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Darchangel posted:True. Though, that body style only goes back to '94, so not exempt in TX yet. Would have to keep all the LSx emissions, not that it's that difficult. I don't think it was available as a 2wd. I've never seen one, at least. And every one I've seen is a ratty rear end Z71.
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IOwnCalculus posted:Yup, the first 20 seconds hit waaaay too close to home.  I had the 2.5L 2wd and it was infinitely better than the 3-point-slow in all regards. I remember it being cake to work on as well.Fun fact: it will actually haul 2000 lbs of rock in the bed (yes, completely on bump stops) up a fairly steep hill.
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rear end down, face up, that's the way we like to... crawl along side streets!  I did at least five or six loads like that with very light steering.
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iwentdoodie posted:I don't think it was available as a 2wd. I've never seen one, at least. And every one I've seen is a ratty rear end Z71. You referring to the S10? We got two of them, both 2wd.
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IOwnCalculus posted:rear end down, face up, that's the way we like to... crawl along side streets! This is a whole other level of AI.
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I hauled sod in my 83 ranger for a summer. Very light steering.
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:This is a whole other level of AI.  I will say I had practically blocked my memory of the one job on that truck that was a total clusterfuck, the water pump. Even then that was partly the PO's fault for slapping a bunch of RTV on something that was supposed to go together dry.
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IOwnCalculus posted:rear end down, face up, that's the way we like to... crawl along side streets! Wheew, I am glad I am not the only one. I hauled laminate flooring in an almost identical Ranger once. The boxes were stacked to just a couple inches below cab height. The 70 mile drive was not fun. Like you said, steering almost non-existent. That was the last time I overloaded a truck.
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Obviously the solution is to put a hitch on the front and mount a tow hitch rack on it so you can load up with some counterweight. Because based on the loads I see people carrying around those shelves can hold almost infinite weight.
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Darchangel posted:Pennsylvania doesn't allow any other headlights when your high beams are on? What the gently caress? What sense does that make? When you have the high beams on, you want all the light you can get... My Cutlass runs all four headlights on high from the factory. Plenty of states have the same requirement. That's why most/all vehicles have a switch designed to prevent high beams and fogs from being on at the same time. A car that is a minimum of 18 years old probably isn't the best example. Edit: I know that Toyota, Chrysler, and Ford all use this kind of switch.
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His Cutlass also has high beam filaments in all four headlights, so when the high beams are on it is only the high beams. I don't think they burn the low beam filaments at the same time, unless his dimmer switch is different from mine.
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That was pretty awesome "Maybe tow it out? Nah, let's drive it out"
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Coredump posted:You referring to the S10? We got two of them, both 2wd. We're talking specifically about the 4-door variant. 2- and 3-doors were available 2WD, certainly. Godholio posted:Plenty of states have the same requirement. That's why most/all vehicles have a switch designed to prevent high beams and fogs from being on at the same time. A car that is a minimum of 18 years old probably isn't the best example. Well, that makes sense, because if it's foggy, you're an idiot to use high beams. My RX-7 does that, and my wife's Kia. The way RCR guy said it would make my Cutlass illegal Raluek posted:His Cutlass also has high beam filaments in all four headlights, so when the high beams are on it is only the high beams. I don't think they burn the low beam filaments at the same time, unless his dimmer switch is different from mine. Almost. It's got low beams on the outside headlights, and high beams on the inside headlights, but it doesn't turn off the low beam pair when you go to high beam. I think. Now you've got me doubting myself. Pretty sure all four are on in high beam. <Googles furiously> OK, looks like the H5001 is high-beam only (inner, on my car), and H5006 is hi/low, like a 7" (outer, on my car.) So, yeah, all four on for high beam, outers on low setting for low beam. You Am I posted:That was pretty awesome It was. They hand-cranked it!
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Rules I've seen allow 4 lights (total) with high beams. Seems like that would be a federal and not state thing. Fogs + high beams is counter productive. You want light down the road, not right in front of you. jamal fucked around with this message at 01:13 on Jan 5, 2017 |
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jamal posted:Rules I've seen allow 4 lights with high beams. Seems like that would be a federal and not state thing. Exactly!
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Law here is you can have 2 driving lights than can only be on with high beams, and 2 fog lights than can only be on with low beams, all of them have to be lower than the center line of the headlights. so you can have 2 sets of auxiliary lights, but can't legally have them both on at the same time. There are a lot of dickheads with light bars on their hood/roof though.
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Darchangel posted:<Googles furiously> I was gonna say, I'd be surprised if it was significantly different from my Impala, where the outer two have low and high filaments, and the inners only have a high filament. I doubt they leave the low filaments on when they light up the high beam filaments, that would be counter productive.
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I was half-expecting it to snap in half over the first bump when they started driving it down. 
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Sorry for the potato phone picture. My 2000 outback wasn't a very good one ton truck. It did, however, get the job done. EDIT: more abuse 
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That's right proper usage of an Outback, good work.
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That first pic gives me the fear. Wouldn't want to an emergency stop with that in the back. I bought some cheap foor tiles for redoing our kitchen, but had to pick them up. No bother, me plus the tiles equalled the roughly max carrrying capacity of my e46 estate. Loaded as much as I could in the rear, and carefully placed the rest in the back passenger side and foot wells so they hopefully wouldn't kill me in a crash. It drove fine, but somehow failed it's next MOT on broken rear springs.
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stump posted:That first pic gives me the fear. Wouldn't want to an emergency stop with that in the back. It's funny you say that, about year later i junked the car because the, ahem, rear subframe broken in half. The car was terminally rusty, but i doubt 2000lbs of stone helped.... That car was the biggest pile of poo poo i've ever owned. Sometimes you win buying used cars, sometimes you let your game down and buy a lemon. This was that. EDIT: Emergency stop? How cute, you're assuming the brakes didn't go all the way to the floor and i just plain didn't care. Passing safety inspection is more about who you know and what kind of beer they like than how safe your car is... chrisgt fucked around with this message at 04:14 on Jan 5, 2017 |
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IOwnCalculus posted:rear end down, face up, that's the way we like to... crawl along side streets!  My riding dirty pic- 20+ cases of beer from back when I was production manager there. Cruised like santa, bringing short fills to the masses. FWIW, avoid worn out CIMEC lines if you can.
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Raluek posted:I was gonna say, I'd be surprised if it was significantly different from my Impala, where the outer two have low and high filaments, and the inners only have a high filament. I doubt they leave the low filaments on when they light up the high beam filaments, that would be counter productive. FMVSS 108 specifies that if there are separate lights arranged horizontally, the inners are the highs and outers are lows. That jumped out at me while I was looking for something else.
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I love it when people use their tractors.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWx-Lx99Ask This Has always amazed me. Guy builds mini Ferrai in his garage..... And it works. Hand made engine and components, working brakes and gear box.
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500kg or ~1100lb in my Falcon. Does it easy. Probably take more.    Attended Bandimere & Sonoma 2015, was awesome.
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chrisgt posted:Sorry for the potato phone picture. My 2000 outback wasn't a very good one ton truck. It did, however, get the job done. I wish I had taken a pic of my 09 with half a pallet of flooring Laminate in the back. It was like 1200-1300 lbs.
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I once loaded 8 people into my Taurus, with the split being 3 normies/5 fatasses, myself included. Easily 1500 lb, fenders were rubbing the rear tires except when cresting hills on I-4. I can't find a GVWR for it, but I imagine that handily exceeds it, car was approaching 5,000lb.
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It's hard to tell, but I have the seats folded down. That's actually two pallets deep of stone there.
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Watched this last night, definite pro click. There's some good poo poo in that video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA5YGVusNf8 MCM posted a behind the scenes sorta look at the Subarute and the Roadkill / MCM video.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZvfhcSoPOs This was a really cool rundown of an automotive scam that I had no idea existed.
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The ford GT ordering kit they send to owners to help them pick their colors and materials. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHAAGlSl02w
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Memento posted:This was a really cool rundown of an automotive scam that I had no idea existed. Dude needs to invest in a pop filter or something because goddamn that audio was painful to listen to.
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https://www.mecum.com/lots/FL0117-277601/2011-holden-ute-pickup/ Daaaaaaaamn Somebody got a LHD holden ute for $33k. edit: the prettiest hornét https://www.mecum.com/lots/FL0117-267887/1977-amc-amx-hornet/   edit 2: !!!!! https://www.mecum.com/lots/FL0117-268201/1983-toyota-tacoma-pickup/  
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Oh hey, my boss and one of my coworkers was at that today. I got a few pictures texted to me. Some good looking cars there.
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I love this.
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Powershift posted:The ford GT ordering kit they send to owners to help them pick their colors and materials. Kinda disappointed at how inelegant the case design is.
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