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DarkPira7e · 01-14-2021, 03:39 PM

Starting a thread for things we learn. Anything. GO

Today I learned that cam lobe edges are extremely sharp.
Edit- added photo for @gen3v8

gen3v8 · 01-14-2021, 03:50 PM

NoHaveMSG · 01-14-2021, 03:54 PM

Dude I could post something a couple times a week. My chimp brain is always learning something new. Like did you know you could make fire rubbing two pieces of wood together? Amazing.

DarkPira7e · 01-14-2021, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

Dude I could post something a couple times a week. My chimp brain is always learning something new. Like did you know you could make fire rubbing two pieces of wood together? Amazing.

That's the intent

NoHaveMSG · 01-14-2021, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by DarkPira7e

That's the intent

Dude watch your hands when you are retiming the engine. You time passenger side bank first with the cams on the base circle but then have to rotate the driver side cams so they are under valve spring tension when you put that side together and they will want to flip over on you.

EDIT: Actually I think I am confusing the FA with the EJ. On the FA you assemble the timing for the passenger bank, then rotate the crank set the timing on the driver cams on the base circle too but they are not set at TDC timing. The EJ you have one or both driver side cams off the base circle since it has one timing belt to run the whole thing and each bank can't be timed separately

It has been almost a year since I have had one apart.

weederr33 · 01-14-2021, 04:56 PM

Today I learned I'm not alpha as fuck

humfrz · 01-15-2021, 01:27 AM

Today, I learned from my 4 ager granddaughter how old I was.

I have a bad habit of using a paper towel tube as a bullhorn to startle my 12 year old granddaughter. Today, as I was engrossed reading on the forum, the 12 year old got me back but good. I bolted back from the computer, about falling off my chair and yelled a very loud F word!

Th 4 ager scolded the 12 year old and said it wasn't nice to scare me that way because I was an old man, and then came up to me, put her arms around me and asked "pa-pa are you alright - are you sure you are alright?"

As she walked away, mrs humfrz asked the 4 ager "how old do you think your pa-pa is?"

She replied "oh, about a 100".

wbradley · 01-15-2021, 09:50 AM

Cute

Sapphireho · 01-15-2021, 10:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by humfrz

Today, I learned from my 4 ager granddaughter how old I was.

I have a bad habit of using a paper towel tube as a bullhorn to startle my 12 year old granddaughter. Today, as I was engrossed reading on the forum, the 12 year old got me back but good. I bolted back from the computer, about falling off my chair and yelled a very loud F word!

Th 4 ager scolded the 12 year old and said it wasn't nice to scare me that way because I was an old man, and then came up to me, put her arms around me and asked "pa-pa are you alright - are you sure you are alright?"

As she walked away, mrs humfrz asked the 4 ager "how old do you think your pa-pa is?"

She replied "oh, about a 100".

So she was a couple weeks off..

JD001 · 01-15-2021, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by gen3v8

He's only gone and fucked up his phone/keyboard operating finger!! Obviously only applies to certain aged persons..

DarkPira7e · 01-15-2021, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by JD001

He's only gone and fucked up his phone/keyboard operating finger!! Obviously only applies to certain aged persons..

Nah it's still attached ot my hand, so I can type without issue. Just needed to stop the bleeding for a few minutes.

Just to re-affirm though; this post isn't meant to be about me, but it's a place for people to post what THEY'VE learned. I don't mind being picked on for being a dumb ass, but I also want people to share things in the spirit of learning.

Here's something I learned today-
Radium fuel rails for our cars have a bottom port for the fuel pulse damper- but Radium doesn't sell an aftermarket damper for that location. They want you to put one on the end of the rail, or in-line.

JD001 · 01-15-2021, 04:09 PM

Well, I learned that bleeding stops after a few minutes.. but if it's your phone/keyboard operating finger then you're fucked..

Spuds · 01-15-2021, 06:40 PM

Today I learned that a Rubik's Cube has 26 blocks (8 corners, 6 centers, 12 edges). I only found 24...

NoHaveMSG · 01-15-2021, 06:42 PM

Vendor sent us a sample voltage gauge. What I learned was that this is a zener diode wired for over voltage protection. I thought it was for reverse current protection but that is a Schottky diode that you need for that. I think everyone can guess what happened.

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NoHaveMSG Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2018 Drives: Crapcan Location: Oregon Posts: 11,612 Thanks: 18,894 Thanked 16,899 Times in 7,691 Posts Mentioned: 112 Post(s)	Dude I could post something a couple times a week. My chimp brain is always learning something new. Like did you know you could make fire rubbing two pieces of wood together? Amazing. __________________ "Experience is the hardest kind of teacher. It gives you the test first and the lesson afterward." -Oscar Wilde.

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humfrz Senior Member Join Date: May 2013 Drives: 2013 FR-S, white, MT Location: Puyallup, WA Posts: 30,436 Thanks: 29,833 Thanked 32,866 Times in 16,849 Posts Mentioned: 717 Post(s)	Today, I learned from my 4 ager granddaughter how old I was. I have a bad habit of using a paper towel tube as a bullhorn to startle my 12 year old granddaughter. Today, as I was engrossed reading on the forum, the 12 year old got me back but good. I bolted back from the computer, about falling off my chair and yelled a very loud F word! Th 4 ager scolded the 12 year old and said it wasn't nice to scare me that way because I was an old man, and then came up to me, put her arms around me and asked "pa-pa are you alright - are you sure you are alright?" As she walked away, mrs humfrz asked the 4 ager "how old do you think your pa-pa is?" She replied "oh, about a 100".

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JD001 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Drives: Subaru BRZ Location: UK Posts: 6,314 Thanks: 8,013 Thanked 6,577 Times in 3,679 Posts Mentioned: 26 Post(s)	Well, I learned that bleeding stops after a few minutes.. but if it's your phone/keyboard operating finger then you're fucked..

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NoHaveMSG Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2018 Drives: Crapcan Location: Oregon Posts: 11,612 Thanks: 18,894 Thanked 16,899 Times in 7,691 Posts Mentioned: 112 Post(s)	Vendor sent us a sample voltage gauge. What I learned was that this is a zener diode wired for over voltage protection. I thought it was for reverse current protection but that is a Schottky diode that you need for that. I think everyone can guess what happened. __________________ "Experience is the hardest kind of teacher. It gives you the test first and the lesson afterward." -Oscar Wilde.

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