What did you do to your car today?

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The Regal has the exterior protection also which included the clear bra on the front and front side of the mirrors.
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Today I hooked up the h I dizzles
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What did I do to my car ………

Last week bought parts:
Dorman - OE Solutions Intake Manifold 615-180
Dorman - Help Heater Hose Elbow Aluminum 47065HP
Felpro Valve Cover Gasket Set (2005) VS50080R
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What the youngest son did to the car today …
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I have a new tune to flash tomorrow. Big step for me. Leaning it out ~10% everywhere and changed a few minor things with the A/C pump, mainly turning it off at 4500rpm and 60% throttle rather than 5000rpm and 90% throttle.

I couldve sworn I had a 3.0" pulley somewhere, but for now its got a huge 3.2 while I tune. It ran a 2.8" okay, but occasional bouts of 5* of KR made me step back.
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Installed the ZZP oversized radiator in my bonnie. So far appears to be working fine. Had to go to junk yard to get a coolant sensor from a Grand Prix with the wiring harness. Didn't throw any codes or anything else. Also put in a new A/C compressor. Thats what I did over the weekend!
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Mocked up my 96 headlamps, they are loose so i need help from matt and mike. But i got them so they fit theyre just a little looser than i would like.
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Drove it to school. Haha. But replaced the LIM gaskets, coolant elbows, and some other gaskets and O-rings yesterday. Now to find the cause of the burning smell....
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Washed the Buick and changed the plugs in the Chicken. 7000 miles on Autolite 103's gapped at 45. This is one plug, but they all looked the same:

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[quote="myfirstbonnie"]Washed the Buick and changed the plugs in the Chicken. 7000 miles on Autolite 103's gapped at 45. This is one plug, but they all looked the same:

They look like new?
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Filled up with gas, took off the snow tires and put the summer wheels back on, went thru the car wash.
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Nothing much. I built a PassKey 2 bypass module, still on the project breadboard until my L67 swap is ready to crank and start. I dismantled the greasy under hood harness pin-by-pin and at every plug from the donor car. Then, I started on the Transmission range selector switch mods. It was a busy day on the garage, but the car saw very little work itself.

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Put my Terra Grapplers on the 150, now just need to find some mud.
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Tried to get a 26 year old tie rod end off the Accord. It won the first round, but I'm not licked yet.
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Warmed it up for awhile before going to work this morning, because it was just ridiculously cold. This has to end someday!
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@#$^%@^! Tie rod. :cussing: Now it's personal.
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gweg_b wrote:Warmed it up for awhile before going to work this morning, because it was just ridiculously cold. This has to end someday!
I'm not so sure. It's snowing here again...
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Today I fixed the wiring to the parking lights in my left tail lamp, there was a broken wire causing the left two bulbs to not light up at night, looking like I had a burned out tail light. I also managed to lock my keys in the trunk....that was fun. And I found out the vacuum lines connecting to the evap cannister are rotted out, so I need to replace the line right where they connect.
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Sirius wrote:@#$^%@^! Tie rod. :cussing: Now it's personal.
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Stan 1, tie rod 0.
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Tried to remove the air bag to change my steering wheel controls, but it won't come off even with the correct tool. -____-
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