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Yeah, you're right. My brain's a little fried after finals, but the 5 valves were good, too. I'm purposely not fiddling with anything mechanical for a few days to avoid the potential failures.
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Faster Blaster posted:Yeah, you're right. My brain's a little fried after finals, but the 5 valves were good, too. ... they were?
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Mine is? It isn't fast. Or fuel efficient. Or roomy. Or pretty. Or easy to work on. Well, when you put a lot of work into something, you get attached! <  >don't jinx it 
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Faster Blaster posted:Mine is? It isn't fast. Or fuel efficient. Or roomy. Or pretty. Or easy to work on. Well, when you put a lot of work into something, you get attached! Should've gotten a 5 cylinder.
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This is what happens when you don't inspect and clean a bandsaw regularly. Only noticed after a snapped blade. 
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Waldo P Barnstormer posted:This is what happens when you don't inspect and clean a bandsaw regularly. Only noticed after a snapped blade. Did you go at that bearing race with an angle grinder to remove the dust shield or was that the result of "saw operator bob's" last day on the job?
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I think the bearing was seized so that's the backside of the blade.
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Metal Geir Skogul posted:I think the bearing was seized so that's the backside of the blade. Bingo. The seal popped off with the lightest touch from a pick.
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Not as bad as some I've seen, but this was at my mechanic's shop:
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It's not even down to the rotor change notification fins.
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Aren't those fins there to let you know you got half of it left??
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You guys talking about the wear bars?
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:You guys talking about the wear bars? I'm confused about rotor wear bars. I thought that when the bars were flush, the rotor was done. My mechanic was pretty shocked when I went in and I still had 5/32" left. Said my rotor was WELL past replacing. I think the guy was just fishing for a rube he could con into unneeded parts replacement.
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Rotors are done when they have cracks you can catch your nail in that extend to the edge or they are thinner than the manufacturer min thickness spec.
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BlackMK4 posted:Rotors are done when they have cracks you can catch your nail in that extend to the edge or they are thinner than the manufacturer min thickness spec. I dunno man, I've had a bunch of customers tell that there was totally a ton more meat on them rotors I can cut!
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That's because mechanics are all in the pocket of big auto and are just trying to screw everyone with huge repair bills so they can make a down payment on their third vacation home.
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Heat dissipation is for bitches.
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Also, rotors for common cars can cost up to thousandsof pennies so they shouldn't just be replaced nilly willy! (I love the Haynes manuals take on this. It's like it's written during the war. "Take off the rotor. Carefully inspect it, removing rust with a fine emery cloth. Then take it to the village blacksmith and have it turned, then balance it with a dremel and and old bike fork. Nevermind that by now you've spent 30 hours on something you can have delivered to your door for twenty bucks.")
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bolind posted:Also, rotors for common cars can cost up to thousandsof pennies so they shouldn't just be replaced nilly willy! Old bike fork? Dremel? Luxury! Balance rotors by sitting them on a cricket ball and give the side that tips down a kiss with a file.
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Dunno, that sounds preferable to their frequent "[component] is too complicated for home overhaul and should be replaced as a unit". gently caress you, if you don't want to do it, at least give me a page of tolerances and fastener torques and let me sort myself out with it.
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InitialDave posted:Dunno, that sounds preferable to their frequent "[component] is too complicated for home overhaul and should be replaced as a unit". gently caress you, if you don't want to do it, at least give me a page of tolerances and fastener torques and let me sort myself out with it. I see that all the time in my British published Haynes for my Saab, which I accidentally ordered instead of the American version, but other American ones I've read rarely, if ever, have that.
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Who's got the photo of the Haynes Manual rust repair with chicken wire?
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Pomp and Circumcized posted:Who's got the photo of the Haynes Manual rust repair with chicken wire? 
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More care and effort went into making that than every other chicken-wire and bondo rust repair in history, combined.
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I guess this is worth reposting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsihrbrZnO0
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InitialDave posted:That was me. I used to have that book.
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Godholio posted:I guess this is worth reposting. If only they'd known proper technique: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihK8mWH02rk
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Godholio posted:I guess this is worth reposting. "Where *is* it?" That's some loving sculpture, there. God, that reminds me of my '68 El Camino, where they replaced the bed side on the driver's side. They over lapped the join, without a step, so had to make up the difference in Bondo. Then they filled in a dent in the front peak of the driver's front fender completely with Bondo. It was 1.5" thick. And fell out with a light tap. edit: passenger fender.  See the red primered bit? That was shaped to match the other side entirely with Bondo. You can also just see the red primer around the rear of the door opening where I was digging out the Bondo from the bed side replacement. As annoying as that was, I wish I'd have kept it. 327/Powerglide, buckets and console. And it was my Grandad's (I put the Cragars on.) Darchangel fucked around with this message at 22:13 on Dec 19, 2017 |
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BobHoward posted:If only they'd known proper technique: Please tell me this was a joke. I mean, seriously, wire brush the rust so it doesn't cause adhesion issues, and add some cheesecloth to that Bondo skin.
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Rigged Death Trap posted:A food processor is just a vertical lathe Nah, that's the Rotato.
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Darchangel posted:Please tell me this was a joke. Looks like, it. I want the gently caress IT stamp, though.
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I think it's somewhere between a joke and a cautionary tale. That finished door looked fuckin good
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The Door Frame posted:I think it's somewhere between a joke and a cautionary tale. That finished door looked fuckin good The Roman arches were art. edit: I wonder if they tried to roll down the window. I'm not so sure it would clear. Before I realized they were joking, I was totally one of the two guys with the cigarettes. Just looking on in utter apathy, because I was so far past rage. Seen too much of that garbage done seriously. Thankfully, rust is nowhere as near prevalent in Texas. There was this gem of a Durango I posted a while back though:   Not even Bondo - spray foam. Darchangel fucked around with this message at 00:07 on Dec 20, 2017 |
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Godholio posted:I guess this is worth reposting. Create the "widebody" look on your car for cheap with this One Weird Tip!
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Pomp and Circumcized posted:Create the "widebody" look on your car for cheap with this One Weird Tip! http://justsomething.co/old-junk-car/
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Whoever wrote this needs flaying alive.
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"Old junk car" "Mercedes CLK" I mean, yeah the earlier CLKs were from a dark period for Mercedes, but "old junk car" doesn't normally describe a 97-09 Mercedes to most people. Also, yes, find the one who wrote this, and the flaying shall commence. And the owner needs to lay off the meth+coke+heroin+everythingelse. At least with all the foam, the first carelessly discarded cigarette butt will put that car out of its misery..
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It's Eastern Europe. The probability that that particular CLK hadn't been a total loss write off prior to being shipped to Russia and repaired by a guy with a winch and a gas torch using broken-down stolen shopping trolleys for filler rod is almost zero.
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Whoever made that site should be flayed. Even with adblock, it managed three popup window and a Welcome Facebook user dialog box.
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sharkytm posted:Whoever made that site should be flayed. Even with adblock, it managed three popup window and a Welcome Facebook user dialog box. Sounds about time for a link to Ling's Cars https://www.lingscars.com/
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