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I hate those stupid plastic elbows, and the engineer at GM who decided to route coolant through that idler. I have replaced dozens in the process of doing what I presumed was a LIM gasket failure. Luckily I always pop a pressure tester on the radiator and put 10-12psi to check for leaks.
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I know it's cliche to post Powerstroke Help vids, but...  http://youtu.be/YT25YAxkn5k
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nmfree posted:I know it's cliche to post Powerstroke Help vids, but... I'm surprised chaining trucks together to see who's is the toughest isn't something you see on tv
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Dec 9, 2012 08:11
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And that guys tongue bugs the hell out of me.
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Dec 9, 2012 08:33
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That's a hard act to follow but here's the vaccuum gauge shenanigans video I promised earlier. http://youtu.be/5FWk4IzZFrg
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Dec 9, 2012 08:36
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 So why are the intake valves sticking open?
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Awesome. Remids me of one of the failed resurrections of the Type 4 in the VW. What was impressive was when I revved it the manifold would pressurize somehow.
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Dec 9, 2012 11:36
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Outlet posted:And that guys tongue bugs the hell out of me. Do they have tongue reduction surgery?
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I had been putting off replacing the steering cylinder in my tractor due to the fact that it's a $350 part ( Deere of course ) The ball joints are integrated on that part and usually fail first, but I rode it till the cylinder itself developed a hydraulic leak that would make a urologist proud. When it finally popped free, I realized how dumb I was. Luckily none of the bushings were harmed.
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nmfree posted:I know it's cliche to post Powerstroke Help vids, but...  e: code:Like five minutes from me. This explains a lot about all the hopped up power strokes I see around here.
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SuperDucky posted:Like five minutes from me. This explains a lot about all the hopped up power strokes I see around here. B4Ctom1 posted:Do they have tongue reduction surgery?
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nmfree posted:The amazing part is that he apparently has a few customers driving 12+ hours one way to have him work on their trucks.
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It was on its way to becoming a mechanical failure, anyway. Found that digging through old photos, those came out of my Integra. About a month later it started burning crazy amounts of oil (1 quart every 200-300 miles, no major leaks).  previous owners and adjustable FPRs set way too lean. Car was stock except for the FPR and a cold air intake. Wish I had pictures of how it looked when the head came off 
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I guess I should check my tires more often. Happened at 2am going 60mph.
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poo poo, I've had more steel showing than that. Without question, I should've died on those tires.
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nmfree posted:I know it's cliche to post Powerstroke Help vids, but... The whole cab gone bye-bye @ 1:41  Yeah, I think I'll pass on owning a Powerstroke.
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Everyday Lurker posted:The whole cab gone bye-bye @ 1:41 Its only certain ones to pass on. The 7.3 was pretty much one of the best ones they made. Its kinda scary starting to see those years appreciate now.... Kinda like the older 88?-92 Dodges with the original 12 valve Cummins turbo's. They are commanding crazy money, and ones that are in clean shape can easily break the 10k mark. Luckily, Chevies with Detroits command very little and can be snatched up cheap.
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Not a horrible failure as such, more of a horribly smelling failure.  The plastic cover on top of the valve covers on my parents' Citroën decided to just fall off and land on the exhaust. 12 years' worth of road dust, oil and various chemicals burning makes quite a smell when combined with melting plastic. Leave it to the French to attach things to an engine using brittle plastic fasteners.
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At first glance I thought it was an interior door panel.
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b0nes posted:I guess I should check my tires more often. Happened at 2am going 60mph.  Hey highway speed tire disintegration buddy.
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Godholio posted:At first glance I thought it was an interior door panel. Me too. I can smell the cancer though the monitor.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:
To be fair, both of those tires look way past when they should have been changed. Like really far past. They're almost slicks.
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quote:This explains a lot about all the hopped up power strokes I see around here. On the subject of local tuners and shops, I used to live very close to Quigley, a conversion company that makes kick rear end off road full size vans. The only time I ever actually saw them was on flatbeds, being shipped away. I wonder why I never actually saw anybody driving one locally? There's also a pretty well regarded tuner shop near where I work and the only thing I ever see from that place is the owners GTR. The Harley plant is just up the road too and the area is infested with those loving things. Every year the street rod nationals comes to town and brings a few thousand hot rods and muscle cars with it. I guess that makes up for it in a way.
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Puddin posted:Like really far past. They're almost slicks.  On the way home after a successful day of hammering on them, they blew up. I was probably asking for it and I learned a valuable lesson (two, if you count "keep your spare tire filled up").
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Seat Safety Switch posted:"keep your spare tire filled up"). That deserves the .
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Yeah, that was the point. I bought the wheels and the tires came with them for free. Then I proceeded to go "You know what tires with no tread depth are great at? Being sticky!" and went autocrossing in a distant town. 3 for me. Scissor jacks suck rear end, especially when you don't have the proper parts. My car has a factory one but I couldn't figure how to get it out of the compartment. So I had to use an old crowbar I had in my trunk, on a sloped street It took forever.
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b0nes posted:3 for me. Scissor jacks suck rear end, especially when you don't have the proper parts. My car has a factory one but I couldn't figure how to get it out of the compartment. So I had to use an old crowbar I had in my trunk, on a sloped street It took forever. Next summer I'll use these random four year old RT615s that I got with my Miata. They have tread, guys, tread! Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 15:56 on Dec 11, 2012 |
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It's times like these I'm glad I bought a tire trailer for $100.
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What condition are its tyres in?  Seriously though, tweels can't come soon enough.
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Cakefool posted:What condition are its tyres in? They didn't explode while I was hauling rear end up to Allies v Axis at 90mph Sunday, so they must be okay 
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They were probably better than this tyre, which apparently has an erection. Not my picture.
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Looks like the rim is bent as well, someone found a pothole the hard way.
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Well, for those who don't follow, I rally a 1992 Suzuki Swift GTI. And at Rally of the Tall Pines, we had some sort of driveline failure that ended our rally. I pulled out the trans this weekend, and midway through I figured out what actually failed. The bloody intermediate shaft splined portion completely sheared off. Great. I really wasn't expecting that, I was expecting a CV joint. I've never seen one of these fail.   It also grinded in the LSD carrier. I'm going to email Gripper and see what they say. I swear I better not need to replace the carrier + that gear. I'm betting I will though. Gah.  
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 These two hoses, made of only the finest Italian rubber both caused some havoc for a coworker's car. The longer not quite round one, is a vacuum hose. It used to be round. The result of it not being round was the car would throw a CEL and fail smog. The short, fat hose was part of the engine cooling system. It decided to split wide open at 100+ mph going thru turn 1 at Laguna Seca. He looked back, saw smoke, pulled over grabbed the extinguisher and was relieved to find it was just steam. As he put it, it's the first time he's ever leapt out onto a hot track, but he sure as hell didn't feel like sitting in what he thought was a burning car.
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Aurune posted:As he put it, it's the first time he's ever leapt out onto a hot track, but he sure as hell didn't feel like sitting in what he thought was a burning car. Burning car is my one excuse to get out of a car on a hot track. After seeing the aftermath of Charles Espenlaub's epic escape, I realize you may only have a few seconds between "ok" and "serious injury". Otherwise, stay put.
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From the local club.. Subaru 2.5L oil pickup strikes again: Got it out just in time.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:From the local club.. Subaru 2.5L oil pickup strikes again: Is there a reason oil pressure gauges aren't seen as mandatory in these cars? Also, I remember I bought a subaru 5 years ago (holy poo poo) because I thought it would be more reliable than anything else comparable. Ha!
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99 Cherokee in the shop right now, coworker thought it was a starter failure based off their description of the symptoms and how it would just click. Turns out the 4.0 is siezed. Woops.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:From the local club.. Subaru 2.5L oil pickup strikes again: So what models/years is this a problem on? My wife wants to get a used Impreza hatchback in the semi-near future 
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