The Pitstop

David Winslow

12:00 AM

what are your goals for it?

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

Goal #1: Get it running

Goal #2: See Goal #1

David Winslow

haha. you like cars? welcome to your new hobby: wishing you could drive it

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

@DavidWinslow - You speak from experience, I see.

Yah, his Impreza is coming along. I just need to get time to work on it.

David Winslow

looks like a fun project.

so i ordered a shift kit for my th325.. two in fact. they called me to let me know they spoke to the manufacturer and there was only one to ship me because it was the last one

ever

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

"ever" ... that's funny.

David Winslow

12:12 AM

forums.nicoclub.com/…

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

That is AWESOME!

And it should work great, actually.

One of the posts said something about not doing it if it were cast iron ... all you have to do is put it on "heated dry" and it shouldn't be an issue.

When I was in BASIC Training for the Army, we ran as hot of water as we could into the sink, then dunked our rifles into them to clean them out ... no rusting issues there. Worked great. Water evaped from the guns before anything could happen.

David Winslow

i think my wife would kill me more than anything

but thinking about spending x amount of dollars for someone to leave that in a tank overnight is killing me XD

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

Yes, I just installed a new one in our kitchen a few months ago ... don't think I'd dare to do it either.

Absolutely ... really shouldn't be that expensive though, I wouldn't think.

I don't think they leave them over night, either. Just for an hour or something along those lines.

David Winslow

i called every shop in my area. the only place that wasnt awful over the phone wanted a $500 deposit lol

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

You're kidding me ... I'd take it down to the local car wash and have at it.

Absolutely stupid.

Anyway, I need to head to bed. Thanks for stopping in. Hope you find something a little more reasonable for that block to get washed.

David Winslow

12:19 AM

ok thanks ill be around to answer some questions for the next few days nice to see ya

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

@DavidWinslow - Later Bro! Have a good one and keep us up to date with the Caddy!

Zach Mierzejewski

12:50 AM

Hey, I've been editing questions these past couple of days and have notice a non-negligible amount of questions do not have an actual question. I've been putting in a simple "What could be causing this? How do I diagnose this?", but I don't know if that's acceptable or annoying people.

Also, I've been editing several questions bumped by Community. I feel bad for re-bumping them after editing, but they're on the front page anyways.

Bob Cross

1:09 AM

@ZachMierzejewski that sounds like a perfectly reasonable edit. Sometimes people come in the door with a useful set of symptoms but don't actually state the problem that they're trying to solve.

anonymous2

1:58 AM

@ZachMierzejewski Don't worry about re-bumping them. Since your doing valuable editing, the community doesn't mind seeing them twice.

Zaid

3:04 AM

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Q: Engine overheating/mayo in oil sump mystery

So I have this old Skoda Estelle with its original carbureted engine working so far so good. A few days ago I realized it was consuming too much water and running a bit hot. A few days later I found out the water was coming into the oil sump and contaminated the oil, the famous "mayo" thing. I ...

This is a nice question

David Winslow

3:26 AM

lets try to get a look at the engine

boy these are weird looking engines

Nick C

9:38 AM

@Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 The Ford Pinto problem...

Ford found out they would explode when crashed into, but worked out it was cheaper to deal with the lawsuits than to issue a recall. The media found out...

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

@NickC - I mentioned the "Chariot of Fire" a little further up the chat.

But exactly.

Car companies do it all the time. Like I said ... Risk Management

Off to get my workout in ... be back on later.

Nick C

@Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 So you did, I missed that!

Zaid

10:21 AM

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Q: If the square root of two is irrational, why can it be created by dividing two numbers?

I'm doing pre-calculus and got a bit caught on this question… I looked online and it said that a number is rational if it can be the quotient of two integers. So I did this: I know that it is irrational because if this was actually rational, mathematicians would have figured out. So my questio...

irrational-numbers

Myself

11:04 AM

@Zaid not so good question, IMHO

Zaid

@Myself I like the top answer

Myself

@Zaid Yes, that's a good one

Short, but contains every necessary information to point the asker in the right direction without leaving room for wrong assumptions

anonymous2

11:50 AM

6

Q: 04 GMC Savanna G2500 4.8 V8 No Power

First time I looked at this the A/C compressor clutch wasn't engaging. Long story short: the high side pressure switch on the back of the compressor was unplugged. Noted that the engine was shaking (like it was misfiring) as I was watching them add refrigerant. The next day I get the call asking...

engine troubleshooting gmc misfire savanna

Bob Cross

@Zaid I do everything with a calculator and believe whatever numbers the calculator shows me and it showed me that if I type 5318008 ... ;-)

JoErNanO

@MoveMoreCommentsLinkToTop Not this one I'm afraid.

I realise I'll have to take pictures of the damned place one day.

anonymous2

@BobCross, congratulations on your re-election.

JoErNanO

@Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 @DucatiKiller @BobCross Congrats for the election. Thanks to all the candidates and to the pro-tempore mod team.

Myself

12:06 PM

@BobCross So: 10E99 + 1 - 10E99 = 0 ? :)

JoErNanO

@Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 @DucatiKiller My slate-of-wood-and-testicles workbench idea failed miserably.

@MoveMoreCommentsLinkToTop With a 2A draw at 12V I think you are right in saying that a motorbike battery is unlikely to do the trick.

Zaid

12:20 PM

@BobCross 55378008 was doing the rounds a fair bit in the early noughties

Myself

@JoErNanO Actually I see only three possibilities for you:
1. You carry always a big, heavy UPS to your garage.
2. You get a power line in your garage.
3. You get a new garage

Bob Cross

Thanks and thanks again. :-)

@Zaid see that's just sad. Why make the world a worse place? ;-)

JoErNanO

@Myself I think that LED lights and a car battery should do the trick. Or LED lighting with inbuilt rechargeable batteries. No need for an UPS. I can't get a power line in there since there are no plugs. I could get a new garage but across the town there are only two places where garage boxes have electricity. Both are far away from my house and don't really strike me as the most secure places to store motorbikes. Does the term "paper garage doors" ring any bells. :)

Myself

@JoErNanO Ok, got it.

"garage boxes": Are they outdoors?

JoErNanO

@Myself Exactly.

We are talking about a row of garage boxes, with thin rusty doors, easily accessible from the public street. No barrier or anything.

At least my current setting is underground and there are two thick electrical doors between my garage and the public road.

Myself

12:29 PM

Some solution as "solar panel - > charger -> battery" would be viable?

JoErNanO

@Myself It could be. I can maybe run a long cable. I'll need to find a solar panel with enough juice though.

Dammit I gotta get a real job, buy an actual house, build a garage, and go live in it forever.

Bob Cross

@JoErNanO pro tip; the spouse gets cranky if you live exclusively in the garage. Adapt that info to your situation before making life choices.... ;-)

JoErNanO

@BobCross You're not gonna talk me out of my life plan, are you?! :)

Bob Cross

@JoErNanO not at all. Just laying some knowledge on you. Think of me as the voice of Garages Future. Wooooo! Spoooooky!!!!!

Real life frustration: let's go, updated DNS record! Where are you? I'm sick of typing raw IPs!

My life is such a trail of tears.

Jonathan Musso

12:45 PM

@DucatiKiller Did you guys make it already?

@Zaid You are too kind! I will take a look.

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

@JoErNanO TYVM

Nick C

1:08 PM

@JoErNanO I now have a similar problem - my new garage is in a block around 100m from the house, so running a power cable ought to be just about possible, but will be a PITA and expensive if I want one hefty enough to take a decent current

I've bought one of these as a short-term lighting fix: screwfix.com/p/ae0295-rechargeable-led-work-light-23w-12-240v/…

but I think a genny is probably the best option for power tools

that or battery-powered tools ,but they tend to be expensive

JoErNanO

@NickC How is the worklight? Does it provide a decent amount of light? Focused or not?

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

1:35 PM

@NickC - Battery tools for the win.

Myself

A small air compressor is priceless, even better : A big one

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Zaid

1:55 PM

@IanRingrose I'm not particularly bothered about how it's implemented; as long as users receive relevant posts for review I couldn't care less if the process involved pixie dust, oompa-loompas and one-eyed unicorns. — Zaid 3 mins ago

The user doesn't need a cordless drill, they need a hole in the wall

@Myself some jokes are better left unexplained :)

Myself

@Zaid do I messed up your insider joke by explaining it?

Zaid

@Myself fortunately it's not my joke. But I don't think you understood what Bob was talking about :)

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

@Myself - Your sense of humor ... Priceless

Myself

2:12 PM

@Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 Biggest problem on chat is that it is quite difficult to know if somebody is intending on making a joke, insulting somebody or just trying to bring in some thoughts.

Just to clarify: I did not try to rub it in that missing power is a bad thing

JoErNanO

@Myself Yes you did you mean meanie!

Don't hide behind the air compressor!

Myself

@JoErNanO I will stand ashamed in the edge. I promise

:)

Zaid

I think @JoErNanO needs to redefine what constitutes a garage:

Jonathan Musso

^ love it

Myself

@Zaid I doubt the the ladies will agree

JoErNanO

2:23 PM

@Zaid There'll be no 4-wheelers in my garage, thank you very much.

Nick C

@JoErNanO It does provide a decent amount of light, and it's got a big diffuser, so you get a fairly even spread, but it's still a point source, so you still have the usual problem of getting in your own shadow as you're trying to work

@Myself The problem with that is that most consumer air compressors are mains-powered! Petrol ones seem to be really expensive

JoErNanO

@NickC Thanks for the comeback. I could put them on a stand either side of the workbench to fight with the shadows.

Nick C

@JoErNanO I was thinking of trying to make a mount above the workbench to create a downlighter

but I have to make the workbench first...

and would still need some kind of ground-level light for when working unde ra car

Jonathan Musso

Nick is solar an optionÉ

Zaid

@JoErNanO my bad. Hope this is better :)

JoErNanO

2:26 PM

@NickC OK it is pretty clear to me that this should become a Mechanics.SE project. I'll start creating the kickstarter bid.

Nick C

@JonathanMusso It might be - I need to see if I can mount something on the rood

JoErNanO

@Zaid Does it fit a track bike in thhere?

Nick C

roof even

@JoErNanO :)

JoErNanO

@NickC I heard that @BobCross and @Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 are loaded and will be more than happy to be our angel investors.

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Zaid

@JoErNanO maybe it is the track tricycle :)

JoErNanO

2:28 PM

@DucatiKiller On the other hand might have to be the CTO. Else he'll get jealous and all. You know how these things go @NickC.

@Zaid Now there's a great idea.

@Zaid How do you knee drag on it? Does it require a co-pilot?

Zaid

@JoErNanO do I have to explain everything? :)

JoErNanO

2:45 PM

@Zaid So you're saying we need a native Indian driver?

Bob Cross

@JoErNanO dude, it's way too early in the day to get loaded. I want to keep my job!

JoErNanO

3:02 PM

@BobCross Oh come on be honest. Don't you wish you were at home in the garage sipping a nice Port Ellen?

Zaid

@JoErNanO the important thing is the paint scheme. The driver is an optional extra

JoErNanO

@Zaid Oh yes. Obviously. That's Ducati Racing Yellow right there.

Bob Cross

@JoErNanO I have ten GALLONS of beer at home, waiting to go into bottles. Every day is a struggle not to just stick a straw in there and drink my sorrows away. ;-)

JoErNanO

Party at @BobCross' house everyone!

Myself

In the wild days, many years ago at the workplace of a good friend of mine they had the habit of shocking the new colleagues.

So during driving his ambulance he asked the new medic to get him "his epilepsy medicine(!)" from the glove box. Hearing that her ambulance driver suffers from epilepsy she looked a bit worried.

When she opened it some empty beer bottles fell out (he placed them before)

So later in the day she wanted to confront the boss about it. When she opened his door she noticed some bottles of wine on his desk...

Bob Cross

3:08 PM

My address is 123 Fake Street, Nowhere NY 78910

Myself

Turns out that she was kinda angry when they admitted that everything was made up

JoErNanO

:D

@BobCross Isn't it 1313 Cemetery Lane?

Zaid

@JoErNanO not according to Google

DucatiKiller

@JoErNanO Perhaps using body parts as components to your wood bench undermined your success. Just thinking out loud here....

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

@JoErNanO - Yah, wish in one hand, spit in the other ... I'm about as loaded as the bank vault portrayed in the movie Now You See Me ... It's all there one minute; the next? Poof - gone

DucatiKiller

3:21 PM

Howdy @Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

Zaid

Hey guys

How are those shiny diamonds treating you?

DucatiKiller

@Zaid We are heady with power. It's corrupting us. @Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 won't even return my chatting requests. It's the beginning of the Apocalypse.

@Zaid Other than that. It's an amazing day!!!!! How you doin?

PLUS....there's this.

Paul the Octopus

Paul the Octopus (26 January 2008 – 26 October 2010) was a common octopus who was used to predict the results of association football matches. Accurate predictions in the 2010 World Cup brought him worldwide attention as an animal oracle. During divinations, Paul's keepers would present him with two boxes containing food. Each box was identical except for the fact that they were decorated with the different team flags of the competitors of an upcoming football match. Whichever box Paul ate from first would be considered his prediction for which team would win the match. His keepers at the Sea Life...

Zaid

@DucatiKiller surviving. Getting ready to wrap up my day at the office

Myself

@DucatiKiller going home in a few minutes

DucatiKiller

I'm just starting mine. 8:30 AM here.

JoErNanO

3:36 PM

@DucatiKiller Should've hacked sturdier bodies.

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

@DucatiKiller - Doomed I tell yah!

DucatiKiller

@JoErNanO Should.....would....could....these are all words.

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

Nay, Hopping back and forth between online and work computer. I cannot see the online side when I'm on the work computer. KVM switches the display out.

@DucatiKiller - Good, usable words.

DucatiKiller

@Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 What box are you going to eat out of for the Cleveland vs Chicago series?

anonymous2

@DucatiKiller Your not talking about your fellow mod, I hope?

DucatiKiller

3:39 PM

@anonymous2 Of course not!

anonymous2

;)

JoErNanO

@Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 Maybe if you stopped spending it all on wrecked old shattered cars and bought a nice new shiny Ducati for a change... :)

OK wait a second. Did we really elect @BobCross @DucatiKiller and @Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2?! For Pete's sake WHAT HAVE WE DONE?!

There's no coming back.

anonymous2

You mean we can't impeach?

What kind of democracy is this?

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

@DucatiKiller - I think I'm on a starvation diet for that one.

DucatiKiller

@JoErNanO There's no point in looking backward. Just look to the future and it's greyscale lifeless landscape.

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

3:50 PM

And that landscape is very barren.

DucatiKiller

It's intimidating.

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

Very

anonymous2

@Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 Oh dear, I guess I expressed the wrong sentiments in my meta post, then.

DucatiKiller

Google Fiber is pulling out of Phoenix. The humanities....

Why can't we have nice things here?

JoErNanO

@DucatiKiller It's like Mordor.

DucatiKiller

3:53 PM

@JoErNanO It's exactly like that

anonymous2

Mod-er-a-tor spinning in a tree!
Mod-er-a-tor can’t see me!
Attercop! Attercop!
Won't you stop,
Stop your spinning and look for me!

Not in Mordor, but anyhow.

JK, BTW.

DucatiKiller

Bilbo had a way with words.

anonymous2

Mod-er-a-tor spinning on the web!
Mod-er-a-tor can’t ping me!
Attercop! Attercop!
Won't you stop,
Stop your googling and look for me!

Try that instead.

Ok, never mind. I'm in a weird mood today.

Don't take me seriously.

DucatiKiller

@anonymous2 Sometimes we just need to express ourselves.

I'll express myself and say, this article makes me very sad.

alphr.com/cars/1004630/…

anonymous2

@DucatiKiller 'Tis the case. You still have to watch out what you say, though...

@DucatiKiller Don't worry, it's just Audi...

DucatiKiller

4:01 PM

<sigh>

It's very sad.....

anonymous2

(Like as though they weren't worth $14 Billion.)

DucatiKiller

Memories of Allan McNish crushing everyone

I'm exhausted. Can I borrow a cot from someone?

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

@DucatiKiller - sure

Myself

@DucatiKiller Come here and ask me in person, perhaps I will say yes. :)

Bob Cross

@Zaid I was looking at the photos display on my phone the other day. I haven't been to South America, Africa or Antarctica. There's your hint for the day.

DucatiKiller

4:10 PM

@Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 @Myself TY.....such givers!

@BobCross No Interwebs in Antarctica. IMO it needs to be deprecated from the list.

Bob Cross

@DucatiKiller that's not actually true. You just need to go to the right place. Secretlairs.com for all your remote fortresses of evil!

DucatiKiller

@BobCross Is that where the bot get's installed to my machine and it becomes a DDOS minion?

Bob Cross

@DucatiKiller only if you're a NEWB! LOLZ ROFL ZOMG! 🙄

DucatiKiller

@BobCross Don't hate me because I'm beautiful.