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redgubbinz posted:My favorite was Chaffetz telling the country to choose between healthcare and a shiny new phone. In a sane country, that would net a politician a (metaphorical) guillotine, but I wonder how much healthcare $800 would buy you? Do they show you a picture of an ambulance and give you a tylenol? Catching up on this thread and its probably already been mentioned buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut: Money shot at about 2:36 and beyond: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56xE-sogSTM So, yeah. While Chaffetz is a tool, let's be informed and clear that the dislike of the messenger shouldn't affect the message either way. Which, frankly, is happening way too often on both sides.
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Metal Geir Skogul posted:Turns out the crown Vic has a tow rating? Probably swinging me right there. Sorry my plea for suggestions caused trouble. That said, I see no issue at all with the CR-V. Except I can't find one in my price range (that anybody will respond to I have a Class II hitch on my P71. Mostly haul a HF 4 x 8 trailer, and it does that beautifully. Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:Don't even look at a Trooper, they're nowhere near as reliable as anything else you listed. You know the CRV decently (and a 2000 will still be the B20 you're used to), the LS400 is a tank. I think by 2008 all of the CVs had the aluminum coolant crossover. If not, steal an intake from a P71. The Door Frame posted:Their gross capacity rating is poo poo, so renting trailers is harder, according to my friend with a P71 Um, the "cop" wheels are the same as the civvie wheels, as far as I know. Just no full wheel covers. They do com in 16" and 17", but I believe a 2008 will have the 17" That said, I didn't try to get tires for my 16" steelies, and it had larger-than-stock tires on it already. I put 18x8 Mustang wheels on mine, and a tire calculated to be within 2% of stock, because calibrated speedo.
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Metal Geir Skogul posted:
Same paint problem I have, only worse. And you got the 17" wheels! I like those better. I imagine you know this, but any rear seat from CV, Grand Marquis, and even Town car will fit. Mine has a Grand Marquis rear seat and carpet (over the original rubber mat.) Still using the cop buckets. There's a WalMart minivan console that fits perfectly between the seats, BTW. edit: go post in the Panther thread. One of us!
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KakerMix posted:I'm got a kinda dumb question, what's the procedure for getting parts from a junkyard typically? There is a junked sc300 up in Tampa that has three parts that I need, maybe more. Window trim, the center arm rest bit and the pair of rear exhaust brackets that hold up the exhaust. I've never actually bought anything from a yard before so I'm completely ignorant in generally how it works. Around here, either I show up and it's a wepull/fullservice yard and they quote me $xxxx for the part, or I show up and it's a selfserve yard, I grab what I need and pull a half dozen other things while I'm there, the guy at the register asks me why I'm there for the second time that week then quotes me $xx for all of it. I don't haggle at yards, so the yards with already decent prices where I buy an assload of stuff and never haggle just give me poo poo for a great price right off the bat. Half the time they don't even charge me the $2 admission and they waved me out for free with wiring pigtails in my hands twice last week. Basically, once you find a good yard that's got not-dickhead employees, treat em well and you'll get the same. That one yard, Sandbagger and I got $480 worth of stuff (at list prices) for $130 once because the register guy recognized me and was too lazy to ring up the whole cart worth of parts, and I got my LM7 with literally everything bolted to it still (and the ECU, and harness, and torque converter, and part of the exhaust, and all the cooling system hoses and AC parts...) for $340 including tax. It should have been well over $500.
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ExplodingSims posted:Oh my god guys. How tall is your boxspring? They make thinner ones to go with taller mattresses.
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Darchangel posted:Um, the "cop" wheels are the same as the civvie wheels, as far as I know. Just no full wheel covers. They do com in 16" and 17", but I believe a 2008 will have the 17" She said it had 235/55R17's, which sound really https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Crown_Victoria_Police_Interceptor#Second_generation posted:Also introduced in 2006, for P70/P72 Commercial Heavy Duty models and P71 Police Interceptor models is a 17" steel wheel, replacing the previous 16" wheels, plus new flat gray wheel covers rather than chromed wheel covers as in previous years. The Door Frame fucked around with this message at 01:41 on Mar 10, 2017 |
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Mar 10, 2017 01:33
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MGS, I'm jealous. My parents inherited my grandmother's 03 vic and are currently driving it into the ground. Hoping I get a chance to buy it from them when they decide to move on. I had a 91 as my first car, and while I loved it, I don't think I'd want another one. A 2003-2011? Definitely want one, police trade in or not.
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Mar 10, 2017 01:41
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:https://deskthority.net/wiki/Cherry_MX_Clear Not bad, about $100. They seem to have cut some corners when finding a factory to make them... GnarlyCharlie4u posted:Ruh-Roh... Admitedly, I got lucky and mine seems fine. It seems like a lot of them had poor packaging and a lot of people had quality issues. The talk page is mostly people complaining about the quality of the boards they've received. While the manufacturer has been communicating with everyone I don't think I would order from them again.
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Mar 10, 2017 01:46
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Fermented Tinal posted:How tall is your boxspring? They make thinner ones to go with taller mattresses. It's not really an issue, it's not likes it's higher than the bed frame or anything. Just much more full. And supportive! It does mean my girlfriend has to wear high heels if I want to bend her over the bed though. (Also not an issue)
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Mar 10, 2017 01:53
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Get a platform bed from Ikea or something, eliminate box spring, problem solved!
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Mar 10, 2017 02:13
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Yeah, I'll look at the tire size tonight. Tread is at 50%, so new.tores are in the cards soon. Also, no spare. But.i did get what looks like a weapon rack in the trunk? And they pulled the fire suppression system, but left the button. The dashboard has a fire suppression light that comes on under heavy braking, too. Ordered new fuel filter and plugs, just in case they're the stumbling at idle problem. No IACV on this car, it's throttle by wire and a digital throttle plate. No stumble in park, just stopped in Drive with the AC on.
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Mar 10, 2017 02:53
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It's more than likely the coils, get in the CV thread and read up on the common issues. Also clean the sensor in the intake, those tend to get dirty and cause issues as well.
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Mar 10, 2017 03:14
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Bah. The approximately 14 month old dishwasher is throwing an error that it thinks it has water in the drip pan and runs the drain pump nonstop. Googling says it's a common problem with this unit, but only seems to have cropped up now that they're all getting some age on them.
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Mar 10, 2017 05:00
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KakerMix posted:I'm got a kinda dumb question, what's the procedure for getting parts from a junkyard typically? There is a junked sc300 up in Tampa that has three parts that I need, maybe more. Window trim, the center arm rest bit and the pair of rear exhaust brackets that hold up the exhaust. I've never actually bought anything from a yard before so I'm completely ignorant in generally how it works. If its an lkq yard down there, call first. Also, never buy an engine from one of those lkq yards. Ever.
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Cop Porn Popper posted:If its an lkq yard down there, call first. Also, never buy an engine from one of those lkq yards. Ever. Is there a story here? I've helped three different people pull motors from LKQ and they've had no issues with them. HALF PRICE DAY!
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Mar 10, 2017 05:21
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IOwnCalculus posted:Bah. The approximately 14 month old dishwasher is throwing an error that it thinks it has water in the drip pan and runs the drain pump nonstop. Googling says it's a common problem with this unit, but only seems to have cropped up now that they're all getting some age on them. Dishwashers are the worst. I feel like everyone I know replaced a 20-year old washer and are now on their second new one in three years. Did dishwashers cost a months salary in the early 90s or something?
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Rhyno posted:Is there a story here? I've helped three different people pull motors from LKQ and they've had no issues with them. HALF PRICE DAY! A combo of pissed off customers who got junk motors and an rear end in a top hat office drone who jumped on me for relaying the story to someone else. One dude had a LS1 pulled by them. The cylinder wall in one of the cylinders had a hole in it and was cracked top to bottom. They sold it as a good motor, told the guy to piss off when he brought it back to complain. Another time an older lady bought a northstar they claimed to have verified was working properly. It had a vvt accuator that was broken on half. They refused to do anything about it or return it. That solenoid was over $400. 3rd guy got a used 5.7 hemi and had a shop redo the gaskets in it and swap it for his blown motor. Both heads were warped from lkq. Guess what lkqs response was? If you guessed "Get hosed", YOU'RE RIGHT! While I was relaying the second story to a coworker a day or two later, an lkq office drone was in buying poo poo for his boat. After I said I'd never buy a motor from there or source one for a customer from there or anything else if I can avoid it, he lit into me about how its not their fault that they can't check every little sensor issue. He promptly was informed that this was a 2" diameter chunk of metal AND WAS SHEARED IN loving HALF, and had it been tested like they claimed, they would have known there was an issue. So in short, they'll lie to your face about the condition of the motor, then tell you that you're out of luck when it turns out its poo poo, despite offering a "warranty". In 2 years I've sourced a single part from them, and that was only because the customer was a personal friend in desperate need and it was from the crystal river location. gently caress the non u-pull lkq yards in the Tampa/St. Pete/Clearwater areas. The U-Pull ones seem to be decent about honoring their offered warranty if the part turns out to be scrap. Elmnt80 fucked around with this message at 06:34 on Mar 10, 2017 |
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Mar 10, 2017 06:29
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Our local one is a u-pull and I've returned plenty of parts. Maybe a regional thing?
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I dunno, like I said, never heard a bad word about the u-pull lkq yards down there. Just the they pull yards. But that said, still would rather walk across hot broken glass than buy an engine through them for myself or a customer unless they sold it to me at a price where it could go to a machine shop first for a full rebuild. I hold a grudge like nobody else I know. 
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I've been going to the Clearwater and St.Pete LKQs forever and never had problems returning bad parts, never pulled an engine tho. The new one they opened (moved) in St.Pete is really nice and clean and organized, but the Clearwater lot is pretty rough though. Not sure I'd trust those guys to pull a working motor for me, I've watched them tear into cars and they don't give any fucks.
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Mar 10, 2017 07:00
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A cartoonist who specialized in drawing lovely racist or at best race baiting (for the Aust equivalent of the Daily Mail) cartoons died. Yeaaaaaah, I'm not gonna feel sorry for your loss even if you were a friend of his. .... too far saying a dead racist is the only good racist?
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Applebees Appetizer posted:I've been going to the Clearwater and St.Pete LKQs forever and never had problems returning bad parts, never pulled an engine tho. Clean? Not in a mudhole? There's a pick & pull in Indianapolis that's on the site of a former office complex so the place never gets muddy. It's amazing.
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monsterzero posted:Dishwashers are the worst. I feel like everyone I know replaced a 20-year old washer and are now on their second new one in three years. I think it's just that classic answer of "Back then things were overbuilt to ensure they'd last through the warranty, these days we're much better at engineering exact lifetimes".
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Waking up in two hours to put 15 pounds of pork shoulder on the smoker 
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Garage has been broken into overnight. Welder and some socket sets stolen. Luckily it's too messy for them to have had a proper dig in, but still annoying. They've properly trashed the door to get in, too - I have security deadbolts on it, and they've basically just ripped an entire section of door out to make a human-sized hole. See how cooperative the insurance company feel like being when they open for me to call them. EDIT: gently caress, they took my mountain bikes too. THAT annoys me. InitialDave fucked around with this message at 08:51 on Mar 10, 2017 |
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Mar 10, 2017 08:35
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InitialDave posted:Garage has been broken into overnight. Welder and some socket sets stolen. That sucks, hard. Hopefully you have the serial number of the welder somewhere, i can't imagine the bikes had one. sorry to say though, but it often gets worse. you'll be working on something when you realize the tools to do that are loving gone too.
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Somewhat Heroic posted:Waking up in two hours to put 15 pounds of pork shoulder on the smoker might as well toss some sausages on there while you're at it. or a brisket.  or two... 
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Powershift posted:That sucks, hard. Insurance seem fairly easy to deal with. Later going to go and tidy up/do a list of what's gone walkies, sort out a temporary fix of garage door. First, going to see if can find person across road who also supposedly got done, and swap details. This was clearly an organised/targetted thing, not just a couple of chavs grabbing loose stuff.
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Darchangel posted:Same paint problem I have, only worse. And you got the 17" wheels! I like those better. Yeah, I'm trying to find some buckets locally. Mine was a detective car, and has the split bench with the drivers' side bolster worn to poo poo from getting in and out on short trips.
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gently caress, iDave, that sucks. GnarlyCharlie4u, the very first thing I'm going to do when/if I get a house is to smoke all of the pork shoulder.
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InitialDave posted:The bikes would have frame numbers, but I don't know them. The reason it annoys me is that they're not worth much now, but I've had them for 15-20 years, so it's more sentimental value. Did the police turn up? I was pleasantly surprised when a crappy bike got stolen from our shed - they tried to get fingerprints and DNA from the broken bike chain (must have been watching CSI) It does suck, sorry man.
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So I normally try to stick close to the speed limit, and/or go with traffic. I was running really late getting back to the warehouse from a delivery. I hopped into a TEXpress lane (normally I do everything possible to avoid tolls, but when I got on, traffic was at a standstill) Most TEXpress lanes here have a 75 MPH limit. I was doing a little over 80 (NOBODY in the express lane) when.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIavYKAaV8I  He never went after me... and when I looked at the dashcam video tonight to pull that clip, I noticed I had passed a 65 mph express lane speed limit sign. So... blew past doing 15 over.  I could have sworn those were binoculars he was holding, but a LEO friend assures me they now make LIDAR units that look exactly like binoculars. I was positive I was about to get a ticket. I guess he was in a good mood; traffic on the actual highway had just started to get moving again, but I saw him looking right at me briefly. Thankful I didn't get a ticket, and I'm definitely slowing down a bit.Junkyard run coming up this afternoon. A coworker's 2009 Malibu (with 320k, that's pretty drat impressive for an 09.. moreso for a Malibu) needs that little rubber boot that goes between the final intake resonator and throttle body. Hers is torn. The only way to get it from GM is to order the entire loving air intake assembly - from the airbox to the throttle body - for well over $200. I'm going to go looking for a new clutch pedal for my car as well - my clutch has gotten to where I have to shut off the engine when the car is stopped so I can get it into first, then start it when I need to move again. The rod from the pedal to the master cylinder no longer moves until the pedal is almost to the firewall.  Completely random, but monsterzero posted:Dishwashers are the worst. I feel like everyone I know replaced a 20-year old washer and are now on their second new one in three years. I looked up the dishwasher (lowest end 2016 GE model) that my landlord put in. MSRP on it was less than $300, and I'm sure they have some bulk price setup since this company owns a ton of properties. And I suspect the one it replaced (lowest end mid 90s Hotpoint model, so pretty much the same thing, except the new one uses a little less power and water) ran about the same. Personally, I'm glad they put in a low end one. I would have prefered the low db version (which my last apartment had installed - so much quieter, but essentially the same model with a bit more sound proofing), but if it breaks, it'll be easy to fix. The Locator posted:Only one problem with that as a commuter - I hope you like driving at the speed limit or slightly below. In the past few years, I've seen exactly one P71 still in active service. Watched it sneak up on someone and pop them for speeding. Metal Geir Skogul posted:
I'd suggest cleaning the throttle body before anything else, but I don't quite know how Ford does their DBW poo poo. I know the idle on my GM gets really wonky if I don't clean the throttle body every couple of years - bogs way down when the ac kicks on (almost stalls before recovering), sometimes the idle will bounce a little, etc. And yeah... like others said, coils are a known issue on Ford mod motors. A dirty MAF will gently caress with them too. But RWD V8 couch on wheels with working ac for under $2k? Yes please!
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That loving sucks about the garage. I'd feel violated, and that's a difficult thing to get over. This weekend I'll have more updates on the Crown Vic. I ordered coils and plugs, and I'll attack the throttle body and MAF as well, to see if it calms down. I'm literally not used to the power. Going from the bus to the Ford...jeeze. Big change.
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Holy if you have not seen Logan then get the gently caress out of the house and see it NOW
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I'm seeing it next Friday, and I can't wait!
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I don't want to spoil it for anyone, but it turns out that logan guy is actually wolverine from the comic books.
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InitialDave posted:The bikes would have frame numbers, but I don't know them. The reason it annoys me is that they're not worth much now, but I've had them for 15-20 years, so it's more sentimental value. I know how you feel (I had my shed broken into 5 years or so ago). Like the insurance and the police told me - it can take a long time to work out what you are missing - think carefully. I still find the odd tool that I don't have anymore that I clearly forgot about when writing it up. I had very low expectations about my house insurance but in the end they were brilliant and made me good without any issues! - and replaced absolutely everything that I lost with the same or similar item. In many cases I got a better item back as they replaced my generic tool with a sealey/clarke equivalent, or I got a kit or similar item back! Not even any argument for the stuff that I didn't have copies of any purchase invoices for. My house insurance is with with legal and General (and i am planning on staying with them indefinitely after how good they were), and they simply farm out their tool replacement to buck and hickman who seem to supply most brands. Their selection of replacement items was spot on. Hope you have a similar good experience Time to extend your house alarm into the garage too and set all the zones up so you can part-set it over the garage all the time. Tomarse fucked around with this message at 13:00 on Mar 10, 2017 |
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Mar 10, 2017 12:50
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Now I want to look up security reviews of my garage doors when I get home.
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Tomarse posted:Like the insurance and the police told me - it can take a long time to work out what you are missing - think carefully. I still find the odd tool that I don't have anymore that I clearly forgot about when writing it up. i am sure that if Dave racks his memory carefully, he'll remember that he had a 3,000 piece Snap-on toolset in that garage as well, it's just that he can't find the receipt for it.
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Metal Geir Skogul posted:That loving sucks about the garage. I'd feel violated, and that's a difficult thing to get over. It does feel like a violation. My truck was stolen over a year ago, i still haven't bothered putting it back together. I still start it directly with the with the ignition switch mechanism and keep the shifter with me. roof is still stripped, grille is still sitting in pieces. I just can't be hosed. Put money and time into it for the next crackhead to tear up? It's the same reason i said gently caress it and started driving the lincoln year round. it's just a cheap car. if i don't tear it up, someone's going to back into it or slam it with their door or steal it and tear it up. You can't have nice poo poo. It's heartbreaking to see people like fknlo or fps_bill and their brand new cars getting hosed up. cakesmith handyman posted:Now I want to look up security reviews of my garage doors when I get home. If you have an electric door with the manual release string hanging down, at the very least remove the handle off the string, if not the string entirely. it takes less than a minute with a coat hanger to poke through the gap at the top of the door and grab that handle. spog posted:i am sure that if Dave racks his memory carefully, he'll remember that he had a 3,000 piece Snap-on toolset in that garage as well, it's just that he can't find the receipt for it. adding up the cost of the missing poo poo can be depressing, even when entirely honest. you don't realize you spend $5000 a year on tools until a year's worth of tools gets stolen. Powershift fucked around with this message at 13:40 on Mar 10, 2017 |
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