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post Nov 18, 2004 - 2:05 AM
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ohh man thsi has been a baddd week for me and my celica...well like 2 weeks ago my car started to shake at idle and sounded like a leak in the exhaust.. turnedout i needed new plugs wires rotar and cap...did that worked for one day they the same noise happen...found out my distributor was messed up...the copper thread was everywhere,, so i had to shell out $250 for another one ( i got $50 back) so then eveything was fine lol untill wednesday morning when i go to school and my battery light turns on IM LIKE WTF !!! LOL my head uniit turns off my clock stops working and as i stop at a light my car is hesitant to move...so i start driving and i can hear my car about to die so i pull over to the side as if im turning left...my car stops...its 11:45 and i have a test at 1 and UMCP is like 15 min away i have no ride... so i end up calling my friend he coems thsi other guy jumps the lil bit of batttery life left so i could shift to neutral ( damnn automatic and autolock LOL) then we push it accros big ass main road (university blvd) i park in a neightborhood,...luckly the womon in front of the hosue i parked was cool about me leaving my car there heheh she was hispanic smile.gif so now my friend gives me a ride to schol i get there at 12:55 LOL just made it for my nutriction test. so then i go buy the battery lol luckly like this guy i met at advance auto was cool and he hooked me up wiht a 500amp batttery for 40 with new brackets and bracket cleaner (suppossed to be $75)..so iinstall my battery and it works but the battery light is still on ...hmm wut could it be LOL the alternator DAMNNNNIT LOL i was soo pissed so i call up advance auto and teh guy said he could hook me up for $80 !!!!!!!!!! lol i had called up another advance auto and it was $130 plus 75 for the core fee...so now i have hook ups for parts heheh smile.gif but anywasy so i go to my friend house and we install it in the dark LOL now its running well wiht new battery remanucatured distributor and alternator..its been a bytch ...on a bad note when i tred to close my hood wiht the new battery it didnt close and it made like a small dent so im kinda pissed abotu that frown.gif
 
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post Nov 18, 2004 - 5:48 PM
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more bad news WTF is going on well i knew somethig was wrong wiht my exhaust and it turns out im mising a bolt that connects the pipe where the cat supposed to be..so thast easy to do...but then while i had the car up on a lift at school,, we noticed that my sterring pump is leaking got to replace that (im a do that in the spring) and also the driver side axel is leaking i think from the gasket ( i just repleaced both axels when i painted my car back in the end of september) im going tomrmow to the guy who did it cause my freind said they should fix it without charge becaseu its their falut frown.gif

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- latinomasfino   BAD WEEK :(   Nov 18, 2004 - 2:05 AM
- - playr158   i work at advanced on or compu screens under the b...   Nov 18, 2004 - 2:27 AM
|- - latinomasfino   QUOTE(playr158 @ Nov 18, 2004 - 7:27 AM)i wor...   Nov 18, 2004 - 9:00 AM
- - Digndoug   Thats like mine.. I think my batt is dead, is barl...   Nov 18, 2004 - 11:19 AM
|- - latinomasfino   QUOTE(Digndoug @ Nov 18, 2004 - 4:19 PM)Thats...   Nov 18, 2004 - 2:46 PM
- - mikew04   yay for poor college students. some of you guys ar...   Nov 18, 2004 - 3:45 PM
- - latinomasfino   more bad news WTF is going on well i knew somethig...   Nov 18, 2004 - 5:48 PM
- - Anub1s   Crap dude that really sucks. I hope those guys fix...   Nov 18, 2004 - 5:52 PM
- - C3L1CA   Get an optima battery I have had very good luck wi...   Nov 18, 2004 - 5:53 PM
- - latinomasfino   too late i got a silver battery 500amps good enoug...   Nov 18, 2004 - 5:55 PM
- - Anub1s   If its their fault, yeah they should fix it. But g...   Nov 18, 2004 - 11:23 PM
- - coustoe   how many miles does your car have? i got 180k on m...   Nov 19, 2004 - 9:27 AM
|- - latinomasfino   QUOTE(coustoe @ Nov 19, 2004 - 2:27 PM)how ma...   Nov 19, 2004 - 4:31 PM
- - 1900WattCelica   Muahahhaha. I bought a 1100 amp (1000 cold cranki...   Nov 19, 2004 - 11:30 AM
|- - latinomasfino   QUOTE(1900WattCelica @ Nov 19, 2004 - 4:30 PM...   Nov 19, 2004 - 4:32 PM
- - latinomasfino   ok so i stopped by teh shop and he said yea its pr...   Nov 19, 2004 - 4:33 PM
- - cheesebacon   wow that is a really funny story. i hope you get a...   Dec 3, 2004 - 3:27 AM


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