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The rear wiper blade was gone, and the sprayer nozzle was loose. Both were replaced with new.

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While gluing the rubber seal back onto the wind fairing (with a tube of black E6000), I blasted the ...

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This grille was relatively inexpensive from eBay, and easy to install. While it was out, I changed ...

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I wasn't sure how hard it would be to find or remove a factory receiver in a junkyard, so I ordered ...

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This folding cargo tray came from WalMart. I also put a set of ratchet straps on it & the roof rack...

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The cabin filters appear to be factory - even beating them on the concrete, NOTHING came out of them...

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The original speaker suspensions had deteriorated with age, but I had some used ones in my junkpile ...

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This dual USB power socket is wired to the cigar lighter. There's also an FM modulator with iPhone ...

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I found a replacement armrest on eBay.

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The passenger seat wouldn't slide fully forward, and eventually I found there were several coins tra...

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I cleaned the original negative cable & soldered a new domestic-style terminal on. The cable was ba...

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Changing the reservoir's fluid doesn't change it all, but it's a start. If this is done during each...

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To make turning the crank easier, I changed the timing belt in-chassis. I did the water pump & fron...

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With the compressor flipped, the bottom of the high-pressure hose was visible, showing dye. So I or...

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After pulling the upper intake, several hoses & wires had to be disconnected in preparation for pull...

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Even after a week not running, there was still wet oil at the top of the bellhousing, running down t...

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I used a lifting plate I made for a Ford 5.8L (with 3 new holes drilled) to pull the engine by the l...

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What a nightmare! But it's out...

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The rear main had been driven in too far, so it was easier to pull that housing than try to dig the ...

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It only took 1 of the 2 supplied bags of RTV to seal the oil pan, and I let it dry overnight before ...

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To access the broken heater core nipple, the evaporator had to come out. Since the refrigerant was ...

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It was surprisingly easy to yank the evaporator housing out of the dash. Probably ~45 minutes, incl...

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I got a used heater core with nipples from eBay, and just swapped the broken nipple.

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I put some Hylomar on the replacement to help the O-ring make a seal, and put it all back together.

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A few hours later, I backed it out to let it warm up & burn off the oil, and to check for leaks. No...

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It drove fine at highway speeds, and seemed fixed. But at my first stop, an oil leak became apparen...

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I picked up another front main seal, stripped the front of the engine again, and pulled the orange s...

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I washed all the belts (including the timing belt). The 2nd seal dripped a little at first, and the...