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My diff pin blew through the case back in may, apparently it's an extremely uncommon thing that happens (IE the cobalt ss, ion redline, and 9-3 aero dudes had never seen it before on our transmissions) spider gears trapped the half shaft in the diff:   
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some texas redneck posted:Not dumping the clutch will go a long way toward preventing this. I didn't though, the diff had been feeling really loose and it was hard to drive, I was going to take it apart when I got back from school. I pulled out of a gas station and was only at around 2500-3000rpm when it exploded all over the centre lane. I had bought it used so I assume the idiot that had it before me was either too lazy to fix it or that's why he sold it for as cheap as he did.
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Sep 17, 2012 15:33
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Typically you're supposed to disconnect the power supply when working with the airbags just in case one decided to try to break you in half.
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Sep 23, 2012 07:14
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grover posted:Little duct tape'll fix that! I believe the oil eats the sticky residue so combined with operating temperatures and the oil making it not sticky I would guess not very long
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Oct 12, 2012 23:19
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Reminds me of this article on Jalopnik recently where the writer patched it with jb weld (magic stuff) and permatex. Sounds like the jb weld just slowed down the oil contamination though and he ended up just permatexing around it. It could work actually, both are "greasy" substances and could repulse each other until there's enough oil buildup. That's actually pretty freakin brilliant.
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Oct 12, 2012 23:37
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I prefer metric for fine measuring, but imperial for long distance (mostly because the roads here in Detroit are on a grid with mile roads). I wish that inches were shown as decimals instead of fractions so it wouldn't take half a second longer to figure out what socket size is next.
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Oct 30, 2012 17:01
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Sockington posted:Somebody stole his wheels and broke the lug with the wheel lock on it. Wow, you should go for Detective. I wouldn't have thought of that  Now the real questin is, did someone try to steal his, or did he steal them?
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Oct 30, 2012 22:17
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I would imagine that a Fisker kills way more trees when they blow up than a normal car 
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Nov 1, 2012 23:11
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After reading the head gasket torque discussion I will be going home and double checking my bolts. 
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Jan 14, 2013 19:01
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Because it caused the accident? Because it wasn't in any accident?
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Jan 25, 2013 01:46
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I do believe we have a new definition of "rape". 
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Jan 25, 2013 05:28
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Goober Peas posted:Excerpts on Elise ownership from Grassroots' forum: Not that it matters for me anymore.
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Jan 26, 2013 08:52
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I've only ever heard them called valve covers. In the Michigan/Canada, the UK, and Australia anyways. I've never heard of rocker covers before
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Cakefool posted:Funny, to me rocker covers are the plastic covers for the sills at the side of the car. Comes from working for a Japanese company that learned all its car words from America I suppose. some texas redneck posted:Okay, my 2006 may not be completely "modern" today, but GM is still using the same engine family in plenty of other cars.  Yeup, the LSJ has a weird high-heat paint on it though.
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Wasn't there a time when you matched the colours opposite to each other or something? My dad has done that too, and it looks like most of the people who have done it are older 
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Jan 31, 2013 01:51
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Somewhere in Florida, ultimateforce is weeping.
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I can just imagine the manager of the plant hopping on the internet and going to the elite Nuclear Powerplant manager's forums asking for advice but not giving all of the info so he hears what he wants to hear.TampaNukeMGMT posted:Hey all, so I need to replace my steam generators, however to do this, the contractor quoted me a price of $15 million - just to cut a measly 25x27ft hole in the wall to get the old out and the new in. How bad of an idea is it to DIY this and save us $15 million? OhioNukeMGMT posted:Well it depends, is the cement reinforced? Will the building be able to support the weight of the dome? If the structure is sound then I'm sure that you could do it just fine, free of worry, and be able to enjoy the great bonus cheque you'll get from your boss for saving your company that much money! GeigerPowerGood posted:Yup, just make sure everything is up to spec and that it won't crumble or self destruct once you cut that much cement away. TampaNukeMGMT posted:Thanks for the advice guys! Let's see how this goes! I can't wait for my bonus
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It looks like they took the bumper/grille/engine/trans out and set the oven in the hollow because they're taking it all to the scrapyard dude.
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Feb 18, 2013 09:04
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I don't know why this turned out blue, might be because it was kind of dark, but I saw this cruising down the road this morning. She could barely keep it going straight and looked like she was strong-arming it the entire time.
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Mar 4, 2013 16:59
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Bovril Delight posted:Dog tracking like a mother That was the best shot I could get of it without crashing into oncoming traffic, I was trying to get a shot of it when you could see the entire front tyre going straight while the rear wheels were at least 45* to the right of them.
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some texas redneck posted:That's what he meant by "dog tracking" Oh, I know, I was just saying it was much worse than even that 
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some texas redneck posted:Many, many compact cars. Such as the Chevy Cobalt and Saturn Ion. You should buy some Powergrid Endlinks next time you need them changed out. They're on the expensive side, but you'll never have to replace them again and they can be found for cheaper on OTTP sometimes. FAT32 SHAMER fucked around with this message at 16:43 on Mar 5, 2013 |
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Kugyou no Tenshi posted:Welcome to Georgia, where people fill every gap as soon as it is opened, ride three feet off your rear bumper at 80mph, and form a solid wall of cars in every lane. This seems to be the case in the entire country, or at least where I've been here.
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I'm going to guess either water some kind of additive is to blame on that one. Maybe an electrical reaction to something?
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BoostCreep posted:Good thing I pulled the new alternator out of the box to check it before walking out of the store. The entire casing was cocked and the pulley was jammed and unable to spin. 
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