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everdave posted:loving with some rusted rear end split rims in a field somewhere without a safety cage I know this is from a couple pages back, but my father and I once got it in our heads to replace the front tires on his 70yo MF304 backhoe with only hand tools and an air compressor. The rims were rusty as gently caress (including the lock rings) and in the end we decided to put the one wheel we'd gotten apart back together and leave well enough alone. I clenched very hard when the bead popped back into place. E: These wheels are supposed to be ballasted too.
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ExplodingSims posted:then it's time to put the biggest engine possible in it. So, we're talking a large modular block with cylinders that you can comfortably stand in, and runs on a highly viscous byproduct of petroleum distillation? It's a big old chevy, there's probably room.
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Disgruntled Bovine posted:What else are you going to use all that bed space for? To hold the hundreds of gallons of bunker fuel it'll consume on a lazy Sunday afternoon.
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May 16, 2016 02:57
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I fail to see how that's a problem at all.
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May 16, 2016 03:05
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Tommychu posted:Look guys, we can talk about which 4 cylinder Perkins is the correct engine for the truck when he's got it safely home. Until then let's focus on the important stuff. I corrected a glaring error in your post, hope you don't mind.
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It's not like I'm about to suggest an AD4 203, even though one would probably outlast that truck by several hundred years.
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May 16, 2016 05:08
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But this truck is in Nebraska, where I'm sure old Massey Fergussons are common and he could probably find a perkins mated to a hydrostatic transmission. Then there'd be 4 pedals and two sticks.
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May 17, 2016 03:19
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Veeb0rg posted:Then lets throw in a 2 speed rear end as well. By the time we're done, this truck is going to have so many pedals, sticks, and knobs.
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May 17, 2016 04:47
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With 14 chained to the grill wailing on guitar.
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rndmnmbr posted:If there was one thing you could absolutely trust 14" to do, it was walk into the mouth of madness and bring something hosed up but functional back out. Now that's a war rig.
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May 17, 2016 20:49
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You have to keep the parking brake setup exactly as it is.
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May 18, 2016 22:48
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Where do I insert my  ?E: Get both cars and drive them to Nebraska ala: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsxRiI5jAC8 Fermented Tinal fucked around with this message at 13:49 on May 20, 2016 |
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May 20, 2016 13:43
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ExplodingSims posted:It has staggered motor mounts, and requires fabbing up some angled brackets and OTHER STUFF THAT'S TOO HARD TO DO IN A FIELD. You've obviously never had to repair broken farm equipment in a field with a generator, an arc welder, and a battery-powered angle grinder. That's all you need.
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kastein posted:Remember that those brake shoes are absolutely 150% definitely asbestos and should be treated with all due respect. I'd probably get a set from a junkyard and have them relined, and then clean everything religiously with a pressure washer in someone else's yard*. Don't forget to wear a mask, and using a spray bottle full of water will be better than pressure-washing. Mist until it's soaked, then gently wipe up as much as you can, wrap that in another rag/paper towel, let it dry, and sacrifice a can of any cheap resin to encapsulate it.
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While your suggestion is the safer course of action, they can probably get away with N95 masks as long as they aren't stirring up dust and smearing it on the mask. Those are the most commonly available at home improvement stores. If anyone has facial hair, either shave or make sure the mask fully covers it.
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May 31, 2016 23:21
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Build a cradle for the engine and strap it to the hood like a gutted deer. 
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If there's any media coverage of this at all, be it mass, indie, or whatever, it must include this post:rndmnmbr posted:If there was one thing you could absolutely trust 14" to do, it was walk into the mouth of madness and bring something hosed up but functional back out.
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All things automatic should be burned at the stake for automotive heresy.
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That's what the cables going through the dash are for.
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Actually, the automatics in my parents' Audi Q5 and Porsche Boxster are pretty nice.
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tater_salad posted:Dual clutch shifters are faster at gear changes than anyone with a manual can be. They are, and both vehicles shift so smoothly you barely feel them.
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Elephanthead posted:Working on rusty poo poo in the snow if giving me bad flashbacks. Wrenching in the snow is an important part of playing in the snow. Just imagine, the unholy cries of an engine clearly too small for the man behind the wheel breaks the silent clear winter morning in a Walmart parking lot in Bumfuck, Nowhere. A large cloud of fresh snow being disturbed by something large appears. Like some kind of demon, breathed in rusty steel, the old dump truck materializes from the cloud. Suddenly, the engine's screams are almost down out by the sounds of the suspension and frame flexing, as the dark figure driving the beastly vehicle slams it into a sideways skid, cutting a doughnut through the otherwise-empty lot. Finally, the vehicle comes to a stop. Several light poles have been cut down like wheat during harvest in its circular path of destruction and the entrance to the store is buried under a mix of asphault and snow. There's still another half of parking lot left, the engine starts screaming again. Fermented Tinal fucked around with this message at 02:10 on Oct 11, 2016 |
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I've never seen a jug of premixed coolant at an autoparts store. Is that an American thing, or a "We don't get chilly weather" thing? I mix to -40C and worry that it's not enough some winters, thusly, I always top up with the rest of the jug.
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Oct 11, 2016 02:19
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If I went to my local Napa and asked for premixed coolant they'd probably stare at me like I was nuts and then tell me to use a garden hose and a bucket like a normal person.
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Pham Nuwen posted:A garden hose? That's loving criminal, man; distilled is only like $0.99/gallon and then you don't get lovely mineral deposits inside your cooling system. The water here isn't hard. It does have a lot of chlorine and flouride in it though. At the farm I'd just use well water, but that water was as close to pure as well water gets. Where I work on my vehicles though, there's a RO system and when I finally go to flush and refill the cruiser I'll be using that.
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Had to buy some coolant today to top off my car. Was legitimately shocked to see pre-mix on the shelf at Canadian Tire, a little separate from the concentrate, guess it does exist here.
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Well, 50/50 is good to like -36, as shown by that diagram. That covers most Canadians because most live as far south in Canada as possible and there are plenty of places where it rarely goes below -20C. Where I live we have weeks that are that closer to -40 so 60% coolant 40% water is basically a must.
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Veeb0rg posted:Came home from work today and my neighbor had this on his trailer.. Pretty cool of your neighbour to buy a parts truck for this endeavour.
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Cold? COLD!? Two years ago the blower motor on my car died, in the middle of winter. I had to drive for three days in -25C weather with no heat with the windows down to keep the windshield from icing over. That was cold.
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Oct 25, 2016 13:04
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Literally any machinist with a scrap piece of stock and a lathe should totally be able to turn out an adapter in a few minutes.
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Why would they need a die? Seriously, this should be the kind of job you drop off in the morning and pick the completed part up a few hours later next time you pass by the shop. Fermented Tinal fucked around with this message at 00:09 on Nov 1, 2016 |
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Which machinist did you go to? The one with the glass-front, clean, and well-organized shop full of the latest equipment or the run-down cinderblock building with no real signage, just piles of metal and rusty parts everywhere and a guy smoking inside while standing over a barrel of oil. It's the latter you want to go to. Bring some beers and tell him your story.
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You have literally been failed by Gandalf himself and I'm not sure what to suggest now.
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As much as I love the milwaukee light obelisk of freedom, I can't help but wonder if its cost was greater than a new fuel pump for the causemaro.
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I think he's earned an inch because of this. All hail 15 Inchmortan Joe.
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If the Jeep is officially dead I want a piston and a quart of whatever is in the crankcase.
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It just drove the longest 1505 miles of its life, chugging gas and oil stabilizer. The plugs are probably fouled, and when you think about it, that means he should do plug wires because those are probably bad too. But hahaha, wait, the ignition coil's likely older than most highschoolers and the distributor could probably use a looking at and... There's no way the horse ain't lame. Fermented Tinal fucked around with this message at 13:57 on Nov 2, 2016 |
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i'm 6'3", and about half of that in leg, from my rear end to my knee when sitting is probably over 2', so just picture someone who literally cannot fit in a bus seat lengthways as opposed to width. I commuted from Kitchener to Toronto (about an hour each way) every day, on a Greyhound bus. For two years. I'd rather walk.
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Pham Nuwen posted:Also it's way easier to bring your personal supply of whatever drugs you prefer on the bus. People bring drugs on planes, people do drugs on buses.
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Take the train, the seats actually have room and it's generally enjoyable even in cattle class.
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