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some texas redneck posted:Brake rotors worn down to the vanes are so played out 
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Jul 30, 2011 05:33
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Geoj posted:Brake rotors worn down to the vanes are so played out Played out like a big boys version of baseball cards in bicycle spokes? Imagine the tong sound each time the brake piston came around and struck one of those vanes 
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Jul 30, 2011 06:23
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I saw a mini van like that at the junkyard recently. I was surprised that it wasn't there for a front end collision with brakes that bad.
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Jul 30, 2011 10:40
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dietcokefiend posted:Played out like a big boys version of baseball cards in bicycle spokes? If a brake piston hit the vanes of the worn rotor, you'd have a much bigger problem. I don't see how this is anything more than extreme venting.
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Jul 30, 2011 13:46
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CaptBubba posted:How does that only come in for "funny sounding brakes" and not "It take 400ft to stop when I hit the brakes at 30mph"? Did all the rotors look like that? I suppose it is being too assuming to say that he had gotten the tires rotated at any point recently. If it is anything like around here, people take 400ft to stop from 30mph anyway. Just enough brakes to not glide to a stop.
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Jul 30, 2011 14:12
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How the gently caress does one let their brakes get like this? I mean on the 2nd brake job wont the shop say "time to replace rotors"? Its obvious they dont do their own work. tater_salad fucked around with this message at 15:08 on Jul 30, 2011 |
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Jul 30, 2011 14:47
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Nor do they let anyone else. You're being generous with ideas like "shop" and "brake job".
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Jul 30, 2011 15:11
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If the car starts and drives, in even the most basic way, it doesn't get serviced or repaired.
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Jul 30, 2011 16:16
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InitialDave posted:If the car starts and drives, in even the most basic way, it doesn't get serviced or repaired. Being from Florida, land of no vehicle inspections, it's precisely this. The only time a car like that sees a shop is if it doesn't start or actively runs into something.
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Jul 30, 2011 16:23
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How loose is too loose on a valve guide? The new Valves for my brothers Daewoo came in and all the valve guides feel fine except one is a bit loose. It doesn't seem to rattle around in the guide, but it's loose enough that it will fall right out without any pressure at all. Should I replace the guide or just say gently caress it? Would it be terribly noise if I did this?
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Jul 31, 2011 00:39
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I decided my miata wasn't low enough, so I... IMAG0056 by Krakkles, on Flickr  DSC_0003.jpg by Krakkles, on Flickr ... let the balljoint snap. Should've checked it when I first heard a clunk, didn't, basically got lucky that it happened in a parking lot.
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Jul 31, 2011 23:47
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I just had to top up the oil on my friend's car. Needed 2 litres to bring it up to its regular capacity. Of 3.7 litres.
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Jul 31, 2011 23:47
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InitialDave posted:I just had to top up the oil on my friend's car. Needed 2 litres to bring it up to its regular capacity. Of 3.7 litres. Most cars I have seen can run off of 1.5 liters just fine, it's not a good idea as turning and doing anything but idling will get air bubbles up in the bearings. Heck, when I first changed the oil in my friends truck I thought I had a gallon of oil in my garage, and I only had two quarts. We drove it slowly up the street to Napa and it didn't explode.
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Jul 31, 2011 23:52
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ratbert90 posted:Most cars I have seen can run off of 1.5 liters just fine, it's not a good idea as turning and doing anything but idling will get air bubbles up in the bearings.
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Jul 31, 2011 23:58
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Aug 1, 2011 01:53
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That is the waste system from an RV, right?
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Aug 1, 2011 02:04
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nm posted:That is the waste system from an RV, right? I have constant diarrhea in my radiator too.
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Aug 1, 2011 02:06
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destructo posted:I guess there is not much of a cylinder head left
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Aug 1, 2011 02:06
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destructo posted:For some reason I was expecting to see Sockington's name on this one.  Mister 14 inch dick turbo sent more pics for us.   VW Jetta timing belt.  Some kind of caliper thing.  You put what on your battery?
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Aug 1, 2011 02:07
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some texas redneck posted:
This made me cringe. I worked at AutoZone for a good while and changing people's batteries was 4 out of 5 times loving awful. - terminals & cables long since corroded away - batteries with gaping holes leaking acid - everything you can think of used as a tie down including rocks, childrens toys, speaker wire and my personal favorite a huge loving chain of paper clips.
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Aug 1, 2011 02:12
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How the hell is it that this is one of the most common fix 'er uppers? Are the battery brackets wear items on some cars or something?
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Aug 1, 2011 02:48
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Maker Of Shoes posted:This made me cringe. I worked at AutoZone for a good while and changing people's batteries was 4 out of 5 times loving awful. You seem like me. I keep mine clean, and when I noticed corrosion I went and got some stuff to clean it up. Even have 2 wires for my amateur radio just ran between the battery knobs and the wrap around connectors (sorry, I can't remember the names of each) irks me. I wish I knew of a way to make them look like they should go there.
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Aug 1, 2011 02:55
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Maker Of Shoes posted:I have constant diarrhea in my radiator too. me too 
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Aug 1, 2011 03:00
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teh jhey posted:How the hell is it that this is one of the most common fix 'er uppers? Are the battery brackets wear items on some cars or something? 1) Car is old enough that the stock holddown hardware has been dissolved 2) Stock battery size has been discontinued and superseded by a different BCI that doesn't fit properly 3) It's a box of lead plates covered by the hood/bonnet; it's not going anywhere 
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Aug 1, 2011 03:30
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destructo posted:That looks like my truck every time the coolant system springs a leak. Which is about every 6 months.
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Aug 1, 2011 05:13
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Bucephalus posted:3) It's a box of lead plates covered by the hood/bonnet; it's not going anywhere As much as I hated the brain dead methods of holding down a battery this mentality always blew me away. With as much aggressive stopping/starting people do it can tip the battery no problem. A fair number of people came into the store complaining over overheating and after a quick look you see a battery with no tie down that tipped and spilled acid all over the fan wiring. 
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Aug 1, 2011 05:54
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destructo posted:tubcar.jpg
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Aug 1, 2011 06:49
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uapyro posted:You seem like me. I keep mine clean, and when I noticed corrosion I went and got some stuff to clean it up. Companies like Scosche make aftermarket terminals that are meant to add a power cable without it making it look like a kludge. The only problem is that they look sort of gaudy, they are gold colored, and have a plastic housing for some reason. I imagine if you went looking at a car stereo store or website, you might find less gaudy solutions. I just took a look at the scosche website and the terminals are more expensive than I remembered. Still I am pretty sure that a less expensive and less gaudy solution exists for the same reason these exist. Though if you like really clean terminals, these are pretty corrosion proof iirc.
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Aug 1, 2011 12:38
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No pictures but yesterday evening I I thought those were supposed to stay attached to the front end, like on top, right?
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Aug 1, 2011 14:31
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Vanagoon posted:This was posted on Bitog and I thought I'd share http://www.fra.dot.gov/downloads/safety/Accident_Investigation/2006/hq200648v.pdf FRA Investigation. tl;dr: a train ran a red light
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Aug 1, 2011 17:12
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stizu posted:I imagine if you went looking at a car stereo store or website, you might find less gaudy solutions. I find this both ironic and highly unlikely. I don't understand how hard it is to just produce a set of clean looking terminals.
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Aug 1, 2011 17:46
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destructo posted:Dexcool 
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Aug 1, 2011 18:20
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 "It's actually had diarrhea!"
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Aug 1, 2011 18:24
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teh jhey posted:How the hell is it that this is one of the most common fix 'er uppers? Are the battery brackets wear items on some cars or something? I don't know why, but all of my cheap old cars - Nissan 280ZX, Volvo 240 and my Ranger - came to me with the original hold downs long since MIA. I tried to put an aftermarket holddown on the Ranger but it doesn't work so well, so it's pretty much going with Option 3. The Volvo also went with Option 3 and it was only a problem once, when I took a bump too hard and it pulled the positive wire out of the clamp, causing the whole thing to shut off.
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Aug 1, 2011 19:20
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DELETED posted:
BTW, if thats the ep I am thinking it is, where the challenge was to make campers or whatever they call it over there, and he built a zen tower deal... one of my favorite episodes.
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Aug 1, 2011 19:55
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trouser chili posted:Dexcool I thought this whole "dexcool contamination" was a myth, akin to the "sun equipment won't handle ethernet autonegotiate properly" myth in IT? (probably based in fact in the stone ages, but not so much anymore) Oh please school me, masters of AI? EDIT: Coworker says that looks more like the poo poo that they throw in coolant to try and seal leaks. He's much better with cars than IT, so... Still, school me, AI!
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Aug 1, 2011 20:07
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nitrogen posted:I thought this whole "dexcool contamination" was a myth, akin to the "sun equipment won't handle ethernet autonegotiate properly" myth in IT? (probably based in fact in the stone ages, but not so much anymore) I don't know if Dexcool is still poo poo, but the original formulation would eat gaskets. GM lost a hefty class action suit a few years ago about that poo poo causing early engine failure.
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Aug 1, 2011 20:16
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ijustam posted:http://www.fra.dot.gov/downloads/safety/Accident_Investigation/2006/hq200648v.pdf I wonder why the hell we rely on sight to signal thousands of tons of weight to stop in inclement weather and lighting. Track signals should be relayed to an in cab display with actual signals serving as only a backup for failure.
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Aug 1, 2011 20:24
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Blackdawgg posted:I wonder why the hell we rely on sight to signal thousands of tons of weight to stop in inclement weather and lighting. Track signals should be relayed to an in cab display with actual signals serving as only a backup for failure.
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Aug 1, 2011 20:42
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:I find this both ironic and highly unlikely. http://www.amazon.com/Raptor-PBT10N-Negative-Battery-Terminal/dp/B001FE9O48 The cover is removeable. Or, http://www.amazon.com/Sound-Positive-Terminal-Option-Battery/dp/B001F6WV5A/ref=sr_1_133?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1312228303&sr=1-133 ring connector and dual 8 gauge. For the most part, terminals of this sort are totally gold and have plastic covers for some reason. I seem to recall that when I was into this stuff, 90's, chrome was popular.
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Aug 1, 2011 21:07
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