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Revolvyerom
Nov 12, 2005

Hell yes, tell him we're plenty front right now.

The Scientist posted:

Being a logger must be hard

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d7c_1314313879

One tracked vehicle rights another that's tipped over, but once its back square on its tracks the tether slips off and the previously tipped one, in neutral, goes jaunting down the slope... for hundreds of feet.
I love the keywords for that video

quote:

crane, fail, neutral gear, rolling down hill, run for your lives, what are we goin' do, how we gon' eat, lost crane,

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Sponge!
Dec 22, 2004

SPORK!

:science: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasiturbine :wom:

BeastPussy
Jul 15, 2003

im so mumped up lmao

boost in--->
<---hinges out

EightBit
Jan 7, 2006
I spent money on this line of text just to make the "Stupid Newbie" go away.

All the drawbacks of the Wankel engine and even more parts! :pseudo:

kastein
Aug 31, 2011

Moderator at http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/and soon to be mod of AI. MAKE AI GREAT AGAIN. Motronic for VP.
Some poo poo I've done...

The head gasket for cylinder #6 of the LDS-465 motor in my M54A2:


The only thing more deafening than an unmuffled military turbo multifuel is one with a 2" head gasket leak blasting full compression right at the cab from the back of the motor. Dear god, that hurt through my earplugs. It still drove great though, only lost a little power running on 5 cylinders!

Here is the gasket, removed from the engine (I kept it as a trophy):


The control arm brackets on the dana 30 in my 96 XJ were unamused by the 4 foot endo I did going up a rock ledge last summer:




The rear U-joint on the rear driveshaft appears to have needed some grease... but now it's heat treated!

(replaced 5 minutes after picture was taken)

I drove over the steel pipe marking the property line helping my neighbor pull a couple trees out with the M54A2:


The passenger side motor mount broke off the engine block in my 91 MJ during a severe episode of death-wobble. It literally ripped the bosses off the side of the block and snapped a few bolts. I jacked the motor up, tied a sling made of 50 feet of cheap rope underneath it, drove it 20 miles home, then the next morning drove it 20 miles to and from a friend's house to buy the replacement motor.


And the best, most :gonk: worthy one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3FHhcWvCe4

The AW-4 is a beastly, hard to kill transmission, but not when really beat on. That one blew up and left me stranded 300 miles from home on I81. It made some really nifty noises (in neutral and park, too!) and the torque converter was pumping out so much heat when it died that it melted the crankshaft position sensor so badly it died. I had to put my spare in to winch myself onto a friend's trailer when he showed up to rescue me.

e: went back looking for the pic of the punctured tire and realized all the images were broken. Moved them to imgur.

kastein fucked around with this message at 16:25 on Apr 27, 2016

Godholio
Aug 28, 2002

Does a bear split in the woods near Zheleznogorsk?
How many loving Jeeps do you have? I just want to follow you as you walk through town hoping a few of them fall out of your pockets.

kastein
Aug 31, 2011

Moderator at http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/and soon to be mod of AI. MAKE AI GREAT AGAIN. Motronic for VP.

Godholio posted:

How many loving Jeeps do you have? I just want to follow you as you walk through town hoping a few of them fall out of your pockets.

For a while I had 5...
96 XJ (piece of poo poo, terminal rust cancer patient, beat the hell out of it till it died then scrapped it)
91 MJ (piece of poo poo but I like it, has never stranded me)
98 XJ (piece of poo poo, but no rust, bought it because it was real cheap as a backup vehicle)
88 MJ (no rust, bought it to replace the 91 eventually)
58 M54A2 (bought it because it was cheaper than just a trailer, nevermind a tow rig... and the other jeeps fit in the back, and hell, it's just plain badass)

right now I have 4. 2 haven't moved in months and there are 3 parts jeeps in my yard that I let my friends park here :haw:

I term the collection my Redundant Array of Inexpensive Vehicles... $7200 on all 5 before repairs and upgrades. Probably still under 15k including all repairs and upgrades.

DJ Commie
Feb 29, 2004

Stupid drivers always breaking car, Gronk fix car...

kastein posted:

I term the collection my Redundant Array of Inexpensive Vehicles

Whoa. Going to use that one right there.

The Electronaut
May 10, 2009

sharkytm posted:

Along with: http://www.rcramer.com/fun/econobox/

whose tuggin
Nov 6, 2009

by Hand Knit
I was at a drift event this weekend in Charleston, South Carolina (United States) and a dude pretty new Infiniti G35(?) that he took the front bumper and body work off and had a giant, expensive-looking intercooler and all the plumbing under the rad where the bumper used to be attached merely by means of ratchet straps. It was pretty sweet.

Throatwarbler
Nov 17, 2008

by vyelkin
Brand new jeep only has fenders painted on one side. :effort:

http://www.jeepsunlimited.com/forums/showthread.php?t=543972%5D

joat mon
Oct 15, 2009

I am the master of my lamp;
I am the captain of my tub.

Brake shoes aren't supposed to fall off like this when you pull the drum off...


And wraparound adjusting levers weren't a factory option


definitely

kastein
Aug 31, 2011

Moderator at http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/and soon to be mod of AI. MAKE AI GREAT AGAIN. Motronic for VP.
looks to me like it is telling you to do a disc brake swap.

drum brakes are the devil.

n8r
Jul 3, 2003

I helped Lowtax become a cyborg and all I got was this lousy avatar
Your gf has nice tits bro.

Queen_Combat
Jan 15, 2011

kastein posted:



drum brakes are the devil.

Drum brakes are stupidly simple, and they make perfect emergency stop brakes, especially if they're TLS and not SLS. I don't understand all the hate. I mean, I still prefer discs 99% of the time, but don't run away and cower in fear when a drum brake shows it's face.

whose tuggin
Nov 6, 2009

by Hand Knit
Drum brakes caused the 1955 Le Mans disaster.

Skyssx
Feb 2, 2001

by T. Fine

Geirskogul posted:

Drum brakes are stupidly simple, and they make perfect emergency stop brakes, especially if they're TLS and not SLS. I don't understand all the hate. I mean, I still prefer discs 99% of the time, but don't run away and cower in fear when a drum brake shows it's face.

Because it's 2011. Are any cars still sold with non-synchromesh transmissions to save money?

kastein
Aug 31, 2011

Moderator at http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/and soon to be mod of AI. MAKE AI GREAT AGAIN. Motronic for VP.

Geirskogul posted:

Drum brakes are stupidly simple, and they make perfect emergency stop brakes, especially if they're TLS and not SLS. I don't understand all the hate. I mean, I still prefer discs 99% of the time, but don't run away and cower in fear when a drum brake shows it's face.

the number of goofy rear end linkages, adjusters, and springs that require 5 arms and 3 special tools to assemble just pisses me off. The idea is simple, yes, but the execution lacks, especially on something like a Jeep XJ rearend and even worse, the drum-in-hat Ford 8.8" e-brake setup. I want to find whoever decided to put 2 return springs on (one behind the stiffener web and one in front) that setup and kick their rear end.

If you want something simple, look at a disc brake... a caliper with a piston pushes two pads together against the sides of a rotating disc. Doesn't get packed with mud or dirt, no adjustments, the pads are flat, and you can put an e-brake on it by milling an ACME thread into the piston and attaching a bellcrank and the e-brake cable (example: some Cadillac rear calipers.)

nm
Jan 28, 2008

"I saw Minos the Space Judge holding a golden sceptre and passing sentence upon the Martians. There he presided, and around him the noble Space Prosecutors sought the firm justice of space law."

Skyssx posted:

Because it's 2011. Are any cars still sold with non-synchromesh transmissions to save money?
There are a number of cars sold with a non-syncroed reverse gear to save money.
It sucks parallel parking in traffic -- only about 50% of the time will I get into reverse 1st try (but subaru transmissions suck)

Skyssx
Feb 2, 2001

by T. Fine

kastein posted:

If you want something simple, look at a disc brake... a caliper with a piston pushes two pads together against the sides of a rotating disc. Doesn't get packed with mud or dirt, no adjustments, the pads are flat, and you can put an e-brake on it by milling an ACME thread into the piston and attaching a bellcrank and the e-brake cable (example: some Cadillac rear calipers.)

Or put a brake band on the transmission output flange. Simplest brake ever.

kastein
Aug 31, 2011

Moderator at http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/and soon to be mod of AI. MAKE AI GREAT AGAIN. Motronic for VP.

Skyssx posted:

Or put a brake band on the transmission output flange. Simplest brake ever.

Might do that, but if I manage to drop my driveshaft, I'm boned. I like my brakes (especially e-brakes) to be as close as possible to the wheels.

DJ Commie
Feb 29, 2004

Stupid drivers always breaking car, Gronk fix car...

The Scientist posted:

Drum brakes caused the 1955 Le Mans disaster.

No it didn't the Mercedes was cut off as another car passed a pit-entering car, and was thrown over the barrier.

Skyssx
Feb 2, 2001

by T. Fine

kastein posted:

Might do that, but if I manage to drop my driveshaft, I'm boned. I like my brakes (especially e-brakes) to be as close as possible to the wheels.

I'm not opposed to a second mechanical caliper on the rear brake discs, i'm just thinking as cheap and simple as possible. I give no gently caress about another couple pounds of unsprung weight, I drive a live axle.

Just... loving drums, man.

Yeah, I can take them apart, rebuild everything cheaply and adjust them properly. But gently caress a bunch of that poo poo. I can "rebuild" my front brakes without even dismounting the calipers. Spin piston retraction bolt, remove pad retention pins, slide out old pads, slide in new, set new pins and release retraction bolt.

kastein
Aug 31, 2011

Moderator at http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/and soon to be mod of AI. MAKE AI GREAT AGAIN. Motronic for VP.

Skyssx posted:

I'm not opposed to a second mechanical caliper on the rear brake discs, i'm just thinking as cheap and simple as possible. I give no gently caress about another couple pounds of unsprung weight, I drive a live axle.

Just... loving drums, man.

Yeah, I can take them apart, rebuild everything cheaply and adjust them properly. But gently caress a bunch of that poo poo. I can "rebuild" my front brakes without even dismounting the calipers. Spin piston retraction bolt, remove pad retention pins, slide out old pads, slide in new, set new pins and release retraction bolt.

seriously. You have no idea how much joy it brought me to disassemble the drums on my axle with nothing but a 3lb hand sledge and an angle grinder when I was putting the discs on. :dance::woop::dance::woop:

I own 4 vehicles with 9 live axles and no IFS/IRS... sadly the one with 3 axles has 6 sets of drum brakes I can't even lift :saddowns:

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

The blue glow is a feature, not a bug


Pillbug

kastein posted:

Some poo poo I've done...

The head gasket for cylinder #6 of the LDS-465 motor in my M54A2:


The only thing more deafening than an unmuffled military turbo multifuel is one with a 2" head gasket leak blasting full compression right at the cab from the back of the motor. Dear god, that hurt through my earplugs. It still drove great though, only lost a little power running on 5 cylinders!

Here is the gasket, removed from the engine (I kept it as a trophy):


Diesels

'What I'm supposed to STOP working when I blow the headgasket? My bad....'

kastein
Aug 31, 2011

Moderator at http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/and soon to be mod of AI. MAKE AI GREAT AGAIN. Motronic for VP.

CommieGIR posted:

Diesels

'What I'm supposed to STOP working when I blow the headgasket? My bad....'

you know it!

This one's even better, it's a turbo multifuel, 22:1 CR, and will happily run on anything from home heating oil to gasoline as long as you mix it together such that it'll lube the injection pump properly without plugging it.

It's a honey badger motor, it doesn't give a gently caress, it'll burn it.

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

The blue glow is a feature, not a bug


Pillbug

kastein posted:

you know it!

This one's even better, it's a turbo multifuel, 22:1 CR, and will happily run on anything from home heating oil to gasoline as long as you mix it together such that it'll lube the injection pump properly without plugging it.

It's a honey badger motor, it doesn't give a gently caress, it'll burn it.

Ironically most diesel are technically multifuel (except for the gasoline). You just have to prepare or filter more for different fuels.

But yes, the military multifuel diesels are like tiny gods

Bondematt
Jan 26, 2007

Not too stupid
They run very happily on engine oil pouring through the turbo.

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

The blue glow is a feature, not a bug


Pillbug

Bondematt posted:

They run very happily on engine oil pouring through the turbo.

That too, runaway engine GO!

kastein
Aug 31, 2011

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Bondematt posted:

They run very happily on engine oil pouring through the turbo.

yeah... :supaburn: better cover the intake pretty fast.

the old military ones will also run backwards if you drive into something very solid (say, a 10 inch tree, or a phone pole), stall it out, and bounce backwards hard enough to turn it over before you manage to get the clutch down. Ever have the motor restart and clutch in, shift into 1st, let the clutch out only to panic realizing YOU ARE STILL GOING BACKWARDS? That's when you notice the smoke coming out the intake and realize your oil pressure is at zero because the pump is running backwards.

scary poo poo, but it only takes once to recognize it.

http://www.steelsoldiers.com/deuce/55796-ldt-465-ran-backwards.html

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

The blue glow is a feature, not a bug


Pillbug

kastein posted:

yeah... :supaburn: better cover the intake pretty fast.

the old military ones will also run backwards if you drive into something very solid (say, a 10 inch tree, or a phone pole), stall it out, and bounce backwards hard enough to turn it over before you manage to get the clutch down. Ever have the motor restart and clutch in, shift into 1st, let the clutch out only to panic realizing YOU ARE STILL GOING BACKWARDS? That's when you notice the smoke coming out the intake and realize your oil pressure is at zero because the pump is running backwards.

scary poo poo, but it only takes once to recognize it.

http://www.steelsoldiers.com/deuce/55796-ldt-465-ran-backwards.html

Its gone from suck, to blow!

Fender Anarchist
May 20, 2009

Fender Anarchist

CommieGIR posted:

Its gone from suck, to blow!



Considering the stages of the Diesel cycle, that's like some kind of double pun right there.

KozmoNaut
Apr 23, 2008

Happiness is a warm
Turbo Plasma Rifle


Bondematt posted:

They run very happily on engine oil pouring through the turbo.

They sure do (warning: LOUD)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zx3qKX_Pno

I'm amazed it kept going as long as it did, actually.

tehllama
Apr 30, 2009

Hook, swing.


I challenge you to guess what that used to be.

PainterofCrap
Oct 17, 2002

hey bebe


Idler pulley

VVV no, just extra ignition modules (for my late, great '86 Ford Escort L) and U-joint repair kits (for any Chrysler RWD product) VVV

PainterofCrap fucked around with this message at 05:37 on Sep 5, 2011

tehllama
Apr 30, 2009

Hook, swing.

PainterofCrap posted:

Idler pulley

Well that was fast. We're not quite sure what happened to the plastic bits , my guess is they're scattered across turn 1 at Roebling. Threw the serpentine belt (which dragged the AC belt with it) right into the radiator fan, so the car immediately overheated and I got to cause my first white flag.

e: Also, if you are the kind of person who carries spare idler pulleys to track days, you are awesome and I love you.

tehllama fucked around with this message at 05:13 on Sep 5, 2011

kastein
Aug 31, 2011

Moderator at http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/and soon to be mod of AI. MAKE AI GREAT AGAIN. Motronic for VP.

tehllama posted:

Well that was fast. We're not quite sure what happened to the plastic bits , my guess is they're scattered across turn 1 at Roebling. Threw the serpentine belt (which dragged the AC belt with it) right into the radiator fan, so the car immediately overheated and I got to cause my first white flag.

e: Also, if you are the kind of person who carries spare idler pulleys to track days, you are awesome and I love you.

I blew one of those up...



... and so did a friend of mine (the post on the screen) - even lost the same number of bearings.

That one made it 20 miles to my storage unit doing 80mph (I found the bearings would space out around the spindle and keep it from making such horrible noises if I did 80, so I went with it) so I could pull the spare off my spare motor and drive it home, at 11PM, when all the parts stores were closed.

EDIT: is imageshack banned here or something?

trouser chili
Mar 27, 2002

Unnngggggghhhhh

kastein posted:


EDIT: is imageshack banned here or something?

In a word, yes. It's an involved story from long ago that I don't quite remember. Use imgur.com. It works well and it's fast.

kastein
Aug 31, 2011

Moderator at http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/and soon to be mod of AI. MAKE AI GREAT AGAIN. Motronic for VP.

trouser chili posted:

In a word, yes. It's an involved story from long ago that I don't quite remember. Use imgur.com. It works well and it's fast.

ok, sounds like a plan. I wondered why imageshack wasn't showing up... had an account here 6 years ago but stopped using it in like 07, forgot the password, and lost access to the email address it was registered with years ago :haw: I must have missed the imageshack drama or something.

I've been using tinypic, will check out imgur also.

EDIT: looks like I was just living under a rock, it happened while I was active.

kastein fucked around with this message at 14:35 on Sep 5, 2011

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Fayez Butts
Aug 24, 2006

Anything related to imageshack is banned from SA for trying to advertise through the images or some poo poo

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