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Title: Car Updates And Such
Post by: Rylinkus on October 16, 2005, 08:28:00 PM

Well I havent been giving everyone my car updates so I figured I'd outline all the crap Ive done over the past month or so. If you dont care, dont read

1. Full Magna-Flow Catback exhaust on the Camaro. Needs to be adjusted a bit as the tips arent quite hanging perfectly even. But it sounds good and went in pretty easy.

2. My JVC HU in the Camaro. Has the Bose stereo system. Which means that eash speaker is individually amped. So you cant just buy a wiring harness and go. You need to bring the signal way down so you dont blow the speakers as they expect low level inputs. Anyway, this guy I used to help with his MX6 via AIM (He got my AIM from MX6.com) bought a camaro like mine, and wrecked it. He'd bought this 100 buck electronic device that brings the signal down and he sent it to me for free. So I got that all working. CD player in my car rules. Though the mounting kit is kind of cheesy.

3. Sold the original Probe.
4 Years ago I bought it. And it's been my favorite car ever. The original KLZE engine I had went in it. Needed a lot of work, but was still my baby. The Z28 is a nice upgrade. And this one wasnt even as nice as the 2 Probe I bought and modded much more heavily. But still the sentimental value was way high. Sold it Saturday to a 16 YO kid. I regret it. Kinda like that upgrading gf thing I did 6 months ago that Ive regretted ever since. (Nother story for another day)

4. Broke my truck
Tore a mounting tab on my tranny off. Took part of the tranny case with it. Leaks fluid like a siv now. Sucks

5. Bought another truck. Parts truck. Same year, engine, drivetrain, etc. Was in an accident and broke it's frame. I bought it for the tranny as the parts truck was cheaper then even a salvage yard transmission. Other things Im taking from it

A. AC condensor as mine is seized
B. Tires; they look brand new
C. Seats, in WAY better shape then mine
D. Tailgate, different color but mines rusty as shit. Ill keep it til mine fully rust through and then add another non matching body piece to my mess.

Title: Car Updates And Such
Post by: leijae on October 16, 2005, 10:45:00 PM

kick ass. keep up the good work, and sorry about the truck.

Title: Car Updates And Such
Post by: Psykomantis00 on October 17, 2005, 07:45:00 AM

Im a firm believer that a truck is supposed to be dented, banged up, bruised, and dirty. A rusty tailgate can be replaced with a diff color peice and it will look like the truck has been given hell!

I love trucks, big ones. I cant wait till I can find a F150 extended cab with 5 speed trann, all I can find are the auto's and non extended cab's.

Title: Car Updates And Such
Post by: Rylinkus on October 17, 2005, 05:30:00 PM

Trust me, the truck has plenty of dents, on miscolered fender and the front end is sort of patched together after my accident. I got the other truck here this eve. A guy I work with has a fully enclosed triler for his race car. Somethings definately binding in the passnger front end of the new truck. Not sure what, but it is where it got hit. It's fairly irrelevant as I only need the tranny and other assorted parts.

Title: Car Updates And Such
Post by: Psykomantis00 on October 17, 2005, 06:58:00 PM

While your replacing parts anyway, you should lift the rear end of the hood where it mounts to the body about 2 inches, that will reduce a lot of heat, or so Ive been told by people who have done this. It acts like a cowl induciton hood, only free-er.

Title: Car Updates And Such
Post by: Rylinkus on October 18, 2005, 03:40:00 PM

Some Pics
Here's my truck
Notice the small dents here and there, the non matching fender, and the bumper.








The new truck
Some front end damage. Broken frame and the front wheel binds up for some reason.

Title: Car Updates And Such
Post by: Rylinkus on October 18, 2005, 03:45:00 PM

Some more pics
My old seats....
I have no idea what that stain is, but its on both seats


My new seats, son to be installed


The newish tires. Definately usable.



Two car pics since I was outside with a camera.

Title: Car Updates And Such
Post by: Psykomantis00 on October 18, 2005, 04:25:00 PM

Those stains are probably from moisture and mildew. I think Ill have another go at posting pics of my cars.

Title: Car Updates And Such
Post by: Rylinkus on October 18, 2005, 05:55:00 PM

QUOTE(Psykomantis00 @ Oct 19 2005, 12:36 AM)

Those stains are probably from moisture and mildew. I think Ill have another go at posting pics of my cars.

Title: Car Updates And Such
Post by: mbood82 on October 26, 2005, 04:52:00 PM

QUOTE(Rylinkus @ Oct 18 2005, 09:06 PM)

I think theyre more like coffee and OJ from my dad. But regardless theyre pretty nasty.

Title: Car Updates And Such
Post by: Rylinkus on October 26, 2005, 06:14:00 PM

QUOTE(mbood82 @ Oct 27 2005, 01:03 AM)

Yer truck is a pain in the arse.

Title: Car Updates And Such
Post by: mbood82 on October 26, 2005, 06:33:00 PM

QUOTE(Rylinkus @ Oct 26 2005, 09:25 PM)

Just be prepared to drink some beer and help my sorry ass out this weekend

Title: Car Updates And Such
Post by: Rylinkus on October 26, 2005, 06:46:00 PM

QUOTE(mbood82 @ Oct 27 2005, 02:44 AM)

Give me the weather and I'll give you a hand.   

Title: Car Updates And Such
Post by: mbood82 on October 26, 2005, 06:49:00 PM

QUOTE(Rylinkus @ Oct 26 2005, 09:57 PM)

Its nice starting tomorrow. Don't sally out.

Title: Car Updates And Such
Post by: Rylinkus on October 26, 2005, 07:05:00 PM

QUOTE(mbood82 @ Oct 27 2005, 03:00 AM)

you lie!

Title: Car Updates And Such
Post by: Rylinkus on October 27, 2005, 06:48:00 PM

Thanks to Matt, most of the purple truck is disassembled.

Driveshafts are removed
Torsion bar gone
Transfer case and it's crossmember removed
Shifter gone
And the tranny should be held in by one bolt ATM

Also swapped the 2 rear tires off the purple truck
Swapped hoods
Took the purple tail gate as mine will rust out in a year or so
swapped seats

Title: Car Updates And Such
Post by: mbood82 on October 27, 2005, 07:38:00 PM

QUOTE(Rylinkus @ Oct 27 2005, 09:59 PM)

blah blah blah blah blah

Title: Car Updates And Such
Post by: Rylinkus on October 27, 2005, 08:45:00 PM

Aren't you supposed to be working on some lame ass paper having to do with something? Keep your lazy ass on track. Stay off the friggin internet.

Title: Car Updates And Such
Post by: mbood82 on October 27, 2005, 08:52:00 PM

QUOTE(Rylinkus @ Oct 27 2005, 11:56 PM)

Aren't you supposed to be working on some lame ass paper having to do with something? Keep your lazy ass on track. Stay off the friggin internet.

Title: Car Updates And Such
Post by: Rylinkus on October 28, 2005, 02:11:00 PM

QUOTE(mbood82 @ Oct 28 2005, 05:03 AM)

I've already pwned that paper.  don't make me pwn you.

Title: Car Updates And Such
Post by: Rylinkus on October 29, 2005, 07:28:00 AM

Trannys completely out of purple truck. Now it's simply repeat and reverse.

Title: Car Updates And Such
Post by: Rylinkus on October 30, 2005, 06:26:00 PM

Repeated.
Everythings removed from my truck.

Trannys back in. In place, a few bolts need to be put in. The crossmember that holds it in place is in as well.

Also swapped the third member into my truck, so I know have an LSD rear end.

I owe a ton of thanks to the guys whove helped, especially Matt.

Title: Car Updates And Such
Post by: Rylinkus on November 05, 2005, 02:00:00 PM

Torsion bars been reindexed. Very very close to where the front end needs to sit. Im not sure if it's just an ilusion. I need to swap tires and measure, and maybe make some minor adjustments, but the worst of that is over.

Brake cylinder is replaced though whgere the line hits the T in the back, the T is no giving up the old brake line. Ineed to get a better set of pliers to latch onto the end

Aside from that the list of stuff left to do
-Swap front tires
-Battery back in truck
-4WD shifter lever
-A few wiring harnesses need to be plugged in
-Interior
-Front driveshaft
-Fill T-Case & Tranny with fluids

Title: Car Updates And Such
Post by: Rylinkus on November 08, 2005, 04:29:00 PM

List of stuff to do
Aside from that the list of stuff left to do

Reindex Torsion Bars
Brake Line
Swap front tires
Battery back in truck
4WD shifter lever
A few wiring harnesses need to be plugged in
Interior
Front driveshaft
Fill T-Case & Tranny with fluids

Bold = Done

Title: Car Updates And Such
Post by: Rylinkus on November 13, 2005, 06:15:00 PM

In doing my wheel cylinder I frigged up the rest of my brakes. I needed to redo all the hardware. God I hate drum brakes. There a complete pain in the ass and just a piss poor setup. As if theres any need for the over abundance of springs and pins and poorly designed hardware. Currently the truck moves under its own power. I need to bleed the brake lines and itll be drivable.

Add to that the fact that I misread the tranny fluid and over filled it and needed to pump it back out. That sucked as well. Seems like for every step forward I took this weekend I took a few backwards.

The only drivetrain issue I see is that the driveshaft rubs on the dust guard on the TCase. Gonna need to figure out that.

Reindex Torsion Bars
Brake Line
Swap front tires
Battery back in truck
4WD shifter lever
A few wiring harnesses need to be plugged in
Interior
Driver Seat
Front driveshaft
Fill T-Case & Tranny with fluids

Bold = Done