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Re: What did you do to/with your van today?
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 1:32 pm
by kings-x59
justice wrote:drove it
same here. I haven't had to fix anything in at least 2 months. It even passed the emissions testing with flying colors. I'm starting to get paranoid.
Re: What did you do to/with your van today?
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 2:36 pm
by astroturf
Aimed new headlight bulbs today. Jim
Re: What did you do to/with your van today?
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 5:49 pm
by Moreforles
bled the brakes, pulled the jack stands out (finally)... took it for test drive..... new rear end (from 88 astro shorty) seems fine.... spring helpers picked the back end up over 2" =D> new shocks seem to help.... but haven't taken it over any bumpy roads yet... give it a better test tomorrow.
Re: What did you do to/with your van today?
Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 8:39 am
by ihatemybike
Grumpy: Beautiful morning to install new rotors. Pull the caliper off on the passenger side and notice a leak. Start searching the caliper to find it completely dry. Check the brake line dry too. Plus it smells more like oil than brake fluid. What the heck is leaking oil over here? Crap, the shock just puked it's guts. Held on for over 308k miles though.
Re: What did you do to/with your van today?
Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 2:45 pm
by astroturf
Yesterday, Drove 644 miles. Averaged 19.85 mpg. New Headlights are great, I would recommend them highly. Jim
Re: What did you do to/with your van today?
Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 4:34 pm
by NotDadsW41
Wife drove it. Had a blowout. Now it's time to replace all of the tires. Damn.... ](*,) ](*,)
Re: What did you do to/with your van today?
Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 7:42 pm
by ihatemybike
25% Off: Feeling like I was stuck in project hell with Green and Grumpy, I decided to make a run to my brothers and pull some more parts off the parts van. I set out with the idea that I'd grab the wheels, crankshaft position sensor, distributor, and front shocks.
I started with the wheels. Previously I had left a pair of donuts on the front from the dolly tow, so I only had to swap out the rear wheels for...a couple more donuts. Found out something I didn't notice before too. The AWD vans use a much larger donut. So now the van has two 16" rim donuts in the front, two 18" rim donuts in the rear, and looks seriously funny.
During the wheel swap the rain started so I put the shocks off till a later date. The crankshaft position sensor was a quick grab so I did that in the rain, then I climbed inside and pulled the distributor.
Re: What did you do to/with your van today?
Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 5:25 am
by Cobra
yesterday finished a 1200 km round-trip to my old mans property did the last 80 km on a flatbed water pump kicked the bucket on the highway. I also attempted to get pictures of a blue jay stealing peanuts from a chipmunk and a red squirrel pretty funny to watch them chase each other way
Re: What did you do to/with your van today?
Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 7:34 pm
by ihatemybike
Grumpy: Swapped the distributor and crankshaft position sensor then crossed my fingers hoping the P0302 problem was fixed. Nope.
Re: What did you do to/with your van today?
Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 12:36 am
by trybe13
Swapped out the passenger side dash speaker for one that doesn't have a short in it. Washed, waxed, polished rims, and drove it to the drive in for my Monday night @ the movies. Woohoo!!
Re: What did you do to/with your van today?
Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 8:20 am
by ihatemybike
Grumpy: Discovered that after yesterday's work that Grumpy will now set P0300 in addition to the P0302.
Re: What did you do to/with your van today?
Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 5:45 pm
by lockdoc
Passed inspection!
Re: What did you do to/with your van today?
Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 5:58 pm
by kings-x59
can't beat that, one less ticket to worry about.
Re: What did you do to/with your van today?
Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 7:29 pm
by Smiliesafari
Checked it one more time before the trip to "Balloon Mecca". Cherie packed everything. "Lord have mercy" there's barely room for me.
Re: What did you do to/with your van today?
Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 7:35 pm
by Cobra
installed new water pump, fixed loose egr valve, changed alt pulley (shouldn't have going to change it back tomorrow), re-aimed headlights (hope they are not so offensive to other drivers now) and test drove it no leaks that i can find