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| bio | website | twitter.com/glmotorsports |
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| location | Toledo, OH | |
| age | 39 | |
| visits | member for | 1 year, 11 months |
| seen | yesterday | |
| stats | profile views | 73 |
Just another nobody out in the world, banging out some code from time to time...
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Feb 1 |
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1993 Mustang dies at idle in extremely cold weather Did it ever run well in that kind of cold before? I have similar issues with my Toyota MR2 when it gets down around 0F. Idle will get crazy low if I put any load on the engine (brake or power steering). When it gets down to -15F, it'll even do a thing where it starts to idle after start, then just shuts off and I have to restart it every time when the engine is cold (second start it'll stay running as long as I don't touch the brake until it gets some heat in it). I've always figured it was a fact of life with '90's fuel injected engines... |
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Feb 1 |
reviewed | Approve suggested edit on 01 Monte Carlo electrical gremlins |
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Jan 30 |
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'00 Civic Brake Imbalance I've had 2 single side caliper failures on my car. Both right fronts, on 2 different cars. I wouldn't be in a rush to replace both with as expensive as calipers can be. 1 car was $350, the other $650 per caliper. |
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Jan 28 |
answered | Temporary repair for broken clutch pedal sensor |
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Jan 24 |
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Where is the block heater on 99 Ford Taurus? It would depend on if it has a cold weather package installed or not. They do not all come with block heaters. |
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Jan 24 |
reviewed | Approve suggested edit on Is there a good crash course website or book for auto repair for beginner who's just getting into auto repair? |
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Jan 23 |
answered | How to deal with a hot turbocharger |
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Jan 16 |
reviewed | Approve suggested edit on 2000 Audi A6 4.2 rotors |
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Jan 16 |
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Low power, bad gas mileage, smelly exhaust after engine work I had a timing belt slip by one notch and the car (130hp MR2) sounded like a lawnmower and could barely get to 30mph. I'm surprised yours ran as good as it did in that condition! :-) |
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Jan 16 |
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Rear LCA bushings worn out - better to just replace the whole LCA? I'd be surprised if bushing replacement is even considered an option from the factory. The only place I ever hear about people doing just the bushing is among car guys with their own equipment who enjoy a project. Everybody else replaces the whole arm because it's faster (and cheaper unless your labor is free and you already own all the tools...). :-) |
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Jan 16 |
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Do I really need a lathe to turn my rotors? Turning rotors isn't terribly common in the USA anymore either. There's still some older shadetree mechanics that do it, but with the price of rotors being so low and the rotor wear rate when used with the thinner modern rotors being so high, replacement is the standard these days. |
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Jan 15 |
reviewed | Approve suggested edit on Custom drive shaft manufacturers in the UK |
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Jan 15 |
awarded | Custodian |
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Jan 15 |
reviewed | Close Custom drive shaft manufacturers in the UK |
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Jan 15 |
reviewed | Approve suggested edit on How can I do a cheap but safe and good tuning which will improve the cars performance? |
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Jan 11 |
reviewed | Approve suggested edit on 2008 Pontiac Grand Prix Fails to Start and Electronics Go Awry |
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Jan 9 |
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2000 Grand AM GT engine and electric cut out randomly while driving I left the possible solution at the end so that I could list the symptoms in common first. Reason being that it's such an odd failure. I was in stunned disbelief when the mechanic finally found the issue with the ignition switch. Didn't want to get complaints about "oh you didn't really read the question"... ;-) |
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Jan 9 |
answered | 2000 Grand AM GT engine and electric cut out randomly while driving |
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Jan 8 |
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Wheel stuck or fused to drum added 65 characters in body |
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Jan 2 |
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Why is my exhaust pipe so rusty? My MR2 still has its original exhaust system (22 years old now) and is run year round (I've had holes in the floor replaced 3 times). My (18 year old) Eclipse which is rarely run in the Winter is now on it's third exhaust system (1 stock, then an aftermarket stainless steel, now a custom built stainless steel) due to rusting them out. |
