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I noticed today that my Peugeot isn't really properly stanced. Yes, the centre of the wheel is level with the sill. (This really should go in the hot hatch thread.) 
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Nidhg00670000 posted:(This really should go in the hot hatch thread.) So, its stolen, then?
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Viggen posted:I'm waiting 9 or so weeks for a trusted brand of electrolytic capacitors, though. Gee- I could get some super cheap ones from Asia on eBay for pennies, shipped! Yeah, no. Not when my eReputation is riding on it. I've had pretty good luck with badcaps.net. They're geared mostly toward replacement caps for computer components, so I don't know if they stock what you're looking for, but they might be worth a look. They carry most of the "good" brands, with no minimum order. They're also based in the US, out of Missouri, so shipping times are on the order of days, not weeks.
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Jul 18, 2014 05:57
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Just measure the height, diameter, pin spacing, read the voltage and capacitance plus temp rating off the old one, then order the same thing off digikey/mouser. Both are authorized distributors for everything they stock and US based. Not difficult, unless something is out of stock.
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How long did it take you guys to get comfortable wrenching under a car on jackstands? I'm pretty new to working on my own poo poo and it's weird.
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Jul 18, 2014 06:43
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Google Butt posted:How long did it take you guys to get comfortable wrenching under a car on jackstands? I'm pretty new to working on my own poo poo and it's weird.
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Jul 18, 2014 06:46
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InitialDave posted:Before getting under it, have a concentrated attempt to push it off them. Always make sure it's securely supported. This. I was weirded out the first time, comfortable enough now. Keep a phone on you when you're under the car.
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Jul 18, 2014 06:48
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I always have my floor jack right up to (but not actually taking any load from) the car after I settle it on the stands. Remember that jackstands are designed to work only on good surfaces - level, smooth concrete. Putting them on a surface that's angled much starts really reducing what they're capable of handling. Also, be wary of this style of stand:  I've seen more than a few of those fail. My old man had a set of them that were probably a decade older than me and I managed to get him to pitch them a while back.
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InitialDave posted:Before getting under it, have a concentrated attempt to push it off them. Always make sure it's securely supported. This, grab the car and shake like you're actually trying to knock it off the jack stands (which you are using of course). If it doesn't fall then, it won't fall on its own or when you bump it with your head.
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InitialDave posted:Paging Cakefool: Full swim gear, good seals and a recent service, that's a good price. Sadly he won't post it the 10 miles to my house  IOwnCalculus posted:I always have my floor jack right up to (but not actually taking any load from) the car after I settle it on the stands. Remember that jackstands are designed to work only on good surfaces - level, smooth concrete. Putting them on a surface that's angled much starts really reducing what they're capable of handling. So what type of stand should I be using?
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Cakefool posted:Full swim gear, good seals and a recent service, that's a good price. Sadly he won't post it the 10 miles to my house Try picking up a few of these to use. They're plenty cheap!  Note: Don't actually buy these.
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I never knew that about those stands. I only have one of those left, the rest have dissappeared. This is my first time having a garage to work in, so before my stands were always in dirt/gravel. I always leave the jack extended under the car, and if a wheel comes off, it goes under the car as well. If you rock it, it shouldn't really move. I only get weirded out if I'm torquing the crap out of a vertical bolt that could possibly shift the car. Cakefool, I think the ones posted are thin sheet metal with a tube and pin for the height, not a heavy cast "T" like most of the current ones. Edit: baller wtf is that? Try a BMW widowmaker instead!
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My driveway actually a very slight incline. Barely any but it's there. If I chock the wheels, try to push that fucker off the stands I should be good to go?
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Cakefool posted:So what type of stand should I be using? http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/cax-6tbc-6-ton-axle-stands
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Even if I'm just jacking up a corner of the car, I always have a stand and a jack, with the jack positioned ready to take the load of the car. When I'm going to be fully under the car, it's always two jackstands and the backup jack. I don't play around.
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^^^^^e: I have 6x 3-ton stands, I always put two on each side if I'm just jacking up one end, or one on each corner plus one under the engine and one under the diff if I'm putting both ends up. Tires under the car if any of them come off too. I don't gently caress around either.Cakefool posted:Full swim gear, good seals and a recent service, that's a good price. Sadly he won't post it the 10 miles to my house 4 legged stands. Those triangular ones are too easy to tip. Militant Lesbian fucked around with this message at 09:42 on Jul 18, 2014 |
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Jul 18, 2014 09:39
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Always tires under the car.
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Rode my motorcycle to and from work for the first time in a month or so yesterday. Somewhere along the 30mi round trip my oil tank cap seems to have gone a different direction. Oil all over the bike last night. angryhampster not happy.
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I hope you're doing okay STR. My one pug is turns 10 next month and I get a little worried about him sometimes. He still moves well and he's very lovable but I can tell he's starting to lose his hearing. He used to go crazy when people fired off fireworks during the fourth of July but this year he slept right through them. My other dog is kind of like your cat. He was abused at a puppy mill and left to die in the wild. He fights with my older dog (he's like 6 - 7 himself). He isn't well behaved and tries to bite me frequently. He's cute and kind of lovable too. He'll try to bite you and then he'll start following you around begging for food. Dogs are weird.
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Geirskogul posted:Always tires under the car. Came here to post this. Even if your stands are excellent and you are sure they wont move, a tyre under the car is your insurance becasue poo poo can and will happen. I'm in the habit of one on each side close to where I'm working. Ive seen that save someone's head - better to be scared than dead.
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Rawrl posted:I've had pretty good luck with badcaps.net. Wow. I had no idea these guys had a business plan that would enable them to exist after 2004. kastein posted:Not difficult, unless something is out of stock. Ding, ding, ding! It seems that nobody geared towards the hobbyist has these specific Panasonic caps in stock. Mouser has two variants of them, one is 8+ weeks out, and the other one is non-stock with a 6 week lead. DigiKey has 4,000 of them, but minimum order is 2,000 at $0.90/ea. Those prices are as bad as Ratshack.
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mariooncrack posted:I hope you're doing okay STR. My one pug is turns 10 next month and I get a little worried about him sometimes. He still moves well and he's very lovable but I can tell he's starting to lose his hearing. He used to go crazy when people fired off fireworks during the fourth of July but this year he slept right through them. More pet drama! (I've talked about this over in the healthcare stories thread) I have a cat with a bum leg. A few weeks ago, he got outside, and his dead/numb leg scraped the ground, and it got torn open. I've been doing my best to take care of the wound (as a 68W, I have a little wound care experience, but it ususally doesn't extend past debridement and initial day one care), but his leg got left wet during a dressing change two weeks ago, and that started a snowball rotting/infection event. Today, I got paid (finally), so I started calling around to different vets trying to figure out which one would be the At least I have enough to take him in tomorrow (squeezed in an appointment at 0815) and get him some antibiotics, but it'll probably be at least two to four weeks more until we have enough saved to actually get the leg removed. Hang in there, kitty  Rawrl posted:I've had pretty good luck with badcaps.net. T
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First day back at work, and I can't read this thread on my PC because the title contains the word 'Porno'
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gently caress this cold, day 7 and I am feeling well enough to actually get poo poo accomplished but nothing automotive. Its all the poo poo I have been putting off since this cold started. I hate being sick. I haven't had a cold this awful in... ages.
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blk posted:I use these, there's a lot less to fail Is the base on those as small as it looks? I'm pretty partial to using way "oversized" stands (like 12 ton) simply because the base is so much larger.
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Motronic posted:Is the base on those as small as it looks? I have a similar set and it's pretty good... Not as wide as the >5 ton stands, but decent. The nice part though is that it removes the teeth on the standard ones that can be a failure point. Ever since I read that thread a few years ago about the goon who gave his head a good squish under his car I've been kind of paranoid about jack failure. I actually tend to double up jacks and when removing wheels/tires I'll put them on their side under the car.
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Viggen posted:Wow. I had no idea these guys had a business plan that would enable them to exist after 2004. You don't need to replace with exactly the same part, though some people will care that much. Replacing electrolytic caps, the specs you need to follow are: Height: same or lower Diameter: same or lower Rated working voltage: same or higher ESR (effective series resistance): same or lower. If your original doesn't specify this, don't specify it either, then sort by ESR in the results and order the lowest ESR cap you feel like spending the money on. Capacitance: same or somewhat higher. 20-30% isn't going to hurt most applications where you'll find a bulging electrolytic. I wouldn't think twice about substituting a 470 for a 330, for instance. In fact it should actually help, if anything. Pin spacing: the same as original Stick with name brands (nichicon, rubicon, panasonic, et al) and you are fine. So just look up the original, write those specs down, then go into the parametric search again and select your specs (you can select multiples using ctrl/shift, as usual), check "in stock", select all packing options except the bulk options (basically do NOT select digi-reel, tape and reel, ammo box) and tell it you want to order ONE. You should get a list of what you can use.
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Motronic posted:Is the base on those as small as it looks? I do this as well although part of the reason is that I don't trust Chinese made anything to actually meet its spec. I've got four (two sets of) 6 ton stands and my safety margin assumes that each one is only good for half its rated capacity. So going by that each stand should be good for 1.5 tons which will more than cover any vehicle I'm likely to buy. If I could get the balance right one stand should be able to hold my whole Fit up by itself E: for anyone unaware stands sold in pairs are rated as a pair. So a pair of 6 ton stands are, when used together, supposed to be good for 6 tons. Individually they are only going to be half that. I then cut that number in half because I'm paranoid. Galler fucked around with this message at 18:15 on Jul 18, 2014 |
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The other thing about jackstands, is never use them on asphalt unless you put a thick piece of plywood under them. Asphalt is squishy and will flow. In fact, wasn't that what happened to the guy who got his head squished? Or was that another goon entirely? Wheels under the car as an emergency stop is also a good idea, and the last thing is to make sure the place you're putting them under the car isn't slick with undercoat as a lube. Good jackstands should be shaped so the car can't slip off of them anyway, but making sure it can't slip is important.
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kastein posted:You don't need to replace with exactly the same part, though some people will care that much. Yeah. I just like to use the same parts, so I can easily tell when someone is trying to defraud me. They've gone as far as to soak off my stickers and try to reglue them.. to get something for free that would have cost them $40 otherwise. Motronic posted:What specifically are you looking for? 10THB220M. Mouser just got them in today and dispatched mine. 
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LloydDobler posted:The other thing about jackstands, is never use them on asphalt unless you put a thick piece of plywood under them. Asphalt is squishy and will flow. In fact, wasn't that what happened to the guy who got his head squished? Or was that another goon entirely? I think head-squisher was using a hi-lift with not jack stands.
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Viggen posted:Yeah. I just like to use the same parts, so I can easily tell when someone is trying to defraud me. They've gone as far as to soak off my stickers and try to reglue them.. to get something for free that would have cost them $40 otherwise. According to my info Digikey has em for $2.74 each in qty1, 4k available, today. It's a reel of 4k but they're happy to sell them as onesies too. You save 23 cents each by ordering from Mouser, their qty1 price is $2.51. There doesn't appear to be a very good substitute available, but I only spent about 15 seconds searching for one. PS: if you need parts and have a specific part number in mind, go to https://www.octopart.com and enter the part number. Select your favorite authorized distributor that lists stock with an MOQ (min order qty) you can meet (they have an asterisk next to the name.) Order and wait. I do this poo poo literally all day at work while designing embedded system modules and sensor interfaces, so I'm pretty used to it.
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Rhyno posted:I think head-squisher was using a hi-lift with not jack stands.
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kastein posted:There doesn't appear to be a very good substitute available, but I only spent about 15 seconds searching for one. I figured you'd have something useful to interject. I'm passively lazy after spending what was it - two days trying to figure a proper waterproof insulated plug for something a year or so ago, so Mouser is my first stop, then digi-key. Finally, if really hard up we have a once good, now poo poo semi-local place. I'm not going to burn 4 gallons of gas to get a loving capacitor, though, unless one hell of a client depends on it. I think I was trying to help Motronic (before his wife kicked him out to live in the garage). Try reasoning that one out in your head. Viggen helping Motronic. Somehow, my HF 1/2" click torque wrench died some time between when I unwound it following the oil change last week (yeah not going to start that derail), and when I went to use it yesterday. No click for 19ft/lbs, and I'm starting to physically strain? Yeah, no. gently caress you, HF torque wrench. I'll use your 1/4" little brother, instead.
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You are sometimes moderately helpful.
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Motronic posted:You are sometimes moderately helpful. Ditto.  v- Shoulda bought that S2000. Or that other S2000. Or that other one. Or that Volvo. Or that Kia. Or whichever $(randomize(blk_wish_list)) it was the last time. West SAAB Story fucked around with this message at 20:04 on Jul 18, 2014 |
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The Miata is becoming quite the fixer-upper. I need to: Purchase new front bumper cover ($350) and have painted ($300) Replace rear wheels to fix vibration at certain speeds (they apparently a little untrue and the tire guys balanced them the best they could, they're about 95% there) ($350) Install the new fuel filler and vent hoses I got to try and fix the gas smell in the trunk ($125) Replace the speedo cable to fix speedo shake (  )And now replace the AC compressor (haven't got a quote yet but I'm guessing $600) That would put me into the car for a little over 6 grand. It'd be in great shape at that point, just not sure if it's worth it since I don't know how long I'll be keeping it - I want to move up to something else once I buy a house, hopefully in 1-2 years).
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