Hello. My name is Dan, and today I doomsday prepped
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car is back from body work. the shop I used was Authentic Automotive. I give them a 7/10. They left my new carpet dirty as hell from their shop boots
so now I have to clean it, and (per my odometer) they drove the car 3 miles, and they had no reason to need to drive the car off their lot, so...core support straightened and valance installed/painted.
got my spal fan installed. hooked up to run constantly on ignition, will have to figure out wiring to temp switch or a dash switch at some point.
front end put together.
i also got the rocker panels repainted, wheels installed, and rear suspension set to the right height. a bonus is that the 16" wheels/225 tires ride softer than the snow tire setup. i'm guessing its the cheap Nexen tires having squishy side walls. the car handles still handles very neutral with a bit of throttle oversteer.
Dan
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Maybe to re bleed the cooling system? And do a burnout maybe
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It's hard to find good, honest shops for anything which is why I was curious for when mine gets painted. Yours looks damn good!!
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Looks great. White cars rule. If there was no damage done in the 3 miles it moved I wouldn't question it, probably just stoked to have an E30 in their shop.
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uh oh. just got home, smelled some coolant in the last mile and the temp gauge was above half. #saturdayinjeapardy
Dan
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uh oh. just got home, smelled some coolant in the last mile and the temp gauge was above half. #saturdayinjeapardy
Ask Ben if you can borrow his temp gun
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uh oh. just got home, smelled some coolant in the last mile and the temp gauge was above half. #saturdayinjeapardy
Ask Ben if you can borrow his temp gun
Yeah, you need to make sure that it's actually overheating and not just the cluster. Chances are it's not actually overheating. Did you check the temp with a gun yet to make sure it's overheating? Because it may be a loose nut on the cluster. Did you verify the temp yet? I would probably hit it with a temp gun to ensure that it's actually overheating.
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Pretty much anytime you want to do something on these cars the manifold has to come off
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That spray pattern is odd. Coolant spider hose dealio may have split?
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lol @ temp gun. the car did not overheat at all. was between 1/2 and 3/4 mark when I got home.
got up early and looked at it before work today.
That spray pattern is odd. Coolant spider hose dealio may have split?
correct. spider hose split @ the heater core inlet pipe.
i ordered one (and intake mani gaskets) with overnight shipping, but i don't think I'll have time to dive in and get the manifold off to replace it. without removing the manifold, i SHOULD be able to pull both heater core hoses from below and just connect them together (temporarily bypassing the heater core) to get me by for Saturday. i was able to pull them when I replaced my heater core, I just don't know how much room/slack they have for connecting them together.
if anyone knows what internal size those hoses are off the top of their head, it would help on my lunch time quest for a fitting at the hardware store. 5/8" or 3/4" is my guess.
Dan
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If you have the tiniest hands in the history of the universe you could probably do it with the manifold on lol. I am not that sneaky.
I can try and sneak home for lunch and take some pics
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