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How do packing peanuts end up there in the first place? Even on a rebuild, I have no Ideas?
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Aug 12, 2017 03:38
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Applesnots posted:How do packing peanuts end up there in the first place? Even on a rebuild, I have no Ideas? When I bought it, it was on a barn floor with no heads or intake. There was crankcase access around the cam. Still didn't expect to find that in there. Life... uh.. will find a way.
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Aug 12, 2017 03:45
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Applesnots posted:How do packing peanuts end up there in the first place? Even on a rebuild, I have no Ideas? Mice.
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Aug 12, 2017 11:20
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Lots of questions. What does that smell like? Am I crazy that it seems like the in-focus piece on the last photo is the jaw of a decaying mouse skeleton and fur? How is the engine usable with that much crap everywhere? Are you going to pressure wash every inch? Is the brown poop-like substance absolutely everywhere disgustingly foul oil mixed with dirt? Michael Scott fucked around with this message at 02:23 on Aug 14, 2017 |
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Aug 14, 2017 02:21
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Michael Scott posted:Lots of questions. What does that smell like? Am I crazy that it seems like the in-focus piece on the last photo is the jaw of a decaying mouse skeleton and fur? There's definitely hair in there, but I haven't seen any bones yet. It smells like old burned oil, plus a good whiff of that rat smell that is hard to describe. bio-grease, i guess. I'm not going to try to clean it myself. I'm going to shake out the chunks and throw them in the garbage. There are engine builders around my area who can sandblast and hot-tank the block and all the parts. The brown stuff is mostly oil, with lots of stuff mixed in. Probably mostly turds.
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Aug 14, 2017 03:36
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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Automotive Insanity > Horrible Mechanical Failures: Probably mostly turds
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Aug 14, 2017 07:43
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How to jump start a car in Yemen,
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Aug 14, 2017 15:13
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Lime Tonics posted:How to jump start a car in Yemen, They're not using the auditory alert fuse modules 
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Aug 14, 2017 18:39
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Lime Tonics posted:How to jump start a car in Yemen, Either that or they really don't like batteries.
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Aug 14, 2017 22:42
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Of course it is a 1980s Toyota Hilux
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Aug 14, 2017 23:25
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Friendly reminder not to leave gas grills in your car, on hot days. Something might go wrong. edit : wait, it's stupider than that, ORLANDO, Fla. — A man and his wife were burned Sunday when the woman lit a cigarette, sparking an explosion of a propane barbecue grill being transported in her SUV. The wife lit a cigarette as they left a barbecue at the Central Florida Fairgrounds on West Colonial Drive. The grill exploded moments later, police said. The blast caused the driver to crash into a pole. The vehicle sustained extensive damage. The couple was rushed to Orlando Regional Medical Center, with injuries described as not life-threatening, police said. Police said the grill was turned on and the propane tank was open in the back of the red Kia Sorento as the couple left the barbecue. The vehicle sustained extensive damage.
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Aug 15, 2017 00:49
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Lime Tonics posted:Friendly reminder not to leave gas grills in your car, on hot days. Good one, Bargearse.
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Aug 15, 2017 02:46
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Florida, 'nuff said.
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Aug 15, 2017 03:32
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:Good one, Bargearse. He's gone to get a poo poo load of dim sums in the sky.
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Aug 15, 2017 03:52
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Trying to avoid a mechanical (or user) failure, but not sure where else to post this: what usually pops tires on gravel/sketchy roads? Doing a lot of forest service roads on my summer adventure and started thinking about it and had no good answer, especially because I've never had a flat on a bad road. Is it partially buried boulders? Sharp gravel strewn about by graders? Random tree branches? Washboards? Going too fast? Slamming brakes?
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Aug 19, 2017 01:10
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It depends on just how bad the road is but all of my off-road tire failures have been partial debeads from gravel slides, most often the situation where a rock gets trapped under the bead and bleeds the tire down. Actual full on rock crawling off-roading I wouldn't be surprised to see a tire puncture from sharp rocks. I have seen others blow a tire from driving over the broken end of a branch.
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Aug 19, 2017 01:26
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I've seen them from the broken off stubs of lower branches still attached to trees tearing into sidewalls and poo poo.
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Aug 19, 2017 01:29
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We've got shiiiiitloads of roads in aus which are nothing more than high speed gravel and pretty much it boils down to tyre pressures Too high and you'll get star fractures from sharp gravel pounding into the tread face. That inevitably leads to a massive blowout because of the surface you dont notice the tyre getting more and more flat until it gets too hot and the sidewalls fail. Tyre choice will go a long way in mitigating that effect- you see a lot of guys in the outback running big mud terrains, as they tend to have the toughest carcasses and the big tread blocks both keep the tyre face off a lot of the gravel and also stop rocks getting lodged into the tread and being hammered through the tyres. Passenger style tyres are just a bad idea, they're soft and not really strongly constructed. The trade off of the big muddies is you tend to get a lot more stone chipping on the tread blocks. Ive probably done 75-100K kms of gravel driving over the years and never had a puncture, but im always dropping my tyre pressure as soon i know im doing a long stretch of driving on outback roads. For example my landcruiser loaded to the hilt with poo poo for an outback expedition would normally run 45psi front, 55psi rear in my 285/75R16 mud terrains. If im doing a big section of gravel i'll drop them to 35/45 and its not low enough to cause issues with handling, but saves a heap of damage to your tyres.
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Aug 19, 2017 01:30
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Bolts, nails, and screwdriver shafts. 
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Aug 19, 2017 01:43
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Godholio posted:Bolts, nails, and screwdriver shafts. That sounds like one rough dirt road! Or are you hill climbing scrap metal?
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Aug 19, 2017 01:45
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People are slobs and burn pallets wherever the hell they want, including on dirt roads for some reason.
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Aug 19, 2017 01:46
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xzzy posted:Trying to avoid a mechanical (or user) failure, but not sure where else to post this: what usually pops tires on gravel/sketchy roads?  Forerunner, Jimny, Outback, Daewoo, Holden Commodore). I can get as much as a puncture a month. They are almost all from metal debris  that I probably pick up in town on tar. The rest are mostly sidewall punctures from sticks. I dispute that dropping pressures is a good plan. Run at nearly the maximum pressure for the tyre as rated by the manufacturer and NEVER run over sticks is my best advice based on fifteen years of the above.
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Aug 19, 2017 01:47
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gravel holds debris upright when on a paved road it would lay flat.
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Aug 19, 2017 02:04
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I'd say appropriate speed and paying attention to the road surface are most important. hitting a big sharp rock at high speed would cause an issue. driving down smoothish gravel or dirt probably won't. Depending on tire size you can use light truck tires. there are a few that are small enough for foresters and outbacks and such.
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Aug 19, 2017 02:11
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What about a Prius?  I tend to be pretty skittish because I know what the car is and is not and it's wearing all weathers. But I've been fine on 100+ miles of gravel this trip, and during those miles it got me to wondering what typically causes flats (as I dodge anything taller than two inches).
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Aug 19, 2017 02:46
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Saw a 2003 Mercedes E 200 that was MOT-inspected four months ago, with these: left front  right front This must also be due to gravel, right? riight?...
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Aug 19, 2017 09:05
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xzzy posted:That sounds like one rough dirt road! Or are you hill climbing scrap metal? I would watch the hell out of that sport  Godholio posted:People are slobs and burn pallets wherever the hell they want, including on dirt roads for some reason. £20 magnetic floor sweeper mounted in front of each wheel 
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Aug 19, 2017 09:51
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underlig posted:Saw a 2003 Mercedes E 200 that was MOT-inspected four months ago, with these: Owner borrowed good wheels and tyres from a friend for inspection. Or the vehicle was repaired Russian style and viewed from above would be a trapezoid.
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Aug 19, 2017 10:02
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Friend is in Euro Car Parts buying bits. Guy at front of queue is asking for loctite for his caliper bolt. Yes, bolt. Because apparently he only has one of the two in a fit state to use.  IPCRESS posted:Owner borrowed good wheels and tyres from a friend for inspection.
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Aug 19, 2017 11:10
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IPCRESS posted:Owner borrowed good wheels and tyres from a friend for inspection. You only need to have tread across 3/4 of the tyre, so it could have passed with those as bald areas as long as the cords weren't showing at the time and it wouldn't take long for the lovely alignment to wear them through to the steel.
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Aug 19, 2017 12:50
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xzzy posted:Trying to avoid a mechanical (or user) failure, but not sure where else to post this: what usually pops tires on gravel/sketchy roads? Sidewalls encountering something sharp or gravel getting under the bead of the tyre and you get a slow leak as a result.
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Aug 19, 2017 13:05
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Guy buys an $80,000 Mercedes and foolishly thinks that Germany engineering can withstand rain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKaKeEizu5I&t=136s Bummer...how much will that cost to repair? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l3zPQczQL4&t=310s
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Aug 19, 2017 13:07
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Sidewalls encountering something sharp or gravel getting under the bead of the tyre and you get a slow leak as a result.
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Aug 19, 2017 13:43
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Cartoon posted:I commute over 30 kms of rough unformed road every day (A Subaru Forester has been the best performer I have owned so far. My road literally kills vehicles The sidewall punctures will be because your running your tyres too hard. Cranking them right up to nearly the max pressure not only makes the ride absolutely obnoxiously harsh but it prevents the tyre from being able to deform around something sharp and absorb the impact, instead it just pierces straight through.  Theres a perfect example, thats lower pressures so the tyre is able to mould itself around that piece of rock. At highway pressures, that wouldnt mould over anywhere near as much and that sharp rock is putting all its force into a much smaller area of the tyre. That said, i've seen someone put a railway spike clean through a tyres tread face at 25psi. Not much you can do bout that when the road your on is literally on the old rail line and all they did was grade it flat!
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Aug 19, 2017 14:02
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spog posted:Guy buys an $80,000 Mercedes and foolishly thinks that Germany engineering can withstand rain: The fact that this guy is upset it's going to total is funny. Nobody should ever want to keep a water damaged salvage car.
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Aug 19, 2017 14:35
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I worked at a tire place years ago and had a guy come in for a patch job, I poo poo you not but I pulled a mangled spoon out of his tire. A loving spoon! You cant patch spoon holes dude. Its bad luck.
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Aug 19, 2017 14:45
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The guy paid 88k for the car new and the engine is 71k? Wtf
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Aug 19, 2017 15:04
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Horrible Mechanical Failures: You Can't Patch Spoon Holes, Dude
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Cojawfee posted:The guy paid 88k for the car new and the engine is 71k? Wtf Stupidity surcharge.
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