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  1. jpctln

    Very Weak Crank on Warm Start

    Whenever I've been driving around for a while, maybe to go get gas or something, and restart the vert, the starter sounds really weak and struggles to start the car. Could it be the battery? Or maybe the starter motor itself? I know it's something simple, but it's pretty annoying...and...
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    Front end damage - radiator support bent badly...Tech advice please

    :stupid: That's exactly what I did...should actually get my car back from the shop today. There's about 200 pieces of it in my garage...I'll have fun with that.
  3. jpctln

    Front end damage - radiator support bent badly...Tech advice please

    Well if the car is a junker, and insurance will not cover the damage...I personally wouldn't dump any money into it. Maybe you should part it out or find a clean roller and swap. Good luck and git-r-dun.
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    Front end damage - radiator support bent badly...Tech advice please

    Well with my situation, the body shop assessed the damage after the wreck and quoted $5200 to fix it completely and have it back in my hands. When you figure the cost of brand new factory fenders, bumper, paint, straightening, labor, etc...it'll easily amount to these kind of digits. We were...
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    Front end damage - radiator support bent badly...Tech advice please

    It can be fixed... I did this to my LX not too long ago. I crashed the left side of the front bumper, trashed both fenders, fender aprons, and bent the radiator support. Luckily I got an appreciative body man to work with me. That crinkled metal part behind your battery is the fender...
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    Strut help ASAP *PICS*

    Well I got it back and they said that it's normal. By it, as I explained to them, was that when jacked up and lowered down, the front driver-side tire would sit on its outer edge, and I would have to jack under the control arm to straighten it out. Well he said that once the vehicle is moved...
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    Strut help ASAP *PICS*

    Well doesn't the bigger hole accommodate a bigger bolt? There really isn't much play once both bolts are in. Anyway, I brought it into the alignment shop today. They said they would take a look at it; hopefully it'll be ready within the next hour.
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    Propositioning Valve 93

    My LX needed a new prop valve a while back...it leaked pretty profusely. I was lucky enough to find a brand new oem one on ebay. I don't think Ford makes them anymore.
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    Strut help ASAP *PICS*

    Well I switched the Bilsteins around, and it was the same case for that particular wheel. I think I might just take it to Dobbs later today when I get done with the rears and see if they can git-r-dun for me. Hopefully there's enough adjustment...
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    Strut help ASAP *PICS*

    Hypothetical question here... What if I were to swap the stockers back in or switch the Bilsteins around or whatever, and the camber was still way off on the same wheel? Is there enough adjustment in the c/c plates to fix that if I were to take it somewhere for a normal alignment?
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    Strut help ASAP *PICS*

    Yeah I did. Like I was saying above, when I put it on the ground like that, the tire would sit on its outer edge (major negative camber?). I have to jack under the control arm to compress the strut and straighten out the tire to make it sit right. The tire sticks out more on the top, but...
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    Strut help ASAP *PICS*

    I'll have to check that tonight. But even if it was pulled out more on that side, it wouldn't be even and the steering would be all messed up, right? It's almost as if the wheel has a spacer on it or something (it doesn't). It boggles my mind... No the cc plates are stock and I've never...
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    Strut help ASAP *PICS*

    ttt
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    Strut help ASAP *PICS*

    I think I might take both shocks out again over the weekend and inspect them to see if one expands more than the other. Other than that, I don't know what else to do. Is it safe to drive in the meantime? It's sits fine on the road as long as I fix the tire (jack under the control arm to...
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    Strut help ASAP *PICS*

    Well both struts have the same numbers on them... One just seems to want to expand further than the other.
  16. jpctln

    Strut help ASAP *PICS*

    The top nuts and thread space are even on both sides...that's gotta mean they are in right?
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    Strut help ASAP *PICS*

    So when the front end is jacked up, the struts are the ones compressing the spring, right? They are at their max 'stretch' when in the air, while the spring is still compressed, correct? I put the tire on, lowered it on its suspension, and jacked up just the control arm. It compressed the...
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    Strut help ASAP *PICS*

    And that tire sticks out like 3/4 of an inch more than the other one. WtF? Does this have anything to do with my strut install? I didn't notice any alignment issues beforehand...
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    Strut help ASAP *PICS*

    I'm in the middle of mounting my Bilstein struts and I've run into a problem. The driver side spindle doesn't sit right. In the pictures you can see that it's angled in way too much. That is with the strut decompressed. The other side is fine though. :shrug: I didn't experience this when I...
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    Nasty Ponies.....what to clean with?

    Yeah use an old claybar and scrub the **** outa those things. That claybar will take out everything embedded in the wheel.
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