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At the last days of April I had an opportunity to sell my ´01 Chrysler Sebring for a good price and after that I needed a new ride.
First I was interested in a Chrysler 300M, but my offroading friend told me to by a “real” car, so I did 😉´95 Laredo with a stunning nose V8 engine, A/C, cruise, electric seats etc.
Fitted with a 46RH tranny and a 249 transfer case powering a Dana 35 LSD at a back and Dana 30 in the front.
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The first order was the fluid changes – did them all. After couple of days I noticed a differential fluid leaking from the real axles, so I had to change the axle seals.
So far I have also changed:
*new rims and summer tires
*PCV hoses
*tranny and transfer case seals
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*soldered the VIC to get rid of the false messages and connecting the radio and speakers correctly
*new brake pads and rotors to the front
*new handbrake shoes and springs etc – the “old” view
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*new CV boots
*water pump
*new A/C pump and system fill – the old had a bad piston lock up, I think from running the pump dry of oil
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A little offroad with my street tires :cheer:
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Now I just have to give her a 3´ lift, 242 transfer case and some bogger tires B)
Also the rear diff is making some whining noise so I think that´s the one thing I have to let professionals to fix. Really like to work with this car, so simple you just need a big hammer and a brakerbar to get thing off/on 🙂
Any advise for the car would be grate 🙂
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Rear trackbar bushings replaced:
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Friend made me a new plenum plate to replace the factory crap:
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Testing on spare intake:
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Plastic removed and found some rust:
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Some cutting and new metal 120x60x4(mm) + some paint etc.
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And some fun also:laugh2:
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Driver door pins are now replaced.
Old:
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New:
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So I had some exhaust smell in, when driving with an open window. The solution was to install manifold gaskets that factory idiots never did.
I also had some painted manifolds on my spare engine, so they where changed.
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Number 3,5 and 8 where leaking.
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Rear bumper waits for install:
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New rear main seal was installed, with new pan seal etc.
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The real main seal was not offset in the bearing cap, and the oil pan seal was heavy with RTV, so thats why it leaked.
I hope I did some better job.
Engine mounts where shot.
Right side:
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Left side:
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Left side bracket is wrong size – too wide to fit the engine block, so I pressed the bushing out from the new and replaced it with the old.
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After the lift, the rear axel was still too close to the body, so I put a set of JK rear upper CA on, to get the axel more center,
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Also waiting the trackbar brackets to center the axels.
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Also new trunk “bushings”:
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Had a coolant leak this morning:|
Yes- it was this stupid little hose between the block and the pump. I did not replaced it when I did the water pump 2.5 years ago. Now I know better.
Old vs new:
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More work done:
* New bump stops in the rear
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* New wires etc
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* New hoses to the tranny cooler
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* One more cooler in the front for the power steering fluid
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Double cardan rebuild:
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