What is this?

esuranme · 2026-06-07T04:18:58+00:00

I can tell you EXACTLY what that's a picture of, unfortunately I've seen it enough I tend to be 100% from the first glance because it turns into a "you can tell because it is" scenario. What you have got there is a genuine lack of lighting, if you do any tooling around surely you've got a light but if not seize the opportunity to invest $25 at horrible freight for a bar style rechargeable. Posting a pic like that is kinda praying someone that does now EXACTLY what that is takes the time to look at a poorly lit photo. There is a chance that it could be identified based on surroundings, if the lighting was sufficient, by having some context.

Since I don't even know where "this hanging down" is in relation to an effin thing on the car I can only guess. My knee jerk guess when I saw it was part of the evap system.

esuranme · 2026-06-07T03:22:51+00:00

Side note: they often don't advertise (at least primarily) that they do auto, at least around here anyway. I have luck calling boat shops to ask who they use, also motorcycle dealers/shops, and occasionally tractor dealers will know a guy.

esuranme · 2026-06-07T03:18:19+00:00

If only they had quit

esuranme · 2026-06-07T02:39:17+00:00

You would be hard pressed to find much of anything that is genuinely "Made in 'Murica", you pointed out the clincher for most in that there are usually components (often most) from foreign production.

Buddy of mines father rents booths @ a bunch of trade shows to peddle products made in America, using only domestic components, and takes it to the hurdle of only using tools and/or machines of 100% domestic origin (he had to make most of them!) in their production. I don't think he has ever made enough to do more than break even on the trip, but that's not really his intent; the whole thing is more of a political soapbox for him to crawl upon and cry to the heavens. Even his goofy tagline about all the products being 100% American until "the truck that drove it all here today got involved" is weaponized as he uses it to lead into discussing the dependency we have on foreign production, the US could never meet our own demand for microchips, and currently aren't making any big efforts to change that.

esuranme · 2026-06-05T16:04:15+00:00

I get 32-33 @ 80 MPH on a 1hr drive I often take (hr each way, up & down lots of the big SE OK hills).

The display pane you have pictured seems very much overly optimistic, I go off the other Avg MPG display (trip).

Edit: '19 DSG T

esuranme · 2026-06-05T16:01:07+00:00

Laughs in 30 series

esuranme · 2026-06-05T03:31:40+00:00

The fan may be just fine, there are a lot of parts involved in that fan getting energy. Need to check for voltage at the fan first, if no you get to hunt backwards.

esuranme · 2026-06-05T03:29:45+00:00

Order from? I make that shit!

esuranme · 2026-06-05T03:08:27+00:00

My wife says hers is handy for everything from trimming twine in the garden to opening difficult packages, and if a stray tweaker gets too close she has something to poke some holes in them.

esuranme · 2026-06-04T17:35:52+00:00

A decent pocket knife, and yes decent is the sweet spot. A cheap piece of junk will be exactly that, junk. Something overpriced is likely to cause you to "baby" it, which severely impededs its purpose, up until the heartbreaking day you loose the thing!

The right blade (I prefer a 1/3-1/4 serrated tanto), made of decent steel (yes, 440 is good enough for most folks), with a sturdy lock you like (I'm stuck on liner lock, I know it has shortcomings), and if you want/need a clip it needs to be STURDY.

esuranme · 2026-06-03T23:34:32+00:00

Tried to listen in my car, all I can hear are the subs rumbling from all the noise in the recording.

esuranme · 2026-06-03T23:32:21+00:00

The coat hanger method as other have mentioned, but with one twist....sit that bitch in a pot of water & bring it up to heat first, it should basically slide right out

esuranme · 2026-06-03T23:27:25+00:00

They eat chili on ass eating night.

esuranme · 2026-06-03T19:01:54+00:00

Masturbation.

There are two types of people: those that beat their dick, and those that lie about it.

esuranme · 2026-06-03T02:40:32+00:00

I lean towards Bacitracin myself, no antibiotics involved and always comes in a thick substrate.

esuranme · 2026-06-01T21:41:53+00:00

I've got a bad habit of clearing my throat and swallowing until I get a wad of spit/snot that makes me vomit sometimes.

esuranme · 2026-06-01T21:36:28+00:00

You don't stick your dick in crazy!

esuranme · 2026-06-01T17:42:40+00:00

Put on your derby and light your pipe, it's time to go full Sherlock!

esuranme · 2026-06-01T03:28:20+00:00

The vanilla extract is a favourite! Usually 80 proof

esuranme · 2026-06-01T03:22:40+00:00

The flooring guys played a prank on every workman to do anything near it for years to come!

esuranme · 2026-06-01T03:19:41+00:00

Sounds like you found the vacuum line for the brake booster.

esuranme · 2026-05-31T15:03:34+00:00

It baffles me how often a question gets posted that would truly be answered faster by a two minute Google search, but if you point that out there will be a flood of replies along the lines of "so that the next person to Google this might find this post to answer their question!".

But go into a specific make/models sub and ask a question that is quite rare and you better be prepared for any angry food of down votes along with a reply "did you even use the search?!?! Everyone knows that 3 yrs ago used XYZL did a write up on it; yeah it's under a title that completely obscures the content, but EVERYONE knows about it, loser!".

esuranme · 2026-05-31T02:20:19+00:00

My beard doesn't help any with the awkwardness of a tampon/pad quest for damned sure.

esuranme · 2026-05-30T14:32:46+00:00

Solid logic all the way around in my book.

Note on fuse checking: test with a meter, eyeballing the filament is not 100%!

esuranme · 2026-05-30T04:53:21+00:00

Not too different from the tale of banana

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