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13 INCH DICK posted:I've got a wicked dry cough that doesnt seem to be going anywhere any time soon. It's been nice knowing you dude.
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ExplodingSims posted:Just out of curiosity, what makes you say this? Other than the occasional "Take this to the dealership for a trained technician to do" on more complicated jobs, I've found them to be very useful. In fact I pretty much learned how to do a ton of repair stuff from using mine when working on my Jeep. It seems to vary from vehicle to vehicle. Generally, older>newer, domestic>import, and truck>car when it comes to usability. Ergo the one I have for my 91 Blazer, while not quite as in-depth as the factory service manual I picked up later, has a lot of good info in it, where as the one for my last-gen Protege was garbage when I flipped through it at the store. About the same page count, but a lot more taken up by wiring diagrams, so there's a lot less detail in the mechanical repair sections. Great if you ever have electrical issues, I guess. But for $30 a FSM is absolutely the way to go. If he survives the night, that is. 
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Oct 29, 2013 16:29
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As a teen I used to smoke the little paper skins from peanuts, ground up, inside a spent .357 casing with a piece of car antenna jammed into the primer hole. And look how I turned out. You'll be fine.
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Oct 29, 2013 16:36
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Of course I'll be fine, do you think I'd be dumb enough to do anything that wasn't in my own best interests?
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Oct 29, 2013 16:42
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13 INCH DICK posted:Of course I'll be fine, do you think I'd be dumb enough to do anything that wasn't in my own best interests? Absolutely 
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Oct 29, 2013 18:18
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kastein posted:
"Reassembly is the reverse of disassembly" loving liars. Haynes isn;t half-bad for the first year, but it gets rapidly out of whack as they try (and fail) to update with yearly changes. The first-gen RX-7 manual is hilarious, since there were major changes in '81, and '84, and they try (and again, fail) to cover those changes via appendices. That, and the factory manual for ONE YEAR is thicker than the Haynes that purports to cover 6 years. It's even worse with the one supposedly for my Cutlass, that says it covers '68-'87, which is patently ridiculous, since that's 3 different GENERATIONS of Cutlai. It's like 3/4" thick. The '70 FSM alone is 3" thick, though I will admit it covers E- and B-bodies as well as the A-body. Worse than useless - it's flat out misleading in places.
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Oct 29, 2013 19:10
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Thank you for a much needed laugh today Sir 13". Raising the bar for mechanics everywhere.
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Oct 29, 2013 21:26
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Hahaha, that was hilarious. Please continue to impress the internet with your terrible automotive (and  ) decisions.
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Oct 29, 2013 23:05
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I just smoked carpet nug from under the couch in your honor.
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Oct 29, 2013 23:26
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Was not expecting you to follow through on that. Awaiting updates on the car and your declining health.
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Oct 30, 2013 00:33
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I see a thread in A/T entitled "Tell me about the symptoms of hantavirus" in the near future.
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Oct 30, 2013 01:34
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Hooraaaaaaay, histoplasmosis! At least it usually clears itself up.
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Oct 30, 2013 01:41
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13 INCH DICK posted:Of course I'll be fine, do you think I'd be dumb enough to do anything that wasn't in my own best interests? I think this should be carved into your headstone. ...by the by, you should order that soon.
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Oct 30, 2013 04:36
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That was probably a terrible health decision, but I've been laughing for the last fifteen minutes straight regardless. Thanks for making my day not suck, 14-1 INCH DICK.
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Oct 30, 2013 07:26
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FYI, this is currently the best thread on something aweful dot com.
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Oct 30, 2013 07:54
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SpoopyMonkey posted:FYI, this is currently the best thread on something aweful dot com. Not anymore. He's obviously dead from the lack of posts.
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Oct 30, 2013 08:09
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Nah I'm still alive and kicking. Was picking up a few extra shifts at firestone for double time pay because the master tech is gone on vacation and my financial needs right now can't turn down that kind of gravy. Without too much time to do too much else to the Civic until parts start showing up at the moment.
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Oct 30, 2013 20:12
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My friends came over tonight and made fun of my new car 
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Oct 31, 2013 07:05
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Your  TOP SECRET DOCUMENTS have shipped but all USPS can tell me is that they will arrive sometime in the next 3 weeks.I must warn you that I don't believe they were intended to be smoked, either. They're not quite "eyes-only burn before reading" grade secret, but rather far more pedestrian than that, much like those who rely on Haynes manuals for instructions on repairing their daily drivers 
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Oct 31, 2013 07:22
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13 INCH DICK posted:My friends came over tonight and made fun of my new car It's ok, your Internet friends like it.
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Oct 31, 2013 07:45
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Holdbrooks posted:It's ok, your Internet friends like it. True enthusiasts will enjoy it. People that claim "car people" just see a dumb econo box.
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Oct 31, 2013 15:44
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I like your car, dog. There's a wagon version of similar vintage near me that I always admire.
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Oct 31, 2013 16:22
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I think that car is loving awesome, and I know awesome.
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Oct 31, 2013 16:34
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Hah, I know, it was pretty much just they really liked the Vic and didn't follow my reasoning of 'but it's tiny!'. I like my car, it needs me  I CAN CHANGE IT GUYS IT JUST NEEDS SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS
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Oct 31, 2013 17:46
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You're asking a pitbull not to eat babies?
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Oct 31, 2013 17:54
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God drat this just made my day.
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Oct 31, 2013 18:13
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Your car gets plenty of e-love, and everyone knows e-love is better than irl-love 
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Nov 1, 2013 01:21
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So did you ever figure out what that was? Did smoking it solve the mystery? That's one of the sickest and most hilarious things I've ever seen on this site.
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Nov 1, 2013 02:55
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LIKE I GIVE A gently caress`#yowlo #cantstopcoughing #420birddookie #highasbirdsyo Started looking into my carb issues. Found the top plate warped and 3 out of 5 of the top plate screws are stripped completely through, and the 4th has an oversized screw just sort of jammed in. I've got it patched up with some through bolts for now, stumbling remains. This carb might be toast. Saw one of the brass jets had gnarly screwdriver marks on it inside. May just weber this bitch. 
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Nov 1, 2013 04:08
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Do it, my buddy put a Weber 2bbl on his '79 wagon, same engine I think. Runs like a top ever since.
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Nov 1, 2013 06:06
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Fucknag posted:Do it, my buddy put a Weber 2bbl on his '79 wagon, same engine I think. Runs like a top ever since. 2bbl Weber is usually the answer to this question.
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Nov 1, 2013 08:19
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General_Failure posted:2bbl Weber is usually the answer to this question. 2bbl Weber is usually the answer to any question on a forum populated by surly old drunks.
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Nov 1, 2013 08:26
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Wait, I thought if alcohol is brought into the equation then so is Edelbrock?
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Nov 1, 2013 08:40
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Well also I still have access to the 32/36 from the froot truck, it's got about 20 miles on it and all I need is the adapter plate.
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Nov 1, 2013 08:52
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Tanz-Kommandant posted:Wait, I thought if alcohol is brought into the equation then so is Edelbrock? Six degrees of Rhynos' driveway separation.
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Nov 1, 2013 09:09
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West SAAB Story posted:2bbl Weber is usually the answer to any question on a forum populated by surly old drunks. Well it's not like there's any good fuel injection solutions for this motor, are there? And we've been over the engine swap question.
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Nov 1, 2013 13:22
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You don't need the Haynes, you need this snappily-titled item: Aimed at non-mechanics, it's less useful than the Haynes in terms of in-depth mechanical info, but much more useful if you're in need of long rambling anecdotes/hand-drawn pictures of horses dressed as geishas/cats playing the banjo, etc. I don't remember buying it, I think it just appeared in my house one day.
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Nov 1, 2013 21:13
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I have the VW version of that book, didn't know a Honda one existed. I guess I should find some drugs and write one on how to keep your EJ25 alive.
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Nov 1, 2013 21:27
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I actually remember the VW one being shockingly helpful at times. I'm amazed there's a Honda version.
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West SAAB Story posted:Six degrees of Rhynos' driveway separation. 1. I've only bought one car after consulting the bottle. 2. I've bought way more than 6 cars.
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