I replaced my oil cap gasket (which was pretty hard) and upper engine mount (rubber insert moved freely inside). Now I'm thinking I need to do the strut brace mounts as they seemed pretty soft–or is this normal? Also thinking of swapping out the rear shocks. Does anyone know if I need a spring comp...

Little bit of sludge on sides of dipstick tube? If coolant level and oil level are stable , I’d ignore that.

30 Nm for the upper column to Uj, new bolt and nut required

20 Nm for the rAck to coupler , new locknut required

Quick addition for these parts. The top joint has a critical safety function of breaking in a front end collision , preventing column forces from being transmitted up to the driver chest.

Part numbers, diagram

Another option, but not as cheap as tape (or film). Heck it is close to the price of a TYC headlight ... "Great For Re-Plating Headlight Reflectors" https://www.amazon.com/E-Z-Way-Restoration-Products-Silverplater/dp/B00HFER3AE It’s easy to put down a layer of silver but it has to be opti...

United Fight Club...

Shoot a recording of it maybe someone can recognize it.

6 seconds, then 12 seconds....hmmmmm

User orangex has a really good YouTube on this showing the right position clearly.

I think s/he is peppermint on the YouTube channel. Sounds like a guy but we can identify how ever we wish today can’t we? Things I learned from my 10 year old.

Coolant level and the oil level

Keep your foot out of the pedal and drive it like it’s loved until you sort it out

Sorry, I thought you preferred patties over links

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