Random Thoughts - Part III The Search for Spark (No Politics)

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

I'm pretty sure it said butterball on the package, or maybe it was buzzardball?

Welp, word has it that them good ol boys down at the processing barn, don't ask any questions when a shipment comes in and they don't spell too good!

Enjoy your "turkey day", which ever one it is -

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

@humfrz can support me on this! [/B]I was just lucky in that in each of my incidents there was an opening I could get through and run out to a stop. I have actually told the story of one incident on here before.

Brings to mind:

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Even growing up in the rust belt, I have never operated a vehicle without working emergency/parking brake. I was taught to repair, maintain, and use them. That's how it should be. The prevalence of inoperative ones is no excuse to willingly join that club.

Stuck throttle? Fuuuuck me. Enough said.

Smelling hot brakes? In traffic? Get off of the damn road!

It's easy to point fingers here because it's all true. No hypocrisy coming from me.

[Ultramaroon]

I'll do you one better. In the spirit of the term, it is criminally negligent to knowingly operate it like that. It's like waving a cocked pistol at a crowd.

Originally Posted by Tcoat

[spike021]

Sorry I haven't been as chatty lately but happy thanksgiving everyone. Unless you're Canadian of course kidding. Have fun stuffing yourselves like turkeys.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

The only thing about this was operating a 1,000+ HP car with a known sticky throttle. That thing would be an absolute beast to handle when everything is perfect...

....They would have been more than adequate for his stated intentions of just cruising with the car .

I know he "said" this, but I'm not buying he really spent all that money to build an engine he just intended to "cruise" with. Even if he intended to do that there is no excuse for driving it with the problems it obviously had. The host and film crew should also have shut it down once it started having problems.

[soundman98]

should have, yes, but schedules and deadlines.

[Dadhawk]

Had an interesting experience yesterday. Went to my son and daughter-in-law's baby shower (baby due in January). One of the party goers was also about 8 months pregnant and ended up with a flat tire on her jeep. Fortunately, there were plenty of guys to come to her rescue.

The younger bucks (a couple of whom were mechanics) started to change her tire. Fortunately she has a full size spare.

Problem number one. She had no jack because she had removed it for some reason or another a couple of months before. No problem, there were 10 different vehicles there so we pulled one out of a Suburban that would extend enough to lift the Jeep.

Problem Number two. Her lug wrench did not fit her lug nuts because her husband (who was out of town) had installed custom wheels on the Jeep. No other car there had anything that would fit because the walls were too thick on all of them to fit the lugs. Problem was solved by one guy running down to his Parent's house about two blocks away and getting a universal (4 way) lug wrench that did the job.

So far we are about 45 minutes into what should have been a 15-minute job.

Finally, we get the spare on, the old tire remounted on the back. Then, for fun we decided to see what it was that had caused the flat. All we could see was what looked like a 3/8 inch bolt of some sort sticking out but had been worn flat. My money was on a gutter spike based on the size.

After another 30 minutes or so of pulling/pushing/cutting and using everything from channel locks to needle nose pliers to screwdrivers and a utility knife, we managed to pull out a 4" long clip-on lead balance weight, including the clip. Except for the part we had mangled trying to remove it, it looked perfectly intact.

The tires on the Jeep were some serious off-road tires, and this was stuck perfectly center of the tire between the treads. That is the oddest thing I've seen pulled out of a tire.

[soundman98]

it was a rear tire, the passenger side?

my brother had a customer that had a fully functional 12" adjustable wrench blow through the tire and wheel. it entered rounded/dull side first.

at speed, front tires lift debris at an appropriate angle, and spikes it into the rear tire. no tire has a chance.

my brother got a free adjustable wrench though.

i keep a folding 4-cross in all my vehicles. too many oem wrenches are horrible designs that just lead to frustration.

[soundman98]

anyone else not very impressed with the sales this year?

most places seem to be offering 10% off, which is nice, but nowhere near running companies into the 'black'.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

Had an interesting experience yesterday.

WOW! What a story. Back in the day we used to call those situations "cluster f _ _ _ s"

And ...... why was Dadhawk going to a baby shower?

[x808drifter]

All I have to say is WTF and they were super lucky.
Both the people got rescued and are ok.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by soundman98

it was a rear tire, the passenger side

Rear, driver's side.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by humfrz

And ...... why was Dadhawk going to a baby shower?

It was for my soon-to-be grandson, and I was basically the driver (son and family live 5 hours away). The guys at the shower stood in the kitchen near the food for two hours talking cars and sports before proceeding to the yard for some mechanical bonding.