geekdaddy
X1/9 Learner's Permit...
I agree! About nearly as much fun doing the heater valve as dropping the pedal box. There is no room under there...
What did you do to your X1/9 today ?
- Thread starter Eastep
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I agree! About nearly as much fun doing the heater valve as dropping the pedal box. There is no room under there...
fiatx
Daily Driver
Electrics
Replaced the old battery ground wire
With a 4 gauge ground wire
Replaced the old transmission grounding strap
With a 4 gauge battery grounding wire
Polished up all my ground blooms
Added an 8 gauge wire to the top of the engine (the thick clear wire)
And I have started the brown wire mod and headlight mod. I have all the relays just waiting on the battery terminal and fuse box. The hole in the firewall was already there from an old alarm system so I used that to route the wire.
Replaced the old battery ground wire
With a 4 gauge ground wire
Replaced the old transmission grounding strap
With a 4 gauge battery grounding wire
Polished up all my ground blooms
Added an 8 gauge wire to the top of the engine (the thick clear wire)
And I have started the brown wire mod and headlight mod. I have all the relays just waiting on the battery terminal and fuse box. The hole in the firewall was already there from an old alarm system so I used that to route the wire.
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rturchan
Baja Bob
come on Jim,
Do I have to censor the Xweb from my kids?
How about something like. " I had the pleasure of changing my second X heater valve today. Not something I hope to do again soon due to the complexity of squeezing the human body into painful positions for extended periods" , or something similar.
We'll get the picture.
( just kiddin of course, that job is one that I pay to have done personally. You get kudos here)
Do I have to censor the Xweb from my kids?
How about something like. " I had the pleasure of changing my second X heater valve today. Not something I hope to do again soon due to the complexity of squeezing the human body into painful positions for extended periods" , or something similar.
We'll get the picture.
( just kiddin of course, that job is one that I pay to have done personally. You get kudos here)
bikesandcars
True Classic
Syncro mesh achieved
Pardon my French Bob 
HA! It is a tedious job and a real pain in the lower back. Literally. I filled the system and it didn't leak, so that is good. I would hate to have to do it again.
HA! It is a tedious job and a real pain in the lower back. Literally. I filled the system and it didn't leak, so that is good. I would hate to have to do it again.
Learned to unmount/mount tires
I have had 7 ATS Classics hanging around the parts bin for years. There are a few variations of these wheels in the pile. Three 13x6 with 4" backspace painted the stock black/silver, two 13x6 with 4.5" back space in faded silver and finally two 13x5.5 also in faded silver. I needed four 13x6 wheels to mount some Hoosier R6 tires on for auto crossing and decided it was time to drag out these wheels and learn to deal with tires.
I went to Harbor Freight (where else) and got the cheap tire mounting tool with a 25% off coupon. The 3 black/silver ATS wheel still had rubber on them from who knows when. I acquired them on a parts car from a field in Colby, KS back in 2004 or so. Naturally this parts car only had 3 ATS wheels and a stock steelie. Mark Scholz provided the 4 silver ATS wheels.
I read the instructions and watched a couple YouTube videos that covered the "how to" with the HF tool. There is a learning curve for sure, but I figured out the unmount and by the third tire I had it off in about 10 minutes. Now I was really overconfident.
Turns out mounting tires is way harder than unmounting tires and perhaps Hoosier R6s were not the best choice for my first attempt. They were really hard to get on and took a couple hours for tire #1. Tire #2 took about 45 minutes or so. Tires #3 an #4 only took about 30 minutes each. Seating the bead scares the cr*p out of you on the first tire and the following tires just make you jump a bit. That is an amazingly loud series of pops.
Many lessons were learned in this process. The next lesson will be balancing.
Here is the final pile. I included a couple unmounted wheels in the sliver/black and plain silver styles for reference in the foreground. The two tires/wheels immediately behind the reference wheels were originally all silver. I rattle canned them gloss black and then scraped off the black on the high edges to match the stock ATS Classic look. These are going on the auto cross car, so I figured that was good enough.
I have had 7 ATS Classics hanging around the parts bin for years. There are a few variations of these wheels in the pile. Three 13x6 with 4" backspace painted the stock black/silver, two 13x6 with 4.5" back space in faded silver and finally two 13x5.5 also in faded silver. I needed four 13x6 wheels to mount some Hoosier R6 tires on for auto crossing and decided it was time to drag out these wheels and learn to deal with tires.
I went to Harbor Freight (where else) and got the cheap tire mounting tool with a 25% off coupon.
The 3 black/silver ATS wheel still had rubber on them from who knows when. I acquired them on a parts car from a field in Colby, KS back in 2004 or so. Naturally this parts car only had 3 ATS wheels and a stock steelie. Mark Scholz provided the 4 silver ATS wheels.I read the instructions and watched a couple YouTube videos that covered the "how to" with the HF tool. There is a learning curve for sure, but I figured out the unmount and by the third tire I had it off in about 10 minutes. Now I was really overconfident.
Turns out mounting tires is way harder than unmounting tires and perhaps Hoosier R6s were not the best choice for my first attempt. They were really hard to get on and took a couple hours for tire #1. Tire #2 took about 45 minutes or so. Tires #3 an #4 only took about 30 minutes each. Seating the bead scares the cr*p out of you on the first tire and the following tires just make you jump a bit. That is an amazingly loud series of pops.
Many lessons were learned in this process. The next lesson will be balancing.
Here is the final pile. I included a couple unmounted wheels in the sliver/black and plain silver styles for reference in the foreground. The two tires/wheels immediately behind the reference wheels were originally all silver. I rattle canned them gloss black and then scraped off the black on the high edges to match the stock ATS Classic look. These are going on the auto cross car, so I figured that was good enough.
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Years of scrounging
All you have to do is check out every parts car within a couple hundred miles, watch EbayCraigslist religiously and be ready to buy. I don't do any of that anymore, I have enough wheels at this point in time.
All you have to do is check out every parts car within a couple hundred miles, watch EbayCraigslist religiously and be ready to buy. I don't do any of that anymore, I have enough wheels at this point in time.
fiatmonkey
Tim Hoover
Finished Engine bay mods today...
After paint and some minor stuff, it is onto the engine itself...
After paint and some minor stuff, it is onto the engine itself...
fiatmonkey
Tim Hoover
Looking good Pete!
rjplenter
True Classic
Remote door lock kit
Today I installed a keyless door lock kit.
My lock linkages have become so unreliable that I haven't been able to lock my car for some months. Too many times I've had to gain access with a piece of wire.
The keyless system attached to the last rod that activates the locking mechanism so all the play in the others is bypassed.
I allowed one hour for the installation, three hours later...
But it was worth every minute! :excited:
Today I installed a keyless door lock kit.
My lock linkages have become so unreliable that I haven't been able to lock my car for some months. Too many times I've had to gain access with a piece of wire.
The keyless system attached to the last rod that activates the locking mechanism so all the play in the others is bypassed.
I allowed one hour for the installation, three hours later...
But it was worth every minute! :excited:
