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Some of that comes with the paycheck. You don't get to have your cake and eat it too!

You got to love tough simple motors!!

Too far for me to go look! Some one else closer should go

My first thought when I saw this was scam. My opinion hasn't changed yet...

So what does the title match?

What were the tools of choice for this?

IMO any AC that gets cold is better than none at all

That and the liability that comes along with repairing them. I suspect if they get sold it will be with parts only titles. Also they have probably never had titles issue so that could be part of the problem too

Whats the total advance? You moght try backing it down a couple of degrees and see if the detonation goes away

block off any vacuum ports you can, like the brake booster and see if that helps

Toyota is evidently not having that problem, judging by the Celica

I like the look of unpainted wire hold downs. So I will probably peel all the rubber off, paint and then get the new rubber from 240zrubberparts

I didn't think you were ever going to resort to the laptop!!!! ?

I can do a lot of transmission work for $2200 and reading too for that matter

The plan is pretty good. I would have a professional handle the media blasting. They need to be careful as the cars are easily damaged or ruined. As for the oil canning, do some searching on metal shrinking on here and you tube. Need to paint right away after blasting!

Not so rare in the US but probably pretty rare in Europe

So you're saying the ball joint was mounted on the top side of the control arm? Sort of hard to see in the earlier pictures. Glad you found it!

It worked that time

Couldn't hear any sound on the embed or on You Tube. Is that just me?

Sometimes!!

Congrats on that !!!

I tried to take a wall outlet apart with an uninsulated set of pliers at 10yo or so. Nearly blew my shoulder out of socket. I still have that burnt set of pliers around here somewhere...

I did it with the cigarette lighter in my dad's Mercury at age 3. I remember it vividly!!! Put a nice big round blister in the palm of my hand

I use one of those but I took the handle off and use an impact gun to move the load around

After trying this a couple of times, you would be better off finding someone who polishes metal for a living. Its not that expensive to have done and it takes forever to get fully polished