"Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo" (akioohtori)
07/19/2019 at 10:58 • Filed to: Disco Inferno
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"Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo" (akioohtori)
07/19/2019 at 10:58 • Filed to: Disco Inferno | 5
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It went about as well as could be expected.
To rewind, a friend of mine is helping out a friend of the family by housing and caring for her 16 year old son. Apparently he has an interest in cars and car maintenance so she asked if I’d let him observe me doing some car work.
Not ideal as my sense of imposer syndrome is peaked when talking about cars, also young people make me uncomfortable, but I figured it was my oppo duty to try.
Anyway, the task of the day was to replace the traction control sensor on the Land Rover. Boring, but a good task because it involves removing wheels, brakes, jacking up a car, and some light wiring.
The whole thing started unrealistically, with me being able to find all the tools we needed readily. That has literally never happened.
Then it got slightly more realistic when I realized the bolts holding on the Landy’s Caliper were (A) stuck and (B) 19mm 12-point, a socket I did not have. Luckily 19mm ~= 3/4", so I grabbed a 3/4 12-point and a breaker bar, and eventually we got the bolts out.
Next up was removing the caliper. Whoever did the brakes last on the Landy knackered all of the set screws and this one was no different.... except I couldn’t persuade this one to come out. Not only was it stripped and looked to have been put in using a chisel last time, but it was also super tight. After ruining a screw driver, I finally gave up and brought out the screw extractor.
Yikes.
Once we got the disc off the traction control sensor was exposed and we could start making stuff happen.
Long story short (too late) the sensor I bought doesn’t appear to be usable without... well I don’t know. Neither side will fit though the hole in the hub. I could crack off the hub, but I feel like that will create more problems than it solves. Maybe that is why Land Rover claims these sensors aren’t replaceable.
Sigh.
Anyway we concluded there, with me needing some “thinking juice” to decide where to go next.
Not sure he learned anything, but I gave it a go. Unfortunately that means I’ve used up all my social for the day week month and need to hide in my blanket fort and play video games until it comes back.
kgman
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
07/19/2019 at 11:05 |
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Nice, went about as well as most Land Rover repairs go I suppose.
davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
07/19/2019 at 11:10 |
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...and that boy never attempted a car repair ever again in his life.
LOL
Seriously, though. Good on you for taking the time with him. I wish someone had when I was a kid (my dad is not mechanical, and always busy with work).
I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
07/19/2019 at 11:23 |
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woah, you just described every single car repair I’ve had to do.
Fuck 12 points. Also, did you know that 12 points, triple squares, and quadruple triangles are
different?
Future Heap Owner
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
07/19/2019 at 11:24 |
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Teens hate it when you lie to them, and you were definitely showing him what it’s really like to work on your own cars as an amateur. Good work!
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Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
> I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
07/19/2019 at 11:31 |
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I did not. The Landy also has these bastards.
Everyone says “Oh they’re just a security torx! You can get those anywhere!” Fuck no they’re not! They’re a 5-point star bit. Talk about a project derail....
Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
07/19/2019 at 11:42 |
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The radio on my E34 uses a special pentalobe screwdriver as an anti-theft measure, in addition to a security code. Once you buy the screwdriver you usually leave it in the ashtray. S o you don’t have to dig through the stack of manuals that had the card with the code for the radio, which BMW sizes to fit in your wallet but that everyone leaves with the m anuals, you just write the code on top of the radio with a Sharpie. All attempts at security thwarted in the name of convenience...
facw
> Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
07/19/2019 at 11:49 |
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At some point Volvo started writing the code on top of the radio at the factory. I think they realized there really wasn’t much of a market for Volvo specific head units. By my 2006 S60 they had ditched the codes all together. G ranted getting the HU out of the S60 is a pain, while in the S40, you just press two tabs and they pop out as handles and the thing slides right out (if you remembered to move the shifter back far enough to make room).
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I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
07/19/2019 at 11:56 |
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I take it back, quad triangle is 12 point. 12 point has 60° points, triple square has 90°, and a double hex driver 120°. If you mismatch you can’t get the proper torque and risk stripping out.
Fuck those bolts.
HammerheadFistpunch
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
07/19/2019 at 11:58 |
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Imposter syndrome and dealing with youths are also struggles for me, which makes it harder that I am in the young mens organization in my neighborhood. The struggle is real. Also this is one thing I think everyone loves about their Toyota...its not that they don’t break or don’t need work, but you can do 90% with a 10-18 mm 6 point socket set and a pair of screwdrivers. So nice.
jimz
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
07/19/2019 at 14:20 |
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that’s some Apple-level evil right there.