What did you do to your Crossfire today?
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The conclusion is that it produces some real downforce, according to the factory service manual. I suspect it might also split the airflow and prevent some lift from being generated.
The SLK had a different body and so it had completely different aerodynamics - apples to oranges!
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I did that after Bike Week this year by forgetting to put down the kickstand
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A couple of years back I was working on the engine and messed up the clearcoat on one fender with a metal belt buckle.
ALWAYS USE A FENDER PROTECTOR WHEN DOING ENGINE WORK !
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It's likely not your pump or tank, it's your nozzle heads. They are heated, the plastic melts chocking of the fluids flow to the nozzle jets and hence no fluid. Take off the cowl, remove the nozzle heads, drill them out from the bottom (through the connector, reinstall them and presto, you have fluid flow. About an hour or so of work. Most time is to remove the cowl, then the nozzle heds, drilling the plastic (carefully and straight into the connector tube to open the channel again takes 10 seconds. Reinstall the cowl carfully (make sure to put it and windsheild sleave back carefully, and then you are done. Good luck.
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You still need to take off the cowl to pull the line loose. I wouldn't take off the cowl until I verified the pump was still working. That's easy enough but by trying the washer from the steering wheel stalk. If you hear it when you try it, the pump is working. There is no good / easy way or place to pull a line loose from the tank. I tried blowing air, running pipe cleaners, etc. for a number of years even knowing that the pump was working. I was ready to take of the wheel and the well assembly before I read about the nozzle jets melting. Do yourself a favor and if the pump is working and there is fluid in the tank, work on the jets.............
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Thanks for all the tips! Several years ago, tank was leaking @ the bottom of the pump. Cold glue attempt failed to bond to tank. Hot glue gun worked, till now, think I have new (slow) leak, so I have to check tank, also for possible "slime" plugging line. THNX again!
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I took my valve covers off and cleaned them. The task wasn`t as tough as I thought thanks to the forum and the many xf owerns that have posted. I will run my alabaste coupe to Galveston in an hour. Hope the leak is history.
Next headliner needs to be replaced a little sag in the rear.
Next headliner needs to be replaced a little sag in the rear.
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Spent a few hours this morning at the Rides on Monmouth Car Show in Newport Kentucky. Had previous lunch plans so I just pulled in and parked for a few hours, so I didn't register. Met a few nice people and heard nothing but great comments about the car. I put the Jeep in another show yesterday and i an thinking of taking the XF to the Quaker Steak Cruise-in this evening to round out the weekend.
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Got up and browsed Ebay this morning for Crossfire "stuff". Stumbled upon a brand new Xfire 3 piece touring luggage set I had been looking for for months! It is in it's original box with all 3 bags wrapped in plastic still and all tags attached. Looks awesome but most and for all the price really is AWESOME as the whole set only was $65! The guy had just posted it 3 minutes before I found it - otherwise I'm sure one of you would have snatched it up real quick
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Do you also do that with cheap engine oil, regular gasoline and tires??? Oh wait....Crossfire definitely knows that those things don't do him well!
Re: What did you do to your Crossfire today?
Got up and browsed Ebay this morning for Crossfire "stuff". Stumbled upon a brand new Xfire 3 piece touring luggage set I had been looking for for months! It is in it's original box with all 3 bags wrapped in plastic still and all tags attached. Looks awesome but most and for all the price really is AWESOME as the whole set only was $65! The guy had just posted it 3 minutes before I found it - otherwise I'm sure one of you would have snatched it up real quick