What did you do to your Car today?
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Russosaur
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To be fair, the tape is from when I killed thumper.
87IROCZOWNER69
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Well yesterday I washed it, waxed it, and got the inside leather conditioned and cleaned up. Then today in the last half hour of my shift (where nothing happened so I could have gone home) there was a completely random downpour of rain, which I might add was not in the weather report. So now I have to wash it again before I can put it in the storage unit.
theaceofspades
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Deer in the trunk this is how we do it
WhiteLightningGTP
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Put new valve cover gaskets in. I wish GM would have made the alternator bracket so that it doesn't need to be removed for VC removal 
pontiac4lifesc
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Deer in the trunk this is how we do it
grand prix...... best truck i ever had! done that before glad im not the only one, but i used a gun haha!
dsmuts
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Put new valve cover gaskets in. I wish GM would have made the alternator bracket so that it doesn't need to be removed for VC removal
It doesn't. You can wiggle it past
WhiteLightningGTP
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Theres no way I could have. Even to the point the elbows were almost out, not enough clearance.
Scottydoggs
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yes you can, you loosen up the 3 bolts that hold the alt bracket in place, the vc slides right past it.
97-98 the rear valve cover comes right the f off, no messing with the alt bracket.
02NavyBlue
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I removed the top bolt and loosened the bottom two, so technically it didn't have to come off, but it broke my elbows so it had to come off later anyway :th_shakinghead1:
Let me guess, the 3.4? I've done that a few times, I hate dealing with the t-stat housing where it is. The first time it slid out with some convincing, the second it WOULD NOT so I had to remove the crossover heat shield.
hensleya1
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Yep... Gave up trying to pull the tstat as a bad job after about 20 minutes and instead ran the car up to operating temperature so the coolant would flow freely, and then let it cool. Got impatient and popped the radiator cap with a towel, and repeated. There's two cans of Prestone flush and cleaner in there right now, I'll finish the job on Tuesday.
02NavyBlue
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Well remember the heat shield comes off with 4 bolts. It took me about an extra 15 minutes to get it off due to how crammed it is where the back two are. But it was worth it because the t-stat was part of the job.
02NavyBlue
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Nope.
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It's just threaded in on 1 or 2 threads, not sticking out the bottom. The bracket had to be loosened and moved about an inch or two.
hensleya1
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That car has other problems, lol. The selector switch for the HVAC is stuck on "defog", which means the AC runs full time when the fans are on, even if you only wanted vent air. And the tires are as bald as all get out. And the bumper needs Jesus.
Some day, late at night, I'm going to sneak over there and permanently borrow those rust-free rocker panels and trans lines, though, because those make me seriously jelly.
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