My sob story..talk about problems

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sil820
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man.. ive had mad problems with mine 2...i bought my 240 for 500 buks in compton..the 2nd day i drive the ka motor blew. i tow it 2 the shop.. over there i expect a sr20det retop swap..my motor never came.. then they tell me they can get me an RB20det clip for 2g.. i wuz like woah lets do that.. they said they would do the swap.. it comes in.. looks pretty ****ty.. but on top of that they cant do the swap any more (oh ya this is all last year around january-march) so now i had a car that wouldnt move and a clip sittin in there shop. n they were buggin me 2 move it sumwhere else..so then i called all these place 2 move the clip that wuz sitting on a pallet.. no place could do it.. then i getta hold of this guy karim..hes really cool he helps me get it out of there and i decide that i would have sleepers do the swap..they quote me over the phone it would b around 19-2100 so i then have the clip sent out there..and the shop said they would take the car and the clip from La habra to rialto (40mi i think) for 300 buks.. so i said sweet. they go 2 get it, and only get the car.. they couldnt get the clip but they still wanted 2 charge me 300 buks just for drivin out there.. then we go over how much it would cost 2 do the swap.. it ends up being like 3500 in labor alone...so we talk and get it down to 2200..which is afforadable..but then on top of that the owner wants that 300 for his guy 2 drive out there i said fawk that im not payin 300 for nuttin.. he then kicks me out.. but my car n clip is out there.. as im leaving the workers stop me.. n tell me they will do it.. so about a YEAR passess by and i just got my car about a month ago not complete but running.. the guys that did it split from the shop and my car was the last car 2 get done there.. i get it back running like shiet.. cuz i now found out the clip i got was bad.. but it thats on the shop that sold it 2 me.. now i hav no shop 2 complete the work and my motor doesnt even run right..my motor has overheated 5 times now..and since sleepers didnt put a catch tank coolant went allover the place..but not really coolant..i guess they never flushed the original coolant soo its all RUST brown and orange rust..so then i payed 135 buks 2 get my koyo installed that never got installed by sleepers they said it wouldnt fit but it did.. they never installed my lsd ..they took a year 2 do the work.half of the time tho is on me cuz i wuz tryin 2 find parts.but the rest wuz on them.the job they did is okay..its running but it wuznt like a really good job...my car is runnin like crap n my parents want me 2 get rid of it.. being that its a 89 i have a lot of small problems.. i just replaced the winsheild b/c sum how when it wuz at the shop sum1 cracked it..but no ones knows who did ofcourse...also my wireing harness has been having all these problems..but McKinney said theyll fix it for me so thats cool..but ya.. the intireor looks like crap..my motors been havin so many problems everyday i find a new problem..my brakes are really bad..i need new pads n rotors in teh rear. bad parts: no knock sensor on the motor, low compression, needs new coildpacks,and thats all i know for now.. im workin on things tryin 2 get this baby goin...but its mad head aches..if i dont get the motor running right soon..my pops gonna make me get rid of the car :(


Joe
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Location: Phoenix, AZ

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holy **** paragraphs are your friend.

sil820
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Joined: Sun Feb 15, 2004 5:50 pm

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sorry ive been borred at work

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rbsileighty
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Joined: Sun Feb 09, 2003 8:10 am
Car: 92 S13 Hatch w/ RB20 & 05 Audi S4 Avant 6MT

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Would you mind editing that with some <ENTER> keys... to break that up a bit. Thanks bud.

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xjon
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Joined: Thu Sep 05, 2002 4:29 pm
Car: 99XJ, 93 240coupe

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Pretty cool of Mack to help you out with their wiring! They might be a little expensive but they stand behind their work, it seems like. Even though another place installed it.


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