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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:That valve looks like it's held on there with paper mache. It's insulation wrapped in PVC. I do it for a living (usually with aluminium rather than PVC).
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Feb 3, 2012 00:28
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Beach Bum posted:C Prepared '65 Mustang... that was a front driveshaft u-joint at one point... U joints are cheap, yokes less so.
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May 8, 2012 23:25
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Horse Divorce posted:Perhaps I could interest you with some damage caused by a washer dropped into a cylinder. Guy says the engine ran for seven seconds. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150147711151156.292325.505291155&l=9de42eb0ee quote:GTO Cylinder head and pistons Hahaha, I was like, "V6 DOHC GTO???". Oh Mitsubishi. EDIT: >> Hey, a  a couple hours down the road
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May 15, 2012 22:19
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InitialDave posted:Ah, go on. If someone can put a V8 in an LJ80, I'm sure it'll be fine. You got the go ahead from the engineering department, so start tearing that engine out of the wreck.
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May 17, 2012 19:44
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Order factory Ford parts from Tousley Ford. They offer 10% above cost on all dealer parts.
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May 22, 2012 17:02
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It doesn't have a master on/off?
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May 27, 2012 02:54
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Slow is Fast posted:Impreza 2002 owner here. Yep. It was poo poo. I pulled my ABS fuse and sensors and wired up my bulb to flash on key on because seriously, the abs is going to hurt more then help. I learned to drive on a jeep without abs and know what threshold braking is. The abs used to go apeshit on my RS under tarmac braking. I did the same, but I went so far as to remove the pump, wiring, and re-plumbed the lines to sit behind the passenger side strut tower.
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Jun 2, 2012 13:49
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grover posted:VA does inspections. It's mostly a way for shops to charge $30 for a $.99 light bulb, and though it's a pain in the rear end to have to go waste a few hours some morning sitting in line at a local shop, it really does cut down on the number of total shitheaps plying the streets. Some might say the same about house inspections too. 
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Jun 26, 2012 15:08
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SockingtonTM is a trademark of Sockington Studios and cannot be used without prior consent. I posted this in the cellphone thread, but this tire was soooo close to a huge failure. One of the ladies at my wife's work had a meeting with a curb in their short bus(or so reported), but that does not make up for the awful dry rot going on. The wife wanted me to stop by and let her know if she she bother mentioning something. I suggested new tires all the way around. 
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Jul 7, 2012 02:43
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grover posted:That brings up a good question, though- how do you shift with two transmissions? Two clutches and shifters? He'd almost have to tie them together somehow. Look up the Durocco. He did it with mechanical linkage.
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Jul 20, 2012 03:14
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My sister's rotors weren't very far from becoming two-piece. The brakes loving HAMMERED when pressure was applied.
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Sep 12, 2012 15:11
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Tusen Takk posted:My diff pin blew through the case back in may, apparently it's an extremely uncommon thing Mazda's FWD transmissions have been doing that's since the early 90s.
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Sep 17, 2012 11:37
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Diametunim posted:I am, although I usually lurk. Same name as on here though. Move it to the Jetski thread. I want to hear more of this.
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Sep 20, 2012 19:57
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Bang Me Please posted:On many rotors which have two holes like that there are threads in them and two bolts can be used to pry a stuck rotor from the hub. No, most times the HUB is threaded and the rotor is not. That's why the factory counter-sunk screws have to be ground flat on the hub after you drill out the heads. They seize in the hub threads.
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Oct 3, 2012 17:08
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opengl128 posted:I did a track day in my MS3, and it did stupendously. Only cost me boiled brake fluid, brake and tire wear was minimal. You should really give it a go, it does really well on the track. He's more worried about how it'll do into a wall/barrier/car/so forth.
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Oct 9, 2012 01:15
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kastein posted:Nah, I don't know anyone who owns jeeps. Lousy, unreliable things those Jeeps. 
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Oct 15, 2012 03:10
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1/2" drive torque wrenches only go down to ~20-30lb-ft. 3/8" torque wrenches usually operate up to about 200 (+ or -) INCH pounds, which is less than 20lb-ft. When you're working with small bolts and aluminium casings, it's best to be precise.
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Oct 29, 2012 17:18
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DefaultPeanut posted:Got your drive sizes mixed up a bit? Nope. My Mastercraft Maximum 3/8 only measures in inch pounds. 30-250 inch pounds. Part number 58-8557 for regular, 58-8561 for the maximum one. Silly fuckheads thinking they know better. 
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Oct 29, 2012 19:45
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Bucephalus posted:Okay, that was unnecessary. Here's the deal Ummm? I was saying that a 1/2" torque wrench was too much for EVERY job like the person I had originally quoted said. I explained that he might want a 3/8" one that operates at a lower scale than the 1/2" could reliably reach. Then I was told that I must be thinking of 1/4" since my 3/8" ratchet surely couldn't read in inch-pounds. Can't we just hug and make up? I was trying to show him other ratchet sizes have different capabilities. I wasn't trying to set the ISO for 3/8" torque wrench readings. Also, my lovely tire store brand tools go down to 6mm in 3/8" drive. 
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Oct 30, 2012 02:53
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Seat Safety Switch posted:One of my new neighbors has been driving around with 4/5 lug nuts for a little while.... Somebody stole his wheels and broke the lug with the wheel lock on it.
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Oct 30, 2012 22:07
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To be fair, it's not like there's an engine up there to absorb some of that impact. I've seen lots of mucked up AW11 MR2s, and they generally stand up pretty well (I hope for my sake  ).
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Dec 30, 2012 01:46
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grumplestiltzkin posted:I'd rather be in the car with half as much mass and be nimble enough to just avoid an accident. Viva Miata You can tell who has been to the soccer field and who hasn't.  All kidding aside, I agree with you. It's a cold-war style arms race of high belt lines and reduced greenhouses.
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Dec 30, 2012 14:27
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Motronic posted:Many of them are constructed that way, but not all of them. I have no idea how you tell the difference, but I know that several models that fit on Porsches looked a whole lot like Mahles when I cut them open (I use whatever is cheap for the first start on new engine builds or major work that's going to get an immediate oil change). I always wondered about this. Wouldn't you want the BEST filter after a rebuild to catch everything that shouldn't be in there?
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Dec 30, 2012 17:36
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I blame computer modeling. Instead of overbuilding for the sake of reliability, they can see how much metal/stress is needed before failures occur. That whole cost of 10lbs of block material staying there versus removing it for weight savings, tooling costs, etc. Of course those computers also give us well over 100hp/L so it's not all brown rain.
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Dec 31, 2012 18:17
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thvwlshvscpd posted:I have a set of collapsible chocks I keep in my DSM next to the factory scissor jack. A DSM owner being well prepared for a break down? You don't say!
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May 14, 2013 01:40
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Devyl posted:Ya know, it's pictures like these that make me wonder. The person who did that was competent enough to understand compressing the spring, but not the fact that Autozone rents out spring compressors. I mean, seriously. The rear springs on the US first-gen Focus require some ingenuity to install. A local tech says there's a weird compressor that they have to use on them due to the location.
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Jun 26, 2013 02:16
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Godholio posted:Not on the sedan. I installed some SVT springs and there wasn't anything particularly hassling. It may have been my spring compressors I used, but I couldn't get them in there without them interfering with the surrounding suspension. Edit: it was only the rear passenger side that didn't want to go in, but that side had been hosed up in a previous accident. Sockington fucked around with this message at 19:29 on Jun 26, 2013 |
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Jun 26, 2013 19:26
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Aug 14, 2013 03:49
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It was from a friend-of-a-friend. Pretty sure it was a drag car running meth injection and boost.
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Aug 14, 2013 22:28
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From a Toronto repair shop;quote:This is a spring from a 2006 Mercedes Benz C350 with 50,000 kilos. 
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Aug 16, 2013 02:43
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Slavvy posted:My boss has an e36 shell so that's where the engine would go Truly a sign from the automotive gods. Get on it.
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