who is wrenching today?

[twinrider1]

Hmm, seems legit.

 

[Tidekilla115]

Today I swapped the bumper,front fenders,headlights,grill and hood out on a 98 dodge 1500 4x4 that had been in a front end accident no frame damage luckily. I got paid 500$ to do that and change all the fluids so good day of wrenching in my mind.

 

[franksta]

Milled my manifolds for injector bungs

Test fit with rail on passenger side

Driver side

The fuel rail


It will probably be another week or two before I can weld the bungs in. I'll also make a bracket to hold the rail down.

 

[bamx2]

I finally performed the PCV hose and PCV valve replacement project on my freind's Ford Focus Duratec 2.0 . The PCV hose and PCV valve are located under the intake manifold meaning that it had to be removed. This was a time consuming job for the replacement of what should be easily accessible normal service parts. Apparently, some of the Mazda 3 and Mazda 6 models with the 2.3 engine also share this design. I followed this guide - http://www.focusfanatics.com/forum/...ke-manifold-removal-pcv-hose-replacement.html

 

[franksta]

This was the prettiest one and it's still very ugly. :\ Welding cast was no fun.

 

[KIAman]

Changed the valve cover gasket, VANOS motor gasket, 2 vanos solenoids, oil filter housing gasket, eccentric shaft sensor and seal last Saturday.

Took about 6 hours total and I was being exceptionally cautious.

What prompted me to do all this? 2 broken (original) valve cover bolts which lead to a lot of oil leaking. The rest were preventative considering I was already inside the engine.

1 big mistake was trusting my torque wrench on a new valve cover bolt which snapped. I had to drill it out and replace it with one of the original bolts (even though they are 1 time use), that took a 30 minute chunk out of the work.

Well 2 months after I completed this job, I finally lost 1/5 quart of oil where before i'd be at around 2-3/5 quart. But the fact I'm still losing oil is very irritating. Looking at my engine bay, I don't see any visible oil so I might be just burning it.

Now my transmission is giving me issues (slow or stuttering shift from gear 4 to 5) so my next project will be replacing the shift solenoids and the transmission pan and filter. The entire solenoid set will be around $600 and the pan/filter/oil will be an additional $250... but a total rebuild is around $3400.... decisions decisions...

 

[WiseUp216]

First day above 70 degrees so I took the afternoon off to put a new top on the Jeep.

Much bigger PITA than I expected it to be. Not even sure I like it but I'm going to roll with it for a little while.

 

[Gerle]

New power steering pump and pulley on '99 Altima.

 

[repoman0]

Fresh transmission and differential fluids in my 05 M3 the other day. Not sure if it was needed ... the car only has 36k miles but is also 12 years old, so figured I should replace any fluids and filters at this point. Shifting still feels the same ... notchy and not particularly smooth, but precise! :sneaky:

Both of these fluids smell extraordinarily toxic in their own special ways, so I can only imagine what horrible things the combination currently sitting in my oil drain pan would do to the environment. Need to figure out how to recycle this stuff.

Also raised the coilover suspension about 0.4 inches in the rear and 0.6 in the front. The PO had it way too low

 

[slag]

Replaced valve cover gasket on the M3 and one of the fuel tank straps. Next up will be the shifter bushings and removing some old owner "custom" lighting. I'm tempted to pull the transmission and inspect the clutch as well but maybe that's a next year thing.

 

[slag]

Fresh transmission and differential fluids in my 05 M3 the other day. Not sure if it was needed ... the car only has 36k miles but is also 12 years old, so figured I should replace any fluids and filters at this point. Shifting still feels the same ... notchy and not particularly smooth, but precise! :sneaky:

Both of these fluids smell extraordinarily toxic in their own special ways, so I can only imagine what horrible things the combination currently sitting in my oil drain pan would do to the environment. Need to figure out how to recycle this stuff.

Also raised the coilover suspension about 0.4 inches in the rear and 0.6 in the front. The PO had it way too low

Hazardous waste area in your county should take them or, you can take them to your auto parts store of choice and recycle them there probably.

 

[Yuriman]

Changed the oil in my HCH1 for the first time today.

 

[basslover1]

Fresh transmission and differential fluids in my 05 M3 the other day. Not sure if it was needed ... the car only has 36k miles but is also 12 years old, so figured I should replace any fluids and filters at this point. Shifting still feels the same ... notchy and not particularly smooth, but precise! :sneaky:

Both of these fluids smell extraordinarily toxic in their own special ways, so I can only imagine what horrible things the combination currently sitting in my oil drain pan would do to the environment. Need to figure out how to recycle this stuff.

Also raised the coilover suspension about 0.4 inches in the rear and 0.6 in the front. The PO had it way too low

Gear fluid smells great, doesn't it? As for recycling, take it (in old oil jugs) to any parts store, most all of them offer oil recycling free of charge.

 

[bamx2]

Font brake pads replaced on my 2001 Toyota Camry. As the were just at the end on the wear indicator slot , it was simple quick job and the rotor look fine. Compress the caliper,remoe lower caliper bolt, swing up caliper R&R pads etc. About a 1 hr job. It is nice to get of those kind of projects that actually works out lthe way I had planned.

 

[skyking]

A few weeks back I took the truck to a friend's place with a hoist, and changed front and rear gearing, installed free spin hubs up front, new steering linkage and steering box.
Went from the stock 3.73 to the new standard for the diesel trucks, 3.42

 

[Engineer]

Pulled gas tank on my 2003 Intrepid. Fuel pump that I replaced 6 months ago seems to have failed again (15 psi output but should be 48-58 psi) and car barely idles. Putting in new pump once rain subsides.

Update: Car now runs with proper pressure with new fuel pump (not same brand as one that failed). Amazon, even though not responsible, issued a full refund for the pump because the seller would not respond to warranty requests. I love Amazon!!!

 

[kn51]

Past week - Reseal leaking rear diff cover. Drain and fill transmission case. Replace faulty coil.

In progress - Front pads and rotors on a Grand Cherokee. This has been the absolute worst I've encountered with a brake job.

 

[Gerle]

Exterior passenger door handle rod end retaining clip snapped on the 2008 Ford E350. $3 for three different clips at Autozone, maybe 15 minutes of work. Now I have two clips that probably won't fit anywhere, and a working door handle.

 

[xSkyDrAx]

Replaced the clutch slave cylinder for the na miata this weekend but realized need to do the master now as well.

 

[WiseUp216]

New rock sliders today for the JK...

 

[Zivic]

I have a gimp arm - distal biceps tear - so I was a the mercy of my friends to come help me sort out issues with my Z. Finally got to it today.

full engine rebuild over the winter. attempt at a tune fell short of expectations as we ran into fuel issues that kept us limited to 11 psi of boost (440ish whp). got the car back, pulled the injectors, sent them off to RC engineering for inspection and service.

Got them back a week or so ago.....

short story long, we pulled all the plugs to inspect and check gap before putting everything back together. ended up seeing a little issue with cylinder #1 plug-> which was a good thing as that injector had a noticeable build up of "gunk" on it. So it reconfirmed we resolved the issue.

purged the fuel lines, reinstalled the injectors and rails along with the plenum and got me back on the road. Might not have the time or money to retune till the fall, so for now I'll have to be happy with the 440 and confidence that I have the issues resolved for a retune and get the other 125 hp I left on the table.

 

[Zivic]

Replaced the clutch slave cylinder for the na miata this weekend but realized need to do the master now as well.

them can be fun

 

[franksta]

Modified a coolant sensor for an aircooled car.

 

[SparkyJJO]

Finally finished the valve spring job on my cammed 99 Camaro 3.8L. Not a job I want to do ever again with the engine still in the car. What a huge pain it was. Got it all back together and it runs!

This was done over the course of several days. I washed the car for the first time this year too and got some wax on it.

I spy a broken spring on #1.

Yep, broken. Good thing with it just the last coil it didn't drop the valve and it even ran normally aside from the clacking of the broken piece.

Driver side all done.

There is like no clearance to work on this stuff, but I got it. My hands are pretty well beat up after it all.

End result though was positive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iItH1Dki5N8

 

[Engineer]

Pulled gas tank on my 2003 Intrepid. Fuel pump that I replaced 6 months ago seems to have failed again (15 psi output but should be 48-58 psi) and car barely idles. Putting in new pump once rain subsides.

Update: Car now runs with proper pressure with new fuel pump (not same brand as one that failed). Amazon, even though not responsible, issued a full refund for the pump because the seller would not respond to warranty requests. I love Amazon!!!

Update #2: Fuel pump #2 - different brand - sender unit failed. Dropped tank, removed pump, unsoldered the sending unit resistor circuit board, replaced and resoldered with sender board from previous failed fuel pump along with float wiper and re-installed. Works correctly again (for now). Cheap Chinese junk EVERYWHERE on these things now. No real replacement part options other than China at this stage.