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orange lime posted:I can't figure out how the piston (or whatever) seems to just...materialize in midair. There's a bang and then something appears to shoot out of the side of the gas tank, but there's no leaking gas or visible damage to the bike. It almost seems like it's just some random piece of the intake manifold or something that cracked off when the engine backfired/exploded. A lot of those drag bikes don't have the tank in the traditional location, it's just a giant composite airbox. Those things get thirsty running at 12k+ RPM.
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TheAtomicMan posted:This is always awesome when it happens to you at 2AM in the mountain passes of Oregon.
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Contraband posted:If your brake pads are rusty enough that you can break the pad material off the backing plate by simply "slamming it back into position," then a) your car was not safe to drive in the first place and b) more importantly, your inspection station is not doing its job.
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If you wax, a microfiber towel will take off the pollen easily (if the surface is dry). Takes a grand total of 2 minutes for the whole car. Yes, my car is black.
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Beach Bum posted:OH gently caress I really busted that one up. I guess I got confused because they used to be Electric Boat Company.
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Jun 11, 2010 23:14
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trouser chili posted:Speaking of old posters, remember smb123? He was a real hit on the forums. Also, poles.
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I just think it's unwarranted, that's all.
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Sep 22, 2010 23:19
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D C posted:abloobloobloo Here's a worn out brake rotor as a prize!!!! 
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Sep 23, 2010 02:54
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trouser chili posted:I'm sorry, where you not paying attention when the forums created this?
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Ahhh that's way better?????
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Ola posted:
I prefer the turbodiesels because they fail so spectacularly. The turbine powered ones don't seem to blow up nearly as much or as entertainingly.
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Jan 26, 2011 23:50
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What idiot puts open beers in a cooler?
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Psssch it doesn't matter what number you put on top! 14.7/0 = 1/0
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Jan 28, 2011 01:30
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What? Are you telling me that we can't get all those atoms out of the way?
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Jan 28, 2011 01:49
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Hydrogen sounds like a real dick. Not getting invited to my superbowl party, that's for sure. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F54rqDh2mWA
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Wow, that's unbelievable.
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iwentdoodie posted:There's a reason that welds to submarine hulls require ultrasonic or radiographic testing.
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Feb 4, 2011 22:17
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Why, was it classified or something? I don't think there was anything in that video that required a clearance. (This is totally not OT because the Thresher was a horrible mechanical failure!)
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grover posted:It's the sonar recording the hull crushing as USS Thresher sank.
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Jonny Nox posted:Courtesy Top Gear "fail file"
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Mar 31, 2011 22:41
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Poor brakeline too.
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Armacham posted:my girlfriend's parents bought me a dremel for Christmas last year, so it must be the default gift for any guy who doesn't have one. I have still not used it a single time If you haven't used it, you don't have any problems and you should keep enjoying that.
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Mo Hawk posted:But how did this happen? I am not a fan of VW's engineering quality at all, but it doesn't seem to be damage which could have been inflicted by this jack.
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EightBit posted:I don't understand the point of that safety wire. It won't prevent any of those bolts from backing out, unless that's the backside or they're left-handed
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Boston, I'm in for spectating science experiments in destruction.
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chrisgt posted:I don't think they pulled the cable into the blades. There's a lot of turbulence around a helicopter rotor, the cable probably got sucked in. He grabbed the cable that was slung from the bottom of the fuselage to a higher point presumably on the structure. This pulled it into a V instead of a U, which pulled it closer to the rotor. You can see him jump up and pull it right before the crash.
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A student posted:Do they know what caused the chain to snap? Also, that I4 with no intake valves is pretty ridiculous.
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NOTinuyasha posted:Just a scratch compared to the other poo poo that guy has restored. What in the gently caress, why? Are cars just THAT expensive there that the labor that goes into a ridiculous repair like that is justified?
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Hmmm, that doesn't look right. OK, definitely something wrong here.  Yep.   To H&R's credit, all I had to do was send them pictures of the springs and they sent me these:  Apparently the rubber tubing they put on the helper coils does not play well with corrosion states (I'm in Boston) and it allows moisture to eat the springs (both rears were broken). They removed the tubing from the replacement springs that they sent me free of charge.
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Philip J Fry posted:Depends on the climate, really. Most owners that live in hotter regions will usually bypass the radiator cooler (heat exchanger, actually) altogether while colder regions keep it in the loop to help heat up the trans fluid. I ditched my stock cooler, bypassed the radiator in put in a large aluminum B&M stacked plate type. Yeah, for a while Suburbans had a fantastic radiator that was for coolant, an oil cooler and ATF warmer. First change for anyone towing anything was to put in an external ATF cooler and not use the multiplexed radiator for the tranny.
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nm posted:They drive up on 2x4s. My car isn't slammed and I have to do that for my "low profile" floor jack. However, the crappy scissor jack in the tire kit is only about 3 inches tall when totally retracted, so I'd never have a problem getting it under the jack points.
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The high performance brakes just ripped the wheel apart.
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CommieGIR posted:Then, get an adjustable wrench,
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Blow Dog had one of the first ones but he doesn't post here anymore, probably thanks to people trying to get up in his business too much. I think he moved on to a GT3 after a while?
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