What did you do to your car today?
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justbob
Sick-Speed play toy
Man you have patience! I would have sold it a long time ago..
#4 might have just been the OD band servo not making contact with the OD band. Been there. Oops. Easy fix to engage it. Good luck on #5!
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Commodore Crap
Eaton Rebel
I'm not gonna lie, over the past year I've been reading your thread about doing the TR-6060 swap, and it's been becoming more and more tempting.
But not as tempting as a 75k $100 transmission. lol.
-ryan s.
Grimrepairman
New member
Did a radiator, thermostat, and hoses on a customer's aviator. Naturally did a test drive afterward. Not a bad little vehicle. Would be cool if it were supercharged. Wonder if there's any out there that are. Will add to my lottery list.
Definitely way better than my stepfather's v6 exploder.
Definitely way better than my stepfather's v6 exploder.
Commodore Crap
Eaton Rebel
Finished the transmission install. No leaks. Runs and drives well, minus the speedo being waaaay off. (04 trans in an 03). I'm already talking with Marty about getting the correction tune for it.
I cannot wait to drive it.
-ryan s.
I cannot wait to drive it.
-ryan s.
Blackmobile
FruitPunch
Just started a postponed transmission removal of FruitPunch.
GetMeMyStogie
Maple Leaf Marauder Member
Oil change, and battery terminal repair
Before:
Drilled 5/16" hole in remaining copper:
Before:
Drilled 5/16" hole in remaining copper:
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GetMeMyStogie
Maple Leaf Marauder Member
Yesterday, I was sitting in traffic with my nephew, when all of a sudden the car gave off a loud bang! Instinctively, I exclaimed "What the **** was that??".
Started hearing and intermittent, short-lived clacking sound, loud af! Pulled over, shut 'er off, popped the hood and had a looksee. Nothing glaringly obvious. Fire it back up, wait for the noise - started thinking timing chain guides. Not too serious, let's ignore and deal with it later.
Get back into traffic (we had the Caribana parade here yesterday, so every road in the southern half of the city was clogged), get halfway to the next light when I notice the coolant temperature climbing. Okay, now we have a real problem.
Pull over again, pop the hood. Let it run while watching. Put my hand on the fan shroud, and voilá... distinct vibration sync'ed with the clacking noise. **** it down. Peer through the gap between the fan shroud and the top of the rad, while giving 'er the reach around. Spin it until I see what looks like a crack on the outer ring of the fan blade. Confirm. Then, pause to figure out what to do. Patch it or park it and deal with it later.
There's a school parking lot with shade right near where we pulled over, so I move the car over there. With a close look, realize only 2 bolts hold the fan and shroud in place, and luckily they're 5/16" or maybe 10 mm... idk, but I carry a 5/16" for hose clamps, and that does the trick, for the fan shroud mounting bolts as well as the coolant expansion tank and power steering reservoir - thank you Ford!
Next question is how to remove the shroud from the engine bay without disconnecting the very hot coolant hoses... lifting straight out doesn't work, but rotating the shroud - which is rectangular, not square - does, albeit with some finaggling around the expansion tank return hose.
Got the shroud out. Place it on the engine, plug it back in and test to verify. Yep. Also, noticed wear on the fan blade ring on one side of the crack, where it was striking the shroud.
Remove the fan blade from the motor with a hammer-wrench and aformentioned nut-driver.
Pull out my 20 year old roll of Nascar-grade duct tape, grab a golf course pencil, wrap it tightly around the crack (to add rigidity), re-attach the fan blade and give 'er another test. Starts off okay, but returns to the loud af clacking within a few minutes.
Remove and inspect. The mass of the pencil was too great, at high fan rpms deforming the tape and pushing outwards into the shroud.
Take 2: duct tape alone, no stiffening material. This works much better.
Re-install shroud, and get back on our way. Clacking continues, but is much much quieter, and the engine does not overheat. Arrive at our destination, none the worse for some grime on my hands and face (it was 30 Celsius yesterday).
Started hearing and intermittent, short-lived clacking sound, loud af! Pulled over, shut 'er off, popped the hood and had a looksee. Nothing glaringly obvious. Fire it back up, wait for the noise - started thinking timing chain guides. Not too serious, let's ignore and deal with it later.
Get back into traffic (we had the Caribana parade here yesterday, so every road in the southern half of the city was clogged), get halfway to the next light when I notice the coolant temperature climbing. Okay, now we have a real problem.
Pull over again, pop the hood. Let it run while watching. Put my hand on the fan shroud, and voilá... distinct vibration sync'ed with the clacking noise. **** it down. Peer through the gap between the fan shroud and the top of the rad, while giving 'er the reach around. Spin it until I see what looks like a crack on the outer ring of the fan blade. Confirm. Then, pause to figure out what to do. Patch it or park it and deal with it later.
There's a school parking lot with shade right near where we pulled over, so I move the car over there. With a close look, realize only 2 bolts hold the fan and shroud in place, and luckily they're 5/16" or maybe 10 mm... idk, but I carry a 5/16" for hose clamps, and that does the trick, for the fan shroud mounting bolts as well as the coolant expansion tank and power steering reservoir - thank you Ford!
Next question is how to remove the shroud from the engine bay without disconnecting the very hot coolant hoses... lifting straight out doesn't work, but rotating the shroud - which is rectangular, not square - does, albeit with some finaggling around the expansion tank return hose.
Got the shroud out. Place it on the engine, plug it back in and test to verify. Yep. Also, noticed wear on the fan blade ring on one side of the crack, where it was striking the shroud.
Remove the fan blade from the motor with a hammer-wrench and aformentioned nut-driver.
Pull out my 20 year old roll of Nascar-grade duct tape, grab a golf course pencil, wrap it tightly around the crack (to add rigidity), re-attach the fan blade and give 'er another test. Starts off okay, but returns to the loud af clacking within a few minutes.
Remove and inspect. The mass of the pencil was too great, at high fan rpms deforming the tape and pushing outwards into the shroud.
Take 2: duct tape alone, no stiffening material. This works much better.
Re-install shroud, and get back on our way. Clacking continues, but is much much quieter, and the engine does not overheat. Arrive at our destination, none the worse for some grime on my hands and face (it was 30 Celsius yesterday).
Grimrepairman
New member
Interesting story. Didn't realize it got that hot up in your neck of the woods.
Did the exhaust on stepdads exploder today(technically yesterday).
Needed muffler and tailpipe. Dealership quoted 11-1300$(and he works there).
"Well, the flange for the muffler pipe is bad and it will need the y pipe too."
Incorrect. You guys need a welder and someone who knows how to use it.
Parts from napa: <$200. Did it on the ground in the driveway in a few hrs while also helping my younger brother rebuild a carb.
The biggest surprise was the napa muffler is actually stainless.
Did the exhaust on stepdads exploder today(technically yesterday).
Needed muffler and tailpipe. Dealership quoted 11-1300$(and he works there).
"Well, the flange for the muffler pipe is bad and it will need the y pipe too."
Incorrect. You guys need a welder and someone who knows how to use it.
Parts from napa: <$200. Did it on the ground in the driveway in a few hrs while also helping my younger brother rebuild a carb.
The biggest surprise was the napa muffler is actually stainless.
fastblackmerc
Everything Marauder, LEDs & HI
Sunday - Replaced the cooling fans in the wife's Charger. The ring around one fan split causing a very loud clicking noise. Ordered new assembly from Rock Auto (used 5% off), around $100.00 with shipping. Old one came out with no problem - 2 bolts, was a B***h getting new one in because the motors are about a 1/2 inch taller.
Changed the oil on the Marauder and fixed parking brake release handle. Replaced the Marauder's battery last Monday. Got 87 months out of a 52 month DieHard battery. Replaced with another DieHard.
Changed the oil on the Marauder and fixed parking brake release handle. Replaced the Marauder's battery last Monday. Got 87 months out of a 52 month DieHard battery. Replaced with another DieHard.
justbob
Sick-Speed play toy
But then they wouldn’t sell enough ridiculously marked up parts..
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stevengerard
Senior Member
Lowered the sound level by about 20 db's. Put new cats, x-pipe and magnaflows on, car sounds great!
No drone, not as quiet as I thought it would be but I can hear myself think again. When I push it sounds mean.
No drone, not as quiet as I thought it would be but I can hear myself think again. When I push it sounds mean.
Grimrepairman
New member
To their own employees?
He gets a discount, should be slightly above cost.
I just hate how the majority of dealership mechanics only swap parts instead of actually solving problems.
It's an '04 explorer. Only worth a few thousand. Fix it cheap and send it.
Forget the welder. Same job could be accomplished with a little patience, some adapters, and a band clamp or two.
Okay, I think I'm done ranting now.
Ordered a starter for the marauder today. Broke mine taking it out. Sounded like it was hanging up, was on the to do list anyway.
Zim Hosein
Senior Member
Washed her. 
GetMeMyStogie
Maple Leaf Marauder Member
I decided to take it out for a quick run to McD's and back. Found this on the driveway after putting it back into the garage. So, in summary, what I did to the car was break it with a 20 minute trip for food.
A/C oil leak. The spot where it dripped from should help to identify the leaking component, since they're fairly far apart from each other.
ledzilla
Road Pirate
Well... I'm going to have to disagree with you, there. The last time there was any evidence of refrigerant in the system, it discharged into the cabin. That was around seven years ago.
Zim Hosein
Senior Member
fastblackmerc
Everything Marauder, LEDs & HI
I decided to take it out for a quick run to McD's and back. Found this on the driveway after putting it back into the garage. So, in summary, what I did to the car was break it with a 20 minute trip for food.
A/C refrigerant oil. Most likely the receiver dryer is rusted out at the bottom.
GetMeMyStogie
Maple Leaf Marauder Member
So, you're saying it didn't come from the evaporator? That would be the component closest to the cabin.