Conversation

Notices

1. Embed this notice
   Bread up, Bro (sickburnbro@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 13-May-2024 21:22:48 JST Bread up, Bro
   maybe should do poll
   • Embed this notice
     Bread up, Bro (sickburnbro@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 13-May-2024 21:26:12 JST Bread up, Bro

     in reply to
     honestly, I'd say "long block" because pulling a head is experienced mechanic stuff in 2024. Back in the 70s, not as much .. but you also had a lot more room to work in.
   • Embed this notice
     BowserNoodle ☦️ (bowsacnoodle@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 13-May-2024 21:30:59 JST BowserNoodle ☦️

     in reply to
     @sickburnbro I'm torn on question 1, because I'm also in the long block camp, but I've done enough DIY stuff that people claim "you can't do that at home!" successfully to where I think I could do a full engine or tranny teardown and rebuild.
   • Embed this notice
     Bread up, Bro (sickburnbro@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 13-May-2024 21:32:01 JST Bread up, Bro

     in reply to

     • Trevor Goodchild:verified::pondering_orb:
     @TrevorGoodchild there is no progress without pain. You will shear bolts, you will destroy parts, but as long as you don't make the same mistake twice, the price is ususally worth the education.
     
     Same with exercise, as long as you do no permanent damage, it is worth it.
   • Embed this notice
     Trevor Goodchild:verified::pondering_orb: (trevorgoodchild@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 13-May-2024 21:32:02 JST Trevor Goodchild:verified::pondering_orb:

     in reply to
     @sickburnbro I did a similar one on goob regarding fitness. I believe the question I asked was "can you run 5k without stopping for rest". No mention on time required.
     
     Results were not promising, excuses were abundant
   • Embed this notice
     Bread up, Bro (sickburnbro@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 13-May-2024 21:33:49 JST Bread up, Bro

     in reply to

     • BowserNoodle ☦️
     @BowsacNoodle I could certainly do a full rebuild at home, it's just about time and tools. Most people don't have the tools to correctly re-seat the head on a modern vehicle with an overhead cam ( extra weight )
     BowserNoodle ☦️ likes this.
   • Embed this notice
     Trevor Goodchild:verified::pondering_orb: (trevorgoodchild@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 13-May-2024 21:34:55 JST Trevor Goodchild:verified::pondering_orb:

     in reply to
     @sickburnbro The famous quote regarding either suffering the pain of discipline or suffering the pain of regret comes to mind.
     Bread up, Bro likes this.
   • Embed this notice
     Bread up, Bro (sickburnbro@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 13-May-2024 21:35:26 JST Bread up, Bro

     in reply to

     • Trevor Goodchild:verified::pondering_orb:
     @TrevorGoodchild the culture used to make sure people knew the pain of regret
   • Embed this notice
     Bloodytailspike (monsterislandcolonizer@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 13-May-2024 21:37:42 JST Bloodytailspike

     in reply to
     @sickburnbro I've replaced the starter before and I had no idea what I was doing. I have the sense that car manufacturers like to gatekeep knowledge about how their vehicles work so that as few people can work on them as possible
   • Embed this notice
     Bread up, Bro (sickburnbro@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 13-May-2024 21:37:42 JST Bread up, Bro

     in reply to

     • Bloodytailspike
     @monsterislandcolonizer well, I can understand both sides. The government makes rules forcing car manufacturers to do things, and the result is more complicated cars.
   • Embed this notice
     Bread up, Bro (sickburnbro@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 13-May-2024 21:41:20 JST Bread up, Bro

     in reply to

     • Bloodytailspike
     • demonofustio
     @demonofustio @monsterislandcolonizer well, a lot of that is due to complexity of meeting dumb epa numbers on new cars. Fouling on direct injection is an example of this. Car manufactures figured it out and made updates so it would do a little upper manifold injection to help.
   • Embed this notice
     demonofustio (demonofustio@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 13-May-2024 21:41:21 JST demonofustio

     in reply to

     • Bloodytailspike
     @sickburnbro @monsterislandcolonizer And terrible fuel quality where engines go bad over time.
   • Embed this notice
     wing_str (wing_str@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 13-May-2024 21:47:40 JST wing_str

     in reply to

     • Trevor Goodchild:verified::pondering_orb:
     @sickburnbro @TrevorGoodchild Today they make sure people take the path that leads to regret and line it with pharmaceuticals, gradually increasing the cost of being alive.
     Bread up, Bro likes this.
   • Embed this notice
     Biker Fren (acl9000@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 13-May-2024 21:53:45 JST Biker Fren

     in reply to
     @sickburnbro That 27/73 breakdown suggests the majority of respondents were wammen.
   • Embed this notice
     Bread up, Bro (sickburnbro@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 13-May-2024 21:53:45 JST Bread up, Bro

     in reply to

     • Biker Fren
     @ACL9000 hence why I'm reasking here. so repoast for reach
   • Embed this notice
     Bread up, Bro (sickburnbro@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 13-May-2024 21:56:52 JST Bread up, Bro

     in reply to

     • Trevor Goodchild:verified::pondering_orb:
     • Biker Fren
     @ACL9000 @TrevorGoodchild and a 5k is easy. go up to half marathon without stopping and I bet general populace is like 1% if not less.
   • Embed this notice
     Biker Fren (acl9000@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 13-May-2024 21:56:53 JST Biker Fren

     in reply to

     • Trevor Goodchild:verified::pondering_orb:
     @TrevorGoodchild @sickburnbro That 5k poll stuck with me. Answering yes put you in the top 45%.
   • Embed this notice
     AlyoCat (aly@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 13-May-2024 22:02:01 JST AlyoCat

     in reply to

     • Trevor Goodchild:verified::pondering_orb:
     @TrevorGoodchild @sickburnbro 3.1 miles is not a thing. Hopefully this was eye opening to people. They can leave the car and walk to the market.
   • Embed this notice
     Special Guest Star (s2208@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Monday, 13-May-2024 22:02:01 JST Special Guest Star

     in reply to

     • Trevor Goodchild:verified::pondering_orb:
     • AlyoCat
     that's 5 kilometers
   • Embed this notice
     Bread up, Bro (sickburnbro@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 13-May-2024 22:02:10 JST Bread up, Bro

     in reply to

     • Trevor Goodchild:verified::pondering_orb:
     • Dudebro
     @Dudebro @TrevorGoodchild oh believe me, you can.
   • Embed this notice
     Dudebro (dudebro@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Monday, 13-May-2024 22:02:11 JST Dudebro

     in reply to

     • Trevor Goodchild:verified::pondering_orb:
     You don’t sheer bolts if you use a damn torque wrench, kids these days dont want to do shit correctly.
   • Embed this notice
     Bread up, Bro (sickburnbro@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 13-May-2024 22:07:57 JST Bread up, Bro

     in reply to

     • Trevor Goodchild:verified::pondering_orb:
     • NorseRealist :sonnenrad:
     • Dudebro
     @NorseRealist @Dudebro @TrevorGoodchild I've made the mistake of using a big torque wrench on a small bolt and it didn't click because it was at the absolute low end of the range
   • Embed this notice
     NorseRealist :sonnenrad: (norserealist@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 13-May-2024 22:07:58 JST NorseRealist :sonnenrad:

     in reply to

     • Trevor Goodchild:verified::pondering_orb:
     • Dudebro
     @Dudebro @TrevorGoodchild @sickburnbro half the people how actually know what a torque wrench is still use it wrong from my experience
   • Embed this notice
     Bread up, Bro (sickburnbro@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 14-May-2024 03:49:58 JST Bread up, Bro

     in reply to

     • Bloodytailspike
     • WilhelmIII
     • Biker Fren
     • demonofustio
     @WilhelmIII @ACL9000 @demonofustio @monsterislandcolonizer I do sta-bil on anything that will sit more than a month.
   • Embed this notice
     WilhelmIII (wilhelmiii@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Tuesday, 14-May-2024 03:49:59 JST WilhelmIII

     in reply to

     • Bloodytailspike
     • Biker Fren
     • demonofustio
     The alcohol is hygroscopic, so the moisture in the air eventually turns to varnish in the tank.
     
     If you live in a low-humidity area you have less to worry about.
     
     Where I live every gas can gets Sta-Bil when I fill it.
   • Embed this notice
     demonofustio (demonofustio@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 14-May-2024 03:50:00 JST demonofustio

     in reply to

     • Bloodytailspike
     @sickburnbro @monsterislandcolonizer I mean i guess but all i have to do is talk to my boomer landlord and he explains how the new fuel kills everything.
   • Embed this notice
     Biker Fren (acl9000@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 14-May-2024 03:50:00 JST Biker Fren

     in reply to

     • Bloodytailspike
     • demonofustio
     @demonofustio @sickburnbro @monsterislandcolonizer I run pump ethanol-contaminated gas in everything, and I let it sit over winter. Works fine. I have never found damage to any aluminum or rubber, and I haven't found varnish in any float bowls. I have next to no idea why today's gas has such a reputation.
   • Embed this notice
     Bread up, Bro (sickburnbro@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 14-May-2024 03:55:50 JST Bread up, Bro

     in reply to

     • Bloodytailspike
     • WilhelmIII
     • Biker Fren
     • demonofustio
     @demonofustio @WilhelmIII @ACL9000 @monsterislandcolonizer if you have a problem with a mower, it's probably the carb. if you take it off and blow carb cleaner through all the ports you can probably find what isn't working.
   • Embed this notice
     demonofustio (demonofustio@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 14-May-2024 03:55:51 JST demonofustio

     in reply to

     • Bloodytailspike
     • WilhelmIII
     • Biker Fren
     @sickburnbro @WilhelmIII @ACL9000 @monsterislandcolonizer I use the stabilizer too. It works thank goodness. I learned my lesson 2 years ago when running a mower. Lost that one couldnt g3t it to run and wasted like300$ off the first one. So ive been more care tended to make sure doesnt break.
   • Embed this notice
     Bread up, Bro (sickburnbro@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 14-May-2024 04:03:43 JST Bread up, Bro

     in reply to

     • Bloodytailspike
     • WilhelmIII
     • Biker Fren
     • demonofustio
     @demonofustio @WilhelmIII @ACL9000 @monsterislandcolonizer yeah the plastic carbs are very disappointing.
   • Embed this notice
     demonofustio (demonofustio@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 14-May-2024 04:03:44 JST demonofustio

     in reply to

     • Bloodytailspike
     • WilhelmIII
     • Biker Fren
     @sickburnbro @WilhelmIII @ACL9000 @monsterislandcolonizer Oh we did with the 2nd one i bought whih i dissabled. The 1st one belonged to my landlord but he disnt want to put money down for lawn moorer cause of how fustrating it was to take care of them.
     
     We found out this new honda Bridgeport lawn moore that have no primer or choke function, has a <plastic carbortor> most pieces are made of plastic. Further more the air intake valve for the carborator. Is a very tiny hole. And its just too tiny in general.
     
     Like maybe 5mm? So we had to make it a tad bigger so it doesnt get clogged when we deal with the varnish.
   • Embed this notice
     WilhelmIII (wilhelmiii@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Tuesday, 14-May-2024 04:50:22 JST WilhelmIII

     in reply to

     • Bloodytailspike
     • WilhelmIII
     • Biker Fren
     • demonofustio
     I've had bad gas in my genset and that is very bad juju.
     
     Since then I Sta-Bil all my gas and have had zero problems.
     
     YMMV.
     Bread up, Bro likes this.
   • Embed this notice
     Bread up, Bro (sickburnbro@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 14-May-2024 04:51:36 JST Bread up, Bro

     in reply to

     • Bloodytailspike
     • WilhelmIII
     • Biker Fren
     • demonofustio
     @WilhelmIII @ACL9000 @demonofustio @monsterislandcolonizer gensets in particular you want to be careful with because they do a lot of sitting unless you're on a construction site and you can never 100% empty a carb.