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Old August-18th-2007, 02:32 PM
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Car Overheated yesterday
My car overheated yesterday ... found the culprit!


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Old August-18th-2007, 02:50 PM
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What the hell guys?! First Natey, now Barry too? Is this the "attack the moderator's car week" or what?
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Old August-18th-2007, 02:55 PM
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hmmm.... Gonna have to check my radiator cap.
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Old August-18th-2007, 02:56 PM
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Old August-18th-2007, 03:10 PM
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Old August-18th-2007, 06:19 PM
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didnt fix it.. dangit...

today, the radiator cap... tomorrow the thermostat.. oh joy!
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Old August-18th-2007, 10:34 PM
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i have a HOW-TO posted in the how-to section(go figure) on the thermostat if you need one..lol. pretty simple fix. was time consuming for me cuz i had no clue what the hell i was doing. id imagine its in the same place on a speed.



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Old August-18th-2007, 10:55 PM
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already read it

& it looks pretty straight forward (picture's worth a 1000 words)
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Old August-18th-2007, 11:31 PM
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awesome. nice to know its helping out or at least giving people an idea of what they are about to tackle...no matter how simple it seems. just ordered some awr 88 durometer mounts this morning. once i get those in the mail....gonna take a crap load of pics of the install. i know there are some how to's on this...but the more the merrier.

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Old August-19th-2007, 07:52 AM
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which ones did you get? I know the rear is a PITA
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just ordered some awr 88 durometer mounts this morning


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did the new t stat work?
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Old August-19th-2007, 08:14 PM
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have to wait until tomorrow to get it
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Old August-20th-2007, 08:15 PM
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changed tstat, everything seems to be back to normal, btw, my new tstat was sans "jiggle pin"
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