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Old Jul 11, 2025 | 06:13 PM
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My big bodywork project included my first use of custom 2k spray paint cans. One of them exploded through the activator button, cost me a day's progress and probably $20 in gas. My take: just buy the pint and shoot it with a real gun.
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Old Jul 11, 2025 | 08:19 PM
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I am officially now an admin of the Utah Fox Body group. Luckily its a really good group of people.

Also... My Wife is on her way to buy a 6 week old Westie. Our 13 year old Westie doesn't know her life is about to change, lol.

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Old Jul 11, 2025 | 11:31 PM
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Doing trans fluid on a Lexus today... it has a sealed trans. I need the fluid temp to be between 40 and 45C though to level it off

That shouldn't be to hard with todays heat
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Old Jul 11, 2025 | 11:53 PM
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Originally Posted by manicmechanic007
That shouldn't be to hard with todays heat
It was brutal out there in the driveway. My Wife brought back a canopy from Wally World, and i had a fan out there.

Oh... and I should've explained better. The lady had driven it around before she brought it over, so I had to wait for the temp to go down. That's why I have the hood open here. No other reason to open it for this job.



This is my new little dude... finally have another male in the house, lol.


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Old Jul 12, 2025 | 08:13 AM
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Originally Posted by white89gt
It was brutal out there in the driveway. My Wife brought back a canopy from Wally World, and i had a fan out there.

Oh... and I should've explained better. The lady had driven it around before she brought it over, so I had to wait for the temp to go down. That's why I have the hood open here. No other reason to open it for this job.



This is my new little dude... finally have another male in the house, lol.

Wonderful
​​​​​​​He'll be humping your leg in no time
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Old Jul 12, 2025 | 08:19 AM
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Whichever engineer started that no dipstick tube crap should have his ***** taken off
My first rodeo with that was my friends' moms 98 Cadillac Catera
It sprung a leak and had to be fixed and serviced
Had to buy another expensive scan tool at the time
I get just as pissed these days with the hassle
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Old Jul 12, 2025 | 08:42 AM
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Toyota actually has a procedure that you can do a series of shifts, and it will display on the dash when it's ready. But that's generally used when the car is cool and coming up to temp. So I just used my scan tool and waited. I agree on the no dipstick thing - what a dumb idea. The 6R80 has a little tiny dipstick down on the trans... right next to the catalytic converter in many cases. Great idea, Ford.
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Old Jul 12, 2025 | 10:58 AM
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Originally Posted by white89gt
I am officially now an admin of the Utah Fox Body group. Luckily its a really good group of people.
Huh , google never heard of that one. There's a few Fox Body privet clubs in Utah, think it's only fans` though. They cruise around in the buff I expect.
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Old Jul 12, 2025 | 01:13 PM
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Not sure if this is a mistake... but I just ordered 4 bottles


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Old Jul 12, 2025 | 02:18 PM
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Well, my Friday just got better! I ordered a Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ from Amazon. The second pic in the series advertises: "Get a free book cover with purchase," and when I got it today, no cover. I called hoping to get a ~$20 credit or something to offset my cost of buying one. The CS rep "looked at the options," and said they could issue a refund and require no return of the tablet (!!!). "Would that be acceptable?"

Ummmmm.....


I asked to verify a couple of times to make sure. He couldn't believe it, either. Cool score.

Nice!
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