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  • in reply to: Misdiagnose almost cost me thousands! #644211
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      Finding noises are tough sometimes, Eric has a video on hunting them down.
      Look on the bright side, not did you only save money but you found and lubricated the notorious muffler bearing.

      in reply to: Garbage in used cars. #633193
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        Motor Honey is extracted from the hives of the rare Africanized motor bee, sometimes confused with the Dodge “super bee” I give great credit to the brave souls that risk their lives to extract it just to have unwitting consumers put it in their cars. LOL
        Actually motor honey and many other products are just some lab created thick lubricant that will quiet things down for a bit but are not a substitute for an actual repair.
        Sawdust in a differential has risk of attracting carpenter ants that could follow your used car purchase home and eat your house.
        Actually sawdust would have the effect of quieting down any noise in a bad differential by softening the meshing of a bad ring gear and masking a potential catastrophic failure.

        I have also heard of adding brake fluid to transmissions to cause seals to swell and make them get thru the lemon law time period.
        Buying a used car is tough, I try to size up the previous owner a bit before committing to a purchase, if he is covered in sawdust, smells like brake fluid, has an empty can of motor honey sticking out of his pocket and interrupts our conversation to check in with his parole officer I usually go right ahead with the purchase with no worries.

        in reply to: Garbage in used cars. #644157
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          Motor Honey is extracted from the hives of the rare Africanized motor bee, sometimes confused with the Dodge “super bee” I give great credit to the brave souls that risk their lives to extract it just to have unwitting consumers put it in their cars. LOL
          Actually motor honey and many other products are just some lab created thick lubricant that will quiet things down for a bit but are not a substitute for an actual repair.
          Sawdust in a differential has risk of attracting carpenter ants that could follow your used car purchase home and eat your house.
          Actually sawdust would have the effect of quieting down any noise in a bad differential by softening the meshing of a bad ring gear and masking a potential catastrophic failure.

          I have also heard of adding brake fluid to transmissions to cause seals to swell and make them get thru the lemon law time period.
          Buying a used car is tough, I try to size up the previous owner a bit before committing to a purchase, if he is covered in sawdust, smells like brake fluid, has an empty can of motor honey sticking out of his pocket and interrupts our conversation to check in with his parole officer I usually go right ahead with the purchase with no worries.

          in reply to: Advice on selling a car #633052
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            Have you looked into a “hoarders” permit, I believe they allow you to keep as many as three junk cars and up to seven old appliances in your front lawn, there are restrictions such as the appliances cannot be used as pet cages or play pens for children and the cars cannot be up on blocks taller than 18″ leaking fluids must be contained in Tupperware or an orange “homer” bucket from Home Depot and cannot be labeled as “cooking oil” also, the vehicles must be spaced far apart enough to allow a lawn mower to pass between them. In my experience it is a good idea to secure the vehicles and appliances with some sort of chain or security device as midnight scrap collectors have been known to make off with any metal lying around, you might just try welding all of the stuff together and call it art, heck you might even be able to get a grant from your local government to make more.

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            in reply to: Advice on selling a car #644010
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              Have you looked into a “hoarders” permit, I believe they allow you to keep as many as three junk cars and up to seven old appliances in your front lawn, there are restrictions such as the appliances cannot be used as pet cages or play pens for children and the cars cannot be up on blocks taller than 18″ leaking fluids must be contained in Tupperware or an orange “homer” bucket from Home Depot and cannot be labeled as “cooking oil” also, the vehicles must be spaced far apart enough to allow a lawn mower to pass between them. In my experience it is a good idea to secure the vehicles and appliances with some sort of chain or security device as midnight scrap collectors have been known to make off with any metal lying around, you might just try welding all of the stuff together and call it art, heck you might even be able to get a grant from your local government to make more.

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              in reply to: Advice on selling a car #643772
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                By chance does it have the airbags disconnected and an aftermarket steering wheel?

                in reply to: Advice on selling a car #632828
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                  By chance does it have the airbags disconnected and an aftermarket steering wheel?

                  in reply to: Clutch slipping, how much time do I have #643657
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                    In most cases there is more or equal force applied to your clutch in higher gears, think in terms of final drive ratio…in a rear drive car a 4.11 rear axle requires the drive shaft to rotate 4.11 times for the rear hubs to rotate one time, this allows less force needed to move a load but requires many more rotations of the drive shaft to go the same distance as a lower ratio like a 2.73. You can also think it of terms of a bicycle, if you are going along in highest gear and want to speed up you have to exert a lot of force on the pedals or shift down. As you are going along in forth or fifth gear and you apply throttle there is a lot of force exerted on the clutch and likely where an early worn one will slip.

                    in reply to: Clutch slipping, how much time do I have #632665
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                      In most cases there is more or equal force applied to your clutch in higher gears, think in terms of final drive ratio…in a rear drive car a 4.11 rear axle requires the drive shaft to rotate 4.11 times for the rear hubs to rotate one time, this allows less force needed to move a load but requires many more rotations of the drive shaft to go the same distance as a lower ratio like a 2.73. You can also think it of terms of a bicycle, if you are going along in highest gear and want to speed up you have to exert a lot of force on the pedals or shift down. As you are going along in forth or fifth gear and you apply throttle there is a lot of force exerted on the clutch and likely where an early worn one will slip.

                      in reply to: Stuff ETCG Keeps In His Emergency Kit #643655
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                        In addition to most of the items you mentioned, all our vehicles have a leatherman tool in the drivers door pocket, I put them all in with black gorilla tape over the top so they don’t slide around and are always in reach of the driver. Could save your life in the event of an accident and the seatbelt needed to be cut or a window needed to be punched out.

                        in reply to: Stuff ETCG Keeps In His Emergency Kit #632663
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                          In addition to most of the items you mentioned, all our vehicles have a leatherman tool in the drivers door pocket, I put them all in with black gorilla tape over the top so they don’t slide around and are always in reach of the driver. Could save your life in the event of an accident and the seatbelt needed to be cut or a window needed to be punched out.

                          in reply to: Snapped off screw extractor! #643552
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                            You need to center punch it just enough to get a mark big enough to follow it up with a tiny grinding stone or diamond bit, once you have a small hole you will need to weld a bolt to it and back it out. Sometimes the steel is brittle enough that it will break off from just using the center punch.

                            in reply to: Snapped off screw extractor! #632564
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                              You need to center punch it just enough to get a mark big enough to follow it up with a tiny grinding stone or diamond bit, once you have a small hole you will need to weld a bolt to it and back it out. Sometimes the steel is brittle enough that it will break off from just using the center punch.

                              in reply to: new user back again :) #643202
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                                in reply to: new user back again :) #632261
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                                  At this point you may find this site useful
                                  http://www.e-mhc.com/

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