mr sunshine
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@Metasynth did you jackoff the tranny yet? You all know I'm a mechanic, why the fuck are you guys mechanic-ing without me?
I think I’m screwed
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BarnBuster
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We wuz just keeping the seat warm and polishing tools til' you showed up
Singlemalt
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Don't use your VPN while using Paypal or it won't go through
Indacouch
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Super refreshing to see this help .... @tyler.durden way to look out for yours homie .....mad respect
Where is OP from ....I suck with computers ...lol
Where is OP from ....I suck with computers ...lol
And a great starter. I think my wife's starter is a couple years old. Makes great bread
Metasynth
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Yeah, I’m blown away, y’all have been freakin amazing! I think I said earlier that it’s embarasaing and humbling for me, but to see the community coming together is inspiring, and I’m honored to be a part of this big dysfunctional family!
To answer your question, I’m in Cali. The Los Angeles area, near the San Fernando valley.
Metasynth
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Nice! My friend has a sourdough starter originally from San Francisco that’s like over 100 years old or something crazy like that.
Metasynth
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IF this is all that’s wrong with the car, I might be able to do this with minor assistance from someone who knows a little bit more than me about cars.
I KNOW there is more wrong with the car, the amount of transmission fluid which leaked out in only 20 hours is alarming. I may try to have the car diagnosed at a mechanic or try to put out feelers and see if I know someone. IF the CV axel is the only thing keeping me off the road...I dunno, we shall see.
I dunno
420God
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I can help with car questions. Plenty of us work on our own here that can help. @mr sunshine even has a mechanics thread.
Singlemalt
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We know the CV is fucked, now the tranny leak needs to be addressed. Get under the car and wipe down/clean the tran housing and environs real well, add more tranny fluid and get back under and find where it's leaking from. If the housing is cracked, part the bitch out
neosapien
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I'm pretty damn handy but was always afraid to work on my vehicles. "It's not just my life on the line". Was my thinking too. Then my buddy who is far smarter and handier than I said, "neo, have you ever talked to a mechanic? Some of them are the dumbest rednecks you will ever meet and I don't trust them with a banana let alone my vehicles, I would trust you to work on my stuff over some of them anyday". Which got me thinking about some of the greaser kids I went to high school with. Now obviously there are some very intelligent mechanics that just love cars and are doing what they love or its the family biz etc. But for a lot of them, turning a wrench counterclockwise is about all they understand. Moral of the story is…. Don't think someone can do it safer or better than meta just cause meta never done it. Or its that I'm a bias elitist fuck who just pigeonholed a whole industry.
BarnBuster
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a lot of being a good tech is common sense in how things work and go together and as Voltaire said:
Common sense is not so common
Dictionnaire philosophique portatif - 764
and I've seen more than a few book smart people who are dumb as fuck, jus' sayin'
Common sense is not so common
Dictionnaire philosophique portatif - 764
and I've seen more than a few book smart people who are dumb as fuck, jus' sayin'
charface
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I think as people who grew up rednecks we take it for granted that at some point someone showed us how to safely place a jack and stands.
How to torque shit without breaking it.
What to do if you break the head off a bolt etc...
It is a long process.
If i wasn't sure someone had at least a base foundation I wouldn't trust them to jack up and crawl under a car.
I was raised in autobody shops, went on to work on heavy equipment.
So I have seen shit go wrong for even seasoned people.
You don't have to be smart
But you have to be taught
I don!t trust people on youtube with my hardwood floor.
How to torque shit without breaking it.
What to do if you break the head off a bolt etc...
It is a long process.
If i wasn't sure someone had at least a base foundation I wouldn't trust them to jack up and crawl under a car.
I was raised in autobody shops, went on to work on heavy equipment.
So I have seen shit go wrong for even seasoned people.
You don't have to be smart
But you have to be taught
I don!t trust people on youtube with my hardwood floor.
neosapien
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That is so true too. I've met plenty of doctors who drop 80k on a pool and can't figure out how to hook up their garden hose.
Jimmyjonestoo
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Wish I could help man. We just dropped a ton of money on a new trailer, fixing up the older ones and some new appliances so I'm pretty tapped til this first snow billing starts rolling in.
abalonehx
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ha the dude on the end was settin his beer down on the bumper. 'hold on...'word, be careful
Blue Wizard
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I do the same thing except I buy mine used online. I've got most of mine from ThriftBooks on ebay ( I think that's their name) I bought a Chiltons and a Haynes for my Ford Tempo, used, for under $5 shipped each. They are a little beat up and the pages are starting to yellow but for $3.99 shipped it's a steal and I don't feel bad about writing in it or getting oil on it like a new one.
whitebb2727
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That's why you get a manual for the car and a torque wrench. The manual will list the torque specs for important bolts.
You do it long enough you get a calibrated elbow. I can torque a bolt pretty damn close to what a precise wrench can.
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