Put the two mount bolts back and hit the side of the spindle at the ball joint. Or use a pickle fork since I assume you don’t care about wrecking the ball joint boot.
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There have been multiple products like this discussed in the past. I don't know if they do anything, but you can check out these threads for more info...
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I'd like to see one of these things in the field. I'm especially interested in the wheel well additions. If they are external to the body, (are they?) they could be 3d printed and eliminate so much...
Yeah I see it happen often enough. Usually happens after it's been started and not ran for very long then shut off. The colder it is, the more likely it can happen. You don't have to touch the...
The engine light always turns on when the key is turned to run and engine is off, along with a bunch of other lights. That's how they work.
So...Does the engine actually crank over? As in, when you...
At this point, AFAIK all the aftermarket bars have failed anywhere from 25,000 miles on up. Since my primary background was in engineering I'm going to take a stab at developing a bar which hopefully...
It's the damn wheels and the suspension. I hate looking at those Malnourished baby tires and if I have an adult in the car I'm bottoming out on all bumps. Plus I need to get a stabilizer bar in the...
I just right now discovered an interesting fact. When I left Toyota to go to the dark side of the force (Hyundai-Kia), the very first building I worked for Hyundai-Kia (before...
I can't complain, I knew what I was getting into when I bought one. I guess I don't love the fact that these things are tailgater magnets. Some of that is just perception though.
My $22/pair oil pan stick on heaters arrived. They seem decent enough quality. About a 6' cord. They are supposed to be thermostatically controlled to 194F within a minute of power being applied....
Replaced my water pump at 211k miles. A month or so ago I parked my Mirage in my garage for a few days. When I took it out of the garage again I noticed a small puddle of blue coolant near the belt...
These plugs have a little "pill" of precious metal (iridium, ruthenium...) on the tip of center electrode. It looks a bit like a short needle. The precious metal reaches only about half way down that...
I'm a little late here but here is a thread about replacing the oil pan. https://mirageforum.com/forum/showthread.php/7865-Oil-pan-rusted-through!!!! Because redundancy.
I have opened lots of oil pans on all sorts of cars. They practically always were sealed (stuck on) with normal high-temperature silicone. They can be a PITA to get off, but I have never bent an oil...
You very likely won't harm the transmission. The clutch will bear the brunt of it. And I doubt you'd blow a clutch. Just depends on how much pressure you put on yourself to learn it in a day. I...
Watch some YouTube clips on driving a manual & decide if it's something you want to do. I started letting out a clutch in 3rd grade with a Farmall H. Driving vehicles just came natural after that,...
