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EightBit posted:Tell me that the Metro was towed... It had to be towed. Not only was the tire right up against the wheel well, but the arm pulled far enough out to actually pull the inner CV joint completely apart.
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# ? Jul 14, 2011 02:52 |
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Tactical Bonnet posted:I once watched a cadillac(?) with a missing outer tie rod end drive into my parking lot, with the right wheel cut all the way right, and the left wheel cut all the way left(so it would roll roughly straight I guess?), buy said tie rod end, back out doing a full 180 due to said cocked up steering, then pull out onto the street and drive about 150 yards before a loud bang brought it to rest blocking the entrance of the mechanic he was trying to pull into. The newest trend for all the VW rust / hellaflush people - extreme toe.
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# ? Jul 14, 2011 03:35 |
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My alignment specs after raising it 2" so the swingarm would stop chopping through the body were 9 degrees camber each side and 1.75 degrees toe in each side. Good times. My laptop poo poo the bed so I've only got my phone, any way to mobile upload a picture of an E30 shock that decided it'd rather punch through the fenderwell instead? And I caused a mechanical failur at work today.....mis pressed a u joint. Didn't know you can shoot needle bearings out the backside of the cap!
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# ? Jul 14, 2011 04:41 |
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14 INCH DICK TURBO posted:My alignment specs after raising it 2" so the swingarm would stop chopping through the body were 9 degrees camber each side and 1.75 degrees toe in each side. Good times. imgur.com has a mobile version that works quite well on my Incredible.
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# ? Jul 14, 2011 05:32 |
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Crosspost from another thread but its simply too to not be posted here... Single cylinder 2 stroke hot-bulb engine returns to life with a vengeance... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AG1MnXkHhlM&feature=related Bonus awesome comedy soundtrack option: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrAeUf7v49g&feature=related Edit: The man is some sort of Diesel Cowboy. He grabs on tight and breaks that sonofabitch. Sponge! fucked around with this message at 18:05 on Jul 15, 2011 |
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Sponge! posted:
He did eventually get it to behave. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_0poJpCD18 Note that in the first video posted when it goes runaway and the first three minutes of this one, it's running BACKWARDS. Looking at the flywheel, it's spinning counterclockwise, it should spin clockwise.
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# ? Jul 15, 2011 19:13 |
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Goddamn that guy has some serious balls to wrestle with a freestanding 1000+ pound runaway engine.
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# ? Jul 15, 2011 19:13 |
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lazer_chicken posted:Goddamn that guy has some serious balls to wrestle with a freestanding 1000+ pound runaway engine. The look he gives the camera at around 1:33 in the comedy soundtrack video is priceless. Its like a "The Most Interesting Man in the World" commercial. Balls of steel. (Steel.)
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# ? Jul 15, 2011 19:28 |
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trouser chili posted:He did eventually get it to behave. It's easy to make a diesel engine run backwards. The fuel system is separate from the intake and exhaust and the low speed means your valve timing isn't really advanced in either direction.
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# ? Jul 15, 2011 19:37 |
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Oh cool, I was waiting for an update on that runaway engine.
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# ? Jul 15, 2011 19:47 |
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oxbrain posted:It's easy to make a diesel engine run backwards. The fuel system is separate from the intake and exhaust and the low speed means your valve timing isn't really advanced in either direction. There's a tractor that runs around at the Museum town that I blacksmith at sometimes. Its gears are all straight cut (I think) and the way to reverse it is to stop the motor, and spin the flywheel backwards. I'll try to dig up a picture of it, it's pretty neat looking. Man I want to say it's this one, but I'm not sure now. Slung Blade fucked around with this message at 23:51 on Jul 15, 2011 |
# ? Jul 15, 2011 23:45 |
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14 INCH DICK TURBO posted:My laptop poo poo the bed so I've only got my phone, any way to mobile upload a picture of an E30 shock that decided it'd rather punch through the fenderwell instead? And I caused a mechanical failur at work today.....mis pressed a u joint. Didn't know you can shoot needle bearings out the backside of the cap! I did this on 3 out of 4 when was doing rear-end work on the Sting Ray, using hand-tools. What a loving mess. Every once in a while I'll still run across one in the garage, and it's been over a year.
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# ? Jul 16, 2011 03:05 |
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trouser chili posted:He did eventually get it to behave. Honest question, what can this engine do that my 105hp TDI cannot?
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# ? Jul 16, 2011 18:41 |
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insta posted:Honest question, what can this engine do that my 105hp TDI cannot?
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# ? Jul 16, 2011 18:53 |
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insta posted:Honest question, what can this engine do that my 105hp TDI cannot? Propel a ship.
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# ? Jul 16, 2011 18:53 |
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I like InitialDave's answer better. Education had!
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# ? Jul 16, 2011 19:39 |
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-Run in 2 directions. -Not have spark plugs -Be machined by any sub-idiot out of cast iron in any machine shop -Have its entire powerband contained with 300 to 400 rpms I wonder what the torque figures are like.
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# ? Jul 16, 2011 22:12 |
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Mechanical failure in progress at the shop. Somehow someone grounded the battery to short on the brake hardline and the master cylinder is boiling over and the lines are glowing red. On standby with the extinguishers.
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# ? Jul 16, 2011 23:51 |
We demand pictures! And while we're waiting for them, here's another horrible mechanical failure from me: "The gears seem to engage, and the clutch feels fine, but it won't move? No extra noises either? OK I'll come pick it up" ..well that might have something to do with it. (From a free Peugeot 405, and the remains of the differential) JointHorse fucked around with this message at 00:02 on Jul 17, 2011 |
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# ? Jul 16, 2011 23:54 |
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14 INCH DICK TURBO posted:Mechanical failure in progress at the shop. Somehow someone grounded the battery to short on the brake hardline and the master cylinder is boiling over and the lines are glowing red. On standby with the extinguishers. How does one do that, did they try to really gently caress poo poo up?
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# ? Jul 16, 2011 23:58 |
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tater_salad posted:How does one do that, did they try to really gently caress poo poo up? I don't know. Batterys disconnected and its a bad day all around. I've been stuck on a phantom shake since 8am and someone else got hosed over ona passat hard. The gods have forsaken us this day. Managers on the warpath, no pics for now.
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# ? Jul 17, 2011 00:23 |
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14 INCH DICK TURBO posted:I don't know. Batterys disconnected and its a bad day all around. I've been stuck on a phantom shake since 8am and someone else got hosed over ona passat hard. The gods have forsaken us this day. Managers on the warpath, no pics for now. Bad day for us too. Packed all day with the regular work, theres an overheater that just got new headgaskets and had the heads machined, and then this clutch job came in on an 02 Altima that wouldn't shift out of first.
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# ? Jul 17, 2011 00:29 |
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Boss diagnosed the Safari brake issue. Fault with the abs computer sent an electrical charge through the brake line somehow ( ) and when our tech disconnected the caliper it found new and interesting paths to ground, causing the abs computer and pump to eat itself alive and try to melt the hard lines. Got some pictures, gonna see how imgur mobile works out and try to get them uploaded.
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# ? Jul 17, 2011 02:54 |
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14 INCH DICK TURBO posted:Boss diagnosed the Safari brake issue. Fault with the abs computer sent an electrical charge through the brake line somehow ( ) and when our tech disconnected the caliper it found new and interesting paths to ground, causing the abs computer and pump to eat itself alive and try to melt the hard lines. Got some pictures, gonna see how imgur mobile works out and try to get them uploaded. F5 F5 F5 F5 F5
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# ? Jul 17, 2011 03:04 |
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This should work, its not cooperating with the other pictures for some reason. Cluck for huge. Man, todays been like one constant never ending kick to the nuts. And just when you think it's over you see the kicker for the Dolphins lining one up right between your goalposts, and from between gritted teeth you hear "laces out."
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# ? Jul 17, 2011 03:23 |
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And you're blueballing the poo poo out of us. Since you're stuck only using your phone, if you like you can send them to me and I'll toss them on imgur for you. Check your FB for my email address. randomidiot fucked around with this message at 03:50 on Jul 17, 2011 |
# ? Jul 17, 2011 03:44 |
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The image is not working, 14"
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# ? Jul 17, 2011 04:02 |
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Well hell ill get them sent over to Texas then. Got your message, will get right on it. It shows up for me oddly enough.
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# ? Jul 17, 2011 04:57 |
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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. Here's the ultimate ABS failure. Some custom strut Yeah that should stop just gre.... I see 14 inch has found the LOGO channel. edit: where the hell did you find that tape? I want some. randomidiot fucked around with this message at 05:34 on Jul 17, 2011 |
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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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# ? Jul 17, 2011 05:34 |
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Well, he did say the brake lines were glowing at one point. I can't imagine how hot it must have been to cause the lines to rust immediately...
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# ? Jul 17, 2011 05:39 |
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They were definitely orange at the point I looked but there was absolutely no tactful way to take a picture what with the managers and smoke and extinguishers at the ready.
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# ? Jul 17, 2011 05:46 |
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14 INCH DICK TURBO posted:They were definitely orange at the point I looked but there was absolutely no tactful way to take a picture what with the managers and smoke and extinguishers at the ready. Say it is for risk management.
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14 INCH DICK TURBO posted:They were definitely orange at the point I looked but there was absolutely no tactful way to take a picture what with the managers and smoke and extinguishers at the ready. We should have a picture of this for the workplace safety newsletter.
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14 INCH DICK TURBO posted:They were definitely orange at the point I looked but there was absolutely no tactful way to take a picture what with the managers and smoke and extinguishers at the ready. I would have gone with "no way are this guy, his insurance company, our insurance company, or any of their lawyers going to believe us otherwise"
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# ? Jul 18, 2011 01:17 |
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Seriously if he has to replace nearly the entire brake system that would be some megabucks.
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# ? Jul 18, 2011 01:38 |
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insta posted:Honest question, what can this engine do that my 105hp TDI cannot? Apparently be left outside to rust and total neglect for several decades before being brought back angrily to life by a couple of guys with a blow torch, air compressor and something that perhaps resembles fuel.
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Mr-Spain posted:Seriously if he has to replace nearly the entire brake system that would be some megabucks. That's what I was thinking. The calipers are likely fine, but the lines are already rusting, and the master cylinder and ABS pump aren't designed for that kind of heat. No telling what kind of damage was done to the electrical system, particularly with that loom that runs next to one of the lines. Unfortunately the shop's insurance will likely take the hit, even though all they did was remove a caliper. Gonna be ugly no matter what. edit: I sent 14" a text asking about it, apparently the car was in there for "boiling brake fluid" anyway, and followed it up with: "Haha dudes drivin it into the ground and scrapping it soon, he didn't care at all. Replaced what was necessary and he picked it up". randomidiot fucked around with this message at 02:19 on Jul 18, 2011 |
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trouser chili posted:Apparently be left outside to rust and total neglect for several decades before being brought back angrily to life by a couple of guys with a blow torch, air compressor and something that perhaps resembles fuel. Backwards.
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