What did you do to your car today?
04-02-2015, 07:21 PM
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What did you do to your car today?
I've seen this type of thread on many different forums and I thought it would be nice to do it here too.
My current project is doing the water pump and timing belt on my '03 GK V6.... what a PITA!!!!!!!!!
The crank pulley doesn't want to come off and the alternator bearing was shot and the only way to pull it out of the car is removing your right CV axle. 
Thank goodness I don't do this for a living! Otherwise I would've been in jail already for destroying private property with a BFH and setting it on fire... 
I still love my GK though.
My current project is doing the water pump and timing belt on my '03 GK V6.... what a PITA!!!!!!!!!
The crank pulley doesn't want to come off and the alternator bearing was shot and the only way to pull it out of the car is removing your right CV axle. Thank goodness I don't do this for a living! Otherwise I would've been in jail already for destroying private property with a BFH and setting it on fire... I still love my GK though.
04-03-2015, 06:06 AM
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^^^I waited too long to do that in my GK because I knew what a PITA it was going to be. I paid the price. 
Didn't like the car much anyways.
I keep my build thread updated with pretty much everything I do, so not sure I'm going to post here regularly. BUT, from the other thread (Who's still building?), there seems to be quite a few others still building their cars and don't have build threads. I'd like to hear more from them.
Didn't like the car much anyways.I keep my build thread updated with pretty much everything I do, so not sure I'm going to post here regularly. BUT, from the other thread (Who's still building?), there seems to be quite a few others still building their cars and don't have build threads. I'd like to hear more from them.
04-04-2015, 09:48 AM
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I'm getting ready to try to remove the crank pulley again. IF I succeed, I should have the water pump and timing belt done tonight.
04-10-2015, 01:44 PM
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Not today but the other day, Decided to fix my terribly oxidized headlights, and installed the bumper/hood seal strip yesterday.
04-25-2015, 07:40 AM
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Those turned out great! One of the biggest reasons I have avoided doing this so far has to be taking off the bumper, such a P.I.T.A.
On my GK, I FINALLY did the timing belt, i didn't change the water pump mostly because i didn't want to make a mess of coolant on my garage. The crank pulley finally came of......in pieces, it shattered with the pressure of the puller. Stipped the threads on the block for the hydraulic tensioner but manage to save them. Getting the belt tight enough by hand and route it was a b*tch. I ended up putting tie straps on the cam gears to hold the belt in place and be able to get it on the crank gear.
Still need to trim my alternator to be able to put it back thanks to the shitty fitment of my eBay headers, put the axle back in, bolt the strut to the nuckle and sway bar and done.
Also, cleaned the interior and spent about an hour in the trunk, it was a mess. I powerwashed the floor and trunk mats last week and now look like new again. The amount of dirt that came off was surprising and makes me wonder why i haven't done that before. lol
I still need to do my leather seats and get of my ass and do the FL2 rear conversion and paint and install the mirror covers with turn signals and pod lights.
On my GK, I FINALLY did the timing belt, i didn't change the water pump mostly because i didn't want to make a mess of coolant on my garage. The crank pulley finally came of......in pieces, it shattered with the pressure of the puller. Stipped the threads on the block for the hydraulic tensioner but manage to save them. Getting the belt tight enough by hand and route it was a b*tch. I ended up putting tie straps on the cam gears to hold the belt in place and be able to get it on the crank gear.
Still need to trim my alternator to be able to put it back thanks to the shitty fitment of my eBay headers, put the axle back in, bolt the strut to the nuckle and sway bar and done.
Also, cleaned the interior and spent about an hour in the trunk, it was a mess. I powerwashed the floor and trunk mats last week and now look like new again. The amount of dirt that came off was surprising and makes me wonder why i haven't done that before. lol
I still need to do my leather seats and get of my ass and do the FL2 rear conversion and paint and install the mirror covers with turn signals and pod lights.