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Haha, see mine get a little bit of both.

Ran out in the rain to take a look for you. Now I'm soaked. Didn't think it was raining that bad... haha no biggie The connector on round thing is for an oil pressure gauge. The other connector is for the dummy light.

Ha! Mine is almost empty, but there's some water in the forecast so it should fill back up soon enough.

Aside from that being overall good general advice (don't beat your car) I do think it is a bit inaccurate. It is from my own personal and impersonal accounts that our cars can take quite a beating. Not trying to contradict you at all, naturally it's much more advisable to take care of your car than beat it to hell, but I just wanted to attest to the resiliance these cars have when they are indeed beat on.

That is a pure matter of opinion. I bet whomever did this to their vehicle likes it, otherwise they wouldn't have done it.

Def on my to do list. If not for the health benefits, it's also stupid expensive here ($9.00 a pack). Bravo to you for quitting, I've got a lot of respect for those that manage to, considering how difficult it is. Tried a few times myself. My father quit about a year ago after being a regular smoker 3/4 of his life. That amazed me.

***EDIT MODS:*** Go figure, I cleared my cache and the off topic forum popped up. Sorry for the improper location, move please? Okay, okay, I know this is nowhere near the right forum for this, but for some reason the off topic general discussion forum keeps disappearing, and so I mean, delete or move this if you want mods, sorry for the trouble, BUT: I know there's some people on here that are interested in science, and some of those people may not be aware that the transit of Venus past the sun is occurring *right now* and it's the last time it's going to happen for another 100 years or so, so it's the *last* chance you have to view it in your lifetime. Without further ado here is a link to Nasa's Mauna Kea, Hawaii observatory video feed of the spectacle: http://sunearthday.nasa.gov/webcasts/nasaedge/ There is also a google map underneath the stream with a bunch of pins. Those are links to video feeds from other observatories around the world.

You can't get any wheelspin? In the rain on the boulevard the other day had it chirp and spin into second gear. It made me chuckle haha:banana:

In other news: My cigarette lighter has decided to start acting like those toasters that pop the toast 2 feet in the air. When the lighter pops, it flies across the car now

think your speedo might be off a little though, 4500 is too high for 65. at 65 mph you should be right at 4000 rpm. You can cruise at 65, I've made trips up to canada doing just that speed the entire way. If I'm only on the highway briefly i'll even do 70-80 mph but this is usually only for say 5 to 10 minutes. You keep it at 60-65 you'll get about 270 miles to a tank of gas on the highway. Note: I've never managed to get my loyale to hit 100 mph. Not that you may want to, just a fact. I've hit 97 mph and I was a hair below redline. My 5 speed GL will do 100 no problems. Make sure your tranny fluid is full btw. Good practice when it's often spinning so fast.

Aren't Facebook, ebay, and Craigslist all "Website"s? I'd be more specific with the website option. Maybe "Other Website".

*damn* that thing is nice! How would you gauge your happiness with your purchase on a scale of 1-10 haha. 'Grats!! Any plans?

Could try posting in the wanted forums. Also if you do a bit of searching, there are ways people have gotten it to work with the hardware you already have. There was a thread on here last week if I recall touching on this very subject. Good luck!

Pretty sure you can't use the dummy light connection. And it's pretty much a trust it's bad type of thing with those gauges.

Thank you for reminding me to go pick up some PB! Really hoping nothing breaks... never done this work before, car is low mileage though so things still look relatively clean.

Does your oil light come on at all when this happens? *(See my note; this might not apply) My guess would be that the wire for the oil gauge is loose. *Note: Came up with my own question; If the car has an in-dash oil pressure gauge, does it still have the dummy light in the cluster too?

I'll bet his car it's not the wires. If new wires don't fix it, I'll gladly get rid of that eyesore of a lawn ornament for you free of charge! =P hehe Hopefully new wires fixes it. Good luck!

Hook up an aftermarket oil pressure gauge if you want a more accurate reading. If I don't say it, somebody else is going to; The oil pressure gauge in the dash is not very accurate at all and should not be used to gauge oil pressure. Nice find though. Let's get some pics!

If it is leaking steadily, make absolutely certain you keep it topped up. These motors are apparently notorious for needing headgasket work at the slightest overheat..

Front end time for Ben...ordered: -Set of KYB's -MOOG inner + outer tie rods -MOOG ball joints Later on down the road we'll get around to doing the rears. Looking forward to how he feels after the fact. Any tidbits for the job at hand?

Doesn't necessarily mean headgasket. It could just have two separate leaks. The coolant leak could be a number of things. The lower radiator hose is nearby where you mention it drips. If it's touching the engine and leaking, it'd just dribble down. That hose connects to a short pipe that connects to the water pump inlet. The leak could also be that pipe either on the hose end or on the water pump end. -The waterpump itself may be leaking. There is also a small 90* rubber elbow hose that comes out of the very top of the waterpump that could be leaking.

Think this has swayed me towards moog ball joint instead of the 10 dollar no name ones I was eying on ebay..

Did you doing that have anything to do with the auxiliary tape deck input on the back?

Dug this up as I'm also in the market for some front struts....I was eying the acdelco struts on rockauto. Anybody have any experience with dem der struuuts?

Sounds like it to me =\