I know a few people do small car work on the side...but anyone do major engine work? I need a head gasket replaced on a 02 sentra, 1.8L

1/26/2010 4:42:14 PM

I bought it SON!.

2003 yellow s2000

Key fob is one the way since I didn't get one with my thousands of dollars...
Lowering it 1" within a month.
New wheels and tires soon thereafter.

1/26/2010 6:25:45 PM

i put new wiper blades on the dakota today

when did the vatozones and retard auto parts stop carrying the regular wiper refills? all they had were those shitty cut-to-length ones, which always end up tearing at the end for me. i had to get the whole blade thing and $20 sucks compared to the ~$5 it used to cost me. they are much easier to change that way, though.

1/26/2010 7:31:11 PM

new wiper blades on the Ram the other day


stripped some more paint from the '66 chevy

2/6/2010 10:45:15 PM

^^^

Woohoo a new resident ricer. I'm retired.

2/7/2010 1:09:21 AM

Quote :

"Lowering it 1" within a month."

Dear God man, is it not already low enough? You're gonna be scraping that shit on everything.

2/7/2010 2:26:06 AM

replaced the clutch quadrant in my mustang, and installed an adjustable cable

2/7/2010 2:47:12 AM

drove to charlotte to get 2 sets of rims with Rcomps already mounted on them

2/7/2010 2:59:12 AM

^^^ the bigger deal is that the S2000's suspension geometry responds notoriously poorly to lowering. You may or may not have problems with a 1" drop, but i've always been one to avoid monkeying with S2000 suspension. I think you're MUCH more likely to hurt than help.

2/7/2010 9:47:29 AM

That will be considered. And I will look into it more.

But for now, I replaced the heater fan control switch in my 4runner this morning.

2/7/2010 11:45:42 AM

Last Saturday, while it was sleeting, I fixed the motor/regulator combo for my front passenger window on my Jeep Cherokee.

I had to splice the old wiring harness onto the new part to get it to fit, too, which sucked. The new motor is also significantly weaker than the old one, and it's clear I got what I paid for. I will not, however, pay $410 for a part on a ten year old car when I can pay $106 for a part for my car and have it work just about as well as far as I'm concerned. The window goes up. The window goes down.

Soon I will be having new tires installed on it, because I hate the Dunlop all-seasons I have now and because the tires didn't wear evenly at all, even with rotation (which makes me think they didn't do the rotation when I dropped it off since it was one of those "we'll rotate your tires for free for life" deals).

2/7/2010 3:06:55 PM

changed dizzy seal on the civette (2$ at the stealership believe it or not). double checked to make sure the car still didnt grow an LSD over winter . one stripe ftl.

2/7/2010 4:16:28 PM

got a 99 jeep grand cherokee for the gf. wrenched on it this weekend

oil change, transmission filter and fluid, spark plugs, hood struts, door stopper thing, air filter, cleaned throttle body, found a new oil cap at junkyard, took apart the driver's seat to unsuccessfully figure out the heated seat problem and made a list of more stuff to work on later

2/7/2010 8:28:29 PM

^^ Civette? Gtfo. It's still a 4 banger

2/7/2010 9:35:04 PM

FIXED MY FUCKING DODGE SON. finally got the problem of why it wasn't running after resealing the injection pump fixed. I'm very happy right now. I'm gonna take a shower and go pop a bottle of champagne. get some.

2/12/2010 9:47:41 PM

Sweet jesus buddy! Congrats! So can I hollar at you if I need a tow?

2/12/2010 9:48:50 PM

civette?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn1bP5Cuy5I

2/12/2010 9:50:46 PM

fuel and oil

prepped for this weekend's activities

2/12/2010 11:38:29 PM

BBR knows whats up!

2/13/2010 6:49:10 PM

I drove the hell outa the porsche. I don't need snow/ice to get that car sideways

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2/13/2010 7:50:37 PM

Figured out the nightly coolant puddle is coming from slow seepage from around the water pump gasket that was just installed about a year ago

2/14/2010 2:22:48 PM

Stripped more paint from the '66 pickup this afternoon. The outside of the bed is almost bare--I can probably finish it in an hour or two. I'll probably do the hood next.

2/17/2010 12:39:59 AM

replaced a tire and the battery on the S2000 a couple of days ago


trying to replace the brake pads right now, but the rears are causing me all kinds of busted knuckles. it has the screw-in pistons on the back, and I can't seem to turn them. I even bought the little cube-tool at Advance, and I still can't budge it.

2/19/2010 8:35:33 PM

yeah those things can be a bitch

2/19/2010 8:50:41 PM

put a rear bumper on the dodge and a new pretty weighted tag and drove it around a bit. Still need to fine tune some things.

2/19/2010 9:11:09 PM

solid engine mounts in the e30

2/20/2010 4:17:36 PM

i have 4 new shocks sitting in goldsboro. need to find time to throw them on.

2/20/2010 5:19:44 PM

bought my sisters 2002 Sentra SeR. cant wait to start tracking it.

2/20/2010 6:16:57 PM

added skid plate, finally

2/20/2010 8:40:25 PM

Ordered some rice boy LED's for the celis rings in the headlights.

2/22/2010 3:03:51 PM

Quote :

"trying to replace the brake pads right now, but the rears are causing me all kinds of busted knuckles. it has the screw-in pistons on the back, and I can't seem to turn them. I even bought the little cube-tool at Advance, and I still can't budge it."

2/22/2010 3:14:06 PM

washed, clayed, waxed yesterday...

and its raining

2/22/2010 3:41:22 PM

Yea it was really nice yesterday and I thought about doing the same thing. Then I checked the weather.

2/22/2010 3:46:23 PM

put my stock rear endlinks back on after i put the car on ramps on sunday and saw this


waiting to hear back if they will be replaced for free or not


installed 5mm spacers on the front - rears tomorrow - just ran out of time today

2/23/2010 12:57:22 AM

bout to pull the body back out of the sentra. cant wait to use the frame machine at work

2/23/2010 7:37:20 AM

stripped down, repainting whole unit.

2/23/2010 7:01:46 PM

finished the spacers on the back

eibach springs - kyb struts/shocks - 2" in the front and .8" in the rear

2/27/2010 6:39:09 PM

STICKARS!!!!!!11



and new spark plugs.

2/27/2010 6:45:42 PM

Superglued my license plate frame back together... Two of the 4 tabs that hold the plate in place broke off...

2/27/2010 8:32:32 PM

2 in. lift on the ol XJ. long day yesterday.

2/28/2010 12:33:22 PM

Ahmet is probably familiar with this...

On 944's, one of the most annoying issue is the center console/arm rest. It's basically a plastic console with a plastic hinge that wears out over time. Mechanics not familiar with how fragile this thing is will sometimes "slide" into the driver's seat and use the console for support, which is a no-no as the plastic hinge will give way.

I was about to just superglue the damn thing shut since I never use it, but then I found a set of hinges at the house I just bought Expensive ass hinges if I say so myself, haha, but after about 15 minutes of screwing these things in, it seems to be MUCH more sturdy than before, though you can see the hinges when closed from the passenger side, w/e, it works.





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3/2/2010 5:09:22 PM

did the exhaust/intake manifold gasket on the jeep, drilled out and extracted broken exhaust stud and replaced with new.......much better now!

3/2/2010 7:34:25 PM

new plugs in the S2000; found and tightened loose heat shield that was causing an occasional rattle.

3/6/2010 5:43:11 PM

next weekend gonna put the mach1 chin spoiler on

3/6/2010 5:48:11 PM

jump started the excursion off Jeepman's sentra then busted his ass from a 35 roll.

3/6/2010 6:42:24 PM

6.8>1.6

3/6/2010 6:48:44 PM

Adjusted the valve shims on my 18-year-old Yamaha. 7/8 were out of spec. While browsing some Yamaha forums for petcock rebuild tips, I found this post:

Quote :

"Just fully rebuilt my petcock and this time I got everything right. Can you believe it? I always botch petcocks. My lever is really tight now. I know tight is good with the petcock, but is there something I should have smeared on the lever o-ring to make it move easier? Or is it fine the way it is?"

I thought anyone else with a dirty mind would enjoy this

3/6/2010 8:25:12 PM

Stephen;

$22.61
xoxo

3/6/2010 8:51:46 PM

^^^7k lbs. > 2.5k lbs.

3/6/2010 9:09:30 PM

^^ I'd rather do an oil change in the car than get another plastic console for $22.xx

3/6/2010 9:46:41 PM