What did you do to/with your second gen today?

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bassslayer25

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I was quoted between 1800 and 3200 depending on what's bad inside to rebuild my old automatic. So I spent 800 and made mine a 5 speed.

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Damn. What does the 518 code mean? And how hard is it to replace it myself?
 

bassslayer25

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Ok good to know. I might just have my local mechanic put it in actually. I need him to do my steering box (I think), definitely the plenum, and maybe a tranny now lol
 

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Ok good to know. I might just have my local mechanic put it in actually. I need him to do my steering box (I think), definitely the plenum, and maybe a tranny now lol
I'd do shift solenoids and a torque converter first but that's just me.

These trannys are not ****. They just need lots of care and maintenance.

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bassslayer25

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I'd do shift solenoids and a torque converter first but that's just me.

These trannys are not ****. They just need lots of care and maintenance.

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Yeah I replaced the filter and fluid last weekend hoping on a prayer that it will help but it didnt. Pretty much the same.
 

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I probably will soon. I wanna dip the stocks on one of my guns as well as the trim pieces in my truck. Picking a film is the hardest part for me I'm too indecisive


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Yea picking the film was a no brainer for me. Snake skin green needed a snake skin pattern!! Haha

518 is the model number I believe it means the same as 46re. But it's easy to swap if u know what your doing. I swapped mine to a manual in like 8 to 10 hrs

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Agreed transmissions are really not that hard to swap. Just takes time and at least one extra set of hands is nice. When I dropped mine last spring to swap converters I did it by myself with the truck on jack stands over 2 long nights after work.
Total pain in the ass slugging that ***** around by yourself though!!
 

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Well my Truck is now in Houston with the wife and son and I am borrowing family members vehicles until we find her another.

Unfortunately her focus died due to the oh so common dropped valve seats.
I tore into it just to verify and decide if we would repair or donate to the local yard. I've included a few pics. We sold the 01 Focus LX today at 20:05 for $250. Given that we received it for free, and I only had to fix an idler pulley on it. It seemed like a fair price for the next honest man.:favorites13:
 

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rammanriley20

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More hydro dipping success tonight!! Dash bezel is now dipped!! It's got a few small flaws (right next to headlight switch being the biggest) but for still being new to this I'm very happy with it!!

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Thats sick!

what do you guys think i should dip my interior trim like? im thinking since all of it is already yellow i may go over it with some hexagonal pattern so it will all look like honeycomb to go along with the "rumbleBEE" look lol. any other suggestions? yellow carbon fiber?
 
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