Mr. Wiggles posted:

That's a spicy pumpkin.

StormDrain posted:

I really wanted one of those when I was looking for a project car. I feel like I had seen a few maybe, and now I see none.

wallaka posted:

That’s unsurprising if you were looking for a Ford Corvair Rampside.

NoWake posted:

Yeah my mom drove a 2000 VW New Beetle (5-speed, she rules) until the local mechanic dumped a bottle of stopleak down the cooling system to fix a pinhole leak in the radiator. He didn't want to spend the time it would take to remove the things in the way of replacing the radiator outright. Following that 'service', it overheated & stranded her out in the wilds between Columbus & Sandusky like 3 times before it was taken to the junk yard.

Now she drives a Kia. Under the hood of her 1st gen Soul, it looks more like what you'd find under the lid of a riding lawnmower. The engine is tiny, all the components are visible, and there's tons of room to work. She misses the bug, but since I'm not nearby to maintain a VW I gotta trust the local yokel mechanic _{(to be fair he's a one-man operation and he's SWAMPED with work)} with something easier to work on.

sharkytm posted:

My mom had a 2012. ...

Combat Theory posted:

This is correct. The european premium car customer has successfully been re educated to value automatic transmissions or even worse DSGs over manuals...

Darchangel posted:

50 years ago, there were more sticks, as I recall. But even if not, as rndmnmbr notes, the air- or electric-shifter splitter and range boxes won't shift while there is still torque applied. There's too much mechanical force. It's not really the computer doing it, it's physics.

edit: At least, that's how I understood it.

BraveUlysses posted:

they don't stick well to dirty or brake dust covered wheels do they

Combat Theory posted:

New radiator it is

I think it should go to the thermostat first so you have a chance that they are stuck in there.

Godholio posted:

That frame did not enjoy itself.

Edit: V It looks like oil and coolant. If he's lucky it's just the oil pan, but that's a hefty chunk of something that falls out. I don't know what BMW pans are made of, but most I've seen from other cars are nothing more than stamped steel.

Deteriorata posted:

It was made by Indian motorcycles, so at least there's a reason for it. It was also the 50s.

But yes, it's an inappropriate name on an inspired and awesome design.

Edit: Whoops, my bad. It was actually a custom-made one-off by a dude 15 years ago. Yeah, the name is really inappropriate then.

Icon Of Sin posted:

This isn’t a mechanical failure yet, but it’ll be there sooner or later.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CGcl9bolAMf/?igshid=njsav2qowxfm

chrisgt posted:

Somewhere there's an insurance claims specialist heavily drinking and they don't know why.

Babies Getting Rabies posted:

Oh they know why. It's because they work in insurance.

kastein posted:

Guy in one of my Facebook groups just posted this. Never seen one before like this, I think from the milky fluid it probably is water contaminated and froze overnight and partially cracked it, then it popped from hydraulic pressure when he started it.

Pigsfeet on Rye posted:

X-post from PYF:

https://va.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_qlnp2i7TsD1r0uzl6.mp4

chrisgt posted:

Lucas would be proud.

the spyder posted:

Puddin posted:

Finaldestination.jpg

I literally just had my mulching mowers blade break off the prop and the blade go flying off to the right, thank gently caress it went away from myself.

I can only imagine the carnage if that thing ended up hitting your shins.

The Door Frame posted:

I was actually wondering if it was latex based paint when he pulled the cover off. What does a differential feel like when it goes all frothy?

Godholio posted:

It's interesting that Quickjackchat just started. I've been staring pretty hard at the 7000SLX. This model will handle the Corvette, the Volt, and the Suburban. Does anyone know if costco sells the 12v version? I think I'd rather have that, so I could potentially use it somewhere besides my garage.

Godholio posted:

Also this is a weird mechanical failure: I think I might have an intake manifold leak on my 327, since the engine is only producing 10-12" of manifold vacuum at idle instead of the 18" it should. I suspect this might be why, as I discovered a few days ago, there is no vacuum advance happening. God knows how long this car has been running with no more than about 35* timing advance.

MrYenko posted:

I’m currently lusting over the MaxJax two post, since it will run under a 9ft ceiling.

Literally Lewis Hamilton posted:

The bumper cover is still on though. I’ve seen a bunch of vehicles over the years where people told me “heh, no damage to my car, you should have seen theirs!” and then you take off the bumper cover and the reinforcement bar is crushed, the frame horns are hosed, etc.

Godholio posted:

Did you even own a 70s or 80s car in the decades after if you didn't physically rip through/off a newer car's bumper or fender?

BigPaddy posted:

It is me I am the mechanical failure. Was removing the driver side wheels from the new 63 GP what had the factory drums still on it. Thought they were super tight but no they are reverse threaded so spent 30 minutes soaking them down and trying to loosen them the wrong way. Remembered the reverse thread thing once I did the passenger side and they came off no issue.

shy boy from chess club posted:

I did similar on my 56 IH then noticed the left hand studs have a little "L" embossed on the end, handy if I had noticed it right away.

Elmnt80 posted:

The rust flowers are coming in beautifully this year.

6 year old pontoon trailer at work, its been in storage for at least 4 years and the lug nuts are pulling this poo poo, just what the christ. I've never seen lugs do that before.