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What did you do to your car today? Vol 2.0

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Fivefingerdeathpunch said:
Blasting the fan will suck a ton of heat out of the heatercore at idle, needs higher revs to get/keep the coolant warmer.

3800's are pretty cold blooded too.
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Yeah I had to turn the fan down just for it to get up to that first notch past the red notch. It was sitting 2 notches under the first red notch for 30 minutes until I realized I wasn't getting any warmer...

BrandonHall10 said:
Careful what you complain about...

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I'm almost cold enough to welcome that right now. Lol my toes want that kind of heat right now.
 


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An old New England trick I've seen is to partially block off the radiator with cardboard. Semi trucks do this too with like a vinyl tonneau thing, adjustable, even, snaps running up the middle.....
 
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Most people with trucks up here have Fia covers, they're the quilted rip-stop nylon ones than snap onto the front of the grille.

Our GP grilles are a tad too small to make much of a difference, and I would have just turned off the fan if I had the laptop out there... oh well. lol
 
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Small grilles, ya. But you can still attach some thing right to the rad. I'm thinking not cardboard but something more weather resistant, like a campaign sign. Must be PLENTY of those laying around. lol
 
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pulled this thing out like a bad tooth.

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hole in the bay

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engine hoist does work from the side.

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i need to replace a tranny line i f ed up. tc bolts, starter, fill it and thats it. everythign else is hooked up already.

now to find a new line, lol
 


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when i drained the old tranny, i had cardboard down but i spilled some and made a small stain ( 6 inch round), it leaked through the layers of cardboard, cause i didnt see i leaked. once the tranny is dry theres not much left to leak, i did lay down a load of cardboard as you can see so i was not on the cold ground and could slide around better.


i forgot one other thing left to make tight, both lower mounts merely have the nuts on. all 4 need to be tightened up yet.

very short check list for tomorrow.
 
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...oh and changed oil, filter, and one tensioner pulley which is just as loud as the one I took out.
 


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trannys in, runs great, my in gear stopped vibrations are also gone, so not solid mounts, but a crapping out tranny.

once i cut off the twisted cooler line, i blew out the cooler, the fluid was all grit, so i flushed a 1/2 quart through it. lots of clear tubing involved lol.

once again, i floored the counter nerd at autozone, held my hand out with a hand full of busted parts, i need a new line, you got em in the back there, hes like ok lets go, 2 minutes later im walking out with a perfect tube that even had the right line nut on it and a compression fitting for all of 8 bucks.

need an alignment now too.
 
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Gentex 453 from Nissan Maxima. Auto Dim + Homelink + Correct color Compass.
 

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buickman104 said:
What year Maxima is this? Also any tricking stuff with the wiring? or Straight forward?
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I think 2008 ish? I grabbed it off ebay for $35.

The wiring was beyond easy after some debugging. The mirror came with three wires. The negative was easy to find but the other two had me stumped. The mirror wants a constant 12v for home link and ign on for auto dim. I just hooked them both up to the cars Ign on and left the green wire unused.
 
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