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Motronic posted:Thread title. Nah, applies to too many posters here.  You're Reese Bobby, aren't you? When things get too nice (new job, reliable CV) you just have to get kicked out of an Applebees or you get too itchy.
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I think you have a new goal. From BaT / eBay
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Nov 13, 2013 02:40
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AI, meet LP. LP, consider this a Let's Play of someone's actual life. Merry Christmas!
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Dec 11, 2013 21:32
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paragon1 posted:Does the flat rate pay scale factor in the make and year of the vehicle for labor time? "The book rate" is specific to the car - i.e. a blower fan might book at one hour on a 1975 GM truck, but at 8 hours on a 1988 Volvo 240. This does not prevent it from being anywhere from "wrong" to "hilariously wrong" to "criminally wrong", however. In many cases the book was written around dealership service departments with access to special tools and loads of training on the specific car in question. It also doesn't account for variance in individual vehicles as they age (i.e. rust). The flip side is that if you (the tech) get really lucky, you get a bunch of jobs on a day that book at longer than they actually take, so you get paid more hours than you physically worked. Pretty sure that's as rare as a unicorn fart.
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Dec 23, 2013 20:01
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I dunno, it seems like some cars / manufacturers are built with it in mind. The upshot of electric-everything on a new Honda is that you have fewer accessories to drive, making the engine package much smaller: Especially relative to the remarkably huge engine bay:  I swear it's almost like they wanted the option to stick a V6 in there. Haven't had to do anything more complex than change the oil yet, but the air filters will be due on the next change and according to the internet that might take longer to open the box the filters come in than any other step.
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Jan 1, 2014 04:39
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James Woods.
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Jan 9, 2014 23:50
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13 INCH DICK posted:Did my phone lock my own thread or did IOC for some reason? The logs posted:2014-01-09 18:09:38 13 INCH DICK Thread opened Sure wasn't me, I worried that you'd snapped (worse)
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Jan 10, 2014 04:19
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It's not a vacuum-operated secondary, right? 
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Apr 10, 2014 00:27
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As much as it sucks to lose the spider, hopefully its powers will manifest on the new "owner" and cause them to be swarmed by black widows and brown recluses.
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Apr 20, 2014 04:13
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Well, that loving sucks. 
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Apr 26, 2014 19:58
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13 INCH DICK posted:SUCK MY THIRTEEN INCH DICK YOU loving PIECE OF poo poo I can only imagine the glorious, triumphant swearing that must've occurred when this broke loose.
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Apr 26, 2014 21:29
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13 INCH DICK posted:Not as much as one would think because I'm at work with a spring bug, a decent fever, completely congested and flushed like I spent a week at the beach and the only thing keeping me vertical right now is nicotine and hatred Whatever this poo poo is that's going around, it's kept me mostly in bed for the past 24 hours, and downing all of the ibuprofen I can stand.
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Apr 27, 2014 00:42
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I'd re-wire it so that the factory switch activates a relay, and then wire your manual switch in parallel to trigger the relay. Otherwise running full load from the fan to the cabin to a switch and back is going to add an awful lot of high-current wiring.
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May 2, 2014 21:51
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Ranger speedos aren't keyed but the way people swap them usually is to hook up a battery to get it to point at a specific speed (doesn't matter what it is, just note it) and then when reinstalling the needle, hook the battery up and aim the needle at that same speed. Probably won't help much on a mechanical speedo, unless you want to rig up the shaft to something you can spin at a constant, repeatable speed
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May 12, 2014 21:13
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Seat Safety Switch posted:They can even do chrome now I think. It's less "chrome" and more "vaguely shiny metal". Easier than polishing, and a lot cheaper / more durable than actual chrome, but it doesn't hold a candle to the real (and very expensive these days) deal. Believe me, I wish that wasn't the case. Pretty much all of the chrome on the front of my GMC could use a re-do.
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May 16, 2014 22:12
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MikeyTsi posted:Guess who's rear end decided to give me a call and leave me a voicemail today? It wasn't a butt dial. It was the spiders.
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Jun 5, 2014 04:29
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13 INCH DICK posted:Not really, no. I don't feel the need to brag about the size of my penis. More of a trouser clockspider, really.
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Jun 27, 2014 23:33
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Ozmiander posted:Why? Because a compressor rusting from the inside out is a time bomb, and very difficult to check out on your own.
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Dec 4, 2014 04:11
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That takes a very close second to the Audi UFO brakes for sheer  factor.
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Dec 5, 2014 18:55
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"Today on Hot Rod Garage, we're going to show you a new welder, a ring and pinion swap in my wife's El Camino, and this guy is going to show us the best way to redecorate the interior of a small truck." I'd watch that on repeat.
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Dec 10, 2014 22:30
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veedubfreak posted:Luckily it had a brand new transmission with good synchros. Emphasis on "had".
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Dec 29, 2014 23:11
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InitialDave posted:Nope. This is even more frightening than the fact that Jeep used some Lucas parts. 
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Jan 6, 2015 19:59
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Officer Dick: Firestone Lifetime alignment, worth it or no? Do you have to get any suspension work done at Firestone, or can I buy a lifetime alignment, then 500 miles later change some tie rod ends at home, and get it realigned without having to wait for 6000 miles to go by?
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Jan 23, 2015 19:54
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Stardotstar posted:To extend this epic derail of a thread which is at best topically challenged.... I realize that this thread's direction is often nebulous at best and the discussion seems to be staying civil so far... buuuut can we save the D&D for either the chat thread or the actual D&D subforum?
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Jan 28, 2015 20:33
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I'm pretty sure in measures other than "insanity per dollar", a K24 swap into the Civic would be a better use of your time than prolonged-suicide-by-Biturbo, and might cost less too.
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Feb 18, 2015 05:06
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 Tractors too, eh?  While they don't give you any sane way to filter it, Fram does publish a whole catalog complete with filter specs. At a quick glance a Chevette filter seems like it might work too.
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Feb 19, 2015 18:31
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The tricky thing seems to be the combination of thread and gasket diameters. There are other M20-thread filters, including at least one that is common enough to get more than just the basic Fram PHxxxx part, but most of them have a much narrower gasket surface. With that said, the absolute worst-case scenario here, even if those filters disappear, would be having to get a custom adapter machined up to fit either a different filter directly, or just to give you some AN fittings so you can run a hose to a remote-mount and run something like a PH8A.
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Feb 19, 2015 19:05
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tlarn posted:My dad does this. He has like three spare oil filters for his and his wife's cars, each. I started doing this when I found it was much cheaper to order filters for my MS3 in bulk than to buy them locally. Now it's just nice to have one less thing to need to buy when oil change time comes around.
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Feb 25, 2015 07:06
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Holdbrooks posted:has anyone swapped a motorcycle engine in to one of these? Being an early Honda, you could probably argue that it had a motorcycle engine from the factory.
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Feb 28, 2015 20:00
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thebigcow posted:You could buy it and put a small block chevy in it. ~LMAO~ More accurately, one worth a drat, since that thing makes a whopping 185hp. Do it.
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Apr 30, 2015 04:58
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I think the radiators are actually still obtainable, since they're now considered an easy-to-get upgrade for Opel GT owners
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May 9, 2015 00:37
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Leperflesh posted:Maybe there'd be some way to like... take a plaster cast of the cap, and then make copies of it. Presumably out of lead. Or maybe get some nerd to scan it and print 3d copies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3t-jBATM0w
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Aug 7, 2015 19:08
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I'm going to guess only one of the two drivers realized they were "racing".
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Sep 13, 2015 21:08
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Preoptopus posted:Im gonna reiterate you should get a push button but add that it should be a retro pull cord from an old lamp you have hanging from the ceiling. You're oh-so-close to the proper way he should start this thing. 
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Sep 20, 2015 01:10
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Geirskogul posted:It isn't when you take the old ones home with you. I think in some cases they're supposed to charge you the fee on the new tire whether they're disposing your old one or not... i.e. paying for the fact that the new tire will someday need to be disposed of properly Also, I'm assuming you meant to black out the customer data in the first image so I went ahead and did that for you
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Nov 2, 2015 17:53
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For once I do not like where this is going. 
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Nov 18, 2015 06:54
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Siochain posted:Witness that poo poo. Kids being awesome is awesome hahah. Seriously, that kid is awaited in Valhalla.
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Nov 19, 2015 16:17
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Leperflesh posted:Aren't SnapOn tools basically a gigantic racket? I don't get why people pay those prices, at all. You have a car, there are stores where tools are sold, and if that doesn't work, there's still Amazon I don't think you understand the time constraints of "flat rate tech".
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Dec 1, 2015 06:48
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leica posted:He's gonna pay you back by recommending you, 14" Lexus Expert, for a starter replacement on an LS400 Or on a Northstar, which is also in need of head bolts...
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Did anyone tell you what you're actually doing to it yet? I think that's the job of the voices haunting 14 INCH's head.
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