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  1. gaboonviper85

    strange issues with coworkers car

    yeah I'll have him bring the car in the shop...damn fords cover everything in plastic so I hope I can find the ground.
  2. gaboonviper85

    strange issues with coworkers car

    Yeah this is a machine shop not an auto shop... I just got more info from him and he did mention that a few days ago his battery light came on...but it doest explain why the car still runs...if a battery goes dead then its dead it won't just charge its self right? LOL. I dont know...I'm...
  3. gaboonviper85

    strange issues with coworkers car

    would a main ground wire cause this?
  4. gaboonviper85

    strange issues with coworkers car

    yeah I thought the alternator also but if the died then I'd imagine the battery went dead then how would it start right up again...I'd like to check codes but I'm at work and dont have any info on this car...how do I check codes on this car...now that the car started again would the codes be...
  5. gaboonviper85

    strange issues with coworkers car

    that's what I told him... But it still didn't solve the issue LOL
  6. gaboonviper85

    strange issues with coworkers car

    okay people may I pick your brain? Ok so its a 2000 ford focus...friend was driveing down the turnpike and all the sudden all the needles oh guage cluster droped and radio stoped working as if car shut off but yet motor was still running and he was driveing as if nothing wrong...he got to the...
  7. gaboonviper85

    tips for w58 removal and instalation

    oh I know its not the best trans...but my goal right now is to make the car a dependable daily driver....once I fix all the bullshit issues the that's when the mods will start.... But right now my w58 will work just fine LOL after all I'm sportin an n/a
  8. gaboonviper85

    I removed the cruise control

    pick up some cans of trottle body cleaner and hose the intake down while car is warm and makeong the sound...if the idle starts changeing then you will know forsure you have a vac leak...that vac leak will turn to a boost leak and cause the car to run damn rich...hope you find it...if it wasnt...
  9. gaboonviper85

    Philly Area Supra Meet #3!!! May 25th, 2008

    northphilly=the hood where the brothers be at yo lol. On street parking means possible jackass park jobs and broken bumpers LOL! Well in all honesty I dont want to single out the underage folks...we all can have fun without beer...if the meet ends and majority goes home and if the over 21...
  10. gaboonviper85

    I removed the cruise control

    If you dont smell gas then I doubt its your injectors....isnt there only one vac line to the cruise booster/actuator???
  11. gaboonviper85

    *Need opinions, insight, comments, etc. Questions about a block.

    just get ahold of me when you are ready....and be prepaired to wake up and be at the shop at 6am LOL
  12. gaboonviper85

    *Need opinions, insight, comments, etc. Questions about a block.

    I'm not awesome..I just know what its like to not have a money tree in the back yard....I have access to this equipment from work so I will help whoever I can with what little I have...
  13. gaboonviper85

    *Need opinions, insight, comments, etc. Questions about a block.

    No prob...offer will always be open! Strip down to the bare block and crank and we will check that two...we can probably test to see if the crank is bent also! And sense its a bare block a should take a die grinder to all the internal sharp edges....could also bring the head and we can toss...
  14. gaboonviper85

    *Need opinions, insight, comments, etc. Questions about a block.

    hey turbo freak...if you like I have the tools to measure the cylinders and deck warpage...on Saturday if you want to bring the motor up to the shop we can take measurements and then look up the tsrm specs. I have access to the most high percision bore guages you can get...the shop is ISO...
  15. gaboonviper85

    tips for w58 removal and instalation

    I'm purchaseing a w58 from a member and we this is only the 3rd trans ive ever removed and only the second rwd....ive searched and found some good advice but was wondering anybody could add some things? I'm not putting a new clutch in cause mine feels fine and doesn't slip at all.. I'm just...
  16. gaboonviper85

    Philly Area Supra Meet #3!!! May 25th, 2008

    sorry...I wasnt looking to start a party...I don't see harm with us enjoying a beer with our food...but if you think majority isnt mature enough to limit themselves then no keg...I was gonna mention a quarter keg but I didn't know if there would be enough for everyone. But if its a bad idea...
  17. gaboonviper85

    Philly Area Supra Meet #3!!! May 25th, 2008

    start a vote for beer of choice... Majority rules...I'll reserve a keg asap once we figure beer of choice.
  18. gaboonviper85

    brazing aluminum ???

    My concern would be that its such thin walled pipeing that the braze wouldnt have enough to stick too and over time with temperature expansion/contraction and vibration it would crack unless you build it up alot...or if you could flair the ends and press them together then braze the seam that...
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    Philly Area Supra Meet #3!!! May 25th, 2008

    I'd like to contribute to the meet...what can I bring that hasn't been covered??? Anything at all? Keg??? LOL