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Good god. It's even worse than I thought. I saw one with one of those giant harley-davidson outline stickers on the rear "cab" glass the other day and wanted to vomit.
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Terrible Robot posted:Yeah it's just incredibly obnoxious, all they would have had to do to avoid the problem entirely is move that bracket a half inch in either direction, but no, you gotta pull the fans if you want to remove the alternator. Related, maybe I'm just dense, but I was trying to remove just the fans on my SG forester this weekend for easier access to the idler pulley, and I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to actually fit the fan unit between the upper rad hose on the left and the a/c line on the right. I'd gotten all three of the hose clips undone on the bottom, so it wasn't that. Just no amount of wiggling would actually let me pull it up and out. Luckily I the fans moved around enough that I could line up the space between the fans with the pulley, so I could get a socket on the bolt.
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Jan 14, 2014 06:15
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JBark posted:Related, maybe I'm just dense, but I was trying to remove just the fans on my SG forester this weekend for easier access to the idler pulley, and I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to actually fit the fan unit between the upper rad hose on the left and the a/c line on the right. I'd gotten all three of the hose clips undone on the bottom, so it wasn't that. Just no amount of wiggling would actually let me pull it up and out. Did you try pulling it out the bottom? probably have to raise the front end up for enough clearance but that might work, and is totally in-line with engineers' design rationale (or lack of).
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Jan 14, 2014 06:25
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My son sent this picture to me today from the Subaru Dealer he works at.
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Jan 16, 2014 02:23
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daslog posted:My son sent this picture to me today from the Subaru Dealer he works at. With new 'Pressure Plate Away' you will never have to worry about having to clutch again, simply beat the gently caress out of your pressure plate and throw-out bearing and apply liberally.
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Jan 16, 2014 02:57
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CommieGIR posted:With new 'Pressure Plate Away' you will never have to worry about having to clutch again, simply beat the gently caress out of your pressure plate and throw-out bearing and apply liberally. Here is that picture. Can't really tell how bad the throw-out bearing is. 
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Jan 16, 2014 03:21
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daslog posted:My son sent this picture to me today from the Subaru Dealer he works at. How? 
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Jan 16, 2014 04:09
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daslog posted:Here is that picture. Can't really tell how bad the throw-out bearing is. I feel like the huge gap on the left side of the bearing and the general off center-ness of the outer helps with determining how worn the bearing is. The answer is Very.
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Jan 16, 2014 04:11
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daslog posted:Here is that picture. Can't really tell how bad the throw-out bearing is. Can't tell from that angle....but it looks kinda off
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Jan 16, 2014 04:12
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Is that what side-stepping the clutch does?
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Jan 16, 2014 04:19
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The throwout bearing is probably bouncing around on the munged remains of the (aluminum) input shaft. That's gonna be a fun sleeve kit job for the Junior Launch Control League.
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Jan 16, 2014 23:04
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wait, that input shaft is aluminum? Every time I've looked at one they were through hardened steel, how the hell do you make an aluminum shaft that small hold up to engine torque? Unless you mean the input bearing retainer/TOB guide, which is almost always either regular old mild steel or in some cases aluminum.
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Jan 16, 2014 23:36
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Yeah sorry. The TOB rider/pedestal gets chewed up in the bell housing.
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Jan 16, 2014 23:47
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How do you even manage to shatter the pressure plate like that?
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Jan 17, 2014 01:42
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It's easy, you just hold the throttle open with your right foot, hold the brakes completely tight with your left foot, and then drop the clutch as hard as you can using a boot tied to a stick.
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Jan 17, 2014 11:29
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Throttle stuck open on the 240 right as I pulled out of my road on to the main one, that was an exciting couple of seconds. Now I'm stuck sitting in a gravel lot 2 miles from home in 20f weather. Goddammit.
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Jan 17, 2014 13:09
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Terrible Robot posted:Throttle stuck open on the 240 right as I pulled out of my road on to the main one, that was an exciting couple of seconds. Now I'm stuck sitting in a gravel lot 2 miles from home in 20f weather. Goddammit. CIS?
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Jan 17, 2014 17:58
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CommieGIR posted:CIS? Yeah I thought about it more on the way to work (hooray for backup cars), I think it was the idle air control finally making GBS threads itself. It's been having trouble "catching" the engine when I shift into neutral or push the clutch, it would oscillate between 400-600rpm for a few seconds before smoothing out at 750. After I got it off the road and restarted it it immediately shot to 2000rpm before slowly dropping to 1200, but as soon as I tapped the throttle and let off it just started climbing straight to redline.
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Terrible Robot posted:Yeah I thought about it more on the way to work (hooray for backup cars), I think it was the idle air control finally making GBS threads itself. It's been having trouble "catching" the engine when I shift into neutral or push the clutch, it would oscillate between 400-600rpm for a few seconds before smoothing out at 750. The IAC will cause the stumbling and idle oscillation, you got that for sure. The IAC shouldn't allow that much air through to the point of the engine surging higher than 2000 RPMs But high idle means your flow meter may be catching or sticking, but also check the butterfly valves on the throttle body. What about the injector temp sensor? CommieGIR fucked around with this message at 18:35 on Jan 17, 2014 |
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Jan 17, 2014 18:26
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Seat Safety Switch posted:The throwout bearing is probably bouncing around on the munged remains of the (aluminum) input shaft. That's gonna be a fun sleeve kit job for the Junior Launch Control League. I still don't think just dumping the clutch could do that damage to the PP, on release the fingers should theoretically see no force and I can see the TOB getting chewed as it's quickly punted out of there by the fingers, maybe if he though shifting quick meant kicking in the clutch as hard as he can? Then I can see the stress of repeatably being slammed together knocking some fingers off and chewing up the TOB. But still, WTF, who does that?
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Jan 17, 2014 18:50
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CommieGIR posted:The IAC will cause the stumbling and idle oscillation, you got that for sure. The IAC shouldn't allow that much air through to the point of the engine surging higher than 2000 RPMs Flow meter sticking? This car uses a MAF (which I replaced three months ago) so that shouldn't be it. I'm fairly certain I replaced the injector temp sensor this past summer but will have to double check, I may be confusing that job with my other 240. When I got back to the house this morning I also noted a fairly large puddle of oil on the ground, so one way or another it's getting parked 'til I can figure this out.
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Terrible Robot posted:Flow meter sticking? This car uses a MAF (which I replaced three months ago) so that shouldn't be it. I'm fairly certain I replaced the injector temp sensor this past summer but will have to double check, I may be confusing that job with my other 240. You told me it had CIS 
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CommieGIR posted:You told me it had CIS  I'm sorry! My early morning googling turned up the K-Jet thing and something else to do with idle control and assumed you were talking about the latter (and never bothered reading the link), which is why I jumped into talking about the IAC  . Yeah it's an LH 2.2 system.
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Jan 17, 2014 21:44
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I can only imagine this is the result of "hold my beer and watch this"
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Jan 17, 2014 23:43
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Powershift posted:I can only imagine this is the result of "hold my beer and watch this" "Betcha I can jump that!"
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Jan 17, 2014 23:52
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Powershift posted:I can only imagine this is the result of "hold my beer and watch this" Soooo, you know how sometimes guys cut a front wheel drive car in half and drive it around?
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Jan 18, 2014 02:53
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Powershift posted:I can only imagine this is the result of "hold my beer and watch this" How does something like that happen? Another friend blew his poo poo up: 
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Jan 18, 2014 03:36
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Nearly 30 year old electronics screws stripped my dollar store screwdriver. I'm not entirely surprised, mind you.
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Devyl posted:How does something like that happen? well, the text is russian so I'm guessing Siberian winter (which might even be pushing the glass transition temperature of steel) plus many, many big loving bending moment cycles plus the finest of Russian maintenance
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Jan 18, 2014 04:24
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Yeah, between Russian maintenance, Russian driving, and Russian roads... I don't think I need any more explanation than that.
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Meanwhile in America... I took an Infiniti QX56 on a short test drive to listen for noises and shaking after "hitting a pot-hole"   Still thanking the heavens above that I made it in one piece
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Root Bear posted:Meanwhile in America... I took an Infiniti QX56 on a short test drive to listen for noises and shaking after "hitting a pot-hole" Going to Vegas any time soon?
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Root Bear posted:Meanwhile in America... I took an Infiniti QX56 on a short test drive to listen for noises and shaking after "hitting a pot-hole" Ahaha holy poo poo, in the first pic I thought they looked a bit rusty and therefore old, that must have been a hell of a hit. Is the rim hosed up?
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I imagine auto techs have to do similar mental calculations as do doctors asking their patients how often they smoke or how much they drink. Just like "a couple drinks a week" becomes "benders every weekend;" "hit a pothole" becomes "drove over an open trench at 50mph because I was trying to look up directions to the new tex-mex joint my co-workers were meeting at."
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Don't imagine. It's 100% true. "I'm a little overdue for a service..." - at least an entire interval overdue. "I think the tyres on the front/back are getting down a bit..." - tyres showing cords. "Can you check the brakes? They're making a noise..." - backing plate touching disc OR pads down to less than 2mm. And so on and so forth. We actually have a system for this. The job cards are placed in plastic slip holder things. Normal cars are clear. "Special Attention" cars and ones belonging to fleets, blue. Cunty/insane customers, red. Noone outside my work is aware of this system and everyone just thinks the colours are random.
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I was looking into the possibility of making a terrible automotive decision, when I found this:  For 1200 euro, I think I'm going to pass...
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Opensourcepirate posted:It's easy, you just hold the throttle open with your right foot, hold the brakes completely tight with your left foot, and then drop the clutch as hard as you can using a boot tied to a stick. That's not how you load the drivetrain!!
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Root Bear posted:Meanwhile in America... I took an Infiniti QX56 on a short test drive to listen for noises and shaking after "hitting a pot-hole" After seeing some of the potholes around Chicago this doesn't surprise me. Theres a giant one by Diversey and the river that almost devoured my escapes tire . Wooh Mayor Dailey funded roads.
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How bad is the wheel or did your studs act as suspension there?
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Measly Twerp posted:I was looking into the possibility of making a terrible automotive decision, when I found this: Someone is actually selling that as a vehicle?
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