Prince_Polaris
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So, I've been hard at work on my Expy so far this year! My weird performance problems are still a thing, sadly (Horrible MPG, performance is sometimes not there, it's been misfiring a few times) but I'm hoping to eventually get someone who knows more than I do to look at it.
My brakes are also... shaking the car, it's kinda spooky when slowing down feels like really-slow-ABS lol.
Anyway, I might be useless when it comes to the engine but I have fixed some other junk! One of my mudflaps got ripped off thanks to me getting stuck in the snow (I got out just fine though) and recently I managed to bolt it back on. I stubbornly bolted all the holes, too, because for some reason it reeeeally didn't want to line up with the sidesteps! The drivers' side one doesn't line up either, but I think I might leave it alone because if I step my 480 pound self onto there, after attaching it to the mudflap, I might rip the darn thing off!
Anyway, that wasn't the only problem... you know how the hood latch has two springs in it? The big one and then the smaller one that actually lets it click shut? Well, the small one broke, and after driving around with bungee cords holding the hood shut, I fixed it myself. I don't think the spring I used was the exact right one, I hurt myself, and boy my poor paint has suffered, but it's fixed, darn it.
Oh, and my air filter, despite saying K&N on it, was actually a really old.... not K&N filter! I took it out, and me and dad went to AutoZone and snatched one that resembles the old K&N filter, so maybe that'll help somewhat. It sure was hard getting it to close with the new one in, though >_<
Since I managed to pull those off, I feel safe enough to try fixing my Window. See, the drivers side window is trying to push itself forwards instead of upwards, and not only does that make it slow as hell, but I'm worried I'll burn out the motor. And, well, I don't think windows are supposed to have half an inch of give when you grab it and shake it around.
So, about how hard would it be to take apart the door and... somehow re-align the window so that it doesn't rattle around in there?
I'd probably fix my own brakes too, those seem easier than hunting down a mysterious engine problem, but I don't have a good jack, a good place to do it, (surely not our gravel driveway!), and I don't wanna risk messing up the thing that keeps me from hitting a tree goin' 60.
Oh yeah, I also got my dad's poor jeep out of the snow when he got stuck in the same spot that claimed my poor, poor mudflap.
My brakes are also... shaking the car, it's kinda spooky when slowing down feels like really-slow-ABS lol.
Anyway, I might be useless when it comes to the engine but I have fixed some other junk! One of my mudflaps got ripped off thanks to me getting stuck in the snow (I got out just fine though) and recently I managed to bolt it back on. I stubbornly bolted all the holes, too, because for some reason it reeeeally didn't want to line up with the sidesteps! The drivers' side one doesn't line up either, but I think I might leave it alone because if I step my 480 pound self onto there, after attaching it to the mudflap, I might rip the darn thing off!
Anyway, that wasn't the only problem... you know how the hood latch has two springs in it? The big one and then the smaller one that actually lets it click shut? Well, the small one broke, and after driving around with bungee cords holding the hood shut, I fixed it myself. I don't think the spring I used was the exact right one, I hurt myself, and boy my poor paint has suffered, but it's fixed, darn it.
Oh, and my air filter, despite saying K&N on it, was actually a really old.... not K&N filter! I took it out, and me and dad went to AutoZone and snatched one that resembles the old K&N filter, so maybe that'll help somewhat. It sure was hard getting it to close with the new one in, though >_<
Since I managed to pull those off, I feel safe enough to try fixing my Window. See, the drivers side window is trying to push itself forwards instead of upwards, and not only does that make it slow as hell, but I'm worried I'll burn out the motor. And, well, I don't think windows are supposed to have half an inch of give when you grab it and shake it around.
So, about how hard would it be to take apart the door and... somehow re-align the window so that it doesn't rattle around in there?
I'd probably fix my own brakes too, those seem easier than hunting down a mysterious engine problem, but I don't have a good jack, a good place to do it, (surely not our gravel driveway!), and I don't wanna risk messing up the thing that keeps me from hitting a tree goin' 60.
Oh yeah, I also got my dad's poor jeep out of the snow when he got stuck in the same spot that claimed my poor, poor mudflap.