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[techswede]

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Tall rear window makes me think its a Navara. 

 

[PandaCopyRight]

6 minutes ago, techswede said:

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Tall rear window makes me think its a Navara. 

 

how? what?  

[arnavvr]

McGregor or Mayweather? 

[vetali]

8 minutes ago, arnavvr said:

McGregor or Mayweather? 

Mayweather in end of regulation. Always pick the guy that actually played the sport. 

[techswede]

8 minutes ago, arnavvr said:

McGregor or Mayweather? 

Was excited for it until i found out i had to pay $49 to watch it in prime time. On a service i already pay $9 a month for. 

Just going to watch the highlights on youtube later. But i'm rooting for McGregor. 

[terrytek]

15 minutes ago, arnavvr said:

McGregor or Mayweather? 

I think Mayweather. I think it's quite obvious, especially if it's against someone who doesn't box.

[Speedyv]

21 minutes ago, arnavvr said:

McGregor or Mayweather? 

 

I think Mayweather (bold prediction, I know).

 

I don't like either McGregor or Mayweather but I like McGregor even less.

[techswede]

13 minutes ago, terrytek said:

I think Mayweather. I think it's quite obvious, especially if it's against someone who doesn't box.

MMA fighters may not box in a traditional sense. But i think McGregor has a shot if he tightens up his guard. 

He has a bit of a tendency to drop his guard. But if he keeps it up i think he could pull this off. 

[FuzzyYellow]

why do oem parts have to cost so much? $23 for some folded paper is crazy...

[FuzzyYellow]

@vetali sorry to keep bothering you, but do you think oem is worth $11 more than a fram filter?

[bcredeur97]

9 hours ago, vinyldash303 said:

I'm at 170k+

 

9 hours ago, FuzzyYellow said:

191k+ here. at the rate i'm putting on miles, it'll be less than 5 months and I'll have 200k.

 

9 hours ago, RevoltTrain said:

Chassis is at 165K

 

New engine, 24k

109k on the chassis

 

1st engine -- rip @ 72k

2nd engine -- rip @ 105k (total lifespan of 33k miles)

3rd engine -- 62k miles when purchased, 66k on it now....

 

plz be good to me.. i baby the thing almost all the time now and I did the first oil change at 3k because paranoia...

[FuzzyYellow]

3 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

inb4 tesla swap

Naw... Honda v6 for lyfe 

[RevoltTrain]

4 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

 

 

109k on the chassis

 

1st engine -- rip @ 72k

2nd engine -- rip @ 105k (total lifespan of 33k miles)

3rd engine -- 62k miles when purchased, 66k on it now....

 

plz be good to me.. i baby the thing almost all the time now and I did the first oil change at 3k because paranoia...

1st engine - rip @40k

2nd engine rip @165k

3rd engine - 24k miles we'll see how this goes 

[bcredeur97]

1 hour ago, terrytek said:

Where is that? Rockauto sells head gaskets for only 30.

plz dont put a $30 head gasket on your car 

 

 

fel-pro usually makes kits with nice MLS gaskets (that's what I used when I did mine.. on my last engine (lol)). I really liked it though and I think I remember @vetali saying he liked it in the pics too...I believe it was like $140 for the entire kit and came with like all but one gasket or one of them I didn't like (most likely the thermostat gasket... I hate the paper one's for water stuff... they never work for me lol). But anyway it 'twas a quality job all said and done and since I did the timing belt and WP too (and I replaced the radiator) it came out to a little under $500. 

 

I was supposed to move a lot of that stuff over to the new engine but we ended up just not doing that because Mr. Keith had to leave for vacation the following week and we were running out of time.... so in a year or two ill have to go and do timing belt and water pump again  at least since I've done it once I have it pretty much memorized and could probably do it pretty quickly now... only annoying thing really is the water pump gasket to the outlet tube.. oh and the O-ring for that tube as well. just kinda tight right there is all so it makes it a little pain.

[bcredeur97]

2 minutes ago, FuzzyYellow said:

Naw... Honda v6 for lyfe 

^^ this is actually the plan if it fails when I want it to. (i.e. after have a nice solid income after college and have a decent place to live and can get some decent tools for me-self or at least have a good place to do it at)

 

... but im gonna wait till it fails bottom line... unless investments go way better than I think they will lol

[terrytek]

1 minute ago, bcredeur97 said:

plz dont put a $30 head gasket on your car 

 

 

fel-pro usually makes kits with nice MLS gaskets (that's what I used when I did mine.. on my last engine (lol)). I really liked it though and I think I remember @vetali saying he liked it in the pics too...I believe it was like $140 for the entire kit and came with like all but one gasket or one of them I didn't like (most likely the thermostat gasket... I hate the paper one's for water stuff... they never work for me lol). But anyway it 'twas a quality job all said and done and since I did the timing belt and WP too (and I replaced the radiator) it came out to a little under $500. 

 

I was supposed to move a lot of that stuff over to the new engine but we ended up just not doing that because Mr. Keith had to leave for vacation the following week and we were running out of time.... so in a year or two ill have to go and do timing belt and water pump again  at least since I've done it once I have it pretty much memorized and could probably do it pretty quickly now... only annoying thing really is the water pump gasket to the outlet tube.. oh and the O-ring for that tube as well. just kinda tight right there is all so it makes it a little pain.

Actually, the fel-pro head gasket was the 30 dollar gasket on rockauto. And the entire gasket kit was like 80 bucks on the same site for the intake/exhaust manifold gasket, thermostat gaskets, head gasket, that sorta kit.

[bcredeur97]

2 minutes ago, terrytek said:

Actually, the fel-pro head gasket was the 30 dollar gasket on rockauto. And the entire gasket kit was like 80 bucks on the same site for the intake/exhaust manifold gasket, thermostat gaskets, head gasket, that sorta kit.

guess it's just cheaper for the protege. I'd just make sure it's a MLS gasket. 

 

I haven't read anything except that one post.. you going the DIY-route? just keep in mind the rest of that engine has some miles... would stink to do all that work and something else fail completely a year later like what happened to me.

 

make sure you get new head bolts... or studs. OEM is one-use only!

[FuzzyYellow]

3 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

I've got one Fel Pro's intake gasket kits on the s10. They make real nice stuff. It came with every gasket you need between opening the hood and taking the intake manifold off. Was only like $160 for the kit IIRC?

I'm pretty happy with their valve cover kit too, although it would've been nice if they had a kit that included all the intake gaskets too since they all need to be replaced when the intake manifold is pulled.

[terrytek]

1 minute ago, vinyldash303 said:

You're gonna need the whole kit. Does it come with new bolts? 

Uh, no. Those are separate. But those are an extra 20 for the fel-pro, bringing the entire kit to only 100.

 

1 minute ago, bcredeur97 said:

guess it's just cheaper for the protege. I'd just make sure it's a MLS gasket. 

 

I haven't read anything except that one post.. you going the DIY-route? just keep in mind the rest of that engine has some miles... would stink to do all that work and something else fail completely a year later like what happened to me.

 

make sure you get new head bolts... or studs. OEM is one-use only!

IDK if going the DIY route is best because a shop can determine if the block/head are still good, though labor and parts can get expensive easily. But really I might just end up providing parts for it. I'm really convincing my dad have a shop handle it because I don't want to screw it up more than it already has.

 

and yeah, i guess i have to replace them since rock-auto says replacement is required.

[bcredeur97]

2 minutes ago, terrytek said:

Uh, no. Those are separate. But those are an extra 20 for the fel-pro, bringing the entire kit to only 100.

 

IDK if going the DIY route is best because a shop can determine if the block/head are still good, though labor and parts can get expensive easily. But really I might just end up providing parts for it. I'm really convincing my dad have a shop handle it because I don't want to screw it up more than it already has.

 

and yeah, i guess i have to replace them since rock-auto says replacement is required.

as much as a shop is going to charge you for this job... I'd get rid of the car. 

To me this whole situation is DIY and get it done without much financial harm. Or get rid of the car (part out and sell the frame for scrap(risky if there isn't enough buyers) OR sell the whole thing to someone) and get something else. It's just too worthless of a car to invest too much money into IMO

[terrytek]

4 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

as much as a shop is going to charge you for this job... I'd get rid of the car. 

To me this whole situation is DIY and get it done without much financial harm. Or get rid of the car (part out and sell the frame for scrap(risky if there isn't enough buyers) OR sell the whole thing to someone) and get something else. It's just too worthless of a car to invest too much money into IMO

Well, i'm stubborn, so it's very unlikely we're getting rid of this car. and i feel like my dad might do whatever to get this car running again. it's really up to him, he's the one who primarily drives this. but i still wanna keep it because i still need to learn how to drive stick.

[FuzzyYellow]

1 minute ago, terrytek said:

Well, i'm stubborn, so it's very unlikely we're getting rid of this car. and i feel like my dad might do whatever to get this car running again. it's really up to him, he's the one who primarily drives this. but i still wanna keep it because i still need to learn how to drive stick.

do what you want, but it seems like a situation where ya bail to me. It's just a protege...

[bcredeur97]

2 minutes ago, terrytek said:

Well, i'm stubborn, so it's very unlikely we're getting rid of this car. and i feel like my dad might do whatever to get this car running again. it's really up to him, he's the one who primarily drives this. but i still wanna keep it because i still need to learn how to drive stick.

here's what I want you to do terry. 

I want you to sit down and talk with him. go and have a good conversation with your father about it. I'm sure he would love that anyway..

 

But yeah just mention what we've said... what you think... and ask him what he thinks. I'm sure you guys will come to a good conclusion and have a little relationship growth in the process!

[terrytek]

2 minutes ago, FuzzyYellow said:

do what you want, but it seems like a situation where ya bail to me. It's just a protege...

I would bail, but i keep saying over, and over, the sentimental value is just through the roof. i've grown up with this car, this car was how i found a love for cars, and when I was younger, I thought this was such a cool car, and I still think it is. I would actually kinda get pretty darn emotional if I have to see the day where our protege isn't at home anymore.

 

4 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

here's what I want you to do terry. 

I want you to sit down and talk with him. go and have a good conversation with your father about it. I'm sure he would love that anyway..

 

But yeah just mention what we've said... what you think... and ask him what he thinks. I'm sure you guys will come to a good conclusion and have a little relationship growth in the process!

I think I might just do that tomorrow when we diagnose this car a bit further. I'm sure my dad knows the monetary and sentimental value of this car, but of course we neeed everybody's opinion on this car. But then that means we're one car short, so no car for me for a while.

[vetali]

52 minutes ago, FuzzyYellow said:

@vetali sorry to keep bothering you, but do you think oem is worth $11 more than a fram filter?

yeah.