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[iDeFecZx]

4 hours ago, JR1911 said:

Just got this a few days ago, it's a 2017 Mercedes-Benz CLA 200 AMG Business in Jupiter Red and 85000km driven. In my opinion it's one of the best looking cars, everything about it just works for me. Yesterday I parked it next to a Lamborghini Gallardo and some Maserati and I thought 'yeah, my car is still the best looking' 

 

Shame the interior on them is terrible

[Radium_Angel]

18 hours ago, iDeFecZx said:

Shame the interior on them is terrible

Did MB ever recover from their disastrous merger with Chrysler?

[bcredeur97]

Interesting. Y’all seen this? From a little company called innengine in Spain 

 

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[Bitter]

Opposed piston isn't new, not sure about swash plate and opposed piston combination.

[8tg]

In an attempt to figure out the weird rpm inconsistency before throwing money at replacing most of the fuel system, sensors

o2 sensor will be an easy one, it’s right there, it’s $60, drop in without any struggle 

though I don’t have anti seize so I’ll have to go get some, or I do have graphite oil which can do the same thing just worse 

throttle position sensor will be easy but it’s the other way around so it’ll be annoying to get out just a little bit

idk what that incredibly rusty part is attached to the throttle body but it annoys me 

fuel pressure regulator is under the AC lines and that makes me want to kill

why are there even ac lines here, are these even ac lines, I presume they are because they have a refill port, if that’s the case what absolute mongoloid put them through the fuel injection system 

so a $15 part is going to involve dismantling the ac

 

this is now the third time the ac has been in the way and I want to remove the entire ac system

also the VFD clock display died so I want to get a new head unit but I cannot find an adapter to drop one in without too much hassle 

[OhioYJ]

12 minutes ago, 8tg said:

o2 sensor will be an easy one, it’s right there, it’s $60, drop in without any struggle  though I don’t have anti seize so I’ll have to go get some

 

fuel pressure regulator is under the AC lines and that makes me want to kill

 

why are there even ac lines here, are these even ac lines, I presume they are because they have a refill port

Do O2 sensors not still have some anti-seize compound pre-applied? I haven't bought one in a while. They used to.

 

You posted a picture of fuel lines. The high pressure line, and the return line (again for fuel). That's not a fill port, that's the test port, to check fuel pressure. Not sure what kind of car you are working on, but that's what I see?

[8tg]

49 minutes ago, OhioYJ said:

You posted a picture of fuel lines. The high pressure line, and the return line (again for fuel). That's not a fill port, that's the test port, to check fuel pressure. Not sure what kind of car you are working on, but that's what I see?

That makes more sense, they look identical to a pair of AC lines that run everywhere i dont want them to.

it’s a 1994 ford escort 

50 minutes ago, OhioYJ said:

Do O2 sensors not still have some anti-seize compound pre-applied? I haven't bought one in a while. They used to.

The one I ordered specifically states it doesn’t come with any applied, I know most do, because I’ve handled tens of thousands of them on a pallet scale and they tend to come in boxes coated in that copper colored anti seize which gets everywhere 

[Radium_Angel]

Here's a fun one for you mechanics:

 

I need a rubber hose in the following dimensions

ID: 25.3mm

OD: 32.4mm (the OD can vary by +.1 or 2mm, but the ID must be accurate)

The length should be 23.4cm, but can obviously be cut the size.

 

It's not actually for a car, but for an old typewriter whose rubber platen has turned to hard plastic over the ~100 year life span, and the replacement platen is rather frightfully priced (10x the cost of the entire typewriter) so I was hoping to get creative.

[Bitter]

34 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

Here's a fun one for you mechanics:

 

I need a rubber hose in the following dimensions

ID: 25.3mm

OD: 32.4mm (the OD can vary by +.1 or 2mm, but the ID must be accurate)

The length should be 23.4cm, but can obviously be cut the size.

 

It's not actually for a car, but for an old typewriter whose rubber platen has turned to hard plastic over the ~100 year life span, and the replacement platen is rather frightfully priced (10x the cost of the entire typewriter) so I was hoping to get creative.

25.4 is 1 inch

[OhioYJ]

32 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

I need a rubber hose in the following dimensions

ID: 25.3mm

OD: 32.4mm (the OD can vary by +.1 or 2mm, but the ID must be accurate)

The length should be 23.4cm, but can obviously be cut the size.

The ID is the issue. 1" ID hoses are a lot more common. It's not a huge amount larger. What if you used something like heat shrink on the roll first, then used some 1" ID hose?  I'm not real familiar with mechanics of a typewriter. Does this hose actually need to grip really good? You could put some silicone between the roll, and heat shrink, then again between the heat shrink and hose to "glue" everything together. However silicone is pretty easy to clean off, and I would consider not permanent.

[Radium_Angel]

14 hours ago, OhioYJ said:

The ID is the issue. 1" ID hoses are a lot more common. It's not a huge amount larger. What if you used something like heat shrink on the roll first, then used some 1" ID hose?  I'm not real familiar with mechanics of a typewriter. Does this hose actually need to grip really good? You could put some silicone between the roll, and heat shrink, then again between the heat shrink and hose to "glue" everything together. However silicone is pretty easy to clean off, and I would consider not permanent.

I am strongly considering using heat shrink tubing. The current platen had solidified (in effect) and become hard plastic instead of the soft rubber it was when new, and as such, the paper won't grip and the carriage return (to advance the paper to the next line) doesn't do anything when advanced.

It needs to have "grip" like soft rubber (like a car door molding) Does heat shrink tubing come in soft "grippy" styles?

[Vonrottes]

GMC center caps for Camaro wheels

Now I just need to get 2" drop blocks, rear brembos brackets, and once I get my powder coating stuff set up I need to redo the calipers to get rid of the Chevrolet on them

[Monkey Dust]

On 7/5/2023 at 12:11 AM, WallacEngineering said:

Oh man... The new Aston Martin DB12 is here...

The perfect elegant supercar, and to this day STILL the supercar I would actually buy if I actually had the money.

 

 

It does look stunning, doesn't it? And they've sorted the interior too. Sadly no V12 though

[WallacEngineering]

35 minutes ago, Monkey Dust said:

It does look stunning, doesn't it? And they've sorted the interior too. Sadly no V12 though

Unfortunately there may not be a V12 due to emissions these days but I would be quite happy with the power on offer regardless.

[Monkey Dust]

22 minutes ago, WallacEngineering said:

Unfortunately there may not be a V12 due to emissions these days but I would be quite happy with the power on offer regardless.

Apparently the V12 is going to live on in something, I guess in whatever replaces the DBS.

[Bitter]

11 hours ago, Radium_Angel said:

I am strongly considering using heat shrink tubing. The current platen had solidified (in effect) and become hard plastic instead of the soft rubber it was when new, and as such, the paper won't grip and the carriage return (to advance the paper to the next line) doesn't do anything when advanced.

It needs to have "grip" like soft rubber (like a car door molding) Does heat shrink tubing come in soft "grippy" styles?

I suppose you could try coating the shrink with something like spray rubber (plasti-dip, etc) that might have the right texture.

 

https://www.mscdirect.com/product/details/38784302

Actually I think this is probably close to the sizes you need. 24.4 ID and close to 32mm OD and it's silicone so it's somewhat grippy to paper and fairly durable but it may be too soft. Look for hose that's 1 inch ID and 1 1/4 OD.

[Bitter]

Why Mazda, why?

[Radium_Angel]

1 hour ago, Bitter said:

Why Mazda, why?

They poach a UI designer from MS perhaps?

[Bitter]

3 hours ago, Radium_Angel said:

They poach a UI designer from MS perhaps?

Nah, the start menu isn't hidden like this start button lol.

[vetali]

5 hours ago, Bitter said:

Why Mazda, why?

Now I know where Honda got that idea from.

[OhioYJ]

On 7/10/2023 at 9:48 AM, Radium_Angel said:

I am strongly considering using heat shrink tubing. The current platen had solidified (in effect) and become hard plastic instead of the soft rubber it was when new, and as such, the paper won't grip and the carriage return (to advance the paper to the next line) doesn't do anything when advanced.

It needs to have "grip" like soft rubber (like a car door molding) Does heat shrink tubing come in soft "grippy" styles?

 

I meant use the heat shrink first, as 1" ID hose will be slightly too large. Use the heat shrink to take up the slop. At least that was my thought. 

 

They make different types of heat shrink. I've found generally the marine stuff with the glue inside tends to be "softer" (grippier) on the outside than the regular stuff. 

[Bitter]

So how's everyone else's day going? It was THAT stuck. Those IPA diamond wheels absolutely fly through sheet steel tho.

[vetali]

6 hours ago, Bitter said:

So how's everyone else's day going? It was THAT stuck. Those IPA diamond wheels absolutely fly through sheet steep tho.

Sheared a compressor shaft off of a new 3000 dollar hybrid A/C compressor on Monday... mint.

[Bitter]

56 minutes ago, vetali said:

Sheared a compressor shaft off of a new 3000 dollar hybrid A/C compressor on Monday... mint.

[vetali]

19 minutes ago, Bitter said:

NSFL

 

Set up many just by one dugga (its only like 10ftlb spec). Had to reshim a few times to get the gap right. Put the new nut on and it didn't like it.