where's the rating for run it untill it blows up and reveals its secrets.
Well currently the plan is "dont use 4wd"
[QUOTE=Birdman101;51529081]Well currently the plan is "dont use 4wd"[/QUOTE]
Thats not a fun plan. You should use 4wd and wait for it to make more noises.
[QUOTE=DPKiller;51529086]Thats not a fun plan. You should use 4wd and wait for it to make more noises.[/QUOTE]
Its the plan that involves not ruining my little brothers DD to the point where my dad sends it to the great scrapyard in the sky. Im still emotionally attached to that rotting pile of 26 year old car parts.
See? I even fixed the rust recently:
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[QUOTE=Lerlth;51527979]This is random, but Serj hasn't been on in a while... Need some updates on his 300HP /6.[/QUOTE]
He's been playing watchdogs 2 on Xbox. :v:
[QUOTE=Sonador;51524144]Nah, just have mandatory license suspensions for operating a motor vehicle while using the phone. Easy. They do it for DUI's, and it's just about as dangerous, you just can't put the inebriation down when you see a cop.[/QUOTE]
dui is way less dangerous than texting and driving imo
The F150's misfiring on one of the cylinders, already replaced the plugs, wires, distributor cap, and rotor, does anyone know how to check which one isn't firing without taking plug wires off while it's running? Because ford decided they'd bury the plugs underneath the intake lol.
[QUOTE=kart22racer;51529375]The F150's misfiring on one of the cylinders, already replaced the plugs, wires, distributor cap, and rotor, does anyone know how to check which one isn't firing without taking plug wires off while it's running? Because ford decided they'd bury the plugs underneath the intake lol.[/QUOTE]
Bring it to a auto store and have them scan it. Unless it's too old for that. But you can also just take spark plugs out. Which ever one is wet with fuel is it.
[QUOTE=Birdman101;51527909]Is the floor squishy and/or does it smell like a forest floor?[/QUOTE]
Kinda, if you put your face next to it. :v:
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[QUOTE=DPKiller;51528928]Depends highly on the manufacture and what was "in" for that year. Basically you should have floor joists and plywood on top of that, and fucking pray you don't have water damaged joists.
Start ripping the old ass carpet up and see what you're working with man.[/QUOTE]
Alot of the floor has plywood screwed to particle board, like a damned bandaid. There is some water damage but it was halted through bandaiding.
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[QUOTE=Trekintosh;51528958]-snip talking out of my ass-
I don't know enough to say anything definitive, but my initial impression would be damage to the wood.
My rig hasn't had any major water damage yet, so I can't really comment beyond that.[/QUOTE]
As far as the wood goes around the floor, are there usually metal brackets around the floor boards in strategic places? Cuz I can put my 2 1/2 ton floor jack at the wall just behind the cab and it'll raise. Our plan is to replace and failed angle iron or brackets to restore the floors levelness. We just gotta get the shitty P-board up and some outer trim at the cab-meets-the-back area. Thats as far as I can tell where it's sinking cuz its really nowhere else.
EDIT: spelling errors, because tiny text on phone screen.
[QUOTE=Scientwist;51529509]Kinda, if you put your face next to it. :v:
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Alot of the floor has plywood screwed to particle board, like a damned bandaid. There is some water damage but it was halted through bandaiding.
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As far as the wood goes around the floor, are ther usually gagle brackets around the floor boards in strategic places? Cuz I can put my 2 1/2 ton floor jack at the wall just behing the cab and it'll raise. Our plan is to replace and failed angle iron or brackets to restore the floors levelness. We just gotta get the shitty P-board up and some outer trim at the cab-meets-the-back area. Thats as far as I can tell where it's sinking cuz ots really nowhere else.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, that's how the only Class C's I saw were constructed. My second guess was the support brackets had sheared or had otherwise failed. Keep us posted!
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[QUOTE=Lerlth;51529436]Bring it to a auto store and have them scan it. Unless it's too old for that. But you can also just take spark plugs out. Which ever one is wet with fuel is it.[/QUOTE]
If it has a distributor cap, odds are the auto store can't hook an OBDII scanner to it.
[QUOTE=kart22racer;51529375]The F150's misfiring on one of the cylinders, already replaced the plugs, wires, distributor cap, and rotor, does anyone know how to check which one isn't firing without taking plug wires off while it's running? Because ford decided they'd bury the plugs underneath the intake lol.[/QUOTE]
What year is the truck? If it's in a certain age range it'll have an OBD2 (or II) port under the dash somewhere.
The misfiring could be caused by something other then ignition bits, poor compression or leaking valves at their seal point in the cylinder can cause misfiring. So can a leak at the head gasket if it's bad enough.
If it's got an OBD2 port, get it checked and see what the code is, then after, if you have a compression tester see what the max pressure is for the cylinder(s) the code points to, if it's close to or at the minimum it can make the cylinder "misfire" by not burning all the fuel or having poor power from combustion.
You can leak down test too by getting the suspect cylinder(s) to BDC at the "fire" stroke and pressurizing the cylinder whilst watching the pressure reading and timing how long it takes for the pressure to drop. If it drops too fast, there is a leak. If the pressure doesn't really drop or is very slow you can rule out a mechanical problem. You may need a special tool for a leak down test, something like a vacuum line pump, but bigger. You really don't want to try to just blast air from a compressor into the cylinder because you can over pressurize it and may damage something or shoot debris into the cylinder, messing up rings, pistons and cylinder walls.
[QUOTE=Scientwist;51529509]Kinda, if you put your face next to it. :v:
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Alot of the floor has plywood screwed to particle board, like a damned bandaid. There is some water damage but it was halted through bandaiding.
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As far as the wood goes around the floor, are there usually metal brackets around the floor boards in strategic places? Cuz I can put my 2 1/2 ton floor jack at the wall just behind the cab and it'll raise. Our plan is to replace and failed angle iron or brackets to restore the floors levelness. We just gotta get the shitty P-board up and some outer trim at the cab-meets-the-back area. Thats as far as I can tell where it's sinking cuz its really nowhere else.
EDIT: spelling errors, because tiny text on phone screen.[/QUOTE]
Sorry to say, but i see a whole lot of ripping out soggy rotten wood in your future. I wouldnt have paid 500 for a camper with wood rot. You can fix it, but its so time consuming, and the more you tear out, the more youll notice needs to come out. Eventually you need to draw a line between what gets replaced and whats close nuff. Its really a depressing matter.
In hindsight i did buy a 2000$ truck camper with wood rot, but it wasnt that bad, and most of it was my fault for breaking a plastic roof vent, taping over it, and letting it sit outside for most of a year.
I did buy 1/4 of a 1700$ bus camper with a rotten floor too, but being a bus, i knew everything structural was steel, and there was a steel floor under the wood and foam.
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Had the jag for one year today. Still love it just as much as day one. :toot:
[QUOTE=Scientwist;51529509]-my friend bought a project-[/QUOTE]
Good luck my friend. Wear a mask and replace anything that you think is affected and don't fucking skimp out. Also re-coat the roof in kool-seal or similar product and don't do it in the rain like Trek did his.
I've only replaced floor and slide outs in bumper pulls and goosenecks never motorhomes so I bet there's a surprise in there somewhere. If your replacing and flooring near the gas tank please do make a easy access hatch for when the fuel pump goes out (if its intank) you will thank me later for not having to drop a full 30gal tank on the side of the road....been there done that.
[QUOTE=Scientwist;51529710]What year is the truck? If it's in a certain age range it'll have an OBD2 (or II) port under the dash somewhere.
The misfiring could be caused by something other then ignition bits, poor compression or leaking valves at their seal point in the cylinder can cause misfiring. So can a leak at the head gasket if it's bad enough.
If it's got an OBD2 port, get it checked and see what the code is, then after, if you have a compression tester see what the max pressure is for the cylinder(s) the code points to, if it's close to or at the minimum it can make the cylinder "misfire" by not burning all the fuel or having poor power from combustion.
You can leak down test too by getting the suspect cylinder(s) to BDC at the "fire" stroke and pressurizing the cylinder whilst watching the pressure reading and timing how long it takes for the pressure to drop. If it drops too fast, there is a leak. If the pressure doesn't really drop or is very slow you can rule out a mechanical problem. You may need a special tool for a leak down test, something like a vacuum line pump, but bigger. You really don't want to try to just blast air from a compressor into the cylinder because you can over pressurize it and may damage something or shoot debris into the cylinder, messing up rings, pistons and cylinder walls.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I was in a hurry posting lol, it's a 93, so it doesn't have any of the OBD, and it seems like something ignition, because one day it was fine, then the next it was running on 5 cylinders, and all the plugs looked fine when i changed them.
[QUOTE=kart22racer;51530625]Yeah, I was in a hurry posting lol, it's a 93, so it doesn't have any of the OBD, and it seems like something ignition, because one day it was fine, then the next it was running on 5 cylinders, and all the plugs looked fine when i changed them.[/QUOTE]
Does it happen to have the 4.0 v6? If so, then a misfire caused by spark wont just happen to one cylinder, as the waste spark system is funky, and the two cylinders on each coil (1&5, 2&6, 3&4) are sort of in series, so if ore doesnt get spark, neither will.
Im currently trying to figure out why my explorer ('91 4.0 v6) keeps dying when its cold. Its had problems with this before, about 4 or 5 years ago, and it stopped after I replaced the air filter, which was pretty clogged. Last time I tried replacing the O2 sensor and cleaning the MAF, and that didnt help it, and this time Ive checked the filter, cleaned the MAF, and replaced the coil. Fuel pressure was good when I tested it and held after shutting off, but now Im thinking either the fuel pump shuts off intermittently, or the injectors are screwed up somehow. I cant see if being spark plugs or compression problems seeing how intermittent and predictable it is.
Maybe this weekend, Ill get up in the morning and take it for a drive, get it to quit on me, then check spark, fuel, ect.
Well, finally got around to changing coils in my car tonight. So maybe that will show improvement tomorrow? I hope?
I spent a few hours sand blasting a bunch of stuff today, then it was time to paint the bolts.
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And my valve cover. I was going to do a rising sun pattern on the cover, but decided the polished Toyota and stripes was a little more classy.
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I got my leather wheel wrap in and decided to tackle that, too. I removed the heated element out of a heater wheel cover and wrapped that bad boy up in there.
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Then we were working on the Hilux engine tonight, transferring the harmonic balancer, putting on the flywheel, etc. I snapped this close up of his old crank where flywheel bolts snapped and caused trouble.
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Decided to set out to make the rear defrost work on my Civic. Broke out the $1 Harbor Freight test light. Had power at the engine fuse box, had power at the defrost switch, relay functioned correctly and had power. It literally just disappeared somewhere between the relay in the dash and the rear defroster.
Gave up trying to find it after stripping some of the interior and the hatch trims, figure it's either behind the the trim panels, deep in the C pillar or in the impossible to get to rubber boot between the hatch/body. Definitely wasn't stripping the entire rear interior without cleaning everything, slapping sound deadening everywhere and fixing all the water leaks.
I tested the rear defroster by connecting it to the rear wiper power, everything seemed good and it worked really well despite a line or two not working.
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Already had the rear panel off to test everything against the main rear ground so I just ripped the wire out of the harness to test it for power around there and the test light fucking lit up for the first time. So I got out a solid 10 foot chunk of my good 14 gauge wire, lubed it up with dielectric grease and stuffed it all the way down the hatch channels. Then I poked it and painfully fed it through the inside of the boot that goes between the body and the hatch. Got it through the boot after about 15 mins and then got it to somehow feed from up there all the way down the C pillar to the trunk floor near the rear harness.
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Chopped it all to length, cut the wire and spliced it in place of the old wire back by the hatch latch. Used a butt connector, heat shrunk it then wrapped it in electrical tape. Chopped the old female spade connector and put that on the other end of the wire so it looks 100% stock. Tested it all and threw it all back together after like 3 hours.
Clutch, I don't envy you audio dudes. I ran my door lock actuator wires through random holes in my door frame and left them half bare. Totally half assed it by having the aftermarket rubber boots that came with them not attached to the door. Running stuff through those boots is a total nightmare.
Everything works on this car now finally, crazy how some people will let the vent selector cable fall off in view of the gas pedal and leave it like that for years without questioning why it doesn't work. Shit like that bothers me more and more over time. Now I have to get bulbs for the hazard and defrost lights which I've neglected to replace.
Ur camera took a pretty sunglare
My Subaru has a transmission fluid leak.
I've looked myself, and brought it to two different mechanics and they can't find anything leaking?
:mystery:
In other news, the MR2's motor swap is coming along. I can't wait to not drive it until May :v:
I swear clutch is one of the only people in here who actually works on his projects
Not true! I installed some auxiliary lights yesterday:
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They were horrible to use because I only mounted them on a license plate bracket, so as I accelerated they'd bend backwards and point upwards, illuminating the tree tops. Put some stiffening rods on them today and now they're rock solid. Waiting on it to get dark so I can test them now.
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I've also bought new CV joints, just trying to find a time where both me and my mate can put them on. Otherwise I'll just risk driving up to my grandparents with the old ones and ask my dad's best mate to borrow his lift.
[QUOTE=Grenadiac;51533356]I swear clutch is one of the only people in here who actually works on his projects[/QUOTE]
Where do you get that idea from. It seems like a lot of people here work on their own shit.
Yeah at a snail's pace :v:
Clutch is always posting progress updates and he makes a [I]lot[/I] of progress, that's all. I'm just ribbing.
[QUOTE=Grenadiac;51533598]Yeah at a snail's pace :v:
Clutch is always posting progress updates and he makes a [I]lot[/I] of progress, that's all. I'm just ribbing.[/QUOTE]
Ah, so how is the 220d coming along?
Snail's pace
I've been in and out of town a lot lately so I haven't got much done on it. Will hopefully have more time after Christmas and once my relatives get in better health. Don't want to start tearing into it only to get called out of state suddenly. Just been keeping it clean and critter-free.
I'm too broke to do much more then take my car apart and reassemble. If anything breaks I'm done for unless I can get some kinda gift or help. Shit sucks
[QUOTE=Grenadiac;51533356]I swear clutch is one of the only people in here who actually works on his projects[/QUOTE]
yeah usually I just stand around staring at my projects while downing an 18 pack
Apartments frown on doing anything more than driving your car
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