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26 minutes ago, Drak3 said:

Don't lump me in with them. I'm an enthusiast of mechanic design, be it engines, weaponry, or productive machinery. Not a guy with a wrench that reads the marketing garbage AFE/insert other "enthusiast" brand that can't legally warranty half of their products.

 

I fail to see a correlation between people screeching variations of "forced induction is more efficient!!! Reclaimed energy!!!" and anything I've said.

If you can't be civil. Please leave

 

Edit. That goes for everyone in the thread

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14 minutes ago, Bitter said:

The one tool I want in cordless is a tire inflator, I've seen some shitty playskool looking ones from whatever the HomeDepot house brand is but I don't think they would last a week of real work. That would be pretty balla for work since we're always topping up tires here and there and outside it's a pain because air hose.

Yes that.

 

And someone needs to come up with capless valvestems. We have capless fuel fillers... valve stems would be the logical next step... right? 

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12 minutes ago, RevoltTrain said:

Meahwile

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/51515-Winding-Waters-Ln-Elkhart-IN-46514/82756878_zpid/

Thats opening bid price sadly

Needs money for car parts :P

 

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21 minutes ago, Bitter said:

For the car try clay bar, for the bike try a wheel specific cleaner like Hot Rims from Meguiars or something like Iron Out if it's brake dust.

the wheels on the bike are mostly covered in road grime and chain lube thats been drying for  ~6 months ?

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1 hour ago, iDeFecZx said:

Thats opening bid price sadly

How about this one?

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/50905-Fox-Trl-Granger-IN-46530/94581205_zpid/

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1 minute ago, RevoltTrain said:

How about this one?

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/50905-Fox-Trl-Granger-IN-46530/94581205_zpid/

Needs more garages

Needs money for car parts :P

 

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1 hour ago, vetali said:

Yes that.

 

And someone needs to come up with capless valvestems. We have capless fuel fillers... valve stems would be the logical next step... right? 

They got things you thread on that do that. Called a flow through valve cap, you've never seen them?

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1 hour ago, Bitter said:

They got things you thread on that do that. Called a flow through valve cap, you've never seen them?

Never seen those before, super cool

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3 hours ago, RevoltTrain said:

Meahwile

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/51515-Winding-Waters-Ln-Elkhart-IN-46514/82756878_zpid/

yeah but then I'd have to live in Indiana.

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1 hour ago, arnavvr said:

yeah but then I'd have to live in Indiana.

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7 hours ago, RevoltTrain said:

How about this one?

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/50905-Fox-Trl-Granger-IN-46530/94581205_zpid/

Except you're in the middle of nothing that is Northern Indiana and you're butted up against a creek with what looks like not much elevation rise from it to the structures. Even I'd pass on that location, too likely to incur flood damage or require expensive flood plain insurance and Elkhart, while a larger town in the area, is still middle of nowhere. The surrounding larger towns are all just Walmart towns too.

 

Yea, checked the IDNR flood plain map and that house is RIGHT on the edge of the 'you're an idiot if you build it here' zone and in the flood zone, hard pass.

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2 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

@Real_PhillBert found your cousin on thr Tahoe/Yukon forum telling people they need to do 2,500/3,000 mile oil changes or their engines would blow up. 

With a GM product, that's probably true. /s

 

But seriously, although my oil change interval is excessive, I openly admit that you can go a lot longer with modern engines/oil/filters.

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Just now, vinyldash303 said:

i think you like changing your oil so often because you want a reason to go play in the garage on saturdays.

I mean, you're not wrong; I do kinda enjoy it. 

 

I also like the idea of regularly inspecting things under the hood and under the car, less surprises that way. I I have to justify all the money I've been dumping into tools lately haha.

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5 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

i changed my axle fluid yesterday over here at the coast rather than in the valley like i normally would and it was a bitch not having my usual kit. Forgot to get brake clean so i couldnt even really hose off all the dirt or wire wheel the mating surface. i wound up applying a thin coating of RTV to both mating surfaces to make up for the fact that i couldnt get them perfectly clean. Couldn't feel the little bits of gasket that were left over with my fingernail so really its no big deal. just not the most proud job i've ever done.

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6 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

i changed my axle fluid yesterday over here at the coast rather than in the valley like i normally would and it was a bitch not having my usual kit. Forgot to get brake clean so i couldnt even really hose off all the dirt or wire wheel the mating surface. i wound up applying a thin coating of RTV to both mating surfaces to make up for the fact that i couldnt get them perfectly clean. Couldn't feel the little bits of gasket that were left over with my fingernail so really its no big deal. just not the most proud job i've ever done.

Yeah I hate working on cars in unfamiliar places. I have a buddy who has a much nicer garage than I do, and he always wants me to come do my work at his place, but he has very little tools and I'm sure I'd forget to grab something and it would just end up making the project longer and more complex.

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5 hours ago, vinyldash303 said:

No two and a half quart puddle of sadness on the ground so looks like we're good to go!

Rear or front? If rear, that’s a tiny pumpkin...

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1 hour ago, FuzzyYellow said:

Rear or front? If rear, that’s a tiny pumpkin...

Might be joining the V6 Accord gang

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7 hours ago, RevoltTrain said:

Might be joining the V6 Accord gang

Heck yeah dude! Whatja gonna get?!

6 hours ago, vinyldash303 said:

It a GM 8.625” 10 bolt? Holds ~ two and a half quarts. I don’t know how much yours holds. Its got a cast iron center section and pressed in axle tubes so it doesnt use a boxed axle style with a third member like a lot of imports do. It holds a quart more than my s10 did

Huh. No idea, but my Tunny holds 4 quarts in the rear end.

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5 minutes ago, FuzzyYellow said:

Heck yeah dude! Whatja gonna get?!

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On 5/19/2019 at 9:06 PM, Bananasplit_00 said:

Nice overcast day today so I got to clean the car that's been sitting dirty for too long and I got to clean the bike a little too!

 

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Anyone got some tips on how to get the wheels on my bike cleaner? And there was dirt super hard stuck on the cars sides that I didn't really get clean so any help with that would also be cool. Maybe pressure wash?

Oh...my....god...

A Mk2 Mondeo that DOESN'T HAVE CRACKED BUMPERS. Put that shit in a museum xDxDxD 


 

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10 minutes ago, Ross Siggers said:

Oh...my....god...

A Mk2 Mondeo that DOESN'T HAVE CRACKED BUMPERS. Put that shit in a museum xDxDxD 

It's been an indoor car for its entire 20 year life :P its super nice tbh

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

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9 minutes ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

It's been an indoor car for its entire 20 year life :P its super nice tbh

There's an elderly gentleman across the street from me, that has a white Mondeo Estate, it's a Ghia looks tidy inside and no dents etc... I asked if he'd sell it and he said no, and that he still uses it all the time.

All the tyres are flat and it's going green with surface dirt ? It's sad to see, it could still be saved.


 

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26 minutes ago, Ross Siggers said:

There's an elderly gentleman across the street from me, that has a white Mondeo Estate, it's a Ghia looks tidy inside and no dents etc... I asked if he'd sell it and he said no, and that he still uses it all the time.

All the tyres are flat and it's going green with surface dirt ? It's sad to see, it could still be saved.

yah this was grandpas car, after he passed i got it. Front summer tires need replacement but im not sure how long this car is going to stick around in the family. Might be sold soon :/

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

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