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Offline rrocket

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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #11580 on: September 11, 2019, 06:13:04 pm »
Replaced my telescoping antenna that I stupidly broke the day I got my SC430....

Fortunately, a 2 minute job....but did need 2 people to do it.

FWIW, if anyone needs an antenna, motor, etc.  I sourced mine from here:  https://www.theantennasource.com
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #11581 on: September 11, 2019, 06:25:25 pm »
Quote from: Firm on September 01, 2019, 09:26:36 pm
Good couple of days, trying to soak in the last long weekend of summer...

Replaced some sketchy looking vacuum lines on the XKR and then fitted the rear-facing baby seat....Luckily Mrs.Firm is short because the front passenger seat needs to be all the way forward, but it works. Took it for a nice drive to Mrs.Firm's favorite bakery in Oakville and then along lakeshore to the weekly car show at the CTC on the Queensway. Nice night and probably the most time I've spent driving it since bringing it home.


This morning I tackled the spark plugs and wires on the Escalade. 258K and I don't know when they were done, so I wanted to do them for peace of mind. The plugs that came out looked pretty decent, but the wires were heat baked and there was some corrosion on the terminals, so glad I did it. Not particularly difficult, but probably 70% of the time was spent wrestling to get the old wires off the old plugs.

I also took the wiper arms off the Escalade and painted them, between the sun damage and stone chips there were looking a little tired.

Then I had bought this set of MGB wheels and tires for $200 off kijiji a couple weeks ago to go on the Chartreuse car since the tires on it are all terrible, mismatched and not holding air. So I got these out and gave them a good cleanup...$200 was a steal for these with nearly new tires and rust free rims



Nice wheels! Still working on getting my set!  ;)
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #11582 on: September 13, 2019, 11:06:13 am »
New tires on the SC today!

Rides beautifully.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #11583 on: September 13, 2019, 06:41:05 pm »
Quote from: rrocket on September 13, 2019, 11:06:13 am
New tires on the SC today!

Rides beautifully.

Smooth, no bump ride?  What psi?
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #11584 on: September 13, 2019, 06:46:55 pm »
Quote from: Bubba on September 13, 2019, 06:41:05 pm
Quote from: rrocket on September 13, 2019, 11:06:13 am
New tires on the SC today!

Rides beautifully.

Smooth, no bump ride?  What psi?
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #11585 on: September 13, 2019, 07:23:01 pm »
Quote from: Bubba on September 13, 2019, 06:41:05 pm
Quote from: rrocket on September 13, 2019, 11:06:13 am
New tires on the SC today!

Rides beautifully.

Smooth, no bump ride?  What psi?
Factory recommended, of course!

33psi.

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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #11586 on: September 15, 2019, 07:56:28 am »
Anyway yesterday I removed my naVan spoiler and whilst doing it I lost one of the nuts inside the boot lid, as it INSIDE it. Sooo.. once I took it off and realised it had 11 bolts holding it on.. = 11 bolt holes + a locating hole I thought hmm maybe ill leave it on for now.. So today while I was mucking around trying to fix the air con that refuses to work, I decided to take off the boot lid to get the damn nut out. It wasnt noisy or anything, I just knew it was in there and it got to me! So off came the boot lid, out came the nut then all back together. Wish I hadnt touched it in the first place but eh lesson learnt and now I know how to do it

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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #11587 on: September 15, 2019, 10:51:08 am »


Cleaned the motorbike after some back road adventures and thought I should clean the dust off the Innocenti as well.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #11588 on: September 15, 2019, 01:37:56 pm »
I guess in that neighbourhood you don't have a self propelled mower!  ;D
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #11589 on: September 15, 2019, 01:46:34 pm »
Quote from: Arthur Dent on September 15, 2019, 10:51:08 am


Cleaned the motorbike after some back road adventures and thought I should clean the dust off the Innocenti as well.

Love your wheel chock. ;D
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #11590 on: September 15, 2019, 04:39:31 pm »
Thanks. The battery came from a Lada Niva years ago. Works well.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #11591 on: September 16, 2019, 09:03:05 am »
The red paint looks like it looks pretty good.  Time to splurge on a can of flat black for the hood.  It'll look like a new car.

Quote from: Solstice2006 on September 15, 2019, 01:37:56 pm
I guess in that neighbourhood you don't have a self propelled mower!  ;D

Southern Alberta...where a lawn is optional.

The pic also makes me glad I don't live in a city...(shivers), to have neighbours that close!  :P Yuck.


Oops...forgot.  I washed it (last night) and today...I drove to work with the sunroof open.  It was 17°!!  Should be a cooker (for two days and then back to fecking rain again, farmers can't catch a break this year  >:().
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #11592 on: September 16, 2019, 11:20:51 am »
The hood has already been painted. It was just wet there still. Paint decent and body is quite good. The rest of it not so much. We have grass on the other side but no point on that side.

I did the brakes on the Tercel. New front rotors and pads as well as drums and shoes on the back. Drum brakes stink. Just need to adjust them.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #11593 on: September 25, 2019, 09:49:38 pm »
Place in order new winter shoes https://www.nokiantires.com/winter-tires/nokian-hakkapeliitta-r3/  for my 2019 Volt (#3) with my proximity neighbour mechanic.
Scheduled garage appointment Saturday Nov 9th. to install them.

Next year will be winter rims & tpms turn, I choose to split the bill over 2 winters season.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #11594 on: September 26, 2019, 08:51:31 pm »
finally used haggerty insurance and had the pacer towed in to the dealership. was overheating and my dumb ass just looked at the overflow reservoir and saw coolant... whoops! ah well. thing was super low. so low it wouldn't even draw from the tank.

all seems good. had it in the air and took a closer look under it... it's not too solid, but still worth keeping "safe" for a few bucks... should still be fun for years to come with a few smart spends.

I will say that the haggerty roadside was great. flatbed tow, soft straps, people who seemed to care... I didn't even have to be there. I just left the keys in the car with a note and they took care of it.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #11595 on: September 26, 2019, 10:46:10 pm »
Bought it some prezzies - new air filter, new cabin air filter, and new H11 bulbs.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #11596 on: September 27, 2019, 08:46:48 am »
I thought I'd have to get new wheels and tires for winter. Not sure where my mind was. The 225/55R17 snows from the Passat are close enough to the 22545R18s that I'm probably fine.

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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #11597 on: September 27, 2019, 10:24:53 am »
New rear wheel bearing for the Tercel. Sort of fell apart when I did the brakes. Went back together fine but for less than $15 it was worth putting in a new one.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #11598 on: September 27, 2019, 10:50:57 am »
One of the Toyotas I had had the outer bearing mounted in the drum. Was that the case with the Tercel? I forget. Never liked that design.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #11599 on: September 27, 2019, 11:09:55 am »


Yes that is it. Not a fan either.
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