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Krakkles posted:Apparently for 150 quid!
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It’s ok, according to the branding this is some kind of modular tool. Edit: welp, forgot to refresh or there was another page of my same lovely joke already
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Mar 22, 2020 15:38
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Sorry for the "FWD: Funy picture"-quality posting but w/e I laughed:
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Apr 8, 2020 23:41
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I always called it “crabbing”, never saw it that bad though.
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May 4, 2020 03:52
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I have two of those stands, thanks for posting this. I only use it to hold my 400lb CB750 up when messing with forks  but I’ll get them swapped out next weekend.
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May 20, 2020 17:43
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A bit upthread someone wondered exactly why Americans don’t learn to drive manual... I can’t speak to how we got here but the current problem is availability. My son wants to drive stick, but I sold all my cars over a decade ago. No rental companies stock manual, so I’m renting the only manual transmission in a 100 mile radius on Turo  It’s a Fiat 500 and my son is 6’3”. If any horrible mechanical failures occur I’ll keep the thread posted.
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Sep 19, 2020 15:06
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Can we post Horrible Mechanical Successes in this thread? https://twitter.com/KrangTNelson/status/1337437641697013760
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Dec 11, 2020 23:12
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Even I can weld better than that.
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Jul 21, 2021 05:19
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I saw the signs in Denver reading “I-70 Closed @ Glenwood Cyn”, now I know why. We had some pretty serious wildfires there the spring before last.
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Aug 3, 2021 04:52
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buttcrackmenace posted:Related : the needle positions of the tach and speedo on my old Infiniti G20 synced up perfectly in third gear, all the way to redline. MrYenko posted:Pretty much any postwar RWD American car with a manual transmission will have a 1:1 4th gear. If it has fewer than four gears, it’ll be top gear. LifeSunDeath posted:now I don't know what to believe
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Aug 14, 2021 04:20
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If you can think of a better way I’d love to hear it.
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Aug 17, 2021 01:59
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Deteriorata posted:Watch Wes Work encounters a Horrible Electrial Failure: The only thing holding it up was a pair of 1mm^2 contact patches that he "[didn't] know the rating of"! Great video though, thanks for posting it.
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Nov 18, 2021 00:43
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Tomarse posted:I gather that in the US it is also used in a verb form? (Also mentioned in the comments in that article) to mean swindle/cheat which I had no idea about until I heard it used recently in some US media and it surprised and disappointed me. It doesn’t help that many Americans don’t know what Romani are and think “gypsy” are old timely mythical beings like leprechaun or yeti. Growing up my familiarity with the term was limited to my grandmother telling me to go to bed or “a gypsy would get me”, akin to the bogeyman. So if you tell an American “hey, maybe don’t say that” you might have to explain a few additionals.
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Nov 25, 2021 08:46
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EDIT: eh joke didn't work something something that's a lot of custom body work something cool alignment something
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Nov 29, 2021 04:16
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I remember learning immobilizers were mandatory in the US since 1998 but it turns out that was two other big markets (Germany and UK) requiring them. Everyone added it to their ignitions to keep the SKUs aligned so we tended to see them introduced around that model year. I’m pretty sure you got a good discount on comprehensive insurance here for having one.
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Jul 29, 2022 17:30
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I know it looks cute but timing chains only do this when they are very distressed.
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Sep 3, 2022 05:18
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I’ve been teaching my son to drive stick and this is what I tell him to do if he’s unsure what gear he’s in. So the car is probably just trying to figure out if it’s in third or fifth is all.
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Sep 7, 2022 05:35
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kastein posted:Oh my loving God  At about the 42 min mark he says he’ll never think about using anything from this engine but he might have just meant the bottom end. I’m still worried he’s going to machine and resell those heads. I did some fast forwarding so maybe he walked that back. Overall 10/10 would watch again. Edit: vvv Nice! Feeling a little less agita now. Ulf fucked around with this message at 21:36 on Mar 5, 2023 |
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Mar 5, 2023 21:19
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No, they launched it successfully. It was COTS-1 in 2010, the first cargo mission to the ISS. They used tin snips to shorten the second stage rocket bell to remove the segment that had developed a crack. SpaceX has real engineers and a solid track record. Not everything involving Musk is poo poo. Edit: it was a technician that did the snipping, with the blessing of the engineering team who had run the numbers, to be clear. Not Elon. Ulf fucked around with this message at 00:24 on Mar 29, 2023 |
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Mar 29, 2023 00:20
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Much as audiophiles have "DBT-free" forums to discuss audio experiences without the scourge of double-blind comparison, drag strips will have timing-free nights. EDIT: stupid snipe, so enjoy this stupid video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AJCdmW33fM
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Apr 9, 2023 01:52
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The inevitable result as beds get shorter and cabs get longer. A lift kit would let him fit more lumber
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Apr 9, 2023 20:15
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For a long time I ran a model M keyboard with a string of adapters from AT -> PS/2 -> USB. Anything is possible especially if you have enough of each adapter to swap and try to find a working end-to-end solution.
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Jun 30, 2023 22:06
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Re: epoxy failure in motors, I’m told the reason my Zero is speed limited at 103mph is because any faster and the epoxy will start to melt and the IPM motor will do exactly what you’ve found, except on the road at speed. The motorcycle has no transmission (unless you count the belt between motor and sprocket) so the math between road speed and motor speed is straightforward and absolute. Re: trailers, we have a very successful trailer dealer on the other end of my neighborhood, to the extent that I see their sticker on trailers on roads all over the state. Growing up I didn’t realize there were professional trailer makers and dealers, I just thought it was whatever your slightly odd friend of a friend could weld together.
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Jul 12, 2023 14:17
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Improvise on your trip to Harbor Freight Adapt the cheapest option on the shelf Overcome the weakest part of the tool with some lateral thinking Edit: oh my god that’s the bottom bracket on a road bike. As a bike mechanic every part of the bike we can see there is
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Sep 16, 2023 16:44
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We have blue pumps here; ethanol-free. Not sure if that’s any kind of standard, or just what my Murphy USA does. Edit: looks like blue is E15 in other places. Yeesh. Yellow seems to be pretty standard for E85 from what I’ve seen. Ulf fucked around with this message at 07:36 on Nov 26, 2023 |
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Nov 26, 2023 07:33
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Crystals should be glued onto the steering wheel airbag, not the Start button. 
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Jan 8, 2024 22:50
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I wouldn’t mind seeing one clad in cor-ten.
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Jan 20, 2024 22:37
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Data Graham posted:
https://youtu.be/uq5rQlfEcjY?t=7s
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Feb 5, 2024 06:47
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Keep in mind when you see pics of red-hot things that cameras will often pick up some infrared that your eye isn’t seeing (there’s IR-blocking filters on cameras but some extra usually gets through). Go take a photo of the heating element in your oven when it’s running and compare to what you’re seeing, it’ll be even brighter in the photo. Edit: sorry about my old oven that needs cleaning 
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Feb 12, 2024 18:53
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I just assumed that was a trailer axle since it’s in better condition than 90% of the trailers I see on the road.
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Mar 25, 2024 01:00
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If you never leave urban or even some suburban areas you legit might never need them. Not a lot of deer to worry about along the Boston-Atlanta Metropolitan Axis.
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Apr 11, 2024 03:20
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Saukkis posted:I'm not sure how much the US high beam pattern differs from EU lights, but I would assume not significantly. I can guarantee you that any country with mandatory vehicle inspections is going to have their headlight angles set better than the average US vehicle. Most US cars are fine but when you’re driving all night and one car out of every hundred has one headlight 15 degrees off and pointing directly into incoming traffic it wears on you. We’re also in a rough period now where a bunch of cars have bright strip-LEDs retrofitted into housings shaped for incandescent point lighting, I look forward to a few years from now when the vast majority of cars have factory-adjusted headlights again.
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Apr 11, 2024 18:03
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weirdly chilly pussy posted:It's clearly a piston, but why would it be made of a mineral/ceramic substance like this? I wonder if someone wasn’t playing at sandcasting? It kinda looks like a bad mold job.
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Blue Footed Booby posted:All infotainment units should use the color scheme 'hot dog stand' from windows 3.1  This feels like something the NHTSA could get behind.
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