THe_DeTAiL3R Posted August 22, 2004 Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 About a week ago I opened up the airbox on my new '95 only to find there was NO air filter! :? I've already mailed a money order to 90TGP for a used K&N, but until then I have to improvise.. I didn't want to spend $10 for a paper filter that I will be throwing away anyways, so I made one out of a furnace filter. Put lots of duct tape around the edges to make sure that its sealed up and woun't fly up into the intake. I woun't be driving it much until about a week.. so 90TGP make sure you ship the K&N ASAP!!! Now the rest of you can start flaming me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slick Posted August 22, 2004 Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 God damn. I hope that the filter is strong enough that it doesn't rip apart from the turbulance and end up in your damn engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
90TGP Posted August 22, 2004 Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 $20 could have gotten you a cone filter I'll send the filter as soon as I get the money order 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THe_DeTAiL3R Posted August 22, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 Its actually made from a very large industrial filter my dad found at work. Its about 1.5 inches thick, not the thin kind like your regular home furnace filter. Its in a zig-zag shape with some metal holding it together. I dunno.. if I get the brakes and mufflers done before the K&N arrives I think I will just go and buy a regular filter and hope it doesn't get dirty so I can return it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slick Posted August 22, 2004 Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 If it does get dirty, spray it off with a hose, or clean it in the sink Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted August 22, 2004 Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 Instead of buying and using fiberglass for a new console around my DIC, i used vinyl basemolding from the Home Depot that I bougfht for $1.79. The list goes on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscoStudd Posted August 22, 2004 Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 Its actually made from a very large industrial filter my dad found at work. Instead of buying and using fiberglass for a new console around my DIC, i used vinyl basemolding from the Home Depot that I bougfht for $1.79. Cue the MacGyver theme music! Do either of you guys live in the Possum Lodge? Red Green would be so proud!!! On my first car (80 Skylark - I was 17) I was too cheap to buy 4X10's for the rear deck (deck was too skinny for 6X9's) so I put in 2 sets of 4" dual cones (that I got at Worst Buy, which was just a local chain at the time, for $10 a pair.) I also rigged up a household lightswitch under the dash to switch the radiator fan on and off when the relay went out. I remember replacing the rusted out exhaust with flex pipe on that car and hanging it with wire coat hangers . That was the extent of my Red Green engineering (on any car,) thank God! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slick Posted August 22, 2004 Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 Do either of you guys live in the Possum Lodge? Red Green would be so proud!!! :lol That show kicks ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscoStudd Posted August 22, 2004 Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 If the ladies don't find ya handsome, at least they'll find ya handy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted August 22, 2004 Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 never saw it/or heard of it... whats it about? Im in the dark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscoStudd Posted August 22, 2004 Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 Check out your local Public Television station (PBS.) It's usually on Friday nights at 10:30 in these parts... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slick Posted August 22, 2004 Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 And duct tape is god!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted August 22, 2004 Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 There is an entire roll of dollar store duct tape supporting my DIC under the $1.79 vinyl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
per0781 Posted August 22, 2004 Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 wow i'll never buy a car from you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted August 22, 2004 Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 you go mod one of those bulky 89 lcd dic's into a 95 sedan console and lets see what methods you use Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscoStudd Posted August 22, 2004 Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 Here's all you need to know about The Red Green show: http://www.pbs.org/redgreen/about.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurneroftheRice Posted August 22, 2004 Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 There is an entire roll of dollar store duct tape supporting my DIC you sure you needed the entire roll? sorry guys i just thought that was really runny...potty humor at its best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THe_DeTAiL3R Posted August 22, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 Red Green is a Canadian show.. its been on since I was a kid! Anyways I couldn't stand the thought of the small *possibility* of a chunk of furnace filter going into my throttlebody, so I broke down and payed $8.00 for a Fram filter at Walmart.. that's as cheap as you can get! I still got the receipt in the box, hopefully it woun't get dirty and I can get my money back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted August 23, 2004 Report Share Posted August 23, 2004 It was an economy roll... and i used a shitload of it. I wrapped my wire budles in it too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slick Posted August 23, 2004 Report Share Posted August 23, 2004 Here's all you need to know about The Red Green show: http://www.pbs.org/redgreen/about.html I didn't click the link because i know all about the show, but wasn't there supposed to be a redgreen movie sometime ago? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midnight rider Posted August 23, 2004 Report Share Posted August 23, 2004 I bought a car once only to find out someone had used drywall mud to fix holes in the fender. I used packing lables (8" x 10") to reconstruct the rear quarters on a rusted out Tempo I sold a guy. I put them on the car and painted them to match the car. I used ducktape to fix a tranny mount then painted it black so no one would notice. I used Blue Silcone and a piece of aluminum can to fix a hole in a radiator once. I have since learned the value of if its worth fixing, its worth doing right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscoStudd Posted August 23, 2004 Report Share Posted August 23, 2004 I bought a car once only to find out someone had used drywall mud to fix holes in the fender. I used packing lables (8" x 10") to reconstruct the rear quarters on a rusted out Tempo I sold a guy. I put them on the car and painted them to match the car. I used ducktape to fix a tranny mount then painted it black so no one would notice. I used Blue Silcone and a piece of aluminum can to fix a hole in a radiator once. I have since learned the value of if its worth fixing, its worth doing right. You, sir are a true disciple of both Red Green and MacGyver!!! My old man used colored Duct Tape to "patch" the rusted out quarter panels on his old "Crud-oba" back in the day. I remember him backing the same car into the garage and tearing off the driver's side mirror (we think he was drunk) and he reattached it using Hot Glue!!! I remember him using an angle bracket later on when the hot glue failed. I'm glad I didn't inherit his "mechanical ability!" (meaning "mechanical ineptitude.") His concept of an oil change was that the car burned a quart of oil every thousand miles, so every time he had to add was like he was "changing the oil." Crazy crazy crazy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KING JOKER Posted August 23, 2004 Report Share Posted August 23, 2004 i cant tell you guys how many times i found the use for duct tape ... its the best in my book. from holding sidemarker lights on to holding a front end on the olds... well duct tape and bungee cords but that was just for a few days but i bow down to duct tape Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted August 24, 2004 Report Share Posted August 24, 2004 I had an $80 1977 4 door Datsun 210 with alot of dents and a missing air dam under the front to connect the two front fenders. They flopped in the wind like wings. I used a bungie cord to hold them down. I got alot of room at the center line as cars went past. I also hit a deer with it and got nearly no damage. Just a small ding around the rightside headlight metal, some tufts of fur on the molding, and alot of deer slobber on the side windows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
93CutlassSupreme Posted August 24, 2004 Report Share Posted August 24, 2004 i've used jb weld on a cracked transmission case on a 3/4 ton Dodge van held until we sold it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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