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I spent hours flushing the old rusty coolant out of my car, and now that the insides aren't coated in rust the radiator leaks from where the plastic end tanks meet the aluminum middle section. gently caress Bonus nasty coolant pics:  
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Got a second hand set of All Terrains fitted onto my steel rims and put them on today. Means Im not going to destroy my $400 a corner Toyo Mud terrains on the 110km a day commute too and from work
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Oct 31, 2014 04:50
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Viggen posted:Does it explain what the hell Ric Ocasek Jr is doing with an intercooler? Well, he was the lead singer for The Cars.
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Viggen posted:Does it explain what the hell Ric Ocasek Jr is doing with an intercooler? Possibly, it's not like I ever read it.
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Oct 31, 2014 21:55
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I bought my rides new accommodations. The under-house garage comfortably fits two cars end-to-end as well as having the workshop area and enough room to store lawn equipment, snow blowers, etc. on the side. The detached garage fits one large SUV comfortable with several feet on each side to walk around.   Accompanied by some more room to spread out. The only neighbor you can see is actually a tree farm.   Edit: Don't go full size on the panoramas unless you have 5 monitors side by side. Imperador do Brasil fucked around with this message at 02:23 on Nov 1, 2014 |
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Nov 1, 2014 02:21
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Hey guys you remember those power steering recalls on Cobalts, G5s, HHRs, etc several years ago? The one that they just recently changed from a TSB to a recall on the Ion, despite it being the exact same part? I'm going to have popeye arms by the end of the week. Even at 70 mph you need almost Herculean strength to even negotiate a curve, and I was actually lifting myself out of the seat turning into my neighborhood. I get the feeling I'm fighting both the rack and the motor.
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Nov 1, 2014 08:13
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Broke the Niva... I think. it's surprisingly hard to tell. Had to do a mad dash all over town before closing trying to find a goddamn cake board. I wailed on it a little too hard I think and now various parts are making all sorts of groaning, tinkling, grinding and thunking. still drives about the same though. Tough little bastard it is.
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Imperador do Brasil posted:I bought my rides new accommodations. The under-house garage comfortably fits two cars end-to-end as well as having the workshop area and enough room to store lawn equipment, snow blowers, etc. on the side. The detached garage fits one large SUV comfortable with several feet on each side to walk around. Your propane is at a rather jaunty angle!
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Nov 1, 2014 09:03
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Ferremit posted:Your propane is at a rather jaunty angle! And the deck above it is all jagged. I blame the iPhone panorama stitching software.
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Nov 1, 2014 12:23
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Put it away. I'm still amazed it fits even though I've done it a few times now.
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Nov 1, 2014 21:07
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I plastidipped my WRX today. Before  During  After (Still need to do some touch up work) 
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Replaced one of the rear wheel hubs on my ZX2. Most of the time was spent fighting with these loving lugs:  Because of the shape they don't fit any of my lug wrenches, and the one that was close enough to turn them was too big to fit into the recess in the wheel so I had to hammer the loving thing in there to get the lugs loose. The rest was pretty easy by comparison. New hub in place:  Old hub:   Changing out that hub got rid of that loud whining/howling sound the car made at speed. I've got another new hub for the other side but didn't have time to swap it tonight.
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Nov 2, 2014 02:52
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SperginMcBadposter posted:Replaced one of the rear wheel hubs on my ZX2. That's a security nut, there should be a special socket for it somewhere. They're supposed to be left in the glove box or by the spare/jack, but previous owners are idiots. In the future, take it to a tire shop and ask the guy to take it off and replace it with a normal nut. They usually have a large collection of keys for that kind of thing.
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Raluek posted:That's a security nut, there should be a special socket for it somewhere. They're supposed to be left in the glove box or by the spare/jack, but previous owners are idiots. In the future, take it to a tire shop and ask the guy to take it off and replace it with a normal nut. They usually have a large collection of keys for that kind of thing. Haha really? Well they don't even work because I got them all out with the 17mm end of a lug wrench.
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SperginMcBadposter posted:Haha really? Well they don't even work because I got them all out with the 17mm end of a lug wrench. That's basically business as usual for security lugs. Other methods of removal involve hammering on a cheap-rear end socket and throwing out the whole thing after getting it off, but they're usually pretty bad at actually securing your wheels. Glad to see your noise is fixed 
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Nov 2, 2014 03:15
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Replaced the bulbs on my ranger with silvania silverstars. Took off the idle air control valve and hosed it hard with some cleaner to get all the carbon out.
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Nov 2, 2014 03:17
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SperginMcBadposter posted:Haha really? Well they don't even work because I got them all out with the 17mm end of a lug wrench. Yeah as mentioned, security lug nuts are fairly easy to defeat. They're basically intended to make a would-be thief skip your car in search of lower hanging fruit. If someone wants your wheels badly enough you can't really stop them short of parking your car in a secure garage.
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SperginMcBadposter posted:Replaced one of the rear wheel hubs on my ZX2. These might be some of the best photographs of wrenching on poo poo I've ever seen posted, well done. e; not sarcasm
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Terrible Robot posted:These might be some of the best photographs of wrenching on poo poo I've ever seen posted, well done. They're very artistically lit.
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Nov 2, 2014 20:34
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Sort of fixed the power steering. Went to pull the fuse out. Noticed it was kinda melted, and lifted right out with no resistance. New fuse dropped right in, didn't feel any resistance at all. Used a key to bend the prongs in the socket out a bit. Fuse is now tight. PS still cuts out time to time, I need to get off my rear end and get it fixed.
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some texas redneck posted:Sort of fixed the power steering. just stick an auto resetting breaker in there instead and enjoy gaining and losing power steering at random intervals. Safe.
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I think circuit breakers are common for window motors. If they're frozen with ice or whatever it'll just trip that. Once the breaker cools and closes the circuit you'll have power windows again, assuming the mechanical resistance of frozen shut windows has gone. Can someone tell me if this is my fault? Pulling into the driveway after an autocross I heard my front sway bar snap. This is a hollow 22mm Strano bar. Did it snap because it's hollow, or did I gently caress something up?  
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Nov 2, 2014 23:11
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They don't usually snap unless them've been damaged. Was it crushed or hit by something?
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Motronic posted:They don't usually snap unless them've been damaged. Was it crushed or hit by something? No. It was on the car when I bought it, but I just installed coilovers. Those came with shortened endlinks and I rotated the bar up to meet them, maybe I should have disconnected and re-greased it, but it didn't seem to be binding at the event.
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Nov 2, 2014 23:26
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Motronic posted:They don't usually snap unless them've been damaged. Was it crushed or hit by something? Some of the early Cobb bars would snap because they had a dimple from the pipe bender that would catch a nice pool of salt water like a bowl during the winter. After that, any rock chip is basically an excuse to weaken the bar at a nearly-ninety-degree bend and snappo. Source: This bar sitting in my garage waiting for Slung Blade to turn it into knives: 
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I put it away.
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Chriskory posted:I think circuit breakers are common for window motors. If they're frozen with ice or whatever it'll just trip that. Once the breaker cools and closes the circuit you'll have power windows again, assuming the mechanical resistance of frozen shut windows has gone. Two things jump out at me: - looking at the bottom edge of the bar in your second period the fractured surface looks rusty. This would point to a preexisting crack. - the profile of the bar looks quite squished, which would mean that there could be stress risers introduced from forming that would contribute to my first point, and are in line with what SSS posted: I.e. a small imperfection leads to a bigger one etc
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This is probably terrible car poo poo, but it's my own car.  These are my winters, which I think look gnarly.  It's blaze plastidip, which does not peel off near as easy as the internet would have you believe. I tried to use note cards around the lip but they wouldn't stay in so I said screw it. Turns out this tire has a ton of little ridges (like a file or something) so it got stuck in those and wouldn't peel as one huge sheet. What a pain in the rear end. Suburban Dad fucked around with this message at 23:14 on Nov 3, 2014 |
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Timmy Cruise posted:Two things jump out at me: Took the words right out of my mouth. Between the rust (a rust pockmark in the surface of the bar is an excellent stress riser) and the fact that the breakage clearly radiated out from the rusty spot, there's the cause of your failure. Keep your springs, torsion bars, and sway bars painted, especially at points of high stress. Rust and pitting are to be avoided.
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Upgraded to an alloy radiator in my scrubber skyline with barely any swearing. Old crap plastic tank:  Side by side safety shoes:  Alloy tank in:  Bonus 'Open ya Bastard' from the creators of 'Start ya Bastard': 
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 Oh any type of beer I'd guess.
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Australia is like America's cool cousin that everyone wants to hang out with (until the wildlife appears and everyone runs for the hills, that is.)
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Fucknag posted:Australia is like America's cool cousin that everyone wants to hang out with (until the wildlife appears and everyone runs for the hills, that is.) ..until they get liquored up and they start slurring about how dark the neighborhood is getting.
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Viggen posted:..until they get liquored up and they start slurring about how dark the neighborhood is getting. I did say they're America's cousin.
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kastein posted:Took the words right out of my mouth. Sent Sam Strano an email and the photos, he wrote back "It seems a batch of bad tube is the cause." I didn't buy it from him (it was on the car when I got it) but he seems like may take care of it. Not that it comes with some unlimited warranty or something. The shortened endlinks for my coilovers might had added some strain too, but I'm assured it ain't my fault.
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tobu posted:
A company I previously worked for gave out logoed versions of those years ago. Was my absolute favorite bottle opener. So easy to use after you'd had a couple. The problem was they were prone to breakage. We experienced about a 50% failure rate after <10 bottles opened. I had one that lasted 3 years. It was a sad, sad day when that finally gave up the ghost. I picked up a Gropener during a kickstarter. While it's easy to use and always handy with that magnet, it's not the same.
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New gas cap. I got sick of my car throwing bullshit codes.
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Laughed hysterically while a 12x6 inch chunk of clearcoat flapped wildly on my hood, then tore off and flew away on the highway. The guy behind me flipped me off, pretty sure he thought I threw a plastic bag out the window. I'm not sure if it is a factory hood or a bad paintjob on a replacement panel sometime in the past, but either way, I need to get one with the same paint color off a junkyard car sooner rather than later. This one looks like rear end. Also ran a new passenger front brake hardline on my dad's Ranger and removed the rest of the rusty bits from the front frame+crossmember area. Reconstruction begins tonight.
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kastein posted:Laughed hysterically while a 12x6 inch chunk of clearcoat flapped wildly on my hood, then tore off and flew away on the highway. The guy behind me flipped me off, pretty sure he thought I threw a plastic bag out the window. We had that happen to my parents' Caravan in the 90s, although it was colour and clearcoat. Big sheet of it (like a 3x4 feet chunk) just came right off the roof at highway speeds.
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