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zedprime posted:My old college ride was an 03 Mazda6. Needed to change front lightbulbs. Got the manual online. "Drop the bumper and come in through below." That can't be right. Better check YouTube. "Well you don't need to drop the bumper, if you have the fingers of children you can come in through the back." Book labor is an amazing thing for a mechanic. Book says 4 hours but you only do X so you can push through it in 2 hours because it's all you do, still get paid for 4 hours. Those battery headlamp jobs are usually passed off to hourly techs, guys that don't have their ASEs yet. So the dealership gets to charge book while paying the mechanic hourly. They're going to charge you like it was the master mechanic working on it, though, who usually gets a more significant percentage of the hourly rate.
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OSHA IV: if you have the fingers of children you can come in through the back
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Drone_Fragger posted:
Not socket wrench compatible I see. 
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Humphreys posted:A mate had a BMW with the batteries (yes plural) under the rear bench. I've seen that with some Cadillacs as well. Two big rear end batteries under the back seats. It also had capped terminals under the hood (for connecting jumper cables I assume).
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CRUSTY MINGE posted:Batteries in the trunk tend to survive accidents better. It's a good move. People do it all the time to make room in the engine compartment for whatever poo poo they try to bolt on, I think some racing series require it be more internalized, with a cutoff switch. I had to do a battery replacement on my car a few months ago. And the battery is in the trunk. My conclusion was all batteries should be in the drat trunk. The weirdest thing I had to move was the lining at the bottom. After that, all of the space in the world to work. No worries about dropping screws. In and out.
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Drone_Fragger posted:
Found the actual page this is from and it is filled with some very German gag products somewhat relevant to thread   https://etel-tuning.eu/
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Drone_Fragger posted:
German butt plugs are weird
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2UnKLm2Eag Narrator: Dipshits. Dipshits, dipshits dipshits. Dipshits: dipshits. I think the actual words used were something like "if your control facility is located in an area where an explosion could occur, consider using reinforced window materials" but I couldn't really make it out over the sentiment.
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Stanky Bean posted:Found the actual page this is from and it is filled with some very German gag products somewhat relevant to thread secret santa sorted for 2022 with shipping delays of course
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Drone_Fragger posted:
Is it threaded both metric and standard? Stanky Bean posted:Found the actual page this is from and it is filled with some very German gag products somewhat relevant to thread 90 degree (point angle) drill bits are a thing and when I've tried to buy them from stores in person people try to give me the 90 degree adapters or think I'm trying to prank them
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Stanky Bean posted:Found the actual page this is from and it is filled with some very German gag products somewhat relevant to thread When German humor hits, it hits. https://etel-tuning.eu/produkt/beifahrer-stummschalter/ No blinker fluid, though.
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Stanky Bean posted:Found the actual page this is from and it is filled with some very German gag products somewhat relevant to thread These are all amazing
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See also: X to Gardena adapters:  e: Cthulu Carl posted:No blinker fluid, though. Don't be silly: https://etel-tuning.eu/produkt/blinkerwasser/
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mobby_6kl posted:Yeah I used something only slightly less extreme to remove an alternator bolt on my Fit. Two extensions, a u-joint and an adapter and the ratchet was still rubbing against the air filter box and the body. This saves having to take off the intake as there's no space to undo the bolt otherwise Longest ratchet gang? Longest ratchet gang!
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Antigravitas posted:Don't be silly: https://etel-tuning.eu/produkt/blinkerwasser/ My bad, I must have gotten distracted by the flavored motor oil.
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mobby_6kl posted:Yeah I used something only slightly less extreme to remove an alternator bolt on my Fit. Two extensions, a u-joint and an adapter and the ratchet was still rubbing against the air filter box and the body. This saves having to take off the intake as there's no space to undo the bolt otherwise Ahh, reminds me of dropping the starter on my MK3 Supra turbo. You had to use a good 3 feet of extensions and a wobble joint to break them free. And I was a lucky one, I had the later models which had threaded taps for the bolts. The older ones had a nut on the far side, and I have no idea how you could possibly do it alone.
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https://twitter.com/VaDOTFRED/status/1442896935795380224?s=20 https://twitter.com/VaDOTFRED/status/1442906556098506757?s=20 Truck fuckling alert
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Azhais posted:You can only change the headlights on my Mazda by going in behind the front wheels and tearing out the plastic rivets on the splash guards, pulling the guard out of the way (it moves about 3 inches) then blindly fishing around until you find the light fixtures. As an added bonus the plastic is so cheap it shatters in the cold as I discovered trying to replace them in a Minnesota January. So now I take my car to a mechanic to replace my bulbs, which is great. Same on my that Fit too. Take off the bumper and remove the headlight, or go through the rear end. The bulb poo poo itself just before the rally in the middle of last winter so I just said gently caress it and drove the whole week with one headlight because I wasn't going to be doing either of those things  The Miata is dead easy. Takes like 30 seconds to replace bulbs. The alternator bolt is on the rear though and no amount of extensions are going to help you.
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shame on an IGA posted:actually FCA has arguably done worse than the wheel well setup "Easier" is in the eye of the beholder, but when I did an Avenger I went in through the wheel well. Taking the bumper off looks like you'd have more crap in the way too, but I guess you don't need a jack. At least the battery-in-the-trunk option has slightly better weight distribution, which is part of why muscle car guys used to relocate their battery. Is the idea behind hiding the battery inside the car that it's not exposed to as extreme of heat/cold?
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Cat Hatter posted:"Easier" is in the eye of the beholder, but when I did an Avenger I went in through the wheel well. Taking the bumper off looks like you'd have more crap in the way too, but I guess you don't need a jack. I think it's more packaging. A battery is just a rectangular blob that doesn't have to be physically connected to anything, so when space is tight under the hood it's an easy way to gain some room. VWs always had the battery under the rear seat, primarily because there wasn't anywhere else to put it.
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Karate Bastard posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2UnKLm2Eag haha this is the gas that's used as the fuel in thermobaric cave buster bombs quote:dipshits
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Deteriorata posted:I think it's more packaging. A battery is just a rectangular blob that doesn't have to be physically connected to anything, so when space is tight under the hood it's an easy way to gain some room. While I'm not entirely sold on the "no room" excuse, I do concede that there is often a larger engine available and they aren't going to redesign the engine bay for poor people.
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EvenWorseOpinions posted:I think the video of the Tesla hitting a tree and spraying burning batteries all over the place has already been posted in this thread, I think the guy who took the video took it down since two occupants died. I previously posted that my wife and I ended up talking to a guy at a bar who the previous week had just picked up some limited edition high end Tesla and it caught fire the next day. He had just dropped his kid off when he started smelling smoke and the doors wouldn't unlock. He was on the phone with a friend and he told the friend he was just going to drive home but the friend told him he was a moron and to just figure out how to get out. He ended up forcing the door open and got out before the entire thing went up. He still is going to drive a Tesla but told me it's ok cause he purchased a window breaker from Amazon. Not sure if he actually listened to me when I said that those don't work on most newer cars and he needs to get something serated to actually cut through them.
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Eggsplosion hehe
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B-Rock452 posted:He still is going to drive a Tesla but told me it's ok cause he purchased a window breaker from Amazon. Not sure if he actually listened to me when I said that those don't work on most newer cars and he needs to get something serated to actually cut through them. You mean the biker’s trick of carrying around some broken spark plugs doesn’t work anymore either?
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Eggs are sealed pressure vessels containing water. Why would you ever stick one in the microwave? It's like those cops don't have any understanding of basic science, or something!B-Rock452 posted:He still is going to drive a Tesla but told me it's ok cause he purchased a window breaker from Amazon. Not sure if he actually listened to me when I said that those don't work on most newer cars and he needs to get something serated to actually cut through them. I haven't heard anything about this. You can't break a hole in the windshield with one of those tools because it's laminated and will stay together, but the side windows should still be plain tempered glass and will explode into tiny cubes if you break the surface. Have car manufacturers switched to something else recently?
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Sagebrush posted:Eggs are sealed pressure vessels containing water. Why would you ever stick one in the microwave? It's like those cops don't have any understanding of basic science, or something! I have seen some safety bulletins come out regarding the laminated glass being an issue with rescues in higher end cars recently and they had some recommendations on safety gear to carry, not really sure if that's the case with all the windows or it was an issue where the rescue could only be affected through the front window. I apologize if I am completely wrong though
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Nah that would be like removing Mansfield bars or something. Horrible accident safety but I suppose that hasn't stopped some South Africa billionaires.
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wait when did chris christie start working corrections e: RE: Window Chat now that cordless angle grinders are a thing there's no excuse for every right-thinking human not to carry one on their person at all times shame on an IGA fucked around with this message at 22:34 on Sep 28, 2021 |
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Speaking of Angle Grinders https://twitter.com/xvrqt/status/1442018567864471553?s=20
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B-Rock452 posted:I previously posted that my wife and I ended up talking to a guy at a bar who the previous week had just picked up some limited edition high end Tesla and it caught fire the next day. He had just dropped his kid off when he started smelling smoke and the doors wouldn't unlock. He was on the phone with a friend and he told the friend he was just going to drive home but the friend told him he was a moron and to just figure out how to get out. He ended up forcing the door open and got out before the entire thing went up. Why dont window breaks work on newer cars? (also do they also resist spark plugs/ninja rocks?) answer gently caress beaten, should have refreshed the tab PhazonLink fucked around with this message at 00:00 on Sep 29, 2021 |
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packetmantis posted:Micheal Jackson thread: if you have the fingers of children you can come in through the back FTFY
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that would be an amazing party trick
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CommieGIR posted:Speaking of Angle Grinders Haha god drat.
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I love when I get my food and it's been smashed to gently caress and back from the 20 plates that were on top of it.
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market this to the old dudes who go curling and wear helmets so they can be safe 
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https://i.imgur.com/Ee3Lnia.mp4
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ncumbered_by_idgits posted:My son's Charger has the battery in the trunk. Probably nut uncommon, just weird as you could hold a dinner party in the available space under the hood. My car has it behind the rear wheel well inside the wagon storage area. It has jump points in the engine bay, presumably because GM/Holden gotta be big brains and make the tailgate electric only with no mechanical override from the outside. You have to crawl over the rear seats, and find a bung where inside a big flat head screwdriver MIGHT work if you know where to magically locate it. Even knowing the specific spot and technique - it's a prick of a job.
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