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engineering that makes you want to punch babies.

Cut the rivet heads off with a cutting torch, then knock them out with a punch. Replace with bolts.
 
FleshEater said:
That’s what I thought, but...fawking internet.

Me and buddy bled the brakes and did the axle pivot bushings. Those were so simple after Arse confirmed it could be done on the ground, which is what I thought, but YouRube videos make it way fucking harder than need be.

I’m going to tackle cutting those 6 rivets off and dropping the radius arm mounts this weekend.

After those are done I got some tiny things to take care of and it’s road ready.
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Moving the beam around with the weight of the truck pushing on the spring is not something you can do by hand. All you adjustment will have to come from ratchet straps and jacks pulling and pushing in various directions. Do one bushing at a time. If you take more than 1/4 out at once things will probably get out of alignment enough that you have to lift the truck to correct everything. Radius arm is waaaaaay easier than the beam pivots.
 
arse_sidewards said:
Moving the beam around with the weight of the truck pushing on the spring is not something you can do by hand. All you adjustment will have to come from ratchet straps and jacks pulling and pushing in various directions. Do one bushing at a time. If you take more than 1/4 out at once things will probably get out of alignment enough that you have to lift the truck to correct everything. Radius arm is waaaaaay easier than the beam pivots.
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Okay...in the first part of your message what are you talking about?

I already did the axle pivot bushings. All I needed was the floor jack, and I used my knees while laying under the truck to pull the passenger side tire in some to line up the bolt. Never lifted the truck.

So, if the radius arm was easier than that, awesome.
 
upside down bolt with a nut on the top that you can only get at from above. impossible to get at with two hands from underneath, so you have to hold it up with one finger and use the others to put the ground strap onto the bolt and get the nut started so it doesn't fall apart so you can stick 30 inches of extensions down there to tighten it.

good luck.

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Did not know a 2019 Escape will not start if the lift gate is removed...
 
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oh yes, the integrated license plate illumination module will take down the can bus

or some such bullshit rofl
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is that the same module that randomly inverts your backup camera picture and costs like $400 to replace?

mom has a 2015? I've not been impressed. little turbo 4 banger is a good time though. rest of the car seems pretty dubious.
 
This mother fucker. I swear to God it's going to take out my kneecap one day. :mad3: We've own the truck less than a week and I've hit my knee twice already. 2021 Chevy 3500 . Why couldn't they make it like the rear door.:homer:.

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cause it woulda cost money making the doors different for other stuff.
how am I gonna use that same door on a regular cab?

I forgot to update my own thread with this.

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what's required to do a starter. It's not too bad actually. only takes about an hour to pop the manifold off.

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but then we find this. turns out they just use some plastic flappy dos and they were hollow on the inside. so the little nub breaks off and down the intake she goes.

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you can see the crack right up the middle.

could have never been a problem with some metal BMW. Motor still works fine. Never even set a code, just randomly one day I got a stumble at idle.

oh, and they're $350.
 
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87manche said:
fun times.

every single wire in my brother's winnebago is the same color.

they learned that trick from international apparently, since they just used black wires for everything.
super awesome when you're trying to fix burnt wires 30 years later and the screenprint with the number is just gone.
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I have one of those black wired internationals..... Seriously WTF, and trailer style plugs on everything.
 
DNL said:
Everything Audi.
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Audi and BMW should have been dedicated tool manufacturers as they absolutely love Special Service Tools.

Then you use those to do the work which afterwards requires you to fill some component with the special magical fluid brewed from the distilled tears of narwhal calves during the full moon in a solstice month in the Arctic Sea and specifically designed for Audis.
 
White Shark said:
Audi and BMW should have been dedicated tool manufacturers as they absolutely love Special Service Tools.

Then you use those to do the work which afterwards requires you to fill some component with the special magical fluid brewed from the distilled tears of narwhal calves during the full moon in a solstice month in the Arctic Sea and specifically designed for Audis.
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but when it works it's so good.

german cars are automotive heroin.
 
87manche said:
cause it woulda cost money making the doors different for other stuff.
how am I gonna use that same door on a regular cab?

I forgot to update my own thread with this.



what's required to do a starter. It's not too bad actually. only takes about an hour to pop the manifold off.



but then we find this. turns out they just use some plastic flappy dos and they were hollow on the inside. so the little nub breaks off and down the intake she goes.



you can see the crack right up the middle.

could have never been a problem with some metal BMW. Motor still works fine. Never even set a code, just randomly one day I got a stumble at idle.

oh, and they're $350.
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What year is that? I swear I did my 05 from underneath with lots of swivels and E torx.
 
DMG said:
What year is that? I swear I did my 05 from underneath with lots of swivels and E torx.
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it's an 08, but the manifold came from an 06 330.

N52 is pretty easy to work on. that manifold comes off in under an hour. just the bolts/studs on the top. The biggest PITA is the wiring junction box that's slipped over a bracket that's attached. It's a motherfucker to get off.
the plastic PCV hose got ditched for hydraulic return hose long ago, so no drama from that bastard.

you're not getting at the starter without taking off the manifold. requires a flex head ratchet from the top. bolted through the bottom into the bellhousing.

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Can someone tell me why the fuck you need to remove the intake manifold to change half the spark plugs on a Dodge 3.6 pentasutar engine?

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Pretty standard on any late model v6, only way to fit long runners under a modern car/mini van hood, and that Heep has a mini van engine.
 
87manche said:
it's an 08, but the manifold came from an 06 330.

N52 is pretty easy to work on. that manifold comes off in under an hour. just the bolts/studs on the top. The biggest PITA is the wiring junction box that's slipped over a bracket that's attached. It's a motherfucker to get off.
the plastic PCV hose got ditched for hydraulic return hose long ago, so no drama from that bastard.

you're not getting at the starter without taking off the manifold. requires a flex head ratchet from the top. bolted through the bottom into the bellhousing.
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BOSCH...

Back
Ordered
Shit ya
Can't
Have

Sorry, that part is on intergalactic back order... :homer:

:lmao: :laughing: :flipoff2:
 
4x4mechanic said:
BOSCH...

Back
Ordered
Shit ya
Can't
Have

Sorry, that part is on intergalactic back order... :homer:

:lmao: :laughing: :flipoff2:
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made in hungary!

which is better than china remans I suppose.
I hope it is anyway.

I even did it all the way right this time and replaced the one use bolts.
 
87manche said:
made in hungary!

which is better than china remans I suppose.
I hope it is anyway.

I even did it all the way right this time and replaced the one use bolts.
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man we fucked the hungarians right good in the cold war
 
whoops, meant to toss a "that makes them preferable to china" in there but got distracted by the sight of a serial cable that big gay aiden might want
 
87manche said:
but when it works it's so good.

german cars
are automotive heroin.
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German- EVERYTHING. We ordered $40K worth of parts for a job from G, turns our we can not use them with out -who knows how much more- in parts. I already made two tools for the process. WTF, If I am ordering shit, tell me the other stuff I need. How hard is that. I would have bought it, but instead now I have a pissed the F off customer, and no response from G - When they are good they are good...
 
Plastic molded o-ring radiator/coolant hoses. Overcomplicated shit that has no choice but to fuck up.
 
87manche said:
but when it works it's so good.

german cars are automotive heroin.
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Watching this guy describe the Special Service Tool setup for correctly setting up the timing and installing the valve springs on this BMW I8 is pretty cool. He reviews the tools, sets up the engine, then uses the tools. The tool design, construction, and use is straight up tool porn. He starts around 6:42 - 7:50

https://youtu.be/oYtjQ4Zek_c?t=401

Then skip the commercial to where they do the install, as it's a really cool setup. He puts the pin in the flywheel to secure it at TDC (although it turns out it also has the pin hole at 180 off that and has to go back and redo it later) and he uses this sexy as hell spring installation tool at 15:50 - 16:55.

Seriously, I can't even imagine trying to install those springs without that tool and it makes it looks super easy when done with that setup.

https://youtu.be/oYtjQ4Zek_c?t=949
 
White Shark said:
Watching this guy describe the Special Service Tool setup for correctly setting up the timing and installing the valve springs on this BMW I8 is pretty cool. He reviews the tools, sets up the engine, then uses the tools. The tool design, construction, and use is straight up tool porn. He starts around 6:42 - 7:50

https://youtu.be/oYtjQ4Zek_c?t=401

Then skip the commercial to where they do the install, as it's a really cool setup. He puts the pin in the flywheel to secure it at TDC (although it turns out it also has the pin hole at 180 off that and has to go back and redo it later) and he uses this sexy as hell spring installation tool at 15:50 - 16:55.

Seriously, I can't even imagine trying to install those springs without that tool and it makes it looks super easy when done with that setup.

https://youtu.be/oYtjQ4Zek_c?t=949
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That's not a cheap job. :eek:
 
87manche said:
but when it works it's so good.

german cars are automotive heroin.
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This x1000. I haven’t driven my Allroad for a few weeks, right now I think I’m going to sell it... but once I go back to it’s sweet, sweet embrace, I’ll be hooked again. 🤪
 
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