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Acid Reflux posted:I'm a little surprised, but only at the fact that you got an aircraft mechanic to touch a car. Most of us, given the choice, would rather tear down and rebuild an entire airliner with nothing more than a Leatherman than ever touch a car newer than about 1982. My friends think it's weird that I take my car to a mechanic for maintenance, instead of doing it myself...
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You Am I posted:Same with my Ford Laser, you have to remove the whole tail light assembly. However the nuts are deep within the body structure at the rear of the car, so you need a massive socket extension and pray to god that the nut doesn't fall out of the socket and fall deep somewhere in the car. Dab of grease inside the socket will substantially improve your chances. Or a magnet.
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Those extendable magnets are invaluable for both installing and removing nuts in places you can't reach with your fingers.
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The trunk lid in my Cavalier had holes cut into it so you could reach in, turn the light socket, and pull it out. Unfortunately, the hole on the passenger side was offset in the wrong direction and turning the socket wedged the pigtail behind the sheet metal. You had to pull apart the entire assembly to do that side. It's pretty obvious that the engineer just mirrored the hole location in the CAD program without thinking about how that would turn out. I also have to remove the entire light assemble on my GTI, but it's two readily accessible bolts in the hatch and takes all of three minutes.
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Mercury Ballistic posted:I posted this the other day in the mech failures thread, thought it deserved a spot here too. I can see the fact that it's sagging hard in the middle under its own weight pretty easily. 
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I wouldn't be caught dead in it 
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Signal clusters that require removal from the car to allow bulb replacement allow automakers to put fewer holes in the bodywork which is cheaper and means less places for water intrusion. If you want a fastener to stay put in your socket put a small scrap of paper on top of the fastener head, then put the socket on the paper. The extra little bit of material will help the fastener stay put. Paper is pretty much always available. You could probably use a piece of grass or a leaf in a field repair scenario.
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PBCrunch posted:Paper is pretty much always available. You could probably use a piece of grass or a leaf in a field repair scenario. This is why my owner's manual is missing some of the more useless pages
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Jun 22, 2014 17:57
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I finally have a way to give someone the final gently caress you before putting them in the ground.
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A pretty interesting series called For The Love of Cars aired recently in the UK and featured an episode on Deloreans. They visited with a crazy motherfucker to whom John Delorean once said "follow your dreams" at a convention. He took this to mean "every dumb idea you have is correct" and he definitely had a stretch limo (might very well be the same guy, how many can there be?), as well as this magnificent? beast:
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Scrambles posted:A pretty interesting series called For The Love of Cars aired recently in the UK and featured an episode on Deloreans. They visited with a crazy motherfucker to whom John Delorean once said "follow your dreams" at a convention. He took this to mean "every dumb idea you have is correct" and he definitely had a stretch limo (might very well be the same guy, how many can there be?), as well as this magnificent? beast: Holy poo poo, that's awesome.
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Acid Reflux posted:I'm a little surprised, but only at the fact that you got an aircraft mechanic to touch a car. Most of us, given the choice, would rather tear down and rebuild an entire airliner with nothing more than a Leatherman than ever touch a car newer than about 1982. He's something of an enthusiast, and also he had a impact wrench. And funnily enough, he did tell a few Leatherman stories as well.
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The penalties for abuse of a corpse are quite severe. Re: the DeLorean: c'mon, someone say it!
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The line, "Where we're going, we don't need...roads" still applies.
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Ulfhednar posted:They came from ebay:
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I...kinda....like this? *ducks*
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Chinatown posted:I...kinda....like this? I do as we'll but that bottle opener is pretty silly.
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I like it.
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lol, I figured some of you would like it. It looks like a lada slammed into the back of a new camaro to me.
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Mercury Ballistic posted:I posted this the other day in the mech failures thread, thought it deserved a spot here too. I regret not having my camera with me upon seeing the world's rustiest Sprinter van. Of course, it bore an Ohio tag. 
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 I got caught at the red light leaving the parking lot or I wouldn't have gotten any shot at all of it.
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Jun 23, 2014 04:48
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I spotted this same car in Fairfax today. Even the wheels had Benz logos. 
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mad.radhu posted:I spotted this same car in Fairfax today. Even the wheels had Benz logos. Fairfax, huh? That does it, I'm putting my baseball bat in the trunk just in case I ever see this thing in the east bay. Its brake lights will not escape!
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Pham Nuwen posted:Fairfax, huh? That does it, I'm putting my baseball bat in the trunk just in case I ever see this thing in the east bay. Its brake lights will not escape! You don't even joke about messing with someone's car, dude.
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Yeah everyone knows you're supposed to tip smart cars, idiot.
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PCOS Bill posted:You don't even joke about messing with someone's car, dude. He's a pasty fedora wearing anime nerd, he won't actually do anything
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For a second I thought this was another 510 concept. For reference: http://jalopnik.com/the-nissan-idx-nismo-concept-is-the-rebirth-of-the-god-1468159303 (Reply from 3 days ago...left the tab open long enough?  )
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PCOS Bill posted:You don't even joke about messing with someone's car, dude. It's just a car. Replaceable. Not a big deal.
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Jun 26, 2014 02:22
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Yes, let's have this discussion again.
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If only the new camaros had windows tall enough to see out.
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PCOS Bill posted:
I hope you set it on fire afterward. That poor S2000. 
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mad.radhu posted:I spotted this same car in Fairfax today. Even the wheels had Benz logos. I worked on one that was a Brabus edition once with Brabus badges/logos all over it. (Even had Brabus carpets!) Maybe thats from the factory like that.
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Das Volk posted:He's a pasty fedora wearing anime nerd, he won't actually do anything Yeah I'll just scowl at it and write a really sarcastic tweet.
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Posted on the fb page, but I hate random paint design.
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God, that's gloriously hideous. Poorly trimmed roof to keep rain out of the new back window? Check. Raw sheet metal to fill the gap? Mm-hm. I know what'd finish this trainwreck up - the bed from that Nissan that caught on fire in the meth lab.
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Are these vans front-wheel drive? How does this whole thing work you think? Van & truck & extended driveshaft? Obviously more than that, but...
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