The entire next week is one big test for me to become a certified auto body mechanic :suicide:
It's honestly is.
[QUOTE=pentium;52545199]Having just driven north/south and east/west through Washington state last week I know the pain.
At least you didn't have to endure driving in a black car with the roof buttoned up and no air conditioner. Fucks sake the I90 was B R U T A L on thursday.[/QUOTE]
I got stuck in traffic in Tacoma riding the ducati the long way around from Bremerton to Seattle on Friday. It was brutal, the bike was at 5 bars on the heat gauge (1 level from the "pull over and cool down" point) and it was stop and go. I got fucking cooked by the sun and my bike, my nuts were on fire since you sit directly on top of a cylinder and exhaust head. I thought I was going to pass out from heatstroke in the middle of traffic.
[QUOTE=MaverickIB;52545467]I got stuck in traffic in Tacoma riding the ducati the long way around from Bremerton to Seattle on Friday. It was brutal, the bike was at 5 bars on the heat gauge (1 level from the "pull over and cool down" point) and it was stop and go. I got fucking cooked by the sun and my bike, my nuts were on fire since you sit directly on top of a cylinder and exhaust head. I thought I was going to pass out from heatstroke in the middle of traffic.[/QUOTE]
I don't know where you are natively and if it is always a hot hell hole, but here in Florida especially with an air cooled bike, an aftermarket oil cooler was a necessity. One of the best investments I've made on the Duc. In fact, I ended up reinstalling the stock oil cooler in series with the aftermarket one plus a Jagg fan and now the bike cruises at a nice 200F during 95F degree days, and only hits 220-225F in long stop and go. Also 20W50 Royal Purple helps.
If you are in a hot area, you should look into some big aftermarket oil coolers for your bike. That way you don't feel like you are constantly racing from light to light hoping to feed it as much air as possible.
It's only hot like 2 1/2 months in the year. :v:
In southern california it's hot basically all of the year. Hell, even here in central California, except for december itself it's basically always above 80.
[QUOTE=Banandana;52544008]idk in California we haven't seen that shit in ages[/QUOTE]
You mean the torrential rain that flooded my shop and ruined my engine? It can stay fucking gone.
i saw a very nice e30 at road america and it made me depressed how nice it is and how mine is still on jack stands with no engine
[t]http://mattyoungwi.com/i/2017-08-06_20-20-55.jpg[/t]
[QUOTE=SirKillsAlot;52545698]I don't know where you are natively and if it is always a hot hell hole, but here in Florida especially with an air cooled bike, an aftermarket oil cooler was a necessity. One of the best investments I've made on the Duc. In fact, I ended up reinstalling the stock oil cooler in series with the aftermarket one plus a Jagg fan and now the bike cruises at a nice 200F during 95F degree days, and only hits 220-225F in long stop and go. Also 20W50 Royal Purple helps.
If you are in a hot area, you should look into some big aftermarket oil coolers for your bike. That way you don't feel like you are constantly racing from light to light hoping to feed it as much air as possible.[/QUOTE]
We're both on the west coast of Washington state and this year at least it has not rained in weeks. I've never seen the region so brown. I'm used to using 10w30 oil but it's been almost too hot for that this summer.
[QUOTE=Ldesu;52545304]The entire next week is one big test for me to become a certified auto body mechanic :suicide:
It's honestly is.[/QUOTE]
1/5 days complete.
Things are going well so far
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After medling with my shifter for the better part of 2 hours
it now feels fucking amazing
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G49j2zXuHjI[/media]
[QUOTE=GameDev;52546293]i saw a very nice e30 at road america and it made me depressed how nice it is and how mine is still on jack stands with no engine
[t]http://mattyoungwi.com/i/2017-08-06_20-20-55.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]
You better feel depressed.
I'd fuck a cactus for one.
[QUOTE=DPKiller;52548413]You better feel depressed.
I'd fuck a cactus for one.[/QUOTE]
here's my collection
[t]http://www.mattyoungwi.com/i/2017-08-07_15-45-07.jpg[/t]
my calpysorot is running as of may, but the bumper is fucked hard and its rusted to shit, hoping i can fix it somewhat as it's my daily while i work on the alpine
i found the alpine sedan back in december, california car with no rust. m50 swapping, manual swapping, putting it on h&r's and a lot of front end work to do. the drivers side of the valance is the only issue with the body, other than that it's perfect.
[t]http://www.mattyoungwi.com/i/2017-08-07_15-46-05.png[/t]
What do you guys think about this?
This last Friday (3 days ago) I checked the oil on my Daytona and there was no oil on the dipstick. So I added 2 qts. That seem to make it happy. Drove it over the weekend and today I checked the oil and it was not on the stick again. So, on the way home from work (like 2 miles from work) I bought a 5qt jug and poured in about 2.5 qts. That brought it slightly above full. Just to add some extra kick, I added a bottle of STP oil shit. By the time I got home it was another quart low...
Now the thing is, this isn't smoking unless you rev the piss out of it. You'd think if it drank a gallon of oil (It only hold 5 qts) in a little over a day it would just be puffing smoke. Nothing unless you get above 4K (Pretty sure I should have put new valve guides in now... Or re-ringed it. But fuck it).
No leaks either. This kind of sucks.
[t]http://i.imgur.com/i9UVWCQ.png[/t]
[QUOTE=SirKillsAlot;52545698]I don't know where you are natively and if it is always a hot hell hole, but here in Florida especially with an air cooled bike, an aftermarket oil cooler was a necessity. One of the best investments I've made on the Duc. In fact, I ended up reinstalling the stock oil cooler in series with the aftermarket one plus a Jagg fan and now the bike cruises at a nice 200F during 95F degree days, and only hits 220-225F in long stop and go. Also 20W50 Royal Purple helps.
If you are in a hot area, you should look into some big aftermarket oil coolers for your bike. That way you don't feel like you are constantly racing from light to light hoping to feed it as much air as possible.[/QUOTE]
This heat has been abnormal and the bike is still relatively fine in standard traffic and whatnot. I just got stuck in about 20 minutes of doing the flinstones walk from the MSF course. I might hook up a cooler but I think I'll survive until next summer without it. *Seems* like the heat is curtailing a bit. I'm definitely gonna be running 15w50 next oil change instead of the 10w40 I'm on right now. Might help a bit.
Finished the body paint today and finally moved onto trying to improve the stock rims.
[t]http://i.imgur.com/M13nmFx.jpg[/t]
This might just be the paint fumes talking but I'm kind of digging the look so far
Hey I have those tires
EDIT:
As a potential winter car (or just a replacement DD so that I can cage and put slicks on the Miata):
[url=https://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/cto/d/2006-red-mazda-3-hatchback/6252806208.html]Mazda 3[/url]
[url=https://nh.craigslist.org/cto/d/08-mazdaspeed-3/6233097348.html]Mazdaspeed 3[/url]
Ideally it would be nice to have something to potentially tow the Miata with, but for right now I'm just looking to get something simple and economical so that I have a fall back. It's possible my brother will be taking the shitbox Kia Optima I've relied on for the past 2 winters, taken with him to school. If that is the case, it definitely makes sense to get another car to add to the family fleet. While the AWD and extra 100hp of the Speed would be mint, I imagine it would cost me more to maintain, as well as flat out buy. Hard to say if I'll be able to afford one with my current so-so savings of $5k. It's always possible I can get my dad to pitch in the difference, but it is hard to convince him getting another car is a good idea. That and he just doesn't like to spend money on anything. But yeah, I can see myself being fine with just a vanilla 3. Can I really go wrong with those? Or will I be alright?
What could cause my transmission to leak fluid when my car stands still for longer periods?
Its standing still for about 2 months now and started leaking last week.
Before that I've been driving it for a year without any leaks
[QUOTE=Timezbrick;52550591]What could cause my transmission to leak fluid when my car stands still for longer periods?
Its standing still for about 2 months now and started leaking last week.
Before that I've been driving it for a year without any leaks[/QUOTE]
If it's FWD, axle seals will do that. When they're moving they're keeping a seal, but when you stop it'll slowly drip out.
Are the late 80s camaros that bad for a first car? My budget is anywhere between 2-6 grand.
In terms o newer cars ive been looking at the 2002 celica, 2005 mustang, and the tiburons. Older cars ive been looking at are 87 300zx, toyota MR2, honda CRX. Have very little knowledge about cars.
[QUOTE=Lerlth;52550689]If it's FWD, axle seals will do that. When they're moving they're keeping a seal, but when you stop it'll slowly drip out.[/QUOTE]
Its a rwd, what could be the cause then?
[IMG]https://68.media.tumblr.com/779adc346a7937cf6226428285afc4f0/tumblr_ouclwlAR6W1rjfkh8o1_1280.jpg[/IMG]
Smoke still hasn't fully cleared up here.
[QUOTE=Timezbrick;52550782]Its a rwd, what could be the cause then?[/QUOTE]
i'd check the drain / fill plugs, dipstick if u got one, or it could be input / output shafts.. but are u sure that it's transmission fluid??
Oh boy
I managed to break a wheel stud taking OFF a lug nut.
[QUOTE=Snickerdoodle;52551092]Oh boy
I managed to break a wheel stud taking OFF a lug nut.[/QUOTE]
At least you're not as bad as that one guy who totally destroyed his wheel, several power tools, and the wheel stud because he refused to weld a breaker bar to the nut.
Started working at a shop yesterday.
First day. Customer comes in and has a rubber fist on the floor board of their car.
:suicide:
Look at this [I]sick filth[/I]
[t]https://puu.sh/x4Rxm.png[/t][t]https://puu.sh/x4RxF.png[/t]
For jeep
[QUOTE=Jaehead;52551082]i'd check the drain / fill plugs, dipstick if u got one, or it could be input / output shafts.. but are u sure that it's transmission fluid??[/QUOTE]
100% sure, I've checked it with the dipstick and it comes out dry,
Also worth to mention is that it is an automatic transmission
[QUOTE=Trekintosh;52551137]At least you're not as bad as that one guy who totally destroyed his wheel, several power tools, and the wheel stud because he refused to weld a breaker bar to the nut.[/QUOTE]
I just realized that the lugnut I wound up totally breaking the stud for doesn't even match the 15 other nuts
[editline]8th August 2017[/editline]
Which one do you guys think is cheaper: Paying a tire place to do the complete replacement or renting the tools I need to pull the stud and replace it myself
[QUOTE=Timezbrick;52550782]Its a rwd, what could be the cause then?[/QUOTE]
Is your transmission overfilled?
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