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Wolfsbane posted:I think it's the Iowa: It probably is the Iowa, which is parked in San Pedro California (LA Harbor) now. Hence the palm trees. http://goo.gl/maps/0hDus
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 Is morgan now.
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Swift GT engine: Not every failure has to be spectacular.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Swift GT engine: Seen the exact same with our old a Geo Metro. Also I found the valves in the oilpan. Things went badwrong.
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Apparently someone on Reddit took pictures of something Sock touched; http://imgur.com/a/sPeQJ
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EKDS5k posted:Alright, I keep lurking in this thread but I finally remembered to take pictures so now I actually have content. Just needs a new head and a quick check on the connecting rods, maybe one new piston.
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Kotaru posted:Apparently someone on Reddit took pictures of something Sock touched; http://imgur.com/a/sPeQJ Sometimes I start thinking that I want to live farther north, to escape the heat and general bigotry of the south. Then I see stuff like that and decide that I can deal with regressive assholes for a few more years.
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Fixing cars up here is all about using half a can of PB Blast,then apply heat, smash with hammer, apply huge gently caress off ply bar, impact hammer, by now the bolt is completely hosed so you cut, patch and weld find parts that got damaged collaterally at junk yard. Gotta love book times that never take any of this into consideration.
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Had this one in the shop recently:  Pulled the trans:   Found several more cracks and little holes in the bellhousing. Catastrophic throwout bearing failure. Exploding bearing pieces got trapped between the pressure plate and the bellhousing.
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CommieGIR posted:Just needs a new head and a quick check on the connecting rods, maybe one new piston. Not pictured: medium to deep gouges up and down all of the cylinders.
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Mar 17, 2014 19:48
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EKDS5k posted:Not pictured: medium to deep gouges up and down all of the cylinders. Oh, yeah its done.
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Mar 17, 2014 19:49
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EKDS5k posted:Not pictured: medium to deep gouges up and down all of the cylinders. you are a mechanical failures cocktease
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Kotaru posted:Apparently someone on Reddit took pictures of something Sock touched; http://imgur.com/a/sPeQJ Looks like my golf. Exhaust decided to free itself.  Haven't fixed it yet because I'm having a really hard timing caring about a 2L Mk4. I want to get rid of it so badly.
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Not mine: I think braking performance has been compromised at this point.
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Mar 17, 2014 22:06
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Turn it into a wall clock however and you have an awesome conversation piece.
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Driver reports that car makes fillings fall out under braking. States that brakes were done not that long ago, must be suspension or something
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Mar 17, 2014 22:24
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heyou posted:Had this one in the shop recently: I'll bet it was one of the cheap ones that have a plastic body.
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heyou posted:Had this one in the shop recently: My dad had this happen with a <600 mile old Centerforce clutch on his '01 Z28, when one of the weights came off and went rocketing through the bellhousing. Most expensive 'free' clutch ever.
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Crustashio posted:Haven't fixed it yet because I'm having a really hard timing caring about a 2L Mk4. I want to get rid of it so badly. Possibly the most uninspiring engine to drive. Ever. I sold mine for that reason alone. I'd buy another, TURBO, Golf/GTI in a heartbeat tho.
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  Transmission from a Holden Cruze,the boxy faux SUV ones.
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Slavvy posted:I'll bet it was one of the cheap ones that have a plastic body. I believe it was, but I don't think that's why it let go. Guy said he hit a curb, and had to pump the clutch to shift afterwards. His slave cylinder piston was almost frozen, it would actually go into gear normally after I replaced it. I warned him I felt a vibration in the clutch pedal when shifting, and there was probably some severe throwout bearing wear. That was a Friday, car came back on the rollback with the hole on Tuesday. It was then he told me that he'd been driving around pumping the clutch 2-3 to,es every time he needed to shift for a MONTH. No wonder the thing exploded, the pieces I could find of the bearing were blue from the heat. Pilot bearing was smoked, and there's a nice egg shaped wear pattern on the pressure plate fingers. It had to have been making some terrible noises and vibrations before it gave up. And since I seem to have started a holed drivetrain component streak, there's this one:  Lincoln MKZ Rear Diff. This one I saved, it's sitting in my "Display Case of Mechanical Failures". I'll post the Mini supercharger I have tomorrow, that's an awesome one. That customer somehow managed to lose a 1/4" screw driver bit down the intake. He made it 30 miles before it jammed between the rotors and the case.
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How did hitting a curb (presumably with the wheels) gently caress the slave cylinder that much?
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Seat Safety Switch posted:How did hitting a curb (presumably with the wheels) gently caress the slave cylinder that much? You tell me. That was the story he told me, and the insurance company. They covered slave cylinder and the exploding TB. No idea how he pulled that off.
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Perhaps he "hit the curb" while trying to drift by doing repeated clutch kicks and the thing finally seized up on him?
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Pug Smugly posted:
What's the story on this? One wheel stuck in mud or something?
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Not real sure, I wasn't driving it. It is a rural area so it's possible.
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tater_salad posted:Driver reports that car makes fillings fall out under braking. Like they loving notice anything other than "drat brakes squealing..."
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 Story goes that the police car was being transported on the trailer. A tank slapper ensued, and the trailer broke free at the coupling, hitting opposing traffic. But good job on the tie downs.
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 The Aviation Herald posted:Accident: Delta B752 near Atlanta on Mar 16th 2014, dropped upper wing panel in flight
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Bert, back in Orlando, is sitting at the bar fingering a couple extra bolts in his pocket. "Well poo poo, where did these come from?"
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"Stolen Viper found in parking lot stripped" No doubt to feed the burgeoning market for fiberglass fenders and bumpers. 
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Throatwarbler posted:"Stolen Viper found in parking lot stripped" The thieves didn't strip it. The thieves did half the work of turning it into an AWESOME go-kart.
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You'd think that they'd take some of the better parts like the wheels or.something, I imagine that the engine may be hard to take out.
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Yeah if they don't want it, I'll take it.
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Throatwarbler posted:"Stolen Viper found in parking lot stripped" Who else thinks it looks better like this?
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ShittyPostmakerPro posted:Who else thinks it looks better like this? I'm on that boat.
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Gives it a bit of an Ariel Atom vibe, which is a good thing. Just needs to shed even more body panels and that pesky windshield to really seal the deal.
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This is me approximately one minute after leaving my garage in GTA V.
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I wish they'd dump it near me so I could grab the wiring harness, ECU, engine, and transmission.
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Throatwarbler posted:"Stolen Viper found in parking lot stripped" Not shocked. Those front ends are amazingly loving expensive. 5k or more, at least for the older models. Its a pretty lucrative market, between what they're worth and how often people dong them into poo poo.
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