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kastein posted:Are those actually glowing? Because that looks like rust to me. As I remember they flash-rusted, and I think that's the aftermath.
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thvwlshvscpd posted:Look at the plastic clips securing the lines. You can see where they have melted. Sorry, I meant they flash-rusted while red hot, I remember the thread/post it came up in.
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May 24, 2012 13:20
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Slavvy posted:I really want to know how this is possible. You read about it, and hear about it, and see those fluff pieces on the news where some geriatric plowed through the front of a gas station, but how does it really happen? How? You have thousands of hours of driving a car, every car is basically the same, your body is as accustomed to where the brake is as it is to wiping your rear end or turning the tap the right way to make water come out. On top of which, you have to hold down the gas for a sustained period of time AND jam it to the floor to get truly spectacular results. I know this was a couple pages ago, but there was a case I read about where a policeman (I think) crashed a van into some pedestrians and killed them, meaning just to move it down the street, and the investigation concluded that the different placement of the brake and accelerator pedals (like, an inch or so to the right or left) from his patrol car were partly to blame - apparently he you drove the van for years, then had a year of driving the car, and that was enough to remove familiarity and muscle memory with the van. I wonder how many of the old people stabbing the wron pedal just gone "One of those nice new cars, maybe a PT Cruiser! My grandchildren don't know anything about quality craftsmanship any more."
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Dave Inc. posted:There was also that person who died after a chunk of I-20 towards Atlanta was kicked up by a truck tire and sent through her windshield. They dropped the speed limit on I-20 to 55mph in response, I wonder if they ever fixed it. Someone was killed by a catseye kicked up by a white van a few years ago, and I heard about it just before I took my (very low) MG along a motorway famous for rear end in a top hat white van drivers.
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Jun 17, 2013 18:50
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General_Failure posted:Yep. The place I go to they use a torque wrench and follow correct order. That won them major points. I've had to take cars to a mechanic before just so they can get the nuts loosened off because some chucklefuck has torqued them to oblivion. I still have one or two wheel spanners around that I twisted one of the arms off trying to undo nuts. My wheels are knock-off, knock on. I torque them with a hammer, then (theoretically) they torque themselves.
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Aug 13, 2013 22:52
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I imagine the trouble is that the 9 hours comes from a full team - plus support - working flat out. Like Stakhanov, who cut however many tonnes of coal but his support team wasn't mentioned.
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Nov 30, 2013 05:15
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Das Volk posted:I have no idea what they think they're doing putting those on that car, that's what, an additional 15% on top of the base price? I could absolutely see, if I were an absurdly rich F1 driver/oil sheik/whatever who wanted one to go with my million pound cars as a luxurious track hooner, getting that. If the price itself is nothing to the buyer, then the price +15% is not much more of a deal.
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Feb 27, 2014 18:22
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So I had this terrible dream last night, where I went to check the oil on my BMW and everything I touched became a BL product. The rust...the endless rust... What does it mean?
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May 23, 2014 01:55
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Seat Safety Switch posted:I lost it when he gets the roll of loving fiberglass insulation out. I can't find (because I'm drunk) the original post, but whoever said that those guys had plumbing rage was right - the last time that video came up someone mentioned that they were supposed to be installed on sewers to prevent clothing from going down. I think malls use them in case people try to flush their original clothes when shoplifting or something. That's why they did the wet blanket test.
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Oct 22, 2014 16:36
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Darchangel posted:That's exactly what I was thinking. Dude, you're problem isn't under the hood - it's currently in front of it, previously behind the steering wheel. Why not take the opportunity to fix those little nagging issues? Wheel falls off? Might as well replace the plugs and fluid if you’ve got time on the hard shoulder.
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xzzy posted:I'd just call up winder towing and consider it done. It’s like ships - you just abandon it and the insurer sells it to some Dutch guys with a big crane on a barge on wheels.
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Jun 23, 2020 15:48
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xzzy posted:I put a visible curve into a breaker bar trying to get the nut off a beetle drum many years ago, and I was only using a 3 foot cheater. Excalibreaker bar.
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Jul 6, 2020 17:50
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stevewm posted:As a dumb American... Why is manual so much more prevalent in Europe? It’s required by our pan-European warrior code, Büшîдø.
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Sep 15, 2020 15:19
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Sagebrush posted:yeah check em out cooking off like bottle rockets at 7:00 So what you’re saying is a steam car heated by shovelling in batteries with a gasoline spray superheater is the way of the future?
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Nov 22, 2020 19:20
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chrisgt posted:The CFM rating on nearly all electric fans is a complete load of horse poo poo. They take a CFM meter and wave it around until they get the largest number and bam, that's the rating (or they outright make it up). I was about to suggest a pulse jet, but on second thoughts that might be a bit warm. Maybe a total loss liquid nitrogen drip cooling system? Can’t be worse or more expensive than trying to get functional parts for old British cars.
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Feb 5, 2021 12:08
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chrisgt posted:I have a 6v positive ground car. It's a mindfuck doing anything with the electrical system on that. Fortunately there isn't much electrical system... No blinkers, no reverse lights... It has running lights, brake lights, headlights, blower motor, and electric wipers (a big deal in the 50's). That's about it, unless you want to fight with the mechanical generator regulator. I used to have an MG that had been converted to a more conventional grounding setup. Usually someone adds a plate by the bonnet latch saying “this car has been converted to negative ground”. Took it to a specialist mechanic and he showed me where he’d added “maybe” in marker to a load of cars brought in by people he thought looked like aspiring amateur electricians.
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Feb 5, 2021 13:47
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*hacker voice* I’ve jacked in to the subframe
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:My guess is theres fuel in that oil. Or coolant. Pro tip: fill your coolant reservoir with fuel as an emergency reserve.
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Mar 12, 2021 08:55
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Elviscat posted:It translates to "fan drive" maybe an air pump or engine cooling fan PTO? I think that’s it - there’s one on each side and the power pack is a two-fan system when installed (I think). I don’t know if they use one PTO per fan but it’d make sense from a redundancy perspective.
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StormDrain posted:It looks cool as hell, for safety purposes it's a problem. Cars have standardized lighting colors and patterns for a reason. If you catch a glimpse of that car is it coming towards you, away from you, or parallel? I’m having a real issue calculating firing solutions. What a waste of torpedos!
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