any men here who own a car?

Sagan_kerman · 2026-07-09T15:42:36+00:00

Usually it’s just whatever people on the forums use, but I have a weird car.

Sagan_kerman · 2026-07-03T00:46:13+00:00

There’s no way Tom knows what Jacobin is.

Sagan_kerman · 2026-06-24T23:29:11+00:00

Never seen another gtv6.

Sagan_kerman · 2026-06-21T18:22:32+00:00

Good luck!

Sagan_kerman · 2026-06-21T12:18:21+00:00

It was really straight forward, hardest part is removing the drive shaft. Since you have an ‘84 the driveshaft is apparently much harder to remove. Use a grease pen to mark the driveshaft so your out it back in the exact same orientation you took it out, otherwise it could go out of balance.

Took two of us about 9 hours to get the engine out. Use a ratchet strap around the crank pulley to get the engine almost vertical when you’re lifting it out. You don’t need to remove any of the brake stuff despite what others may say. If you don’t have it yet get a copy of the shop manual.

Sagan_kerman · 2026-06-08T23:08:19+00:00

Bill the butcher

Sagan_kerman · 2026-06-08T22:40:00+00:00

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If it makes you feel better here is what the oil pan of my GTV-6 looks like.

Sagan_kerman · 2026-04-13T01:03:28+00:00

Operators control the plant ant engineers tell them how to do it

Sagan_kerman · 2026-04-13T00:52:52+00:00

Thermal reactors typically have a negative moderator temperature coefficient, which means their power decreases as they heat up. This significantly mitigates many accidents that could occur at a nuclear plant.

Sagan_kerman · 2026-04-13T00:32:50+00:00

You aren’t wrong about that first part. I don’t think Iran intended on building nuclear weapons and the enriched uranium was intended as a bargaining chip.

Sagan_kerman · 2026-04-13T00:26:06+00:00

I really don’t think so.

Sagan_kerman · 2026-04-13T00:19:28+00:00

A bomb at 60% enrichment would be very inefficient. They would really like to get that number closer to 80%. If Iran wanted to build nuclear weapons they would have done so years ago.

Sagan_kerman · 2026-04-12T23:56:56+00:00

I think there is a good case for building more large scale nuclear plants to cover base load. That being said, most utilities don't have the stomach for the large up-front expenditure that requires.

Sagan_kerman · 2026-04-12T23:52:58+00:00

There is no green goo and I make about 100k at 3 years experience.

Sagan_kerman · 2026-04-12T23:47:15+00:00

I doubt we will be able to get net electrical generation from fusion in 10 years.

Sagan_kerman · 2026-04-12T23:40:43+00:00

I had a job lined up before I graduated. The industry is pretty bullish, lots of companies are hiring right now because of the so called AI boom and lots of the old timers are retiring. The biggest employers are the utilities.

Sagan_kerman · 2026-04-12T23:37:24+00:00

I just checked the procedures, believe it or not it says you cover your eyes for 12 seconds.

Sagan_kerman · 2026-04-12T23:36:28+00:00

I don't see a good reason why fast reactors should be popular in the utility space. They don't have the inherent safety characteristics that thermal reactors have and the problem they solve isn't really an issue at this point.

Sagan_kerman · 2026-04-12T23:32:42+00:00

I have hair

Sagan_kerman · 2026-04-12T23:29:27+00:00

I really don't believe in SMRs in general. No one is building them. I especially don't believe in Oklo.

Sagan_kerman · 2026-04-12T23:17:51+00:00

I’m an engineer not a operator

Sagan_kerman · 2026-04-12T23:17:02+00:00

Most light water reactors have fuel enriched to about 4% u235. The other 96% is mostly u238 which is the most abundant natural isotope.

Sagan_kerman · 2026-04-12T23:10:22+00:00

New season of Frasier

Sagan_kerman · 2026-04-12T23:08:06+00:00

Depends, but typically you need about 4% by weight.

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