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[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.

[vetali]

5 hours ago, Bitter said:

Even better with indirect systems where people just keep inflating expecting the light to go off on its own. Record that rolled into the shop so far is 70 psi on a CR-V.

[Bitter]

2 minutes ago, vetali said:

Even better with indirect systems where people just keep inflating expecting the light to go off on its own. Record that rolled into the shop so far is 70 psi on a CR-V.

"I can't get it to 100%"

 

Legit had a girl come in with about 7qts of oil in her little Chevy Spark because the oil level on the dash kept going down so she kept adding more oil to it and it wouldn't go back up and she was scared because she didn't have time to get an oil change, she had to get to work. Added so much oil it flooded the engine and would not start, miraculously nothing seemed damaged just drained it, filled to correct level, cleared the plugs and cylinders of excess oil, and drove the crap out of to clear up the smoking. I made sure to show her (and her mother and her brother) how to check the oil correctly as they didn't know how. No one ever explained how that works so they thought oil life was how much oil was in it. That also means everyone she knew was changing their oil at 0% oil life. I also clarified that should be getting changed at 30% because it's not very smart.

And the yearly 'I swear I didn't put diesel in it" that put diesel in it.

[vetali]

23 hours ago, Bitter said:

"I can't get it to 100%"

 

Legit had a girl come in with about 7qts of oil in her little Chevy Spark because the oil level on the dash kept going down so she kept adding more oil to it and it wouldn't go back up and she was scared because she didn't have time to get an oil change, she had to get to work. Added so much oil it flooded the engine and would not start, miraculously nothing seemed damaged just drained it, filled to correct level, cleared the plugs and cylinders of excess oil, and drove the crap out of to clear up the smoking. I made sure to show her (and her mother and her brother) how to check the oil correctly as they didn't know how. No one ever explained how that works so they thought oil life was how much oil was in it. That also means everyone she knew was changing their oil at 0% oil life. I also clarified that should be getting changed at 30% because it's not very smart.

And the yearly 'I swear I didn't put diesel in it" that put diesel in it.

Haven't seen that before.

 

Legit happened today - not a record though

 

[bcredeur97]

2 hours ago, vetali said:

Haven't seen that before.

 

Legit happened today - not a record though

-snip-

 

They just want better gas mileage /s

[Beerzerker]

This was the action of the day.... Went well enough and was done quickly too.



 Next job on the 'ol list being powersteering hose replacement. 

[Lingwendil]

On 9/5/2023 at 1:08 AM, Vonrottes said:

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 

I'm not a truck guy but I really dig this.

[8tg]

I am not having a great time right now

new speakers won’t fit normally, but I can reuse the rings kinda

Pulling the ring off and cutting out some of the center grille allows the new speakers to kinda sit in their place

silicone to hold the speakers to the ring

old speakers were toast

wiring is soldered up 

 

now I have to wait for the silicone to cure 

[Bitter]

Typical Ford

[8tg]

They’re in, they sound dope

thank you internet car boomers for this tip:

You can remove wind up window handle clips by pulling a rag along the clip, pulls it out easily 

[Vonrottes]

On 9/13/2023 at 11:13 AM, Lingwendil said:

I'm not a truck guy but I really dig this.

At nearly the same size as a Chevy Cruze, I barely consider an S-series a truck

[Bitter]

2 hours ago, 8tg said:

They’re in, they sound dope

thank you internet car boomers for this tip:

You can remove wind up window handle clips by pulling a rag along the clip, pulls it out easily 

Bleach Wite tire cleaner will absolutely obliterate grim and crud and restore the blue plastic to its original bright blue color.

[Bitter]

 

Not what Ford meant by break in period.

[8tg]

Rear speakers going in

the rear ones were in fine shape, so this is mostly for something a little louder? I’m not going to block rocking bass or anything, but the original rear speakers were tinny and quiet 

so these are less tinny and a little louder

the wiring for this is fairly straight forward though the color scheme, oh my god

I’ve never seen a red negative in my life 

[Bitter]

22 minutes ago, 8tg said:

Rear speakers going in

the rear ones were in fine shape, so this is mostly for something a little louder? I’m not going to block rocking bass or anything, but the original rear speakers were tinny and quiet 

so these are less tinny and a little louder

the wiring for this is fairly straight forward though the color scheme, oh my god

I’ve never seen a red negative in my life 

It's only grounds that are almost universal black. Speakers technically run on AC voltage so negative and positive are just to keep them all in the same phase.

[Bitter]

Oh yeah, bought some new tires.

Came 'bundled' with this thing.