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Horrible Driver failure happened near where I live. Looks like he tried to make that turn without cutting it to the left first.  https://maps.google.com/maps?q=wind...321.12,,0,13.27 Street view link doesn't show how steep the incline is or how deep the ditch is on that side.
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It turned out to be a pain in the rear end to find a picture of Subaru's solution. You can see where the spare went; right on top.
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Aug 24, 2012 00:12
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I had a girlfriend in high school who drove an 89 Subaru somethingorother. First time I looked under the hood I couldn't believe it.
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Aug 24, 2012 00:31
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Tire chat: My S2000 has a donut, so I have to move one of the front wheels to the back if I want the diff to not eat itself. Sounds fun jacking the car up twice, but for some reason I still prefer it to a can of fix-a-flat. One rare occurrence that sealant wouldn't really help with is if you totally destroy the tire or wheel and need something new to roll on.
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Aug 24, 2012 00:39
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Holy crap. Spare tires suck in one way or another. We get it. How does a gallon plus of diesel in your cooling system sound as a failure? Something's amiss...  Yummy! Butterscotch pudding!.. that's been left in the sun for a while.  I guess Ford 7.3s have a history of cracking the fuel injector cups in the heads and pumping fuel into the coolant passages.
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Aug 24, 2012 02:32
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Don't text and pull out of your driveway at the same time, like my neigbour three doors down did. Fun fact: Fire hydrants are hard.  It ain't even mad.
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Aug 24, 2012 04:10
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Good thing too, fire hydrants are pricey as hell to replace.
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Aug 24, 2012 04:28
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PainterofCrap posted:Don't text and pull out of your driveway at the same time, like my neigbour three doors down did. uninsured loving rear end in a top hat hydrants.
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Aug 24, 2012 04:34
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Is that hydrant picture after the impact? Because drat not a loving scratch.
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Aug 24, 2012 04:35
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I don't think that hydrant is properly painted to code, he should sue the city.
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Aug 24, 2012 04:37
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Chinatown posted:Is that hydrant picture after the impact? Because drat not a loving scratch. Well, there's one:  and she beat up the curbing a little...
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Aug 24, 2012 04:40
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Oh, well, but GTA taught me that if you run over it you get a sweet geyser.
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Aug 24, 2012 04:43
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Plinkey posted:I don't think that hydrant is properly painted to code, he should sue the city. Fun trivia: the color of a hydrant's body, top, and caps gives fire fighters information about (roughly) how much water (pressure and GPM) a given hydrant is capable of supplying. http://www.firehydrant.org/info/hycolor.html But yeah, that one needs to be repainted.
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Aug 24, 2012 04:52
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some texas redneck posted:Fun trivia: the color of a hydrant's body, top, and caps gives fire fighters information about (roughly) how much water (pressure and GPM) a given hydrant is capable of supplying. Fun story: The high school here thought it would be a fun idea to paint all the hydrants in town up as bears or some poo poo as a class project. The fun part: The city, apparently, approved this proposal without actually contacting the fire department about it, so the first fire they rolled up to after that they didn't know what the gently caress. City wouldn't ruin the student's work by repainting them, either.
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Aug 24, 2012 05:17
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Boy it sure would be a shame if the fire truck knocked a few of them over leaving a scene.
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Aug 24, 2012 05:21
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Javid posted:Fun story: The high school here thought it would be a fun idea to paint all the hydrants in town up as bears or some poo poo as a class project. The fun part: The city, apparently, approved this proposal without actually contacting the fire department about it, so the first fire they rolled up to after that they didn't know what the gently caress. City wouldn't ruin the student's work by repainting them, either. Weird, we did the same thing in high school for one of my friends eagle project. Every hydrant was red body, silver caps. So I guess they fire dept would think they all suck.
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Aug 24, 2012 06:08
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Not everyone is following that... every hydrant around here is top to bottom red.
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Aug 24, 2012 06:14
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`Nemesis posted:Not everyone is following that... every hydrant around here is top to bottom red. Maybe they're all the same rating? That's cool though, I didn't know there was supposed to be a color code. My only fire hydrant story was when some high school buddies grabbed one that was soon-to-be installed in front of a new Walmart and brought it to class. They put clothes on it and pretended it was a student.
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Aug 24, 2012 06:52
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I had a friend who's older brother stole a hydrant from a housing development for no real reason. That thing was HEAVY as hell, though. I can see why they wouldn't flinch from being bumped by a car.
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Aug 24, 2012 07:14
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At the last city I lived in, hydrant colors differed between neighborhoods. My neighborhood's was black and yellow.
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Aug 24, 2012 07:16
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Joe Mama posted:I guess Ford 7.3s have a history of cracking the fuel injector cups in the heads and pumping fuel into the coolant passages. Better than the alternative, which is pumping coolant into the fuel passages... and better than the alternative 6.ohno, which is great for stretching head bolts from what I hear!
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Aug 24, 2012 10:00
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Maker Of Shoes posted:It turned out to be a pain in the rear end to find a picture of Subaru's solution.  The spare generally looks about as nasty as that too. It is a lot more difficult with the wheels they put on modern cars though - my mothers little Suzuki Swift has 16" wheels and there simply isn't any room for even a space saver let alone a full sized spare.
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Aug 24, 2012 12:04
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dissss posted:
That's a really odd carb manifold on that engine. No subaru in the US ever came with a twin carb setup like that, only very few models in japan did. I wish I could fit a full size spare under the hood of mine, but my tires are gigantic and don't come close to fitting. Instead it just eats trunk space.
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Aug 24, 2012 12:15
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Joe Mama posted:Holy crap. Spare tires suck in one way or another. We get it. Yeah, Ford diesels have had a history of sordid issues...
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Aug 24, 2012 17:07
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Copied from the nasioc mechanic bitching thread: That's all of 'em!
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Aug 24, 2012 18:42
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Engine are you ok, are you ok? Engine are you ok? Are you ok engine? You've been hit by You've been struck by A smooth piston crown.
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Aug 24, 2012 18:50
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Copied from the nasioc mechanic bitching thread: What do you mean I was supposed to change the timing belt 
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Aug 24, 2012 19:18
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some texas redneck posted:What do you mean I was supposed to change the timing belt Mine was "what do you mean we should have replaced the balance shaft belt too?"
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Aug 24, 2012 19:48
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Valves, with swagger.
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Aug 24, 2012 23:15
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 Not sure if it's a horrible mechanical failure or a horrible tow truck driver failure.
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Aug 24, 2012 23:24
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some texas redneck posted:
How did anybody not hear the carnage going on back there? 
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MiniFoo posted:How did anybody not hear the carnage going on back there? Toby Keith blasting at eleven on the stereo?
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Aug 25, 2012 02:46
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If you didn't hear it you would feel it.. if hitting the gas even caused the car to move anymore. I'm betting tow fail.
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Aug 25, 2012 05:52
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Supposedly it was a RWD car towed with the rear wheels on the ground with the car in park. No idea what kind of car it is/was, but that's gonna be a few  to fix..Based on what I read about it, I'm gonna guess the car was dragged in park and the tires were hopping/skidding until something expensive broke.. allowing the driveshaft to flail about like someone losing their virginity. e: I found it on reddit's justrolledintotheshop 
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Aug 25, 2012 06:48
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some texas redneck posted:Supposedly it was a RWD car towed with the rear wheels on the ground with the car in park. Somebody give that park pawl a loving medal, goddamn.
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Aug 25, 2012 06:50
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I don't believe that, something else had to go... Park pawls are not that strong.
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Aug 25, 2012 06:51
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IOwnCalculus posted:I don't believe that, something else had to go... Park pawls are not that strong. That appears to be a manual transmission to me. derp! it says trans cooler in the link 
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Copied from the nasioc mechanic bitching thread:
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I've heard many a firefighter say how much they love getting a chance to do this: Longinus00 posted:Is this a porsche specific complaint? I would think that all low riding sports cars would need low profile jacks. Just be happy you don't have an expensive enough porsche to worry about center locking wheels I guess. grover fucked around with this message at 14:06 on Aug 25, 2012 |
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grover posted:I've heard many a firefighter say how much they love getting a chance to do this: That famous E30 firehose picture. First seen on Netscape Navigator. 
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