whats the biggest problem caused by the smallest job on your fc?
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I "lost" my emissions....
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whats the biggest problem caused by the smallest job on your fc?
i figure well laugh at each others misfortune...
there was the guy who stripped out a leading sparkplug hole and needed a rebuild.
then i was spraying out my engine bay and shorted out my wiring harness...yeah about that...
how about you guys...
there was the guy who stripped out a leading sparkplug hole and needed a rebuild.
then i was spraying out my engine bay and shorted out my wiring harness...yeah about that...
how about you guys...
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Pistons are gay
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Lets see .......... My first rx7, payed $2k for it and drove it for 6 months. Then it died, I had a broken leg so couldnt fix it myself. It sat until we moved which was 4 months, so I had to get rid of it for $250. A week later after I had moved, a friend tells me he seen it driving. First thing I thought about was, oh yeah he said he thinks its the coil packs. FFS.
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Working on my car.
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I had to replace the master cylinder for my clutch, low and behold the 2 nuts under the dash were....guess.......STRIPPED, stupid mechanic, took me 3 and a half hours of my *** on the ground and my back on the floor of my car with my hands up under my dash because there wasnt enough space inbetween the nut and the surrounding **** for me to get a stripped nut remover in there PLUS a socket wrench PLUS the stripped nut remover had to be DEEP cuz of the dam screw that went into it.
Anyway I finally got the old master cylinder off only to figure out that NOBODY in my area (Carson California) had a stock master cylinder. 3 Kragens 2 Auto zones 2 NAPA's.... so i had to order one and come back the next day pick it up pay for it.... put it on and BLEED the son of a bitch which took forever..
GOD DAMN CLUTCHES TO HELL!!!
Anyway I finally got the old master cylinder off only to figure out that NOBODY in my area (Carson California) had a stock master cylinder. 3 Kragens 2 Auto zones 2 NAPA's.... so i had to order one and come back the next day pick it up pay for it.... put it on and BLEED the son of a bitch which took forever..
GOD DAMN CLUTCHES TO HELL!!!
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changed the transmission.put on a TII trans from an N/A trans..changed flywheel,put on a counterweight,new clutch.Got it all together ..Started the car and WHIRRRRR!..the damn Throw out Bearing was Screwed,,had to REDO everything ia had done..all over again..in teh driveway ,,all alone..That totally SUXT!
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Rotary Addiction
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when i took it apart i found a nut in it.
now i always use a 19mm to check. and paper towles in the ports
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B O R I C U A
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Went to replace the pulleys with a serpetine kit (the hub on the E-shaft pulley needs to be removed). A 30 min job turned into a 6 hour job, just because I forgot to hold the hub\counter weight key while removing the hub...
BAM, ended up having to remove the front cover!!!
To add to the insult, when everything was said and done, the e shaft front bolt copper washer was squashed upon reassembly
BAM, ended up having to remove the front cover!!!
To add to the insult, when everything was said and done, the e shaft front bolt copper washer was squashed upon reassembly
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Rotary Freak
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the light switch fried
ordered a new one plus the hd relay from icemark
upon pulling things apart I found the lighting harness was fried at one end
clipped in a known good end (and the relay) I got from a friend
didn't work
ordered a new lighting harness, undid the realy from the old harness put it on the new
works great
EVERY peice of plastic I touched broke, especially the ones that hold the guage cluster surround in place
so now there are frankenstein looking things made of nuts and washers sticking out of the dash over the guage cluster
3 month ordeal where I couldn't drive the car at night
ordered a new one plus the hd relay from icemark
upon pulling things apart I found the lighting harness was fried at one end
clipped in a known good end (and the relay) I got from a friend
didn't work
ordered a new lighting harness, undid the realy from the old harness put it on the new
works great
EVERY peice of plastic I touched broke, especially the ones that hold the guage cluster surround in place
so now there are frankenstein looking things made of nuts and washers sticking out of the dash over the guage cluster
3 month ordeal where I couldn't drive the car at night
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Well I was trying to fix my radio and some how my power windows stopped working and the light switch on top fuse popped. I don't get how his type of stuff happen. Oh yeah, my light switch got fried in the rain. It almost caught on fire. **** looks so bad and I STILL dont know how to fix it. Can't drive at night right now..
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i blew a coolant seal due to the 90* UIM to block coolant hose being kinked. i kept overheating and couldn't figure out why, so i tried checking everything until eventually, like a dumbass i overheated and you know the rest.