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    help pleaseeee

    from most of the cars that i see come into my shop with that code it's due to the actuator being bad...sometimes they will test ok but when it's a intermitant (sp) it may test fine one day and bad another.....that code can also be set due to your oil being dirty, low or using the wrong kind of...
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    p0302 help pls

    you should prolly do a leak down test if you can...i have been seeing more and more valve issues here lately....
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    help pleaseeee

    it's possible that it will fix the jerking....the actuator gets sticky causing driveability issues! When you pull it out usually there will be one of the little screens missing which is why they recommend changing the oil when replacing one of these.....
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    New guy from small town illinois

    i dont know what a good or bad interest rate is...lol this really is my first loan ever and i just turned 30 on the 30th of december....i got 5.25%
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    New guy from small town illinois

    I financed mine also...gonna be paying on it for the next 3 years...Had the money to buy it outright but figured hell why not have a payment...got this one for 5k and only has 66k miles on it...and clean as a whistle! payment is less than 200 a month. been working on my credit the last few years...
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    New guy from small town illinois

    THATS YOURS! Hell yeah man i like it! wish mine was a SS but the price was right on this one and i couldn't convince the wife to let me something more expensive....wait til she see what it's gonna cost once i start customizing it! LOL I like the white wheels too...never thought of that...
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    How-to Replace a Wheel Bearing

    Maybe should add the need and importance of using a jack stand and not relying on just a jack alone! And no need for a puller. Big punch or socket extension and hammer will get the shaft out of the hub. Also the axle nut needs to be torqued with a torque wrench. (major cause of repeat failures)...
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    My Shop

    I hear ya there! Wish i could sit back and dictate but in my shop it doesn't work like that! lol. I run circles around my co worker. Even when i do actually have my "own" shop i am sure i will be out there turning wrenches til i can no longer physically do it anymore!
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    Installing new clutch

    take a real good look at your flywheel when you have it apart! might want to have it turned or replaced. People will argue that it doesn't need to be done but i disagree!
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    New guy from small town illinois

    yep def wingless! Its bout as base as you can get! Perfect clean slate to make it my own. And with no power windows, locks or even abs there is really nothing to break and cost me money on repairing! Wheels will come prolly early this spring. Thinking either gun metal or bronze/goldish colored.
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    My Shop

    I love it! I have worked many many other types of jobs and even went to school to be a systems analyst but figured out i don't like computers so much...lol. Running a shop is not that hard but it's not that easy either. This is my first run at it and they hired me to help my co worker learn the...
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    My Shop

    Actually we are in need of a technician. There are only two of us there and we have way more work than two guys can keep up with. We are also a body shop but those guys are in another building on the same property as us. We don't get into tuning cars so much. Just general automotive repairs.
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    My Shop

    Couldn't make it into work today due to the roads being closed because of all the snow. Figured i would play around on here a bit today....
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    New guy from small town illinois

    Picture of my Cobalt
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    My Shop

    I am not the owner but might as well be. The owner died last year and i have been running it for almost a year now.
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