the amber-y tint my side markers used to have so they look only a classy silver now until they are lit. :)

Pardon the crappy nighttime pics, haha!

StudyStudyStudy > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/05/2018 at 19:34

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I only played around with the M6 size, and I doubt I’ll go much bigger. Most likely small brackets and the last one I used as a grounding point instead of a nut and bolt. But just in case I got the big two handed one in addition to the one handed rivet gun. The two hander is like butter if it fits within the space.

pip bip - choose Corrour > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/06/2018 at 04:15

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drove my car

PartyPooper2012 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/06/2018 at 06:03

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more like dirty bud light can... on a bottom where it don’t even matter

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/09/2018 at 13:21

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Ordered some parts. Parts have arrived.