What are you working on today?
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Worked on my wife’s car, 2013 Ford Fusion 2.5. Resealed timing cover, oil pan, replaced front crankshaft seal, valve cover gasket/tube seals, spark plugs and 2 belts. Motorcraft silicone gasket remover (which works great!) and surface prep wipes were used along with a plastic scraper were used for surface cleaning/preparation. The balancer on this engine is not keyed to the crankshaft (it uses a very thin diamond faced washer to keep things from moving) the reluctor wheel for crankshaft sensor is on the balancer, so special timing tools are required to R&R front cover. Sorry don’t have more photos, was busy trying to get it done.
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AutoMechanic
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Getting ready to charge up the battery on the van and see if it will start so that way I can replace the wheel cylinders and battery if it does and order a window motor and try and get the rear doors to open. I offered to buy a new battery for it but my dad didn’t like that idea and went off that I would be wasting my money again and that I absolutely would not buy a battery for it and if I did I was dead. So I said ok well you go buy that $170 battery then.
I just put a piece of cardboard down that catches everything that escapes the pan. I’ve noticed pan design helps as well.
The cardboard also allows you to put oily tools down without worry.
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Also did the biweekly check of both our vehicles. Fluids, tire pressure, battery terminals, check for damage, quick start up/function test, etc. Just a quick poke around to see how things look.
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Great work and photos. You, The Critic, clinebarger, and Trav and others do awesome work. Thank You again
So it's rebraded for the station wagon ? There are more wagons than sedans here, and rebranding it just because it's station wagon wouldn't make sense here.
replaced a 12 month old Napa Proformer front wheel hub assembly.
I've had better look with the $80 assemblies on Rockauto than this $200 hub.
I've had better look with the $80 assemblies on Rockauto than this $200 hub.
Installed a pair of lights in the right mirror on the cop car. Get the other side tomorrow. You don't know what a pain it is to drive around without side mirrors until you don't have them.
I replaced my furnace filter. I repaired the bulb socket on my automatic garage door opener; the bulb would flicker. I replaced the front wiper blades on my mom's Rogue. I helped my daughter with her biology homework.
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I got on my hands any knees and scrubbed my kitchen floor and 3 bathrooms.
You can't beat doing it this way for a great job plus you surprise yourself you can still do it and not hurt..lol
Yes I also stand corrected. I tried that lemon scented pine-sol cleaner and it is great. One little bottle for a $1 makes 5 gallons.
I got on my hands any knees and scrubbed my kitchen floor and 3 bathrooms.
You can't beat doing it this way for a great job plus you surprise yourself you can still do it and not hurt..lol
Yes I also stand corrected. I tried that lemon scented pine-sol cleaner and it is great. One little bottle for a $1 makes 5 gallons.
I use Mean Green diluted a lot and add a dash of comet cleanser when I do kitchen and bathroom floor. Ancient linoleum floor in kitchen shoulda been replaced 40 years ago
Seeing your pictures, I found it interesting that it was the Chrysler 300 in the front and the Dodge Magnum in the back. When 53stude mentioned it, I commented to him about the front being a 300 front.
So seeing your reply to him, I researched it and found that it was sold that way as a Chrysler 300 touring in Europe and Australia. I did not know that.
As for your rebranding question to 53stude, yes, here in the States it’s a Dodge Magnum. It had a different front on it.
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Sprinkler system had a major leak. Dug it up, the 1" PVC pipe appeared to have been installed with damage. The PVC may have been cracked from day one and the opening expanded, or just over time the crack opened and widened. Who knows, but I am confident the pipe was originally installed with visual damage.
Second attempt at aligning the old BMW's horn slip ring. The ring is narrow and the brush is small so too much misalignment and you have a problem. Who knows how many removals and reinstalls, plus replacement of the dash skin and 47 years of service conspire to make this a but fiddley...seemed to have centered it after this pic.
Front sway bar bushings on my Camry (removing poly ones and installing OEM)
Got rid of those awful wiper Kimblade wiper blades I backed on Kickstarter, and warrantied my old pair of Bosch Focus blades at Advance (they're so good to me
)Used VHT high temp primer and paint to cover my recently welded in flex pipe (hopefully it'll last longer than 18 months this time around
The oil fill had 3k on it, so I did a Berryman idle flush for 15 minutes because I was bored, cheap QS and a 910s will be a rinse for a few weeks until the high
M1 EP HM fill goes in for the long winter stretchOh, and drained/filled the transmission with 4 quarts of T-IV, will recheck level next weekend
Washed and degreased the underbody, and reinstalled plastic under tray with new clips and screws
Oh, and I replaced the twice failed Sachs hood strut with another brand
FYI, that paint is not fast curing, I just went for a drive at highway speed and it nearly gassed me out
I stopped at my local coffee & donut and the cop out front wanted to make sure my car wasn't burning down
Gonna be driving it on recirculate for a few days
It don't breathe good
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..and on to another vehicle. Gearbox and transfer case/overdrive fluid change, and chasing an overdrive linkage rattle on the '74 Rover. This thing is a leaker as you would expect, and working under her is just an oily, cruddy experience.... This is after a wipe down.
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