Time for another off topic rant

[Kartorbust]

I'm kind of hoping the Slate vehicle does well. But with the body being made from polycarbonate, I don't know how well that will hold up long term.

 

[Thepartsguy]

Its all about manfacturing for profit.
Period.

Removed the tire inner fender the engine mount and stabilizer bar in a foot of mud to get the starter on a sorento.

Move it or it’s getting towed type situation. They said let it get towed.… They were jumping up and down when I had the engine dropped back down onto the mount and it all back together. started right up.

Like I had just did the impossible but in reality it was just me and like 3 floor jacks in the mud doing sketchy **** until It worked or someone gets hurt.

 

[Edwin Spangler]

Glad my newest vehicle is an 07. Just bought an 03 Suburban also. Screw this new ****.

 

[Grizzlymi]

03 Silverado here, same as your Suburban. 5.3 Vortec?

 

[Edwin Spangler]

Yeap. Im just loving the hi/low 4WD..

 

[Grizzlymi]

Picked mine up from my buddies dad who retired in 03. Didn't drive it much. Picked it up in 2018 for $6,000. No body rust, just same frame and undercarriage from sitting in garages. Just turned a 100,000 miles a few months ago. Those 5.3 engines seem to be bullet proof.

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

I got pretty good at Heater cores in 99-04 grand cherokees. Book says 12 hours. I could do it in 8 hours. Entire dash has to be removed. Floor trim and A-pillar trim. Steering wheel dropped. Seats removed. Center console. Then the dash module. After all that then ac and heater lines on the fire wall under the hood.. Then you can take the hvac box out and split it open. Service the door foams while your there.
There one 10mm bolt hidden way up behind the dash. Thats the hidden one no one tells you about.

Got good at the radiators too. All the bumper and front and inner facia have to come off just for 2 screws that can't be reached other wise.

 

[Sparkwizard]

Retired Master auto repair tech here. I drive a 1989 Silverado 4x4 and a 1990 Toyota Tercel. I have a huge tool box full of diagnostic tools and special tools to disassemble overengineered garbage that I will never use again. Wifey drives a 09 Camry.
I recently had t add refrigerant to the Tercel. I keep R134 on hand, so I pulled the gauges out and opened the hood to find it still had R12 in it after 35 years. They don't make them like that anymore. It is carbureted and has a 3 speed automatic without OD.

 

[Edwin Spangler]

Retired Master auto repair tech here. I drive a 1989 Silverado 4x4 and a 1990 Toyota Tercel. I have a huge tool box full of diagnostic tools and special tools to disassemble overengineered garbage that I will never use again. Wifey drives a 09 Camry.
I recently had t add refrigerant to the Tercel. I keep R134 on hand, so I pulled the gauges out and opened the hood to find it still had R12 in it after 35 years. They don't make them like that anymore. It is carbureted and has a 3 speed automatic without OD.

My 86 300zx had left over r12. I always wonder if it still worked. I just assumed it didnt, never checked and just removed the AC.

 

[Hellion]

I think about over engineered modern HMTs all the time. *Homogenous Transportation Modules. I was going to say as practical men we could dispense with modern cars and revert to an 80’s or earlier car with a V8 and carburetor. I will call this “Uncle Tony’s Garage wisdom”. I didn’t expect our high school guy to say the same thing.

I personally don’t need these modern electronic contrivances nor a large LCD screen on the dash. A/C as well as a radio are both pretty much a necessity. Air bags would be nice too. In fact your phone could be the entertainment center, you can already play tunes and navigate with it.

UTG talks about all that and the “complex, nearly unfixable modern car”. I think he has a few videos where he puts a modern carburetor on a previously fuel injected engine…

i thought i grabed the 2stroke can.....well i didnt

I label all my fuel jugs with a Sharpie and a piece of tape.

 

[Sparkwizard]

Red is GAS, yellow is DIESEL and clear/white/translucent is 2 stroke. I can even tell the mix ratio in the white container. These should never be used in the wrong applications. I do use 2 stroke mix when reviving barn finds and breaking in recent rebuilds, but that's just my overly cautious nature.
Mixing 2 cycle stuff in a red can when an illiterate teenager can possibly pour it in your equipment is a sure sign of poor judgement or insanity.

 

[Kartorbust]

I have all my gas cans labeled. Got a 5 gallon for ethanol free, a 2.5 gallon for ethanol free, and a 2 gallon for 50:1 mixed for chainsaw and weed whip.

 

[Edwin Spangler]

weed whip.

Ive never heard this and Im totally stealing it! My Stihl is now my weed whipper!

 

[Grizzlymi]

Ive never heard this and Im totally stealing it! My Stihl is now my weed whipper!

Where are you from? We have called it a weed whipper since I can remember. Must be a regional thing I guess.

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

I prefer my weeds whacked not whipped.

 

[Kartorbust]

Ive never heard this and Im totally stealing it! My Stihl is now my weed whipper!

Really? I've known this term for the better part of my 33 year life on this orb. String trimmer just sounds weird. Weed eater is okay, but weed whip just speaks.

 

[Grizzlymi]

Weed whipper since I was a kid. Must be an east coast west coast thing.

 

[Kartorbust]

Weed whipper since I was a kid. Must be an east coast west coast thing.

I'm smack dab in the middle, Midwest.

 

[Grizzlymi]

I prefer my weeds whacked not whipped.

Weed whipper or weed whacker, I've used both.

 

[Grizzlymi]

I'm smack dab in the middle, Midwest.

Technically Michigan is Midwest, so East coast Midwest thing. Nebraska is true Midwest. IMO