What Did You Do On Your Car Today+ - V2.0  

Put 86 bucks worth of 95 into it, will be fantastic for about 230kms!

31st May 2011 - 03:37 AM  Reply  Quote

put some more camber on the front to make the wheels sit flush

31st May 2011 - 05:55 AM  Reply  Quote

Realised I haven't driven it or started it for over a month.

31st May 2011 - 09:40 AM  Reply  Quote

Put it all together.

Won't start.

Fuck.

31st May 2011 - 12:51 PM  Reply  Quote

Pulled off the front passenger door trim to see why the lock occasionally sticks. Saw nothing, thought "Eh, F*ck it" and puffed some graphite power in the approrpiate areas. See how that goes.

31st May 2011 - 07:48 PM  Reply  Quote

Booked it in for the 150,000k service
would have normally done it myself but I want to keep the warranty valid.

31st May 2011 - 09:16 PM  Reply  Quote

pulled the bumper off for touch up. hectic rear mount turbro for mad lag
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31st May 2011 - 11:55 PM  Reply  Quote

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pulled the bumper off for touch up. hectic rear mount turbro for mad lag
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How many cars do you actually have!?!?!

1st June 2011 - 12:40 AM  Reply  Quote

3, that one's not mine
i'm just respnsible for it lol

1st June 2011 - 12:55 AM  Reply  Quote

Fixed an exhaust leak on the rear bank extractors of the Pulstart. Found the inner RH CV boot has been getting hot and needed replacing(I had a spare) so I also made up a heat shield. Have to do a wheel alignment this weekend now

Placed order with Superpro for all new suspension bushes and Selby swaybars in the STi... should give it a bit grip.

1st June 2011 - 07:14 AM  Reply  Quote

Prepared it for skids.

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2nd June 2011 - 11:27 PM  Reply  Quote

Got some new LED interior lights. They look pretty cool at night.

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3rd June 2011 - 01:26 AM  Reply  Quote

Before: Just standard VZ headlights.

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A very naked VZ front end. Ignore that bend in the reo-bar, it was like that when I got the car. Also note the fully custom typical p-plater flexi-pipe CAI.
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And now ze new SV6 headlights.

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5th June 2011 - 07:46 PM  Reply  Quote

Pulled the whole dash out. Painted the black part with the grid satin black. Just need to get some coloured filters for a colour change. Pulled the wheel off, I have another (nicer) one coming soon to put back on. Checked out the dodgy ass wiring that makes no sense. Random (added custom) switch, one cable seems to be a ground, the other goes out into the engine bay.. ?? NFI what it does.

Tried to find the connecter that allows me to have the lights on with out the pop'd up. (DRL mod) To no avail. ಠ_ಠ

5th June 2011 - 07:56 PM  Reply  Quote

Removed the intake manifold to try and locate a vacuum issue, found a crack in one of the rubber sleeves and the others are fairly old and worn so replacing the lot.

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Two of the three lines attached to the rear of the throttle control were swapped and sending the wrong signals to the incorrect components, fingers crossed once I get new sleeves and put it all back together it will all be sorted. Worried about the yellow substance sitting in the bottom of the oil fill filter, might have to pick up a new one of those as well if I can source one.

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The coolant line running to the warm startup had a hole in it as well, pretty hard to see without the manifold off. Replaced that.

5th June 2011 - 11:26 PM  Reply  Quote

Tyres came yesterday, TB came today. Hopefully the pulley comes tomorrow.

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6th June 2011 - 10:16 PM  Reply  Quote

sorta Cleaned my engine to see where a leaks coming from and striped some paint off the cover and made it look shitty thanks super heap for your crappy degreaser...

6th June 2011 - 10:36 PM  Reply  Quote

Took my rear diff center out, gears were all good ( thank you very much ) but the front pinion bearing has collapsed hopefully fix it tomorrow and chuck it back in ready for the week end!

7th June 2011 - 02:19 AM  Reply  Quote

Replaced alarm, fixed central locking and got creative with the loltech controller. Hacked up the roof lining a bit but totally worth it!

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8th June 2011 - 03:15 AM  Reply  Quote

pulled out my broken alternator

8th June 2011 - 03:49 AM  Reply  Quote

Chucked my brand new shiny battery in. Now I just need a new sparkplug lead, and she running again. Hopefully with renewed powar.

8th June 2011 - 04:08 AM  Reply  Quote

Removed my head on the cressy to confirm headgasket blown on number 6, head and block still good though

12th June 2011 - 01:57 AM  Reply  Quote

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Removed my head on the cressy to confirm headgasket blown on number 6, head and block still good though
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on a Cressida?

Washed the work car, installed the under seat sub and tidied up the reverse camera screen wiring

12th June 2011 - 02:45 AM  Reply  Quote

So you may remember I have been trying to change this CV Joint for an embarassingly long time. They are supposed to just slide out of the diff but in my experience doing these on Paj's, they never do......and this one has been the mother of all things stuck. This ended up being a full blown 3 man job - BBQ and beers, the whole shebang.

What I ended up doing was (bear with me here) welding a piece of chain onto what was left of the CV joint to get that decent amount of tug on it. Then we had my brother come round to be the man on the chain, me belting it with a hammer, and old mate came round to jimmy at it with a screwdriver. After a good while at that we gave it all we had on one last shot and POP this thing came flying out at a rapid rate of knots, smacking my brother in the foot (who was wearing thongs, and now hobbles).

You're not allowed to point out how crap that welding is until you too have had to weld galvanised chain onto a greasy, painted piece of CV Joint deep in the front end of a Pajero, lying on the ground thinking about how ludicrous this is just as a concept. Then, and only then can you tell me how crap the welding is.

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Bodgy weld or not it bloody well worked! It was a seriously hard slog.

I hate getting "beaten" by a car in that sense and wasn't about to let a poxy CV force me into buying a new diff (which was the next item on the list if this didn't work so I'm bloody glad it did!).

This has been your unofficial Ghetto King, signing out.

12th June 2011 - 05:49 AM  Reply  Quote

drove around 2 gorgeous girls and no not uploading any pics..

cleaned up car..

under 1 hour ago, had a drunken boostcruising member try and fuck the dent in my boot...

12th June 2011 - 05:53 AM  Reply  Quote

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[b]on a Cressida? [/b]


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haha yeah pretty common but I thought the head would be stuffed too but luckily it's not

12th June 2011 - 04:44 PM  Reply  Quote

[quote name='iBrettowski' timestamp='1307886839' post='1287485393']under 1 hour ago, had a drunken boostcruising member try and fuck the dent in my boot... [/quote]
You have to admit, it's a sexy dent!

12th June 2011 - 05:04 PM  Reply  Quote

made some space and painted the chassis..
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12th June 2011 - 05:09 PM  Reply  Quote

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What I ended up doing was (bear with me here) welding a piece of chain onto what was left of the CV joint to get that decent amount of tug on it. Then we had my brother come round to be the man on the chain, me belting it with a hammer, and old mate came round to jimmy at it with a screwdriver. After a good while at that we gave it all we had on one last shot and POP this thing came flying out at a rapid rate of knots, [b]smacking my brother in the foot (who was wearing thongs, and now hobbles).[/b]

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Ouch.

12th June 2011 - 05:30 PM  Reply  Quote

Moved it out the front, dosen't get driven. Only driven it three times since I brought it in March.

12th June 2011 - 10:33 PM  Reply  Quote

Well, it was Saturday, but pod filter yeeeeeyah.
First engine mod the car's ever had haha.

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12th June 2011 - 11:03 PM  Reply  Quote

It just sat in the driveway and got covered in mud from me playing round on the bobcat in the mud Bobcat wheelies ftw! And who remembers "endos" ie. reverse wheelies? Awesome!

12th June 2011 - 11:08 PM  Reply  Quote

Lowered it a bit more. I think it needs a bit more but even as it sits now it's not really driveable.

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12th June 2011 - 11:45 PM  Reply  Quote

put an electronic dizzy in the corty

13th June 2011 - 12:34 AM  Reply  Quote

just test fitting new rims

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13th June 2011 - 01:01 AM  Reply  Quote