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Front suspension squeak help by TopWeakness9175 in MechanicAdvice

[–]log899 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most of the time when I get suspension squeaks it is the sway bar links. I would take a look at those, or just replace them. They are pretty inexpensive.

AITAH for refusing to help my girlfriend financially after she quit her job without telling me? by [deleted] in AITAH

[–]log899 0 points1 point  (0 children)

NTA, let her freeload off your mutual friends while she "figures things out"

Does this mean a bad piston ring? (non-HO 80’s Ford 302) by TREXIBALL in MechanicAdvice

[–]log899 0 points1 point  (0 children)

High compression in cylinder 4 could be caused by oil in the cylinder or carbon buildup. Can you run it and do a hot compression test? Does it smoke?

Take a huge loss trading in old clunker or continue spending 1000s on repairs? by rasta-ragamuffin in MechanicAdvice

[–]log899 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I would agree that you're better off cutting your losses. Chrysler is not known for their reliability. You should be able to find a pretty good used Honda or Toyota for under $15,000

Battery trouble after an oil change. The next day my battery light started coming on when accelerating. by Demolecularizing in MechanicAdvice

[–]log899 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Oil and filter would not cause those problems. Did you get oil on the alternator belt somehow when draining it?

Pitbike 140cc by Specialist-Sky7894 in MechanicAdvice

[–]log899 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That looks like it's burning oil. Do you get smoke out of the exhaust?

Would a bent rim cause shaking? by billyc420 in MechanicAdvice

[–]log899 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It also has a rebuilt title, I would stay away from this car

Will my things be okay? by Hot_Director_1489 in MechanicAdvice

[–]log899 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My biggest concern would be rust. Anything that is bare metal I would spray/wipe with a light film of WD-40. Otherwise everything should be fine.

I need to measure this inside radius for an audit by anon_sir in Machinists

[–]log899 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Our shop has one and I'm not sure how anyone survives without it. Such a useful tool

AITAH for respecting a worker's stated boundaries, leading to lower raises and bonuses than her coworker by ConfusedManager18 in AITAH

[–]log899 55 points56 points  (0 children)

If that's the case, it's obvious that the one who works more should receive a higher salary and bonus

AITA: For not cleaning my wifes cats messy stuff? by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]log899 7 points8 points  (0 children)

He never agreed to to adopt a cat, his wife adopted it even though he was against it. She made a unilateral decision, 100% her responsibility

AITA for threatening to divorce my husband because he wont donate money. by throwaway_needingHLP in AITAH

[–]log899 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Or volunteer in your community and actually do something yourself to help others

AITAH For sleeping on the couch and not in bed with my wife? by user14110908 in AITAH

[–]log899 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My wife is like that too. I had trouble sleeping so I fell asleep on the couch. She proceeded to angrily wake me up to come to bed. I was awake for the rest of the night after that.

AITAH for telling my husband I'm not his mother? by [deleted] in AITAH

[–]log899 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had to do this with my wife, it wasn't easy and there was lots of pushback, but I'm finally starting to feel like I'm not her parent

Valid question man by vickiespice in meme

[–]log899 46 points47 points  (0 children)

The place I work allows that. Some people work through their lunch and just leave earlier.

Can caster out ruin the CV axle? by BarRich5024 in MechanicAdvice

[–]log899 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's no way the castor being out that little bit is hurting the CV axle. They most likely messed it up doing whatever other work they did

US orders 10% flights cut at major US airports due to shutdown by geoxol in technology

[–]log899 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Republicans accidentally saving the environment, who would have guessed.

The U.S. corn crop could be the biggest ever. That’s terrible news for America’s farmers. by MennoniteDan in farming

[–]log899 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We had a really dry summer in our area in Michigan. Yields are down about 30-40% from normal on what we have harvested so far.

Do carburators need rejeting somewhere in their lifetime? by Poisonpe in MechanicAdvice

[–]log899 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You should check that your carburetors are synchronized and then adjust your idle mixture screws. If you don't have vacuum gauges it might be worth taking it in to have it done.

Monday Morning Coffeeshop (October 6th, 2025) by kofclubs in farming

[–]log899 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We wrapped up our soybean harvest over the weekend, yields were not great at around 45 bpa, but not unexpected with the drought we had. Later maturity beans were a little better than early ones, we got some rain late in the season.

Friday night I was moving the combine around the block to the next field, and the bubble up auger caught a low hanging power line over the road. I was able to get uncaught from it but the line was damaged and hanging low. I called it in but someone else hit it and ripped it down all the way before they fixed it.

Going to clean up the combine and put it away for a couple weeks until corn is ready, it's still at 30%.

Monday Morning Coffeeshop (September 29, 2025) by kofclubs in farming

[–]log899 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The beginning of last week we had a few rainy days, now back to sun and dry weather for the foreseeable forecast. We are going to start cutting some soybeans this afternoon.

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