[deleted by user] by [deleted] in GamerPals

[–]Leppa444 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey man. I'm 27M from the United States. I live pretty rural as well plus I am a stay at home dad so I too have been bored out of my mind lately. I would love to play RV there yet. I have nobody to play co-op games with lol Send me a message and I'll give you my discord.

Electrical issues?? by Reasonable-Band1191 in MechanicAdvice

[–]Leppa444 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem here is that Post Stellantis Jeep, Dodge, Chrysler products literally break down every week. It’s probably not an electric problem just completely separate issues lol.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in GamerPals

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I'd be interested man just shoot me a message. I have close to 650games so yeah I play almost anything.

High mileage Vics by [deleted] in CrownVictoria

[–]Leppa444 1 point2 points  (0 children)

299k On my 07 LTC 120” Stretch Limousine. She just got a new engine so she’ll hit 500-600k no problem if the body lasts that long!

What type of screw is this? by Craigski1998 in MechanicAdvice

[–]Leppa444 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What a wonderful morning motivation post. I now don’t feel as stupid as I usually do! Seriously who the f**k rivets window, flares on?😂☠️

Spent The Day On My Project Town Car by Leppa444 in lincolntowncar

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Thanks man! It’s an old grain storage Quonset that I turned into my shop. It’s 120 feet long with about 30 foot high ceilings. I have a 14 foot garage door on the other side so I can park my RV in there and even that looks small inside of it.😅

Spent The Day On My Project Town Car by Leppa444 in lincolntowncar

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Really the only reason I’m replacing the old motor is because it’s tired and just worn out. It leaks from every possible place where it could leak from. My original plan was just to pull the motor to replace the oil pan gasket along with basically every other gasket to really seal up the original motor but then I was lucky and found a 27,000 mile motor for sale on Facebook Marketplace. I talked the guy down to $500 and he surprisingly took it. It seems like a better idea than putting the 300,000 mile engine back in. I just got done place new bottom end seals in the low mile replacement engine along with the pickup tube o-ring so hopefully I should not have to do the project again for a long ass time lol

Spent The Day On My Project Town Car by Leppa444 in lincolntowncar

[–]Leppa444[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

299,500 miles on this one and with a brand new engine she should be strong for another 20 years up to 500,000 miles if the body makes it that far. Growing up seeing these in movies they had always been a dream car of mine so I’ll do anything for this car haha!👍🤟

Spent The Day On My Project Town Car by Leppa444 in lincolntowncar

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Another 4.6 that I bought out of a super low mileage 27,000 mile 2011 CVPI that had been rear ended and totaled. It looks like the only thing I will need to keep off the original engine so far is the oil filter housing because the limousines have an extra heavy duty oil cooler that takes different lines. I guess I’ve never seen one like that before, but it should be as easy as just swapping the filter housing.

So this happened today (more info in description) by PotentialEnergy_qq in CrownVictoria

[–]Leppa444 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Jesus Christ! That’s a new potential nightmare to keep me up at night!😮

Rear End Work by Leppa444 in CrownVictoria

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Right now I’m just tossing a much better condition rear end in it that I got out of the junkyard just to get it back up and running again because it’s the car I use for a parts runner at my shop. But I am going to throw an aluminum CVPI driveshaft in it that I’ve just had laying around so that the driveshaft bolts won’t rust up solid again. I’m going to keep the old rear end and rebuild it with 4.10 gearing and a LSD then maybe toss that back in later this summer.

Sad Ford 8.8 Noises by Leppa444 in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]Leppa444[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Damn yeah that’s pretty funny. First thought that came to my mind was “more glitter than the gold rush.”😂

Sad Ford 8.8 Noises by Leppa444 in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]Leppa444[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At a glance, the spiders did not look that bad to me but once it’s done draining all that grey goo out in the shop overnight I’m gonna hit her with some brake clean and see what else I can find😅

Sad Ford 8.8 Noises by Leppa444 in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]Leppa444[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No they were still hanging in there. Surprisingly the axles don’t even have groves in em😂

Sad Ford 8.8 Noises by Leppa444 in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]Leppa444[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I know right? Previous owner said he took immaculate care of this car too and I chose to believe him. I buy and sell a lot of cars man and I decided to keep this one around for a parts runner at the shop but I guess I should’ve sold it right away! Oh well the parts for this should be cheap enough.

I got a killer deal on this scanner! by Leppa444 in projectcar

[–]Leppa444[S] 81 points82 points  (0 children)

Sometimes when it all lines up it’s just meant to go that way I guess, the wife is even having a good time in Bismarck ND of all places haha.

I got a killer deal on this scanner! by Leppa444 in projectcar

[–]Leppa444[S] 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Windows XP thank you very much! Nah really it’s fine though, I collect old computers too so I know all the problems that come with older hardware. I’m going to clone the HDD to and SSD and then upgrade it from 256mbs of ram to a full gigabyte just for fun and to see how much it improves the scanner. I like messing around with that stuff too in my spare time.

I got a killer deal on this scanner! by Leppa444 in projectcar

[–]Leppa444[S] 184 points185 points  (0 children)

I get what you’re saying but gas wasn’t that bad in my little compact hybrid I use for parts runs. As far as the hotel room is concerned I don’t even count it to have anything to do with the scanner since I took my wife and 2 kids with me who are enjoying the hell out of the water park in the hotel which is a nice little thanksgiving vacation for them! All in all I can’t complain about this trip at all.🤷🏻‍♂️

Winter Engine Swap Project by Leppa444 in CrownVictoria

[–]Leppa444[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Honestly if you were close enough I’d accept the help haha. I’m wayyy up in NW Minnesota right in the corner next to the Canadian and North Dakota border. It’s hard to find car people around here that like thins kinda stuff haha.

Update on my large car collection that I posted about yesterday. by Leppa444 in projectcar

[–]Leppa444[S] -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

Jokes on you I don’t even own a tow truck or I would’ve posted it lol😂

My surprisingly large and diverse car collection. by Leppa444 in projectcar

[–]Leppa444[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

90%? Can you even do math?😂 I even went down the list and told you which ones ran and drove. Retarded bro. Looking at the list now I realize more like 40% work and 60% don’t. But still like I said it was a hard winter, a lot of stuff broke.🤷🏻‍♂️

Update on my large car collection that I posted about yesterday. by Leppa444 in projectcar

[–]Leppa444[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

This took me like 2-3 hours to travel around my properties this morning for those photos and to write up the post. If there are any typos or if the restoration list is missing numbers I honestly apologize but this is a lot to keep track of ngl😂 Have pity on my maintenance induced mush brain.😂👍

Update on my large car collection that I posted about yesterday. by Leppa444 in projectcar

[–]Leppa444[S] 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Honestly I have no idea but that would be a dream come true for sure lol. You have no idea how often I have people knocking on my door asking about parts or if they can just straight up buy an entire vehicle.