No.2366
>went to remove coolant sensor so i could put a new one in
>fucking thing snapped in half with the threaded part still screwed in
>start thinking this honda is cursed
>thankfully the coolant had lubed the threads up enough for me to slowly extract it with a small screwdriver
>thank you god
>open box for the new one
>lady at the auto shop gave me the wrong one
>shop closed by the time i found out
a miracle followed by disappointment
No.2367
>>2366thats how it always is at every store that employees braindead wagies
why i thoroughly believe they shouldn't even be making the 7.25 federal minimum wage or whatever the fuck it is
No.2368
>>2366That’s also always exactly how it goes when you break a sensor, or cross thread something then make the recovery. Pb blaster is your best friend.
No.2369
>>2368how fucked are you if you crossthread a spark plug? i didnt do that but i was thinking about it after i replaced them
No.2370
>>2369Depends, is it just the plug or the port too? If it’s the port too it could have an effect on compression. Air/fuel escaping
possibly, also possibly never getting the plug out. Look into it I’m pretty sure you can just get a tap and die set and reset the thread. If you just cross thread the plug throw it away and get another.
No.2371
>>2370alright so i probably wouldve realized by now if id have fucked that up? the cars running fine now. except the fuckin ac and its hot as shit around here lately idk if i should try fucking with that myself or not
No.2372
>>2371Yes you would know if you cross threaded it by now.
>acTry recharging it. If it’s not that, it could be ‘’’just’’’ the clutch
which is easier to replace than the whole compressor if it’s not that it’s the compressor
No.2373
>>2372Forgot to ask, does that car have a serpentine belt
one long belt that goes to everything, fan, ac, power steering or are they all individual belts?
No.2374
>>2372>>2373i think it has a leak somewhere i already tried recharging it and it was back at zero the next day and was blowing lukewarm air instead of full on cold air. just one belt. maybe i just didnt put enough in or it was totally empty and the shit i did put in simply wasnt enough? i may have to just deal with it if its some shit i cant fix because ac repairs are an amount of money my destitute ass cant afford right now last i checked
No.2375
>>2374that sounded redundant let me clarify what i meant
i put some canned refrigerant in it until the pressure was right and then thebnext day it was back at zero pressure when i checked. i was thinking maybe it needed time to cycle through the system and i should go and put the rest of the can in there
No.2376
>>2375That sounds like a leak to me. Might be a gasket, it’s been a while since I’ve messed with replacing a compressor. It’s not too hard if it had its own belt. However idk how you’d find where the leak is at, it might not be the compressor. :/
No.2377
>>2376fug i might be going the whole summer without ac then
done it before and im not looking forward to it
No.2380
>>2377Any news? Ac not really my thing, hope it turns out well though. I’m about to have to change my external fuel pump
i think def filter hopefully not anything more excessive. Will post updates this weekend as they develop :P
No.2381
>>2380nah when i have the time im gonna see if i can figure out if there is a leak myself. the mechanic would charge me like $125 for an ac system check and i dont wanna pay for that when i cant afford to have it fixed outright right now anyway. if i cant figure it out then there will be suffering and i have already mentally embraced it
No.2386
>>2381It should be pretty straight forward after you find the leak. If it’s just a line it
probably shouldn’t be that hard to replace it yourself.
No.2388
>>2381better break out your soap sudsing spray bottle budy
No.2402
92 subi SVX, 120k for 3 racks. average condition for year
check eng lights on, finna might after pulling code unless you guys know something i dont
No.2407
>>2406>blown tranniesnow THAT brings back some good times…
No.2420
>>2402>>2406fuck yeah, love these things
No.2423
>>2420get why they did the wrx after playing in this
was thinking about setting my niece about to turn 16 up with it but i'm leaning towards keeping. parts are $$$ and she doesnt need this much go and rarity for a first
if i held it til i croak she'd come out way ahead but idk. would be sick for a first car
No.2425
>>2423yeah a 16 year old is just gonna crash it anyway, i'd hang onto it at least for the sake of preservation. would be a nice gesture though…
honestly a decently clean SVX can get you a couple bucks on bring a trailer
you're gonna blow that engine up revving it cold like that lmao
im still working on the mr2 btw… finally doing all the wiring for the megasquirt. i havent taken any pictures because its all torn apart and filthy and looks like shit but maybe one of these days ill finally drive it again
No.2426
>>2425>blow eng revvingya i cringed a bit watching it again, evan williams fault
hat wiring and those look like a ton of it. that the last thing you have to do? gonna feel so sweet when its done
No.2437
keep forgetting to check my ac lines for leaks but i installed a new radio in the honda so i learned a little about wiring i guess. the new radio sucks but at least it has an aux port and bluetooth
i wish i had a fucking garage so bad working on cars is fun but theres not much i can do besides basic shit on an uneven gravel driveway
No.2438
>>2437ac is for soft queers anyway, build yer vril
what can't you do on gravel? ramps'll hold and there's pans and magnetic livestrong wristbands now for errant nutting
No.2439
>>2438key word here is uneven i have to go to a neighbors driveway to change my oil lel
also its nice to have a garage so you can set up a chain fall or to roll one of those fuckhuge roller jacks around. neither of which i can afford anyway, i'm just a poor internet nigger fantasizing
No.2440
>>2426>hat wiring and those look like a ton of it. that the last thing you have to do? thats the last major thing at least before i put tires on it and do some suspension work to make it drive nice again. its gonna be really nice after all this time…
working on making this bracket and harness to run the ls coils
>>2438>ac is for soft queers anyway, build yer vrilnah fuck that, ac is necessary anywhere in the south. im selling my legacy because it has an evaporator leak. its 100 degrees out every day and i really dont feel like fixing that… i have replaced every other ac component and they just kept breaking one after the next. im too old to have no AC in florida… even the mr2 is going to have ac
>>2439bro just come by im working on clearing out all the trash from the previous owner in my garage you can change your oil here
No.2445
>>2439oh ya forgot about roof stuff. poor nigger too, my carports too janky to even think of a w beam up there
>>2440thats sum tasty looking spaghetti, damn nice work. what're you doing to the suspension?
never bother recharging my ac and it gets 100 here. good thing bc the SVX is the last year for em on r-12. high desert though so the sungravy hits different, swampass blows
No.2790
>>2789i only understood like half of what he was talking about but his rage was so great it transferred to me and now i'm mad at that vehicle too
No.2793
>>2789if anything it's actually a marvel of engineering
>impossible to fix, once it's together it can never be taken apart without breaking it in several places>breaks THE MOMENT your warranty ends and not a mile sooner (actually the most impressive part, more impressive than designing a product to last forever it's designed to break at a very specific /sp/oint in time)>need to be triple digit IQ and employed by Jeep for 20+ years to understand how overengineered it is so that only (you) can fix it and not some alabama slop jockeyi used to think companies that design products like this are idiots but from a marketing and profit standpoint they're actually geniuses, albeit at the common man's expense
No.2822
Tuned up my 240 last week
>air filter
>plugs/wires
>rotor/cap
>fuel filter
>two new v belts for alternator idk why Volvo decided to put two on there. you have to loosen the fucking air compressor tensioner and take that belt off to get them on too >:(((
I’ve got to get shocks and struts, will take pix for that. More front end stuff too, not sure what yet. Keep chooglin budys
No.2823
>>2822how'd the wiring go for you? i have wiring issues in my truk and i was wondering how much of a pain in the ass it is to deal with vehicle wiring. don't wanna shell out hundreds for a mechanic to fix it either tbh
No.2825
>>2822sick ride. u wagon budy?
>>2823not him but what wiring? also troubleshooting sucks fat gock in newer rides
No.2826
>>2825with no exaggeration,
all of it besides the shit for the lights that get inspected. like i may have to play with a lot of shit around the steering column and behind the dashboard
No.2827
>>2826fug. what's the symptoms and what year-ish?
No.2828
>>2823>wiringIt was just the ignition wires that connect from the distributor cap, to the spark plugs. Idk much about wiring myself, it can be a huge pain in the dick. My mechanic budy usually fixes that kind of stuff for whiskey. It raly helps if you have/can get wire schematics or diagrams
they should be ol>>2825>wagon budyye its me budy :D
No.2829
>>282792 dodge dakota and almost none of the dash lights work save for the antilock brake and e brake lights which just stay on (the regular brakes are fine, but i don't use the e brake at all because it gets stuck), the cruise control isn't even connected afaik, the fuel gauge works intermittently and sometimes i have to slap the dash to get it to stop bouncing back and forth, the radio seemingly randomly will work (it's a chrysler radio too not the stock radio lmao) the ac/heat (which don't work) fan will only occasionally come on when i turn it on, and the ignition isn't properly wired because sometimes while i'm driving at night with the lights on an alarm buzzer will go off and i have to slightly push on the key to get it to stfu
i mean the thing runs fucking great and only has 160k miles on it but the guy i got it from rally fucked some of this electrical stuff up. bear in mind i have almost zero electrical experience. this is also just a truk i use to make short trips to the hardware store when i have time to work on my house so if i fuck something up it's not that big a deal i guess, but if that's a lotta crazy shit that would take an amateur a whole hell of a lot of time to figure out i may not bother and just dump it at the mechanic and tell them to have fun with it instead
the horn definitely works tho, luv honking
No.2830
>>2829oh yah it's not fuse issues either i replaced all of those and none of them have blown out since
>>2828>wire schematics yah i should at least take a gander at that and try to learn something
No.2831
>>2830>>2829sounds lik a short or bad seating plus other shit. one is bad enough
imho just run it as is bc i've had nigrig magic be reliant on itself, so ya break yer brain fixing one and another vital system fucks up but i'm rart as hell w electronics too
old boss had a dakota and from what i remember the electronics are some bullshit in em
No.2832
wait ackshually can visual inspect for a crimp on primary cluster feed first, be best case
sorry for being pessimistic. i'll text my dodge dude tmrw
No.2833
>>2831>>2832ah well it's nothing vital at least, plus i don't have to get it inspected because >antique plates. most of that shit is just annoying particularly the buzzing noise caused by the ignition but i don't usually drive it at night anyway
No.2834
>>2833mechanic friend says yer shit fukt budy
ignition beep wouldn't be hard tho. worse case it's an ignition assembly or housing replace since you can percussive maintenance it
No.2835
>>2834yeh the guy i bought it from
my lunatic drunk uncle rekeyed the ignition and also replaced the radio himself so i'm sure he rekt a bunch of shit in the process via alcohol magic
No.2836
>>2835on the bright side at least its alcohol magic and not electrical engineer magic
yelled at my truk for a week bc some dumbass installed those dogshit halogen kc lights
No.2840
>>2836if you're talking about the lights i think you are idk how they're even legal. like why is it illegal to have say flashy undercarriage lights on while driving but you're allowed to have those FUCK YOU HERE BLINDNESS miniature suns in your headlights? i've lost count of the times some faggot in a jacked up truck has come around a sharp corner at night and borderline flashbanged my eyes with that shit
No.2843
>>2840they were the stupid yellow halogen ones but ya with all the CAFE stupidity you'd think mandatory leds 5' off the ground wouldn't fly
have to put em in my regular headlights or i legit cant see at night but truk isnt lifted and i still aim em raly low
No.2844
>>2843i'm a dumbass i got halogen and LED switcharoo'd in my head
No.2846
>>2844them stroke lights do that
little known fact: the K in KC stands for kurt eichenwald