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Old Jan 29, 2003 | 06:38 PM
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Too cold to work on car today, look what I did

Well, Its about 40 degrees outside today, so I can't put my intake back on. But I did clean my distributor up real nice. Before, it was pretty much solid black from dirt and oil. I used degreaser and a toothbrush to get all the dirt off. I also polished the outer edge of it. Its not the best polishing job in the world, but it still looks ten times better than before. Not bad for a 20 year old distributor.
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Old Jan 29, 2003 | 06:44 PM
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good work, wanna do mine?
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Old Jan 29, 2003 | 06:48 PM
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Hehe :P Actually im looking around for more small aluminum stuff to practice on. I wish I had some finer sandpaper, I only used 400 and 600 on the distributor.
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Old Jan 29, 2003 | 06:51 PM
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Looks good! Every little bit of shiney stuff adds up to a BIG bit of shiney stuff! Keep up the good work! :lala:
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Old Jan 29, 2003 | 06:55 PM
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you're complaining about 40??? it hasn't hit 40 here in like 2 months.... 40 would be a heatwave
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Old Jan 29, 2003 | 06:57 PM
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Im in texas man, 40 is cold :P Besides its supposed to be in the 60s and 70s this weekend
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Old Jan 29, 2003 | 07:01 PM
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Looks nice. 60's and 70's this weekend :rockon: I hope it will be in the 50's and up in Ar this weekend.
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Old Jan 29, 2003 | 08:48 PM
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Originally posted by TheWraith
you're complaining about 40??? it hasn't hit 40 here in like 2 months.... 40 would be a heatwave
I second that. It was 20* yesterday and I was out in a t-shirt working on the camaro. The day before that (monday) it was -20* without the windchill, and I was still out there working on the car. I love the winters in Michigan
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Old Jan 29, 2003 | 08:53 PM
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40F cold? man it hasnt broke like 20f in months it seems here for the daytime high. bastard

i taking stuff out of the car to bring it in the house for detailing right now too, not fun sitting in a cold car.
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Old Jan 29, 2003 | 10:01 PM
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its been like 10 degrees for about 3 weeks now here in nj.... it sucks b/c i just got another 3rdgen about 3 weeks ago and its too cold outside to do anything with it except for driving it.
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Old Jan 29, 2003 | 10:19 PM
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we hit below 5 last week and 40 is to cold to put an intake on, Im so used to single digits, today I was outside with no jacket and I dont even think it broke 30.

oh yeah, nice distributor
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