[QUOTE=Valon Kyre;52145922]Locked my keys in my truck today, and on that note I'm curious what do you guys do in that event?
If I'm out of town, I go to a dealership and get a key cut off the vin. If I'm close to home, I have a family member drive me my spare key. If I have no spare key, then it's AMA or some assortment of prybars and TIG rod[/QUOTE]
it's impossible to lock my keys in my car, and I've accidentally tried to do it enough times.
I can only lock my car keys in if I leave trough a passenger door :v:
I don't even know why that is still a thing, and my car is a real old ( currently ) piece of junk
I've never locked my keys in my truck but if I do there are a thousand gmt800s with good glass in junkyards
[QUOTE=Trekintosh;52148464]Since you gave us basically no information, here's a helpful chart to possibly narrow down your options.
[t]http://i.imgur.com/rUanY5Y.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]
I've seen that chart many times, it is misinforming a lot of people on a lot of the vehicles.
It claims certain vehicles have issues that they don't have, while not mentioning issues that certain vehicles are famous for.
The chart needs to be updated
it was a goof guide when it came out like 10 years ago but like a geo metro you're not gonna find in that budget anymore
[QUOTE=FordLord;52150866]I've seen that chart many times, it is misinforming a lot of people on a lot of the vehicles.
It claims certain vehicles have issues that they don't have, while not mentioning issues that certain vehicles are famous for.[/QUOTE]
I noticed that they didn't mention the valve seat issue on the early Focuses with the SPI 2000 engine. That engine was downright famous for that issue. I'm pretty sure it's the reason why you don't see that many 3rd gen Escort sedans and early Focuses anymore.
[QUOTE=Demache;52150893]I noticed that they didn't mention the valve seat issue on the early Focuses with the SPI 2000 engine. That engine was downright famous for that issue. I'm pretty sure it's the reason why you don't see that many 3rd gen Escort sedans and early Focuses anymore.[/QUOTE]
Also no mention of the Focus trans issues.
A lot of the Subaru issues listed are uncommon, or even made up. Same with other vehicles.
this thing is super tempting and I really wish it wasn't but I've been looking for a impreza/forester/outback and everything I've seen is either a rust monster or costs more than a small country (damn you CO and your expensive subies) if it's still for sale I may have a friend of mine take a look at it/buy it and then make an unscheduled trip to Illinois/road trip back to CO
[t]http://i.imgur.com/DV7yKCU.png[/t]
So after I lawndarted my little foamie jet, I decided to scour the pawnshops and see if i could find me a plane. I did, it was a brand new airframe called the "sky raider" by The World Models. Extremely high quality kit, brand fucking new in box, for 40 bucks! I bought it, ran down to my local hobbyshop and threw money at them and bought electronics and an engine for it. The engine is why i'm posting this. I was genuinely impressed at the quality of the thing. It's a .46ci made by OS, and it started [I]on the first try.[/I] This is it idling, no adjustments. A new engine as tight as this one was should be more tempermental than this!
[video=youtube_share;_yQajicOGBw]http://youtu.be/_yQajicOGBw[/video]
[editline]26th April 2017[/editline]
I should add that this is my first balsa and nitro plane. I have ran nitro cars my whole life pretty much, and flown foam planes for years. Never had a balsa or nitro plane though, very excited.
[editline]26th April 2017[/editline]
also i never did post the vid of my savage octane running. It's a couple years old but still runs this good:
[video=youtube;ss30LC2jBok]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss30LC2jBok[/video]
RC cars especially nitro cars are really fun a friend of mine in Illinois used to race nitro cars got to play with a modded jato 3.3 (os 21TM) more than a few times i'd almost get into RC cars if i wasn't already drowning in hobbies lol
My dad was really in to rc battery and nitro cars when I was a kid
[QUOTE=Trekintosh;52145977]I just call AAA. I'm not sure what the Canadian equivalent is.[/QUOTE]
Triple Eh
Sorry.
I had to fix my sisters car today. 04 Caliber. The upper filler neck for the radiator hose just broke into two pieces so the coolans was just shooting out of the hose. New one was $40. I looked up what could have cause this and apparently its a common issue with these cars. The hose has a plastic T with two one use clamps on the sides holding the upper hose to it. But this apparently just happens after a while. Weird. Theres 3 junctions in the hose with clamps - all to move the radiator fill cap 1" away from the radiator. It hardly seemed necessary.
[QUOTE=Code3Response;52150882]The chart needs to be updated[/QUOTE]
The creator has been slowly updating it section by section on /o/.
[QUOTE=Serj22;52151821]Triple Eh
Sorry.
I had to fix my sisters car today. 04 Caliber. The upper filler neck for the radiator hose just broke into two pieces so the coolans was just shooting out of the hose. New one was $40. I looked up what could have cause this and apparently its a common issue with these cars. The hose has a plastic T with two one use clamps on the sides holding the upper hose to it. But this apparently just happens after a while. Weird. Theres 3 junctions in the hose with clamps - all to move the radiator fill cap 1" away from the radiator. It hardly seemed necessary.[/QUOTE]
Ah yes the good ol critical part made out of the cheapest plastic they could get their hands on trick *bonus points if it's continuously thermal cycled as in this case* that's one of the things that infuriates me with newer cars along with
Plastic engine *covers*
Parts whose torque spec is dangerously close to the failure point of the material used
needlessly complicated anything (It's a radiator? better route it using 12 hoses 36 clamps 4 T junctions and a flux capacitor right?)
Cars in which the engine bay is completely used up requiring you to make a sacrifice to Satan and the removal of the front clip every time you need to fix something
Honestly plastic in general. give me a new car/truck with an engine bay not designed for an engine half as big no electronic doodads except maybe EFI and the bare minimum amount of plastic possible and I would be a happy camper
If MPG, safety, and drivability aren't on your list of things you need there's a whole market of old vehicles with exactly that.
[QUOTE=FordLord;52150866]I've seen that chart many times, it is misinforming a lot of people on a lot of the vehicles.
It claims certain vehicles have issues that they don't have, while not mentioning issues that certain vehicles are famous for.[/QUOTE]
it's fucking spot on when it comes to bmw at least.
[QUOTE=Code3Response;52152424]If MPG, safety, and drivability aren't on your list of things you need there's a whole market of old vehicles with exactly that.[/QUOTE]
Oh i'm fully aware that is a pipe dream and it will never actually come to fruition and as you said if I actually want that I have an '87 F150 and a '74 CJ-5 that is pretty much that in a nutshell. However the top 4 in that list are valid complaints and drive me crazy every time I work on a newer car
[QUOTE=Oscar Lima Echo;52152430]it's fucking spot on when it comes to bmw at least.[/QUOTE]
I'll agree with you there... out of the 3 e36's I've owned, the first thing I did was clutch fan delete, aluminum water pump impeller and pulley, aluminum t-stat housing, and a lower temp t-stat. Despite this, my z3 still ended up with a clogged radiator that I had to replace. Luckily the information regarding these issues is accessible in spades and relatively cheap to prevent.
Speaking of e36s, I've got one that I'm planning on potentially moving cross country with within a few months. I've got everything you would need to fix a flat, and am taking it to a mechanic's to be inspected for any potential problems.
Other than that though, do you guys have any tips for maintenance on the road/things I should be taking with me? Or hell, even just advice on cross-country journeys in general?
[QUOTE=Savage Octane;52151605]So after I lawndarted my little foamie jet, I decided to scour the pawnshops and see if i could find me a plane. I did, it was a brand new airframe called the "sky raider" by The World Models. Extremely high quality kit, brand fucking new in box, for 40 bucks! I bought it, ran down to my local hobbyshop and threw money at them and bought electronics and an engine for it. The engine is why i'm posting this. I was genuinely impressed at the quality of the thing. It's a .46ci made by OS, and it started [I]on the first try.[/I] This is it idling, no adjustments. A new engine as tight as this one was should be more tempermental than this!
[video=youtube_share;_yQajicOGBw]http://youtu.be/_yQajicOGBw[/video]
[editline]26th April 2017[/editline]
I should add that this is my first balsa and nitro plane. I have ran nitro cars my whole life pretty much, and flown foam planes for years. Never had a balsa or nitro plane though, very excited.
[editline]26th April 2017[/editline]
also i never did post the vid of my savage octane running. It's a couple years old but still runs this good:
[video=youtube;ss30LC2jBok]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss30LC2jBok[/video][/QUOTE]
Congrats on your next lawndart.
So me Porsche now cranks, and almost all of the gauges work. My next problem is that it doesn't start, grumble, catch, or make bang bang. The previous owner thinks the injectors might be clogged from running it on old gas a year ago. My dad thinks it could be spark. I haven't had the opportunity to test either yet, but I'm thinking it very well could be both.
The fuel consumption gauge is showing draw when cranking, however. It's not a vacuum gauge, according to the forums, it actually measures the fuel injector duty cycle. This is good as it means the EFI is actually running, which means no bad reference sensor or TDC sensor. However it doesn't mean there's actually fuel getting to the injectors. Gotta get a fuel pressure gauge.
It could be as simple as a bad fuel pump, too, but I really don't want it to be this as that means I gotta drain the gas tank again, and fuel pumps are hugely expensive for this car ($200+).
Assuming it isn't spark, where should I start with fuel system diagnosis?
[QUOTE=Trekintosh;52152871]So me Porsche now cranks, and almost all of the gauges work. My next problem is that it doesn't start, grumble, catch, or make bang bang. The previous owner thinks the injectors might be clogged from running it on old gas a year ago. My dad thinks it could be spark. I haven't had the opportunity to test either yet, but I'm thinking it very well could be both.
The fuel consumption gauge is showing draw when cranking, however. It's not a vacuum gauge, according to the forums, it actually measures the fuel injector duty cycle. This is good as it means the EFI is actually running, which means no bad reference sensor or TDC sensor. However it doesn't mean there's actually fuel getting to the injectors. Gotta get a fuel pressure gauge.
It could be as simple as a bad fuel pump, too, but I really don't want it to be this as that means I gotta drain the gas tank again, and fuel pumps are hugely expensive for this car ($200+).
Assuming it isn't spark, where should I start with fuel system diagnosis?[/QUOTE]
Pull the plug after cranking and see if it's wet.
[QUOTE=DPKiller;52152682]Congrats on your next lawndart.[/QUOTE]
Yeah I'm pretty excited. Flew the foamy for years and had planes about this size before, just not a balsa or nitro.
Sold the Supra and bought this today. Saves me roughly $7,500 in annual expenses, and it has a lot of nice equipment that I've never had in a car. I really like it!
[img]https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/18076473_10155205707314035_1657295077851426411_o.jpg?oh=e9c6298a7982cc4a5169b424287053b2&oe=5978689D[/img]
Huh? April Fool's was 25 days ago...
There goes a car you may never own again if you're serious.
[QUOTE=revanade;52152641]Speaking of e36s, I've got one that I'm planning on potentially moving cross country with within a few months. I've got everything you would need to fix a flat, and am taking it to a mechanic's to be inspected for any potential problems.
Other than that though, do you guys have any tips for maintenance on the road/things I should be taking with me? Or hell, even just advice on cross-country journeys in general?[/QUOTE]
Bring a spare tire and not some flat fix crap.
Have a plan for if your car gets completely fucked up. Consider if you can afford having your car break down mid-trip.
[QUOTE=Ldesu;52094345]
Change three of the four balljoints in the front.
Maybe just change the fourth too so they're all brand new. None are bad, but they're old and the rubber seal has broken on three of them
[/QUOTE]
Was going to do this while changing the brakes today but the upper ball joints I bought are for a different model :downs:
[QUOTE=Ldesu;52094345]Change the front brakes.
It's been a long time since last time, and now it's not braking straight anymore.
Tighten the steering box.
I have several cm of play in the steering wheel
[/QUOTE]
Done and done.
I have to bleed the brakes more though and adjust them. It's got no problem locking the wheels but the pedal is pretty low and feels kinda spongy still. The guy who helped me bleed didn't have time so it got kinda rushed :v:
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