BAD WEEK :( Options

[latinomasfino]

ohh man thsi has been a baddd week for me and my celica...well like 2 weeks ago my car started to shake at idle and sounded like a leak in the exhaust.. turnedout i needed new plugs wires rotar and cap...did that worked for one day they the same noise happen...found out my distributor was messed up...the copper thread was everywhere,, so i had to shell out $250 for another one ( i got $50 back) so then eveything was fine lol untill wednesday morning when i go to school and my battery light turns on IM LIKE WTF !!! LOL my head uniit turns off my clock stops working and as i stop at a light my car is hesitant to move...so i start driving and i can hear my car about to die so i pull over to the side as if im turning left...my car stops...its 11:45 and i have a test at 1 and UMCP is like 15 min away i have no ride... so i end up calling my friend he coems thsi other guy jumps the lil bit of batttery life left so i could shift to neutral ( damnn automatic and autolock LOL) then we push it accros big ass main road (university blvd) i park in a neightborhood,...luckly the womon in front of the hosue i parked was cool about me leaving my car there heheh she was hispanic so now my friend gives me a ride to schol i get there at 12:55 LOL just made it for my nutriction test. so then i go buy the battery lol luckly like this guy i met at advance auto was cool and he hooked me up wiht a 500amp batttery for 40 with new brackets and bracket cleaner (suppossed to be $75)..so iinstall my battery and it works but the battery light is still on ...hmm wut could it be LOL the alternator DAMNNNNIT LOL i was soo pissed so i call up advance auto and teh guy said he could hook me up for $80 !!!!!!!!!! lol i had called up another advance auto and it was $130 plus 75 for the core fee...so now i have hook ups for parts heheh but anywasy so i go to my friend house and we install it in the dark LOL now its running well wiht new battery remanucatured distributor and alternator..its been a bytch ...on a bad note when i tred to close my hood wiht the new battery it didnt close and it made like a small dent so im kinda pissed abotu that

[playr158]

i work at advanced on or compu screens under the battery name, type...
it will say

"battery top height adaptor"
"might not clear hood"

he should have told you that

[latinomasfino]

i work at advanced on or compu screens under the battery name, type...
it will say

"battery top height adaptor"
"might not clear hood"

he should have told you that
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oh nah he didint i mean do i relaly need the adaptor?

[Digndoug]

Thats like mine.. I think my batt is dead, is barley starts every time i go start it. but im to poor to buy one. an I still need an egr vavle.. stupid cars..

[latinomasfino]

Thats like mine.. I think my batt is dead, is barley starts every time i go start it. but im to poor to buy one. an I still need an egr vavle.. stupid cars..
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yea man i mean it was about time i dont think they ever changed the battery on my car and since 94 its 10 years sso i thinik iwas abou time....$$$$ sucks man LOL im poor college student like i think almost eveyone on this site

[mikew04]

yay for poor college students. some of you guys are lucky to have your car with you. I havent seen my baby in over a month

[latinomasfino]

more bad news WTF is going on well i knew somethig was wrong wiht my exhaust and it turns out im mising a bolt that connects the pipe where the cat supposed to be..so thast easy to do...but then while i had the car up on a lift at school,, we noticed that my sterring pump is leaking got to replace that (im a do that in the spring) and also the driver side axel is leaking i think from the gasket ( i just repleaced both axels when i painted my car back in the end of september) im going tomrmow to the guy who did it cause my freind said they should fix it without charge becaseu its their falut

[Anub1s]

Crap dude that really sucks. I hope those guys fix that leak for you, cuz if not they are bastards.

This post has been edited by Anub1s: Nov 18, 2004 - 5:52 PM

[C3L1CA]

Get an optima battery I have had very good luck with them. I liked my first one so much so I had to get another. Me and my dads car both have a red and yellow top Optima

[latinomasfino]

too late i got a silver battery 500amps good enough i got it for $40 cheap heheh under the table lol yea man it sucks i know them pretty good so im hoping they will wihtout a price i mean what do u guys think ....they should fix it rigth its theri fault??

[Anub1s]

If its their fault, yeah they should fix it. But gaskets tend to go out and they might play that card so be prepared to argue.

[coustoe]

how many miles does your car have? i got 180k on mine and never had any problems.

[1900WattCelica]

Muahahhaha. I bought a 1100 amp (1000 cold cranking) battery from Fleet Farm (98% of you dont know what that store is except probably us upper northwest people )(Kinda like a smaller WalMart specializing in Farm, Automotive and Sporting Goods) Cost 70 bucks and comes with a 72 month warranty but my car starts up like a raped ape and I cant get my 1500 watt class AB amplifier to draw enough amperage to dim my lights

I had a problem with the battery mounting kit that I bought that put a nice ding in my hood. At first I thought it was the old batterys negative terminal that was hitting, but I looked more closely, and I had to hacksaw off about a good inch and a half of the most forward threaded L bolt. Worked like a charm....just wish I would have paid more attention before I closed the hood.

[latinomasfino]

how many miles does your car have? i got 180k on mine and never had any problems.
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i have 102475 miles also remember i bought my car at a salvage

[latinomasfino]

Muahahhaha.  I bought a 1100 amp (1000 cold cranking) battery from Fleet Farm (98% of you dont know what that store is except probably us upper northwest people )(Kinda like a smaller WalMart specializing in Farm, Automotive and Sporting Goods)  Cost 70 bucks and comes with a 72 month warranty but my car starts up like a raped ape and I cant get my 1500 watt class AB amplifier to draw enough amperage to dim my lights 

I had a problem with the battery mounting kit that I bought that put a nice ding in my hood.  At first I thought it was the old batterys negative terminal that was hitting, but I looked more closely, and I had to hacksaw off about a good inch and a half of the most forward threaded L bolt.  Worked like a charm....just wish I would have paid more attention before I closed the hood.
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"just wish I would have paid more attention before I closed the hood."

i know exactly how u feel

[latinomasfino]

ok so i stopped by teh shop and he said yea its probably teh seal on teh axels that i need to replace so im guessing thast cheap at advance auto parts..im bringinin it in on tues to get it fixed

[cheesebacon]

wow that is a really funny story. i hope you get all that repaired. i had a 98 camaro with endless problems... learning new problems after one is fixed...that's why i got rid of it for the reliability of the toyotas...so far, i don't have any probs with my 94 celica gt. but i need to get my cat replaced to pass smog but i hate that stock one that's like 4 inches away from the manifold.

too bad we don't have any headers that we can just pick up off ebay.