who is wrenching today?

[desy]

New hood struts, amazon, and 5 minutes to change. Then diagnosed why my heated/cooled seats quit and it was the awful burnt control module and plug harness issues these Murano fvckers have!
Check two different Nissan dealerships, $350 price difference and my local wouldn't match, sooo $27 shipping it is then.

 

[dainthomas]

Had some body work done several years ago on my Tundra in which the headlights were replaced. Little did I know that they used cheapo garbage because they're almost opaque now, despite trying to restore them a few times. And of course, replacements are around $250/each. Absolutely ridiculous.

Anyway, it's gotta be done but just thought I'd come here to vent/whine.

 

[Paperdoc]

dainthomas, how did you try to restore? The simple kits that amount to putting a thicker layer of wax on them to fill the scratches does not last. I've used the 3M polishing kits that have several grades of abrasives and you grind off the surface to get past the scratches, then grind down much finer to polish to a very clear lens. I found those (applied to the original lenses, I note) last for many years.

 

[dainthomas]

dainthomas, how did you try to restore? The simple kits that amount to putting a thicker layer of wax on them to fill the scratches does not last. I've used the 3M polishing kits that have several grades of abrasives and you grind off the surface to get past the scratches, then grind down much finer to polish to a very clear lens. I found those (applied to the original lenses, I note) last for many years.

I used something similar to the 3M kit you're talking about, and even when I was done it wasn't back to completely clear. And also, I think the shop must have used the cheapest aftermarket lights they could find.

 

[tcsenter]

Yep, remove that oxidized/damaged plastic till it's smooth as silk, or wet ice against wet ice, or insert your preferred analogy for smoothness. Gotta do it tiny bit by tiny bit slowly, else you'll burn the plastic from excess heat and then have to remove that too.

 

[spdfreak]

Had some body work done several years ago on my Tundra in which the headlights were replaced. Little did I know that they used cheapo garbage because they're almost opaque now, despite trying to restore them a few times. And of course, replacements are around $250/each. Absolutely ridiculous.

Anyway, it's gotta be done but just thought I'd come here to vent/whine.

Wet sand with 1000 grit then 2000. If they come out of the grill pretty easy, take them out and use a 2K spray clear on them. Multiple light coats with whatever the recommended dry time between coats and a final medium coat. If they don't come out of the grill easy, you can still tape them off and cover everything with some packing paper or plastic. I do motorcycle headlights like this all the time but use a spray gun and PPG clear.

Eastwood 2K DuraSpray Clear Coat Paint

Strength, Durability and Performance of a Two Component Clear Coat in an Easy to Use Aerosol Can with Unlimited Potlife!

www.eastwood.com

 

[Motostu]

^ I've done this, and they can come out looking pretty darned good.

 

[TonyH]

Quiet day. Spent this morning rebuilding a 4T65E. It's been a while I've done one. The real trick is shimming up the clutch packs to prevent a P1811 code. I swear the engineers had their heads in the wrong place when they designed this unit.

 

[iRONic]

I am the wrenchee today not the wrencher. Windshield replacement by Safelite. Easy peasy lemon squeezy… all covered by insurance.

 

[BoomerD]

I am the wrenchee today not the wrencher. Windshield replacement by Safelite. Easy peasy lemon squeezy… all covered by insurance.

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Wait…you……..park your vehicle…in your GARAGE?

 

[Greenman]

That's just crazy.

 

[iRONic]

Wait…you……..park your vehicle…in your GARAGE?

Not always… we used it to go to a Bush/Candlebox concert and a recreational cannabis dispensary in Cincy Thursday night.

Rock nailed it right above the rear mirror!

That's a 13 year-old Sienna loser cruiser minivan wheelchair van conversion. I baby* the hell out of it. We’ll have that scow till the wheels fall off or until they turn me in to ashes!

*Maintain tf

 

[Stopsignhank]

I have had Elmer for 4 years now and he has gotten a problem where it gets stuck in gear. He also needs some TLC and now that I have the time it is time to start working on him. First thing I have been doing is cleaning decades of gunk so when I work on him my arms don't turn black.

I also want to pull the clutch cylinder and put a new one in. The issue is they shoved a 327 in this old truck so in some places there is room, in other places there is no room. I got to the cylinder, but then realized in order to get the cylinder out I have to move the brake cable. That does not move so now I have to take out the exhaust pipe. Started to loosen that and then realized that the steering box is in the way of that. OK. Now have to remove the exhaust manifold also. In order to remove the exhaust manifold I have to take out the generator. In order to take out the generator I have to take out the spark plug. Of course all of that stuff is on the one side of the engine. There is nothing on the other side on the engine. Just to show how they shoved the engine in there. They had to bend the inner wall of the wheel well to get the generator to fit.

 

[Stopsignhank]

Had the carburetor rebuilt. As Edd China from Wheeler Dealers said, there are "too many fiddly bits" in there for me to deal with. Yes you young'uns before fuel injection this was how you got gas in your engine.



One thing I forgot to say about working on an old car. I do not have to wonder if the bolt it metric or standard. There are NO metric parts on this truck.

 

[iRONic]

Ohman… the rebuild kits we used to get back in the day covered many revisions of the same carburetor. There was always leftover parts when you were done!

 

[herm0016]

2016 ford transit. doing the rear brakes, i waited a bit long as one pad was totally gone. the other looked like this though. whoops. also, thanks to ford you have to remove the axle to replace the rotor and buy new torque to yield bolts every time. I still have to do the pass. side where the parking brake cable snapped. so new caliper and cable will go in there.