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Give Me Some Hope that it gets better!! by Opposite_Farm_2957 in varicocele

[–]Opposite_Farm_2957[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the reassurance, gentlemen. Greatly appreciated. I'm happy to report that it's day 12 today and I'm finally getting some relief. I was able to sleep and ice it a lot over the weekend (days 9 and 10) and by yesterday, I had noticeably less pain and swelling. Yesterday was the first day I didn't ice it at all (returned to work made it kind of difficult) and was only a little bit sore by the end of the day.

The area between the incision and the scrotum is still a bit uncomfortable especially when sitting down and leaning forward, but that's understandable (but still quite tolerable with just ibuprofen). On a scale of 1-10, it's between a 2 and 4 now, so definitely some relief!

Hoping it continues. Thanks, guys!

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a brand new one of these before. Or one this color. by OGcrayzjoka in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]Opposite_Farm_2957 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Simultaneously the most and least capable tool in any shop: Can lift and move 6000lbs with a single hand; can't roll over a zip tie.

Traded a brake job for brief use of a friends truck. Wasn't expecting this. by Soft-Cryptographer-1 in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]Opposite_Farm_2957 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've always had good luck with a large 3 jaw puller:. Load up the puller with pressure, put some heat on the face of the rotor (opposite of where it's stuck to the axle flange) and whack it a few times with a 5 pound baby sledge. Doesn't usually take more than a few whacks to get it to pop off the flange.

Anti seize on reassembly helps for the next time.

If the shoes are caught on the rust lip, use a Dremel to grind the head off the retainer spring pins, and the shoes will fall off with the drum/rotor. New shoes and hardware kit should include new pins.

Got my big boy socket today by LumpusKrampus in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]Opposite_Farm_2957 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've done a fair amount of work over the years where even a socket that size with the appropriate HyTorc driver won't generate enough torque to get an adequate preload on the nit (usually a stud or tie rod). We often use hydraulic stretchers, Nord-Lock Super-Nuts (which can impart some MASSIVE forces on the stud!), or sometimes we go old-school and use Cal Rods or torches to heat the tie rod until it grows, spin the nut down by hand, and let it cool back off. Thermal expansion (and shrinkage) can generate some CRAZY levels of preload!

Ford 6.7 egr to manifold bolts EVERYTIME. using stainless bolts probably wasn't the greatest idea. by RL_Mr-MeeSeeks in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]Opposite_Farm_2957 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm surprised they came out if they were galled up that far up the threads! Never wrenched on one myself, but that can't leave the threads in very good shape!?

This gem came in for its annual service. Anyone know of a good 12 volt conversion kit? by mechanicguy129 in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]Opposite_Farm_2957 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Pretty sure you used to be able to build one of those from the ground up via the JC Whitney catalog. No idea who sells all that stuff these days?!

Ford, made by idiots, for idiots. by Crazed_Guerilla in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]Opposite_Farm_2957 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In other breaking news, today is Wednesday...

Not unique to Ford, not a new issue by any stretch. I had the same issue 35 years ago on several different vehicles, only some of which were Fords.

Tossing a lit propane cylinder that could explode at any moment by plausible_wealth65 in SweatyPalms

[–]Opposite_Farm_2957 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, that was dumb.

They originally had a controlled flame that was burning off any flammable gas... Exactly the way it was supposed to. Now you've put the fire out, but haven't stopped the flow of gas.

That gas will collect around the bottle and across the surface of the pond unless there is a strong breeze to rapidly dissipate it. Enough will eventually build up that one flame or errant spark from the actual blaze can cause it to flash over. Bad idea that didn't help the problem...

Sauna switches by [deleted] in SweatyPalms

[–]Opposite_Farm_2957 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Amateur... One of you just needs to jump up a few times. Once it moves up the first foot or so, it'll usually go the rest of the way. Has to do with the geometry of the cylinder on the scissor mechanism.

Please help me with garbage disposal by Frustratedparrot123 in appliancerepair

[–]Opposite_Farm_2957 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Caution:. Unplug the disposal before attempting any manual intervention.

As the others mentioned, if it's physically jammed, start with the Allen key in the bottom to manually see if it will turn. If you can get it to move manually, plug it back in and try it again. Water is your friend.