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JointHorse posted:So.. what the hell happened there? Turbo failure and thus engine runaway? I would imagine the injectors getting stuck to "on" would do it. Not sure if that's actually what did happen or if it even could, but from my understanding of diesels that'd be about the effects. I like the pop from the radiator before it finally melts into a huge hunk of slag.
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Nov 17, 2009 21:45
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drzrma posted:The KC-135 pictures are amazing, I wouldn't have guessed you could do that. I'm just curious as to where the nimrod who was pressurizing the thing was at the time, and whether or not the concussive force from the plane blowing the gently caress up took out both of his eardrums or not.
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InitialDave posted:Other than airgunning wheelnuts on, I'm enjoying the videos he's got up on there. If I'd been there to see that I'd probably still be laughing. I can just see the driver pitching forward out of the back end of that as the motor parts ways with its wheels.
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Feb 8, 2010 20:53
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SGNL06 posted:Followed promptly by the piston itself... Holy loving poo poo. 
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Apr 28, 2010 03:29
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ijustam posted:One of your locomotive-heads should make a train thread. I would but I have no content I'd certainly read it, but I don't know of any words for trains that start with "A." so far we've got Automotive, Aeronautic, Aquatic...?
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Trains are awesome and are the epitome of insanity. Motherfucking rolling bricks hauling THOUSANDS OF TONS AT 60 MILES PER HOUR 
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huskyjackal posted:"caused me to lose control" Generally the use of this phrase means your driving wrote a check that your driving skill couldn't cash.
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May 4, 2010 12:17
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Godholio posted:This is now my dream home. Holy poo poo. Yeah, that's Fallingwater, probably Frank Lloyd Wright's most famous bit of architecture. There's a shitload of info on it out there if you're interested.
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May 27, 2010 19:21
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FatCow posted:Oil starvation from the angle? I assume you've seen those Saudi drifting videos? It would seem they just give no gently caress whatsoever as far as safety is concerned. ↓↓ If anybody speaks Arabic, I'd be pretty interested to know what the announcer keeps shouting as that truck sits there and burns. ↓↓ Nuevo fucked around with this message at 00:30 on Jun 8, 2010 |
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Jun 8, 2010 00:12
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MonkeyNutZ posted:That's a pretty insane hill. I'd go with fuel pump, judging by the spout of flame that pours down the passenger side when it blows up in the second video.
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Jun 8, 2010 01:21
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Baby Hitler posted:I never understood safety wire being solid core at all. Maybe so it's either there or not? With braided/twisted cable you could snap a few strands, causing the bolt/whatever to loosen without visible outward signs? Maybe?
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tripsevens posted:Some Airbus hilarity: Ouch. I can't imagine those ridiculous brakes are cheap. I figure the hub there is shot as well? 
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Jun 15, 2010 00:43
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rocket_350 posted:Late one night I was passing alongside a truck that was accelerating down a highway on ramp when a large red hot rotating mass shot from under it at me. I assume it was a part of the clutch or flywheel. It missed me, but not by much. Yeah on the long drive home from PA to FL last week, we pulled up on a semi whose rearmost passenger side trailer wheel was glowing orange and throwing sparks. I'm guessing a really really shot wheel bearing, but I didn't hang out behind the thing long enough to find out. 
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Aug 31, 2010 03:38
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Blaster of Justice posted:I guess this counts as a horrible mechanical failure. Robert Dunlops 1994 TT rear wheel collapse. Quoting this with an image capture from the video because JESUS CHRIST.
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Ola posted:There was a diving accident in the North Sea where the rack mixing the gas was misconfigured for just a few seconds sending a shot of about 50% oxygen into the diver's helmet. Given that he was working at 200-250 feet, the partial pressure was so beyond lethal, the symptoms shown on the body where not known to science before the accident. This is really morbid, but do you have a link? The post mortems on these types of things are really fascinating, like the one where they opened the pressure chamber door early and one guy got sucked bodily through a gap about an inch and a half wide.
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14 INCH DICK TURBO posted:Forgot to add this one to the other post, not so much horrible in what failed, more a package deal. Heater core on a Toyota Previa. I know heater cores are generally a bitch, but Jesus. Would NOT want to do that job. Or get charged for it.
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Root Bear posted:
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May 27, 2011 04:05
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JD Brickmeister posted:Mythbusters just did something with an LP grill tank - same thing but smaller, right? They put it in a burning building, after about 20 minutes the safety vent popped and essentially created a semi-controlled blowtorch for 10 seconds. The water heater rocket worked pretty goddamn good though, and morons replace that overpressure valve all the time, because they're morons. Then all it takes is a broken thermostat.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bU-I2ZiML0
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May 28, 2011 05:39
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Marux posted:Replace it with a cap/plug, I think he meant, that way it becomes zero-maintenance Yeah pretty much. Which reminds me, I have no idea why I didn't think to link this yet. It's not very car related, but hooooooly poo poo, there are some failures involved. Home Inspection Nightmares - some of this poo poo is unreal. A little preview:  [/housechat]
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May 29, 2011 01:20
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jamal posted:ha, just saw this on a friend of a friend's facebook: Every now and then the internet just smacks you upside the face with how small it's made the world.
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some texas redneck posted:drat, I forgot how much MMS compresses poo poo. 14, email them next time, it'll take longer but they won't be so tiny. My bad. That's the most ridiculous brake failure I've ever heard of. Dear christ, it discolored the goddamn paint.
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Intoxication posted:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7JQ7Kc--qM&feature=related Not to mention what appears to be the hub assembly from a helicopter attached to a giant box. 
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dissss posted:They probably should have dialled their marketing back a notch or two then. Those Professional driver closed course do not attempt things are in the commercials for a reason. Mainly rear end-covering.
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InitialDave posted:If the car starts and drives, in even the most basic way, it doesn't get serviced or repaired. Being from Florida, land of no vehicle inspections, it's precisely this. The only time a car like that sees a shop is if it doesn't start or actively runs into something.
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AlternateAccount posted:This never gets old. The best one is where the camera car almost rams some silver SUV thing, lays on the horn, and then rams into the same SUV at the next intersection when it makes a right out of the next lane over.
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General_Failure posted:Sorry. All I could think of was Melbourne with that turn right from the left lane on red bullshit. Does that still exist? Ephphatha posted:Hook turns work pretty well assuming people aren't complete loving retards. Given the quality of the average Melbourne driver though I'm surprised they've lasted this long. OK, I'm going to need a diagram or something, because from here this is just 10 kinds of
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Ephphatha posted:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hook_turn Wow. That's like the corner case of corner cases where driving is concerned. I don't think I've heard of anything like that before anywhere, though those insane magic roundabouts are pretty close in  ery.
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nerdly_dood posted:Same deal with left turns in the States, if you're gonna turn left, go to the goddamn left and wait for a green arrow. Unless you're in New Jersey where they have jug handles just to royally gently caress with out-of-staters.
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Geoj posted:I don't know what's worse - the jughandles in NJ or the Michigan Left. Eh, seems kind of normal from living in Florida where there's a lot of that, sans the no-left cross streets. I've had to do what amounts to a Michigan left several times, and it's not too difficult provided people aren't hanging out in the passing lane for no good reason. Then again, I could see out of state people being baffled by the no-left signs if the fact there's a turnaround up the road isn't immediately obvious. E: thinking about it, given the choice, I'd go with jughandles. At least then, all the turning traffic is in the right lane, out of the way. Though the Michigan lefts have those deceleration cutouts for the turn, we all know that some people feel compelled to slow down to 10mph before cutting over into that lane. 
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14 INCH DICK TURBO posted:My dad had like a 30 year old paint can of some sort of industrial carb dip, I dunked one of my old carbs and it came out shiny new in about a minute. Got some on my hands and it seriously felt like I had poured boiling water all over them instantaneously. Wonder what it was. Superfund site in a can.  You can probably still get the stuff, whatever it is, but it definitely isn't sold over the AutoZone counter as carb cleaner.
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Geoj posted:This is what I know that's been posted before, and I swear someone mentioned it was the "run" part of a hit & run, but I can't find a source for it.
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Cakefool posted:Let me be the first to say Holy loving poo poo! Seriously. Here's the page with the description: http://avherald.com/h?article=4438e8ff&opt=0 Which also contains this video of an MD-80 coming in hard:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Pk1N6GzeOo
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Cakefool posted:This. I want this to be true more than anything I've ever read, but the loads on the robot catching an engine block thrown 100 feet are far beyond what that catcher would be rated for. It would overload without doubt, possibly even break mechanical fuses. That and specifically mentioning an overhand throw. Overhand is great for speed, but is going to put way more stress on the throwing and catching bot than an underhand lob. Also much more difficult telemetry...
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kastein posted:That smug-rear end Amazon box totally makes this picture.
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Ferremit posted:Australians arent allowed to do their own A/C work, or LPG work, Or home electrical work... How is it you all live in a country founded as a penal colony wherein every single living thing can murder you outright, yet you can't do anything remotely dangerous? Goddamnit, I'm derailing the derail. Getting back on topic, saw a car today with its front quarter panel duct-taped on. That's a first.
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Raluek posted:What gets me is that he was storing a tank without the heavy caps over the valves that keep this from happening. Every time I think about moving a tank I imagine how easy it would be to knock the valve into something or drop the tank onto the valve or something. Gives me the willies. Don't welding instructors always drill that into you? Always use the cap! Not to mention the whole "instant unguided missile" thing should the valve break off entirely.
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kastein posted:Story. Now. Also, way to go Ken!
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General_Failure posted:I think I posted my failed ACVW head collection a while back. Or maybe that was on the Samba. If someone with a better memory than I can confirm or deny I'll post them and make anyone considering a late baywindow bus reconsider their options. Forums hint: If you click the little ? at the bottom of a post in the username/avatar column, it will show every post in the thread by that user.  And yes, your first post in the thread was a couple of really unhappy VW heads.
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Was looking for something else and this turned up. I think a few of these dyno disasters have shown up in here, but lots of new content as well. Lots of fun, and terrible terrible tie-down setups. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzFGUUR1UDI
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Dr 14 INCH DICK Md posted:From work today. Goddamn, was that wheel just flopping around like a fish or what? That didn't get to your shop under its own power did it?
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