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VW/Audi we can assume?
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Jun 28, 2013 18:54
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The fuel gauge of my rover does that too. but for different reasons.
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Jun 28, 2013 18:59
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My friend got a call from his mom saying that on her drive home from work, her Infiniti SUV started "handling funny" He had her take a look and send him a picture, so he got this, with her asking if it was ok to drive on for a bit or not, at which point he threw his tools in his car, took the rest of the day off, and zoomed down a few hours to her house to replace her control arms.
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Jun 28, 2013 19:43
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cursedshitbox posted:
I am surprised that didn't gently caress up the threads more. That actually seems repairable. How did the radiator support look? What about the door hinges and check rod? Under the fender should be fine, at worst the support bracket (57790FA000) will be bent and require a replacement (a good opportunity to pull the other fender too and install firewall-to-fender braces). The foam on the support bracket will be done for, so I removed it from the old bracket and wrapped the tip of the bracket in duct tape until the wad of tape's thickness matched the original foam. Replacement subframes are inexpensive and common but somewhat expensive to ship. If he plays his cards right he could probably get one that would allow him to run a GD or GC turbo front swaybar. Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 20:03 on Jun 28, 2013 |
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Jun 28, 2013 19:58
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HOLY poo poo!  How old is the car?
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Jun 28, 2013 20:00
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Viper915 posted:My friend got a call from his mom saying that on her drive home from work, her Infiniti SUV started "handling funny" He had her take a look and send him a picture, so he got this, with her asking if it was ok to drive on for a bit or not, at which point he threw his tools in his car, took the rest of the day off, and zoomed down a few hours to her house to replace her control arms.  Does she work at a slushy salt mine?
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Jun 28, 2013 20:35
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Lightbulb Out posted:VW/Audi we can assume?
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Jun 28, 2013 20:39
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Viper915 posted:My friend got a call from his mom saying that on her drive home from work, her Infiniti SUV started "handling funny" He had her take a look and send him a picture, so he got this, with her asking if it was ok to drive on for a bit or not, at which point he threw his tools in his car, took the rest of the day off, and zoomed down a few hours to her house to replace her control arms.  I want to see the rest of the car and control arms. Also yeah, how old is that thing? It can't be all THAT old!
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Jun 28, 2013 21:37
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Tsuru posted:That depends... do they use synchros for fuel level signalling? It's VAG. You can tell by the 1/1, 1/2, 0 markings on the fuel gauge.
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Jun 28, 2013 21:39
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Frinkahedron posted:
Funny but I wonder if a salt mine would be really bad or really good for a car's chassis. Yes there is a lot of salt, but there is probably also going to be the lowest humidity possible. I could see it having a preservative effect.
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Jun 28, 2013 21:58
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Seat Safety Switch posted:I am surprised that didn't gently caress up the threads more. That actually seems repairable. How did the radiator support look? What about the door hinges and check rod? Under the fender should be fine, at worst the support bracket (57790FA000) will be bent and require a replacement (a good opportunity to pull the other fender too and install firewall-to-fender braces). The foam on the support bracket will be done for, so I removed it from the old bracket and wrapped the tip of the bracket in duct tape until the wad of tape's thickness matched the original foam. radiator support and door is OK. looks like it slide sidways into the curb and not forward. the rim was broken in two, and the way the LCA is bent makes it look like it was hit from the side. There is no apparant tweakage to the unitbody either. He's a very. very. lucky guy.
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Jun 28, 2013 23:09
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Viper915 posted:My friend got a call from his mom saying that on her drive home from work, her Infiniti SUV started "handling funny" He had her take a look and send him a picture, so he got this, with her asking if it was ok to drive on for a bit or not, at which point he threw his tools in his car, took the rest of the day off, and zoomed down a few hours to her house to replace her control arms. Jesus. Do you live in Montreal? What does the body look like?
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Jun 28, 2013 23:09
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revmoo posted:Funny but I wonder if a salt mine would be really bad or really good for a car's chassis. Yes there is a lot of salt, but there is probably also going to be the lowest humidity possible. I could see it having a preservative effect. I know it's not saying much but I remember seeing an episode of that lovely jobs show with that guy that looks kind of like the late Jim Varney. He was down a salt mine, not open cut. The transports they used were hacked up old cars. I figured they used them because things rusted to nothing down there pretty quickly. Also I'm glad that lady didn't drive any further in that vehicle. It looked like it just barely made it home. That is scary poo poo. What really gets me is everything else around it looks like it's in pretty good condition. Perhaps the manufacturer forgot to paint it.
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Jun 28, 2013 23:09
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cursedshitbox posted:radiator support and door is OK. looks like it slide sidways into the curb and not forward. the rim was broken in two, and the way the LCA is bent makes it look like it was hit from the side. There is no apparant tweakage to the unitbody either. He's a very. very. lucky guy. Sounds like the control arm did its job - the stamped steel units like to bend for exactly this reason.  Don't let him get Al arms if he's going to drive that way.
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Jun 28, 2013 23:10
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He bought another stockie to put on. Its mostly stock aside from headers. Its a slushbox too.
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Jun 28, 2013 23:30
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Jeez Mac! What kinda gas did you say you put in again?
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Jun 28, 2013 23:53
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General_Failure posted:I know it's not saying much but I remember seeing an episode of that lovely jobs show with that guy that looks kind of like the late Jim Varney. He was down a salt mine, not open cut. The transports they used were hacked up old cars. I figured they used them because things rusted to nothing down there pretty quickly. They bring the cars down the in the skip, ssh they cut then in half to fit. Also, the lifespan is no more than a few years. Fork trucks last about five with really good maintenance.
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Jun 29, 2013 15:11
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insta posted:It's VAG. You can tell by the 1/1, 1/2, 0 markings on the fuel gauge. On top of that it looks just like the gauge layout in my passat.
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Jun 29, 2013 16:55
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This isn't a mechanical failure, it's a "Remembering handbrake on boat ramp" failure.
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Jun 29, 2013 18:27
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You know what else a friend of mine discovered you should remember on the boat ramp? The drain plugs that let the bilge drain out  Fortunately discovered before leaving the boat ramp, so he just put them in and pumped it out.
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Jun 29, 2013 19:59
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Sounds delightful. Found that image from just clicking about on Imgur, the same's true for the below, though it's a bit more  inducing.    The guy pictured was the passenger, clipped behind the ear by it after it bounced off the driver's shoulder.
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Jun 29, 2013 21:08
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How about 'repairing a horrible mechanical failure'
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Speaking of not so mechanical failures. Here is a turtle that was kicked up on the highway and went through someones windshield. It somehow survived and proceeded to crawl around in the car.
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Valt posted:Speaking of not so mechanical failures. Here is a turtle that was kicked up on the highway and went through someones windshield. It somehow survived and proceeded to crawl around in the car. It was okay after that, right? 
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Jun 30, 2013 02:02
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CommieGIR posted:It was okay after that, right? Looks like just a windshield, no worries.
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Jun 30, 2013 02:57
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Four blowouts at the British GP today. Five if you count the failure yesterday. What makes these failure so loving horrible is if you see any video of the incidents. The tires were fine, fine, wobble, boom. Nothing left. It's not like in years past were the tire deflates and the driver had a chance to slow down. It's actually a miracle that nobody was killed given the size of the rubber bits they ejected.  http://www1.skysports.com/formula-1...s-in-British-GP
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Jun 30, 2013 21:30
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Aurune posted:F1 Spoilers Thanks, rear end in a top hat.
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Jul 1, 2013 00:22
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Savington posted:Thanks, rear end in a top hat. Yeah, you could have used the Torro Rosso that had no effect on the race. It was a better explosion anyways
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1st Edition ADandD posted:Jesus. Do you live in Montreal? What does the body look like? Beach Bum posted:
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G-Mach posted:HOLY poo poo! It's only a 2003 or so, in Mass maybe an hour outside of Boston. Car has like 230,000 miles on it and is in otherwise great shape, although it burns a bit of oil now. The upper control arms are even aluminum so they're perfectly fine!
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Picture of horrible quality control failure?
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Jul 4, 2013 00:31
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some texas redneck posted:I scratched my head for a bit before figuring out what was wrong. Nothing is wrong, that's just a Ford 4.6 spark plug.
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Jul 4, 2013 00:35
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Jul 4, 2013 00:38
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some texas redneck posted:
 Ford 4.6s blow plugs out on a routine, almost timed, basis.
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 The best part is that IROC looks on. quote:<&ACE> CHEVY WINS AGAIN BITCH
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Devyl posted:
They were TOLD that that was going to happen but they didn't believe it. Welp. Champion plugs are pretty awful, quality-wise. I can't go into details but seriously, don't buy Champion (or e3 or torch, who are jokes) and stick with NGK or Denso, or Bosch if you hate Japan.
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totalnewbie posted:They were TOLD that that was going to happen but they didn't believe it. Welp. I don't even use Champion in the lawn mower.  Used NGK in everything I've owned except for my very first car (I was 17 and dumb). Current car has Delcos from the factory, and it's getting somewhat close to time to change them (not by miles - just broke 73k - but it's 8 years old, and doesn't seem to start as easy as it used to) - totalnewbie, any experience with NGKs in the GM Ecotec (2.2)? I know they run like absolute garbage with Bosch, but the plugs also have a tapered seat (something I've never dealt with). I'm used to crush washers.  But uh, yeah. I knew 4.6's blew out plugs, I'm still trying to figure out why that plug I posted was "right" though. It's brand new, so I'm... probably being a bit dense, but still confused. 
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I've never had a problem with the Champions I put in my jeeps, but then again they're 4.0s, they'd probably work fine if I stuffed a crackpipe and a chunk of bell wire in there. That plug sure looks about as removable as the pile of poo poo plugs I had to take out of a junkyard head I put on a 2.2 OHV Cavalier last fall. gently caress, what a lovely car, with a lovely engine and lovely plugs to boot. I sure hope no one ever has to do the plugs in that pile again because one of them did NOT come out nicely. I think the aluminum the head was made from was mostly cheese or perhaps some variety of styrofoam and GM had their usual brilliant idea of using a conical seat plug, too. It was also seized in place with dirt and road salt plus corrosion. Fortunately I'd be shocked if that car sees another 50k miles, nevermind the 75-100 it would take to wear out a set of plugs. I hope it gets rear-ended by someone with really good insurance so the idiot friend of a friend who bought it for like 5k off a "buy here pay here" lot gets their money back out of it.
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some texas redneck posted:I don't even use Champion in the lawn mower. You're overthinking it. There's nothing to hold that plug in the head... just like 4.6 plugs.
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some texas redneck posted:Used NGK in everything I've owned except for my very first car (I was 17 and dumb). Current car has Delcos from the factory, and it's getting somewhat close to time to change them (not by miles - just broke 73k - but it's 8 years old, and doesn't seem to start as easy as it used to) - totalnewbie, any experience with NGKs in the GM Ecotec (2.2)? I know they run like absolute garbage with Bosch, but the plugs also have a tapered seat (something I've never dealt with). I'm used to crush washers. Yea, the OEM plug in that engine is NGK part number ILTR5B11 GM currently and will forever insist on conical seat spark plugs because they think there is a technical advantage over gaskets. Kind of obvious, I guess, but it's not just because they think it looks prettier. Also, it's the same reason why GM spark plugs don't have a corrugated insulator while other makers use corrugation. This is mostly for GMNAO - if you look at spark plugs from engines developed by GME, for example, you can find gaskets and corrugation.
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