CRG Racer24
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Dude.. that's EXACTLY what I did to fix mine haha! And I need a headlight switch panel too. Everytime I pull the switch for the fogs, the panel pops loose.
How do the fogs look??
How do the fogs look??
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CKtour98
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Ohh they look dirty lol.. so sick.
Pull your kickpanel off (where your feet/legs are) and that headlight panel is held on by 2 star screws from underneath that..yours are probably loose or missing. I believe its a 10mm bolt in 5 locations holding the panel on, so you will need an extension as well
CRG Racer24
Hard-core CEG'er
Lol nice! Can't wait to see pics and/or see it in person.
Alright man, I'll check those out tomorrow. Too dark and my garage light has burnt out..
Alright man, I'll check those out tomorrow. Too dark and my garage light has burnt out..
CKtour98
Hard-core CEG'er
Im just hoping the yard has a couple Contours I can get that headlight panel from. I also need to pick up the blank button beside the defroster as mine has a hole in it
CRG Racer24
Hard-core CEG'er
If you see an extra, could you scoop it up for me? I'll give you how ever much it was on Saturday, if you can make it up to the shop.
CKtour98
Hard-core CEG'er
Sure, Ill look for 2. What do you need exactly? Just the panel peice? Or like the entire headlight knob and stuff
CRG Racer24
Hard-core CEG'er
Yeah, just the panel piece.
CRG Racer24
Hard-core CEG'er
On another note, my stuff was shipped!! Looks like my car will be looking sexy for the official meet .
.CKtour98
Hard-core CEG'er
Well we will see if my SVT even makes it there.....
CRG Racer24
Hard-core CEG'er
. What does that mean?CKtour98
Hard-core CEG'er
Not looking good...
My car has started having some starting problems recently...i would go to crank it over and all I would get is a click from the starter and nothing else. When it started doing this, it would only do this like 3 times then it would start randomly after that. So it got to the point 2 nights ago where it took over at least 200 attempted cranks before it started, and again just got a click from the starter everytime before that.
And then, today. Car started mint the first try, drove to the scrapyard and it started mint first try again once I left...got home, picked up the GF to go to Burlington and then 5 minutes from my house there was a noise that just started which sounded like someone drilling or somethin, kind of high pitched. We assumed it was someone working in the car shop beside us (we were waiting at a red light) until it went green and we started to drive, and that noise got higher pitched as I revved to get going, so I pulled over in a parkinglot. Turned the car off, noticed I smelled something burning as well. Opened the hood, everything looked fine so I closed it and got back in, tried to start it and not even a click, nothing. My buddy happened to be in the lot and came over and noticed after I was tryin to start it there was smoke coming out from under the hood. Opened the hood and BAM, smoke pouring out like crazy from the starter which was almost on fire burning..and then, with the keys in my back pocket, nothing in ignition, the engine started to crank over before the starter started smoking again and then that was it. So a bad starter, right? Easy enough...my buddy picked me up a new one and brought it to me and we started to swap them, then came the rain and cold wind but whatever, we had to get it done. Got it swapped by 7:30pm or so (this all happened around 5) and put the battery back in, got the positive hooked up and then once the ground terminal touched it sparked...wtf? weird right? So then we touched it again and actually got it on the terminal and it started cranking over and over and over again, with the keys still in my pocket. So now I have a wiring issue in the harness/near the starter thats shorting and sending signal to crank over even though theres no key and it doesnt start obviously since theres no fuel being sent.
And to add to that, now I have to deal with the 100km stalling ECU again since it was reset
Going to look at it tomorrow again and hopefully figure something out, even though my car isnt at my house its stranded by itself in the same parkinglot as I type this.
My car has started having some starting problems recently...i would go to crank it over and all I would get is a click from the starter and nothing else. When it started doing this, it would only do this like 3 times then it would start randomly after that. So it got to the point 2 nights ago where it took over at least 200 attempted cranks before it started, and again just got a click from the starter everytime before that.
And then, today. Car started mint the first try, drove to the scrapyard and it started mint first try again once I left...got home, picked up the GF to go to Burlington and then 5 minutes from my house there was a noise that just started which sounded like someone drilling or somethin, kind of high pitched. We assumed it was someone working in the car shop beside us (we were waiting at a red light) until it went green and we started to drive, and that noise got higher pitched as I revved to get going, so I pulled over in a parkinglot. Turned the car off, noticed I smelled something burning as well. Opened the hood, everything looked fine so I closed it and got back in, tried to start it and not even a click, nothing. My buddy happened to be in the lot and came over and noticed after I was tryin to start it there was smoke coming out from under the hood. Opened the hood and BAM, smoke pouring out like crazy from the starter which was almost on fire burning..and then, with the keys in my back pocket, nothing in ignition, the engine started to crank over before the starter started smoking again and then that was it. So a bad starter, right? Easy enough...my buddy picked me up a new one and brought it to me and we started to swap them, then came the rain and cold wind but whatever, we had to get it done. Got it swapped by 7:30pm or so (this all happened around 5) and put the battery back in, got the positive hooked up and then once the ground terminal touched it sparked...wtf? weird right? So then we touched it again and actually got it on the terminal and it started cranking over and over and over again, with the keys still in my pocket. So now I have a wiring issue in the harness/near the starter thats shorting and sending signal to crank over even though theres no key and it doesnt start obviously since theres no fuel being sent.
And to add to that, now I have to deal with the 100km stalling ECU again since it was reset
Going to look at it tomorrow again and hopefully figure something out, even though my car isnt at my house its stranded by itself in the same parkinglot as I type this.
CRG Racer24
Hard-core CEG'er
Damn dude. That sucks. This is probably the last thing on your mind right now, but that probably means you won't be making it up to Ottawa Auto Body. If I were you, I'd probably care more about my car too right now than some dude who needs a lift haha.
CKtour98
Hard-core CEG'er
yeah, not looking like ill be there. my buddy cant get here today so my cars going to continue sitting all alone in the parkinglot- and to boot, its not a very good, safe area either.
CKtour98
Hard-core CEG'er
......................anyone interested in a 3L SVT ?
Ive realized Ford can only make proper V8's...lol...damn heaps
Ive realized Ford can only make proper V8's...lol...damn heaps
CRG Racer24
Hard-core CEG'er
Damn that sucks dude. Looks like I'll have to find a way to amuse myself for like 4 hours lol. Hope you get that stuff sorted though!
Edit: So you giving up on the car then??.
Edit: So you giving up on the car then??
.CKtour98
Hard-core CEG'er
Not giving up.....not yet, anyways...just not too happy right now so I dont even really care about the car
CRG Racer24
Hard-core CEG'er
That sucks man. Like I said before hope everything gets sorted and that everything runs smoothly again! Car's wayy too nice to give up on!
CKtour98
Hard-core CEG'er
If I keep it, Im going to redo EVERYTHING over the winter and more stuff too..that way I know everythings good and proper. When I went to take the old starter out all the bolts and screws were loose it was brutal..no wonder it f*cked up on me!
CRG Racer24
Hard-core CEG'er
Oh wow. That's pretty screwed. Good luck to you sir. If you don't keep it, there's some stuff I want hehe .
.CKtour98
Hard-core CEG'er
I'll most likely end up keeping it, I dont really have a choice/better option...work hours got drastically cut so now Im struggling while looking for a new job
Fulltime job will mean I can finish the car off sooner than later
Fulltime job will mean I can finish the car off sooner than later