Oh what A day. Parts new and broken (PICS)

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Welp.. went up to SMG Motoring today due to my car hitting WOT shuddering and shutting off. No CELs, Nothing on the interceptor, no limp mode, no inside view of motor nothing.
Going up there I also needed new strut mounts and a rear caliper thats been hanging up.
Was also going to get my Powell hooks installed.

So we get up there we take it for a test drive to see if we could A either get the motor to do the previous incident again, or B notice any lingering effects from it the other day. She was rather sluggy but other than that broiled off the tires in second gear. So we get her back and get her on the lift


First thing we want to do is check out what went wrong with the motor and why it was doing what it did. What to do? Pull the plugs....


They are in reverse order of how they came out. Broken one was really cylender 3. Check inside with a flash light, top of the piston is fine, wall is unscored. Looks to have exited rather quickly after breaking off thank god.

New plugs in. 2 steps colder, gapped. Done.

Next we installed towhooks. Forgot to grab a picture of the rear.


Then we got Pizza ... sorry no pictures, it didnt last long lol.

Then we went onto installing strut mounts. On the way out, the passenger decided to literally fall apart in our hands. SOOOOOO I wanted to order powergrids but for a quick fix and a car to drive home we got a set of MOOGS. Beefier than stock, should be fine for now.


While im under there im like wtf is leaking..... oh the axle seals are shot. Awesome, something else to fix. AND the passenger CAB is SHOT. Looks like Amy Whinehouse. Dead. Also I got a code starting yesterday, and after driving around a bit to check strut mounts we noticed the temperature never got up past 150*. So I also need a new thermostat. It was like 2 steps forward, and three back.

But big thanks to Fred Simmons at SMG for the wrenching, and help.
Priorities are going to be axle seals and thermostat asap, caliper and whatever else is left can be later on as the money comes in.

Cliffnotes.

Went up to install tow hooks, and strut mounts, and fix rear caliper
Ended up noticing axle seals leaking, broke swaybar endlinks, and noticied i need a new thermostat
Installed hooks, new strut mounts, and replaced bad swaybar endlinks with MOOG units, getting axle seals and thermostat done asap. rear caliper can wait along with CABs.

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everythings fixed. things performed today were

knock out stock cabs install powell units
thermostat change to new one. old one was SHOT
changed axle seals as drivers side was leaking
fixed boost leak - could have been cause of all my problems

burned first gear and spun half of second and chriped third gear like a boss

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good 4 u. let the good times roll.....

[BLAZIN07SS]

Lol good stuff

[07MetallicSC]

took some old country backroads tonight around my parents house and good god i love these bushings.

[RLProfessional]

Lmao good read, good to see someone who takes care of his ride. Enjoy it man

[07MetallicSC]

I was laughing over the past two weeks. I was reading off the list of things to do to people and theyre like well why dont you just buy a new car? i just stopped conversating at that point lol. the human race is funny sometimes.

broken down lets see the logic

fix parts broken or worn. 1200
thinking man instead of dealing with a pile of small speedbumps at once lets just go out and buy a new car. 25000 +

oh that makes sense!

Peoples logic perplexes me

[RLProfessional]

^ lol people are lazy and like to believe that if they get a new car that it's more reliable than just fixing what broke. >.<

[07MetallicSC]

exactly