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Vanagoon posted:I don't mean to be an rear end in a top hat, honestly!, but who was it in that other thread that insisted that the engine block in his/someone he knew's car was bent? also, 289/302's love to split like that under a fair bit of horsepower.
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Back on topic... I was wondering why my idler pulley was making a squealing sound. I think I figured out why now: Click here for the full 800x600 image.
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Glynis27 posted:Hmm, I've had an idler pulley making noise for a few years. It whines so badly that 2 people have asked if my car is supercharged when I start the car. Maybe I should finally get around to replacing that pulley. I had the same thing happen to me. Someone asked me how much "boost I was pushin'" when I started the truck up one day. Needless to say, the belt jumped off on me yesterday when I started it up. Took a look and saw the pulley just wobbling around.
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14 INCH DICK TURBO posted: And content: 
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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Automotive Insanity > Let's Get Geeky About Batteries. (not mine) 
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Can we post horrible electric failures? Because I think I found out why my CD player wasn't working right.
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It's more embarrassing when it happens at the drag-strip on your burnout  The outer ring rolled down the track, and I imagined it was saying "I just want to be free".
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Jul 20, 2012 22:46
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That's one hell of a custom grind.
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Jul 21, 2012 19:05
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I'll bet it's a locking lug nut and they lost the key.
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Aug 22, 2012 01:27
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Don't forget Lamborghini's $50,000 optional "matching garage decor" package. It looks great.
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Sep 15, 2012 20:50
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Speaking of car fires, evidently Chevrolet's Camaro is prone to becoming, how should I say it, crispy. http://youtu.be/b70jXed3DWo?t=1m16s Skipped the boring parts for you.
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Tusen Takk posted:I would imagine that a Fisker kills way more trees when they blow up than a normal car It's ok because they'll recycle them into the dash of the next ones.
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Dr 14 INCH DICK Md posted:99 Cherokee in the shop right now, coworker thought it was a starter failure based off their description of the symptoms and how it would just click. Turns out the 4.0 is siezed. Please tell me it's because the owner decided to run it on sand instead of oil.
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Dec 19, 2012 15:34
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 Until everyone drives those, there's always gonna be danger out there. I imagine these to be filled with a fat-like substance. When you grab the door handle, it's like squeezing a loosely-stuffed sausage. 
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Pretty sure this is about 50-75 pages back, but worth showing again: The Dodge on the left rolled in a ditch once. The Raptor on the right rolled in the same ditch 3-4 times before stopping.  Story
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Dizman posted:I think it'd probably sound something like a grenade going off, followed by metal fragments pinging everything inside the engine bay at 5200 rpm. Centrifugal force is a bitch. I'm pretty sure Lakewood makes one for the C5.
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CommieGIR posted:Mine never break You're either the luckiest person alive or you're lying.
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Jan 12, 2013 04:28
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CommieGIR posted:This is the second or third time I have, check the Audi build thread to see me pull drive line Allen bolts with an easy out FROM AN ANGLE That's clearly a photoshop. No human being in existence has ever successfully used an easy out. *edit* my GTI was written off for this little number:  So I don't see why that one wouldn't be. Of course mine also had a hole in the passenger floor pan from the wheel being pushed back like that. It was big enough to stick your head through. Devyl fucked around with this message at 02:04 on Jan 25, 2013 |
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Jan 25, 2013 01:56
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It just got real cold in here. 
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Don't tell anyone but AFR, Edelbrock, and others make performance plastic intake manifolds as well.14 INCH GRANDPA posted:Stolen shamelessly from PYF Holy hell. Pissed off ex?
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Raw_Beef posted:I think this is the only OEM external gauge ever. I could be totally wrong. No idea why it didnt catch on It was/is a drag thing. If you've got your mint Chevelle, you don't want to hack up the dash or side pillar for gauges, so you tuck them in the cowl and in front of the windshield. It began way before the day of multi-readout digital display EL lit color changing LED screen gauges of today. It's still pretty common with muscle car enthusiasts.   
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nevermind.
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Feb 8, 2013 06:52
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sharkytm posted:You four wheeling types are so cute. 140,000 pounds from a wrecker. You're funny. Try aircraft carrier arresting gear.  My dad was (un)lucky enough to watch a guy get his leg taken clean off after one snapped during a plane landing. That wire can and will maim, destroy, and kill anything in its' path when it snaps.
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sharkytm posted:http://tugboatsonline.com/boat_yard/wire_boats/cabletowing.htm I find tugboats to be pretty awesome. I've watched a few episodes of that show "Great Lake Warriors" and it's really impressive to see just how strong those boats really are.
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Feb 8, 2013 17:23
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The only time that ever happens is when poo poo can't get any worse that day.
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Florida seems to be Mecca for those douchebags too.
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Godholio posted:Is it worth watching the whole 20 minute video, or are there just a couple of good parts? It's basically a guy just taking a long time to try & run the lockwire. His biggest problem was he wasn't using math & science when he did it. instead of trying to pull the wire through from the top like that, he should've coiled it around the inside a few times. The angle of the wire wouldn't have been such a problem for him when he was pulling it through the bolts and he could have done it in half the time. Also, before putting them down in there, he shoulda made sure the holes were lined up instead of just going blind.
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Yeah, y'all are right; there would've been no way to perfectly line them up. That's why Sharpies were made 
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WTF? You can't just post this with no info.
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Feb 14, 2013 20:13
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Horrible structural idea!
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Feb 20, 2013 17:10
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Someone should have told that guy the first step in fixing the 6.0 involves buying a gallon of gas and a pack of matches.
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CommieGIR posted:I did it again.  Devyl fucked around with this message at 04:24 on Mar 10, 2013 |
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Buddy of mine who works on train engines sent me a new paperweight that arrived today. Weighs around 20 lbs.  
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Sorry I left y'all hanging. It's from a V16 rated at 4,400 h.p. & 20,000 ft/lbs. torque. This piece broke off a rod and got mangled in the engine. Here's how it looks normally: Those pink things are urinal cakes for a size comparison. The piece I have is the last 7-8" that's pointing in the air.
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MrSaturn posted:But they're so much fun to clean! That's the most  way I've seen of cleaning a car part.
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PainterofCrap posted:Someone I've actually seen the Permatex headgasket done before. Kid who thought he knew his poo poo about cars decided he wanted to get into the business of flipping cars for profit. Well, he bought a car with a busted headgasket and just slathered about two tubes of black permatex (high temp!  ) in place of a headgasket. Called me over to figure out why it was running so hot. Genius kid, that one.
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When I had my RX-7, I was about 50 miles from my house when, after gently hitting my brakes to slow down a little, the front right caliper decided to clamp down on the rotor and not let go. Since I had left my toolbox at home, all I had was a screwdriver, a 4 way, and a pair of pliers. I was lucky enough to have wheels that were pretty open-faced, so I was able to use the screwdriver and 4 way to beat the caliper & pad enough to release its' grip on the rotor. I spent the next 2 1/2 hours driving at 25 mph with my cautions on and trying not to use the brakes if at all possible. Every time I had to use the brakes, I ended up pulling over and beating the hell out of the caliper. Got home & replaced the caliper. Evidently, the caliper had somehow created a notch in the sliding pins. When I would hit the brakes, the small notch was enough to lock the caliper in place.
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I think I found out my P0141 problem...
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EightBit posted:
The idle actually dropped about 350-400 rpm after I changed that out, if that tells you anything. The inside is toast, but the outside got bent from the previous owner trying to imitate a Top Gear stunt or something. It was bent even worse than that. Had to take a pair of pliers and bend it back enough to fit in the O2 socket.
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Viking Blood posted:Pelican makes some sweet-rear end cases. I'll attest to that. I have this one for my camera gear on the go. Expensive, but totally worth it if you need to make sure what's inside stays safe.
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