The Ohio Random Thread... aka We Should Probably Be Working

Seeing how one can actually buy a bmw for just a bit more than what a new 6 cost, I don't see why anyone would still invest into a 6.
The new ones do look really good, but the price of admission is just not worth the mediocre everything else.
 
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Not to be an insensitive doucher, but why not pop the valve cover and intake mani off and take a look? Or check the timing chain tensioner? T'would be a shame to part out your car and sell it as is for not much money if it's an easy fix.

where am i going to do it? the car is in the parking lot at work, and i only have a 1 car driveway where the motorless miata sits right now.
i dont have any knowledge of the timing chain s*** like you ms3/ms6 owners do and its not like you guys are going to come help me do it in the parking lot at work, so im still kinda in a rock and a hard place
 
Ask Patrick if he wouldn't mind coming out to do it. He's probably a pro by now with timing chains and could have it done in a couple hours with hand tools.
 
Ask Patrick if he wouldn't mind coming out to do it. He's probably a pro by now with timing chains and could have it done in a couple hours with hand tools.

We will ship him out there like a mechanic version of the Stig.
 
If anybody is looking for a low miles, 27K! (boom01) stock gen juan MS3 send Nick a message. Price is $18k

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Levi, I can come out and knock it out. I can come this weekend, let me ask my dealership guy if I can get the parts. I will get whatever we need. Can you check the chain to see if that's all that happened. Does it run really loud now? Hoping bo valves are bent.
 
Levi, I can come out and knock it out. I can come this weekend, let me ask my dealership guy if I can get the parts. I will get whatever we need. Can you check the chain to see if that's all that happened. Does it run really loud now? Hoping bo valves are bent.

I'd say I'll get video but last night I fired up the car to check if the belt tensioner was gone by putting a new one in from phen and shos suggestion, upon doing that the car reaked of fuel, ran rough and sounded horrible. I don't think it's just a chain to fix....
I really appreciate the offer Patrick, I might try to go tomorrow to pull the valve cover and check the chain but honestly my hopes of it not being fatal (for ownership on my end) are slim
 
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Not sure if I like that green. I saw an orangeish fiesta st the other day, and that
color looked fantastic.

Levi, did it smell like fuel spewing when you first got the noise and shut it down, before doing the tensioner?
 
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So, this weekend I made an almost 4 hr trek in the 10AE to visit some MEEPS in Tennessee. I got to drive the Blue Ridge Parkway in the Miata on the way up as well. Scratch one item from my bucket list!

I also picked up a 10AE hardtop too. :D

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I haven't seen any Fiesta STs, only Focusssss (or Foci?)
I say Foci
That Orange is nice, Sho! Have to agree with you on that!
+2 on the orange, the blue looks good too. The Feista ST is awesome, unless you have kids...
So, this weekend I made an almost 4 hr trek in the 10AE to visit some MEEPS in Tennessee. I got to drive the Blue Ridge Parkway in the Miata on the way up as well. Scratch one item from my bucket list!

I also picked up a 10AE hardtop too. :D
double score!


I spent all weekend painting and I'm not close to done. 3 coats of primer on the purple in Carter's room and it's ready for color. Of course while doing the primer we realized the ceiling was a light shade of purple :( That took 2 coats of ceiling paint. Got the ceiling in the upstairs hall, the stairway and entry way painted, and started on the first coat for those walls. Those should only take 2 coats. Looks like I'll be painting the rest of the week. We were going to try to do the living room soon too but we've decided to hire someone for that instead.
 
My parents painted the living room in a weekend. then they hired someone to do the rest of the house. they tapped once day and moved furniture and stuff out of the way. Next day brought a paint gun in attached to their truck with a compressor and knocked the whole house out. it was sweet and mom said she will never paint another room again. I hate painting and so does my family
 

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