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KozmoNaut posted:Same as the first couple of years of the pre-facelift Peugeot 406. Water can get in through the mounting holes for the kickplate and the lower door seal, and if the drain holes are blocked by dirt, water accumulates and rusts the gently caress out of everything. It takes upwards of 10 years to get really bad before you notice it, unless you happen to catch the sound of water sloshing around in the rockers. I've seen some real horrible pictures of cars that have never had anti-rust treatments. Mine's a later facelifted model, but I make drat sure to be on time with my anti-rust treatments every time now, and check those drat drains. Same with Miatas(NA ones for sure, dont know about the later body styles). When I first got my '91 i kept hearing water sloshing around when I would start or stop. Confused the hell out of me and took a while it figure it out and clear the drain holes.
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May 16, 2013 23:42
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Be careful; those things can be dangerous. 
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May 17, 2013 00:08
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May 17, 2013 00:09
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Negromancer posted:Same with Miatas(NA ones for sure, dont know about the later body styles). When I first got my '91 i kept hearing water sloshing around when I would start or stop. Confused the hell out of me and took a while it figure it out and clear the drain holes.
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May 17, 2013 00:57
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Suddenly this switch makes a lot more sense:  But where's the turtle?
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May 17, 2013 01:09
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Are its eyes gone?
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May 17, 2013 01:32
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Best explanation for when something under the hood jumps unexpectedly.
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May 17, 2013 03:24
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D C posted:With s13's a lot of people jack the car up by the framerails because they are there, and flat, and easily visible, except they dent when you do that, even if they arent rusted. They are notoriously weak. That is seriously EVERY S13.
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May 17, 2013 03:33
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It's annoying that they would put a frame rail there and not reinforce it for lifting.
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May 17, 2013 04:05
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MomJeans420 posted:Are its eyes gone? Rabbits have brilliant red eyeshine that really shows up in camera flashes, or even if just a flashlight is pointed on them.
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May 17, 2013 04:12
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revmoo posted:It's annoying that they would put a frame rail there and not reinforce it for lifting. Do S13s not have pinch welds? First thing they teach you at mechanic school is don't lift unibody cars by what looks like a frame rail, because they're just sheet metal like the rest of it.
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May 17, 2013 04:18
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Shifty Pony posted:Rabbits have brilliant red eyeshine that really shows up in camera flashes, or even if just a flashlight is pointed on them. Eyeshine is actually the reflection of the tapetum. It's why cat eyes seem to glow. 
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May 17, 2013 05:39
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Fucknag posted:Do S13s not have pinch welds? First thing they teach you at mechanic school is don't lift unibody cars by what looks like a frame rail, because they're just sheet metal like the rest of it. They do have pinch welds up under the skirts, they also have shaped jacking points at the front and rear on the sils, only problem is finding a spot for the jack stands, which for me is usually a suspension mounting point, unless i have to take them off. Most of the time I end up jacking the car from the front tow loop and using the jacking points for the jack stands, and using the rear diff to jack from the rear.
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May 17, 2013 06:38
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Regular rabbits are good for 10,20 hp, but the Bunniculas will get you 40 more at least.
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May 17, 2013 06:40
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I was right across from my house on my bike on the way home from work today when a Cadillac coming the opposite direction spontaneously had its driver's-side front wheel turn sideways. The caddy pulled to the shoulder immediately and they called for a friend. They didn't hit anything, and nobody hit them. It was, honestly, pretty awesome to watch. Once Dropbox updates from my phone, I'll post some pics I took tonight after everybody left.
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May 17, 2013 09:39
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Geirskogul posted:I was right across from my house on my bike on the way home from work today when a Cadillac coming the opposite direction spontaneously had its driver's-side front wheel turn sideways. The caddy pulled to the shoulder immediately and they called for a friend. They didn't hit anything, and nobody hit them. It was, honestly, pretty awesome to watch.      
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May 17, 2013 10:00
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Looks like someone didn't tighten the balljoint nut for the control arm. I see no shear failure or cracking or anything, it looks like it just...fell out. Impressive!
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May 17, 2013 10:10
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Also isn't ATF usually red?
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May 17, 2013 12:32
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Geirskogul posted:Also isn't ATF usually red? I think that's gear oil from the differential.
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May 17, 2013 13:20
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poo poo you're right. I'm leaving my post for historical purposes, though.
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May 17, 2013 13:23
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I was going to say that this is why you replace loose ball joints, but it looks like the nut just backed off. They have cotter pins through them for a reason.
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May 17, 2013 18:56
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ultimateforce posted:That is seriously EVERY S13. RX-7s, too
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May 17, 2013 21:33
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I did a sheared off ball joint on a 94 Accord Wednesday, let me tell you its interesting getting it onto a rack with the axle torn out and the suspension not suspending.
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May 17, 2013 21:37
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Geirskogul posted:Also isn't ATF usually red? Throatwarbler posted:I think that's gear oil from the differential. It's the grease from the torn open CV joint. 
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May 18, 2013 00:08
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From a local forum:quote:A little back history. I tracked it at AMP once in September after I had gotten it back from being dyno'd in the USA. Car was then put away for the winter to be turned into my full time track car. So then I began working to get the car to this point. This should get interesting, since he went to a cage builder recommended by many local people.
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May 18, 2013 19:35
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What in the gently caress. That is a nice kit too.
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May 18, 2013 19:41
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Holy poo poo what a mess. 
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May 18, 2013 19:42
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Holy poo poo. I would be in full on stabbing mode.
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May 18, 2013 19:43
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Holy gently caress. Welds on welds on welds. I feel like if that person were to track that car and proceed to crash they'd look a lot like this.
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May 18, 2013 21:24
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Crustashio posted:From a local forum: I think it would be easy to argue that that car has been basically totaled and I would be filing suit in small claims asap (but your damages would be limited at maybey $5000, perhaps a real lawyer is in order.) Citycop fucked around with this message at 22:17 on May 18, 2013 |
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May 18, 2013 22:11
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That chassis has been totaled by a welder wielding wetodd. I would be taking them to court for every cent they are worth.
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May 18, 2013 23:32
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Guys I think I did a great job on that cage!!
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May 18, 2013 23:40
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And this kids, is why I just spent $1500 having the back suspension assembly of my 99 Deville replaced. Cause the mounts for the rear crossbar had rusted away, and I was basically a hard jounce on the highway from this happening to me. Different cause, but the results would have been similar. And if both had went and it skidded for awhile on the gas tank at 70 or so, whelp
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May 19, 2013 01:38
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Crustashio posted:From a local forum: He's certainly good to go on Fitness for Purpose, and almost a sure thing for a Devaluation Claim for the value of the vehicle. If there are any lawyergoons about : How bad would work have to be before you could make a criminal case out of it? Given that he's explicitly said that the cage is being put in for racing not :2fast:; as-fitted it's probably significantly more lethal than just the standard, unmodified chassis. Would he have a shot at getting a lovely welder put somewhere he can do no harm? I'm also looking at the thing they've done to his steering: Doesn't that defeat the collapsible steering column?
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May 19, 2013 02:06
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IPCRESS posted:He's certainly good to go on Fitness for Purpose, and almost a sure thing for a Devaluation Claim for the value of the vehicle. While I'm not a lawyer I spend entirely too much time around them, so take this for what it's worth: to rise to a criminal claim over something like that would pretty much require someone getting hurt as a result of using it for the intended purpose and having it fail in a way it should't (think along the lines of criminal negligence, which would take some serious doing to show) or from the fact pattern of how any claims for remedy go with the owner of the shop he contracted to do for the job if there is no reasonable remedy provided (think your basic huxtering like misrepresentation, fraud, concealment that would have to be proven to rise above a civil claim). I doubt the latter could/would happen.
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Motronic posted:While I'm not a lawyer I spend entirely too much time around them, so take this for what it's worth: to rise to a criminal claim over something like that would pretty much require someone getting hurt as a result of using it for the intended purpose and having it fail in a way it should't (think along the lines of criminal negligence, which would take some serious doing to show) or from the fact pattern of how any claims for remedy go with the owner of the shop he contracted to do for the job if there is no reasonable remedy provided (think your basic huxtering like misrepresentation, fraud, concealment that would have to be proven to rise above a civil claim). I doubt the latter could/would happen. This is why I love living with the the consumer guarantees act. Means poo poo like that cage would end really badly for the welder.
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May 19, 2013 04:13
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Hellatoe!
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Just realized I forgot to put this here. No idea what the backstory on cause of failure is but it's from an '87-'93 Jeep Wrangler AX5 manual transmission behind a 4-cylinder. It came from a junk/parts-only transmission a friend had sitting in his basement that he had gotten free with no backstory on what it came from, why it was removed, etc. Third gear is... uh... loving shot. The input shaft gear that drives the countershaft was missing a pretty good number of teeth too.  All I wanted was the shaft that runs through this stack of gears and other bits, so I just knocked it all off into the junk parts pile and went on with my life. kastein fucked around with this message at 05:13 on May 19, 2013 |
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kastein posted:Just realized I forgot to put this here. Is the AX5 based off the T5? Because that pretty much how the T5 fails 90% of the time and that assembly looks exactly like a T5 main assembly.
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