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 First Time I Open the Hood I Break Something
#404439
02/22/04 04:25 AM
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Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 11
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Need a Spot
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Hi guys, I bought a 93 T100 4x4 5sp back at the end of December, and finally got around to doing some basic maintenance on it today (Maybe that says a lot about what kind of mechanic I am, but lets not go there). Anyway, I was changing out the spark plugs and broke off part of some plastic *thingy*...there are three of them in a line just behind the EGR valve with lots of wires and hoses connected to them, three different colors (orange blue and green). I broke a little black cylinder off the bottom of the one nereast the front of the truck (no digicam=no pics, sorry). Went for a little cruise after I was finished and everything seemed to run fine so I figure no harm done, but I just wanted to ask the experts. Can somebody tell me what these things are, and what that little black part I broke off is? Should I be replacing it, and is it expensive? Otherwise the truck has been great so far!
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Re: First Time I Open the Hood I Break Something
[Re: hummer_1]
#404440
02/22/04 04:47 AM
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Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 75
Getting the Wheeling Fever
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Hey, you should have kept that to yourself. I posted a while back that I was having problems changing my spark plugs and every Mr Goodwrench on the board made fun of me for 3 days. I paid some guy at a tune up shop $50 to put mine in. It took him 30 minutes and I sat in the pub across the street and had a beer. Best $50 I ever spent. Hawg <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/oink.gif" alt="" />
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Re: First Time I Open the Hood I Break Something
[Re: hummer_1]
#404441
02/22/04 01:25 PM
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Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 2,157
Body Damage is Cool
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I would take the "thingy" into the dealer and have them order you a new one if they don't have it in stock. Waiting in a pub sounds good to me <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" />
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Re: First Time I Open the Hood I Break Something
[Re: hummer_1]
#404442
02/22/04 02:45 PM
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Joined: Apr 2001
Posts: 3,466
Roll Me Over
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Hi guys, I bought a 93 T100 4x4 5sp back at the end of December, and finally got around to doing some basic maintenance on it today (Maybe that says a lot about what kind of mechanic I am, but lets not go there). Anyway, I was changing out the spark plugs and broke off part of some plastic *thingy*...there are three of them in a line just behind the EGR valve with lots of wires and hoses connected to them, three different colors (orange blue and green). I broke a little black cylinder off the bottom of the one nereast the front of the truck (no digicam=no pics, sorry). Went for a little cruise after I was finished and everything seemed to run fine so I figure no harm done, but I just wanted to ask the experts. Can somebody tell me what these things are, and what that little black part I broke off is? Should I be replacing it, and is it expensive? Otherwise the truck has been great so far! sounds like an A/C idle up or similar. i'd have to see a pic or diagram. why doesn't somebody post up a pic from teh FSM of a 3.0V6. i know justin has one. then you can point out what you broke. you did better than hawg though. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> you'll know how to fix it when there is no mechanic and no pub close by.
Scott Landon
1995 T100 - total buildup underway
1988 4Runner (22RE, W56) - new DD
2005 Dodge CTD 4x4 - Tow Beast
1990 Spec Miata
2010 GT3
2013 E92 M3
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Re: First Time I Open the Hood I Break Something
[Re: surlynkid]
#404443
02/22/04 03:39 PM
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Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 75
Getting the Wheeling Fever
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I did manage to change the oil in the transmission, both diffs and the transfer case with Redline, as Surly suggested, so I'm not totally useless as a mechanic. I'm just better at sitting in the pub waiting for someone else to do it. Hawg <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/oink.gif" alt="" />
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 Re: First Time I Open the Hood I Break Something
[Re: hogula]
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02/22/04 11:41 PM
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Joined: Feb 2004
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OK I finally found it in the Hanes manual, it says its a vacuum switching valve for pulse air injection, something to do with emission controls. The little cyliner I broke off doesn't seem to do anything, so I cut it open. Inside was the tiniest little filter I've ever seen! By the looks of it, I'd say the black plastic is just a splash guard and its simply an air filter. The verdict is I'm leavin' it broken, and I'm off to the pub <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" />
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Re: First Time I Open the Hood I Break Something
[Re: hummer_1]
#404445
02/23/04 12:31 AM
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Joined: Apr 2001
Posts: 3,466
Roll Me Over
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OK I finally found it in the Hanes manual, it says its a vacuum switching valve for pulse air injection, something to do with emission controls. The little cyliner I broke off doesn't seem to do anything, so I cut it open. Inside was the tiniest little filter I've ever seen! By the looks of it, I'd say the black plastic is just a splash guard and its simply an air filter. The verdict is I'm leavin' it broken, and I'm off to the pub <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" /> vsv - about $10-15. i'd buy a new one, but it sounds like you and hog will be pounding down <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" />.
Last edited by surlynkid; 02/23/04 12:31 AM.
Scott Landon
1995 T100 - total buildup underway
1988 4Runner (22RE, W56) - new DD
2005 Dodge CTD 4x4 - Tow Beast
1990 Spec Miata
2010 GT3
2013 E92 M3
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