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TotalLossBrain posted:They are everywhere on bicycles and they are terrible. Rich white people named Allen?
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TotalLossBrain posted:They are everywhere on bicycles and they are terrible. They're everywhere in HVAC, grub screws for motor shafts and blowers, and service valve ports. I have about 7 allen key sets because like the 10mm socket, that 4mm hex always goes missing!
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Jun 8, 2018 09:10
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DJ Commie posted:Rich white people named Allen?
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Jun 8, 2018 10:24
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I've never seen a torx grub screw, can you even get them? E: yes you can, awesome
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Jun 8, 2018 10:56
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Hot drat, so you can!
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Jun 8, 2018 11:11
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I'm fixin' to create a mechanical failure on my Miata. The steel transmission fill plug threaded into the aluminium case seems quite stuck in there. I'm to the point of putting this fat cheater pipe on there to bust it loose. What's the over/under on pulling all the threads out of the case vs cracking the whole shebang? E: it's a Massachusetts car that's lived in Texas humidity for 19 years. Yes it's rusty.
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Jun 8, 2018 12:13
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The Door Frame posted:I thought I was the only one, since all of the car shows I watch talk about Allen head screws as though they were just as good, if not better than normal bolts They're awesome when they're brand new and shiny, or you have great access.
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Jun 8, 2018 12:28
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BloodBag posted:What's the over/under on pulling all the threads out of the case vs cracking the whole shebang? 0.5, as it is for all binary choices.
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Jun 8, 2018 13:00
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BloodBag posted:I'm fixin' to create a mechanical failure on my Miata. The steel transmission fill plug threaded into the aluminium case seems quite stuck in there. I'm to the point of putting this fat cheater pipe on there to bust it loose. What's the over/under on pulling all the threads out of the case vs cracking the whole shebang? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqZYgReuywM When you get it out, either use a fuckton of anti-galling compound, or find an aluminium plug instead - dissimilar metals never ends well with Aluminium. e: Wrong vidjeo IPCRESS fucked around with this message at 13:27 on Jun 8, 2018 |
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Jun 8, 2018 13:23
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Space Gopher posted:You can accidentally stash a bunch of stuff in an engine bay. Most of the moving parts are fairly well shielded, and things tend to fall into little crevices in non-moving parts or splash shields or whatever. I've definitely found sockets an oil change or two after I've done some work, and once a used car came with a bonus Snap-On mini breaker bar. I was changing the turn signal bulb in my car this weekend and took my apple watch off and set it on the battery box. It was still there 45 minutes later after going 75mph down the highway.
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Jun 8, 2018 13:33
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Darchangel posted:
Someone better tell Toyota then, cos thats all they use! Actually- One thing that TRULY shits me? The difference between ISO metric bolts and JIS metric bolts. Same thread pitch but with JIS you have these bolt head sizes M6 = 10mm M8 = 12mm M10 = 14mm M12 = 17mm M14 = 19mm But with ISO , you get: M6 = 10mm M8 = 13mm M10 = 15mm M12 = 18mm M14 = 21mm So any japanese manufacturer will use JIS, and bolt suppliers here in Aus all sell poo poo in ISO, so you wind up with infuriating situations where you've got something like a bash plate held on with bolts that have the same thread pitch and diameter, but you need two different sockets to take the things off. Every now and then I go down to the self service wrecker, pay my $2 entry and go and pull a bunch of toyotas apart and just walk out with a tool bag with about 30kg of random bolts and nuts in it to refill my stocks to avoid that poo poo.
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Jun 8, 2018 14:27
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mAlfunkti0n posted:I was changing the turn signal bulb in my car this weekend and took my apple watch off and set it on the battery box. It was still there 45 minutes later after going 75mph down the highway. Craziest one of these stories I had is I was measuring some things and set the tape down (read as in where did I put my 10mm socket type stuff) then headed off to Menards in the truck. Backed out of the driveway with a curb, had about a 5 mile commute over bumpy rural roads at 45+ MPH, etc. Pull into the parking lot and get out and start to walk in. A guy passing by says "Don't forget your tape measure." There it was still sitting on the bumper. I couldn't believe it.
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Jun 8, 2018 15:00
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Ferremit posted:Someone better tell Toyota then, cos thats all they use! Ferremit posted:M6 = 10mm
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Jun 8, 2018 15:05
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Ferremit posted:Someone better tell Toyota then, cos thats all they use! Why have I never realized That? Holy poo poo you just solved so much loving confusion in my life.
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Jun 8, 2018 15:46
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tl;dr from my mechanic: "The bad news is that you're low on brake fluid because the cap came off. The good news is that we found the cap sitting on a flat spot under something else. Looks like it's been there since the last time you were in here... Six months ago."
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Jun 8, 2018 15:50
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Did they just admit to leaving it off? I'd want the whole thing flushed and replaced.
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Jun 8, 2018 15:54
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Colostomy Bag posted:Craziest one of these stories I had is I was measuring some things and set the tape down (read as in where did I put my 10mm socket type stuff) then headed off to Menards in the truck. Backed out of the driveway with a curb, had about a 5 mile commute over bumpy rural roads at 45+ MPH, etc. About a week or so ago, I borrowed my sister's Yukon XL for a Home Depot run. ~15 miles down the road she calls me, saying that she needs me to drop by her office, as iButt showed that her work cellphone was moving north on I-287  Swung back into the parking complex at her office and started searching the truck. No luck. I called the phone which didn't help, as it was linked to truck's entertainment system  I called her again, asked her to go back into iclud and set the phone to play the "lost phone" chime I then realized that I could hear the phone chiming faintly, but from the outside. the phone was sitting on the running board, passenger side, underneath the rear door i figured that it must have dropped it on the floor then got kicked out at some point. It was definitely one of my nephews as the phone still had the youtube app running in the foreground with a peppa pig playlist queued up
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Jun 8, 2018 16:15
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One time one of my guys left his coffee in one of the indentations on the side of my dump truck. I drove all the way back to the shop and back to the cemetery and it didnt move an inch let alone fall over around a corner. We were cracking up when I got back and we saw it still sitting there. I must be one smooth driver, haha.
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Jun 8, 2018 17:32
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I've come to the conclusion that the rear end-end of a vehicle is the most stable.
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Jun 8, 2018 18:38
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My dad left a planer on an open tailgate and didn't even make it out of the parking lot before it ate it.
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Jun 8, 2018 18:47
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There's a gif out there of someone with a coffee mug on the roof of their sedan, motorcyclist pulls up next to them and hands it to them. But google searching animated gifs loving sucks. So try this one instead. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hun_kdWVPps I love how she dumps it out, ingrate.
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Jun 8, 2018 19:02
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xzzy posted:There's a gif out there of someone with a coffee mug on the roof of their sedan, motorcyclist pulls up next to them and hands it to them. It was probably cold at that point.
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Jun 8, 2018 19:39
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cakesmith handyman posted:Did they just admit to leaving it off? I'd want the whole thing flushed and replaced. They did flush the fluid and replace it, but it was a different shop from the first one I'd visited because I'd just moved from Montana to Portland and driven the whole round trip 3 times with carloads of stuff.
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Jun 8, 2018 20:20
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xzzy posted:What you really need is an bluetooth socket set so when siri hears you say "where the gently caress did that 10mm go??" it makes the socket emit a beep. This, but it should just automatically order you another 10-pack whenever it hears you.
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Jun 9, 2018 00:06
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Instead of a beep, make it giggle like an rear end in a top hat.
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Jun 9, 2018 03:58
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um excuse me posted:Instead of a beep, make it giggle like an rear end in a top hat. Should make the dog laughing sound from Duck Hunt
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Jun 9, 2018 05:38
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Pomp and Circumcized posted:This, but it should just automatically order you another 10-pack whenever it hears you. Can't you do that with one of those Amazon Dash buttons? Configure it to order 10mm sockets, put it in the garage, put a big "gently caress" sticker on it and punch errday!
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Jun 9, 2018 13:13
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Shai-Hulud posted:Can't you do that with one of those Amazon Dash buttons? Configure it to order 10mm sockets, put it in the garage, put a big "gently caress" sticker on it and punch errday! https://www.amazon.com/Car-Guy-Tools-Socket-Drive/dp/B078719VN1/ Under the "Add to list" drop down is a "Add to your Dash Buttons" link.
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Jun 9, 2018 17:57
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Cojawfee posted:https://www.amazon.com/Car-Guy-Tools-Socket-Drive/dp/B078719VN1/ Lolololol
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Jun 9, 2018 19:00
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Cojawfee posted:https://www.amazon.com/Car-Guy-Tools-Socket-Drive/dp/B078719VN1/ The product description is amazing.
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Jun 10, 2018 00:29
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:The product description is amazing. That is amazing. Mine is never 10mm but 14 or 15mm. My impact set goes from 14 to 16. Rage fills me.
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Jun 10, 2018 01:28
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Come the gently caress on, it's my last loving day.
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Jun 10, 2018 19:18
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Last day at a place you hate? I see an extended lunch and the mess being somebody else's problem  But really, what the heck broke there?
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Jun 10, 2018 19:28
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Fermented Tinal posted:Come the gently caress on, it's my last loving day. Did you do that on purpose? Cause I would have.
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Jun 10, 2018 19:38
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mAlfunkti0n posted:That is amazing. Mine is never 10mm but 14 or 15mm. My impact set goes from 14 to 16. Rage fills me. ~~or~~ Fermented Tinal posted:Come the gently caress on, it's my last loving day.
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Jun 10, 2018 19:52
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Fermented Tinal posted:Come the gently caress on, it's my last loving day. Holy poo poo spill socks actually work? I pick up those things and wonder how it'll absorb anything. They feel like a sock filled with cheap single ply toilet paper.
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Jun 10, 2018 21:31
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Fermented Tinal posted:Come the gently caress on, it's my last loving day.
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Jun 10, 2018 21:55
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Sacrificial shop vac?
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Jun 10, 2018 22:19
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Just tell Timmy the Intern to clean it up with a squeege and a dust pan. And about 20 bins of kitty litter.
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Jun 10, 2018 22:20
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Backstory, from what I understand of it is that three weeks ago oil started leaking from the oil filter housing and it was due to this o-ring: That was replaced but the new oring only lessened the leak because the baler was acquired used by the company in 1973 and is thusly older than loving dirt and parts take time to acquire. It needs a new filter housing but apparently someone forgot to order it. That island of sorbent beside the baler was there to soak up the oil as it dripped out until said parts came in because this machine is somewhat mission-critical it being down creates a huge backlog of waste paper that can ultimately mean shutting down the plant until its dealt with. It normally runs 24/7 and processes between 2-6 tonnes of waste paper an hour.  The filter housing is that cylinder hiding out behind that plate. The oil's coming from around the top of it. This is what it looks like as of both now and before the oil spill. What caused the spill is that the housing is knackered just enough that about an inch of the new o-ring managed to get pushed out by the 40hp hydraulic pump unit's ability to pressurize a shitload of hydraulic fluid really quickly. The oil isn't filtered at a constant pressure and every direction-change for the main ram (that bigass black 'pipe' behind the filter and the smaller pipe leading to it) will cause a momentary pressure spike or drop depending on direction of travel. Keep hammering at a weak spot in a seal and well, we know the result of that. I wish I'd taken a picture of the failure itself but I was more concerned with cleaning up the oil so the millwright could fix" the machine. xzzy posted:Just tell Timmy the Intern to clean it up with a squeege and a dust pan. Ahahahahaha, I used 6 bags of sorbent (it's a lot like non-clumping cat litter but it absorbs like 30x its own weight or something), and a floor squeegee.  That drum is filled right to the loving top, I had to pick the skid up with the forklift and shake it a bit to get the used sorbent to tamp down enough for me to put the lid and lockring on the drum. um excuse me posted:Holy poo poo spill socks actually work? I pick up those things and wonder how it'll absorb anything. They feel like a sock filled with cheap single ply toilet paper. They're more like an airline pillow material tube stuffed with chunks of foam. I've taken one apart before but not this time. They weigh like nothing when dry but the used ones in the picture with the plastic drum probably weigh between 5-10lbs each now. They won't suck oil out of concrete like the sorbent does, but they will soak it up and stop it from spreading further. They were acting as a dam of sorts in the original picture since dumping an inch of sorbent all over the area would've made it spread even more.
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