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Posted: 3/19/2017 3:03:40 AM EDT
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Spent a bunch of time in a plow truck to cover for someone else this week. Was looking forward to the overtime. Got paid and it was all straight time. After taxes worked out to a whopping 4 bucks an hour of push time. Told the owner I was never pushing for him again and he didn't seem to care. I'd taken my resume down, guess I'll put it back up and grease the toolbox wheels.
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Posted: 3/19/2017 2:13:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By EFB16ACRX:
Spent a bunch of time in a plow truck to cover for someone else this week. Was looking forward to the overtime. Got paid and it was all straight time. After taxes worked out to a whopping 4 bucks an hour of push time. Told the owner I was never pushing for him again and he didn't seem to care. I'd taken my resume down, guess I'll put it back up and grease the toolbox wheels. |
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Posted: 3/19/2017 7:39:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jeep450:
He's too stupid to see a problem |
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Posted: 3/20/2017 1:44:33 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Keekleberrys]
[#4]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By EFB16ACRX:
He knows exactly what he's doing, but as long as he has people willing to take it, and he does, why should he do anything different? As much as it pisses me off, he is making the right decision from a money standpoint. Pretty soon here. We're gonna have these fuckers by the balls and be able to ask whatever we want for our skills. It's going to be fucking awesome. There is no new talent coming in, shit gets more complicated by the month. And thats why you see habitual drunks and drug addicts hopping from shop to shop to shop and the fucked up shit is they get a raise each time because service managers are trying to mooch talent from wherever possible. Loyalty is discouraged, not rewarded. You see all these shops with empty stalls because service managers hold out for that "qualified" candidate. They won't hire from within or do on the job training to bring a motivated candidate up to speed, partially because they are in a bind because manufacturers wont let them bill warranty, but also majorly their own doing. So you end up getting these washouts that are absolute fucking trainwrecks, sure they have certs, but that work a couple months and move on when they get fired. Rinse/repeat. |
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Posted: 3/22/2017 2:01:20 PM EDT
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signing up for ASE testing sure has changed alot hasn't
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Posted: 3/22/2017 7:41:24 PM EDT
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I've been doing the Pacific institute "investment in excellence" program again. I did it eight years ago. It changed my life. It's a company wide thing. Turns out humble mechanic was there. He seems to have quite a following on YouTube. I hadn't watched any of his stuff, but I was aware of his existence. I did not know that he was employed by our company. I am curious how VW feels about him offering training manual copies on his website. I wonder if the company even knows that he does this. Anyhow, I didn't have the opportunity to speak with him directly. I was happy to know our owner knows me, and seems to think highly of me. She is incredibly nice but very busy and hasn't been to our dealership in fifteen years that I'm aware of. I've seen her a handful of times other places, she has always at least acknowledged me even if she was too occupied to speak with me.
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Posted: 3/22/2017 8:40:42 PM EDT
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I think they made him stop filming at the dealership.
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Posted: 3/22/2017 8:41:31 PM EDT
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Tell us about the program.
Yes I know I could google it but it wouldn't tell us anything from the viewpoint of who done it. |
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Posted: 3/23/2017 5:25:28 AM EDT
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It teaches you about how your mind works, and how you end up at your place in life. Your subconscious is interprets everything you say literally. This is why you must filter your thoughts and be a gatekeeper to what you allow in to your thoughts and accept as fact.
Use positive self talk. Council yourself. Coach yourself and others correctly. Don't focus on the error, focus on the positive outcome. If you visualize yourself in a certain way, that is what you become. It works however you want it to. "Bob is not a morning person". Well Bob hears his mom tell someone else this. Bob sees mom as a person of authority who's statements have merit. Bob lives as if he is not a morning person. He was told this, and becomes this way. When he has a rough morning, well that's ok because that is his normal. If Bob wants to repair the damage, he can use affirmations, visualization and self coaching to become a rested person who begins his day at six AM eager to begin work. That sort of thing. I'm there for a touch up. I'm realizing that I'm doing a lot of things correctly. I want to do more... I want to elevate my lifestyle again. So it's time to revisit this. It's very important to our company, they let you bring your spouse and even do one for kids. |
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Posted: 3/23/2017 8:52:13 AM EDT
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that sounds pretty cool
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Posted: 3/23/2017 12:12:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Keekleberrys:
Except pretty soon theres gonna be noone left to take it. Pretty soon here. We're gonna have these fuckers by the balls and be able to ask whatever we want for our skills. It's going to be fucking awesome. There is no new talent coming in, shit gets more complicated by the month. And thats why you see habitual drunks and drug addicts hopping from shop to shop to shop and the fucked up shit is they get a raise each time because service managers are trying to mooch talent from wherever possible. Loyalty is discouraged, not rewarded. You see all these shops with empty stalls because service managers hold out for that "qualified" candidate. They won't hire from within or do on the job training to bring a motivated candidate up to speed, partially because they are in a bind because manufacturers wont let them bill warranty, but also majorly their own doing. So you end up getting these washouts that are absolute fucking trainwrecks, sure they have certs, but that work a couple months and move on when they get fired. Rinse/repeat. I just signed up for her to go to the World Pac Training Expo. It costs me 2500. Per person. I may go, havent decided. Last time I was underwhelmed by the classes. It seems I may have educated myself beyond what they teach. Or they need to have testing required to get into certain levels of classes, because damn the questions I hear make my damn head hurt. How would you use brake clean to find a vacuum leak? Get a smoke machine. But I don't have one, how would I use brake clean? Dude you spent 2500 for school and you wont spend 800 bucks on a smoke machine? Fuck you and your shop. If I go to the expo this year I am making a shirt for my shop. "We are so nice, we do it twice!" Bavarian Motors, LLC |
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Posted: 3/24/2017 11:43:11 AM EDT
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Can anyone spot the $25k screw up?
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Posted: 3/24/2017 7:26:45 PM EDT
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There was a small fire.
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Posted: 3/24/2017 7:47:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By newguy2k3:
Can anyone spot the $25k screw up?https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/34327/image-172838.JPG |
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CO, USA
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Posted: 3/24/2017 7:53:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryMy old boss was rebuilding a carburator for his buddy. But the car was in his buddies garage while this was going on. His buddies son came home and tried to move the car so he could get to some yard equipment. Fired up the car with no carburator. And damed if it didn't start. The fuel line sprayed full fuel into the intake, then the engine caught fire, melted the starter cable and kept the engine cranking and the fuel flowing. So the kid spayed the engine (still turning over) with a fire extinguisher.
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Posted: 3/24/2017 7:56:56 PM EDT
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We worked on an SLK. It has an optional glass panel in its convertible top roof. Detail gets it and the glass panel is broken. It's sixteen thousand dollars. For the whole roof? No. For the glass. The roof is thirty thousand dollars. For an SLK. A 2014 slk worth maybe thirty five or so thousand dollars.
What. The. Fuck. There has got to be a way to make a tempered glass panel cheaper than that. That's just stupid. It's fucking stupid. It isn't even fair. Like some dummy punched in an extra zero, and the mistake hasn't been fixed. There is just no reason for a glass panel to cost that much. It isn't for the space shuttle. It's for a small roadster. I'd unbolt the whole Damn roof and Chuck it in the dumpster before I paid that much for a piece of glass. I'd rock a custom soft top. I'd replace the glass with a steel panel from a car that didn't have the option. It just doesn't make sense at that price. |
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Posted: 3/24/2017 9:35:57 PM EDT
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I worked for an aerospace company that sold various actuators to the oem at prices that were often near, at, or under cost.
Airlines were charged very dearly for spares or replacements. What does a replacement window cost if purchased from the local glass shop? |
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Posted: 3/24/2017 11:40:35 PM EDT
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My dad has made custom soft tops. I'm sure he would do it for 8k.
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Posted: 3/25/2017 12:35:52 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By tmleadr03:
My old boss was rebuilding a carburator for his buddy. But the car was in his buddies garage while this was going on. His buddies son came home and tried to move the car so he could get to some yard equipment. Fired up the car with no carburator. And damed if it didn't start. The fuel line sprayed full fuel into the intake, then the engine caught fire, melted the starter cable and kept the engine cranking and the fuel flowing. So the kid spayed the engine (still turning over) with a fire extinguisher. It was ugly. |
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Posted: 3/25/2017 2:29:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By saturnstyl:
We worked on an SLK. It has an optional glass panel in its convertible top roof. Detail gets it and the glass panel is broken. It's sixteen thousand dollars. For the whole roof? No. For the glass. The roof is thirty thousand dollars. For an SLK. A 2014 slk worth maybe thirty five or so thousand dollars. What. The. Fuck. There has got to be a way to make a tempered glass panel cheaper than that. That's just stupid. It's fucking stupid. It isn't even fair. Like some dummy punched in an extra zero, and the mistake hasn't been fixed. There is just no reason for a glass panel to cost that much. It isn't for the space shuttle. It's for a small roadster. I'd unbolt the whole Damn roof and Chuck it in the dumpster before I paid that much for a piece of glass. I'd rock a custom soft top. I'd replace the glass with a steel panel from a car that didn't have the option. It just doesn't make sense at that price. https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&campId=5337559805&toolId=10001&customId=j0plax4rzk00zk8a00004&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2F151987887286:g:iJcAAOSwzgRWxgaH&vxp=mtr |
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Posted: 3/25/2017 4:25:08 PM EDT
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When you find your fluke 88 you thought the power company worker stole after using it to diag no power at your house
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Posted: 3/26/2017 10:01:24 AM EDT
[Last Edit: ME2112]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jchewie1:
I worked for an aerospace company that sold various actuators to the oem at prices that were often near, at, or under cost. Airlines were charged very dearly for spares or replacements. What does a replacement window cost if purchased from the local glass shop? "You know the brakes were leaking before, right?" "Yeah, see which ones are leaking." Now jacking this heavy SOB up by hand, pulling the wheels, draining and pulling the planetaries, and pulling the hubs is about a 6 hour job. Boss man asks which ones are leaking. "I don't know." "Why not? Did you pull the boots back and check?" "Yes, they're all dry, the brake fluid must have soaked into them over the last 3 years." "Are you sure they were leaking?" So I get told to hone all of them and put them back in. My idea was to clean up the pistons (no rebuild kits available), take everything to a local machine shop, and have the cylinders bored out & fitted with sleeves made for each cylinder's piston diameter. It'll cost a hell of a lot less than $800 each. Nope, hone' em and put it back together. So 16 hours or so of work and we still have leaky brakes on a 30K pound machine that moves multimillion dollar aircraft around. That's the aviation GSE world for you LOL. |
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Posted: 3/26/2017 10:08:58 AM EDT
[Last Edit: ME2112]
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1998 Navistar 4900 fuel truck w/DT466. Dash hourmeter is stuck at 50900 hours, aftermarket meter has almost 4K on it.
 1998 Navistar 4900 w/DT466 Why the hell can I not post a YouTube video here? |
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Posted: 3/26/2017 10:58:13 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ME2112:
Late 80s Stewart & Stevenson aircraft tow tractor, 8 wheel cylinders at ~$800ish apiece. Relined brake shoes, $6500ish. Ours has some leaking cylinders, but because of the cost I was told to just put it back together and park it (years ago.) A few years go by and "bring pushback 1 in and go over it." "You know the brakes were leaking before, right?" "Yeah, see which ones are leaking." Now jacking this heavy SOB up by hand, pulling the wheels, draining and pulling the planetaries, and pulling the hubs is about a 6 hour job. Boss man asks which ones are leaking. "I don't know." "Why not? Did you pull the boots back and check?" "Yes, they're all dry, the brake fluid must have soaked into them over the last 3 years." "Are you sure they were leaking?" So I get told to hone all of them and put them back in. My idea was to clean up the pistons (no rebuild kits available), take them all to a local machine shop, and have them bored out & fitted with sleeves made for each cylinder's piston diameter. It'll cost a hell of a lot less than $800 each. Nope, hone' em and put it back together. So 16 hours or so of work and we still have leaky brakes on a 30K pound machine that moves multimillion dollar aircraft around. That's the aviation GSE world for you LOL. |
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Posted: 3/26/2017 11:31:47 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ME2112:
1998 Navistar 4900 fuel truck w/DT466. Dash hourmeter is stuck at 50900 hours, aftermarket meter has almost 4K on it.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOLqObCLBGo
Why the hell can I not post a YouTube video here? |
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Posted: 3/26/2017 8:52:53 PM EDT
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I keep bending axle shafts (90mm dogbones) in my son's remote control truck. In spite of my efforts to correct this issue, it still does it. I've replaced the plastic chassis and suspension pieces with aluminum. I've limited the suspension travel so that the axles cannot bind up and bend, nor can they fall out at full steering lock with the suspension at full droop. It bent three of them last time I ran it. It's been apart for a while waiting on new parts to arrive from China. I softened the suspension up a little, and reworked some things so it should have a bit more grip and steering.
I've been thinking about trying my hand at metallurgy. It seems that nobody makes a better dogbone. There are some with cv or universal joints on one end, but it would appear to reduce suspension travel by 50% and the Amazon reviews are horrible, stating that they broke almost instantly. I'm not against trying them, but am unwilling to throw thirty bucks at it just yet. I'd like to try to harden a set of dogbones. I have an inductive heater. I can quench in oil. It should make them more resistant to bending but more brittle. I could also heat them a second time and allow them to cool slowly to make them a bit less brittle. Anybody know more about this than my over simplified version? |
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Posted: 3/26/2017 11:16:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By saturnstyl:
I keep bending axle shafts (90mm dogbones) in my son's remote control truck. In spite of my efforts to correct this issue, it still does it. I've replaced the plastic chassis and suspension pieces with aluminum. I've limited the suspension travel so that the axles cannot bind up and bend, nor can they fall out at full steering lock with the suspension at full droop. It bent three of them last time I ran it. It's been apart for a while waiting on new parts to arrive from China. I softened the suspension up a little, and reworked some things so it should have a bit more grip and steering. I've been thinking about trying my hand at metallurgy. It seems that nobody makes a better dogbone. There are some with cv or universal joints on one end, but it would appear to reduce suspension travel by 50% and the Amazon reviews are horrible, stating that they broke almost instantly. I'm not against trying them, but am unwilling to throw thirty bucks at it just yet. I'd like to try to harden a set of dogbones. I have an inductive heater. I can quench in oil. It should make them more resistant to bending but more brittle. I could also heat them a second time and allow them to cool slowly to make them a bit less brittle. Anybody know more about this than my over simplified version? |
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Posted: 3/27/2017 6:20:13 PM EDT
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Fail. I suppose that I need to find a machinist and I can get some made out of stronger alloy. It's not that what they use isn't strong, I just need moar!
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Posted: 3/27/2017 7:36:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By newguy2k3:
Can anyone spot the $25k screw up?https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/34327/image-172838.JPG |
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Posted: 3/27/2017 7:39:33 PM EDT
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With all the other stuff you have done is it impact and binding causing them to bend or could it be torque? Not being able to see exactly what your working with idk.
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Posted: 3/28/2017 6:00:10 AM EDT
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Problem is, I don't understand it either. I was quite careful to make sure that the axles cannot bind up under suspension compresion so I'm thinking it's torque. It has sheared off a stub axle due to torque. The dogbones are strong enough that you cannot bend them by hand, so it's serious power to bend them. The aluminum suspension parts are not bending or breaking.
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Posted: 3/28/2017 1:19:14 PM EDT
[#32]
Shock load I'm betting. Are your tires glued to the rims? Got a set that isn't you can try out?
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Posted: 3/28/2017 4:44:32 PM EDT
[Last Edit: jeep450]
[#33]
Anybody want a brand new cordless ingersoll Rand 1/2" impact, 1 big battery and charger for $300 shipped? 7150 is the model number. Found it behind some stuff. Box looks like hell but it's new otherwise.
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Posted: 3/28/2017 6:43:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jeep450:
Shock load I'm betting. Are your tires glued to the rims? Got a set that isn't you can try out? I meant to take photos but left all of the bent axles at work again. I've been extremely busy. Stupid wiring diagrams with incorrect information, misdiagnosed stuff, and various other stuff. I love it. |
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Posted: 3/30/2017 12:15:44 PM EDT
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ASE master again. I like how they give you the results when you leave.
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CO, USA
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Posted: 3/31/2017 6:42:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jeep450:
ASE master again. I like how they give you the results when you leave. |
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Posted: 3/31/2017 9:35:30 PM EDT
[Last Edit: jeep450]
[#37]
I'm building a diagnostic cart. 32" vizio. Got to make the mounting brackets. Should be pretty sweet when I get done with it.
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CO, USA
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Posted: 4/1/2017 9:54:05 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jeep450:
I'm building a diagnostic cart. 32" vizio. Got to make the mounting brackets. Should be pretty sweet when I get done with it. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/99144/IMG-5938-178311.JPG |
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Posted: 4/1/2017 10:28:52 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By tmleadr03:
Do you mait the monitor to a pc so you can pull diag info? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By tmleadr03:
Originally Posted By jeep450:
I'm building a diagnostic cart. 32" vizio. Got to make the mounting brackets. Should be pretty sweet when I get done with it. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/99144/IMG-5938-178311.JPG |
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Posted: 4/2/2017 8:52:16 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/2/2017 9:20:33 AM EDT
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They charge $280 for a filter, then more for a flush?
Something caught my eye and I can't let go of it. 2014 Sierra crew cab slt z71. 35k miles. There are no photos online yet, and I haven't been able to get anything more than a casual look from the outside because bmw has it, and they were closed when I wanted to look at it. It's not an all terrain. It's not a Denali. It has painted bumpers. This isn't possible in a theoretical sense. It has a chrome grille like normal, not the Denali style. It doesn't have all terrain badges, it has z71 badges on the hood. I've never seen anything like it. I assume that it was a happy little accident somewhere in Mexico. |
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Posted: 4/2/2017 11:01:06 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jeep450:
2010 Z71 with 90k on it. Local hack chain estimate. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/99144/IMG-5970-179289.JPG |
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Posted: 4/3/2017 3:55:00 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jeep450:
2010 Z71 with 90k on it. Local hack chain estimate. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/99144/IMG-5970-179289.JPG |
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Posted: 4/3/2017 9:57:08 AM EDT
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Replaced the spark plugs in my RamCharger Sunday night.
All of them were worn so far they gapped out at .050+ and several were over .063 as pictured. The one pictured was actually at like .078. Seems like it runs a little better now, but, meh. Time will tell. I've still gotta replace the ignition rotor. Plug wires are a year old, cap is like 9 months old, coil is about a year old. |
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Posted: 4/3/2017 7:28:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jeep450:
2010 Z71 with 90k on it. Local hack chain estimate. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/99144/IMG-5970-179289.JPG |
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Posted: 4/3/2017 8:12:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By m35ben:
We need to charge more. |
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Posted: 4/3/2017 9:44:20 PM EDT
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seems to have a lot to do with the market in that geographic location.
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Posted: 4/4/2017 6:46:48 PM EDT
[Last Edit: jeep450]
[#48]
It's a local tire store chain. They mainly have rejects for mechanics. You know the guys, felons, guys that can't pass drug test, real winners. They are so bad, not a single tool truck stops at these places.
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Posted: 4/4/2017 9:34:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By saturnstyl:
seems to have a lot to do with the market in that geographic location. |
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Posted: 4/5/2017 3:10:34 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jeep450:
It's a local tire store chain. They mainly have rejects for mechanics. You know the guys, felons, guys that can't pass drug test, real winners. They are so bad, not a single tool truck stops at these places. |
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