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finch1750 · 02-20-2016, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

Sounds like about 80% of the car work I have ever done in my life!

You're good. That sounds like 100% of mine.

Most recent was changing spark plugs a few months back. Took me longer driving around to find the right size socket then it did to change the actual plugs (except #3, that one kknda sucked)

Tcoat · 02-20-2016, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by finch1750

You're good. That sounds like 100% of mine.

Most recent was changing spark plugs a few months back. Took me longer driving around to find the right size socket then it did to change the actual plugs (except #3, that one kknda sucked)

Well some accidently go right.

babydriver · 02-20-2016, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Nevermore

Today went from being amazing to just sucking pretty damn fast. Here's the rundown:

- Impatiently waiting for tire shop to call.
- Stop by shop to check and pick up wheels mounted. (Super excited)
- Go to hardware store and buy a good jack, a new torque wrench, and an impact wrench (for removal only)
- Get home, jack is damaged.
- Take jack back to replace it.
- Get car washed. (also grab lunch)
- Jack car up, take off a wheel and set the new wheel on
- Lug nuts don't fit.

Actually, you're halfway there. Every auto repair/install job has two requirements:

1. At least one trip to the store for a tool you didn't have (or you've lost).

2. At least one trip to the parts house for a part that you didn't have or that didn't fit.

See, you've already done due diligence on the tool, so now you just need to do the same for the lug nuts! Hang in there, buddy.

Cold beer when you're done!

Tcoat · 02-20-2016, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by babydriver

1. At least one trip to the store for a tool you didn't have (or you've lost).

Or broke. Even if advertised as "unbreakable".

babydriver · 02-20-2016, 06:53 PM

Speaking of auto upgrades/repairs, this was my college experience with a buddy and our cars:

* Get up early Saturday morning to work on said car or cars.

* Discover that a special tool was required and that we had to go get the tool before proceeding.

* Discover that the part we bought was not the right one, or that it was made incorrectly. (This was in the days before the internet, so you could just go down to the local parts house or speed shop to get what you "needed".)

* Get the right part this time.

* Spend the next several hours struggling with whatever the installation/upgrade was, usually without any instructions to guide us. Also without such conveniences as transmission jacks. (I learned to bench press 1/2 of a 3 speed Ford Cruise-o-Matic automatic this way. I'm surprised we didn't kill ourselves.)

* After several attempts, finally get the car running again, take it around the block once to be sure that everything was OK (at least for the moment).

* Shower and change clothes.

* Go out with the car. About 50% of the time, something would go wrong and we'd have to go back home. Other 50% of the time, cruisin' and trying to meet women. While we were out, get something to eat, which we had not done all day.

* Next Saturday, repeat procedure.

cdrazic93 · 02-20-2016, 06:57 PM

question for all you home DYI'ers. I need a non stick clear coating paint for some 5 inch aluminum rods, i thought about teflon (although its hard for me to find definitive clear coat teflon) or silicone. Any other ideas?

babydriver · 02-20-2016, 07:06 PM

Found an old photo of me and my buddy working on the car:

Ultramaroon · 02-20-2016, 07:10 PM

Looks like you're just filing your nails.

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Originally Posted by babydriver

Found an old photo of me and my buddy working on the car:

Tcoat · 02-20-2016, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by babydriver

Found an old photo of me and my buddy working on the car:

Looks like you are doing your nails while a young Hank Hill and Elvis do all the work to me.

jawn · 02-20-2016, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by cdrazic93

question for all you home DYI'ers. I need a non stick clear coating paint for some 5 inch aluminum rods, i thought about teflon (although its hard for me to find definitive clear coat teflon) or silicone. Any other ideas?

How non-stick does it have to be? A clear enamel is pretty non-stick as it is, if you get the surface consistency right.

cdrazic93 · 02-20-2016, 07:39 PM

wont stick to mineral oil.

Ultramaroon · 02-20-2016, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Looks like you're just filing your nails.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Looks like you are doing your nails while a young Hank Hill and Elvis do all the work to me.

great minds...

jawn · 02-20-2016, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by cdrazic93

wont stick to mineral oil.

Oh. Engine enamel comes to mind, but engine enamels require a primed surface. A clear coat engine enamel is not likely to stick well to bare aluminum.

You could use a firearms finish, like DuraCoat. You don't need a primer, but you'll need to scuff the surface up with a scotchbrite pad and fully degrease it. I've never used the aerosol version of these, but I have used it out of an airbrush and it's extremely oil/chemical resistant. Unfortunately, it also takes 2-3 weeks to fully cure since it's not a bake-in finish.

http://www.houtsenterprises.net/product3475.html

Tcoat · 02-20-2016, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

great minds...

LOL I never even noticed yours!

02-20-2016, 06:53 PM	#36895
babydriver Hit the road and I'm gone Join Date: Oct 2014 Drives: 2015 FR-S Burnt Orange (Hot Lava) Location: Austin, TX Posts: 1,844 Thanks: 733 Thanked 1,786 Times in 973 Posts Mentioned: 10 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	Speaking of auto upgrades/repairs, this was my college experience with a buddy and our cars: * Get up early Saturday morning to work on said car or cars. * Discover that a special tool was required and that we had to go get the tool before proceeding. * Discover that the part we bought was not the right one, or that it was made incorrectly. (This was in the days before the internet, so you could just go down to the local parts house or speed shop to get what you "needed".) * Get the right part this time. * Spend the next several hours struggling with whatever the installation/upgrade was, usually without any instructions to guide us. Also without such conveniences as transmission jacks. (I learned to bench press 1/2 of a 3 speed Ford Cruise-o-Matic automatic this way. I'm surprised we didn't kill ourselves.) * After several attempts, finally get the car running again, take it around the block once to be sure that everything was OK (at least for the moment). * Shower and change clothes. * Go out with the car. About 50% of the time, something would go wrong and we'd have to go back home. Other 50% of the time, cruisin' and trying to meet women. While we were out, get something to eat, which we had not done all day. * Next Saturday, repeat procedure. __________________ Slip, slidin' away.

02-20-2016, 06:57 PM	#36896
cdrazic93 Junior Join Date: Aug 2013 Drives: a car Location: Probably at school Posts: 4,341 Thanks: 3,184 Thanked 2,512 Times in 1,502 Posts Mentioned: 20 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	question for all you home DYI'ers. I need a non stick clear coating paint for some 5 inch aluminum rods, i thought about teflon (although its hard for me to find definitive clear coat teflon) or silicone. Any other ideas? __________________ "Ah! What music! They could have never imagined, those pioneers who invented the automobile, that it would posses us like this, our imaginations, our dreams. Men love women, but even more than that, men love CARS!"-Lord Hesketh

02-20-2016, 07:06 PM	#36897
babydriver Hit the road and I'm gone Join Date: Oct 2014 Drives: 2015 FR-S Burnt Orange (Hot Lava) Location: Austin, TX Posts: 1,844 Thanks: 733 Thanked 1,786 Times in 973 Posts Mentioned: 10 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	Found an old photo of me and my buddy working on the car: __________________ Slip, slidin' away.

02-20-2016, 07:39 PM	#36901
cdrazic93 Junior Join Date: Aug 2013 Drives: a car Location: Probably at school Posts: 4,341 Thanks: 3,184 Thanked 2,512 Times in 1,502 Posts Mentioned: 20 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	wont stick to mineral oil. __________________ "Ah! What music! They could have never imagined, those pioneers who invented the automobile, that it would posses us like this, our imaginations, our dreams. Men love women, but even more than that, men love CARS!"-Lord Hesketh

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