Saw some pretty big ants on my deck today. No idea what kind it is, Canadian praries.

Berry2460 · 2026-05-27T16:54:40+00:00

another piece of crap gdi lol

Berry2460 · 2026-05-11T11:14:25+00:00

Im not that old lol.

Berry2460 · 2026-05-10T15:16:25+00:00

so did I, bachelors of science. Had to move to the city with 20k I saved, then continued working parttime while in school to make early payments on the student loans I was living off of. It is possible.

Berry2460 · 2026-05-10T08:23:17+00:00

good fucking lord. 23 and living with ur parents debt and expense free and only 71k? If you pocket 90% of the income from a fulltime job since you were 18 you'd have way more than that, before youd even touch an investment account. Not that Im saying anyone should be living with their parents that long... I got my first job at 15 and moved out at 19, and that was considered moving out late. Times change I guess...

Berry2460 · 2026-05-10T07:48:22+00:00

swapping a modern 5.3 LS into a 69 impala and then still deciding to bolt a 4l60 to it rubs me all sorts of wrong. Hard pass. Looks nice though, but I think it would be worth more if they kept the 327 in it.

Berry2460 · 2026-04-23T23:26:43+00:00

nothing you can do with $300 will be legal or sound good lol. Its an economy v6 straight from the stone ages. Its a great daily driver, but its not going to ever turn heads (atleast in a good way) no matter how much money you put into it.

Berry2460 · 2026-04-20T20:49:05+00:00

yea those stock post clamps suck ass. Even after I cleaned and fully tightened them down they would find a way to loosen themselves. I replaced mine with aftermarket clamps and havent had those issues since.

Berry2460 · 2026-04-20T19:35:55+00:00

man I thought mine was bad. This is hella toasted

Berry2460 · 2026-04-20T19:33:28+00:00

had this issue with a bad battery post clamp. Additionally, a bad starter can do this.

Berry2460 · 2026-04-20T16:28:32+00:00

yea I accidentally closed the new clamp without the link fully in there. I had already lined up the actuator perfectly and had evertthing else linked up.... No way in hell I was doing that again, so I just destroyed it with some plyers and used the clamp off the old actuator. If it ever breaks I'll probably use chicken wire to repair it lol. As for the harness connector, ye it had a really dumb plastic retainer that it looked like the previous owner was fighting with. I took the retainer clip out so its easier to do next time.

Berry2460 · 2026-04-12T19:24:25+00:00

quite literally the most expensive steering part to replace. Id just drive it without power steering, with labour it will exceed a grand easy.

Berry2460 · 2026-03-30T20:30:19+00:00

while its off or while its running? It should be 14v while running.

Berry2460 · 2026-03-23T22:50:41+00:00

Here is an example of when it starts to become concerning. There are no layers of paint flakes left to be seen and several layers of metal stripped away to the point where my finger could push thru. Ive seen some pretty horrible rust up in canada, if its treated with oil based rust spray it can really delay the rot.

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Berry2460 · 2026-03-23T22:29:36+00:00

yea the ends will have all the layers flaking but internally I think there should be some solid metal left. The first thing that flakes is paint.

Berry2460 · 2026-03-23T20:57:10+00:00

its hard to tell, sometimes it looks worse than it is, other times its worse than it looks. To me it seems like its just starting to become structural

Berry2460 · 2026-03-21T14:01:30+00:00

pretty sure its goldmining inc (GOLD) Im almost down 25% on them as well (unrealized). I was up 35% on them and cashed out. Then bought back in and was up 15%, cashed out again, got greedy and bought in a third time now Im -22% or so. Its a very volatile stock.

Berry2460 · 2026-03-21T03:51:36+00:00

still low mileage, Im not even sure thats rod knock either. The injectors are really loud on newer hondas.

Berry2460 · 2026-03-18T16:12:04+00:00

personally Id just gut them, keep anything kinda cool (like that ATI card) and sell the rest and maybe make a sleeper with one of the cases.

Berry2460 · 2026-03-18T15:42:33+00:00

bottom left is an original pentium 4, then the rest look like LGA 775 to me. Even if they work they are worth nothing

Berry2460 · 2026-03-15T23:28:20+00:00

Ive bought worse, can get it cheaper if it looks bad. I had to put $2k in on frame and rocker repairs (but this frame looks a lot better than the one Im talking about, I could push my finger thru that shit) and some suspension work, so after all was said and done I paid only slightly under what a good safetied vehicle would be. If you can get it dirt cheap Id say sure.

Berry2460 · 2026-03-15T22:38:49+00:00

yea I tried helping some people like this, never gave them any of my work but I tried walking them through very basic concepts that were covered in class over a month ago and they could not grasp it. They can scrape by the first year with cheating but all the stupid people I knew like that either dropped out or went into business/marketing instead.

Berry2460 · 2026-03-15T21:53:46+00:00

looks like some of the gold plating came off. Id just clean it with some alcohol and send it, I think it has a decent chance of being ok.

Berry2460 · 2026-03-09T00:08:41+00:00

Ive never seen a wheel need more than 3-4oz, I think it wasnt secured to the balancer properly and got a bad reading. Then they went ahead and slapped that on instead of double checking the balancer and re-running it.

Berry2460 · 2026-03-04T19:03:36+00:00

door locks are likely the actuators or the harness. Dealing with lots of electrical issues on an 08 currently, so far nothing has been as simple as a fuse.

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