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I dunno if I buy that.. the numbers are a bit worn.. but the overall side of the tire is't overly scuffed.. maybe I need new glasses.
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Yeah, I think I'd go with curb-rash before extreme under/over-inflation. Either way, I think I'd like to know what shop plugged the sidewalls so I know to NEVER GO THERE EVER.
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Was probably just the owner, a shop would have trimmed them at least a little.
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Not too horrible, but definitely a rust failure. Sounds like it's trying to race everywhere now but with a leaking rear main, the clutch is pretending to be a wet clutch so it's slower than you'd imagine. Jumping into this while used to the Baja is what I'd imagine driving a glacier to be like. 
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Sep 28, 2013 02:46
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It finally happened to someone I know:
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este posted:It finally happened to someone I know: Customer complaint: "Brakes making a funny noise"
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este posted:It finally happened to someone I know: I wish one of my friends was negligent enough to let it get this bad, that would make a great face for a garage clock.
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NitroSpazzz posted:I wish one of my friends was negligent enough to let it get this bad, that would make a great face for a garage clock. Hot drat, if I'm counting right it's even got 24 big and 24 small spokes! So you could have a 24-hr clock with 1/2 gradations, or 12-hour with 15-minute ticks. Now I wanna do it.
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Fucknag posted:Hot drat, if I'm counting right it's even got 24 big and 24 small spokes! So you could have a 24-hr clock with 1/2 gradations, or 12-hour with 15-minute ticks. It doesn't matter what time the thing says though: Every time is "Just Get a drat Bus Pass" Time.
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If you knew someone with a large lathe, you could probably get one from the junk yard and machine it down
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Ferremit posted:If you knew someone with a large lathe, you could probably get one from the junk yard and machine it down But where's the fun in that?
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That's like fake rust patina. You gotta earn that poo poo.
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Ferremit posted:If you knew someone with a large lathe, you could probably get one from the junk yard and machine it down You mean someone with a car?
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Fucknag posted:Hot drat, if I'm counting right it's even got 24 big and 24 small spokes! So you could have a 24-hr clock with 1/2 gradations, or 12-hour with 15-minute ticks. Do the 24-hour. Just have the big spokes count for your hours, and the small spokes half-hours. Give it only an hour hand. solarNativity fucked around with this message at 18:19 on Sep 28, 2013 |
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Sep 28, 2013 18:16
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So I was having some problems getting my Nova started. Figured I flooded the poo poo out of it and fouled the plugs. I got the plugs changed and tried to fire it up. It started. 
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:So I was having some problems getting my Nova started. Figured I flooded the poo poo out of it and fouled the plugs. I got the plugs changed and tried to fire it up.  goddamn, dude. More pics?
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Paul Boz_ posted:
He's still pulling the seatcover out of his rear end, be patient.
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 Found the problem. Frank Dillinger fucked around with this message at 02:19 on Sep 29, 2013 |
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Sep 29, 2013 02:01
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Your pressure plate looks as broken as my tables!
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drat that's huge, is that off a cruise ship? Your picture is ginourmousfix it
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Whoops, that's better? I dunno, all looks the same when you're phone postin'
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Paul Boz_ posted:
I'll get the rear end in the air tomorrow and snag a couple more pictures for you guys. The sound was... substantial. 
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:It started. I had something witty here, but then I remembered this:  Marvin has been looking for you for a very long time. randomidiot fucked around with this message at 12:31 on Sep 29, 2013 |
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About that attempt at a steering gearbox rebuild... Before cleanup:   And after. Done primarily with a bundle of rags, a wire brush, and 2 cans of brake cleaner:    Well that explains both the loose/rough feeling while turning, as well as the gritty deposits found in what was left of the lubrication in this thing. From what I've found in my searching so far, it'll be way less aggravating to just exchange for a rebuilt box rather than source what I need to fix this one properly. Root Bear fucked around with this message at 00:07 on Sep 30, 2013 |
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Yeah, I don't really see how you'd fix that without owning a decent machine shop. Are you able to get new guts or will it have to be a whole new box? I grabbed a couple more pictures of my ex-muffler but I'm on my phone so I'll post them later.
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:So I was having some problems getting my Nova started. Figured I flooded the poo poo out of it and fouled the plugs. I got the plugs changed and tried to fire it up.
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Maybe if you could extract all the precious metal. All the precious metal exists as a thin film on a honey-comb-like ceramic substrate.
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No platinum in mufflers, that is catalytic converters you are thinking of.
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Alright, I grabbed a couple more pictures. A closer look:  Isn't there supposed to be be... stuff in there?  Oh, here it is.  The guts will be residing on a shelf in my garage as a trophy to commemorate the time I obliterated a muffler with sheer horsepower.
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So how long are you going to drive around like that?
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SNiPER_Magnum posted:So how long are you going to drive around like that?
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Not long. I'm not driving it right now as it is. There are still things I want to do with it before I'll feel comfortable taking it on the road by myself. I've yet to tear into the brakes ( ), so I'll mostly likely pick up a cheap muffler and get that in when I tackle that. The steering is a lot lighter than I'd like it to be, too. I can't tell how it compares to my old car as it's been too long for me to remember. Brakes first though.I wish I still had all my brake drum tools from my last Nova, but I think they're gone. It sounds pretty loving awesome right now, though.
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:I've yet to tear into the brakes (
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Krakkles posted:It's not AI if he fixes it. It is if it's done with the right parts!
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Root Bear posted:It is if it's done with the right parts! Boy, does that ever belong in this thread. Enjoy the 3-second blizzard out your tailpipe the first time you floor it!  2-gallon gas tank? Check. Scratch 'n' play portable stereo system? Check. PainterofCrap fucked around with this message at 00:59 on Sep 30, 2013 |
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PainterofCrap posted:Boy, does that ever belong in this thread. Enjoy the 3-second blizzard out your tailpipe the first time you floor it! How? There's nothing in them!
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Ozmiander posted:How? There's nothing in them! Well, after the first time you floor it there isn't.
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Root Bear posted:It is if it's done with the right parts! Someone actually went and named their company Thrush.
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Please enlighten an ignorant plebe, what am I looking at? Did your catalytic converter just explode?
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