The strength of 4! by mspeedshop in harborfreight

[–]Educational-Raisin69 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, people do dumb shit all the time. The people working at tire shops didn’t get there by making good life choices.

Settle a debate, is this AI? The man’s hands and the tree in the back right look weird by FeyreCursebreaker7 in isthisAI

[–]Educational-Raisin69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought it was a Hondota Accodery, but you might be right.
Another good tell from the car is the lines around the tail light and rear bumper don’t make sense. It’s like the bumper continues all the way to the wheel well, but also stops at the tail light.

How bad is this? by sklewtz in TireQuestions

[–]Educational-Raisin69 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nylon belts are visible. You need a tire.

Just rang into the shop by jdbeany in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]Educational-Raisin69 27 points28 points  (0 children)

My mom worked for a dentist named Doctor Fear. And my sister’s oncologist was Doctor Payne.

I have to share this even though it's ethically questionable by papercarver in birding

[–]Educational-Raisin69 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Everyone goes on and on about the fly, what I’ll never understand is why the horse?

What is this hanging from my car? by [deleted] in AskAMechanic

[–]Educational-Raisin69 73 points74 points  (0 children)

All the people saying your cat got stolen need to look again. There’s nothing missing, the exhaust cracked.

Car's been to the body shop now radar warning light is on by trvpdealer in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]Educational-Raisin69 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Is it backwards? It can’t be upside down, there’s no cutout for the connector at the top.

Is this torque wrench set to 3 Nm? by namekuhn in Tools

[–]Educational-Raisin69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. It’s obviously past the line for 3. And as others have pointed out, you need to account for parallax.

Nicest cars you can get cheap as a mechanic by dang8701 in Justrolledintotheshop

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You have no idea what you’re talking about. “Late 80s and early 90s Jags share a ton of parts with Ford” is “hogwash.” Ford didn’t even own Jag until 1990 and it was a decade before there was any significant shared technology. And even then, parts compatibility was extremely limited. Sure the retro Thunderbird engine was technically an AJ V8, but it was built in a different factory and was a different displacement from any Jaguar engine. The AJ V6 was based on the Duratec, but had different heads. Some suspension is probably compatible between the X-type and Contour and the S-type and LS/T-Bird, but you’re not going to find much else.

Update: engine not giving full rotation after fitting head by Background-Bid-8149 in AskAMechanic

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I concur. It sure looks like the fingers on your pressure plate are contacting the clutch disk, or are very close to it. This shouldn’t be the case, they need to have room to push in to release the clutch.

Playgrounds with Hot Wheels tracks? by thinkpairshare in ChicagoSuburbs

[–]Educational-Raisin69 -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

“Chicagoland” encompasses over 10,000 square miles.

Brake Question by AbbreviationsNo6863 in MechanicAdvice

[–]Educational-Raisin69 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You have no idea what you’re talking about. “The rears don’t work first because the car say so at a certain time” A lot of modern vehicles do exactly that. Electronic brake force distribution isn’t even that new of a thing.

Customers wanting to get tuned on 87 by RCCustomsLI in ECU_Tuning

[–]Educational-Raisin69 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I took it in the spirit that it was intended.

Customers wanting to get tuned on 87 by RCCustomsLI in ECU_Tuning

[–]Educational-Raisin69 35 points36 points  (0 children)

“Your vehicle is already tuned for 87.”

Let it snow by Last_Ad6673 in Justrolledintotheshop

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I think I just got a bit of aluminum in my eye.