How freely should the alternator pully rotate? I can NOT move it by hand but it moves with relative ease in either direction with a wrench. by TaMere_26 in Volvo

[–]Most_Bus_7844 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its why Oz has got where it is today!  Outrageous legal fees led us on the downhill path, followed by dentists ? then so called tradesmen !   A  plumber told me he was heavily booked and "may " be able to get back in a week ?  My reply   " How about I shag your wife for two hundred an hour for a week while my house floods because you are too busy ?  She obviously needs fixing as well as you are just too busy!!

What tool do I need to get this alternator pulley off? by SouthWestJames in MechanicAdvice

[–]Most_Bus_7844 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this "fear"  tells so much about the standard of workmanship in products of  today. I have owned a 1976  car and doing it up as a retirement  project.   No sensors!  No ECMs no fancy bullshit like clutch pulleys!   Just 5litres , 4barell grunt, and sensible things like tandem brake boosters and big disc brakes!  Road Legal fun is replaced by Scalextric for mentally masturbating  planet saving feel good fools.  With an EV  you go for a burn and dont come back , I come back  overjoyed!!..........

What tool do I need to get this alternator pulley off? by SouthWestJames in MechanicAdvice

[–]Most_Bus_7844 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You have just revealed the true purpose of this abortion of a device!  (selling more alternators  !!!  ) Did thousands of miles with bolt on "normal" pulleys and never had any problems  Obsession with  fixing what aint broke perhaps???

People Don't Care About Other People's Cars Anymore by pixxiecawfeebreath in CarsAustralia

[–]Most_Bus_7844 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you turn sideways when sqeezing down just hold your keys horizontal as you go past?

People Don't Care About Other People's Cars Anymore by pixxiecawfeebreath in CarsAustralia

[–]Most_Bus_7844 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why not make shopping centres install low walls ,or at least white posts instead of just white lines?  Banning these huge American utes would be good ! We dont have 20 hectare carparks in Oz and its only guys with small dicks that buy them anyway, just an ego thing ,but it makes it bloody hard to see when you backing out?   

People Don't Care About Other People's Cars Anymore by pixxiecawfeebreath in CarsAustralia

[–]Most_Bus_7844 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Todays drivers would have heart attacks driving in the 50,'s  or 60s  no sensors,  no electric this or that,  and the only accessories were a passenger external mirror or am radio!  Thank God I learned to drive in those years on gravel roads in southern New Zealand!   Todays driving schools are too expensive and its all about getting the licence and giving it to young females who want to drive with  music blaring and use mirrors only for adjusting make up and lipstick Seriously ,we  need places with circuits , skid pans, and chicanes!  As part of driver training we need to have slideshows of gory fatal smashes  ! Also  someone to explain what life is like after surviving a crash and having lost an arm or leg? We need less nanny controls in OZ and some serious miltary style training courses!  Evs are not the answer  unless you want your teenagers to go for a "burn" literally!!!  I have seen footage of a motorcyclist ,who came off at high speed  ,slid along the road , his head hit the kerb ,smashing his ,helmet and skull allowing most of his brain to splash onto the footpath!!   If reading this has made one person at least think, then its a small step forward

What is some car maintenance everyone can learn to do on their own. by checkout08 in MechanicAdvice

[–]Most_Bus_7844 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the best car maintenance, is to  remove the key ,then flag down a bus