BlackMetal
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Gunna vent here before I pop a blood vessel. (by the way, you don't have to respond with tech advice here, I've already posted about these various problems.)
>> I'm at the point with my GN again where it's more of a chore than a joy. Ever since throwing on the $600 12" front brake kit, my pedal has felt like garbage. I've bled the brakes multiple times, multiple methods (vacuum, gravity, pump n' hold), still not happy with the brakes. I finally got SOME pedal feel back, but now it pulls to the right. Should have stuck with the stock brakes. I'd really like to get rid of the powermaster, but that'll probably be an even bigger headache. Still not even sure if I trust vacuum brakes on these cars, can't really afford any other conversion, maybe manual. It's really hard to enjoy a fast car when you're scared that you can't stop it.
>> Ordered new headliner material on eBay at the end of last month, tore the car apart the following day, then sat here for a over a week waiting for my damn material to arrive. I finally get the stuff and the FedEx label was printed on the 6th of this month, thanks for taking an entire week to even get my package to the shipper! The headliner is out in the garage while the glue dries, I waited so long for the material to get here I'm not even going to remember how the interior goes back together. Not to mention I was just stuck in bed for 2 days with an insane pain in my back, guess what, it took about 5 minutes of being hunched over the headliner bonding it together to aggravate my back again.
>> Pulled my car out of the garage so I wouldn't have to worry about spraying the glue next to my car, I look at my car from behind while it's on the driveway and my car is leaning to the left really bad.
Seems like everyone with the ATR sway bar has this problem. Looks like a freakin' joke sitting crooked like that.
>> Still need to figure out why I'm only getting like 13" of vacuum with stock internals. Vacuum is so weak, my blow-off valve doesn't even work anymore because there isn't enough force pulling on the diaphragm. I spent $5 on some rubber vacuum port caps so I can pull the lines off of the vacuum block at the throttle body one at a time, cap them off, and see if I can narrow the leak down to a certain vacuum line. With my luck, it won't be any of the lines, and I'll be looking at changing an intake gasket.
Anyways, it just sucks that I spent so much money on parts over winter, now it's June, and I've driven the car for about 20 minutes so far. I can also blame that on the weather being 40 degrees or cooler until like mid-May. It's finally warm out, wish I could drive it.
I know as soon as I get it back on the road and have some fun, it will all be worth it. Right now I'm just annoyed and feel like avoiding the garage for a few days.
I think I'm pretty good at working on my own car, but at this point, I wish I could take the car somewhere for a day, and get it back with a solid brake pedal, and 16" of vacuum.
>> I'm at the point with my GN again where it's more of a chore than a joy. Ever since throwing on the $600 12" front brake kit, my pedal has felt like garbage. I've bled the brakes multiple times, multiple methods (vacuum, gravity, pump n' hold), still not happy with the brakes. I finally got SOME pedal feel back, but now it pulls to the right. Should have stuck with the stock brakes. I'd really like to get rid of the powermaster, but that'll probably be an even bigger headache. Still not even sure if I trust vacuum brakes on these cars, can't really afford any other conversion, maybe manual. It's really hard to enjoy a fast car when you're scared that you can't stop it.
>> Ordered new headliner material on eBay at the end of last month, tore the car apart the following day, then sat here for a over a week waiting for my damn material to arrive. I finally get the stuff and the FedEx label was printed on the 6th of this month, thanks for taking an entire week to even get my package to the shipper! The headliner is out in the garage while the glue dries, I waited so long for the material to get here I'm not even going to remember how the interior goes back together. Not to mention I was just stuck in bed for 2 days with an insane pain in my back, guess what, it took about 5 minutes of being hunched over the headliner bonding it together to aggravate my back again.
>> Pulled my car out of the garage so I wouldn't have to worry about spraying the glue next to my car, I look at my car from behind while it's on the driveway and my car is leaning to the left really bad.
Seems like everyone with the ATR sway bar has this problem. Looks like a freakin' joke sitting crooked like that.>> Still need to figure out why I'm only getting like 13" of vacuum with stock internals. Vacuum is so weak, my blow-off valve doesn't even work anymore because there isn't enough force pulling on the diaphragm. I spent $5 on some rubber vacuum port caps so I can pull the lines off of the vacuum block at the throttle body one at a time, cap them off, and see if I can narrow the leak down to a certain vacuum line. With my luck, it won't be any of the lines, and I'll be looking at changing an intake gasket.
Anyways, it just sucks that I spent so much money on parts over winter, now it's June, and I've driven the car for about 20 minutes so far. I can also blame that on the weather being 40 degrees or cooler until like mid-May. It's finally warm out, wish I could drive it.
I know as soon as I get it back on the road and have some fun, it will all be worth it. Right now I'm just annoyed and feel like avoiding the garage for a few days.
I think I'm pretty good at working on my own car, but at this point, I wish I could take the car somewhere for a day, and get it back with a solid brake pedal, and 16" of vacuum.
Its got 10psi oil pressure at hot idle (running Mobil-1 10w30, no oil cooler) in this heat, and it has been running at 180° here lately. It still leaks oil, after a new rear main, oil pan; and valve cover gaskets. Ive got a issue with my AutoMeter tach, and the rest of the gauges dont light up at night. Lots of little details with this car that bug me. What can I say, I guess Im OCD.
