I am looking for another car, but it'll be the kids' first car. I'm halfway considering the neighbor's broken down Northstar Cadillac. It kinda violates the spirit of what I was looking for (something simple and manual), but it is super cheap.
I am looking for another car, but it'll be the kids' first car. I'm halfway considering the neighbor's broken down Northstar Cadillac. It kinda violates the spirit of what I was looking for (something simple and manual), but it is super cheap.
I'm going to talk to my detailer about it.have you tried ceramic coating
Started the cut and buff today after work.
Process was 3M Purple 2000, 3M 3000 trizact, then rubbing compound on a wool bonnet, polish on a medium cut sponge bonnet, and glaze on a fine cut sponge bonnet. Then I went over the top of that with carnuba wax.
After sanding:
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After buffing:
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After wax:
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Got half the roof and all of the driver's rear quarter today.
Those look like through-holes into the case. I'd drill 'em straight through and then spin them into the case.
One of the holes is a through hole, but you can't drive them all the way through. Its an open spot just behind the bolt hole. Plan is to use the old head as a guide to start holes then drill all the way through and... I dunno. Tap? Something else?Those look like through-holes into the case. I'd drill 'em straight through and then spin them into the case.
Shame that VW didn't use the same engine in any of their products, you could hit up a VW dealer instead and pay half that. Bought a lot of Passat parts when I still had the A4.Blew the head gasket on the Audi today. It was a shining moment.
On the bright side, the parts all together are $330 (timing belt, water pump, cam/crank seals, idler, top end gaskets). That felt positively light weight as compared to parts for the Nissan.
I was pretty happy only paying that. For the Z32, the timing belt kit starts at $500, and goes up to $700 if you add OEM idlers, tensioner, belt, and water pump over what they spec (continental, GMB, Aisin, respectively).Shame that VW didn't use the same engine in any of their products, you could hit up a VW dealer instead and pay half that. Bought a lot of Passat parts when I still had the A4.
Boostin' in the hot, with the AC on, while the engine was lugging. 27 PSI is kinda living on the edge, so I'm glad it was (hopefully) the head gasket and not ring lands.How'd you manage to blow the head gasket?
You're childless, you must be an expert on pulling out.Taking our Outback on Friday to get our Takata air bags pulled out, I think...
You forget that Ape and I are both fixed. She never has to pull out now!You're childless, you must be an expert on pulling out.
Wait, you're fixed? I thought you were morally opposed to that. Congrats!You forget that Ape and I are both fixed. She never has to pull out now!