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Del Sol :lol: just the words make me laugh. I had a '91 civic Si, manual windows, no AC nice and light, and drove a friend's del Sol and I couldn't believe how bad it sucked for being roughly the same mechanicals was there really a dude driving the del Sol ? btw nice cars, I just saw an RX for sale ...

the #4 piston will have the edge cracked off, broken ring or two same cylinder, scoring in the same cylinder well at least you had to pull the dipstick out to get exhaust gas, I've seen cars driven around that blew into the crankcase so hard, that the dipstick was wired down to keep it from blowing ...

the steering knuckle is the large cast item that the wheel bearing fits into, the lug studs stick out of (behind the brake disk), and the balljoint body fits into, and the outer tie rod end mounts to the knuckle is located by three things: the tie rod in front, the balljoint, and the bottom of the s...

I faced this problem with my BMW last year... My original key was broken off by my ex in the passenger's door, two attempts by the dealer to get new ones by VIN did not work (incompetence ? the car is unaltered) so all I had left was the stub. A locksmith pulled it, compared it to the failed dealer ...

$100 for a bearing ? damn, I wouldn't pay that busdriver look to see what is loose. If the wheel and knuckle moves up and down, likely worn balljoint, if it moves in and out at the front, likely worn inner tie rod end (and ripped boot - look when you have the wheel turned right which will stretch th...

the mini-magnet and pickup off of a bicycle computer would work for your sensor. As long as your RPM doesn't go over 1,000 they work well. When used on a skateboard wheel turning 4,000rpm, they do not.

Low frequency noise is reduced better by heavy materials - like dynamat high frequency noise is reduced better by low density materials like foams. you mentioned hissing so you should really be reaching for some of the adhesive foam that sticks to the underside of the hood still as vrg3 mentioned, i...

As for real prices, I was briefly looking for one about like that for my ex (she went another way), and I looked at a couple of excellent examples, no rust, for $2000 to $3000. By excellent I mean no rust, dents, rips, tears, or serious problems evident Subarus with bad trannys cost more to fix beca...

the rubber seat just sits on the perches, one for the top and one for the bottom. The top one is more elaborate, the bottom one is pretty thin and shows the step where the spring ends. My top ones were in good condition but the bottom ones were worn through at the spring end. Every original strut I'...

my farkin' xtravisions lasted one year, then popped as if in unison within one week of one another, the last after dark right before departing for a 600 mile road trip

that's sucky service life if you ask me, but I do drive with the headlights on 100% of the time.

switch your wheels around, and see what happens

>>>NOBODY who will give you a hand bleeding brakes? Even my mom, who has never driven a car in her life, was willing to help me bleed mine!


during the Patriots game, no

while not solving your spring problem, you can buy some urethane tubing from www.mcmaster.com, and use it to put over the end of the spring, to replace the missing rubber seat. It is missing, there is one for both the top and bottom of the spring originally. Note that if you are clever you can proba...

>>If you're not already doing it, have your engine help your kid with the pedal -- run the engine so he/she gets some power assist from the brake booster. yeah I was thinking of doing that, except him knocking it into gear might be costly, especially without brakes. I suppose the ebrake and a couple...

Hmmm... second ET reference in less than 24 hours

the other was in the movie Shaolin Soccer which I highly recommend. family friendly and it cracked me up hard throughout, which few movies can do. Same dude that did Kung Fu Hustle, I believe, which I now must see

Yeah, I think I'm fighting two devils - one, those threads refuse to seal at all. I know they aren't meant to, but usually a wrap or two of teflon tape and you can use vacuum bleeding very well, though I always finish the old-fashioned way as that loosens up and evacuates old fluid better. two - the...

This car is the hardest to bleed of all I have owned. WRX caliper bleed screws really suck... they are smaller than the original Legacy bleeders and the threads seal like crap, even after using two wraps of Teflon tape. I removed and cleaned the bleeders, still a pain in the butt. The threads are ju...

yes usually there is a small size and a large size available. if they are basically the same as they were some years ago, the small size will definitely fit. The large size tends to only fit in cars with pretty huge roof areas like Volvos and a few others. bewteeen my bro and myself we have installe...

and white paint is the easiest of all colors to re-sray panels and have them match decently

looks nice !

if CV joints are moved beyond the intended angle, they will get "stuck" like that. It often happens when you are trying to wrestle on out of a confined space, like out from under a car. In my experience you just have to knock it with a rubber mallet and it will straighten out and turn free...

claiming the car model was available without ABS will be a useless argument. the build sheet can be pulled from the VIN number, showing that the car had ABS originally it may be unlikely but if the car apears modified in other ways, a lawyer may go for the gusto I agree with rallysam, I wouldn't wan...

pehraps the extra lag results from the higher pressure loss for FMIC, not the theoretical time to fill the pipes more pressure lost = less energy to spin turbo = bigger lag when blowing a fan through pipes, the extra length of the pipes, numerous 90 degree fittings, joints in the pipes, etc all add ...

Actually you should paint the back - fiberglass likes to be painted, raw exposed glass ends tend to absorb moisture and expand and take the laminate apart eventually

should be simple by adding an appropriate 12V relay

if the sunroof has built-in switches to turn the motor off when at the limits

without limit switches it would be hard to do, I don't think time would be reliable as they run slower in the winter when cold

check the conndition of the ball joint and tie rods, if they are bad you will waste money with an alignment

also make sure your wheels are straight, almost every older car I've bought had one or more bent wheels on it