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[Bitter]

19 minutes ago, vetali said:

I forget the older PFI 3.6 exists, they are becoming extinct on the roads. It was DI. They were aftermarket delco injectors so they had the seals installed. It was one of the worst jobs I've ever done and I'll refuse to do them again. Worse than Caddy northstar head gaskets. I messed up the clip orientation and at that point I gave up because I didn't have a seal tool, sent it to my buddy that is manager at a GM dealership, and 2 techs went out injured that worked on it. Legitimately a cursed vehicle.

 

Honda DI injectors are gravy, and they go bad pretty often. They come with the seals preinstalled, installed as a full set, don't have a gigantic plastic harness that prevents removal on the v6s. I can do v6s in 45 minutes and 4 cylinders in about 2 hours.

 

Sounds like a bad ECM. Wonder how hard it is to find one for a 2000s jag lol.

I'm guessing discontinued probably and since it needs anti-theft programming probably used is out of the question unless we get a gauge cluster and key and ECM as a set since I think they're all coded together. Even then, probabably not worth all that, not super high miles but I'm betting the owner doesn't want to invest that kind of money on a maybe fix. I think I'll see what's missing, spark or fuel, that's doing the crank/no start and check if the ECM is missing more outputs just to make myself feel better about being right.

 

Thankfully we haven't run into those bad, just several timing chain jobs where you drop the whole power train on the cradle out the bottom, usually pull the TECHM at the same time and have the trans shop up the street replace the switch membranes since often it's timing codes AND pressure switch codes.

[vetali]

34 minutes ago, Bitter said:

I'm guessing discontinued probably and since it needs anti-theft programming probably used is out of the question unless we get a gauge cluster and key and ECM as a set since I think they're all coded together. Even then, probabably not worth all that, not super high miles but I'm betting the owner doesn't want to invest that kind of money on a maybe fix. I think I'll see what's missing, spark or fuel, that's doing the crank/no start and check if the ECM is missing more outputs just to make myself feel better about being right.

 

Thankfully we haven't run into those bad, just several timing chain jobs where you drop the whole power train on the cradle out the bottom, usually pull the TECHM at the same time and have the trans shop up the street replace the switch membranes since often it's timing codes AND pressure switch codes.

Damn, thing might be totaled then.

 

Lift tables make powertrain drops and installs sooo easy. Don't see many transmission issues other than the typical GM 6Ls and Honda HR-V exploding transmissions. Seeing more issues with the later 6 speed Honda transmissions lately. Still haven't seen any issues on the ZF9 that Honda uses. A few 10 speed replacements.

[Bitter]

7 hours ago, vetali said:

Damn, thing might be totaled then.

 

Lift tables make powertrain drops and installs sooo easy. Don't see many transmission issues other than the typical GM 6Ls and Honda HR-V exploding transmissions. Seeing more issues with the later 6 speed Honda transmissions lately. Still haven't seen any issues on the ZF9 that Honda uses. A few 10 speed replacements.

We just set 4 jack stands under the frame and raise the car up. Cheap but effective, don't really have the space for a lift table.

[vetali]

11 hours ago, Bitter said:

We just set 4 jack stands under the frame and raise the car up. Cheap but effective, don't really have the space for a lift table.

Yeah thats one of the cons with them, they take up a lot of room and are super heavy. Ours is designed for EV batteries. I think its like 3000lb capacity, pneumatic lift.

[Bitter]

31 minutes ago, vetali said:

Yeah thats one of the cons with them, they take up a lot of room and are super heavy. Ours is designed for EV batteries. I think its like 3000lb capacity, pneumatic lift.

We've barely had a functionnal welder for over a year, finally got a new handle and cable assembly for it. We can MIG weld again, first comment from the boss when I laid a test bead "wow I've never heard it weld that good before". Gas nozzle was live and shorting the arc every time it touched the work. New handle is cheap crap but it works fine and has cheap consumables. Same comment when I finally got him to get a real gas regulator "wow it's never welded this good before". Yeah it's like if you don't have cobbled together stuff it usually works pretty good! It's only suitable for light stuff but it's enough to get out of a jam if you need to weld a nut back down that's broke loose or weld some exhaust together. I need to do some more practice welds now that it's actually working right but it's pretty easy shit, it's MIG after all and I learned on gas and arc...I have tig'd but I wouldn't say I'm good at it.

[vetali]

1 hour ago, Bitter said:

We've barely had a functionnal welder for over a year, finally got a new handle and cable assembly for it. We can MIG weld again, first comment from the boss when I laid a test bead "wow I've never heard it weld that good before". Gas nozzle was live and shorting the arc every time it touched the work. New handle is cheap crap but it works fine and has cheap consumables. Same comment when I finally got him to get a real gas regulator "wow it's never welded this good before". Yeah it's like if you don't have cobbled together stuff it usually works pretty good! It's only suitable for light stuff but it's enough to get out of a jam if you need to weld a nut back down that's broke loose or weld some exhaust together. I need to do some more practice welds now that it's actually working right but it's pretty easy shit, it's MIG after all and I learned on gas and arc...I have tig'd but I wouldn't say I'm good at it.

I've been begging them to get a new welder at work. Ours is an old Hobofart, feed motor has a dead spot in it. If ya hit it with some momentum it'll just hiccup at your bead... if you start it at the dead spot then you have to manually turn it.

 

My old work had a gucci'd out Miller MIG. It was nice, but I hated using it because it was always for exhaust work. I hated exhaust work and we hardly made money off it.

[Bitter]

2 hours ago, vetali said:

I've been begging them to get a new welder at work. Ours is an old Hobofart, feed motor has a dead spot in it. If ya hit it with some momentum it'll just hiccup at your bead... if you start it at the dead spot then you have to manually turn it.

 

My old work had a gucci'd out Miller MIG. It was nice, but I hated using it because it was always for exhaust work. I hated exhaust work and we hardly made money off it.

Lincoln SP-85 dating from pre-1991 but it works, traded a customer for it years ago. We did brakes, she gave us welder. She got the welder when some jerk abandoned it in her storage barn. We all win.

[Vonrottes]

Was supposed to  take the truck out today and finish tuning but my wideband had other plans.... So instead of getting some shots on the road here's a quick shot at the neighborhood park

 

Having the door decals back on really make it look a lot better 

[8tg]

The alternators huddle together before the impending winter, gathering their flock before migrating south for the winter.

[8tg]

Also how common is this? I feel this has happened to me more than a few times

ordered a new mass airflow sensor, just the duralast one

What show up is someone else’s used mass airflow sensor

it’s not even for my car, it’s a whole different size than the one on my car

 

[Beerzerker]

35 minutes ago, 8tg said:

The alternators huddle together before the impending winter, gathering their flock before migrating south for the winter.

I woudn't complain too much if a few decided to roost here for the winter - Only need a couple - That would be fine (And then I'd let them breed).

[vetali]

4 hours ago, 8tg said:

Also how common is this? I feel this has happened to me more than a few times

ordered a new mass airflow sensor, just the duralast one

What show up is someone else’s used mass airflow sensor

I've received used brake rotors before. I just always assumed it was a worker pulling the old switcheroo for themself or a buddy.

[Bitter]

14 hours ago, 8tg said:

Also how common is this? I feel this has happened to me more than a few times

ordered a new mass airflow sensor, just the duralast one

What show up is someone else’s used mass airflow sensor

it’s not even for my car, it’s a whole different size than the one on my car

 

REFURBISHED TO OEM SPECS.

Retail parts stores are always a setup for disaster or disappointment. Counter guy at one literally told me it was fine to use fuel line for trans and power steering.

[iBabySlapper]

There's been a sudden heat wave the last week, and one of the coils decided it's had enough lol.

 

Scanner shows cylinder 1 misfire, so I'm hoping it's a coil. I had a set of spark plugs spare, so I replaced cyl 1, but no change, so I'm really hoping the coils that are coming tomorrow will fix it. Because if it doesn't, it's going to be expensive..

 

Edit: Moved cyl 1 coil to cyl 4, and the code moved, so it's just the coil. Thank God it's not the fuel pump, or the injector, or b the charcoal canister, or the ECU.

[Beef Boss]

Weird question here - anyone have experience making their own cabin air filters? It’s getting more and more difficult sourcing the air filters for my Mazda protege much less even finding a single filter for less than 50 dollars on eBay. 
 

No North American protégés came with cabin air filters, I like installing them for obvious reasons. The only ones that work are for the Mazda premacy which has the same internal air box but are a European/ Asian based version. 
 

I’m thinking of just cutting out the old filter media, while it is super tough with the charcoal inside, and putting a big bead of glue down to adhere the new media to the frames of the filter. 
 

are there any other North American cars that came with a charcoal filter? 
 

 

[OhioYJ]

9 hours ago, Beef Boss said:

are there any other North American cars that came with a charcoal filter? 

Wix let's you search for filters by size. If you find one that you think might work, you can click on the part number and it will tell you the application.  Searching that application on the same site would let you know if a charcoal version is available. IIRC Wix makes 3 types of cabin air filters. 

 

As for making them, a real aquarium store would have all sorts of filter material. Not a chain place like PetSmart or Jacks, a real Aquarium store. I used to buy all sorts of filter material from a locally owned place here in town for my fish tanks. That might be another option?

[Beef Boss]

12 minutes ago, OhioYJ said:

Wix let's you search for filters by size. If you find one that you think might work, you can click on the part number and it will tell you the application.  Swatching that application on the same site would let you know if a charcoal version is available. IIRC Wix makes 3 types of cabin air filters. 

 

As for making them, a real aquarium store would have all sorts of filter material. Not a chain place like PetSmart or Jacks, a real Aquarium store. I used to buy all sorts of filter material from a locally owned place here in town for my fish tanks. That might be another option?

Thank you for this. Really appreciate that!

[Bitter]

People make their own from furnace air filter material all the time.

[Bananasplit_00]

I think you guys might appreciate these nice crystals on this buss battery:

 

Spoiler

Wonder if this is why it has some trouble starting

[711jrp]

6 hours ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

I think you guys might appreciate these nice crystals on this buss battery:

 

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Wonder if this is why it has some trouble starting

Time to make a cup of tea.....

[Bitter]

[AlwaysFSX]

5 minutes ago, Bitter said:

That'd be useful, until they get rotated around.

[Bitter]

32 minutes ago, AlwaysFSX said:

That'd be useful, until they get rotated around.

That's why cars have a simple reset system when they do per tire. Not my fault if you're getting rotated and not resetting positions.

[AlwaysFSX]

6 minutes ago, Bitter said:

That's why cars have a simple reset system when they do per tire. Not my fault if you're getting rotated and not resetting positions.

Or I could just step outside my vehicle and take 2 seconds to see/hear which tire is leaking. Less steps and time involved.

[Bitter]

2 hours ago, AlwaysFSX said:

Or I could just step outside my vehicle and take 2 seconds to see/hear which tire is leaking. Less steps and time involved.

Too much work, that's why people drive on a flat to the shop. After feeding $4 into the gas station air pump that makes a bunch of noise but doesn't actually make any pressure.