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If anyone's interested, seems Rockauto has some Fram Pro Synthetic oil filters on clearance (not sure which ones in particular, but noticed the ones for mine when I used their wholesaler closeout list). Yeah I know the hate Fram gets, but the Pro Synthetic is essentially the Ultra without the rubber grip (99% filtration, good for 15k, silicone anti drainback valve), not the cardboard garbage that you get in their cheapest filters. I just nabbed the last 2 that fit my car for $2.54/ea + shipping (came out to $9.81 for both shipped, which is at the low end of what a single good filter normally runs me if I can't find a good special at a parts store). Also, are the Harbor Freight Earthquake XT cordless impacts any good? They claim 1200 ft/uggas on their 20V, and I got a coupon that knocks it down to $239.60 (including 4Ah battery, charger, and case). Coupon code 13000405, looks like it works online too (the super coupons - 20% or 25% off - don't work on their Earthquake line). Seems pretty cheap for something with even half as much torque when you factor in the battery and charger. randomidiot fucked around with this message at 06:49 on Dec 26, 2018 |
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Bit late but Merry Christmas everyone! Me and the missus went back to our home town - had a lovely lunch with all her family except her drugfucked aunt.
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STR posted:Also, are the Harbor Freight Earthquake XT cordless impacts any good? They claim 1200 ft/uggas on their 20V, and I got a coupon that knocks it down to $239.60 (including 4Ah battery, charger, and case). Coupon code 13000405, looks like it works online too (the super coupons - 20% or 25% off - don't work on their Earthquake line). Seems pretty cheap for something with even half as much torque when you factor in the battery and charger. Eric O. of the "South Main Auto" Youtube channel swears by them.
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Good enough for me. I'm getting tired of renting a bay at a DIY shop anytime I need ugga duggas (nice having a lift, but still... 30 minute drive, no guarantee a bay will be open, and their equipment is getting pretty worn... when I have a decently sized 1 car garage + ramps + jackstands here)
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I like the little 3/8 drive 12v cordless ugga dugga we have at work. They regularly go on sale for like $50-60 and kick out an honest hundred ft lbs. They've very similar in specs to the makita I have. Its perfect for doing smaller things on a car, even perfect for lugs. I break them free with a breaker bar when the car is on the ground so I don't tear up my lugs, then run them off with the impact. When putting them back on, I start them by hand, use the impact to get them to around 85-90 ft/lbs, then finish off with a torque wrench to 100ft/lbs. The makita also came in damned handy when I had to take my front crash structure off for the radiator replacement in the mazda. And its proved itself doing brakes on a couple different vehicles for family and friends. One of the handiest tools I own.
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Ryobi ONE+ 1/2" ugga duggas. Cheap, works, robust.
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Milwaukee M18 One key 1/2” ugga dugga. I sheared off a loving 22mm wheel stud on a tractor with the loving thing trying to undo a wheel nut!
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Ryobi ONE+ 1/2" ugga duggas. Cheap, works, robust. That's what I use since I had other Ryobi stuff and batteries. Plenty powerful for lugs and other stuff if you have clearance to get where you're going.
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Ryobi ONE+ 1/2" ugga duggas. Cheap, works, robust. This. Best cordless power tool I've ever purchased.
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Ryobi ONE+ 1/2" ugga duggas. Cheap, works, robust. I'm excited to try the one I got for christmas from the inlaws.
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Dec 26, 2018 16:44
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How many ugga duggas (or brap braps) for a standard lugnut tho? I remember SSS had a story about this, actually. Wonder if it's still around, or if his tumblr was flagged by the algorithm for adult content.
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Dec 26, 2018 19:09
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Best part about electric impacts is torque switches. The low setting on my DCF-899 limits it to about 150 ft-lbs. Perfect for installing wheels.
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I got an 18v DeWalt 1/2" cordless impact for Christmas. Don't know that it'll be good for lugnuts, but it will probably be fine for everything else.
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Queen Combat posted:How many ugga duggas (or brap braps) for a standard lugnut tho? Two / three. Ryobi ONE+ are not the best or most powerful but if you want bang for buck they just cant be beaten - something that cheap shouldn't be that powerful, or that rugged, or batteries that last that long or have such a well thought out tool and battery system.
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QuarkMartial posted:I got an 18v DeWalt 1/2" cordless impact for Christmas. Don't know that it'll be good for lugnuts, but it will probably be fine for everything else. Any 1/2 cordless impact is fine for lugnuts
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Two / three. Yeah, for being the cheapest poo poo at home depot they're incredibly solid.
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Ferremit posted:Milwaukee M18 One key 1/2” ugga dugga. I sheared off a loving 22mm wheel stud on a tractor with the loving thing trying to undo a wheel nut! That's nearly $200 more than the one I'm looking at once you get a battery and charger.  (and has similar specs) (undoubtedly better quality tho)Elmnt80 posted:I like the little 3/8 drive 12v cordless ugga dugga we have at work. They regularly go on sale for like $50-60 and kick out an honest hundred ft lbs I don't think that's gonna cut it for suspension work, which is what I need it for. CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Ryobi ONE+ are not the best or most powerful but if you want bang for buck they just cant be beaten - something that cheap shouldn't be that powerful, or that rugged, or batteries that last that long or have such a well thought out tool and battery system. The price is drat attractive ($130 for just the bare tool, or.. $130 with a battery, charger, and case), but I'm worried 300 ft/lbs may not be enough for some rusty bits. I may jump on that anyway though - I can always return it if it's not enough.
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STR posted:That's nearly $200 more than the one I'm looking at once you get a battery and charger. Want to guess who owns Milwaukee Tools? Want to guess who owns Ryobi? Same company: Techtronic Industries. They also own Homelite, Hoover, OReck, and Dirt Devil, among others. And yes, they are a Chinese company.
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^ This may be a bit out of date (From a Popular Mechanics article dated 9/2017) but most brands are owned by a handful of mega-corporations: 
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Yeah, that’s pretty much how I knew that. In other news, it’s currently raining buckets here in Dallas. Pretty impressive from the 15th floor of a building.
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Applebees Appetizer posted:Any 1/2 cordless impact is fine for lugnuts Manual says 145ftlbs (DeWalt DC820B), and I think mine are torqued to 125. We'll see. Even if it won't do them, it'll still be useful for other car stuff. Gonna grab batteries and a charger for it and try it out next week. E: wtf why am I only seeing nicad batteries. I know this thing can use lithium ions, or it claimed to briefcasefullof fucked around with this message at 23:59 on Dec 26, 2018 |
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All I see in that diagram is proof that Makita and Hitachi are the best.
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Interesting. Never knew that Hitachi owned metabo. I have always been really impressed with the metabo stuff I have used, but it's way to expensive to justify buying them for myself. I have been thinking of picking up some more cordless tools, guess I should start looking for deals on Hitachi stuff.
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Makita 18v LXT cordless tools are pretty great. My only complaint is that the grinder drains even the 5Ah batteries superfast, but that's something all cordless grinders suffer from.
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STR posted:The price is drat attractive ($130 for just the bare tool, or.. $130 with a battery, charger, and case), but I'm worried 300 ft/lbs may not be enough for some rusty bits. I may jump on that anyway though - I can always return it if it's not enough. If your part cant be removed by a Ryobi then you really should use a breaker bar first anyway  quote:but most brands are owned by a handful of mega-corporations Isnt everything these days?
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Fermented Tinal posted:Makita 18v LXT cordless tools are pretty great. My only complaint is that the grinder drains even the 5Ah batteries superfast, but that's something all cordless grinders suffer from. I just got the makita 18v brushless driver, drill, and circular saw combo and it came with a bonus 4 pack of 5ah batteries. I’m really curious to see how long the batteries will last on a charge, they seem very hefty.
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How bad of an idea would it be to buy a lemon law’d C7? My brother found one for pretty cheap, but it was boughtback and lemon’d because someone complained about the wind noise. It drove fine and didn’t seem excessive to me. The dealership could prove it but I talked him out of it because that sounds super risky to me. Did I do the right thing?
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Do lemon lawed cars have the factory warranty and/or a branded title?
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I'd be scared that the dealer was lying about the real reason it got bought back.
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Not sure about the title, but it did still have the factory warranty on it. I only caught it because of the Carfax, but I’d assume the title wouldn’t be clean? I have no idea. Seems like it would be hell to sell it down the line. Dealership tried to downplay it like crazy though, but fuuuuuck having a loan on a lemon law’d car.
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dk2m posted:How bad of an idea would it be to buy a lemon law’d No
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Would they actually lemon law it because it was a little too noisy? That sounds like bullshit or a SERIOUSLY spineless dealership.
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It has bad wind noise because at highway speed the roof delaminates. 
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angryrobots posted:I'd be scared that the dealer was lying about the real reason it got bought back. Dealers always loving lie. ALWAYS. Javid posted:Would they actually lemon law it because it was a little too noisy? That sounds like bullshit or a SERIOUSLY spineless dealership. The dealership has nothing to do with lemon law buybacks, it's the manufacturer that actually buys the car back. The dealer's involvement ends at being unable to fix the car after X number attempts / days in the shop based on whatever your state law is. Seat Safety Switch posted:It has bad wind noise because at highway speed the roof delaminates. That was the C6 
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Using some old EMS blankets, making the 3D printing shelf semi-enclosed. Helps keep ABS from warping. I never print unattended (sleeping/away), otherwise gently caress no way I would essentially wrap a Chinese printer in flammable, flammable felt. That said, a fire extinguisher is still always nearby.
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Queen Combat posted:Using some old EMS blankets, making the 3D printing shelf semi-enclosed. Helps keep ABS from warping. That's a good workaround. I've been wanting to build an enclosure for ages but I guess I'm lazy
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:If your part cant be removed by a Ryobi then you really should use a breaker bar first anyway My issue is there's some rust. Not excessive, but I'm afraid a breaker bar will either round off the bolt heads, or snap them off. But the price difference is enough that I'll give the Ryobi a try. Home Depot's return policy is decent. GF will want to murder me for going to Home Depot when she works for their competition, but Kobalt's cheapest 1/2" cordless impact is $220 with battery. Then again, it's also more than double the torque (claims 650 ft/lbs), 24 volts, but less impacts per minute. But if I'm already spending that much, I might as well go with the Harbor Freight one. I've had good luck with Kobalt stuff so far, but Ryobi seems to be a better value with an excellent ecosystem. fake edit: gently caress it, just ordered one. And for some reason, the price dropped to $99.00 during checkout.  (yes, it's the 1/2" impact Wrench Kit, w/battery, charger, and case). Wikibuy's plugin ran through a bunch of coupon codes, but claimed none worked. I guess one of them did, but it doesn't show any coupon codes applied.Darchangel posted:Yeah, that’s pretty much how I knew that. Austin got hammered a little while ago. I was in far northwest Austin (Steiner Ranch for ATX goons), a good 30 minutes from home, when it hit. It's calmed down a bit, but still a little random thunder now and then.  I had stayed pretty dry up until my last delivery (sky opened up when I was out of the car). Then I helped push someone off the road after they hydrolocked their car. I feel like a drowned rat right now (though at least I had a thin rain coat). First time I've seen a tornado watch since moving here, too.
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A little late, buy Merry Christmas you bunch of loving weirdos. Not a bad year - we had a few "orphans" from work out (people stuck on shift who don't have family in town) - 10 people total. Made a WAY too much food, but I'd rather do that than the opposite. Drank some, ate lots, chatted more. Good day. Got a drill press from the wife for xmas, a new belt, and some other misc. stuff. Didn't do anything too big/fancy this year gift wise. Now I'm sitting here waiting for the winter storm that should dump us enough snow to get the snowmobile trails open - way too excited to go out for a rip.
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angryrobots posted:I'd be scared that the dealer was lying about the real reason it got bought back. If the VIN is posted or PM'd, I can look it up and tell you more. Buybacks can be for really silly poo poo or dealer incompetence too. They only get 3 chances to fix a problem and something subjective like wind noise may be a hard one to correct. Dealers are good at swapping parts and following the service procedure but I don't know how good they are for stuff like that. I've seen buybacks for issues that have crappy service procedure diagnostics, electrical gremlins and dtcs but also for defects that even new parts can't fix because of design issues. So, it can be a wide range of stuff.
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First day of two days at work for the week after five off. I will be planted in front of my screen for a while and probably dealing with whining adults. I am not sure I am ready for this.
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