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There is seriously a gremlin in my engine bay that loosens bolts.
He has unscrewed bolts that hold the tranny to the block, he has taken out my motor mount shafts causing my rear motor mount to completly break, he loosened my IC piping, which caused three of them to pop off, unscrewed the bolt that holds my ignition wire ground to the metal, and finally on the way to san bernadino (a half hour drive) he actually completly unscrewed the bolt to my FUCKING BRAKE CALIPER. Not to mencion he keeps drinking my coolent.
Im gonna catch that gremlin one day and he will wish he was never born.

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Damn. That's one nasty gremlin you got there wandering around your engine bay. The one I have is just a tiny one that likes to drink coolant :D.

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Those were standard equipment on all DSMs.

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Red thread locker, It's a gremlin's worst nightmare ;)

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How much horse power are you putting out..??
that is how many litle green guys running around your engine bay..

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I dont like to guess, but i would say around 400. Hopefully, gawd i hope because if im not im gonna cry with all of the trouble ive had to deal with. Should get it on the dyno sometime soon.
Damn thats a lot of gremlins.
Seriously though, I have no idea why the fuck they are fucking with me that much. i mean SERIOUSLY A FUCKING BRAKE CALIPER BOLT!!! Luckly i was overheating at the time and needed to pull over because i hadnt noticed any problems until when i was stopping the car was shaking violently, i thought it was a problem with the motor thinking i had blown it, then as im sitting there waiting for my car to cool down with my friends, i was smokeing a cigarette and i looked down at the wheel and instantly a tear fell from my eye as i looked at my brake caliper rubbing against the inside of my wheel. Thankfully the dsm gods were on my side and i happened to have a bucket of bolts in my car and i just happened to have an extra bolt that fit perfectly, as i said before i was about 40 miles from my house and it was night time on the side of a busy highway.
Since then ive managed to slow down the coolent diet, fixed the leaks, and locktited any of the bolts that had been loose, but dsms have a lot of bolts and it seems that the gremlins have moved inside the car into the wireing as my car wont start because something is bad on the wires when i turn the car on everything will come on but when i try and start the car NOTHING happens. no clicking, doesnt even try to turn on. so now its 1am and im sitting here thinking as to how im planning on getting to work tomorrow, and if i should even bother walking out to the garage.
Just to add, All of the fuses are fine, one of the wires coming from the ignition gets really hot after trying to start it, and sometimes it trys to turn over but then stops.
SO CONFUSED.
My friend keeps telling me to go to home depot............................ to get a for sale sign. :(

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Sorry to hear about all your troubles; your friends might be right :( Once a DSM goes on the downward spiral there is no stopping it.

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I have some of those too! My AC tensioner bolt is missing and also the 2 Nuts on the alternator were missing too. Have no Idea where they went and I know I put them in! But those are not nearly as bad as yours.

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Did you torque them to spec :)

Sounds like your still having fun with dsm's. I agree with your friends though, go to home depot.

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Remove balance shafts, install lumpy cams, install stiffer motor mounts, watch car unbolt itself.

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Gremlins were a standard item included with the sale of all DSM's. Neither the dealer or the previous buyer tells you about them though. Mine loves to losen IC pipes and pull my plug wires sometimes.

Havn't lost a bolt yet, don't think mines grown up enough to start removing them. :rolleyes:

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That sucks Tom. You make it a Manual and what not. And its playing a trick on ya. But I have one in my wifes Van. It drinks Coolent then pukes it up.... I have not found were the leak is. It will do it like every other day.

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I think you are behind the times a bit.

I also thing that the things coming lose is the fault of those girly wrists of yours, Tom:) JK, you know I love them...

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its liek the dsm stigma, Modding goes up, reliabilty goes down.

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What car (or any object) doesn't that apply for?

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Civics, if your getting bad gas millage put a huge ass wing on there. Car will run like new.

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not to mencion wings add 200 horses to the wheels.

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God must hate you.

I was born in San Bernadino.

Sell your car. Buy and AWD AND a manual transmission.

That is all.

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Gremlins are usually named Tom, fyi ;).

Invest in Locktite stock.

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what are your mods on the car? I'm mostly just curious :)

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6bolt block
2g pistons
Stage 2 2g head
PTE 50 Trim
Ported Exhaust mani
Tial Wastegate
Greddy Type S bov
680cc injectors
DSMLink
3s Fuel Pump
Custom FMIC with 2.5" piping
ACT 2100 clutch
Fidenza Flywheel
3" Custom turboback exhaust
Forge UNOS boost controller
Tokico Struts
Magnacore Race Wires
I think im missing something but ill add later if i am.

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That's a nice list!

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too bad the car doesnt start, the gremlin got into the wires under the steering wheel and made a nest, and managed to mess something up under there, guess he was hungry. I managed to find a relay that was broken, but i think its the clutch switch thats messed up.
When i try and start the car nothing happens but if the car is in the on position it the radio will come on and everything is good. then i try and start, and nothing.

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Damn :( What are you driving in the meantime?

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I got all those and 14000 miles later still together, however i do have a front case gasket leaking gremlin..

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locite is your freind i had a few issues w/ that happening

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Think about this. Go try and start a different manual transmission car without pushing in the clutch (assuming they still use their neutral safety switch) and see what happens. It will do the exact shit you're talking about. Have you thought about disconnecting the neutral safety switch? It sounds like your car thinks your clutch is never pushed in ^^ It's a simple conecept. Unplug and be happy :) At least that's how it works on a 1g.. I'm not familiar with 2g's.

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Thats my exact thoughts, Heres the problem though, Its already bypassed, so before this whole thing happened i was able to start it without pushing in the clutch.
Can anyone verify if all i need to do is disconnect the switch? or does anyone have this done and know what all i need to check?