Ruby's Thread

[Levy3Poop]

Blah blah boring oil change 😑 Sent from my Moto Z3 Play using Tapatalk

[Levy3Poop]

Small update, I installed Hella Supertone horns today. My OEM horn was dead, and missing the passenger side one completely. That explains why my horn hardly ever worked lol.

From the one horn I DID have, i opted to keep the OEM connector that plugs into the wiring on the car, that way if I need to remove the horn for some reason I don't have to cut wires and it's just cleaner overall.
I did heat shrink over the connectors pictured and the ones on the horn as well. I just crimped the wires into the OEM connector for a secure fit.


I can't figure out how to put text between the pictures with this new editor box, but whatever.
The second pic is the passenger side horn connector with the new wires coming from them. I had to fold back about 5 of the wires to make it wide enough to fit snugly inside the connector, but both wires felt snug. I did electrical tape wraps around the wires and the connector to help in water protection, and to just generally ensure they stay on the connector.

The third pic is just showing the heat shrink on the horn connectors for the fun of it.
I'm super glad to actually have a horn that I know will be heard.

[Levy3Poop]

I got my inspection done today, and realized it's about damn time I change the air filter. Since it always takes me a long time to do anything, I ran a stopwatch and it took a whopping minute 15 second. Could have been sub minute if I didn't forget about one of the clips. Hard day wrenching over here! Sent from my Moto Z3 Play using Tapatalk

[Levy3Poop]

After a few days of driving it around town and getting up to highway speeds, I can say there's definitely a reason the M42s came with the higher ratio lol. It's not bad, but definitely feels a bit more chilled out when going from a start. On a couple positive notes, my RPMs at 75mph went from 4k to 3800, and I don't have to shift to second almost immediately after starting from a stop. I feel more mellow with this new diff lol. That 4.27 was just a bad influence on my driving habits.

[Levy3Poop]

how are those new treehouse bushings? I have mine installed, but I haven't had a chance to drive on it. Did you notice a difference?

I haven't done the control arms and bushings yet. I'm gonna wait until the engine is pulled during the swap to do those since it will be much easier to access things then. That said, I can't wait to see the difference! Sent from my Moto Z3 Play using Tapatalk

[jeenyus]

how are those new treehouse bushings? I have mine installed, but I haven't had a chance to drive on it. Did you notice a difference?

[Levy3Poop]

I finally got motivated enough to do the diff swap after giving Ruby a good long wash and wax. Also, the 4.27LSD juuust started making a quiet sound, so that really motivated me to swap and not break the 4.27. I gotta say, I'm not really a fan of the diff stud kit after installing the 4.1LSD. instead of just raising it up and bolting it to the driveshaft, and then doing the bolts from the top of the subframe, now you get EIGHT bolts you have to work with. I ended up angling the rear of the driveshaft as much as I could, got the diff *just barely* on the driveshaft bolts, and then raising the diff and studs into position. It took about 6 hours worth of work because I'm retarded and didn't want to restart any time I got stuck after making a hair of progress. DON'T BE AFRAID TO RESTART BECAUSE YOU WERE DOING IT WRONG ANYWAYS! But yeah, test drive to the dog park was a success, and Ruby even makes less noise when driving now!

[Levy3Poop]

That shifter looks the same as the ebay ones, except the cup is black instead of blue/red. I haven't gotten much life out of them, but I hope your experience is different.

We shall see! Sent from my Moto Z3 Play using Tapatalk

[Levy3Poop]

Nice updates! How do you like the Garagistic brake lines?

The brake lines are great. My only complaint is I couldn't get the ones above the rear subframe. Aside from that, they were easy to install. Sent from my Moto Z3 Play using Tapatalk

[mike.bmw]

Nice updates! How do you like the Garagistic brake lines?

[Northern]

That shifter looks the same as the ebay ones, except the cup is black instead of blue/red. I haven't gotten much life out of them, but I hope your experience is different.

[Levy3Poop]

i just got the garagistic offset red treehouse whatevers they are called. they are very pretty. My control arm looks like a giant turd at the end, so i am unsure what to do there... don't want to waste the delrin too quickly. great build. thank you for sharing with us!

Thanks for the kind words, bud. I think the M42's head gasket is starting to let go so I'm going to be actually be working towards the swap soon. It smells like maraschino cherries up in my garage lol Sent from my Moto Z3 Play using Tapatalk

[jeenyus]

i just got the garagistic offset red treehouse whatevers they are called. they are very pretty. My control arm looks like a giant turd at the end, so i am unsure what to do there... don't want to waste the delrin too quickly. great build. thank you for sharing with us!

[Levy3Poop]

I got the Garagistic diff stud kit installed on the 4.1LSD I'll be using for the swap. I found on Condor's website that the studs should be 25ft/lb torque, and I also did loctite red just to make sure they never fall out. The Loctite probably wasn't necessary, but it was more for just my piece of mind. Sent from my Moto Z3 Play using Tapatalk

[Levy3Poop]

Lindsay's parents got me a short throw shifter for Xmas (the one from shope30.com), and it's pretty great. My only complaint is that the slot for the gear knob is ever so too wide, so when I'm slamming it into second gear, the knob pops off sometimes lol. Overall I would recommend this shifter though. Just know: when you take off the OEM Shifter, take both plastic washers off of the linkage because this one doesn't need them. I left one on without realizing, and the new one wouldn't go on and I put many swear words into my car that day. Sent from my Moto Z3 Play using Tapatalk