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  1. fixitman04

    Minnesota Supra Meet! 5/15/10

    damn that is top down weather!!! hope i can get mine cleaned up before i leave as it has been a crazy two weeks for me and near constant rain here. anybody ever deal with a brc certification audit at work? fucking crazy times!
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    One and only key broke off in my ignition:-(...can't start the car

    well, to start the car you can remove the switch from the back of the cylinder and turn it with a flat blade screwdriver. it is held on with a phillips screw on the rear of the lock clyinder. it is a pain in the ass to get to while the column is installed. to unlock the column you have to remove...
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    Minnesota Supra Meet! 5/15/10

    rob, il be there steve are you not running? thought you had yours up and running
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    Leecheater's rebuild, getting there

    it is the designed weak point, nissan does this as well.. usually you can get away with picking the pivot stud clean and reinstalling the arms, they will cut new teeth. usually on a nissan you can get at least 3 reinstalls after a stripout out of a set of arms. id try that first.
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    what dash covering is that

    well, it was a bad shot in the first post and i have a 10" monitor. notice i immediately told him the correct stuff! i even lol'd myself:panic:
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    Rear Strut Bar - Question

    took the bar off my celica and noticed a huge difference, but it is the factory triangulated bar that also bolts to the firewall. i like many others here dont think it would work on our cars, or any others for that matter, unless they are triangulated to some other point on the body.
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    what dash covering is that

    ok, much different close up. that is tweed fabric. pretty common about 5 years ago in the hotrodding scene. any upholstery shop should be able to get it
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    what dash covering is that

    looks like bedliner or blowmolded plastic (as in a lightweight replacement for the factory dash). could also be a leather of some sort
  9. fixitman04

    Minnesota Supra Meet! 5/15/10

    il be leavin gf in time to get to robs around 10:20. sound like we are gonna have a stellar turnout.
  10. fixitman04

    Rear ended-now with pics

    make the car look like it is the most babied car ever. it makes the car look like it is worth a lot to you
  11. fixitman04

    Ive Never Seen So Much Sh*t Before

    ya we used to have a proceedure for dealing with the fridge before moving the house, it involved lots of plastic wrap and duct tape. most of the houses we repoed were without power or occupants for at least two months. people dont clear out the fridge when leaving on a forced eviction, nor do...
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    Ive Never Seen So Much Sh*t Before

    im not kidding.... dont do it, throw the whole fucking thing away without opening it!
  13. fixitman04

    Ive Never Seen So Much Sh*t Before

    Jayhall " Ive been wondering this for 8 years now. In high school some of us found an entire block of old abandoned houses, kind of out the the bush. Everything was still in them. I creeped myself out when I was looking through their photo albums. Seriously really weird, and there...
  14. fixitman04

    Rear ended-now with pics

    hate to tell you you have some serious frame/unibody damage for the qtrs to be that buckled. your car is definately gonna total. id report the cop, and id go to the doc immediatly. call a lawyer.
  15. fixitman04

    Got hit tonight, :) Fixed with pics on Post 91

    what he was saying is a filler primer is porous and will absorb as much moisture as unprimed filler. i agree that there is not to much filler on that panel i would have welded the holes up before filling though. you can have the panel coated from the inside at this point with a sealer to get...
  16. fixitman04

    Steve's mildly out-of-control build

    dan, steve, and rob you guys are making it real hard to stay focused on my datsun build. the supra is supposed to be the sensible daily, not the monster hp car. looking good steve!
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    Pedigree, Panda's long ongoing build

    what paint is that?
  18. fixitman04

    92nsx's supra build

    rob, i understand exactly what you are saying about the community. buy the vette you will love it even as an auto... there are lots of things you can do to the gm trans its very flexable and loves power
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    Megasquirt preparations.

    keeping a close eye on this.... have a v2.2 board ms1 on the shelf right now, gonna upgrade it and use it on my supra as soon as i can
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    Crashed Supra, the one I built.. PIC's Loaded.

    please ask him about the interior parts!