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oem mitsubishi spec engineering right there.
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jamal posted:Some evo "shop" in socal thought this was an appropriate way to install an aftermarket fuel pump that didn't fit in the stock housing: The level of incompetence there is so dense and multi-layered, impressive!
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Aug 21, 2015 07:03
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Slavvy posted:The level of incompetence there is so dense and multi-layered, impressive! And there's mitsubishi's slogan!
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Aug 21, 2015 07:18
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Hey at least whoever did that chose wire with insulation that is clearly fuel resistant.
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Aug 21, 2015 09:04
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Load-bearing At least it should reduce vibration transfer to the rest of the vehicle!
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Aug 21, 2015 18:03
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Well, you know what they say - If it's stupid and it works, it's not stupid! Did it work?
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Aug 21, 2015 19:48
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No. Wasn't working right on the dyno. The hose was kinked and not e85 compatible.
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Aug 21, 2015 19:50
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I am honestly shocked that a shop that thought generic ground wire was good to hold a fuel pump in would do such a terrible thing.
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Aug 21, 2015 19:52
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jamal posted:No. Wasn't working right on the dyno. The hose was kinked and not e85 compatible. But the mounting wasn't to blame? I call that a SUCCESS!!! If anyone's looking to have an aftermarket FP fitted to their Evo, give me a call!
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Aug 21, 2015 20:00
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The new 
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Aug 21, 2015 21:07
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NoWake posted:The new fuel pump didn't have a spot for the old level sender to clip in, so I lashed it to the pump with a handful of zip ties. This was four or five years ago and it's still going strong. Bomba De Gasolina! Protip, use the stainless zip ties in fuel, they last forever. I've seen the Nylon ones just get brittle and turn to dust when exposed to diesel, and I imagine that Gasoline would be worse.
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Aug 21, 2015 21:08
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Why didn't you just twist some random wire around to hold it on like the pros do?
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Aug 21, 2015 21:33
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sharkytm posted:Bomba De Gasolina! Its bomba de explosivo. EXPLOSION PUMP. 
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Aug 21, 2015 21:35
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Elmnt80 posted:Its bomba de explosivo. EXPLOSION PUMP. Well, duh... Do you want the explosions to happen right here or somewhere farther away?
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Aug 21, 2015 21:46
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14 INCH SLIT posted:Right in the middle of an incredibly busy day with everything I was using thrown half asset into the top of the cart. To get down to the truck ramp at our shop, you A have to find someone to carry your cart down 7 steps, or roll your poo poo down the parking lot which has a hill, and a huge crack across the middle of it. I think you know where this is going.
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Aug 22, 2015 15:37
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Preoptopus posted:I think you know where this is going. Over onto it's side?
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Aug 22, 2015 15:48
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crawling under cars looking for your sockets that rolled down the hill and into oblivion
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Aug 22, 2015 23:43
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NO NOT THE STORM DRAIN!
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Aug 25, 2015 02:22
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*works under hood *drops socket *TINK TINK TINK *waits for noise of socket hitting concrete *waits
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Aug 25, 2015 02:39
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*search for half an hour *give up *finish job *start engine *hear fan hit socket *hear sound of plastic blades in a blender *shut engine off *lay head on steering wheel and sob gently.
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Aug 25, 2015 02:43
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My coworker told me a story about how he lost his wedding ring down an exhaust heat shield and got to listen to the sound of his failure on every commute for three years before, he assumed, it finally fell out.
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Aug 25, 2015 02:52
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Powershift posted:*search for half an hour I had a socket disappear on me once. Weeks later, I was driving down the interstate when I heard a soft crack followed immediately by a loud ping, I looked in my rearview in time to see a chrome flash arch through the air behind me.
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Aug 25, 2015 02:53
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"Hello Geico? Yeah, I was on the interstate and some big fuckin' metal thing came outta nowhere and smacked me right in the windshield." "... Bigger than a dollar bill."
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Aug 25, 2015 02:56
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tactlessbastard posted:I had a socket disappear on me once. Weeks later, I was driving down the interstate when I heard a soft crack followed immediately by a loud ping, I looked in my rearview in time to see a chrome flash arch through the air behind me. Yeah, they really should just sell bags of 10mm sockets.
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Godholio posted:*works under hood
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Aug 25, 2015 03:07
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Knew what this was, clicked anyway, happy customer. What an awful sound that must be when it isn't a demonstration...
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Aug 25, 2015 03:15
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The little *clinkPINGclunk* at the end makes it sound like he won a prize 
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Aug 25, 2015 03:21
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14 INCH SLIT posted:The little *clinkPINGclunk* at the end makes it sound like he won a prize Bonus if a totally different sized socket comes tumbling out
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Aug 25, 2015 04:44
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Dude gently caress that.. I feel it.. found my socket it's... right... there I can touch it but the fucker keeps rolling back 5 min of fishing random hole in car with Allen wrenches and screwdrivers Digs out socket Horrrayyyy Looks at socket.. 14mm? What? I lost a 13mm where did this come from?
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Aug 25, 2015 04:51
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14 INCH SLIT posted:The little *clinkPINGclunk* at the end makes it sound like he won a prize The prize is that it went all the way through.
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Aug 25, 2015 06:02
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The flared nostrils and bugged out eyes as you hunt for shop towels after spilling a ton of oil filling your engine and it's slowly rolling down the rocker covers towards a hot manifold and will fill your car with oil stink for the next few days if it gets there.
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Aug 25, 2015 06:10
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I had a 12 (maybe 13) mm wrench ride under my truck for about a year or two. I was just finishing up some kind of suspension something and the neighbor up the alley emptied their kiddie pool so I had a river of cold water suddenly run by down back. After it all dried I went back under and snugged up the last few bolts, completely forgetting about the wrench. The 12 or 13 mm wrench was on the opposite side of the frame and I had wedged it in for leverage, that was surprising later.
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Plinkey posted:I had a 12 (maybe 13) mm wrench ride under my truck for about a year or two. I was just finishing up some kind of suspension something and the neighbor up the alley emptied their kiddie pool so I had a river of cold water suddenly run by down back. After it all dried I went back under and snugged up the last few bolts, completely forgetting about the wrench. The 12 or 13 mm wrench was on the opposite side of the frame and I had wedged it in for leverage, that was surprising later. I recently found a 10mm wrench still hanging off of the bleeder on my truck's clutch slave cylinder (WHY is the bleeder metric??? there's your horrible mechanical failure). I guess I left it down there last time I bled it. It was just hanging out there!
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Aug 25, 2015 06:41
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Thanks guys, now I'm paranoid I left something under the hood of my neighbor's STI the other day.
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You did.
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jamal posted:Thanks guys, now I'm paranoid I left something under the hood of my neighbor's STI the other day. Do you know where your 14mm socket is?
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Aug 25, 2015 06:55
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I found a ratchet and several extensions on TOP of the air filter in the box several weeks after a shop worked on it. And a 17mm snapon wrench wedged beside the driver's seat.
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Aug 25, 2015 06:56
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I had a pretty decent sized bruise on my forehead when a socket was flung out of the engine bay of my volvo 740. managed to get caught in the fan and flung straight into my head when dad started the car. it hurt but i still laughed pretty hard.
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A couple years ago me and a friend drove an exceedingly rusty Volvo V40 T4 (future lemons racer) around Europe and the Nürburgring. Afterwards I parked it with the front wheels up against the curb with the engine running for a few minutes to cool the turbo and engine down without applying brakes, and then left it there for a while before we headed out. When we were about to leave, the tires had cooled down, and since we had to bleed quite a lot of air out of them (due to heating up on track) the car was a little bit lower. Reversing out of the parking space the plastic undertray caught on the curb and got bent backwards. Among other things (various bits of plastic, dirt, and the entire contents of the windshield washer tank) was a pair of pliers that had been missing for a few weeks. It had been there all along, riding a couple thousand km around Europe and a few laps on a racetrack. Everyone in the parking lot in their expensive german cars was staring as I ripped most of the undertray off, made sure that it wasn't coolant leaking and no significant damage to important things, threw the larger bits of plastic in the back and happily drove off. The car survived the entire way home with just a very dirty windshield and later died 14 hours in to a 24 hour race, but I still have the pliers. Nowhere to put a Nürburgring sticker on them, though.
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Every car I've ever owned has multiple 10mm sockets wind up wedged somewhere... somewhere. Even the Saturd, since it's (mostly) metric. The current socket set I have has a lifetime lost socket replacement guarantee. Thankfully. I'm pretty sure I've cost Kobalt more than I paid for the complete tool set in replacement 10mm sockets.
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