mystery terminal
10-19-2007, 02:59 PM
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mystery terminal
i was taking off a vac. hose from my throttle body when i noticed this
it looks like the coolant temp sensor without a harness on it. i don't seem to have a loose harness anywhere. what is it?
it looks like the coolant temp sensor without a harness on it. i don't seem to have a loose harness anywhere. what is it?
wow what a jackass. it was dark outside? i was hungry? i wonder how long its been there. im suprised its taken me this long to notice.
10-19-2007, 05:07 PM
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You would be surprised how many tools I've acquired from working on other peoples cars..wrenches,ratchets,sockets,c-clamp,hell i even found a hammer laying on top of a ford exploder transmission when i was swapping out the blown engine..
10-19-2007, 07:59 PM
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Been there, gained a few tools, done that...I am working on an old Porsche this weekend...who knows what I'll find!
10-20-2007, 05:15 AM
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10-21-2007, 09:30 AM
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man, i wish i had taken a picture when it happened... two weeks after putting in my rebuilt tranny i popped the hood to check the oil and discovered i had been driving around with 2 beer bottles and one beer can stuck in various "cup holders" under the hood. it was dark when my friends and i were putting everything back together. the can had actually been spinning on the a/c belt and the can was almost worn through!
10-21-2007, 04:46 PM
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related but different note...
anyone ever leave their power steering cap sitting on top of the strut tower when they closed the hood?
..........my hood now has a nipple and my PS fluid doesn't have a dipstick. :doh:
anyone ever leave their power steering cap sitting on top of the strut tower when they closed the hood?
..........my hood now has a nipple and my PS fluid doesn't have a dipstick. :doh:
10-21-2007, 05:02 PM
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lmfao, i took my cluster out to replace the tachometer a week or so ago and found a unopened condom, the plastic was all white/silver..could not make out brand it was sitting there ..i'm still wondering how it reached there...maybe the guy i bought the car from before opened the cluster and forgot it...
10-21-2007, 05:50 PM
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that;s something you'd find very hard to do on a subie EA82 motor. it will barely run if the oil cap is off.
10-21-2007, 06:18 PM
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Just to add: Appearently a shop had done some work on my mother-in-law's van and subsequently it started overheating. After taking another look at it, they told my M-I-L that it was a leaking gasket somewhere around the throttle body (a $600 quote was given). She asked me to take a look at it and, as you may have guessed, when they did the original work they failed to retighten one of the radiator hoses. In my efforts, I found a coolant system pressure tester sitting on the intake. I considered it payment in full for retightening the clamp. 
10-21-2007, 07:56 PM
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Just to add: Appearently a shop had done some work on my mother-in-law's van and subsequently it started overheating. After taking another look at it, they told my M-I-L that it was a leaking gasket somewhere around the throttle body (a $600 quote was given). She asked me to take a look at it and, as you may have guessed, when they did the original work they failed to retighten one of the radiator hoses. In my efforts, I found a coolant system pressure tester sitting on the intake. I considered it payment in full for retightening the clamp.
10-22-2007, 08:04 AM
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10-22-2007, 05:40 PM
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slight different but my mom got a new Mustang recently and immdiately hit a buzzard and broke the windshield. I was there when the guy pulled the broken one out. There was an antenna in the cowl where the windshield seals. I guess someone at the factory set it there and then the windshield got sealed on top.
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