center diff NOT blown. yay for me....
04-12-2010, 03:13 PM
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center diff NOT blown. yay for me....
yo BAIC
soooo, there i was there i was there i was....in....my...garage....
I had just been under my car taking a look at what it was going to take to get to the center diff. not too bad i thought. then i also remembered i had busted my rear diff temp sensor jacking the car up to put on my summer wheel/tires. "huh", i thought. "maybe that stupid idiot light trips something in the DCCD....". So off i go with the owners manual. low and behold, it DOES open the center diff when that light is on as a saftey measure.
wow. really.
back the car out onto an old snow patch. gun it. all 4 wheels peel out and the car has mad traction. BOOOOOYAAAAAA!!!! no blown center diff. couldnt be happier.
now if it would only stop snowing so i can put my summer tires BACK on. car looks SIKO with the wheels.
anyway, thanks for listening. i am just happy i didnt blow the damn thing.
josh
soooo, there i was there i was there i was....in....my...garage....
I had just been under my car taking a look at what it was going to take to get to the center diff. not too bad i thought. then i also remembered i had busted my rear diff temp sensor jacking the car up to put on my summer wheel/tires. "huh", i thought. "maybe that stupid idiot light trips something in the DCCD....". So off i go with the owners manual. low and behold, it DOES open the center diff when that light is on as a saftey measure.
wow. really.
back the car out onto an old snow patch. gun it. all 4 wheels peel out and the car has mad traction. BOOOOOYAAAAAA!!!! no blown center diff. couldnt be happier.
now if it would only stop snowing so i can put my summer tires BACK on. car looks SIKO with the wheels.
anyway, thanks for listening. i am just happy i didnt blow the damn thing.
josh
lol
04-12-2010, 03:52 PM
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Nice. That's an awesome feeling when you have already accepted a really bad conclusion only to find out it's not as bad as you thought. I was having this knocking/clacking sound in my m3 and thought I needed to replace the two timing chains and tensioners but it turned out it was only the vanos (bimmer vtec) which is much cheaper and easier to get to. ~$200 vs. ~$1800. Finally managing to wiggle the turbo inlet into place is definitely the second best feeling you can get from working on your car.
04-12-2010, 04:22 PM
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Yes, this has to be Murphy's law or something. Whenever you over-think the harsh consequences of a mistake, things usually end up fine.... but when you make a tiny mistake and just say 'oh well, it won't matter' and don't fix it, that's when you're really screwed!
04-12-2010, 10:21 PM
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dccd is a very complicated beast. i have read, oh, 5 diff articles since the center diff "issue". sometimes just sitting back and thinking for a bit is good for the creative juices to flow.
and it IS a good feeling when you realize 25" of electical tape to fix the problem saved my ****. the car was especially happy today, scooting LOUDLY around town, happy to spool early with the cold temps.
josh
and it IS a good feeling when you realize 25" of electical tape to fix the problem saved my ****. the car was especially happy today, scooting LOUDLY around town, happy to spool early with the cold temps.
josh
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