so what u fucks doing?

ill be at beach. wont be working on any cars, but will have tools handy.

11/20/2005 9:55:09 PM

finally getting tint put on, installing a new pcm.

11/20/2005 10:04:00 PM

maybe messing with my starter for fun, breaking it then getting a reman. one at autozone.

11/20/2005 10:08:24 PM

pulling 400 out of friend's malibu... sticking it in my s10
probably blow the ever living fuck out of the 305 thats in the s10 now
clean garage out

11/20/2005 10:56:14 PM

might do a coolant flush

working on fiberglass kickpanels

11/20/2005 11:06:05 PM

hopefully NOT changing a flat on the side of 85

11/20/2005 11:07:23 PM

I think I'll start tinkering on the Teggy...git 'er into a little shape.

Gettin' another CV shaft tomorrow, as the lefty has been clicking for over a year, and has finally progressed to somewhat violent popping. So there you have it. I knew the boot had gone tits up around graduation time for me (May 2004), and I've been driving it ever since...haven't wanted to fuck with it or buy another one. I'm the original cheap bastard.

So, anyway, I have GOTTA do something with this suspension; it's wore the fuck out. And I have a few rust holes that need doctoring. And it needs a thorough cleaning out on the inside...prolly all them empty salt packets that have caused the corrosion.

I gotta get this car prepped up for some DE's next year. Just so I have something to thrash while I'm trying to get my 280 in shape.

11/20/2005 11:53:48 PM

thrashing on completing my front suspension and front axle shave. maybe cutting off the existing flat bed and starting on the rear suspension if i have time (doubtful).

11/20/2005 11:55:13 PM

Getting my spoiler painted/installed ... i'll be joining the league of ricoRz

11/21/2005 9:30:11 AM

gettin the jeep inspected wish me luck

maybe workin on a buddy's fj

11/21/2005 9:56:00 AM

Working.

Maybe doing some more crap to destroy the maxima.

11/21/2005 9:56:37 AM

Draining my airtank and instaklling some water traps so my lines dont freeze up this winter.

11/21/2005 10:01:37 AM

I replaced the front struts, egr, fuel filter, fuel injector, plugs and wires, tps, and that damn tensioner assembly recently, so maybe i'll just replace the air filter

11/21/2005 10:29:16 AM

Puttin on my 17's with new tires, fixing whatever is wrong with my stereo, possibly turing CAI->short ram for winter, and a hell of alot of driving...prob about 2,000 miles

11/21/2005 11:20:20 AM

injectors in the 7 and an oil change

11/21/2005 11:26:10 AM

if my 370cc injectors are in from VA, then I'll make time to install them

11/21/2005 11:49:54 AM

I'll be taking all the crap out of my Jeep and cleaning it up because I'm tired of it and want a new car.

11/21/2005 12:09:27 PM

i'm...

- taking out my headliner and sunroof liner to recover it
- changing spark plugs
- changing fuel filter
- flushing the filling the radiator
- getting new tires and wheels
- getting inspection

11/21/2005 1:50:42 PM

truck maintanence, mounting willys cab on toyota frame hopefully. then rebuilding toyota axles, and making a square front driveshaft.

11/21/2005 1:57:48 PM

Just replaced the multi-function switch and changed the air filter on the Linc, might attempt to get the replacement doorhandle prepped and painted if I have time, so I can actually install the thing rather than having it sit in a box in my living room.

11/21/2005 2:41:46 PM

jdm climate control install
oil change
possibly source a wiring problem with my brake lights
and just general cleaning while i am home and have a garage to work in

11/21/2005 3:02:14 PM

Just bought an 89 Trooper from the original owner. 4 cyl 5 speed and everything is still original so the list so far is


1. Plugs, cap and wires
2. Timing belt
3. Valve adjustment
4. belts and hoses
5. Shocks
6. Figure out the mystery groan from the rear brakes (never would have thought the thing had have disks back there)
7. Exhaust from the head pipe back including cat and muffler



Should keep me busy for a few days

[Edited on November 21, 2005 at 4:24 PM. Reason : durrrrrrrrrr]

11/21/2005 4:23:36 PM

hoping to get some shock hoops bent up and the airshocks installed....working on the interior layout

narrowing down the parts search

11/21/2005 4:43:29 PM

hopefully gettin all the wiring cleaned up and re routed. fuckin re's

11/21/2005 5:28:03 PM

Quote :

"Figure out the mystery groan from the rear brakes "

lol, good luck with that one... it's just a trooper quirk. i've never heard a 1st gen. that didn't do it. put new pads on and it'll stop for a few thousand miles, but it always comes back. something about some weird compund isuzu used in their oem pads that aftermarket ones don't offer. it's never bothered me enough to try and fix it on any i've driven. i've got bendix rotors and cheap wearever pads on the rear of my 89 now, they only occasionally howl at low speed.

Quote :

"(never would have thought the thing had have disks back there)"

yeah, isuzu came up with quite a badass/stout rear axle for their trucks 88-present (slight variation in shafts/ring gear from 98-present).

Quote :

"Timing belt"

def. replace the oil pump and water pump while you're in there... it's too much a pita to tear down the front of the motor again to do it later. careful when your relining all the timing marks up too... make sure the #1/#4 are at TDC. it's somewhat common for the balancer on the crank pulley to slip on the 2.6, rendering you with a useless timing mark. wouldn't be a bad time to throw a delta regrind cam in either since you'll have the cam pulley off and are doing the valves. they're only ~50-70 bucks.

[Edited on November 22, 2005 at 12:07 AM. Reason : .]

11/22/2005 12:04:18 AM

Thanks Ivan, got a few more questions. Why replace the cam? more performance or are they prone to failure? What brand of tune up parts do these thing like? I was allready considering the water pump and I suppose an oil pump is cheap insurance, Ill add them to the list. Im looking to drive this thing as my daily driver for at least a year so any other "usual" problems please let me know so I can take care of it now. I dont know anything about Isuzu's. Its the first foriegn car Ive ever owned. Thanks for all your help Dave

11/22/2005 5:45:32 PM

Fixing the radiator, putting in new plugs, intalling/painting a lip and foglights, changing trany fluid.

11/22/2005 9:13:01 PM

[Edited on November 22, 2005 at 9:32 PM. Reason : oops]

11/22/2005 9:13:59 PM

no, stock cam is fine... a delta regrind will just give you some extra oomph, especially noticeable for holding 5th gear on highway grades. for the price, you can't go wrong. a pacesetter header helps these motors out alot too. only other things i can think of off hand you may want to replace for maintinance is the thermal valve. like any high mileage motor, vacuum lines get hard/brittle over the years too (especially under the intake manifold). dizzy rotor wouldn't hurt either, damn things will still run on one in terrible shape. other than that, there's not really much that commonly fails on them before 200k miles and they're damn near impossible to kill with abuse. the only "major" thing to keep an eye out for is the head. certain castings are prone to cracking or at least warping and causing the gasket to pop. AMC makes a sweet replacement for ~500 bucks though that will cure it. you can check the casting number by throwing some light around the back of the head and sticking a dentists mirror back around there. the higher the number, the better the casting... you're hoping for a 4. don't confuse the casting number with the motor spec number that's back there (4ze1). casting number will be seperate (above) from it.

11/22/2005 9:22:02 PM

checkin my oil and tire pressures and hittin the road, 850 miles in 3 days here i come, my 180k mile chevy is ready to go, not a damn thing wrong with it nor will it ever be

11/22/2005 9:39:32 PM

delivering the Hawk to dearest kyle, finishing the paint job on the r/c crawler, looking for a samurai, changing the oil in the civ

11/22/2005 10:02:07 PM

how many of you fagg0ts actually did something to your vehicles?

11/27/2005 3:50:50 PM

i pulled intake/exhaust manifold on the rabbit and started drilling out broken studs.

11/27/2005 4:03:19 PM

i polished the rear wheel lip on the hawk. and changed the battery on it. that's it.

11/27/2005 4:17:26 PM

crawler painted, oil changed, added some bump

11/27/2005 4:41:03 PM

changed oil and new air filter like i said

11/27/2005 5:07:56 PM

i just drive the mothefucker

11/27/2005 5:22:44 PM

changed the oil on the 7, did a coolant flush on the Supra, then managed to fix the heat and cruise control on the Supra by fixing a few vacuum lines

11/27/2005 5:52:20 PM

i put gas in my car twice

without doing so i wouldn't have gotten near as far as i had hoped

11/27/2005 5:54:08 PM

got both of my things done

11/27/2005 6:11:20 PM

i changed out a bad spark plug wire

11/27/2005 6:17:45 PM

swapped a headlight to pass inspection after failing and adjusted the ebrake.

11/27/2005 11:26:13 PM

I got belted

11/27/2005 11:49:37 PM

got the s10 engine swap done
http://www.party49ers.com/photo_folder.aspx?folder=7312

11/28/2005 12:39:29 AM

^good work! so productive

What I did:

*Troubleshooting slow ass frontier by removing cat (thinking the replaced muffler is TOO restrictive). Well turns out the truck became way faster, so I'll look into a new muffler or exhaust. Truck is currently LOUD AS F*CK I only drove it once to test it though.. makes me paranoid driving it around that loudly.


*Installed universal replacement antennae on 240sx (difficulty 10/10)
*Added a quart of oil into 240sx (difficulty 9.5/10)
*Mounted new amp in 240sx (difficulty 10/10)
hard work right there

370cc injectors did not arrive, so I'll probably do those this coming weekend.

[Edited on November 28, 2005 at 12:58 PM. Reason : ]

11/28/2005 12:55:28 PM