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Geirskogul posted:Uhaul is funny - they won't let me choose any package. I guess the mid-90's Ford Explorer's reputation for When we hauled the Lexus home I had to tell them it was an ES300, despite the SC's weight plus their trailer being within the truck's tow rating. gently caress yo rules Uhaul. (it's not something I'd do again, since the truck was clearly not at all happy to be loaded that close to GCWR but hey, it made it and was safe/legal)
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loving coworker installed a 1.2kW inverter on Friday, couldn't get the battery terminals on in time, "Hey Tommychu can you finish this on the weekend? Truck's rolling Monday morning" So I get all my poo poo done, then have a look at this thing. He cut up a set of cheap, used 0-gauge booster cables (you know, the ones with the insulation that crumbles if you look at it funny), going through a hole that a beaver seems to have gnawed through the floor, no grommet, zero circuit protection, not even a length of hose strapped to the cable. Texted him. He's done half a dozen like that, it's fine man just put the terminals on. Somehow I get the feeling I'm going to be fixing a whole bunch of inverter installations in the near future.
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Sep 7, 2015 04:08
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ssjonizuka posted:I could really go for a 240/260z with a 4.3 v6 and turbo right about now.... Just make sure you use one of the later ones with balance shafts. I've heard the earlier ones like to shake themselves apart in that sort of application. e: V They used them in everything but Pontiacs, which got a slightly different version with red backlighting and a 7-band EQ. Turbo Fondant fucked around with this message at 04:40 on Sep 7, 2015 |
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Sep 7, 2015 04:17
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Fuuuck. Rear knock sensor in beatertruck ('00 GMC 4.8) is not removable- the hex just went crunch and started spinning. There's too much mud and crap around to safely pull the valley pan, there's not really enough room to get any fun extraction tools in there, Google says I have to hammer and chisel it out fuel-sender-lock-ring-style but I'm not sure the stud is going to take much of that. Anyone know a trick for these?
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Sep 7, 2015 23:49
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OK that makes sense. I'll head to work tomorrow and grab a couple chisels. Pretty sure I'm going to be snapping the sensor and drilling that stud out though, please tell me that's a blind hole 
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Sep 8, 2015 00:15
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Hey, I found a chisel! With another look at the position of this thing there's no fuckin' way I can drill it straight (even if it broke with something resembling a flat face, which it didn't) so off to the shop it goes.
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Sep 8, 2015 02:13
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Rhyno posted:That's the lead singer of Jane's Addiction. Took a few seconds, but goddamn. It's terrible and I love it.
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Sep 10, 2015 01:08
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CommieGIR posted:Most of the size of that 4 cylinder is the manifolds and all the accessories... That LS clearly has all 3 manifolds attached and the accessories don't add much at all to the footprint of either engine. There's also this:  The UZ ranges from 4.0 to 4.7 liters, the LS from 4.8 to 7.4. But we can play this game all day and not find a point in it. I own both an LS and a UZ and have had 3 Mazda 4 cylinders and I like all of these engines. Turbo Fondant fucked around with this message at 02:18 on Sep 12, 2015 |
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Sep 12, 2015 02:14
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I think we've hit the Viggen threshold with SAC. That is, the point where all the pissing and moaning after each of his posts is significantly more irritating than any of the stupid poo poo he posts.
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Sep 13, 2015 22:25
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MustardFacial posted:Who's pissing a moaning? All I see is people making fun of him for being a prick and bragging about _-=HIS WARRANTY=-_ on his Hyundai. Turbo Fondant fucked around with this message at 22:58 on Sep 13, 2015 |
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Sep 13, 2015 22:53
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Got my commercial trailer inspection license today!  Getting it was a process not unlike the biggoron sword quest in OOT. loving painful, took almost 3 months. E: And I get to do it all again in a couple years to be able to sign trucks off, and a third time to inspect the terrible shitbucket cars I buy. Turbo Fondant fucked around with this message at 18:58 on Sep 14, 2015 |
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Sep 14, 2015 18:54
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e: ^A friend of mine drives manual with cowboy boots, apparently it's not bad once they're broken in but it's hell for the first while. Ugh. Pizza place hosed up my order and put some kinda Blair's bearspray-grade gently caress you sauce on my 'boring medium-hot' wings. Ate half of them because they were pretty tasty but I had to give up. It's not even a 'heat' sensation so much as it feels like my tongue has been shot full of T50 staples. Turbo Fondant fucked around with this message at 03:28 on Sep 15, 2015 |
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Sep 15, 2015 03:25
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Elmnt80 posted:Let a small amount of butter melt on your tongue, then spit it out. The pizza itself was kinda greasy so the burn passed quickly. But I'm glad the weather's not good enough to work on my truck because I don't think I'll be able to leave the immediate proximity of a washroom at any point today.
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Sep 15, 2015 14:16
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Quite A Tool posted:So I finally got Torque Pro for my phone. Any recommendations for an inexpensive Bluetooth OBDII dongle? When it comes to Chinese ELM327s there's a short one and a long one, and a few different color choices for each. They're all about the same (I like the stubby blue one personally), just make sure you get one from a supplier that'll take returns if it's DOA or buy the cheapest one you can find and if it's DOA oh well it was only $7. Same as buying any Chinese crap really.
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Sep 16, 2015 06:29
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Seat Safety Switch posted:I don't think I've ever escaped an automatic wash (even the "touch free" ones) without some damage to my car. I can't say I've taken damage at one, but I also don't know that I've ever come out of one with a clean car. Just slightly less dirty than when it went in.
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Sep 16, 2015 17:08
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I've met people that don't acknowledge the mk1's existence or lump it together with the mk2 because they look pretty similar (at least in comparison to the mk3)
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Sep 17, 2015 16:32
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Found another truck that came from the factory missing a couple critical bolts in the suspension. Fairly obvious ones too. Clearly I need to get a job in Freightliner's QC department because it doesn't appear that they do much of anything ever.
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Sep 19, 2015 19:14
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I'm all about the nigiri, but I prefer my Toro as sashimi and I really dig dragon rolls. And if I'm trying a new spot I'll always try whatever their house roll is.
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Sep 19, 2015 22:49
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iwentdoodie posted:Thanks to this thread, the wife and I just did all you can eat sushi. The AYCE sushi joints I've been to range between sub-par and 'welp, time to get some gravol'. I'd love to find a good one, because I like *lots* of sushi. My brother and I once racked up a $250 tab at a pretty reasonably priced place. We had two beers each.
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it's 20 bucks a person for all you can eat, so it's a loving steal if you can eat a lot of sushi. But oh god I hurt.
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Previa_fun posted:Also: Most of those are words, all of them are English, but none of them work in my head hurts
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Sep 20, 2015 04:37
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Sinestro posted:I ended up getting it with the boiling hot water and soap trick. Last time I tried that it wrecked my wax seal and made a horrible mess. Replaced it with a Jacuzzi shitter and I swear I could flush a brick down that fucker without it clogging. Like, I threw my plunger out. It's that good.
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Sep 20, 2015 20:06
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IOwnCalculus posted:what exactly it did to the car while in this mode. Likely the same as the Americans (Detroit, Cat and Cummins) did a while back-with the same result, they got caught. Only difference is that it was three different companies conspiring together. They cut the fuel rate and bump the EGR map up a few points when it sees whatever sequence of inputs the testing entail. Neuters the engine and makes spectacular emissions numbers.
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Sep 21, 2015 21:17
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:Oh, hello. Have you seen the thread about my Nova that is currently cobbled together from parts of no less than 5 different cars of various makes and models? I had parts of 17 models from 5 different makes in my Festiva by the time I was done. (not trying to one up you, your build is way more awesome, but frankencars are fun)
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Sep 22, 2015 01:59
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:Holy poo poo, that's pretty impressive. At least mine's all GM. Not that that's necessarily a good thing... I had Genuine GM parts in mine too. I miscounted though, 10 different marques but only 16 different models. I'm probably forgetting some stuff though. 91-94 Escort GT: Block, crank, rods, oil pan, water pump, front brakes, outer tie rod ends BG Protege: top end, main bearing brace plate (the Escorts didn't get that), oil cooler, MAF NB Miata: Pistons (mo squish mo powah), oil pump BF 323: Transmission, axles, flywheel and clutch some random old BMW: air cleaner Ford Aspire: front steering knuckles, sway bar, rear beam axle, brakes and struts 1st gen Kia Rio: front struts Mk2 Golf: Summer wheels B14 Sentra: winter wheels FC RX7: seats, shift knob Civic: shift lever FB RX7: steering wheel Mk3 Toyota pickup: headlight buckets for 7" round sealed beams Isuzu Stylus: front bumper cover 92 Tercel: rear bumper cover '00 Silverado: radio, modified to remote-mount the display where the factory Festiva clock goes, and the knobs went to a switch blank on the left side of the column, the main PCB lived in the dash above the glove box
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1500quidporsche posted:I always admired the Festiva. It was the plucky little car that almost always got overlooked or was assumed to be Korean. It is literally a Kia though. But it was from the era where Kias were direct knockoffs of Mazda products- it wasn't until Kia started loving around with Mazda's blueprints to make them their own that they got terrible (like my Sportage: mostly a Mazda Bongo Van but literally every part not common to the van is terrible)
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1500quidporsche posted:Yeah my understanding was that it was a Mazda design, assembled by Kia and sold as a Ford. I do remember the interior having a distinct Kia feel though. Yep. And being basically the most readily available, cheapest and lightest '90s Mazda they're by far the most fun thing to play Mazda legos with. I barely even scratched the surface of the sort of crazy poo poo you can accomplish with these things (mainly because I went about it the hard way). And with a few simple tricks they can be ridiculously competent on the track. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFOtP0wnXVY This car has a stock Capri XR2 B6T, making a thundering 130hp. Car the camera's in is a C6. Turbo Fondant fucked around with this message at 16:43 on Sep 22, 2015 |
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Sep 22, 2015 16:41
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Sigma X posted:And remember, please fact-check responsibly.  News dropped on the 17th IIRC.
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Yeah Bing/HERE sucks (oh you want to get to this business? Ok I'll take you to the location that was demolished in 2010, or take you to vaguely where you need to be and then not tell you the actual address so you can find it). But the you're speeding chime is handy. IE also blows, if it runs into a page with a script it doesn't like it'll make the phone entirely unresponsive and after you pull the battery and reboot as soon as you open it again it goes right back to the last viewed page and chokes on it again. I've also managed to get a mild malware infection with it in the form of a MyFreeShoppingBuddy overlay. Design wise my main issue is a lack of IP5x-rated hardware, it isn't much fun taking the phone apart weekly to clean the iron filings and dust out. Other than all that it's a great platform and I strongly prefer it to my old galaxy rugby.
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Sep 26, 2015 16:06
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Thanks Fedex, for leaving that 65 pound box of truck parts I ordered butted up against my flimsy screen door. I had to call my loving neighbor to move it so I could get outside.
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Sep 29, 2015 17:31
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Modus Man posted:While putting away some scaffolding in my father in law's barn I uncovered a sand blaster! It just so happens that the front bumper of my 03 suburban is covered in rust. After dusting off the cobwebs and soaking the handle/nozzle in some PBATC and hooking it up to the compressor I gave it a test blast and we are in business. http://www.kramerindustriesonline.com/finishing-guides/blasting-media-comparison-chart.htm (courtesy of kastein in the resource&reference thread) Painter's coveralls are also a good idea. Media is messy when it's stuck to you.
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Geirskogul posted:I bought these. I know people say that the bus needs "C"-rated 8-ply tires, but the only ones I can find that fit are trailer tires with lovely tread patterns. I already have 205/75-14 car tires on there, and these are a real, non-chinesium brand, and whitewalls. C is 6 ply. If you don't plan on loading it past 6000 lbs total vehicle weight you're fine, that tire is rated to 1500lb/corner. e: plus, if you had it loaded that heavily I don't think it would be able to get up to the kind of speeds you'd also need to be doing to do damage. Whatever graybeards keep flipping the hell out saying you must use 6ply clearly have no idea how load/speed tables work, or that tire technology has advanced a bit since the '60s. Turbo Fondant fucked around with this message at 21:28 on Sep 30, 2015 |
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Geirskogul posted:Whoops, my bad on the ply thing. Right, I forgot that that was the concern and not the actual load rating. Either way, you're fine.
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Geirskogul posted:For the tie rods, I'm thinking about picking up one of these. Does anybody know if they're any good? They're apparently really good, though I've never used one personally (because I'm lucky enough to have never had one that didn't just let go after a good whack on the side). That little rig with the bottle jacks is impressive.
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