EightBit posted:

Imagining the noise that must have made makes my teeth hurt.

Maker Of Shoes posted:

I have constant diarrhea in my radiator too.

The Scientist posted:

So like a square inside of a .... pentagon?

ratbert90 posted:

My brother decided the timing belt on his car wasn't maintenance. It went for 100,000 miles until the water pump seized and snapped the belt in half, taking 6 intake valves and the head along with it.

When I tore the thing down the idler pulleys and tensioner were so trashed that they were loud just spinning it with my hand. When I asked him about it he said "oh yeah, it was getting a bit noisy so I just turned my radio up."

ratbert90 posted:

I made him take the head bolts off. 18ft/lbs at 90-90-90.

I made him use the 3/8ths breaker and no cheater pipe. Needless to say it was really funny watching him try and get those fuckers off.

Sponge! posted:

I read it as "Torque to 18 foot pounds in the correct pattern, then begin the pattern again turning each bolt 90 degrees further, then again, then again." for Torque-To-Yield style bolts. Its 270 degrees beyond spark plug tight. They would be reasonably tight at that point.

Lord Gaga posted:

Some way some how you will convince yourself what a great idea it is to buy that car.

Crustashio posted:

I did that once with a stuck distributor cap bolt, only to twist the head clean off. "No problem" I thought, since I could then remove the part. I then twisted off the remainder of the bolt, leaving it flush with the timing cover. Distributor cap is now held on with 2 bolts on that car...

Godholio posted:

For the record: I don't drive with my fogs on. However, what's the problem with them? They're generally low to the ground and not especially bright. Unless we're talking about Daylighters or something.

Edit: I definitely get the rear fog light hate.

Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:

Why would you ever want only half the water jacket filled with cement? You're blocking all the coolant passages either way, why not fill it up and get more rigidity?

sofullofhate posted:

I think this wins the "rotors worn into the vanes" subthread.

"Yeah, the brakes sounded pretty terrible for about 25k miles but they got real quiet and smooth a little while back so I forgot about them."

Bang Me Please posted:

No. Some newer Hyundais have no spare tire nor do they have runflats.

wilfredmerriweathr posted:

I had no idea that spares were optional on so many cars now. That just seems like a horrid idea.

Splizwarf posted:

The legit thing to do is to force them (by lawsuit if necessary) to do a recall of the rest of the heat-treated versions to protect everyone else who bought one.

Why they wouldn't do that voluntarily after paying out for his bills is beyond me, they've already got an admission of guilt on the table then and that's chum in the water for American lawyers.

Safety Dance posted:

It would run forever on literally any grade of gasoline, but people would find the distinct shape of the seat divisive.

BoostCreep posted:

I assume you tried screwing bolts into those two smaller holes and that didn't work?

kastein posted:

Not sure whether this belongs in horrible failures or awesome AI poo poo.

A friend of mine broke all of these dana 44 parts (and a few 60 parts) in his jeep over the course of 2 years. Was going to scrap them, and then decided to do a little welding instead.

Friar Zucchini posted:

What is that, a diff? That doesn't look goojesusfuckingchrist

Can't even imagine the noise that made.

IOwnCalculus posted:

Hey, at least GM gets it right when they don't run coolant in the intake itself; they've run a plastic intake on the LSx since 1997.

Interesting comparison point, the regular Mazda MZR gets a plastic intake in the 3, but the turbo in the Mazdaspeed version gets an aluminum intake.

IOwnCalculus posted:

They heat the throttle body, not the manifold. There is a coolant pipe running from one head to the other under the intake manifold, but it's metal and not actually part of the manifold.

MrYenko posted:

Not to mention that the incredibly valuable aircraft full of people and explosives that snapped it is now most likely too slow to go around, and is now pointed at the water.

Tusen Takk posted:

CommieGIR posted:

I did it again.

CommieGIR posted:

Non-horrible mechanical success:




ZALGO LIVES!

CommieGIR posted:

Ok who did it? Who bought it?

ewiley posted:

Not too horrible..




Guess the adhesive didn't have enough contact patch, never seen a mirror tear the glass off the window

Safety Dance posted:

The RX-7, if I recall correctly, is a special case because it has lug bolts rather than lug nuts, and I think they're made of aluminum* so if one of them it torqued incorrectly, everything will work itself loose*.

*Or so I am lead to believe

thebigcow posted:

Can anyone recommend a jack stand pinch weld adapter?

xp67 posted:

It's a hockey puck with a slot cut in it.

`Nemesis posted:

I always rent from Penske... the equipment has always been in good shape and with my AAA discount they're not a whole lot more expensive than the uhaul garbage.

13 INCH DICK posted:

How many pages abck was the glowing AC clutch? On my phone and it's arguing with me about loading all images per page.

Wasabi the J posted:

And yet, there are de-icing agents that are non-toxic and don't destroy chassis.

xzzy posted:

Or you know, studs and driving for the conditions.

Granted if studs were legalized in most of the lower 48 states our roads would get torn to poo poo, but anywhere they get a persistent snow layer they are amazing. Plows only need to smooth out fresh powder and it's good to go.. no chemicals needed.

Maxwells Demon posted:

In parts of the West Coast with snow they will often use ground-up cinder. Acts as a de-icer without changing the water chemistry and doesn't cause rust.