Hi, Guest
07-27-2011, 12:18 AM
OK, so... who wants to take bets on how often I can swear in one post?
I got tired of yet another clunk that shouldn't be physically possible happening on the passenger's side at the front. Rolled the car over to my buddy at his garage. His diagnosis this morning was:
- passenger front swaybar endlink was LOOSE!? f**k OFF. Going to have words with my other "mechanic" buddy about that considering they're brand-new fucking Moogs and if it had been ruined, it would have cost him. No clunking now supposedly. We'll see.
- both front wheel bearings had play. Interesting. Other buddy checked the driver's side, said it was fine. Passenger was going. So, I bought a new bearing. His buddy pressed it in, but cracked one of the knuckle "arms" in doing so. Scratch one good bearing. So, he finds me a used knuckle with a "good" bearing. Installed. Seemed fine, but real mechanic buddy tells me otherwise. Not surprised. Bought two new bearings today - good ones. Will be installed today.
- header has a leak AT THE HEAD. I FUCKING KNEW IT. i HEARD IT, I TOLD "OTHER BUDDY". f**k. He's like, "it's the way your header is." Me - "No, it's an exhaust leak". We left it. Mechanic confirms it. I texted Stan, he tells me that my long-tube 4-2-1 was likely made by Focus Central. Googling the proper gasket for me tells me that the stock manifold gasket should be good enough. Looks like we might have to throw some gasket-maker into the mix. He's going to try and snug it a bit tighter as I'm not convinced it's mounted quite right.
Now all that's left to do once this is done is to install the SVT gear inside, the SVT front sway, flip my Fuzion HRis to the factory 16s and do the body/paint. Once that's good, I can buy up the gear for the high-compression build and a lower-KMs block.
Who has some fucking asprin?
I got tired of yet another clunk that shouldn't be physically possible happening on the passenger's side at the front. Rolled the car over to my buddy at his garage. His diagnosis this morning was:
- passenger front swaybar endlink was LOOSE!? f**k OFF. Going to have words with my other "mechanic" buddy about that considering they're brand-new fucking Moogs and if it had been ruined, it would have cost him. No clunking now supposedly. We'll see.
- both front wheel bearings had play. Interesting. Other buddy checked the driver's side, said it was fine. Passenger was going. So, I bought a new bearing. His buddy pressed it in, but cracked one of the knuckle "arms" in doing so. Scratch one good bearing. So, he finds me a used knuckle with a "good" bearing. Installed. Seemed fine, but real mechanic buddy tells me otherwise. Not surprised. Bought two new bearings today - good ones. Will be installed today.
- header has a leak AT THE HEAD. I FUCKING KNEW IT. i HEARD IT, I TOLD "OTHER BUDDY". f**k. He's like, "it's the way your header is." Me - "No, it's an exhaust leak". We left it. Mechanic confirms it. I texted Stan, he tells me that my long-tube 4-2-1 was likely made by Focus Central. Googling the proper gasket for me tells me that the stock manifold gasket should be good enough. Looks like we might have to throw some gasket-maker into the mix. He's going to try and snug it a bit tighter as I'm not convinced it's mounted quite right.
Now all that's left to do once this is done is to install the SVT gear inside, the SVT front sway, flip my Fuzion HRis to the factory 16s and do the body/paint. Once that's good, I can buy up the gear for the high-compression build and a lower-KMs block.
Who has some fucking asprin?
Daily driver 1: 2007 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sport "S"
33" BFG Mud-Terrain KM2s, lots of Rough Country gear - bumper, 2.5" lift, swaybar disconnects, Superwinch 10,000lb winch, Detroit Locker in rear D44 axle, custom exhaust, K+N filtercharger, Superchips-tuned.
Daily driver 2: 2006 Subaru Legacy GT
COBB Stage 1+ package - AccessPort tuner, COBB intake and airbox. Stage 2 coming shortly - COBB 3" AT stainless DP and race cat, custom 3" Magnaflow-based exhaust and Stage 2 COBB tune.
33" BFG Mud-Terrain KM2s, lots of Rough Country gear - bumper, 2.5" lift, swaybar disconnects, Superwinch 10,000lb winch, Detroit Locker in rear D44 axle, custom exhaust, K+N filtercharger, Superchips-tuned.
Daily driver 2: 2006 Subaru Legacy GT
COBB Stage 1+ package - AccessPort tuner, COBB intake and airbox. Stage 2 coming shortly - COBB 3" AT stainless DP and race cat, custom 3" Magnaflow-based exhaust and Stage 2 COBB tune.