by "Tristan" (casselts)
Published 05/09/2017 at 15:00
by "Tristan" (casselts)
Published 05/09/2017 at 15:00
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STARS: 3
Starting with: “Wut r u doing?”
"Jcarr" (jcarr)
05/09/2017 at 15:02, STARS: 5
Next: When is my Kenworth dumptruck going to be ready?! I have to pick up my kids!
"Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)" (rduncan5678)
05/09/2017 at 15:07, STARS: 1
What in the hell is a summer tune-up?
"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
05/09/2017 at 15:10, STARS: 1
Muffler bearing install. Duh.
"HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles" (hondasfordsvolvo)
05/09/2017 at 15:10, STARS: 8
I mean they could have at least had the model put the socket near a nut/bolt.
Edit : he’s obviously checking the muffler bearings
"The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock" (jukesjukesjukes)
05/09/2017 at 15:11, STARS: 1
I have seen that happen.
"Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction" (rustholes-are-weight-reduction)
05/09/2017 at 15:15, STARS: 1
Followed by: would you please step away from my car?
"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
05/09/2017 at 15:16, STARS: 1
Why is blinker fluid so expensive? And what does it taste like?
"Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street." (demon-xanth)
05/09/2017 at 15:20, STARS: 2
The commercial that bothers me most: They have a scene where a guy is working on a Camaro, but they have the ratchet clicking sound backwards. Why does this particular one bother me? IT’S FOR A FREAKING PARTS STORE THAT SELLS THE DAMNED TOOL!
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
05/09/2017 at 15:20, STARS: 0
installing a new power band?
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
05/09/2017 at 15:21, STARS: 5
about $80
"Tristan" (casselts)
05/09/2017 at 15:30, STARS: 3
Yes, of course- the 65,000 mile muffler bearing re-torque!
"Tristan" (casselts)
05/09/2017 at 15:31, STARS: 1
But the person making the commercial has never SEEN a ratchet...
"CobraJoe" (cobrajoe)
05/09/2017 at 15:37, STARS: 3
Looks like maybe there’s a strap around the muffler, so it’s possible there is actually a nut there to tighten. (Not sure why that’d need to be done during a tuneup though....)
There is one somewhere for a technical school where the kid has the ratchet and socket held up to the sidewall of a tire.
"HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles" (hondasfordsvolvo)
05/09/2017 at 15:41, STARS: 0
I did think about the strap, but I’d think a bolt for that would be parallel to the strap, or completely perpendicular, not at some odd angle.
"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
05/09/2017 at 15:42, STARS: 0
“But the clicking makes it sound like he’s turning the bolt!”
"torque" (torque01)
05/09/2017 at 15:44, STARS: 1
God I HATE having to replace muffler bearings & on them Euro-Jobs yeh gotta do it like every 30K miles too
"deekster_caddy" (deekster_caddy)
05/09/2017 at 15:45, STARS: 1
What’s the correct bearing preload on that muffler?
"Tristan" (casselts)
05/09/2017 at 15:46, STARS: 2
Threeve.
"CobraJoe" (cobrajoe)
05/09/2017 at 15:48, STARS: 1
Depends on how it’s tied into the frame. I was imagining the bolt being tangent to the oval of the muffler, above where we can see it.Either way, the bolt doesn’t need to be square to the frame (Unless the bolt is screwed into the frame).
Something like that, but with the bolt above the muffler.
Also, he needs safety glasses.
"TheTurbochargedSquirrel" (thatsquirrel)
05/09/2017 at 15:52, STARS: 1
But how do you know if he is tightening or loosening the bolt?
"facw" (facw)
05/09/2017 at 15:54, STARS: 1
He could be in the process of moving towards/away from the nut, causing the angle. But that’s probably reaching.
"facw" (facw)
05/09/2017 at 15:58, STARS: 2
Have to put in the summer oil. Back when oils sucked. Also probably other old car tech that needed to be serviced more frequently (e.g. carbs, points, etc.)
"Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)" (rduncan5678)
05/09/2017 at 16:07, STARS: 1
This is why I think its funny when my Dad or other older gentlemen will complain about new cars being so unreliable and junk. Meanwhile I drive my Miata 25k miles a year and end up doing very minimal maintenance, just replacing very old parts every once in a while. Tire compounds, oil, and fuel injection are such huge advances in modern vehicles.
"saabstory | fixes bikes, breaks cars" (saabstory)
05/09/2017 at 16:08, STARS: 0
Was this sarcasm? My mechanic just charged me $1500 for this service. He said that he’d need to drop the catalytic converter to get to the muffler bearings and it would take 10 man hours. I’m starting to feel like I was ripped off.
"Future next gen S2000 owner" (future-next-gen-s2000-owner)
05/09/2017 at 16:11, STARS: 0
No, no. It is eleventeen.
"Frank Grimes" (FrankGrimes)
05/09/2017 at 16:14, STARS: 0
I think the first one should be What is car how work?
"ateamfan42" (ateamfan42)
05/09/2017 at 16:15, STARS: 1
Also probably other old car tech that needed to be serviced more frequently (e.g. carbs, points, etc.)
This. A lot of carburetors needed to be readjusted for seasonal air temperature changes, since the air density varied so much. MAF sensors make air/fuel management so much more automatic with electronic fuel injection.
"wiffleballtony" (wiffleballtony)
05/09/2017 at 16:38, STARS: 0
Muffler bearings.
"Nauraushaun" (nauraushaun12)
05/10/2017 at 18:05, STARS: 0
What is a tune up anyway? You take your car to s mechanic and he changed a few fluids, maybe replaces some stuff. What has he tuned?
I feel like this word is a relic of carburetors that just won’t die
"Tristan" (casselts)
05/10/2017 at 20:18, STARS: 0
Fact. I assume a tune up is just overpaying for a spark plug change and a bottle of injector cleaner.
"Nauraushaun" (nauraushaun12)
05/11/2017 at 07:17, STARS: 1
Give it a vague name and nobody would dare attempt it at home.
Then there’s the whole Japanese
tuner
craze. Because glueing on side skirts is
tuning a car