• Automotive Addicts Lounge V2- Why we are all broke:
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[QUOTE=agentfazexx;47566321][url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHBNelsQyvg[/url] Oh God[/QUOTE] It's fake. those pricks are known for faking pics and ratings, plus speeding up videos.
[QUOTE=mastoner20;47566320]Basically, yeah. Hydraulic fluids in general are either a waste oil or a water-based fluid that when compressed is able to exert more force than was first applied by changing the pressure. Okay, /physicsnerd.[/QUOTE] Haha thanks, was hoping there wasn't some unknown fluid I had never heard of, I thought I atleast knew all of those! But yeah it's sounding like its the master cylinder then. From the video i watched it doesn't look like too hard a fix, so we'll see how she goes. Thanks Guys!
Not a problem. Enjoy the replacement and don't be afraid to ask for help if you need it. Despite our sarcasm and ranting, most people here can be helpful.
[QUOTE=grox4546;47566269]Now I feel really stupid asking this, but hydraulic fluid is just the general term for brake fluid, power steering etc... Right? Didn't feel any fluid, just years of dust & dirt, although the clutch arm felt kinda oily. I'm thinking it's the master cylinder, found a video of a guy replacing his on his Focus and sounded like the exact same problem, so fingers crossed![/QUOTE] Your clutch line SHOULD use the fluid that's in your brake reservoir.
But, if it's just a small drip of oil coming periodically after use or just a bit of excess slipping past the seals in the hydraulic body, it won't use that much and would take a while to be a noticeable drop if the reservoir is more than half a liter.
My 2007 Dodge Charger Pursuit is having problems. Wont crank, but the starter is fine. [video=youtube;bEtgM-YFLy8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEtgM-YFLy8[/video] [URL="http://www.chargerforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=20051&d=1181142692"]Fuse #14 doesn't light up[/URL] with a test light. Any one have any ideas? I cannot figure this out. I've seen problems ranging from the ignition switch, the relay I turn the starter on with (which I just bought, but pulled the case off so I didn't burn my self shorting it with a copper wire), or the shift selector thing breaking. But I cannot find the same problems.
Replace the fuse and do a PCM flush (There's a key command to do it, but I don't remember right off. It's similar to the TCM flush and the Error Code Reader). If your PCM isn't getting power or it detects issues, it'll go into Limp Mode which can cause it not to crank.
[QUOTE=Lerlth;47566585]My 2007 Dodge Charger Pursuit is having problems. Wont crank, but the starter is fine. [video=youtube;bEtgM-YFLy8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEtgM-YFLy8[/video] [URL="http://www.chargerforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=20051&d=1181142692"]Fuse #14 doesn't light up[/URL] with a test light. Any one have any ideas? I cannot figure this out. I've seen problems ranging from the ignition switch, the relay I turn the starter on with (which I just bought, but pulled the case off so I didn't burn my self shorting it with a copper wire), or the shift selector thing breaking. But I cannot find the same problems.[/QUOTE] Your R. Kelly is busted imo... [video=youtube;y6y_4_b6RS8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6y_4_b6RS8[/video]
Also, Lerlth, pull your 11 fuse. It resets your PCM which can cause a starter crank issue if there's an issue with 14 too and will reset your TCM in addition if you had any sluggishness in throttle response.
[QUOTE=agentfazexx;47566211]Except that's a money pit so no[/QUOTE] Lol. Money pit. Except no. Money goes into it to improve it. Also M.A.Stoner, you're my new artist in this thread for agreeing. You're going to be like Rembrandt when I'm through with you. Also Agent, what you have against the slant6? You can literally run it for 100k miles between oil changes, and maybe rebuild it when it hits 600k miles. Best engine for turbo and oil line mods, and it can be had for less than $150.
[QUOTE=mastoner20;47566624]Also, Lerlth, pull your 11 fuse. It resets your PCM which can cause a starter crank issue if there's an issue with 14 too and will reset your TCM in addition if you had any sluggishness in throttle response.[/QUOTE] I pulled the negative off the battery. I'll let it sit over night like that. That will reset the PCM and TCM. Should after 20 mins anyway, but it's dark out here and I can work on it tomorrow. I'm just hoping it's not the ignition switch, the police version has the shifter directly in the way of the place you could pull the ignition switch out of. So, I'd have to take out the entire shifter linkage just to look at it... Thanks for the suggestion, hopefully that'll help.
[QUOTE=Coyoteze;47566009]Yeah, it's underpowered but I can deal with that considering both the pricetag and the looks. That and I probably won't go over the speedlimit much anyway. Also I doublechecked, the one I'm looking at is most definetely the 944 Turbo. What gives it away is the bumper. Which is lovely, tbh. [t]http://i.imgur.com/9R2UZes.png[/t][/QUOTE] Fuckin yes. I fucking would die for a 944 Turbo. I almost bought one not running (not getting fuel) a year ago. They are great cars, share alot of common volkswagen parts. But along with most cars of that era. Bosch Mechanical Fuel injection. The bane of multiple users here. If it works great. It works great unless you let it sit up for years. If it doesn't work than expect to just replace the entire fuel system because of items not to spec. [editline]21st April 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=Slithers;47566029]Also DP, if I could come and get that thing I would, as I've got an OM 616 and a 4 spd manual sitting out in east bumfuck waiting to get a new home.[/QUOTE] One.... stipulation.... I want to make a dresser out of the front clip. :v: Joking of corse....
[QUOTE=Serj22;47566625]Lol. Money pit. Except no. Money goes into it to improve it. Also M.A.Stoner, you're my new artist in this thread for agreeing. You're going to be like Rembrandt when I'm through with you. Also Agent, what you have against the slant6? You can literally run it for 100k miles between oil changes, and maybe rebuild it when it hits 600k miles. Best engine for turbo and oil line mods, and it can be had for less than $150.[/QUOTE] Only about half Rembrandt-y, since you keep missing my posts.
Serj is suffering from mopar-induced madness, the exhaust fumes have got to his head :( How goes the boat(s)?
Serj is suffering Serj-induced madness, the Serj-ness has made him insane.
[QUOTE=Del91;47566089]I'd say its the master too, they're pretty easy to change. The hardest part is getting your hands into the foot well. [editline]20th April 2015[/editline] God [I]damn it.[/I] [editline]20th April 2015[/editline][/QUOTE] Is it just me or does it look like its got a cable clutch, not hydraulic. Which means that bit of oil is coming from the brake master somehow.
[QUOTE=Grenadiac;47566737]Serj is suffering from mopar-induced madness, the exhaust fumes have got to his head :( How goes the boat(s)?[/QUOTE] Mopar-induced madness? Nah. I went up to a "car show" in Lawton, Oklahoma mostly all new motards. I swear you cant even have a fucking conversation with 80% of them. Some are just stuck up pricks and hover over your sholder when you try to take a photo of a halfway cool custom exhaust manifold. I like car guys and all, but certain cities and certain "groups" are just ignorant. Which that is a 2-way street. The worst group I've seen so far is a local group here called "East Texas Packard Collectors".... We went to them asking questions about the engine/trans and wanted to know about rebuild kits / gasket kits. And they kinda all kicked the bucket around until they said "we dunno" then my friend threw out a "well fuck might as well put a ls motor in it then"...... Yeah.... We got kicked out..... immediately.
Serj, you gotta make your carpet darker (black vynl and fabric paint works good), it ll really help tie everything together. Plus maybe something different for the door panels?
[QUOTE=DPKiller;47566785]Mopar-induced madness? Nah. I went up to a "car show" in Lawton, Oklahoma mostly all new motards. I swear you cant even have a fucking conversation with 80% of them. Some are just stuck up pricks and hover over your sholder when you try to take a photo of a halfway cool custom exhaust manifold. I like car guys and all, but certain cities and certain "groups" are just ignorant. Which that is a 2-way street. The worst group I've seen so far is a local group here called "East Texas Packard Collectors".... We went to them asking questions about the engine/trans and wanted to know about rebuild kits / gasket kits. And they kinda all kicked the bucket around until they said "we dunno" then my friend threw out a "well fuck might as well put a ls motor in it then"...... Yeah.... We got kicked out..... immediately.[/QUOTE] I've noticed a lot of douchey new money types pay real mechanics to build their cars and then go touring car shows like they're hot shit, know jack about their car and aren't interested in discussing it if you aren't sucking their dicks. I met an honest to god cuntwagon at a car show with a 60 something Chevelle. He couldn't even tell me the size of the motor, but insisted he built the car from the ground up. I started asking him increasingly complex questions about the car, he couldn't answer any of them, and eventually told me to fuck off. :v: I feel like real "car guys" are getting rarer.
Whats everyone else's weekend plans? [img]http://i.imgur.com/Cwdc2UBh.jpg[/img]
My schedule this week is gonna kill me, split shifts are awful.
[QUOTE=Grenadiac;47566849]I've noticed a lot of douchey new money types pay real mechanics to build their cars and then go touring car shows like they're hot shit, know jack about their car and aren't interested in discussing it if you aren't sucking their dicks. I met an honest to god cuntwagon at a car show with a 60 something Chevelle. He couldn't even tell me the size of the motor, but insisted he built the car from the ground up. I started asking him increasingly complex questions about the car, he couldn't answer any of them, and eventually told me to fuck off. :v: I feel like real "car guys" are getting rarer.[/QUOTE] Hey, I'm not a real "car guy", and still know the size of the motor in my car. I even know the engine size, too, mate!
[QUOTE=darunner;47566862]Whats everyone else's weekend plans? [img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/Cwdc2UBh.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] Attempting to fix my dashboard lighting if not sooner. Looks like a bulb or two or three went out. Gotta fix the foggy headlights too. [img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/wPXeiqB.jpg[/img_thumb]
[QUOTE=Serj22;47566045]It seems silly, but a lot of car designers were trying to imitate the curves of a woman. That was kind of the whole idea. [URL="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Jaguar_XK120_back.jpg"]XK120 Booty[/URL] In sports news, I finally finished my turbine console that I wanted to make. Well, I made it, that's how that goes. [IMG]http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e356/serj22/20150420_165547_zpsbzbkvzuu.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e356/serj22/20150420_165210_zpszejmkfpw.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] Is that a torque conerter stator? [editline]20th April 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=mastoner20;47566906]Hey, I'm not a real "car guy", and still know the size of the motor in my car. I even know the engine size, too, mate![/QUOTE] Idont have they money to be a car guy, Im more of a cheap 80s motorcycle guy
[QUOTE=Grenadiac;47566849]I've noticed a lot of douchey new money types pay real mechanics to build their cars and then go touring car shows like they're hot shit, know jack about their car and aren't interested in discussing it if you aren't sucking their dicks. I met an honest to god cuntwagon at a car show with a 60 something Chevelle. He couldn't even tell me the size of the motor, but insisted he built the car from the ground up. I started asking him increasingly complex questions about the car, he couldn't answer any of them, and eventually told me to fuck off. :v: I feel like real "car guys" are getting rarer.[/QUOTE] Those people make me want to buy a Benz 300TE wagon with a blown head for 500 bucks and swap in a 5.6L M117 V8, throw on ECE tri-ys running into Sebring resonators, with a supercharger and megasquirt conversion with SL600 brakes and master cylinder. Then throw in a Tremec T56 aft of the engine because the old 4G-Tronic can only deal with so much bullshit. And then swap in a glass moonroof, paint it brown, and throw some monoblocks on it and call it a day. Or maybe instead of the 5.6, throw in a 5.0L M119 CIS-3E -But finding an M119 KE3 is fuckall hard because they only made them for a year and a half before they converted the M119 over to LH Jet
I finally got un-lazy and took a pic of the fuel filter for my friend's Talon; [URL=http://s22.photobucket.com/user/clutch1234/media/clutch1234045/42015%20013_zps3wpfg7dw.jpg.html][IMG]http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b340/clutch1234/clutch1234045/42015%20013_zps3wpfg7dw.jpg[/IMG][/URL] The good news is that it's running good now that it's got all the new parts in it.. now the fuel system pumps fuel into the rail, not gunk, novel idea. It's been chilly here, so I did some vinyl work on my bike helmet when I was bored, wishing I was riding. [URL=http://s22.photobucket.com/user/clutch1234/media/clutch1234045/42015%20014_zpsxkkm0chz.jpg.html][IMG]http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b340/clutch1234/clutch1234045/42015%20014_zpsxkkm0chz.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s22.photobucket.com/user/clutch1234/media/clutch1234045/42015%20016_zpszfwliohx.jpg.html][IMG]http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b340/clutch1234/clutch1234045/42015%20016_zpszfwliohx.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s22.photobucket.com/user/clutch1234/media/clutch1234045/42015%20015_zpsqh54pb6l.jpg.html][IMG]http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b340/clutch1234/clutch1234045/42015%20015_zpsqh54pb6l.jpg[/IMG][/URL] And this neat Gremlin the other day got a new Kenwood radio and a 4x10 dash speaker [URL=http://s22.photobucket.com/user/clutch1234/media/clutch1234045/42015%20003_zpsmlhv6zhj.jpg.html][IMG]http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b340/clutch1234/clutch1234045/42015%20003_zpsmlhv6zhj.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s22.photobucket.com/user/clutch1234/media/clutch1234045/42015%20002_zpsdvkjbav1.jpg.html][IMG]http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b340/clutch1234/clutch1234045/42015%20002_zpsdvkjbav1.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Brackets I whipped up for the 4x10.. simple and easy solutions. [URL=http://s22.photobucket.com/user/clutch1234/media/clutch1234045/42015%20004_zpsb8d5psqs.jpg.html][IMG]http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b340/clutch1234/clutch1234045/42015%20004_zpsb8d5psqs.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Had to chop the factory dash to fit the new radio in, then cut a trim ring to make the cage sit properly because of the lip you'll see on the bottom of the radio hole [URL=http://s22.photobucket.com/user/clutch1234/media/clutch1234045/42015%20012_zps630uo5r4.jpg.html][IMG]http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b340/clutch1234/clutch1234045/42015%20012_zps630uo5r4.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s22.photobucket.com/user/clutch1234/media/clutch1234045/42015%20010_zpsiydckaj0.jpg.html][IMG]http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b340/clutch1234/clutch1234045/42015%20010_zpsiydckaj0.jpg[/IMG][/URL] No pics of it install :( Someone had fabbed this up for the bottom of the dash out of aluminum, too. Really nice quality.. I'm used to seeing rigged up shit around these parts. [URL=http://s22.photobucket.com/user/clutch1234/media/clutch1234045/42015%20006_zpsjnwf7xvz.jpg.html][IMG]http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b340/clutch1234/clutch1234045/42015%20006_zpsjnwf7xvz.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s22.photobucket.com/user/clutch1234/media/clutch1234045/42015%20007_zpsiydmnuil.jpg.html][IMG]http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b340/clutch1234/clutch1234045/42015%20007_zpsiydmnuil.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s22.photobucket.com/user/clutch1234/media/clutch1234045/42015%20008_zps9vwvurgl.jpg.html][IMG]http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b340/clutch1234/clutch1234045/42015%20008_zps9vwvurgl.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s22.photobucket.com/user/clutch1234/media/clutch1234045/42015%20009_zpsoervplyv.jpg.html][IMG]http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b340/clutch1234/clutch1234045/42015%20009_zpsoervplyv.jpg[/IMG][/URL]
[QUOTE=agentfazexx;47566119]Should I turbo or supercharge my 2013 Civic Si? Or get something like an Evo or GTO or something?[/QUOTE] I tried to help you as much as humanly possible with this two threads ago, just go buy a GTO, WRX/STI, Fiesta/Focus ST because it's all going over your head.
I just got a Kenwood head unit and the thing stutters with bluetooth. On top of that, the left side speaker wires just started cutting out as I open and close the doors. Ugh, there's 300+ in the hole on a nonfunctional stereo :/ Hopefully I can get this sorted out.
[QUOTE=Birdman101;47567065]Is that a torque conerter stator? [editline]20th April 2015[/editline] Idont have they money to be a car guy, Im more of a cheap 80s motorcycle guy[/QUOTE] Its two 7" electric radiator fans glued together with 1/16" aluminum wrapped around it. Looks pretty legit huh? Also for other boats are going well. About to flip the chris craft once we get the bottom done. Less than a week from that. Ill get pics when im back on the computer. On the phone now. Mastoner. You relax. Illmake you feel like an artist in no time. Just have patience.
[QUOTE=mastoner20;47566320]Basically, yeah. Hydraulic fluids in general are either a waste oil or a water-based fluid that when compressed is able to exert more force than was first applied by changing the pressure. Okay, /physicsnerd.[/QUOTE] Hydraulic systems use incompressable fluids dude
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