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and....BARF!

FMIC must be rubbing :(

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Oh crap... Not good.

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Suck!

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omg this is kinda unbelievable. The hose clamp on the coupler that attaches to the FMIC was kinda sticking out and rubbing on the power steering cooling loop tube...and wore a hole in it. Unreal.

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man, for the paint condition, curbed wheels, and now the PS leaks? What other issues will rear their ugly heads!? This just doesn't seem to be promising to me..but, hopefully knowing you, you'll resurrect her from ashes.

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Dang that sucks! Should be an easy fix but still. :/

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Luckily scheides has the know-how to deal with any minor problem. There's a reason I went with a brand-new X...all of those little things cost a mint to have somebody else fix.

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^ lol... Paying someone to fix easy jobs like that is kinda sad.

40k over 25k. Easy decision for me.

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At least it will be a easy fix.

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Power steering is for chumps anyways!

Car dosen't look like its in horrible shape, and I know you will make it better than ever. Good luck!

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Low 30's unless you're buying an MR. My car had every option for 34.

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I bent the offending part of the hose clamp back a bit, its a tight spot so some JBweld and post-it notes will have to do for now. There's a napa very near my office, hopefully this holds together.

http://i.imgur.com/dPvsy.jpg

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Know how and the tools to do something are two very different things.

There are jobs that I did on my X that would've been cheaper to pay someone to do it because of the tools i had to buy.

You pay for everything with either time/money. No way around that. Some people prefer to spend their free time not wrenching on cars. If i had unlimited tools i would do a lot of stuff myself. I love working on cars.

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I park in a ramp. I can get away with a few things, but not much. I wasn't thinking about having a car hobby when I bought the condo.

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Find a friend with a garage :) I know a guy....

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I heard he helps people with their cars, but when he needs help working on his he makes his wife do it. ;)

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You need some tbolt clamps. I wonder who has 4 bins full of them ;)

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Now that everything's done. haha. Naw, I'm sure shit will start breaking soon enough. It's an overpriced DSM, right?

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Ill have to stop by. I wouldn't need shit if whoever put this clamp on there wasn't a retard.

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Wootski! Thanks mattD for the awesome idea!

Breaking this thing's cherry!

http://i.imgur.com/ekgrD.jpg

A close up of the actual damage doer:
http://i.imgur.com/u97q7.jpg

There was a liiiiiitle pinhole in there, unreal! Dizzle's idea, holding strong so far!
http://i.imgur.com/bChGn.jpg