Simviation Forum - I'm working on my cars again :)

Mar 31^st, 2008 at 9:52pm

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It's finally starting to warm up and I can finally install the heater components that I bought for my 65 Comet....

However firstly I'm going to work on the brakes on my 2002 pt cruiser

Stopped at the Advance auto parts today because they are the cheapest ones locally and got some decent rotors and pads for my 4 wheel disc brake setup

Will probably try to get at least the front brakes and rotors replaced tomorrow night if not the back too...

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Reply #1 - Apr 3^rd, 2008 at 1:13pm

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Cool, i wish i had mechanical skill to work on machinery, i know how my bike works and can do basic maintenance, thats were it stops Sad

. I always have the outmost respect for people that can do that stuff themselves!

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Reply #2 - Apr 13^th, 2008 at 10:07pm

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lol, I don't have a lot of mechanical skills really...I just try to go out to the garage and start tinkering until it ends up working. If I fail to fix it myself I have to pay someone else to finish the work for me which is even more incentive to complete the work myself

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Reply #3 - Apr 15^th, 2008 at 3:24pm

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a 'pt loser'... be ashamed of yourself...

That car has the worst handling you can imagine (for european standards that is)

Russian planes: IL-76 (all standard length ones), Tu-154 and Il-62, Tu-134 and An-24RV&&&&AI flightplans and repaints can be found here

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Reply #4 - Apr 19^th, 2008 at 8:07pm

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4 disk brakes...gotta love them Grin

Drum brakes are such a pain in the arse to work on Smiley

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I don't have a lot of mechanical skills really...I just try to go out to the garage and start tinkering until it ends up working. If I fail to fix it myself I have to pay someone else to finish the work for me which is even more incentive to complete the work myself

Thats the best way to do it...learn by doing. How I've learned to work on trucks and cars over the past few years. Rarely need a shop now Cool

I've found changing an oil filter on some cars to be a bigger PITA than rebuilding brakes. Whoever designed the engine in a 2000 Cavalier must have never changed oil before Tongue

Her car is nearly due for a change again too Cry

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Reply #5 - Apr 20^th, 2008 at 6:35am

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Ivan wrote on Apr 15^th, 2008 at 3:24pm:

a 'pt loser'... be ashamed of yourself...

I can think of a few worse names for it........ Cheesy

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Reply #6 - Apr 22^nd, 2008 at 10:53pm

Jared Offline
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4 disk brakes...gotta love them Grin

Drum brakes are such a pain in the arse to work on Smiley

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I don't have a lot of mechanical skills really...I just try to go out to the garage and start tinkering until it ends up working. If I fail to fix it myself I have to pay someone else to finish the work for me which is even more incentive to complete the work myself

Thats the best way to do it...learn by doing. How I've learned to work on trucks and cars over the past few years. Rarely need a shop now Cool

I've found changing an oil filter on some cars to be a bigger PITA than rebuilding brakes. Whoever designed the engine in a 2000 Cavalier must have never changed oil before Tongue

Her car is nearly due for a change again too Cry

LOL< remember that while the one car is all disc brakes...the other one is all drum brakes! Roll Eyes

I guess I didn't luck out too much with that. I don't mind the drums once you figure out how it all goes together. Driving with em kind of sucks, have to remind myself I'm not driving the daily driver anymore or else I'll rear end someone!

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