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Offline redman

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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #4240 on: May 29, 2015, 09:05:48 am »
Quote from: Solstice2006 on May 28, 2015, 06:36:34 pm
Cool, what does that say on the caliper?

Same lugs but not my pic. His exposed brake pads say Raybestos.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #4241 on: May 29, 2015, 09:33:32 am »
Blur, that looks pretty intense. Pretty cool that you're tackling that yourself  8)
Thing look reasonably clean though, how many kms on that engine?
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #4242 on: May 30, 2015, 05:52:08 pm »
Quote from: wing on May 28, 2015, 09:38:11 pm
Sat in it lol


Lol. Looks good!:)
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #4243 on: May 30, 2015, 06:36:28 pm »
Quote from: Seafoam on May 28, 2015, 07:55:29 pm
Quote from: Solstice2006 on May 28, 2015, 06:36:34 pm
Cool, what does that say on the caliper?

Mazda ??

Quote from: redman on May 29, 2015, 09:05:48 am
His exposed brake pads say Raybestos.

Reminds me of a joke.....Oh, your girlfriend's name is Wendy also.  :rofl2:
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #4244 on: May 31, 2015, 12:39:23 am »
Quote from: Firm on May 29, 2015, 09:33:32 am
Blur, that looks pretty intense. Pretty cool that you're tackling that yourself  8)
Thing look reasonably clean though, how many kms on that engine?

It's the original engine, I think about 250k or so.  It's what an engine running Mobil1 synthetic and regular changes looks like, I barely cleaned it.

Now, the replacement junk engine with half that mileage from Hotch's Auto parts, that's another story altogether.... and the reason the original engine is going back in.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #4245 on: May 31, 2015, 10:47:49 pm »
Quote from: blur911 on May 31, 2015, 12:39:23 am

It's the original engine, I think about 250k or so.  It's what an engine running Mobil1 synthetic and regular changes looks like, I barely cleaned it.


Leave it.. leave it!

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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #4246 on: May 31, 2015, 11:03:16 pm »
Quote from: blur911 on May 29, 2015, 12:54:02 am
Quote from: 1TSX on May 28, 2015, 09:37:09 pm
Is that the H4?

EZ30D, flat-six

So are you changing the headgaskets??
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #4247 on: June 01, 2015, 12:06:00 am »
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #4248 on: June 03, 2015, 12:15:29 am »
Today was Royal Purple day.   3 quarts of Synchromesh .  Also installed the Steeda transmission mount bushing.  Had prior warning that the bushing probably would increase NVH.  What an understatement!  Couldn't wait to get it out and a real PIA to remove.

Pic of rear aluminum lower H arms which has finally brought the car into the 21st century.

Additionally, this car, as with most cars, aren't meant for road salt.  Pic is that of the transmission temp sensor.  Just look at the exposed wires.  10 years exposed to road salt .... I don't think so.  :P

Last pics are the stock Ford shifter bushing and a photo of the Steeda shifter bushing.  Forgot to take a pic before install and it is buried about the resonator and the drive shaft.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #4249 on: June 03, 2015, 02:17:46 am »
What I didn't do with the Escape Hybrid today is use it.  It's at a garage awaiting parts from back east. After all, why would Ford in Metro Vancouver, third largest populated area in Canada, stock refrigerant lines for the rear hvac unit?  Lines that cost about $1000 and although they're attached to the underbody, are vulnerable to bimetal corrosion.  And the hybrid system is dependent on a functioning a/c system.  Nice work, Ford.

Used the loaner, first-generation V6 Highlander.  270,000km on it.  Pleasant enough, leather interior is pretty worn, but seemed to be like new mechanically.  Odd to not have remote locking/unlocking.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #4250 on: June 03, 2015, 05:25:04 am »
^^^ I would ask why the lines are not INSIDE the body
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #4251 on: June 03, 2015, 08:28:48 am »
Quote from: X-Traction on June 03, 2015, 02:17:46 am
Used the loaner, first-generation V6 Highlander.  270,000km on it.  Pleasant enough, leather interior is pretty worn, but seemed to be like new mechanically.  Odd to not have remote locking/unlocking.

You sure the fob wasn't just missing? I can't imagine a non-base Highlander not having remote entry.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #4252 on: June 03, 2015, 10:01:44 am »
Quote from: X-Traction on June 03, 2015, 02:17:46 am
And the hybrid system is dependent on a functioning a/c system. 

 :think: That is a weird one
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #4253 on: June 03, 2015, 10:39:50 am »
Quote from: Arthur Dent on June 03, 2015, 10:01:44 am
Quote from: X-Traction on June 03, 2015, 02:17:46 am
And the hybrid system is dependent on a functioning a/c system. 

 :think: That is a weird one

I thought so, too. Maybe it's used to cool the batteries? ???
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #4254 on: June 03, 2015, 08:47:12 pm »
Is it possible to park a Fiat sideways in my two car garage?

Yep.

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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #4255 on: June 03, 2015, 08:57:00 pm »
Haha.

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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #4256 on: June 03, 2015, 09:35:41 pm »
I bet.  Always highly satisfying to harvest some cash out of a ticking time bomb and a tank at that.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #4257 on: June 03, 2015, 09:48:06 pm »
Quote from: Weels on June 03, 2015, 08:47:12 pm
Is it possible to park a Fiat sideways in my two car garage?

Yep.



Lol! Test drive or did you buy one??
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #4258 on: June 03, 2015, 09:52:16 pm »
Quote from: Weels on June 03, 2015, 08:47:12 pm
Is it possible to park a Fiat sideways in my two car garage?

Yep.
HAHA that's excellent!  :rofl2:
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #4259 on: June 03, 2015, 09:53:53 pm »
Quote from: mlin32 on June 03, 2015, 09:52:16 pm
Quote from: Weels on June 03, 2015, 08:47:12 pm
Is it possible to park a Fiat sideways in my two car garage?

Yep.
HAHA that's excellent!  :rofl2:

He must have did it like this!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLKR9tCiwvA
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