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luminalflux posted:"Dry" might be a stretch, it's kinda humid from all the fog (you'll get drier and less overcast once you move towards the bay past the rain shadow of twin peaks) Dry compared to Seattle. It may be moist and foggy but the pavement is generally pretty dang dry (esp after an hour or so of traffic) and it isn’t unfun to ride a motorcycle in. Just move 30 miles south to Boulder Creek lmao. Actually though very jealous of my friend there’s glorious daily commute down 9.
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Wistful of Dollars posted:the rust actually kinda looks good on it tbh I saw a truck (90s Ram) earlier today with patina starting on the top of the tailgate that made me wonder/realize if the cars I remember as a kid are starting to patina like all the 'fad' cars you see elsewhere on the internets. Then I saw the post with the jeep. Then I felt old.
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Darchangel posted:I've only killed two in about 30 years! Thread title.
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I had a visit with an endodontist yesterday. Now I look like I got in a fight and also stung by a bee on my face. Oh well, at least it's an excuse to mostly take a day off work.
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Captain McAllister posted:I saw a truck (90s Ram) earlier today with patina starting on the top of the tailgate that made me wonder/realize if the cars I remember as a kid are starting to patina like all the 'fad' cars you see elsewhere on the internets. That's a CJ, so at least 30 years old. fake edit: almost 40, according to Wikipedia. last one made in 1986. Humphreys posted:Thread title. Which part? "I've only killed two in 30 years!", "There they go -> Apex Seals"? 
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Didn't cross my mind that Carl Weathers would be passing anytime soon.
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Darchangel posted:That's a CJ, so at least 30 years old. Interestingly, I looked up the plate. It's registered as a 2000, presumably when it was imported. Which means it only need a Warrant of Fitness (safety inspection) every 12 months instead of every 6. Bonus!
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slidebite posted:Didn't cross my mind that Carl Weathers would be passing anytime soon. drat. That is a bummer and a half. I just got done replacing all of the stupid-rear end dimmers that were in my basement. It'd be one thing if they were good ones, but they're the awful ones that are built to fit in a regular switch plate so it's a skinnier toggle with the tiny little slider next to it. I just spent the last however long replacing TEN of them with regular switches. No, previous owner, the lights in the little storage area with the water shutoff don't need to be dimmed. Neither does the light above the shower in the bathroom. Neither do any other of these drat lights. Plus side is that now I know which lights are on which breakers. PO did a real boner of a job with the breaker labeling. I need to get some new labels and redo them so they make sense. Next step is figuring out all the outlets. 
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Advent Horizon posted:Any California goons want to meet up in a month? We’re flying into Santa Barbara the last week of February and driving up to San Francisco. Planning a week in Santa Barbara, a week in the bay area, and a stop at Pinnacle National Park in between. I'd love to. I'm just north of San Luis Obispo, on the way up to SF just off 101
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:drat. That is a bummer and a half. Oh god you just reminded me that I have to replace this stupid loving dimmer combo switch from like 1996 that only has 1 purple wire leaving the switch and controlling both the fan and lights. I'm not daisy chaining the fan and light contacts together or buying a special switch so that the next guy asks "what the gently caress?", so I've got to pull the stupid loving fan off the ceiling and see what's actually going on, bare minimum running another wire to the switch box I’ve given up on the circuits for now, I just cut all the power. The house has had so many DIY wiring jobs that the basement lights are on the same circuit as 3 outlets on the floor above and the garage is on the same circuit as one outlet in the kitchen
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Darchangel posted:That's a CJ, so at least 30 years old. Typical Rotary, boost in, apex seals out
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:drat. That is a bummer and a half. I loathe the Decora form-factor, so I only get the little skinny toggle+slider ones. The Door Frame posted:Oh god you just reminded me that I have to replace this stupid loving dimmer combo switch from like 1996 that only has 1 purple wire leaving the switch and controlling both the fan and lights. I'm not daisy chaining the fan and light contacts together or buying a special switch so that the next guy asks "what the gently caress?", so I've got to pull the stupid loving fan off the ceiling and see what's actually going on, bare minimum running another wire to the switch box There's a little control unit in the fan, and that switch is a glorified remote, you can get new control units that use an actual remote, if you're inclined.
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Elviscat posted:I loathe the Decora form-factor, so I only get the little skinny toggle+slider ones. You and me both. I kinda wish I had given up though before I purchased any dimmers. The only thing worse than decora is having an inconsistent mix. And I have better uses of $600 than replacing all of them.
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Elviscat posted:I loathe the Decora form-factor, so I only get the little skinny toggle+slider ones. I've thought about that, since there's 2 signals on the same wire there has to be something on the other side to unpack it. But how much life does the receiver have left, and how much of the LED buzz was the sender and how much was the receiver? I'd just rather be 100% sure, even if I have to pull the fan off the ceiling, because I don't trust a single thing that's been wired in this house to have been done properly
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Not mine, but a volvo 245 from 1988 with 645,000km on the odometer. It was getting a new rear axle and struts:  All new now though. Good cars!
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Humphreys posted:Typical Rotary, boost in, apex seals out Truth. If only you could use a JPG as a title. Yes, the words would do, but... His Divine Shadow posted:Not mine, but a volvo 245 from 1988 with 645,000km on the odometer. It was getting a new rear axle and struts: Oh my dear God almighty. I actually gasped at that control arm.
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YouTube can kiss my rear end for making this a short instead of a video, but I was looking for content on YouTube to passively show off this 32:9 monitor and one of the options was a gameplay video of Stray. My wife captured this adorable video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjr3sfAEneM fake edit: SA parsed it into a video link! Yay! And also still gently caress you YouTube
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RIP Paul Walker posted:YouTube can kiss my rear end for making this a short instead of a video, but I was looking for content on YouTube to passively show off this 32:9 monitor and one of the options was a gameplay video of Stray. My wife captured this adorable video. Your cat definitely "Long live the king!"'d the cat from Stray.
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RIP Paul Walker posted:YouTube can kiss my rear end for making this a short instead of a video, but I was looking for content on YouTube to passively show off this 32:9 monitor and one of the options was a gameplay video of Stray. My wife captured this adorable video. put that horrible Oliver Tree song edit over it and send ‘er to tiktok
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RIP Paul Walker posted:YouTube can kiss my rear end for making this a short instead of a video Don't film vertically lol
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I really wish iOS would let you film wide while holding the phone vertically
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The folks that made the flip video camera back in like 2005 realized this, it's a thing of ergonomics. Filming in portrait is always so awkward for a hand to do.
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Finally ordered a jet kit for the Weber 32/36 DGEV on the AE86, since I was already ordering a phenolic spacer to hopefully help with the dieseling presumably cause by it being directly coupled to the exhaust manifold (non-crossflow engine, and the factory manifolds are literally joined, for quick warm up/atomization?) I have no idea what I'm doing, but it's so damned rich it gets worse gas mileage than my V8 living room on wheels (Crown Vic.) I guess I get to learn to read plugs, or buy a wideband O2?
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Darchangel posted:Finally ordered a jet kit for the Weber 32/36 DGEV on the AE86, since I was already ordering a phenolic spacer to hopefully help with the dieseling presumably cause by it being directly coupled to the exhaust manifold (non-crossflow engine, and the factory manifolds are literally joined, for quick warm up/atomization?) I've been reading your posts for years now, how goes the selling of that thing? 
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Darchangel posted:Finally ordered a jet kit for the Weber 32/36 DGEV on the AE86, since I was already ordering a phenolic spacer to hopefully help with the dieseling presumably cause by it being directly coupled to the exhaust manifold (non-crossflow engine, and the factory manifolds are literally joined, for quick warm up/atomization?) At least in the Land Cruiser world, which has a similar manifold setup, the Webers are known for running rich AF. The 32/36 is (was) fairly common even though it doesn’t quite flow enough wide open but it was still either rich or ran poorly. That makes me wonder if one of the knock-off Aisin carburetors would work well. They’re all desmogged and I would think the carb for a 20R or 22R would flow enough plus be decent with side loads on long curves since they run decent rock crawling.
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Cracked two of my low profile rims today on our wonderful Queensland roads. Lucky I have spare sets of tyre/wheel packages. Only lost about 30 minutes of the day.
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Humphreys posted:Cracked two of my low profile rims today on our wonderful Queensland roads. Lucky I have spare sets of tyre/wheel packages. Only lost about 30 minutes of the day. When i had the BMW i had low profile tires and lost 3 tires and bent 1 rim all within like 6 months. I'm a sidewall guy now.
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Powershift posted:I'm a sidewall guy now. If it's less than ten inches (of sidewall) I am not interested. I live in a fourth world country. It's bad enough replacing suspensions and frames annually without adding 5 kilobucks of tire and wheel to the bill.
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Yeah I want to switch the Q7 to smaller rims so I can run truck tires, which are cheaper than the thin profile tires for the 20" rims.
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CommieGIR posted:Yeah I want to switch the Q7 to smaller rims so I can run truck tires, which are cheaper than the thin profile tires for the 20" rims. Your Q7 needs Alpha Equip Echos in 18x9 sitting on Falken Wildpeaks (or Yokohama G015).
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McTinkerson posted:Your Q7 needs Alpha Equip Echos in 18x9 sitting on Falken Wildpeaks (or Yokohama G015). Correct. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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RIP Paul Walker posted:I've been reading your posts for years now, how goes the selling of that thing? You'll note that I still own it. I think that says everything that needs to be said. Advent Horizon posted:At least in the Land Cruiser world, which has a similar manifold setup, the Webers are known for running rich AF. The 32/36 is (was) fairly common even though it doesn’t quite flow enough wide open but it was still either rich or ran poorly. That's a thought. It's a 1.6L, so surely the carb for a I didn't put this accursed thing on there - the car came with it, and the original carb is partially disassembled, so I have no idea if it's even all there. edit again: looks like about $100 for the Chinese Aisins, which is great when I just paid $60 for a jet kit for the Weber. Also, as I understand it, the Redline Webers we get here (which this is - there's no part number where there should be one, for instance) are kind of crap, according to what I've read. I kind of get the feeling no one bothers to make good carbs any more. Powershift posted:When i had the BMW i had low profile tires and lost 3 tires and bent 1 rim all within like 6 months. The 245/45-18s on the Crown Vic are about as little sidewall as I want to run. The Outback, of course, has ALL the sidewall. Darchangel fucked around with this message at 19:50 on Feb 7, 2024 |
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McTinkerson posted:Your Q7 needs Alpha Equip Echos in 18x9 sitting on Falken Wildpeaks (or Yokohama G015). They look kinda like Fuchs wheels. I approve this plan.
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CommieGIR posted:They look kinda like Fuchs wheels. I approve this plan. Oh, you want Fuchs? Well then look no further. https://shop.eurowise.com/products/mantra-fox-wheels-5x130-fuchs-style 
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Oof Porsche badging means it's gonna be extra, and I liked the other ones better.
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Darchangel posted:That's a thought. It's a 1.6L, so surely the carb for a I have found knockoffs of the correct Aisin carb for the 4AC, also about $100, so if I can't get the DGEV jetted correctly, I may punt to that. Or ignore it.
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I’ve heard good things about those knock-off carburetors, with one caveat - you should immediately take it apart to make sure no metal shavings are left inside. If your Aisins are like the truck models they’re quite good carburetors, even as cheap copies. I forget, are the Webers mechanical or vacuum secondary?
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cursedshitbox posted:If it's less than ten inches (of sidewall) I am not interested. I thought you lived in the American southwest
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Another Covid vaxx booster done. Wonder how poo poo I'll feel tomorrow? Last one was a combo with flu Vax and that hit hard.
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Another Covid vaxx booster done. Wonder how poo poo I'll feel tomorrow? Last one was a combo with flu Vax and that hit hard. This round didn't phase me at all.
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