PhilT

What plugs did you have when you blew up you motor?

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KRB and I agree that "Happy Wife, Happy Life" is a motto to live by.

 

 

 

My wife believes that other members on the board here donate their used goods to me for free!

I work on the same principle

Can you believe some sucker was giving away a set of OZ Superleggeras because they didn't fit on his new car

WTF is a "delete"?? Delete is when you take something away.. not something you put there

He's speaking American, he means the blanks.

When I turn on my A/C air does blow out....but it's warm and you don't hear the compressor kicking on.

Mine is the same, the clutch doesn't engage. The ECU automatically raises the rpm by a few hundred when the AC gets the signal to start, but the signal never gets sent. Most likely it's what people are saying, a total loss of gas causing the low pressure cut out to operate.

most refrigerant leaks you cannot see or hear....which is why we charge an arm and a leg to fix them

 

If the refrigerant level is low, the compressor will not turn on to protect itself. The refrigerant is what cools and lubricates the compressor.

Freon leaks are easily detected, in the old days we just used to use a propane torch and vacuum tube, now there are electronic detectors.

On cars, the most common way to find the leak is to add fluorescent dye in with the gas, then use a UV light to find it.

It's not the refrigerant gas that lubricates, it's the oil that is carried around the system with the gas that does it.

I guess they teach you differently these days

But global warming is a conspiracy anyway

A trip to the dealer is in order

It finally got warm enough this week for the A/C to come on........but nothing happened, not even slightly cool air

Basic checks show that the compressor is not clutching in, all the fuses seem OK, but the clutch in the drive pulley doesn't seem to lock up to drive the compressor.

Anyone else have a similar problem, or have an idea where I should start looking ?

Thanks.

What's wrong with the 20 x in / out method ?

Much easier.

i hear you on the sockets. i'm picking up some craftsman or husky ones today.

Yeah, you should never use ordinary sockets with an impact wrench, they can shatter very easily.

Working on the rears today. Got one off with very little trouble. The driver side however.... I hate these goddamn bolts.

 

That is all.

 

--james

I feel your pain, the fronts are worse

Finally got the front springs changed, stopped by the dealer this afternoon to get the strut bolts freed up, then attacked them once everyone was in bed.

Very easy to change out once the bolts are free, very happy with the results, very tired and must sleep !

The rears were easy as I could just get my lump hammer to work, flogging the crap out of the ring spanner.

The fronts were a bitch, and I gave up on them as my 12 point socket split open, and a heavy duty 6 point socket just rounded them off. An impact wrench would have been very nice to have this weekend

After spending Sat and Sun afternoons trying to get the front lower strut bolts out, I finally gave up and did the back ones this afternoon.

I must admit it was way easier than I expected, and had them both done in under two hours (the length of my son's afternoon nap).

I'm going to call in at the dealers tomorrow and get them to loosen and retorque the fronts for me, then I'll tackle them next weekend.

The car looks kind of odd at the moment, lower in the back, but I'll only be driving to work and back so shouldn't be a problem.

Thanks to Steve for this write up, and the 1-800 help line

Really hot look Phil.

 

The ADR's were nice, but these are on another level.

 

 

-Just convinced me to stick with a bright silver finish when I get my rims next spring (Rota T2's).

Thanks Geoff, I think that silver is right for my car; I like gold but it's just too flashy, black is ghetto and for teenagers, and bronze just looks like gold that has faded.

I don't regret getting the ADR's as I needed something to put my summer tires on, but these just feel much better.

Nice wheels Phil! Man, your wife is one understanding woman...

They look just like the last ones don't they ?

I think I'm going to try this myself, but how driveable would the car be if I only did the front springs one weekend, then the rears the next weekend ?

Yeah, the car will look pretty odd, and the handling will likely be crap, but I will drive accordingly.