What have you done to your car today?

Sorry to hear that, S2 :cry: :cry:.

That last long trip to the vet is the greatest act of love we can perform for our beloved companion creatures.

Pity we cannot manage to allow individual people to make that same choice that we can make for the four footed members of our families. No one is forcing anyone to do this themselves, but we should all have the personal right to make this choice.

I am sure that Roxy had a very good life with you.

Vale, Roxy.
 
Thanks Ratbag & Mr T. Just had one of those days uno.. & it is still pretty fresh. I wrestled with it because she rallied at the vets & was a little perky, but she told me they do that in new surroundings... and run on adrenalin.

Roxy did well to last 18 months since the last time we took her to the vet and they told us she didn't have long to live. This time tho, the vet could feel a mass which shouldn't be there as well as kidney malfunction for the 3rd time. The mass explained dramatic weight loss which was sucking all the good out of her.

We all will miss her... especially her special greeting whenever any1 came home... walking up to you like as if she was a dog... but meowed instead of woofed.

She knew the sound of Swifty, Scooby, Scooby2 & the Bugga van. Amazing senses animals have.
Regards,
 
Yeah, S2.

Ours recognise both our cars. If one of us is home, they will go and sit by the front door when the other comes home.

If one of us is out/up at night, neither of them will settle until the other comes home/comes to bed.

After all, cats have tiny brains - only about 10% of the size of a human's ...

That means they have around 10^19 neurons in their brains ...
Tiny? Riiiiight .... :shrug:

A squid has around 10^5 neurons in its brain, and they aren't exactly stupid. That's 10^14 fewer neurons than the brain of a cat ...
Cats are stupid? Riiiight ... :iconwink: :lol: :rotfl:.

Roxy's loss will leave a big hole in your lives/household for a long time. Amazing how much presence a few kilos of pussycat has ...
 
Scooby2 said:
:0( Scooby2 should have been black today. She had to transport our dear departed puss back from the vets for burial.

R.I.P Roxy xoxoxo
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So sorry to hear Scooby2.:sad:

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The Foz is pointed West as I type.:ebiggrin: LMK!
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7/21? I will have to confirm that as an open date, but I think I should be good to go.
 
I didn't do anything to my car today but this weekend im gonna try to install these.

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Got my springs installed today.. Major PITA but they are in... quick question.. now im getting squeeking from the upper strut houseing. at almost full lock. the nut that removes the spring move up about 1 to 2mm at the most. It'ts really tight so not sure what causing it.
 
This week: Had shop swap out crappy Sears half axle with a OEM one from an online pull-a-part (Oak Leaf Auto Salvage for interested yanks), installed new trans mount and Kartboy outrigger bushings.

Prediction for next week: Hunt down rattles reviled from the now solidly mounted drive-train :rolleyes:
 
Girlfriend got me out of bed this morning to check out the snow on mt Macedon, so we took the dog for a walk at the memorial cross, and then drove a small managment track off of clyde track to a small reservoir.

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Slipped a pair of flat VW poly bushings I found in a box of parts into my outriggers (which fit damn near perfectly) and fixed a rattly caliper, but before all of that, I injected 3M Window-Weld into my rear diff bushings. Took a few hours to cure but it is easily one of the best bang-for-my-buck mods I have ever done. Almost all the driveline slop is gone (my trailing arm bushings are still in a bad way, but those are next on the agenda) with no noticeable increase in vibration. It really does drive like a brand new car, and I am incredibly impressed with the results for the princely sum of 17 dollars.

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It's messy and ugly and nasty but for 15 minutes of work and a bit of patience while the rear diff was jacked up and unloaded from the bushings, I really can't complain.

It worked so well I slobbered some into the motor mounts, and it has proven its worth there, too.
 
Installed a 2" lift kit on the wagon as well as: all new springs (rears are from front of a Civic), new shocks/struts (struts have new strut tops and re-packed bearings), new rear brakes, 1 new CV shaft, new rubber boots on all other shafts. New tie rod ends and lower ball joints, new wheel bearings on the front. New Pioneer head unit.

Only problem, front wheels now have an insane amount of positive camber... trying to figure out if I did something wrong with the strut top blocks...


 
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Species said:
Installed a 2" lift kit on the wagon as well as: all new springs (rears are from front of a Civic), new shocks/struts (struts have new strut tops and re-packed bearings), new rear brakes, 1 new CV shaft, new rubber boots on all other shafts. New tie rod ends and lower ball joints, new wheel bearings on the front. New Pioneer head unit.

Only problem, front wheels now have an insane amount of positive camber... trying to figure out if I did something wrong with the strut top blocks...


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Well anytime you get insane lift with any IFS you gonna get camber.. same as if you lower it you get it too.. Solid Axles do not have this problem. You can go longer upper and lower A arms but that's totally custom suspension. How much of an angle are the CV joints at? I'm not sure what angles they can run with out failure.
 
The angles aren't too bad. the front springs are standard height HD replacements. They say they raise the height by 10mm or a hairs width more than 3/8 of an inch in your measurement. So it's just a 2" lift plus the slight rise with the springs and I have 1" blocks under the front engine mounts to counter the shaft angles created by the lift
 
Sounds like you've had a busy few days Species :)

Have you had an alignment done since installing the lift ?
If not, perhaps that will bring the positive camber back (or at least closer) to spec :)

Regards
Mr Turbo
 
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