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My batteries are not designed to be replaced.

My Viking 1840 series auto dimming helmet decided to not work today. Any ideas on the best way to try to diagnose it? @Captain Obvious @grannyknot

RTV it is then. Any ideas on thread sealant or not?

I did some searching on this a while back. I have a sway bar thread. I settled on the ST sway bars. I think they are the cleanest mounting system with good reviews.

What is the recommended sealer for the case halves? I thought about aviation gasket maker. the brown sticky stuff. Also should the plugs get a sealer? What kind?

That is correct. Gland nut and corrosion. I would heat the whole tube then add some penetrating oil. You will be hard pressed to damage the strut with MAP gas.

7 feet!! That's serious snow

I agree, it was well executed. Just a little surprising for a hybrid car

Be safe and stay warm if you're in the North East @Captain Obvious Can't get the member map to work ?

Those are serious prices and not early cars or even "Series 1" cars. I am a little surprised the LS car brought so much. In the past the strictly original has seemed to bring the premium.

I have at times had to hook a slide hammer to the strut end and chain the strut to a tree to get them to move. They can be stubborn

OHHH, That's a pretty car!!!

Got the rear quarter pretty good too. I use to have an IAA account. They are a dealer only auction site and I didn't feel like paying the fee every year. That's why I asked. I wonder if the SCA site is dealer only or a public site. If I were going to pay their fee I would just try to re-up my old IAA account. IAA cars can sit for months while they get the title work sorted. Things use to sit in my watch list forever. If you could buy it cheap enough transportation would probably add no more than $1,000 to the car. None of that damage scares me. I need another project like I need a "hole in the head"

Do you have a way to bid on that IAA auction?

I don't really know. When Walter's car went through Copart a year or so ago it went to like $4k but it was a 240 and not nearly as badly hit. I would be surprised if it brought 10% of the advertised ACV because it's a 280z. Usually cars tend to bring about 30% of a reasonable fair market value. If you said the car was worth 8k that would be what, like $2,400. The car is a total loss and not getting repaired like many of these cars do. So that makes it a parts car; so I think $2400 is way too high. I will watch it. I would think being in Canada should make it cheaper too, less competition. WAG would be $1,000 or so. It's not "pure sale" so the seller might have unreasonable expectations. If you end up being the high bidder there is nothing wrong with not negotiating on their counter offers and sticking with your initial bid. I have done this many times on the same car. Eventually they figure out it's not going to bring what they want. Keep in mind the additional fees for the total price!

The value is based on the current market value with out the damage. The car probably wasn't quite there but not a total miss either. It's a shame it isn't a little earlier for your door cards. I figured the "Emporium" needed to restock after your shopping sprees!

@Home Built by Jeff Much better!!! The heater valves are hard to service and can be a little pricey. Some other guys have found newer parts that will work as a suitable replacement with some rework.

I would convert it but I wouldn't cavity wax it

This car is in Calgary. Probably a lot of good parts. The car looks pretty clean and well cared for. At least until impact https://www.copart.com/lot/39659858 @wheee! @zKars

Do you have a link to the seller?

I agree, they are easily disfigured. I would hate to see two good candidates destroyed. You could get some Freeze Off spray. I think CRC makes it. I have had good luck with it and a torch.

Can you get a flare nut wrench over those? You may have to experiment with metric and standard to see which fits the best. That or a really good pair of the vise grips I bought but they will leave more marks than the flare nut wrench. This or this

About 9k now. Not a bad price if it's mostly rust free

It sounded like this might be a needed daily driver ASAP

The other possibility is these are not sub par wheels but made to a decent standard. Since some of the buyers may be running them on expensive classic cars. Hard to know, unless you know the source and their reputation.