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Used DSMs
As some of you know, I bought my third DSM from a kid named Blake. Apparently, Blake has quite a reputation around here with some folks from DSMStyle. Anyways, I bought my red 92 Talon with a quite a few bolts on installed. Today, as I tore the car apart to do the timing belt (he didnt have records of doing, so its piece of mind for me), headgasket, and some other items, I found a bunch of silly stuff. The turbo bolts were not tight at all, nor were the exhaust manifold nuts. There was NO BOLT IN THE FRONT MOTOR MOUNT, essentially making it useless. There was just a bunch of stupid little shit I found that made me shake my head. It just made me ponder how the car had put it together in the past. But then I realized he told me Rick Shindley did most of the work for him. Go figure. At least now everything is to my liking, and I'm fixing shit that might have gone unnoticed. Wish me luck on that t-belt! Hell I even had to fabricate a tool to take the timing cover bolt out from behind the waterpump wheel the pulley bolts to. It has been fun so far! Just a few cut knuckles and the head is off.
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