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kimbo305 posted:since when have springs needed so few coils? if they're mcpherson struts i've curbed my cars a few times, but that guy must have been hauling rear end when he did it
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# ¿ Nov 5, 2009 14:35 |
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# ¿ Apr 25, 2024 06:30 |
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Sockington posted:The PCV has to be changed you say? (250k MX6 V6) running a bit rich, are we
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# ¿ Nov 15, 2009 22:17 |
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My dad's F150 did that too. It was a lovely spark plug so it just separated from the ground/threaded portion. Easy fix, but damned if it didn't shake us up a bit when it blew.
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# ¿ Nov 28, 2009 02:48 |
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IOwnCalculus posted:Either way, it's still . We're not talking about a GM dealership denying your warranty for a broken radio because you installed long-tube headers, we're talking about a car getting blacklisted because the owner threw a tune on it that added 70-100hp and blew the engine. Yeah, I have trouble sympathizing with the guy. Nissan may be stingy with the GT-R's warranty but when you hamfistedly modify your engine and split the block....yeah.
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# ¿ Feb 2, 2010 00:50 |
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orange lime posted:What is going on here? What is happening when the filter looks like it's burning up? Is that oil squirting out and then getting sucked back in/being burned off? I dunno but if he took that stupid breather filter off and reconnected the PCV it probably wouldn't blow by so much.
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# ¿ Feb 6, 2010 10:26 |
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trouser chili posted:I don't understand how that poo poo is legal. In Missouri (home of Bigfoot y'all!) bumper height cannot exceed 22 inches or some poo poo. The bumpers on that fucker are at my head. The upper one. ...and you just know that an inspections station is far more likely to bust your balls for having a lowered vehicle.
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# ¿ Feb 10, 2010 01:01 |
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MonkeyNutZ posted:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clementine_Maersk quote:Speed: 25.6 knots (maximum) ...but it says 25.6?
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# ¿ Feb 12, 2010 05:03 |
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trouser chili posted:Honda never uses balance shafts? Bullshit. Every F and H motor out there has a pair of them. Although they don't seem that nessesary. I didn't bother with the balance shaft belt on the last timing belt job I did on my 1997 Accord sedan, just left it off. It's a little rougher than my 1997 Accord wagon, but not much. They're only for NVH anyway, they have nothing to do with protecting the rotating assembly. I think B series do as well.
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# ¿ Apr 2, 2010 02:39 |
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Nam Taf posted:Mining accidents own: OH gently caress indeed
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# ¿ May 8, 2010 04:40 |
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Bucephalus posted:I graduated high school in 1990. My oldest son turns 19 in September. I hear Guns 'N' Roses, Whitesnake, etc. on the local "Classic Rock" station. that doesn't bother me, at least not as much as the time i heard "smells like teen spirit" on the local adult contemporary station
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# ¿ May 11, 2010 01:44 |
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Toucan Sam posted:I'd be more worried about listening to the adult contemporary station. yeah, because they totally aren't forced on you in every office in this blighted land
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# ¿ May 11, 2010 01:54 |
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So is MEK any good at freeing stuck bolts?
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# ¿ Jun 15, 2010 00:06 |
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14 INCH DICK TURBO posted:Browsing Youtube for rod knock videos I heard this one. "I dunno if you can hear that..." gently caress me, I heard it before he walked up to the back of the car with my speakers turned down. Just put it out of its misery already.
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# ¿ Jun 16, 2010 00:30 |
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meatpimp posted:That's a picture of a horrible mechanical failure? You didn't see the pieces flying everywhere?
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# ¿ Aug 2, 2010 01:26 |
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dissss posted:That happened to the rear mount on my DA Integra. And that was with the raging torque-monster that the B16a was. That seems to be a B-series thing. My B18 powered Integra's motor mount bushings were completely done in just a few years. Poly inserts help a lot. The vibration is sometimes annoying but it beats feeling your drivetrain thrashing around violently and wondering if this is the time your axles will snap.
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# ¿ Dec 21, 2010 01:56 |
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Skyssx posted:Mythbusters proved it was not possible to start a fire from friction between rubber and the road. well if mythbusters covered it then
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# ¿ Jan 11, 2011 18:52 |
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What the, I don't even....
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# ¿ Jan 11, 2011 23:43 |
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So I see. I Tineye'd one of th pics and turned up a Russian site that has an awesome translation via Google: http://tinyurl.com/4encfp3
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# ¿ Jan 12, 2011 00:00 |
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I've long thought that skid control and inclement weather training should be a mandatory part of licensing process. Imagine the number of accidents that might be avoided... ~~*~~you may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one~~*~~
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# ¿ Jan 16, 2011 14:53 |
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Fayez Butts posted:They tend to have darker blacks and higher refresh rates They respond faster but the actual refresh rate is still 60Hz. http://www.best-3dtvs.com/guides/what-does-600hz-sub-field-drive-mean/ Plasmas are cheap, that's their big advantage.
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# ¿ Jan 31, 2011 03:58 |
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Skyssx posted:They wear out in under 7 years, they run very hot, they're quite heavy compared to LCD sets, they absolutely vomit interference on the HF band, and apparently they don't work at high altitude. You want to keep a TV for more than 7 years? dissss posted:But they still give a nicer picture, at least the better ones do. Bolded the important part. The cheap ones are just awful and flicker (and now I know why )
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# ¿ Jan 31, 2011 04:14 |
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EightBit posted:What about the hole in my driveway? Fill it with more cement, duh.
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# ¿ Apr 5, 2011 16:06 |
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14 INCH DICK TURBO posted:So a Dodge Dakota came in to work earlier with a complaint of a horrible noise coming from the car. Apparently the guy took it to Les Schwab twice and they couldnt find a single thing wrong with his car. Pulling it in sounded amazing. Stuff like this really irritates me. I don't expect anyone to bat 1.000 but how do you not find this with the wheel screaming like a cat in a blender? I may not know a lot about auto repair but I figure I have enough self interest to net let something like that slide.
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# ¿ May 2, 2011 16:31 |
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EightBit posted:Threads like that make me believe in karma for a brief moment. That guy is such a tool it's hard to imagine how he got his car to 90,000 miles. No poo poo. A Kia is too good for him...hell, a riding lawnmower is too good for him. HEY GENIUS: drat near every modern car manufacturer has made an interference engine with a timing belt. Guess you'd better sue all of them too! What kind of stupid entitled oval office do you have to be to think that a timing belt every 60k and plugs every 15k isn't reasonable maintenance? Holy hell, just a few decades ago you'd be rebuilding the engine at 60k. Not to mention that looks more like detonation damage than valves and pistons meeting. I guess that's kinda moot now though. Sorry, people like that just really push all the wrong buttons with me.
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# ¿ May 25, 2011 02:20 |
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Why were your folks so hardcore about fenders?
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# ¿ Jun 5, 2011 20:26 |
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What kind of clutch is that? That's a lot of plates.
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# ¿ Jun 13, 2011 14:51 |
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lazer_chicken posted:Perhaps it's a center diff from some kind of awd system? That would make more sense but even so...
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# ¿ Jun 13, 2011 16:40 |
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meatpimp posted:People from other states are bad drivers. Just like people of other ethnicities are bad drivers. And other genders. Basically anybody not you is a bad driver. Motronic posted:I think we can all agree with this. Those of you who agree are also wrong, because it only applies to me, but at least you're close. "Have you ever noticed that anyone driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone driving faster than you is a maniac?" That's some loving truth on another level. e: gently caress you evobatman
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# ¿ Jul 5, 2011 00:17 |
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trouser chili posted:Yeah, I had a 1996 Dodge Grand Caravan 3.3 liter with a first gen A604 time bomb turning behind it. Got 150,000 miles out of it. I thought on several occasions it died, but it was always minor fixes. Got rid of the drat car after it stranded me 100 miles from home when the transmission fluid cooler lines ruptured suddenly. It was a pig to drive, but supremely useful vehicle. We had pretty much the same vehicle with the same powertrain at one of my former jobs. It blew the coolant lines as well. At the time I thought it was because everyone who drove it beat on it mercilessly but maybe it's a thing beyond that. Who knows?
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# ¿ Jul 11, 2011 16:32 |
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I guess that's not too surprising since the ABS solenoids and motor(s) probably need a fair amount of juice. OTOH never doubt the ability of a short to pump ridiculous amounts of current through anything. I've had dealings with very low voltage things (we're talking a couple of millivolts at best) that were shorted and left the chassis of the device too hot to touch.
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# ¿ Jul 18, 2011 15:15 |
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# ¿ Apr 25, 2024 06:30 |
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:I guess that stainless steel braided clutch line wasn't such a great idea after all. Well not when you connect it to a 12V line
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# ¿ Jul 18, 2011 16:07 |