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#76 | | YOU CANT CUT BACK ON FUNDING! YOU WILL REGRET THIS
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tried to change the oil.... but the drain bolt seized so 
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05-01-2012, 08:03 PM
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#77 | | Wanna have a threesome?
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The drain bolt seized, that's different. Hopefully someone didn't overtighten it and cross thread it on.
I washed her today.
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05-01-2012, 08:17 PM
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05-01-2012, 09:11 PM
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#80 | | YOU CANT CUT BACK ON FUNDING! YOU WILL REGRET THIS
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Originally Posted by MindBomber  The drain bolt seized, that's different. Hopefully someone didn't overtighten it and cross thread it on.
I washed her today. | I changed it myself last time... torqued to spec
so I guess it's not really seized but just stuck?
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05-01-2012, 09:26 PM
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#81 | | My name is PJ and I like dogs.
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05-01-2012, 10:33 PM
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Last night I tuned up the old girl 73' International scout did some bakers down the alleyway with her (not bad for a near 40 year old machine) proptly pulled her into the shop put her on stands and pulled all the front suspension and axle out.
Tonight I put the new front axle in (for thos in the know a 1 ton d60 with goodies) with new links coils and steering components. All to prep for 40" boggers to follow later this week.
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05-01-2012, 10:53 PM
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#83 | | Better safe than Surrey
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What kinda goodies?
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#84 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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Oil change special $70 5 liters synthetic oil including OEM filter Fender rolling from $45 per fender
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05-02-2012, 02:06 AM
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The pixels on my gauges have been disappearing since I bought the car 9 years ago and dealership wants $1500 to replace the gauges. I can't tell how many km I have, what light bulb is out, or coolant level, etc. Last week I discovered I can buy the ribbon on Ebay 5 for $15 and try to fix it myself  . So I spent 6 hours taking the gauges apart to replace the ribbon and I got almost all the pixels back except for 2 lines on the trip odometer.
Old ribbon and 4 new ones   
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The 2 missing lines on the trip odometer was bugging me so I did it again and found out why those 2 lines was missing. There was a rip on 2 lines on the ribbon so I install a new ribbon in the gauges again.   
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05-02-2012, 02:08 AM
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Dreaded 5 series pixel death.
I sent my OBC to a guy on eBay in Long Beach, CA for repair. It cost me $1xx with lifetime warranty. I tried to fix it with one of the strips but I failed hard.
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05-02-2012, 02:13 AM
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#87 | | Los Bastardo owned my ass at least once
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Originally Posted by bcrdukes Dreaded 5 series pixel death.
I sent my OBC to a guy on eBay in Long Beach, CA for repair. It cost me $1xx with lifetime warranty. I tried to fix it with one of the strips but I failed hard. | Did you shake it and punched it after you hooked it back up to the car? Cause I thought I failed too until I did that and it worked 
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Originally Posted by Snoop Monkey Monk Did you shake it and punched it after you hooked it back up to the car? Cause I thought I failed too until I did that and it worked | LOL no! The instructions simply weren't clear with the kit I ordered (mind you, E36, not E39 I'm assuming is what you have.) After an hour or two of wasted time, effort, and no more good ribbons, I threw in the towel and sent it off to Long Beach for repair.
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05-02-2012, 09:17 AM
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#90 | | Revscene.net has a homepage?!
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almost finished shaving my engine bay, and picked up a trailer!
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05-02-2012, 04:31 PM
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#92 | | Wanna have a threesome?
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Originally Posted by Amuro Ray I changed it myself last time... torqued to spec
so I guess it's not really seized but just stuck? | Possibly. The torque required to remove a bolt is higher than that which was initially applied to it, but assuming the drain bolt was torqued to 30ft/lb even that should not be significant. It's very easy to cross thread a bolt into an aluminium oil pan, especially as the car gets older and the threads have sustained a bit of damage through routine oil changes.
I hope it works out and it's just a matter of getting a little more leverage on the bolt!
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changed my fuel filter and now my basement smells like fuel
next time i need to pinch off the damn line leading from the tank
de-pressurized it still spewed out a good liter of gas all over the floor
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#95 | | I subscribe to the Fight Club ONLY
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Originally Posted by Amuro Ray tried to change the oil.... but the drain bolt seized so | ive done this before, but you are twisting the correct way right?
depending on the angle of the bolt and you being underneath and at odd angles, you aren't tightening it are you ?
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05-02-2012, 07:43 PM
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Cleaned up all 4 Brembo calipers and pads
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Originally Posted by Amuro Ray tried to change the oil.... but the drain bolt seized so | Can you get an oil drain valve for your car? It makes changing oil so much easier.
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#99 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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Did the brakes, oil flush/change and alternator on a JDM Subie Legacy and then back on my Scout built custom tie rod, drag link and fitted the 40's.
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05-02-2012, 09:50 PM
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#100 | | YOU CANT CUT BACK ON FUNDING! YOU WILL REGRET THIS
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Originally Posted by Volvo-brickster ive done this before, but you are twisting the correct way right?
depending on the angle of the bolt and you being underneath and at odd angles, you aren't tightening it are you ? | yup it's the proper way... same way I've twisted it every time... Quote:
Originally Posted by MindBomber Possibly. The torque required to remove a bolt is higher than that which was initially applied to it, but assuming the drain bolt was torqued to 30ft/lb even that should not be significant. It's very easy to cross thread a bolt into an aluminium oil pan, especially as the car gets older and the threads have sustained a bit of damage through routine oil changes.
I hope it works out and it's just a matter of getting a little more leverage on the bolt! | I really hope it's just the bolthead getting worn out... so I can't apply as much power onto it anymore... it's kinda stripped so yeah I don't think I should try further unless I have a hex-bolt wrench rather than a ring spanner Quote:
Originally Posted by Energy Can you get an oil drain valve for your car? It makes changing oil so much easier. | did not know such things existed... 
Thanks - that will be my next investment
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