What have you done to your 100 Series this week? (30 Viewers)

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Huge shout out to @ClassyJalopy and @MongooseGA for being generally awesome and having some fantastic ideas to help me along. I had that super sweet cold start 007 Bond smoke screen going on. After eliminating the scaries like head gasket failure or compression loss we came up with this. Thanks, fellas you rock! Burned coolant temperature sensor. I owe you guys some non-HR-approved contact at a later point. Or adult beverages.
Stuff used:
P/N 89422-20010 $57 + new copper crush washer
pick for releasing the plastic clip
19mm (left loosey/righty tighty)
PB blaster for 15 mins.
rag to wipe off the coolant and PB blaster
brake clean to clean up the mess after
One creative curse word
wash your hands you filthy animal.

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I already know @ClassyJalopy will pass on the drink so I'll take that, you can give him the adult contact.
 
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It may be the angle of the photo… but it looks like extra slack in the throttle cable…?
Think it's the angle. That thing is tight. any movement increases RPMs with no hesitation that I have seen. But good call nonetheless I will double-check to confirm.
 
So my tailpipe to resonator broke off at the muffler and partially fried the harness to my rear elocker. New muffler arrives today, hope to drop the old one, try to solder broken wires back together and get the new one hung.

I am fan of these self soldering connectors for repairing wires.
Amazon product ASIN B07HCNTZ2Z
 
I am fan of these self soldering connectors for repairing wires.
Amazon product ASIN B07HCNTZ2Z
I embrace the ugly….there is solder underneath the red liquid electricity tape

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Pulled the head unit out and installed the bt45-toy to improve the Bluetooth situation. Not as bad as I was expecting. Now I just need to figure out where to put the microphone. It looks like garbage just hanging down by the rear view mirror right now. Next up is replacing the door speakers with something that doesn’t sound like the cone is barely hanging on by a shred of paper.
 
Pulled the head unit out and installed the bt45-toy to improve the Bluetooth situation. Not as bad as I was expecting. Now I just need to figure out where to put the microphone. It looks like garbage just hanging down by the rear view mirror right now. Next up is replacing the door speakers with something that doesn’t sound like the cone is barely hanging on by a shred of paper.
Can you run it up the headliner and clip it on the left/rear side of the map lights as close to the rear as possible? Keeps the wind noise to a minimum there while you try screaming over the tires. Or on the steering column collar toward the passenger side. You will still get some driveline noise but helps with the wind as well.
 
Pulled the head unit out and installed the bt45-toy to improve the Bluetooth situation. Not as bad as I was expecting. Now I just need to figure out where to put the microphone. It looks like garbage just hanging down by the rear view mirror right now. Next up is replacing the door speakers with something that doesn’t sound like the cone is barely hanging on by a shred of paper.
I mounted my Kenwood microphone on the far right side of the instrument bezel… it works well… I’ve been told that my calls sound like I am at home, so road noise is negligible.

Cable routing to this location is simple as well…

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I mounted my Kenwood microphone on the far right side of the instrument bezel… it works well… I’ve been told that my calls sound like I am at home, so road noise is negligible.

Cable routing to this location is simple as well…

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I may have to move mine to here. We’ll see how the sound is today while I’m on the road. Luckily dash want too hard to take apart so rerouting won’t be too hard. Thanks for the heads up
 
Went to install a speaker in the door I knew was shot, and the new speaker required new holes to be drilled in the mounting bracket, and I definitely overestimated my old audio skills that apparently are a use it or lose it type skill. Completely blanked on how to install crossovers or where to wire what. Also the wire harness adapters that were sent were the wrong ones so got to reinstall the busted speaker until a later date where I have more time to work. An hour wasn’t enough. I honestly shouldn’t have gotten the set with stuff I’d never messed with before live and learn it didn’t help that I got the open box selection and no instructions came in it
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Went to install a speaker in the door I knew was shot, and the new speaker required new holes to be drilled in the mounting bracket, and I definitely overestimated my old audio skills that apparently are a use it or lose it type skill. Completely blanked on how to install crossovers or where to wire what. Also the wire harness adapters that were sent were the wrong ones so got to reinstall the busted speaker until a later date where I have more time to work. An hour wasn’t enough. I honestly shouldn’t have gotten the set with stuff I’d never messed with before live and learn it didn’t help that I got the open box selection and no instructions came in itView attachment 3139070
Manufacturers instructions should be available online
 
Just change my Intake Filter. Does anybody know what this is on the top of the air box? Is there a way to clean or replace this it looks dirty.

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Oil pressure sending unit swap. Stopped the sweet flapping motion and holds nice and steady.
(1) 83520-60051 $55
14mm (lefty loosey/righty tighty)
no curse words
drop the skid plate on your face
three curse words and one apology to an old lady
done deal
half banana job
 
I just looked at my 2002 LX and it does not have the charcoal filter in the air box, as mentioned above… No evidence of there ever having been one.
 
I just looked at my 2002 LX and it does not have the charcoal filter in the air box, as mentioned above… No evidence of there ever having been one.
My '99 does not have one as well. Perhaps that is a '03+ only airbox?
 
Installed walker muffler and resonator, direct replacement. Had zero issues installing it, saw some comments about needing to bend rods, etc. did not experience anything like that. Nice kit delivered in two days from rockauto.
 

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