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cursedshitbox posted:That's bullshit. Definitely worth reminding them of this next time they come to you with an emergency. I talked to her when she came to pick it up, I wasnt mean or anything just said that it was pretty inconsiderate. She felt bad and said shed give me 40 bucks next week for the trouble but shes got 5 kids and one car so no way Im taking that. First time customer so now I know to ask when she wants it back and I know for sure she will let me know. My usual is to get the car and see what it needs/get the parts that day and work on it the next and she just didnt know that
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There's so much in that picture to love  I had two good things happen this week. First, my ex finally got the rest of her stuff out of my house! It's only been 3 or 4 years (I genuinely don't know how long it's been lol). Time to move my shed workshop into the now cleared spare room! Even better though, the truck got 14.5 mpg yesterday! I don't know what god I pleased to be blessed with such insanity, but I hope it continues.
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went to see the Mr Rogers movie, and it was really... nice. Kind of feel that I miss out on a chunk of background/zeitgeist to it by it not being a show we grew up with here, though.
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Took my 3 boys to Monster Jam last night and we all had a surprisingly? good time. I was skeptical as to how things were going to turn out as my 5 year old turns into a pumpkin in the evenings pretty early, but they all had a blast. Also finally brought my rottie home (again) from my dad's after his latest bout with $5k animal hospital visits. He's in good spirits and in seemingly good health again. All in all a good weekend. 
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A Small Car posted:Even better though, the truck got 14.5 mpg yesterday! I don't know what god I pleased to be blessed with such insanity, but I hope it continues. My truck has gone from exactly 10 (pulling trailer all day)/11 empty to 12.7 last tank and Ive done nothing but one oil change in between. Im scared and happy at the same time e: Tremek posted:Also finally brought my rottie home (again) from my dad's after his latest bout with $5k animal hospital visits. He's in good spirits and in seemingly good health again. All in all a good weekend. Omg yay! So was it an infection? Do they know for sure what happened? shy boy from chess club fucked around with this message at 23:02 on Feb 9, 2020 |
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Goober Peas posted:I didn't realize the Wrangler had an 8-speed. The Cherokee has a 9-speed. the KL cherokee is built on Fiat Compact US Wide which is a unibody transverse FWD based platform, and the JL wrangler is built on its own longitudinal body-on-frame platform. the engine families are (in large part) shared but JL shares transmissions with the longtiudinal Grand Cherokee.
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A Small Car posted:There's so much in that picture to love Right? I didn't bother taking a lot of pics because my phone literally couldn't handle the red on the 250GTO, but for such a small collection they had amazing examples from pretty much across the board. For anyone in AZ, this is at the Phoenix Art Museum until the middle of next month.
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NSFW that porn dude aka stop it my penis can only get so erect
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gently caress the Ford engineer who thought it was a good idea to hide half the battery of the 3rd gen Focus under the windscreen scuttle. Took me ages to work out how to remove it, since my Focus is a diesel and none of the YouTube videos matched my engine bay. Managed to get the battery out after removing the air box and the crappy plastic casing that covers the battery. Thankfully didn't need to remove the scuttle. It was a whopper of a battery since my Focus is a Turbo Diesel. The old battery had completely shat the bed. Like a cell had died in it, only had 10v. Then again it was the original battery and all. Thankfully it died at home and I had the tools in hand to do the work.
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:NSFW that porn dude aka stop it my penis can only get so erect Sorry about your impending priaprism. My old man and I were discussing it on the drive back to his house - we're both pretty well convinced that "beak" on the nose of that Eagle was probably one of the last purely stylistic touches ever applied to a top-tier racecar. Don't get me wrong, there's plenty of newer race cars that look good, but form increasingly followed function, and the nose on the Eagle was purely cosmetic (and loving perfect).  Mario's WDC Lotus 79   Second-largest car there, behind the gigantic Bentley.   Those wheels.          A surprising number of these cars had modern belts in them and have clearly been driven in anger in vintage racing. A few of the cars I'd seen in person before at the IMS museum and those only usually get driven at pace-car speeds anymore.
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Question about setting up a driveline. I have a 64 GMC 4x4 that I'm doing a bit of resto-modding to (I had a thread but it died a few years ago due to lack of updates/time). Project creep also set in in a big way. Before I make a new thread, I have a question about the driveline. Reference photo of the underside of the truck - Transmission is on the left, transfer case is in the middle of the shot. The transmission is mounted to a new rear crossmember that I need to weld in.  This is the comically sized custom driveshaft I had made up, as the original transmission is MUCH shorter than the one I'm putting in (NV3500).  Now, here's where I'm stuck and am looking for advice. The motor (350 smallblock) can run at 0 to 3* slope (towards the back of the truck). This effectively alters the driveline angle. I've taken measurements at various points, and have found the following:  I know this diagram isn't the best, but with the back of the engine at 1.5* from level, I believe that these operating angles are pretty much optimal. Am I wrong? I really want to get this angle right, because I don't want to gently caress up the driveline or eat U-joints or anything. Once I have the crossmember sorted out, I'm going to be welding it in, re-routing the exhausts, redoing the brakes, putting the seats back in and...she should be back on the road.
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You Am I posted:gently caress the Ford engineer who thought it was a good idea to The work I just did on a Ranger rekindled my hate for Ford bullshit. Check out where the connection for the driver side front 02 sensor is. I'll tell you, smashed between the back of the engine and firewall pointing down, a maintenance item and a fucker to get to. If it was turned 180 degrees pointing up it would be easy as poo poo to unclip the fuckin thing I've used up all my whining capital for a while. I'm gonna post fun stuff in my thread now for penance
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Lol, have any of you guys dealt with the "Lifetime Air Filter" a non-replaceable item on the mid aughts Focus? I also love that Ford managed to make the 4 cylinder Ranger's engine bay cramped as poo poo with a tiny engine in a famn truck, there's like 6ft of air intake piping.
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Captain McAllister posted:Question about setting up a driveline. Dude! Glad to see you back with that thing... Sorry I think I still haven't read your PM from literally years ago. Those do look decent angle wise. You should probably read over the document yourself but I wouldn't worry about running that setup personally. With both angles under 3 degrees your ujoint life should be pretty good too. This is the Spicer document on driveshaft configuration and design, it covers most info I think you'll need. https://www.waterousco.com/media/pdfs/J3311-1-DSSP.pdf
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Oven repaired, washer repaired, got another one of my imports sold and shipped...all batteries charged in vehicles at home and preparing the next one to go up for sale. I took full advantage of our one day of sun before the expected 4-6 inches we are supposed to get in the next 60 hours.
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everdave posted:Oven repaired, washer repaired, got another one of my imports sold and shipped...all batteries charged in vehicles at home and preparing the next one to go up for sale. I took full advantage of our one day of sun before the expected 4-6 inches we are supposed to get in the next 60 hours.
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Went to the Jeep/Dodge dealership to test drive a Wrangler. My son went with me and wore his Kansas City Chiefs hat cuz he's a big fan and is all proud of them winning the Superbowl. As we're waiting for the guy to bring a Wrangler around for me to drive, another sales man says jokingly to my son that he should take off his hat because there's a member of the 49ers there test driving cars, and just as he says that the 49er pulls up in a Cherokee and looks at my son like what the gently caress 
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Hahaha, nice. gently caress the 49ers btw.
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shy boy from chess club posted:The work I just did on a Ranger rekindled my hate for Ford bullshit. Check out where the connection for the driver side front 02 sensor is. I'll tell you, smashed between the back of the engine and firewall pointing down, a maintenance item and a fucker to get to. If it was turned 180 degrees pointing up it would be easy as poo poo to unclip the fuckin thing Go look at the O2 on your Outback. I'll wait.
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I’m in Dallas for the week for work (near the intersection of I-20 and I-45). Someone tell me where I should eat. I’m not gonna go out and see poo poo, so I should at least have good food on the company dime.
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does anyone else have a car that they switch between loving and hating? for me its the brz86, i saw the awd turbo rally brz and fell in love with them but earlier tonight i saw a p plater clip a parked car trying to drift out of a carpark and he drove off and now i hate them
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big dong wanter posted:does anyone else have a car that they switch between loving and hating? If I like a car, I don't allow some dipshit driving it like a dong to change my opinion of it.
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Applebees Appetizer posted:Went to the Jeep/Dodge dealership to test drive a Wrangler. My son went with me and wore his Kansas City Chiefs hat cuz he's a big fan and is all proud of them winning the Superbowl. As we're waiting for the guy to bring a Wrangler around for me to drive, another sales man says jokingly to my son that he should take off his hat because there's a member of the 49ers there test driving cars, and just as he says that the 49er pulls up in a Cherokee and looks at my son like what the gently caress I'm gonna pretend it was Bosa, gently caress that guy. Mahomes da best! On Saturday we found this football bowling place, someone just opened up a warehouse and it's basically like bags (AKA Cornhole ) in which there are two boards several yards apart with two people standing behind each one, but the boards are flat and have pins set up on them and each team has to huck a football and try to knock all of the other's pins over. Sounds kinda dumb, but surprisingly hard and we blew about 3 hours throwing footballs at bowling pins  Then on Sunday I drank beer all day and played Witcher 3 from like 10:00AM until 9:00PM. Owns.
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bandman posted:I’m in Dallas for the week for work (near the intersection of I-20 and I-45). Someone tell me where I should eat. I’m not gonna go out and see poo poo, so I should at least have good food on the company dime. Not a whole lot aside from fast food around there. If you don't mind driving a little northwest, Cesar's Tacos is drat good, though not in the best area. The "Bishop Arts" one has the kitchen behind bars + bulletproof glass (and there's a bullet hole in one of the outside windows), #1 is in an old Dairy Queen (outside seating only). That area isn't nearly as bad as it used to be, much of Oak Cliff has been gentrified significantly over the past decade. Both are 24/7 IIRC. Fuel City also has good tacos, but cash only. You're probably closer to the Mesquite one (the original Dallas one is right by the county jail, not a great area, but they have a pool, fountains, etc at the original). The Dallas one is 24/7, I'm not sure if the Mesquite one serves food 24 hours. You're kinda in a not-great part of town, if you didn't notice. (hello Hutchins state jail right down the street!)
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A Small Car posted:First, my ex finally got the rest of her stuff out of my house! It's only been 3 or 4 years (I genuinely don't know how long it's been lol). Time to move my shed workshop into the now cleared spare room! That's taking the piss juuuuuuuuuuuuuust a little. The only excuse she could have for that is literally being in a loving coma.
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bandman posted:I’m in Dallas for the week for work (near the intersection of I-20 and I-45). Someone tell me where I should eat. I’m not gonna go out and see poo poo, so I should at least have good food on the company dime. Pecan Lodge.
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STR posted:Not a whole lot aside from fast food around there. If you don't mind driving a little northwest, Cesar's Tacos is drat good, though not in the best area. The "Bishop Arts" one has the kitchen behind bars + bulletproof glass (and there's a bullet hole in one of the outside windows), #1 is in an old Dairy Queen (outside seating only). That area isn't nearly as bad as it used to be, much of Oak Cliff has been gentrified significantly over the past decade. Both are 24/7 IIRC. I work on landfills, so being in bad/desolate areas isn’t out of the ordinary
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T-Square posted:I'm gonna pretend it was Bosa, gently caress that guy. Mahomes da best! That would have been funny if it was Bosa, but it was actually Linebacker Azeez al-shaair, he grew up here but still what are the odds of that. And yeah the reason my son loves the Chiefs is Mahomes, that guy is an incredible talent.
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And he's not a giant rear end in a top hat! That we know of, yet.
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STR posted:Go look at the O2 on your Outback. The ones that easy to get to over the passenger side axle or the one thats easy to get to under the heat shield in the middle? Theyre both new as well as the exhaust so Ive unhooked them a few times. Maybe it sucks on the 03 but theyre both good and the exhaust is new so I dont know.
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It's over the passenger side axle, but pointing at a 45 degree angle. It's kind of a pain on the Outback wagon with the 2.5, at least on jackstands - I could only turn it maybe 1/16 of a turn at a time with a crowsfoot wrench. The wire end backs up into the front subframe. Just not much room to get my ape hands in there. I didn't drop the exhaust though, and I didn't use a lift or even have it that high up - it would have been a lot easier with either of those. My exhaust is 100% original, I know everything related to dropping it is seized. New one installed but not yet plugged in:  e: damnit. one of my headlamps came with a cracked dust cover (on Subarus, this is watertight). The seller sent me another, but I went ahead and ran it for a couple of weeks with the crack. Figured what are the chances of water getting into the headlight through a crack. Put the new dust cover on yesterday, today the passenger headlight is fogged up.  I guess I'll park it in the garage and leave the cap off, maybe leave the lights on for a bit to heat it up and hopefully evaporate the moisture.
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STR posted:It's over the passenger side axle, but pointing at a 45 degree angle. It's kind of a pain on the Outback wagon with the 2.5, at least on jackstands - I could only turn it maybe 1/16 of a turn at a time with a crowsfoot wrench. The wire end backs up into the front subframe. Just not much room to get my ape hands in there. Oh yea gently caress doing it from the bottom, take the airbox off and do it from the top. I was meaning the connectors on the Ford/OB, not the sensor itself. The first time I took the front one out of the exhaust on the 97 it was a nightmare and I had to heat it for 42 minutes and use a box wrench instead of the 02 socket that can spread and strip it
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Applebees Appetizer posted:That would have been funny if it was Bosa, but it was actually Linebacker Azeez al-shaair, he grew up here but still what are the odds of that. https://youtu.be/2pbGrmDblQw Talent!
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Goddamnit Corona, why does your lovely beer have to be loving up my orders? My sunglasses are MIA for a couple of weeks now (and I've been wearing sunglasses for so long that going without is painful; I have a really old pair, but they're beat up and have a 6 year old rx), so I ordered new ones from Zenni. Same place I got my last sunglasses from; went with the same frame style, but different color frame and different color lenses (black frame with flame red mirror finish, instead of blue frames with indiglo blue mirror finish). “Due to mandatory business closures in China, standard delivery will extend to 21-28 days. Express and priority shipping will not be available. We apologize for any inconvenience.” shy boy from chess club posted:Oh yea gently caress doing it from the bottom, take the airbox off and do it from the top. I was meaning the connectors on the Ford/OB, not the sensor itself. The first time I took the front one out of the exhaust on the 97 it was a nightmare and I had to heat it for 42 minutes and use a box wrench instead of the 02 socket that can spread and strip it Yo...you can do it from the top?  That was a serious pain in the dick, though I still got it done in a little under 2 hours. A nearby shop told me book labor was 2 hours (@ $90/hr), so I think I did okay. I've had them do alignments for me before, but nothing else.
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STR posted:“Due to mandatory business closures in China, standard delivery will extend to 21-28 days. Express and priority shipping will not be available. We apologize for any inconvenience.”
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True, and I already knew Zenni made everything in China, then ship everything over once or twice a week in bulk to California, then ship from California. I'm just used to even the cheapest shipping taking ~2 weeks at most. From what I understand, their factory is 400 miles away from Wuhan, where Corona was originally detected, but the Chinese government still ordered a shut down. I do appreciate the abundance of caution, it's just very much a first world problem.
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STR posted:Yo...you can do it from the top? Yea and its waaayyy easier. Once you learn a few tricks these cars are cake. Even the spark plugs everyone says are a pain, take off the intake on that side and the washer bottle (and maybe battery) on the other and theyre no big deal. With the DOHC ones same thing but the trick is to get a socket and extension that are the exact length of the hole and you can get a ratchet between the cam cover and frame easy. The first time I took off the top mount intercooler on a turbo one it took me like an hour and tons of swearing, after that time it takes like 10 minutes. It probably sounds stupid saying these are tricks and yea I work on Subies a lot but I looked at it from every angle, literally, and there was no way to get that 02 sensor unplugged on the Ranger without 1. snapping the christmas tree stub holding it to the bracket 2. removing the bracket that had bolts that were a fucker to get to between the intake and firewall 3. soak the entire truck in gasoline and send it to car heaven and buy another Ranger with good 02 sensors since Rangers are cool when you dont have to work on it To take it apart I got a long flathead screwdriver and jammed it into the clip up from the bottom then slung a bungee cord around the wires to yank it out and hope I didnt ruin the wiring so I'd have to remove and replace the sensor. To get it back together used the same screwdriver jammed into the clip so I could line it up then used my 3ft extension to push it back together. It doesnt sound bad but you have to work with each arm on either side of the exhaust pipe without no room or depth perception since you can only get one eyeball on the connector. The bellhousing bolts took me like 4 hours to get them all. I do work slow and methodically but it was ridiculous, a lot of it was the starter that once I took the oil filter off made it way easier so thats a good trick to know on that one. The nice thing was that the space between the bellhousing and firewall wasnt too bad and I wonder if that part sucks on the 4.0s, I bet it does.
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