My favorite JRitS posts of the week, Vol. 56

"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
05/13/2018 at 13:00 • Filed to: justrolledintotheshop, just rolled into the shop, reddit, wrenching, fail

Reddit’s !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! is a veritable cornucopia of the many !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! of shop lyfe. You never know what’s gonna roll in. Here’s what caught my eye this week.

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it’s a Hyundai motor out of a Kia picanto. Makes it near impossible to locate parts that are in the US.

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I was actually impressed it did its job and held a 200lb armored door shut til it got to the shop

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This guy does the circuit. The truck looks terrible but it sure is loud.

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I just used a pry bar and positioned myself in front of the bumper. A couple jerks and it went flying out!

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How intuitive.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Justrolledintotheshop/comments/8hr2ip/ive_seen_this_inappropriately_named_transmission/

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270,000 [miles]! I believe the belt has been replace previously.

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He sure did [ran up into the other vehicle], the 2 others after that!

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Right round, baby.

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Reduce exhaust temperatures with this one easy hack!

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Fun fact: despite its -y’know- flammability , propane makes an excellent refrigerant.

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Don’t forget to change your wiper plugs.

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This also drove to my shop like this... !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

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Crack in the head... Honda Accord V6

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This repair’s gonna be late... choco-late.

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One set of RR tracks is all it would have taken...

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It’s blooming, alright.

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Oh thanks, been looking for those.

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Trace this.

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That’s the pits.

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Obligatory tire post

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Obligatory tire brake post

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DISCUSSION (12)

shop-teacher > Urambo Tauro
05/13/2018 at 15:26

Wow. I had no idea propane could be used as a refrigerant.

jimz > shop-teacher
05/13/2018 at 15:33

yep, it even has its own refrigerant designation, R-290. Some of the small “dorm” refrigerators you can buy have isobutane (R-600a) refrigerant.

work perfectly fine so long as they don’t leak.

shop-teacher > jimz
05/13/2018 at 16:22

I learned something today :)

I have another burner, try to guess it! > jimz
05/13/2018 at 16:45

Is there a significant chance it could ignite if the compressor seized or something? Although I guess a leak would be more likely and dangerous in a car.

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > shop-teacher
05/13/2018 at 17:42

All of the Freeze 12 and Redtek type R-12 refrigerant replacement products that the EPA plays whack-a-mole banning the importation of are all basically propane or other similar mixes of hydrocarbons in cans with R-134 fittings on the top . Propane makes a fantastic refrigerant, and I’m told it is fairly commonly used in other parts of the world. Here, I only know of its approved use in certain stationary applications.

I think the flammability risk in mobile applications is really from collisions, although part of me thinks that is likely to be mitigated by some degree by how small the volume of gas is in an car’s A/C system. But what do I know, I’m not the EPA.

jimz > I have another burner, try to guess it!
05/13/2018 at 17:59

not unless the compressor seizure resulted in a leak, with an ignition source present. there’s no oxygen inside the refrigerant lines. an underhood leak would likely be low risk; the gas would vent outside of the car pretty quickly. an evaporator leak into the interior could be very dangerous, though.

Tohru > shop-teacher
05/13/2018 at 23:01

Yeah, propane is used in things like commercial AC units normally.

The problem with using it in a car is when shady shops would tell the customer they’re putting in R12 and then put propane or butane in instead.

shop-teacher > Tohru
05/13/2018 at 23:09

Wow, I’m learning all kinds of things today. Charging for R12 and putting in propane would make for a tidy ill-gotten profit.

Hey, Urambo and I were wanting to start a tool blog, but Kinja no longer let’s you start new side blogs. Would you be willing to transfer “ownership” of Uppermidwest Kinja to me, so we can convert it for that use?

Also, I still have that bitchin Kenwood headunit and CD changer with your name on it.

Tohru > shop-teacher
05/14/2018 at 00:45

I’d like to hang onto it for now, I’ve been meaning to revive it but major surgery and the bank trying to foreclose on my house got in the way.

shop-teacher > Tohru
05/14/2018 at 07:28

Oh damn. You OK?

Tohru > shop-teacher
05/20/2018 at 21:37

not really. but i’m still alive. so that’s a thing.

shop-teacher > Tohru
05/20/2018 at 23:02

That is indeed a thing. Hang in there dude!