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DELETED posted:Protip: Brake cleaner destroys nitrile gloves. The typical blue gloves shrivel up and look like they have goosebumps before falling apart. chlorinated brake cleaner? I've never had a problem with my purple nitrile gloves, even fishing around in containers of mek and acetone. non-chlorinated brake cleaner can't even touch them.
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Throatwarbler posted:I am unfamiliar with this. What happened? I am completely blown away by it though.
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^ Looks like the airborne car hit the car behind the one the video was being taken from and ramped off its rear wheel.
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Sep 20, 2011 20:09
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:chlorinated brake cleaner? I've never had a problem with my purple nitrile gloves, even fishing around in containers of mek and acetone. non-chlorinated brake cleaner can't even touch them. Whatever the typical spray brake cleaner is, it'll make the typical blue nitrile gloves go all pruny, then they just fall apart under the slightest pressure. Kleen-All solvent does the same thing. I need to get some gloves made out of rubber or something that won't absorb or dissolve in the stuff.
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Godholio posted:Whatever the typical spray brake cleaner is, it'll make the typical blue nitrile gloves go all pruny, then they just fall apart under the slightest pressure. Kleen-All solvent does the same thing. Silvershields work quite nicely. Until you get one with a giant crease in it, and the point at the end of the crease slices you open from the middle of your palm to halfway down your forearm.
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Geoj posted:^ I thought it was the baltimore crash that i saw earlier this month but it wasn't. Same deal though http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RhiMAq78CI
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Godholio posted:Whatever the typical spray brake cleaner is, it'll make the typical blue nitrile gloves go all pruny, then they just fall apart under the slightest pressure. Kleen-All solvent does the same thing. Yeah, maybe the purple ones are different or higher quality but the blue ones can't handle good old non-chlorinated Brakleen and similar brake cleaners. I did get some Gunk brake cleaner once. That stuff sucks, it doesn't smell like brake cleaner should and seems to only mildly inconvenience wasps. I will say that ATF is a drat good cleaner for metal parts though.
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DELETED posted:Yeah, maybe the purple ones are different or higher quality but the blue ones can't handle good old non-chlorinated Brakleen and similar brake cleaners. I did get some Gunk brake cleaner once. That stuff sucks, it doesn't smell like brake cleaner should and seems to only mildly inconvenience wasps. I worked in a machine shop many years ago where there was a covered drum of 50% ATF and 50% acetone (I think). The head machinist used to call it "The Dip" right after "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" came out, and it had the same effect on various crap as the movie dip did on 'toons. Wasn't great for skin either.
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Throatwarbler posted:thvwlshvscpd posted:I am unfamiliar with this. What happened? I am completely blown away by it though. Ever seen that lovely movie Freejack with Emilio Estevez and Mick Jagger? That's what.
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Got a truck in a few days ago, it leaked gas, and had been sitting for SIX years. A 1984 Ford Pickup with a 351W in it. We rebuild the carb, flush the liquids, replace the cap/rotor/wires/plugs and fire her up. Hrm.. it's making a rattling noise, but all in all it seems to be ok. The rattling noise seems to be coming from a lifter, must just be stuck from sitting so long. Hrm.. noise isn't going away, even though we added a ton of additives and beat the poo poo out of the motor, compression is even at 170ish PSI on all 8 cylinders. Let's check the lifters and push rods...   I.. I don't think the pushrod is supposed to look like that. Ford V8s run off of magic.
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ratbert90 posted:
Magic and stubbornness.
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DELETED posted:Yeah, maybe the purple ones are different or higher quality but the blue ones can't handle good old non-chlorinated Brakleen and similar brake cleaners. I did get some Gunk brake cleaner once. That stuff sucks, it doesn't smell like brake cleaner should and seems to only mildly inconvenience wasps. engine flush = ATF and acetone. poo poo is BEAUTIFUL mungtor posted:I worked in a machine shop many years ago where there was a covered drum of 50% ATF and 50% acetone (I think). The head machinist used to call it "The Dip" right after "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" came out, and it had the same effect on various crap as the movie dip did on 'toons. Wasn't great for skin either. ...ToonTown will be erased in a matter of minutes. GnarlyCharlie4u fucked around with this message at 15:06 on Sep 21, 2011 |
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:engine flush = ATF and acetone. poo poo is BEAUTIFUL
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GWBBQ posted:When I worked at an oil change shop, when we did our own cars we would "ghetto flush" our engines with one quart of 10w30 then fill to capacity with ATF, idle for 5 minutes. Worked every bit as well as the "ultimate engine cleaning" service we charged $60 for. That can't be good for an engine.
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Epic Fail Guy posted:That can't be good for an engine. I know for a fact that this is how two of our local mechanics perform their "engine cleaning service," the only difference being that they have a machine attached to the oil drain pan that vacuums/drains the oil out after it's done running. They talk about the machine like it flushes/circulates the oil, which is BS - it's not even running during the "service."
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I didn't know Mazda made trailers! I see this almost daily in the summer.
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Wheel bearings, who needs em?
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Even with a Bearing Buddy, you should be repacking every once in a while!
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thvwlshvscpd posted:I am unfamiliar with this. What happened? I am completely blown away by it though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaC3OKZ-FkI
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Epic Fail Guy posted:That can't be good for an engine. I've heard of using one quart of ATF to clean an engine, but never all but one quart of ATF.
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Contraband posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaC3OKZ-FkI I give that a 7.5/10 for the rodeo flip, a bit sloppy on the landing.
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Epic Fail Guy posted:That can't be good for an engine.
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Skyssx posted:I didn't know Mazda made trailers! Getting after hours emergency calls on a Sunday from some poor bastard usually moving to Alaska because their wheel bearings suffered catastrophic failure has made me more than a little jaded of their maintenance periods, or lack of.
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I realize it's on a trailer but still, wouldn't you be able to hear that a while before it shredded itself?
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heat posted:I realize it's on a trailer but still, wouldn't you be able to hear that a while before it shredded itself? Apparently not. There's one on the lot right now where the entire hub fell off at speed. It showed up last week full of roofing materials (dump trailer) and the end of the axle missing the hub was tied up with many multiple ratchet straps. We made him go dump the load before we'd do any work to it. Pretty sure the axle is fuckered on that one, too.
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I had another random breakdown outside my house today. Couple of guys in a Vauxhall Astra. Now, I've seen a few overheating cars, and been the person responsible for a number of them, but this thing was hot. Even after sitting for fifteen minutes with the bonnet up, it was instantly boiling any water put in it (while making some very interesting noises), and according to my IR thermometer the oil filter was still over 140 degrees C. Mmm, toasty.
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My friend had an explorer with a bad thermostat. He was about to move cross country and was getting a new car so he just kept driving it. It sounded like a diesel and smelled like a welding shop driving down the road but it kept going for a few days.
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Has this been posted? http://youtu.be/IY1hXAoOnLg Looks like its still drivable.
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Shaocaholica posted:Has this been posted? It doesn't even seem like it would be possible for that thing to keep moving.
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I can't remember who, but someone in the WRC had to drive an entire stage like that when they trashed a joint. At the next stop, the wheel was worn away to a D shape.
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NickBlasta posted:It doesn't even seem like it would be possible for that thing to keep moving. Good luck turning right with that thing.
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Shaocaholica posted:Has this been posted? This is what was made for...
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Geoj posted:This is what I know that's been posted before, and I swear someone mentioned it was the "run" part of a hit & run, but I can't find a source for it.
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From a friends FaceBook page: edit: From a Grand Cherokee. Mine will probably do this sooner or later.
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Why's everyone so cavalier about brake cleaner usage? That stuff will decompose into gases illegal for use in warfare: http://www.brewracingframes.com/id75.htm I'm pretty sure that article's been posted earlier in this thread, too.
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Because we're all using non-chlorinated brake cleaner...
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yeah, that's why I use non-chlorinated brake cleaner... acetone (CH3)2CO and heptane CH3(CH2)5CH3 don't contain any chlorine.
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Skyssx posted:Because we're all using non-chlorinated brake cleaner... I went to Hawaii and got my first can of chlorinated stuff. What a disappointment. It didn't even smell good, it smelled like bad chemicals, which is it.
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NightGyr posted:Why's everyone so cavalier about brake cleaner usage? That stuff will decompose into gases illegal for use in warfare: Did you read the part of the article where he was welding with it? It won't decompose into phosgene without argon.
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heat posted:Did you read the part of the article where he was welding with it? It won't decompose into phosgene without argon. Ultra-violet light. Argon is inert.
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