Professor_Brap (Forum Supporter)
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4/23/22 8:21 p.m.

Finally got some hatch diag time and this is what I found. 

Professor_Brap (Forum Supporter)
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5/31/22 6:37 p.m.

Tow truck tabbie has been a tank 

Professor_Brap (Forum Supporter)
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7/19/22 6:24 p.m.

On my way to put a boat load of heat into this poor car. 

1st door off, thanks to a combo of lots of heat, bfh, and a crazy combo of punches. 

Drivers door off. 

More doors coming off. 

lots of cussing getting non bolt on hinge doors to line up. 

Started cutting, but due to some family issues coming up had to load up and take everything home. 

Professor_Brap (Forum Supporter)
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7/21/22 4:40 p.m.

Swapped a later iac tps harness 

Professor_Brap (Forum Supporter)
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7/23/22 2:27 p.m.

Focus got new tires, front brakes, oil change and lubed. 

Professor_Brap (Forum Supporter)
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8/10/22 3:33 p.m.

Got a nasty slice that leaked  

Fresh set of rp-18s incoming. (There are jack stands under it)

Testing out said new rp-18s

Bonus mower pic from same day. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Professor_Brap (Forum Supporter)
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8/25/22 12:04 p.m.

Ran the generators, fixed mower deck after it got in a fight with a brick

 

 

Professor_Brap (Forum Supporter)
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9/2/22 6:35 p.m.

Light Omni progress. 

Leakey heater hose/leaky heater valve cut out. 

New manual heater valve, OEM plastc ones seem to leak in under a year for me.  

Professor_Brap (Forum Supporter)
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9/6/22 8:29 a.m.

Parts car is becoming more of a parts car every day. 

100 miles buzzing around town in traffic. Didn't come close to overheating or do anything to abnormal. Need to dial in alignment some more. 

 

 

 

Professor_Brap (Forum Supporter)
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9/7/22 9:06 a.m.

50,000 Mike plugs out of neon. 

Put new tires on wife's car. 

Flat. 

Professor_Brap (Forum Supporter)
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9/13/22 8:55 a.m.

Best way to get home from alignment shop by yourself. 

Fresh front suspension and rear bushings and shocks. 

Professor_Brap (Forum Supporter)
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9/27/22 6:49 a.m.

Ope

GCrites80s
GCrites80s Dork
9/27/22 10:52 a.m.

Ah, King Ave. and Olentangy River Rd.

Professor_Brap (Forum Supporter)
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9/27/22 2:37 p.m.

In reply to GCrites80s :

Yes sir. Came off campus. That's 2 cars this year from that area that didn't know what they had. 

EvanB
EvanB MegaDork
9/27/22 3:11 p.m.

Didn't know what they had? Is it a 5.9 ZJ?

Professor_Brap (Forum Supporter)
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9/27/22 4:22 p.m.

In reply to EvanB :

4.0 xj. Photos incoming. 

EvanB
EvanB MegaDork
9/27/22 5:17 p.m.

In reply to Professor_Brap (Forum Supporter) :

Ah, I'm used to the earlier xj interior and that looked a lot fancier.

Professor_Brap (Forum Supporter)
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9/27/22 5:17 p.m.

Listing. Got it for $1400 and found another $100 under the seat. 

Dumb clean

 

 

 

thatsnowinnebago
thatsnowinnebago UberDork
9/27/22 5:28 p.m.

Damn, $100 under the seat?! I think the most I've found was a pink leopard license plate frame and like $2

Professor_Brap (Forum Supporter)
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9/27/22 5:34 p.m.

In reply to thatsnowinnebago :

Yup, 2 50s in a envelope, and $7 in loose change. 

EvanB
EvanB MegaDork
9/27/22 5:38 p.m.

That's a steal for sure. 

Professor_Brap (Forum Supporter)
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9/27/22 7:43 p.m.

Professor_Brap (Forum Supporter)
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9/28/22 9:41 p.m.

PO had the wrong size battery and the worst battery clamps known to man kind in there. The negative terminal was hitting the hood and broke it from the case and was leaking battery acid.  

Hour or so of cussing later and a trip to town we are left with this. 

Professor_Brap (Forum Supporter)
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10/1/22 8:52 p.m.

PO put new PS lines on and didn't tighten one  was checking out all the new front end parts also. 

Strobing 3rd brake light in. 

Spare tire mount parts where missing. Did come with a new spare I won't use . 

Nice and tidy. 

 

Professor_Brap (Forum Supporter)
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10/2/22 11:18 a.m.

New pcv valve and seal. 

3d printer goes burrr

 

 

 

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