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Old 09-08-2006 | 02:02 PM
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Bleach's Z tip of the day

water in the Air Flow Meter: not a good idea
Old 09-08-2006 | 02:14 PM
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You speak from personal experience?

EDIT... I actually like to stick a water hose into my air filter & let it rip.... skeet skeet skeet like a water hose!
Old 09-08-2006 | 02:25 PM
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my radiator kinda 'blew' up at the top seal.... again last night but I didn't find out until my drive to work this morning.

Engine got hot but not to the top of the gauge. At lunch time once the engine was cool, I dumped an entire gallon of water in the radiator. AFM had some water inside since the fan flung it everywhere. After drying it out the car ran fine. I think I might just go buy an aluminum radiator instead of fixing this old one again. more of my paint job fund going to repair work
Old 09-08-2006 | 02:39 PM
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EH... paint is over-rated anyway.
Old 09-08-2006 | 03:52 PM
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more of my paint job fund going to repair work
Old 09-08-2006 | 05:16 PM
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EH... paint is over-rated anyway.
Here here!!! Ive always wondered what a clear coated primer job would look like . . . . .
Old 09-10-2006 | 12:06 AM
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hey bleach, i guess you better start cleaning that pearly white engine of yours now that its stained with antifreeze!!
Old 09-10-2006 | 01:31 AM
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in addition, large quantities of water in the combustion chambers also has an adverse affect on engine efficiency.
Old 09-10-2006 | 12:52 PM
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do not substitute beer for power steering fluid when your drunk.
Old 09-10-2006 | 07:22 PM
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do not substitute beer for power steering fluid when your drunk.
Even better, do not substitute power steering fluid for beer.
Old 09-10-2006 | 07:42 PM
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just put two eggs and some pepper in the rad, and maybe some powdered eggs and alumaseal too. the sludge will be so thick it cant leak! you can clean it out with beer later
Old 09-10-2006 | 10:24 PM
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Even better, do not substitute power steering fluid for beer.
touche. haha, if you make that mistake though, you probably deserve to go out. radiator fluid on the other hand.... so sweet, babies and animals love it. which is why antifreeze should be safley stored out of harms way.
Old 09-11-2006 | 05:15 PM
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EH... paint is over-rated anyway.
paint and underdrawers=grossly overrated.





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Old 09-12-2006 | 03:41 PM
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awkward^^^^^
Old 09-12-2006 | 04:02 PM
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Yeah paint is way over rated, take mine for example. I wish they sold fingernail polish by the gallon. That would be interesting to do a whole car in.
Old 09-12-2006 | 04:53 PM
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Or a latex based house paint. Just brush it on or roll it. Yes, that would be nice.
Old 09-12-2006 | 06:31 PM
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spray the whole car with caliper paint.
Old 09-12-2006 | 06:59 PM
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screw paint. Just take it down to the bare metal and wipe it down with some WD-40. Remember to re-apply frequently though. The extra work is well worth the precious ounces you will save.

Do try to keep it out of the rain though
Old 09-12-2006 | 07:40 PM
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no paint = less weight!
Old 09-12-2006 | 08:31 PM
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chrome the body. that would be so cool right?
Old 09-12-2006 | 10:21 PM
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other then the potential blinding hazard and the ubsurd weight of chrome compared to paint...yeah, I guess it would be kind of cool
Old 09-13-2006 | 12:30 AM
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American hot rod had a car a while back that they left polished....looked awesome!
Old 09-13-2006 | 12:34 AM
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polish it, dont chrome it, Or even better just give it the brushed look. like a delorian
Old 09-13-2006 | 12:47 AM
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like a delorian
and then get a flux capacitor, and find a source of 1.21 gigawatts...... great scott!!!
Old 09-13-2006 | 12:49 AM
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hahaha, that great. You know come to think of it, who needs body panels at all. Drive the frame around, even less weight.



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