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I don't know how common this is, but the radio I stuck into my VW (it's a stock radio from a newer model than mine) has a separate box for the Bluetooth system.
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Telemicus posted:It was a DIY job from the previous owner, unfortunately. The sure-fire solution is ripping it out and throw it far away.
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rdb posted:Could you post a picture of the crankshaft main? Since its recently rebuilt I wonder if it was a machining issue to start with. I did my best to get the focus on the journals, but my phone fought me every step of the way. Here's the crankshaft main that goes with the earlier picture:  Here's a connecting rod journal: 
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EightBit posted:I did my best to get the focus on the journals, but my phone fought me every step of the way. You did have the crank inspected/cut before putting it back together last time, right?
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I found some rust. It's a month or two old, tops. I'm in Colorado, so we don't really get rust. What should I do to prevent it spreading? Also, what's the part that covers this spot called? I've never installed a new one because I don't know what to look for. E: gently caress, tables, sorry. Phone posting. 22 Eargesplitten fucked around with this message at 23:40 on Nov 23, 2015 |
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Nov 23, 2015 23:32
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Ozmiander posted:You did have the crank inspected/cut before putting it back together last time, right? Yes, the machine shop checked it out and gave it a polish. I was just over there with these pieces and they are thinking debris of some kind, not sure of the origin.
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22 Eargesplitten posted:I found some rust. It's a month or two old, tops. I'm in Colorado, so we don't really get rust. What should I do to prevent it spreading? Also, what's the part that covers this spot called? I've never installed a new one because I don't know what to look for. Windshield trim maybe? Any chance you could take a picture from further away?
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Bajaha posted:Costco has the same deal on Michelin and Bridgestone tires at the moment, $70 off. I've got a set of WS80's on my old forester, and the 2015 pictured above is on WS70's from my Baja. Personally I've been favoring the Bridgestone (b\c of price) but the Michelin X-Ice series is supposed to be a top contender too. Thank you so much for this effort post. Even if I use my wheels I can get for a lot less than I imagined. 
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Nov 23, 2015 23:58
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CharlesM posted:Hey guys. 2006 Mazda 3. spog posted:Could be a master/slave cylinder fail. Just thought I'd update in case anybody was wondering: it appears to be this, internal leak in the master cylinder. Only one circuit was braking I guess which makes sense why the ABS went off so hard (it's easy to lock up the tires when only 1/2 the brakes work). Thanks for all your help and 14" for looking at it 
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Nov 24, 2015 00:01
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Do I win a prize?
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EightBit posted:Yes, the machine shop checked it out and gave it a polish. I was just over there with these pieces and they are thinking debris of some kind, not sure of the origin. It does look like debris, maybe some grit that was in the oil galley. It needs a grind now.
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Nov 24, 2015 00:49
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Safety Dance posted:Windshield trim maybe? Any chance you could take a picture from further away? Sure, tomorrow. It's on the drivers side, between the pillar and the windshield. The rust itself, I'm not sure how to scrape it off and coat it so it doesn't come back. I've got some paint from the body shop that I took it to recently (got backed into in a parking lot), would a coat of that on top keep it safe? I'm probably going to get the cracked windshield replaced, maybe they can replace the trim at the same time.
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22 Eargesplitten posted:Sure, tomorrow. It's on the drivers side, between the pillar and the windshield.
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Okay, thanks. Like I said, we really don't get rust in Colorado, so I have no experience with it. They say the paint is the exact same paint they used on the car at the shop, and the paint matching seems perfect. Maybe the tiniest bit darker, but I could be imagining it, and even then it's probably just 16-year-old paint vs new. Will that kind of paint work in the place of Rustoleum? I've got maybe a good 8 ounces of it. 22 Eargesplitten fucked around with this message at 01:18 on Nov 24, 2015 |
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Crossposting from my thread, interested to see if anyone has any thoughts on this. Engine is a 2000 LS1, it's pissing something onto the belt and I can't tell what. UV dye in the power steering didn't light up, engine oil did, but... Yeah, that looks perfectly clean, and I don't see any way for oil to get from the timing cover to the belt either.  But this sure looks messy over here, so now I'm back to power steering pump. In both cases, the black crud by the crank and by the power steering pump wipes off quickly so it's the same stuff... but there's none on the inside area of the timing cover, just further out where it steps up. There's also a lot more of it under the pump. None of it lights up with a UV light, does that dye eventually break down? The buildup goes all the way down the front of the engine, but only on the driver's side. Passenger is clean all the way down.
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What's the general opinion on Pontiac Bonnevilles? They pretty much last forever, right? I have one at 250k and I saw one on CL with 400k (at $1000, lol).
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spog posted:Do I win a prize? My thanks will have to do for now; I've got to pay for a new master cylinder!  Eskaton posted:What's the general opinion on Pontiac Bonnevilles? They pretty much last forever, right? I have one at 250k and I saw one on CL with 400k (at $1000, lol). Uh wow you got lucky.
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Eskaton posted:What's the general opinion on Pontiac Bonnevilles? They pretty much last forever, right? I have one at 250k and I saw one on CL with 400k (at $1000, lol). The V6 itself can last a stupidly long time if you changed the coolant like you were supposed to. Also feed it lots of ignition coils. The entire rest of the car will fall apart (and what better car with all that plastic cladding) blues brothers style before the 3800 gives up.
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I'm about to move to a house that only has a small garage and a sloped driveway, but I'd like to be able to work on my cars still. Is it a really dumb idea to park the car so that the side you're going to work on is facing downhill, jack that end up so the car is pretty much level, then work on it? I forget how steep the driveway is, but i don't think it's that bad. *edit* I think the garage is going to have too much crap inside to actually fit a car, it's a very small one car garage.
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MomJeans420 posted:I'm about to move to a house that only has a small garage and a sloped driveway, but I'd like to be able to work on my cars still. Is it a really dumb idea to park the car so that the side you're going to work on is facing downhill, jack that end up so the car is pretty much level, then work on it? I forget how steep the driveway is, but i don't think it's that bad. There's a reason all jacks say to use them on a level surface. Please don't kill yourself on your crazy sloped driveway 
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CharlesM posted:Uh wow you got lucky. Is it really that far out there? The first 100k were rental car miles even. 0toShifty posted:The V6 itself can last a stupidly long time if you changed the coolant like you were supposed to. Also feed it lots of ignition coils. The entire rest of the car will fall apart (and what better car with all that plastic cladding) blues brothers style before the 3800 gives up. According to my dad, it's still running on the original coils. He's an aviation mechanic, so I guess he takes better care than most. It was my first car, so I'm quite partial to it (I don't mind the cladding at all). Eskaton fucked around with this message at 08:24 on Nov 24, 2015 |
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Nov 24, 2015 08:13
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Eskaton posted:Is it really that far out there? The first 100k were rental car miles even. The original coils are the best. If you ever need to replace them in the future - go to the dealer and get the OEM ones. The ones that the car parts stores sell are practically disposable. That's why I see them for coils all the time.
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Hey guys, I have a 2014 Honda Civic and a really dumb question: what's the best way to clean the interior of the windshield? Mine has sort of an oily haze that I'd like to get rid of, but I want to make sure I don't accidentally gently caress up the glass or something.
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Argentic posted:Hey guys, I have a 2014 Honda Civic and a really dumb question: what's the best way to clean the interior of the windshield? Mine has sort of an oily haze that I'd like to get rid of, but I want to make sure I don't accidentally gently caress up the glass or something. Glass cleaner.
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re Bluetooth OBDII chat. I found that Torque didn't work, I did the trial and it would often not read my MPG.. I don't think it had to do with my bluetooth OBDII device I'd get 3 days of reading, a few of not.. usualy re-instlling torque fixed it. I didn't want to pay for an app that didn't work I picked up dash command which has been flawless for about a year (got my Device last xmas)
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8ender posted:I just want to add that since I posted that I drove a co-worker there to pick up his car and holy poo poo, run, don't walk to this mans shop. drat. I went to the independent shop that's on my walk to work yesterday morning, the same shop that did my out-of-province inspection. They told me to come back tomorrow morning, and wrote my name & phone number into their hilariously analogue schedule. Now I'm torn - Autologix looks excellent. Their location is far-ish from my current home, but like 2 blocks from my friend's house where I was staying when I first got here. I know the buses in that area and I've been meaning to visit them anyways... B4Ctom1 posted:Great idea! I might have to wait until summer to get the most deals? Prices might or might not be better in May, but there's plenty of selection right now. PaintVagrant posted:Stupid winter tire question: inflate to the normal pressures indicated on the driver door sticker? Or something else since they are weird voodoo magic tires Regular, normal pressures. Unless you bought a set of 4 spiked-with-ice-motocross-studs spare-tire-donuts in a shady back-alley deal under a single flickering sodium-vapour lamp, casting its sickly orange glow over the layers of slush and ice and unmentionable frozen organic fluids as you hand over damp bills to a man wearing a threadbare balaclava and a shiny leather jacket. Then you need higher pressures. And a shot of Twinrix. ExecuDork fucked around with this message at 16:22 on Nov 24, 2015 |
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MomJeans420 posted:I'm about to move to a house that only has a small garage and a sloped driveway, but I'd like to be able to work on my cars still. Is it a really dumb idea to park the car so that the side you're going to work on is facing downhill, jack that end up so the car is pretty much level, then work on it? I forget how steep the driveway is, but i don't think it's that bad. Cthulhuite posted:There's a reason all jacks say to use them on a level surface. Please don't kill yourself on your crazy sloped driveway Seconding. It's no joke. Do not use jacks on any sort of sloped surface. Jacks only provide up/down support; there's no lateral support to speak up. When you're on a sloped surface, gravity doesn't just pull straight down but ends up giving a lateral force as well. (When you're on a flat surface, the lateral component is zero.) Which is why if you jack up your car on a sloped surface (as in, if any part of your car is on a sloped surface), it is incredibly dangerous because your car is liable to move laterally and fall over on you and kill you. Don't do it. vvvv This, too. Don't work under a jack. When working on cars, put them up on the proper equipment. totalnewbie fucked around with this message at 18:06 on Nov 24, 2015 |
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Double-postin' to switch tone. ICU nurse and Writing God, Elise the Great, mentioned a story about a man crushed by his Honda in the Health Care Stories thread and I asked for some elaboration because the story clearly involved a violation of the first rule of working on your car: NEVER GET UNDER A CAR SUPPORTED BY ONLY A JACK. WARNING: HORROR DO NOT READ IF YOU ARE NOT READY TO BE HORRIFIED elise the great posted:I don't have a lot of details on the accident, and I cared for the guy during my first year practicing as a nurse, so my memories of his care are a little dim. But I only worked trauma ICU when the MICU was closed for low census, and while I see a lot of blood and cut-up flesh, I rarely see someone who's just been... crushed.
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NEVER EVER EVER.. GET UNDER A CAR WITHOUT JACKSTANDS NEVER.. When my kids are around the car while I'm jacking it up they have a 4 foot rule, they aren't allowed to get anywhere close. Then I ask them.. what happens next, "Jackstands". Do you get under a car without jack stands "NO" I usually do this. jack car up put jack-stands under.. then tire goes Under frame-rail.. and on the side I"m working on I will also have jack nearby under the car ready to go. when using a scissor jack on the side of the road (OH GOD I HATE THOSE) I am REALLLY careful and tire always goes under.. legs / body never go under car honestly I may got an HF and get a jack-stand to put in my car and my wife's car just in case. e: Adjusted spelling because quick typing and multitasking do not go well for my spelling/typing skills. Mavis Beacon would be sad. tater_salad fucked around with this message at 17:22 on Nov 24, 2015 |
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tater_salad posted:re Bluetooth OBDII chat. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.palmerperformance.DashCommand&hl=en ? I will probably play with a bunch of them since the penalty for error is so low. tater_salad posted:NEVER EVER EVER.. GET UNDER A CAR WITHOUT JACKSTANDS NEVER.. I solve this by not owning a jack. 
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H110Hawk posted:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.palmerperformance.DashCommand&hl=en ? That's the app. Also not owning a jack doesn't keep you from getting under a car on a scissor jack.. (Oh god please don't do this.. especially don't do this)
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tater_salad posted:NEVER EVER EVER.. GET UNDER A CAR WITHOUT JACKSTANDS NEVER.. Absolutely this. And gently caress that horror story. 
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tater_salad posted:scissor jack.. (Oh god please don't do this.. especially don't do this) gently caress scissor jacks. I sit on my feet when I use them to guarantee I don't do something absentmindedly.
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I have distinct memories of working on cars with my dad with them supported only by an old school bumper jack (I think they're called). I shudder when I think about it now. When I was doing the brakes on my dad's Forester (jacked up one corner at a time and supported by the jack, a jack stand, and a wheel under the frame), my sis came over with her kids and my mother brought them into the garage to say hello and/or get some of their toys. I had to tell her at least three times that I didn't want the kids around (with her saying "I understand", then not doing anything) before she took them back inside. I'm sorry if I hurt their feelings, but I didn't need a 2 and 4 year old running around a lifted car.
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ExecuDork posted:Double-postin' to switch tone. You wouldn't happen to have a link to her story about the mother and son, the one where the mother has Alzheimer's /dementia, falls by the fridge, then the son falls too and it's one of the most horrible stories I've ever read? I think it came up in the chat thread recently. But I can't track it down.
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H110Hawk posted:How does one wade through the sea of Cheap Chinese Crap to find the correct Cheap Chinese Crap? ... thinking about getting a BT OBD2 adapter Don't buy the little blue ones that populate Amazon. I did and it only worked on 2/6 cars so far. Can't understand how they have thousands of positive reviews. I'm tossing it and buying this one: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005NLQAHS/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2
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/\/\/\ Now you tell me. I ordered one of those little blue ones from Newegg just the other day! I guess that counts as this week's little gamble.Bajaha posted:You wouldn't happen to have a link to her story about the mother and son, the one where the mother has Alzheimer's /dementia, falls by the fridge, then the son falls too and it's one of the most horrible stories I've ever read? I think it came up in the chat thread recently. But I can't track it down. Not car-related, but it's here: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3469571&pagenumber=48&perpage=40#post427104383 
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ExecuDork posted:/\/\/\ Now you tell me. I ordered one of those little blue ones from Newegg just the other day! I guess that counts as this week's little gamble. It says something about how horrifying that story is... I mean, I know I have read it, but reading it again, I have clearly forgotten it existed. I forgot all the details. My brain tried to wip that poo poo out, and I've read all of Elise's stories.
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Always put the tire under the car, along with jackstands, along with the jack itself next to the closest jackstand. My logic is if for whatever reason I'm under the car and something fails and I'm slightly pinned (but miraculously still conscious) I have a jack within arms reach. My rule is that a car that is jacked up must have five points of contact to the ground (as it is now unstable) plus a failsafe. The jack itself plus a jackstand make five if I'm removing a wheel, and the wheel itself is the failsafe. May sound over the top, but when you grow up in dirt country, y'know? Elise's stories are amazing, and I'll admit I get teary-eyed whenever I read her one about the brother/friend that stays by his counterpart's side while he's in a coma while simultaneously working to save money to go home and sleeping in the hospital room's chair.
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Invest in ramps. You can't use them when you need to take a tire off of course, but when you're just changing oil or something, ramps are great. It's still possible for a car on ramps to fall over but it's a looot harder.
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