YoungCR Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 Looking good! How does it sound though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsbimmer1 Posted October 4, 2019 Report Share Posted October 4, 2019 Sure, I stop coming to visit and this thing's starts moving under its own power. I see how it is. YoungCR, Rekpoint, Jdesign and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted October 4, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2019 1 hour ago, YoungCR said: Looking good! How does it sound though? It’s ok. Haven’t heard it from outside yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted October 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2019 Passed this up to co drive the evo at the last auto x event. Which is probably good because I need to get things to 100% before taking this thing out in an environment like that. Evo was still a bunch of fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HipMF Posted October 7, 2019 Report Share Posted October 7, 2019 All those driven wheels though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted October 8, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2019 It makes me not want to own anything old and just buy tires/brake pads and go have worry free fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted October 8, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2019 On 10/3/2019 at 1:43 PM, KaiserRolls said: Also wired all the gauges last night. Went all out with the label maker turns out the oil psi sender I have is most likely junk as the gauge pegs Max with key on. (Does this with sender wire connected and disconnected). The gauges all use the same power and ground and the other 2 work perfectly. New sender shows up tomorrow New sender fixed the issue. @Rekpoint you can throw it against your own wall if you’d like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rekpoint Posted October 8, 2019 Report Share Posted October 8, 2019 2 hours ago, KaiserRolls said: New sender fixed the issue. @Rekpoint you can throw it against your own wall if you’d like It would probably start working 😅 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted October 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2019 A first for me today, car fell off the jack as I was raising it up from the skid plate. It was odd, it just spit the jack out the front. Got lodged in between the valence and the core support. Barely pushed the valence out, blew the lip off and took some coating off a wire loom. Got lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunMetalGrey Posted October 13, 2019 Report Share Posted October 13, 2019 Glad to see no one was damaged in the process! KaiserRolls 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsbimmer1 Posted October 13, 2019 Report Share Posted October 13, 2019 That's scary! Shit like this is why I'll never get under a car until I've got jack stands in place. KaiserRolls 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
straight6pwr Posted October 14, 2019 Report Share Posted October 14, 2019 glad you're OK! my guess it was the combination of a very smooth floor allowing the jack to roll easily (possibly a bit of oil residue or dampness?) and maybe going a little higher than normal. when you jack under the plate from the front, you'll lose most of the contact between the jack plate and skid plate after only a few degrees of lift, per my half-assed diagram. also the plate is a smooth surface, so there is nothing for the 'teeth' of the jack plate to catch on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc43089 Posted October 14, 2019 Report Share Posted October 14, 2019 There should be something on the skid plate that fits into the top of the jack to prevent slide out like that. I do like how Toyota vans (and I assume most of their cars) have the front subframe designed with a lump sticking down to fit into a floor jack. As seen here below the harmonic damper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
straight6pwr Posted October 14, 2019 Report Share Posted October 14, 2019 its not a factory skid plate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisO Posted October 14, 2019 Report Share Posted October 14, 2019 Saw you on my way to Taco Bell today, car sounds awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelBlue Posted October 14, 2019 Report Share Posted October 14, 2019 6 minutes ago, ChrisO said: Saw you on my way to Taco Bell today, car sounds awesome slacker Rekpoint and ChrisO 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rekpoint Posted October 14, 2019 Report Share Posted October 14, 2019 On 10/13/2019 at 1:19 AM, KaiserRolls said: A first for me today, car fell off the jack as I was raising it up from the skid plate. It was odd, it just spit the jack out the front. Got lodged in between the valence and the core support. Barely pushed the valence out, blew the lip off and took some coating off a wire loom. Got lucky. I think my brothers e30 is running the same skid plate. Did it weld onto the frame rails? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsbimmer1 Posted October 14, 2019 Report Share Posted October 14, 2019 This type of accident wouldn't have happened on the EVO... KaiserRolls 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc43089 Posted October 14, 2019 Report Share Posted October 14, 2019 3 hours ago, straight6pwr said: its not a factory skid plate I realize that, I was offering an idea for an addition to the skid plate to prevent the future from repeating the past. KaiserRolls 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m42b32 Posted October 14, 2019 Report Share Posted October 14, 2019 Scary! I'm glad nobody got hurt. Did the car roll back or did it spit the jack out the front?? I have the same skid plate (HIKfab) and I've been putting a hockey puck between the jack and the skid plate (the original rubber pad on the jack is gone). It deforms a bit as the car is lifted and seems to 'stick' a little better once it gets some angle between the two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted October 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2019 9 hours ago, m42b32 said: Scary! I'm glad nobody got hurt. Did the car roll back or did it spit the jack out the front?? I have the same skid plate (HIKfab) and I've been putting a hockey puck between the jack and the skid plate (the original rubber pad on the jack is gone). It deforms a bit as the car is lifted and seems to 'stick' a little better once it gets some angle between the two. Didn’t roll back, handbrake was set. Jack I was using had a rubber pad m42b32 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted October 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2019 10 hours ago, Rekpoint said: I think my brothers e30 is running the same skid plate. Did it weld onto the frame rails? Yes Rekpoint 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted October 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2019 15 hours ago, straight6pwr said: glad you're OK! my guess it was the combination of a very smooth floor allowing the jack to roll easily (possibly a bit of oil residue or dampness?) and maybe going a little higher than normal. when you jack under the plate from the front, you'll lose most of the contact between the jack plate and skid plate after only a few degrees of lift, per my half-assed diagram. also the plate is a smooth surface, so there is nothing for the 'teeth' of the jack plate to catch on. Yes - same way I have jacked it up a billion times before, this time it wasn’t having it. Usually I use a long use low pro gray jack. This time I was using the blue jack below. After it kicked out the blue one, I swapped to the gray and it lifted no issue. I have since started using a 2x6 inbetween the jack and the skid plate (orientated front to rear inbetween the two channels on the hikfab) to distribute the load and give the jack something to bite into. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted October 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2019 Finally fixed the valve cover leak, replaced the gasket and all the grommets. One of the studs was twisted apart so I had to rob from the red car. Brooke has been taking it to work all this week P_Roloff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rekpoint Posted October 15, 2019 Report Share Posted October 15, 2019 Just now, KaiserRolls said: Finally fixed the valve cover leak, replaced the gasket and all the grommets. One of the studs was twisted apart so I had to rob from the red car. Brooke has been taking it to work all this week When you going to let me take this beautiful beast to class? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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