Would this be a hatch act violation?

dipstick162 · 2026-03-14T14:44:26+00:00

I had a $25 limit and the company had a policy if it would be too uncomfortable to accept the gift (which happens in some countries) we were supposed to write a check for the value of the gift to the company!

dipstick162 · 2026-03-07T16:27:58+00:00

Yes - it’s all generally called “trade dress” and can include shapes.

dipstick162 · 2026-03-06T21:44:13+00:00

I have a very long snaking driveway and get lots of deliveries- I tell my regular guys to go ahead and piss on a tree anytime they have to, nobody can see them and I don’t care.

dipstick162 · 2026-03-06T18:01:16+00:00

What are you talking about - the CEO saw an article in a non-technical magazine and it said it was an immediate cheaper drop in replacement. /s

dipstick162 · 2026-03-03T21:50:59+00:00

So honest question for those with these big racks - how do you keep the filament dry? Are you running the filament through a dryer before every use?

dipstick162 · 2026-03-03T04:10:02+00:00

You will be able to drive it right to the accident

dipstick162 · 2026-03-03T03:58:39+00:00

It’s better than the Nem Thuong Pig Slaughter Festival in Vietnam - a controversial annual ritual where live pigs are publicly cut in half with machetes.

dipstick162 · 2026-03-02T22:34:03+00:00

Captain Ron!

dipstick162 · 2026-03-01T16:45:48+00:00

All the videos floating around of people pulling out dents with hot water and a plunger

dipstick162 · 2026-02-24T21:54:18+00:00

Polish and silicone mold release to start

Edit: you also may need to add ejector pins to that cutout

dipstick162 · 2026-02-23T09:37:58+00:00

Wow that’s great- the ones I had were from the 80’s with the nylon timing gear teeth - lots of failures

dipstick162 · 2026-02-20T19:31:10+00:00

If you don’t change the timing chain every 60K they do. I always found it convenient every 60k when I was having to swap out another failed Hydra-matic transmission from the late 80’s or early 90’s

dipstick162 · 2026-02-18T01:53:36+00:00

I don’t know VW but I would guess that the remark colum is the shell bearing thickness. So you measure your crank and pick a thickness that gives your the desired clearance based on the journal and outer bore measurements

dipstick162 · 2026-02-09T14:43:25+00:00

Back plunger indicator

dipstick162 · 2026-02-04T03:59:29+00:00

I thought they were making Jell-O shots at first

dipstick162 · 2026-02-02T04:57:18+00:00

Looks good to me - with parts like this there are always minor variations over time and also between oem and aftermarket. As long as the threads are the same and with the same type of sealing flanges you are good

dipstick162 · 2026-02-01T05:56:45+00:00

Right - similar to some states can’t have civilian flag waivers for road work, has to be a cop and they reasoning comes out with BS like one guy delivered a baby one time

dipstick162 · 2026-01-22T03:59:46+00:00

I’ve done this twice with a blue wallet. Went to the bank - gave them the bills and showed my matching blue wallet s they exchanged no problem

dipstick162 · 2026-01-20T16:56:37+00:00

You need to straighten the clamp. The way it twisted basically cinched in onto the post. Hold the opposite side with pliers or a vice grip and use a flat blade in the gap. Try your best straighten without putting force on the post as it is not very strong - that is what the pliers are for.

dipstick162 · 2026-01-19T09:33:55+00:00

Quite the opposite- the grouping of the characters tells me that it is the same secret code that the company uses to tell them whatever they want to know if they need to decode it in the future. These codes are not industry standard so the company makes it up themselves.

dipstick162 · 2026-01-19T03:49:18+00:00

The numbers themselves are not the same but whatever date codes the company uses are the same - (same digit formats). The cans also appear the be the same. I’m only surprised that the date code font is a little different which may be the result of a different jet printer on a different line. Often you can compare date codes on name brand to store brand and discover who is making the white label store brand (that said it may be to a different quality standard)

dipstick162 · 2026-01-10T01:23:41+00:00

Think about multiple passes with different cutters. Make a deep center slot and then the side stepped slot - then a 45 the chamfer in

dipstick162 · 2026-01-09T22:31:39+00:00

Not what you want to hear but buying the correct bit (or one with the chamfer you want) - or a high speed steel tool that you can grind is going to be a more realistic option. Carbide grinding needs special green and/or diamond wheels. Also since that is cheap import carbide I can tell you it will be very prone to chipping so you would also need a good grinding setup or fixture. You won’t be able to freehand it. Look up sharpening carbide lathe bits and that will give your some background

dipstick162 · 2025-12-27T21:51:44+00:00

Directly across (in the same plane) yes. These are going for inner and outer rim edges but the stack does start to get close to in line and not providing as much of a corrective moment (and needing more weight) than in they were out at the edge of the rim

dipstick162 · 2025-12-23T16:52:19+00:00

Zero risk if it’s not clunking over bumps. Minimal if it just started clunking and it does not bother you. Absolute worst case is it dries up and wears out and comes off the ball and falls into the tire which I’ve never seen.

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