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CURRENT STATUS OF MY 95 KICK........

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Offline NYSIDEKICKER

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CURRENT STATUS OF MY 95 KICK........
« on: March 13, 2010, 06:32:49 PM »
WELL THE KICK WENT IN FOR A LUNG TRANSPLANT TODAY...THE TOP OF RADIATOR CRACKED IN BEGINNING OF WINTER WE DID A QUICK PATCH FIX WHICH HAS WORKED FOR THE LAST 4 MONTHS BUT I BOUGHT A NEW RADIATOR ONLINE TO INSTALL ONLY TO GET APART AND THEN REALIZE THE INLET AND OUTLET ARE ON THE WRONG SIDE? GO FIGURE! LAST WEEK WE PUT IN NEW PLUGS CAP ROTOR WIRES ETC. & A NEW FUEL PUMP. BUT BECAUSE WE DID THE FUEL PUMP LAST AT THE END OF A LONG DAY I DIDN'T PUT THE RUBBER GASKET ON SO NEEDLESS TO SAY IT LEAKED ALL WEEK.(I'VE TOLD YA BEFORE I'M NO MECHANIC BUT HEY I TRY  ;D ) MY FRIEND LOVES TO LET ME MAKE MISTAKES HE SAYS IT WILL MAKE ME REMEMBER NEXT TIME. SO NOW IT SITS AT MY FRIENDS GARAGE NO RADIATOR AND NO GAS TANK ....THE BOLTS THAT HOLD THE PUMP IN WERE SO BAD LAST WEEK THAT TWO BROKE AND TODAY ANOTHER TWO THE RUST AND GRIME WE GET UP HERE IN THE NORTH EAST IS CRAZY. SO NOW IT WILL BE ONE MORE PROJECT TO FIX.
  I KNOW WHY ALL THIS IS HAPPENING MY KICK HEARD ME SAY I'M CONSIDERING SELLING MY 4 DOOR KICK TO FIND A 2 DOOR TO BUILD. ITS KARMA I TELL YA, SHE'S VERY SENTIMENTAL I GUESS. WELL ATLEAST IT WILL HAVE EVERYTHING FIXED AND RUNNING GOOD JUST DON'T LOOK AT THE BODY CAUSE THE NORTH EAST HASN'T BEEN NICE TO HER  :P.
ZUKE MAY BE RUSTY BUT IT SURE IS TRUSTY!

Re: CURRENT STATUS OF MY 95 KICK........
« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2010, 09:01:50 AM »
i am a new member to this site and still trying to figure it out. anyway i have always built all my own parts on my builds. i nust picked up a 96 4 door sidekick and want a sweet ifs front end and i see that the struts are a prob. TOO SHORT OF STROKE. i am going to build some real long travel struts and thinking of selling them as mell and prob a whole 6 inch kit. so what i am saying is that i want to know if there is any intrest is such parts. these struts will be serious stuff, desert race quality. thinking whole kit will yield around 12 inch of travel. any intrest?

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Re: CURRENT STATUS OF MY 95 KICK........
« Reply #2 on: March 15, 2010, 09:38:09 PM »
Thread thief...
97 Sport
265/70-16s
2" lift
2.0 swap
I know...Pretty boring... FOR NOW...

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Re: CURRENT STATUS OF MY 95 KICK........
« Reply #3 on: March 18, 2010, 05:51:10 PM »
WELL THANKS FOR THE BUMP ANYHOW ;D
ZUKE MAY BE RUSTY BUT IT SURE IS TRUSTY!

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Re: CURRENT STATUS OF MY 95 KICK........
« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2010, 05:23:43 PM »
HAS ANYONE DEALT WITH OR MAYBE EVEN WORK FOR RADIATOREXPRESS.COM ?  THE RADIATOR I GOT FROM THEM HAS THE INLET AND OUTLET ON THE DRIVER SIDE THEY HAVE NOT REPLIED TO MY EMAILS AND PHONE CALLS THEY GAVE ME AN RMA NUMBER TO RETURN AT MY COIN AND WILL GET MY REFUND IN 2 TO 6 WEEKS   :o  MINUS SHIPPING  ???  NOW IF THEY SHIPPED ME THE WRONG THING SHOULDN'T THEY PAY THE SHIPPING  ???   CALL ME CRAZY BUT WTF!  FOR RETURNS THEY DON'T TAKE PHONE CALLS ONLY LIVE CHAT FROM 9-5 WHICH IS WHEN IM WORKING I'VE EMAILED TO NO RETURN EMAILS..... I DON'T GET IT THATS FOR SURE,....  I SENT THEM PICTURES TO SHOW THEM THAT IT IS WRONG BUT NO REPLY............      ANYONE KNOW A REPUTABLE PLACE THAT HAS A CLUE...............
                                                           
                                                                         FRUSTERATED IN NY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
                                                            T.Y.
                                                                      NYSIDEKICKER
ZUKE MAY BE RUSTY BUT IT SURE IS TRUSTY!

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Re: CURRENT STATUS OF MY 95 KICK........
« Reply #5 on: March 21, 2010, 05:10:51 PM »
OK GAS TANKS IN AND NOT LEAKING,AND WITH A LITTLE EXTRA HOSE, COUPLINGS, A CUT HERE AND THERE AND NOW THE BACKWARDS RADIATOR IS WORKING AND NO LEAKS  :P . BUT I DID BREAK THE WIRE OFF THE FUEL GAUGE TRIED TO SODDER IT BUT IT DIDN'T HOLD FOR LONG. GUESS ITS FILL AT EVERY 200 MILES GAUGE NOW. BUT HEY I'M RIDING AGAIN  ;D .
                                   MATTY D.
ZUKE MAY BE RUSTY BUT IT SURE IS TRUSTY!