Thread 28428468

How's your car running, /o/?

Fine. Throwing a fuel code for some reason. I can cancel it out, but it comes back everytime I get gas. I've just learned to live with the light.

It's good.
The other one is gonna need some fuckin work, but we are gonna be okay

Like a top, although I had to replace a window regulator recently which was a bit of a PITA.

Runs better since I put 93 in it and gave it an italian tuneup. Blew all the crud off the O2 sensors.

Car's fine, bike's fine, other bike is not fine. Big sad.

My fuel map has a nasty hole in it so I'm unloading in third.

get off my car you fucking wog

>>28428468 (OP)

Pretty good, occasional P0430 code that I just need to clear once or twice a month, otherwise no problems.

>>28428468 (OP)
Like a raped ape.

>>28428468 (OP)
Has a cold start misfire so I'm building a new engine for it

>>28430104
HELL YEAH BROTHER

>>28430114
lol

>>28428468 (OP)
Fine but due for front control arms soon, the other is sitting the shop getting a total outer restoration and the other one is sitting at the house awaiting a suspension refresh

niggardly

>>28430104
>>28430114
RUNS LIKE A RAPED APE THROUGH A BURNING BANANA PATCH

>>28430114
>He's gonna grrrrrrape you in the 1320.

>>28428468 (OP)
Great when it decides to actually start, but I've been getting random crank-no-starts recently. Pulling one of the sparkplug leads, putting a spare plug in it, and letting it arc to the negative battery terminal with the injectors unplugged somehow has managed to fix it 3 times now, with everything plugged back in the way it should it fires on the first crank and runs like nothing ever happened.

>>28428468 (OP)
The idle rpms flucuate. If I connect the main vacuum line (port is capped atm) then I start to idle at 2400rpm.

Main suspect is EGR

Runs great! Weather is getting colder so cold starts are getting crankier, the tune needs a touch up in this regard.

Just reached 200k and still spins like a top. God bless the Vulcan 3l.

>>28428468 (OP)
Fine, its engine light comes on once in a while because of the weirdly bipolar ox sensor, other than that, bretty goodge.

Great other than a park neutral safety code that pops up every couple hundred miles.

Picked up a nail in this tire that can't be plug patched. Radiator tank cracked so I had to order one.
Over all been better but nothing major wrong. Tire cost more than the radiator.

CEL for o2 sensor, new tires on it, 98k miles, runs good

>>28428468 (OP)
My trugg is actually running good. 110k miles. Needs suspension work though.

>>28433131
>CEL for o2 sensor
> 98k miles
how

>>28428468 (OP)
it's still on stands waiting for shit to arrive

Tip-top. 141k mile EJ25.
No gears grind, it doesn't burn oil, redlines like a mad cunt.
My worst complaint is an exhaust heat shield rattle that I'm too lazy to look into. Oh, and the sunvisor only wants to stay in one position when it's down, how horrible.

>>28428468 (OP)
Slow as old people fucking, but very well

>>28428468 (OP)
WHO WANTS TO HUFF 40 YEAR OLD DIFF FLUID WITH ME TOMORROW MORNING???

>>28437527
heat it up
heat it up
heat it up

>>28437527
Delicious!

>>28438608
oh fuck, I can smell it through the screen. Just puked in my mouth.

>>28438626
I got new diff fluid all over my arm and I get blinded by the smell every time it comes near my face, if I got the old fluid on my arm I think I'd have to cut it off
>>28438818
ANON NO DONT DO IT

Some bitch ass bug bit my leg while I was under the van and it's turning red so now I'm at the damn clinic because last time this happened I decided to ignore it and oh boy cellulitis HURTS if you let it go untreated overnight

>>28438608
>>28438626
i use old 75w90 as cologne

>>28428468 (OP)
Just got NOS installed

>>28438608
>>28438626
>>28439032

>>28428468 (OP)
Runs fine, throwing a code for gross EVAP leak though

>>28439496
hey me too!

>>28428468 (OP)
Flawlessly.

>>28428468 (OP)
It's alright could be worse, replaced all 6 injectors since the hoses were cracked but as soon as I cranked it the third injector sprung a leak. Plan on fixing it this weekend.

>>28428468 (OP)
My E46 just threw an oil warning light lmao

belt's squeaking
temp gauge starts too low
otherwise just fine

>>28443100
My E46 randomly flashes the coolant light, but it always goes away and the temp gauge never goes above halfway. I assume it's just a fucked up pressure sensor or something.

>>28443131
belt's squeaking
CV joints are leaking
there's coolant on the header already
mom's spaghetti

>>28428468 (OP)
Like fucking SHIT I'm down on power, LTFTs sit at -7- to -10, get 3 misfires every 20 mile drive. I need sparks, injectors, O2s, and need to dig in and seal up any intake and exhaust leaky shit.

>>28443683
lel

Oh yeah, it's alternator time!

There might or might not be an oil leak
Still waiting for confirmation

>>28428468 (OP)
>How's your car running, /o/?
Fine after spending over a year replacing all the fucking Chinese sensors the fly-by-night dealership I got this shitbox from threw at it to get it running, with genuine Japanese sensors, which is why it took me so fucking long, tracking down good, Japanese made sensors. All four O2 sensors, TPS, MAP and AFM (this generation Mitsubishi uses both a MAP sensor and an AFM in tandem). All of which were the cheapest shit bargain Chinese replacements they could find. Also took out all the clogged catalytic converters, sleeved both upstream units with tubing while leaving a hole in each emptying out into the bodies of what were the original catalytic converters to act as a small reverb chamber, converted to 76mm exhaust from the Y pipe all the way back using entirely stainless tubing, joints and genuine HKS mufflers for both the pre muffler and final, and a single 76mm high flow catalytic converter just to further even out the sound waves.

>>28446048
Do yourself a huge favor and run a dedicated heavy gauge cable directly to the battery (in conjunction with the original charging cable), a heavy, dedicated ground from the alternator to an actual chassis point, and a heavy, dedicated ground from the battery to an actual chassis point.
Also make sure your battery isn't shitting itself. If a battery goes dead and won't take what the alternator is giving it, it'll fry the alternator.
Both those things are 99% of the time the problem with alternators, assuming they're not shit brands to begin with.

>>28433689
off road x pipe

>>28446119
I'm going from the tiny baby mode alternator to a bigger one, so yeah I'm adding a charge cable since the old one just??? Didn't have one???

weekend wrench thread got pruned. the 5 speed is officially in the Lincoln town car. have a few things to button up but it's small stuff. hopefully first start tomorrow.

>>28447028
goddamn son fucken hell. nice work. would love to hear it go through all the gears some time

>>28446704
The good news is that I get a solid 14 and a half volts no matter how many lights I turn on, the bad news is that the battery light is also on and I just can't believe my car would be so ungrateful to do this to me right now.
I got everything plugged in the right way!

>>28448202
clean all the grounds that you see in the engine bay

>>28428468 (OP)
I have chosen to ignore the self-filling oil in my van that smells like gasoline

>>28447028
Are you using a TR3650?

>>28448537
yes its a tr3650. also, check it. I made a bracket for the shift position sensor. the car still needs neutral signal from this and it doubles as a wire harness holder for the 02 sensors, reverse light, and speed sensor.

>>28448563
That's sick man, I'd love to swap my Town Car, are you using the stock transmission crossmember?

>>28448572
yep stock xmember. you do have to elongate the mount holes for the transmission and you have to cut the front off the xmember so the transmission case has somewhere to go. pretty easy mod. the hardest part so far has been making the pedal assembly. I used the mustang clutch rod and quadrant and welded that to a crown vic non-powered brake assembly. using the powered assembly from the Town Car is impossible, at least with my skillset.

>>28448579
What year is your Town Car? Mine is an '05 so it's DBW unfortunately.

>>28448584
it's an 04. you can still do the swap on a DBW. pretty much every writeup I've seen is for DBW crowns. the setup should be identical. Once I've had my fun with this swap, I'm probably going to try and do a full drivetrain/engine swap to something way different. Thinking of a coyote/10r80 setup for it.

>>28448579
You're gonna have non powered brakes?

>>28448762
Sorry I meant electric adjustable pedals. I've just been calling them powered and non-powered.

>>28448772
Ooooh, we had a minivan with those once, the pedals only moved forwards and backwards like an inch, lol

>>28448202
>the battery light is also on
Yeah so turns out I just fucking wired it wrong lmao
Solid 14v now, no battery light, success!!

>>28438818
>parking near the M8 GTE

How am I supposed to test the wiring on my four note caddy horn without pissing off the entire neighborhood

>>28452629
Test light

>>28428468 (OP)
I think I blew a positive wire to total oxidation. It's a common issue on the car but I think I accelerated its corrosion by pushing too much power through it. Just have to wait on wires and butt splices, and I'll just patch it up.

>>28428468 (OP)
My steering has a weird click. Not a sound, but a feeling. I can feel it when backing out of the garage and while going slow in parking lots.

It almost feels like the steering wheel is loose. It isn't but it has that feeling coming through the wheel. It's hard to describe. It happens at about a 1/4 or 1/2 turn. It's the same spot every time, roughly.

Is this a CV? I can't pinpoint where it's eminating from.
The rack doesn't move, no visible damage or cracks, the wheel is tight, the ujoint on the steering shaft is tight, and the control arms are new. I really don't get it.

who else here /engine builder/

I swear these fuckers are sentient, or it's mad at me for shitposting about it in this thread

>radiator a shit
>replace it
>oops coolant in transmission
>tow to shop
>four trans flushes
>ok all good now
>install new alterator
>12 trips to oreillys to get the right size belt for it
>new distributor and rotor
>new spark plug wires
>CB radio installed
>GMRS radio installed
>bitchin' new rear speakers (from the 90s)
>test drive car
>all works
>gets a bit warm when idling too long but I can fix that
>get taco bell
>skip dairy queen because the line is way too long
>finally driving home
>transmission throws a fit in overdrive in front of a cop
>that's fine I still need to adjust the line pressure
>third gear only
>long uphill stretch
>get to intersection famous for t-bones where people die
>...
>...
>...
>fuel pump decides its finally time to shit the bed

I made it home despite the pump giving out on me three times but damn!!!!! let me drive you!!!!! you fat panther bitch!!!!!

>>28428468 (OP)
Shit started to misfire when I accelerate too fast. Most likely a turbo issue. will probably be 4 figures to fix.

other than that it's ok

>>28453902
>powerstop brake pads
Based

Been back to running for a few days now. The fancy dual row rad I tried to use was to fat to fit sadly.

>>28453902
Gonna be real with you, I really wish I didn't have to be.

>>28428468 (OP)
it runs ok but it has no AC so i am literally not driving it at all until october at least

>>28448530
that crankcase must be squeaky clean

>>28457023
Well at least there's some sort of upside

>>28456106
I have ordered a fuel pump on rockauto, I am going to do the right thing and get it up on jack stands and try to replace it without removing the gas tank because I really don't feel like getting into that and surely I won't break my neck and all three of my arms trying to finangle a pump between the gas tank and differential

>>28428468 (OP)
Break fluid slow leak. And also I think an I'll fitting cap to the break fluid top up that is making it absorb water. So basically I'm getting warnings every five minutes shouting at me to stop because my breaks will fail. I don't stop

>>28457201
if i dont hear from you tomorrow i will assume it went kaboom