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Not the first time I've managed to cut my finger while using a saw, but this is a new technique, for sure: That'll teach me for using cheap crap.
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Ahahaha. Amazing.
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Since it is getting closer to what passes for winter in California, I got volun-told to take my stations snowcat into the shop for it's yearly maintenance. So I had to put it on our really crappy trailer and drive it over. I've never towed anything in my life, but I figured how hard could it be? About two miles from the shop, we hear a strange noise and then it feels like we got a flat. Pull over and see this:  Since we have no spare tire, had to call for a flatbed tow truck to take it the rest of the way to the shop. Took a look at the other tire on the trailer and it is completely bald and also about half flat. It was bald to the point that you couldn't see tread on the tire.  Turns out the shop had been recommending that we change tire sizes because they don't make that size anymore and are hella expensive. Guess we'll be doing that anyways now. I'm just glad this didn't happen on the freeway or when taking it up to our parking area on the mountain.
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Sep 22, 2012 23:44
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Hooray dads cursed prado strikes again... Mum drove it yesterday, drove up into 5th, wouldnt come out. Stripped the gearbox and half a thrust washer fell out- it managed to split the 5th gear thrust washer, dropped half of it into the front case and the other half jammed the 5th gear selector fork!   You can see where the gear was chewing on the bearing retainer for about 2km- no damage to the gear, and thats only about 1mm deep the wear on the retainer
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Sep 23, 2012 02:41
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At least they know the breaks work.
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Sep 23, 2012 05:01
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Tactical Bonnet posted:At least they know the breaks work. I'm really not sure if this was intentional, but  .
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Sep 23, 2012 07:04
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I would never have guessed there was a problem if it weren't for the dashboard display  
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Sep 23, 2012 07:06
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Typically you're supposed to disconnect the power supply when working with the airbags just in case one decided to try to break you in half.
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Sep 23, 2012 07:14
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Years ago at the first autocross event I ever drove in, I remember watching a bunch of warmed-over fourthgen Camaros and Firebirds get axle hop like this under hard braking for the corner I was working. Made a hell of a racket, and I half expected the same thing to happen to them.
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IOwnCalculus posted:Years ago at the first autocross event I ever drove in, I remember watching a bunch of warmed-over fourthgen Camaros and Firebirds get axle hop like this under hard braking for the corner I was working. Made a hell of a racket, and I half expected the same thing to happen to them. First trackday I did was on a 2001 CBR600F4i (no slipper clutch) and I came off the main straight of Firebird east in the 120mph range hard on the front brakes and banging downshifts while fatigued as hell. Welp, compression locked up the rear tire and it started hopping on me. Fun times.
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Sep 23, 2012 11:01
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InitialDave posted:Not the first time I've managed to cut my finger while using a saw, but this is a new technique, for sure: God. drat. 
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Sep 25, 2012 20:46
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The absolute best part is the lack of a hole for the middle 'bolt'.
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Sep 26, 2012 01:48
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Javid posted:The absolute best part is the lack of a hole for the middle 'bolt'. Pretty sure it's there, it's just the handle still managing to cover up the hole.
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Sep 26, 2012 08:10
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Schrödinger's hole
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Sep 26, 2012 08:12
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PainterofCrap posted:Get to use this in two threads. The person that would go at this with vice grips I would assume had never done so much as an oil change.
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Sep 26, 2012 11:05
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Budget Monty posted:The person that would go at this with vice grips I would assume had never done so much as an oil change. For those that are wondering what the gently caress this is referring to, it's PainterofCrap's post of August 26. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3222431&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=207#post406907429 Good replies are best posted a month later.
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Budget Monty posted:The person that would go at this with vice grips I would assume had never done so much as an oil change. It's my only tool!
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meatpimp posted:For those that are wondering what the gently caress this is referring to, it's PainterofCrap's post of August 26. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3222431&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=207#post406907429 Since the last forum upgrade, the name of the quoted poster is a link back to the quoted post. 
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 Holy poo poo.
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Sep 27, 2012 05:50
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Not my pic but... Want mayo with that?
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Sep 28, 2012 20:03
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I bet that's what the inside of the Frosty machine at Wendy's looks like.
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Sep 28, 2012 20:05
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I'm curious. Will that oil/coolant emulsion eventually settle out if you leave it alone for long enough, or is it relatively stable?
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Sep 28, 2012 21:04
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Boat posted:I'm curious. Will that oil/coolant emulsion eventually settle out if you leave it alone for long enough, or is it relatively stable? Eventually, yes. On a long enough time scale...
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Boat posted:I'm curious. Will that oil/coolant emulsion eventually settle out if you leave it alone for long enough, or is it relatively stable? Without knowing the complete makeup of both it's hard to say, but it's a moot point as the oil is at the very least acidified beyond use from water contamination.
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EightBit posted:Without knowing the complete makeup of both it's hard to say, but it's a moot point as the oil is at the very least acidified beyond use from water contamination. Oh, I'm well aware that poo poo's irreparably hosed, it was more of an academic question. Sponge! posted:Eventually, yes. On a long enough time scale... Yeah, I guessed so, but it was possible there was some component of the oil/coolant/both that when combined would act as a good emulsifier that I didn't know about. So...what do you do for that? Replace head gasket/point of failure and then just cycle full coolant flushes and oil changes through it back to back to back for a millennium? (With plain water/cheapest straight-weight oil imaginable I'd wager...)
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Sep 28, 2012 21:18
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Disassemble and hot tank it.
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Boat posted:So...what do you do for that? Replace head gasket/point of failure and then just cycle full coolant flushes and oil changes through it back to back to back for a millennium? (With plain water/cheapest straight-weight oil imaginable I'd wager...) That poo poo was probably the icing on the zero-maintenance cake. If you're attached to the engine, do a full rebuild (I'd wager that the bearings are hosed). Otherwise get a junkyard engine or a reman.
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Sep 28, 2012 21:22
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What were they thinking?  
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nattrass posted:Not my pic but... KA24E with a broken chain tensioner?
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Melting Eggs posted:What were they thinking? "If most of them make it through the warranty period, we'll come out ahead!"
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Engines running on frosties? Feast your eyes on this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Qi1vb4RF1o
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iv46vi posted:Engines running on frosties? That made me nauseous just remembering that smell 
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iv46vi posted:Engines running on frosties?  It keeps overheating. Just keep topping it off with water, we'll fix it in a few weeks.
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Previa_fun posted:KA24E with a broken chain tensioner? Yeah some sort of Nissan, early s13 type thing?
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iv46vi posted:Engines running on frosties? Why is the guy doing the disassembly wearing flip-flops? 
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Geoj posted:Why is the guy doing the disassembly wearing flip-flops? I dropped a SBC piston/conrod on my bare foot because I'm a loving moron. Actually I just dropped it and tried to break its fall with my foot. Only a minor crush wound in the top of my foot that closed up about 36 hrs later, and the scar looks exactly the same as the wound did before the blood started to pour (the scar is a weird dark purple). Edit: VVV Yup. Not so much as a nick in it or the floor (I was in the kitchen over a tile floor, getting ready to box up the pistons for storage). Godholio fucked around with this message at 02:12 on Sep 29, 2012 |
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Did you at least save the piston?
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You did the right thing.
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What an odd piston design, what is this out of?
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