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Depends on the kind of brakleen. chlorinated: nasty poo poo. I don't buy it, I don't know what's in it. non chlorinated, nasty kind: ethylbenzene, toluene, xylol, random other poo poo. Leaves a slight residue and is nasty as hell if you get it on your skin. non chlorinated, nice kind: acetone, heptane. No residue, no benzene rings, no toluene, no halogens, burns clean, you can weld after using this kind and the worst thing you have to fear is a small burst of flame if you didn't let it dry completely first. Kills wasps nicely.
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Chlorinated brakleen kills wasps so fast they don't even flap their wings again once they're hit. Don't breathe it. Stings like the dickens when it splashes your eyes, might be absorbed by your skin, but cleans brake fluid and dust like no other with zero residue and evaporates out almost instantly. Don't breathe it. Asbestos is probably safer.
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Oct 21, 2013 05:09
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I didn't even know they made/sold chlorinated brake cleaner anymore. I don't think I've ever seen any.
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wallaka posted:Chlorinated brakleen kills wasps so fast they don't even flap their wings again once they're hit. Don't breathe it. Stings like the dickens when it splashes your eyes, might be absorbed by your skin, but cleans brake fluid and dust like no other with zero residue and evaporates out almost instantly. The new chlorinated recipe (I made the mistake of using brakleen at a friend's shop without reading the label...) has an ingredients list every bit as nasty sounding but without the benefit of actually evaporating right. It left a nasty sheen of something or other foul smelling on a rotor I used it on. Protip: anything involving benzene or toluene - stay the gently caress away. They are quite nasty. You can make benzene less carcinogenic by attaching other carbon chains to it (ethylbenzene, etc) and similar things are possible with toluene, but I try to avoid anything involving those chemicals.
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Raluek posted:I didn't even know they made/sold chlorinated brake cleaner anymore. I don't think I've ever seen any. Red label, not green.
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kastein posted:Protip: anything involving benzene or toluene - stay the gently caress away. They are quite nasty. You can make benzene less carcinogenic by attaching other carbon chains to it (ethylbenzene, etc) and similar things are possible with toluene, but I try to avoid anything involving those chemicals. Next you're going to say I shouldn't be using gasoline to wash my hands. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline#Toxicity
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Jesus loving christ, I had no idea gas had that much poo poo in it that was bad, I thought it was mostly simple alkanes. Guess I will have to start wearing gloves while working with it 
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kastein posted:Jesus loving christ, I had no idea gas had that much poo poo in it that was bad, I thought it was mostly simple alkanes. Guess I will have to start wearing gloves while working with it Just don't huff it and don't bathe in it and you'll be fine. Its all about exposure limits.
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CommieGIR posted:Just don't huff it and don't bathe in it and you'll be fine. Its all about exposure limits. Well, there goes MY weekend plans...
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I'm not supposed to be pouring gallons of toluene into my car's gas tank as octane booster? Way to take all of the fun out of it guys.
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I've done quite a lot of general cleaning with an aerosol sprayer and a can of methyl ethyl ketone. It will make a throttle body shine. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butanone Just don't have a lit cigar around it when applying.
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Oct 21, 2013 18:02
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Not sure if this is a failure or one hell of a success:
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Oct 21, 2013 19:35
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MrYenko posted:Well, there goes MY weekend plans... I didn't know you were Australian 
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Phanatic posted:Not sure if this is a failure or one hell of a success:  I vote for success.
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Oct 21, 2013 20:50
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From the ChumpCar race this weekend. 6:45am - "Those pads have plenty of life, should last the day just fine" 2:45pm - "Getting some pretty bad brake fade guys, see if we have spare pads to toss in at the next pit stop" 3:00pm - "Ok brakes are poo poo but I'm going to try a few more laps, next driver suit up and get tools ready" 3:05pm - "I'm off, sitting in the gravel trap off turn 2. I'll be in as soon as the rescue truck pulls me out"   Tossed in new pads, fresh driver and finished up the race.
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Oct 22, 2013 02:53
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KozmoNaut posted:"Whoops" That must have been a horrible noise when that gave way! 
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"Crane hoist brake failure caused an intense accident." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xrn6ellbtpc  AW gently caress.
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NitroSpazzz posted:From the ChumpCar race this weekend. What car and pad?
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Phone posted:What car and pad? Chump and Brake
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Farking Bastage posted:Their dishwashers are decent And Bosch make good fridges - one of the few non yuppie-grade white goods you can buy over here that is gemacht in deutschland or whatever and not China. Hence also the 2 year warranty versus 1 year with the generic China number 1 brand white labelled by Whirlpool versions.
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Oct 22, 2013 12:15
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Phone posted:What car and pad? Car #86 (Red E30 Convertible), pads are Hawk Blue's that were new beginning of the day Saturday. They lasted about 14-14.5 hours of heavy use (Road America) so I can't complain at all. Ha forgot the backing plates on those are supposed to be blue, guess the paint doesn't hold up to getting red hot.
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  Someone in my neighborhood drives this; it was parked next to me when I left home this morning. I'm amazed it still holds air. e: I guess this is more of a horrible mechanical success, then. double e: Yeah so today I learned there are five spoke steel wheels now. Leaving this here for posterity, thanks for making me feel dumb, GM. nurrwick fucked around with this message at 18:51 on Oct 22, 2013 |
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Bro that's a hubcap, you can see the undamaged steel wheel right there.\ E:Pontiac/Chevy of some flavor, right? I see those all the time.
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It's a five-spoke alloy of some sort, unless hubcaps and steelies are getting way more advanced these days. Unfortunately, I wasn't paying close attention to what kind of car it was, but I'll look for it when I get home. e: I believe it to be a Saturn Aura XE, based on some mild internet detectivry. 
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Fucknag posted:Bro that's a hubcap, you can see the undamaged steel wheel right there.\ That's tyre, not wheel... look down
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Geirskogul posted:Chump and Brake I had this weird moment of self-doubt after laughing out loud. Was that humor beneath me?  NOPE.nurrwick posted:I'm amazed it still holds air. Fucknag posted:Bro that's a hubcap I also feel kind of bad for laughing so hard at this.
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Oct 22, 2013 18:34
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Das Volk posted:That's tyre, not wheel... look down I know its not something BMW would ever think to do. But for us average people, 5 spoke steelies are the future.  They are also terrible and bend very easily. Edit: \/ Yea GM really went to town with the styling. The screw on plastic lug nut caps should be also be a hint. Preoptopus fucked around with this message at 18:54 on Oct 22, 2013 |
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Wait then, did they put a wheel cover on top of something that's not a standard steel wheel? Why? ^^^ beaten i guess. Well, you learn something new every day...
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Wish i had a picture of the horrible mechanical failure of the steelie on my old Magnum after taking an f150 at 60 mph. But i dont. I actually think the base steelies on the current camaro are not horrible at all.
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Not a "horrible" mechanical failure by any means but yesterday when I was running errands my throttle linkage exploded when I was stopped at a busy intersection. I had a lot of mad dads honking at me and the only tools I had immediately available to me were a pair of wirecutters and my shoes.  Hilariously the shoestring held up for a sixty-mile round trip on the highway to get the replacement parts.
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Preoptopus posted:I know its not something BMW would ever think to do. But for us average people, 5 spoke steelies are the future. That would be kind of a cool wheel if it wasn't made of pot metal.
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Das Volk posted:That would be kind of a cool wheel if it wasn't made of pot metal. Toyota have imitation alloy wheels on the Rav4 and the hilux. They look exactly like alloys from a distance but are steel.
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Same with the new Forester, base gets stylized steel wheels without covers. The new Ford Taurus also has similar trickery, saw one with the plastic cover cracked and did a double take because it looked like an alloy wheel that shouldn't hold air. Cobalts and the Pontiac variants have similar wheels on certain trims.
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NitroSpazzz posted:Car #86 (Red E30 Convertible), pads are Hawk Blue's that were new beginning of the day Saturday. They lasted about 14-14.5 hours of heavy use (Road America) so I can't complain at all.  Granted, we did take a couple very good hits that taco'd a control arm, so who knows. They served well.
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Geirskogul posted:Chump and Brake  Bravo.
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Bajaha posted:Same with the new Forester, base gets stylized steel wheels without covers. The new Ford Taurus also has similar trickery, saw one with the plastic cover cracked and did a double take because it looked like an alloy wheel that shouldn't hold air. The Forester has always had stylized steel wheels available. I have a set of these puppies for my winter tires (thanks McTinkerson) and they made a handful of other variants - they even have centre caps. 
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  I'm not sure how this was able to hold 40 psi of air, but it did. 
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well ok THAT one isn't a fuckin steel wheel
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Saga posted:And Bosch make good fridges - one of the few non yuppie-grade white goods you can buy over here that is gemacht in deutschland or whatever and not China. Hence also the 2 year warranty versus 1 year with the generic China number 1 brand white labelled by Whirlpool versions. I guess that makes my Cylinda (known as ASKO outside Sweden) with a 5 year standard warranty a little more than twice as good as the Bosch then?   BMW small case differential behind an M30.
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