Ontopic A Thread About Butt Mustard, For Those Who Drive Automobiles

[Mean Mr. Mustard]

roll it off a cliff

 

[adi]

So the VW logo fell off the engine cover of the GTI, fell down behind the engine and melted onto the exhaust manifold.

And fuck it stinks. Got a bunch of it scraped off but I'm gonna have to wait for it to burn off pretty much.

 

[Hoff Kinkmeister]

He's a young E4 with next to no money management skills, I feel bad for him.

Pissed still, but also pity.

If you can install it easily enough go for it. Let him know how you feel about it. Sometimes people just need to catch a break.

 

[Mr. Argumentor]

He's a young E4 with next to no money management skills, I feel bad for him.

Pissed still, but also pity.

Ehhhh....

EEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHH..................

Push it out of the garage. Give him an ultimatum, then push it out of the garage.

 

[Jehannum]

If you can install it easily enough go for it. Let him know how you feel about it. Sometimes people just need to catch a break.

Yeah, I went this direction. Fuckin' thing's got enough wrong with it otherwise that I felt bad just horkin' it out of the garage.

I've got maybe another hour's worth of work to get it back to how it was before but running (unless he fried the ECU or the igniter).

 

[Domon]

Used car Dealers are such pieces of shit. Trying to buy a van and the latest place had 2500 bucks in made up fees that they hid until the last minute... Not including taxes and tags

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[Jehannum]

Used car Dealers are such pieces of shit. Trying to buy a van and the latest place had 2500 bucks in made up fees that they hid until the last minute... Not including taxes and tags

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I know "shady" and "used car dealership" are synonymous, but this is actually a reasonable smell test for used dealers

 

[gee]

Hit up a small dealership, lots of places will have recently traded in cars for sale.

I bought my GTI from a Nissan dealer.

 

[Mr. Argumentor]

So, I had always heard of a FSAE team that designed their own V8 engine, but ended up getting screwed over because of a mid-year rule change that necessitated an integral starter.

I had never seen it until now, though.
Sorry for the FB link.

https://m.facebook.com/groups/808547945893612?view=permalink&id=1509838042431262

 

[Jehannum]

@Mr. Asa I have a bolt question.

I need to make a cable that goes from the alternator to the starter. To do so, I need to pick up some ring terminals that fit the posts on both the alt and the starter. The alternator has a bolt with a 10mm head on it. The starter has a post with a 12mm (outside size) nut on it. I can't seem to find the size of the posts that go to those sizes.

Can you help?

 

[Duke]

Do you need to ground the bolt to a water pipe?

 

[Jehannum]

Do you need to ground the bolt to a water pipe?

This is for the positive side. Can't you even read?

 

[Mr. Argumentor]

If I'm reading that correctly, you need the ring to go over the stud and be clamped by the respective 10 and 12mm nuts?

Look up the bolt size that typically goes with a 10 or 12mm bolt and check like that? IE: 1/4-20 bolt typically takes a 7/16 wrench, so if I had a 7/16 bolt I would see if I could run a 1/4" drill through the ring, then put that on the stud.

Honestly I'd probably just put calipers on it before I did that, though.

 

[Jehannum]

If I'm reading that correctly, you need the ring to go over the stud and be clamped by the respective 10 and 12mm nuts?

Look up the bolt size that typically goes with a 10 or 12mm bolt and check like that? IE: 1/4-20 bolt typically takes a 7/16 wrench, so if I had a 7/16 bolt I would see if I could run a 1/4" drill through the ring, then put that on the stud.

Honestly I'd probably just put calipers on it before I did that, though.

Right. But I'm at work and was hoping to pick up the terminals on my way home, though.

I can't find anything that specifies the size of the stud that goes to a 12mm (flat to flat) nut. All the sources online skip from 11 straight to 13 for some reason.

 

[Duke]

This is for the positive side. Can't you even read?

Negative

 

[Mr. Argumentor]

Right. But I'm at work and was hoping to pick up the terminals on my way home, though.

I can't find anything that specifies the size of the stud that goes to a 12mm (flat to flat) nut. All the sources online skip from 11 straight to 13 for some reason.

Ahh.
Fuck.

@gee, you're in a communist country that uses the wrong measurement standard, know what size bolt a 12mm head is?

Also, jenkum, is the nut a normal nut? Proper ratio of hole to edge? Making sure it isn't a weird nut to fit the part with clearance

 

[Jehannum]

Ahh.
Fuck.

@gee, you're in a communist country that uses the wrong measurement standard, know what size bolt a 12mm head is?

Also, jenkum, is the nut a normal nut? Proper ratio of hole to edge? Making sure it isn't a weird nut to fit the part with clearance

It's a normal nut. At least, it looks normal sized to me.

 

[Mr. Argumentor]

It's a normal nut. At least, it looks normal sized to me.

Moment of clarity.

https://www.mcmaster.com/#hex-nuts/=19gtpu1

McMaster gets hinky sometimes. That pull up a 12mm wide nut for you?

 

[Jehannum]

Moment of clarity.

https://www.mcmaster.com/#hex-nuts/=19gtpu1

McMaster gets hinky sometimes. That pull up a 12mm wide nut for you?

No, unfortunately it didn't.

 

[Jehannum]

Using some selectors on the side says that I should be looking for something that fits an M8, though.

Thanks @Mr. Asa!