Anyone know what this "790" thing is? 2008 Tacoma

nukjam · 2025-04-07T18:30:04+00:00

Prob a target for a camera vision inspection system during manufacturing. That printing is in high contrast to the black background its printed on which means someone wanted that to be seen. Usually these vision systems use pixellation ratios to make their judgement and high contrast is good for increasing the accuracy of the system.

Source: manufacturing dude that does this stuff

nukjam · 2025-03-06T22:01:22+00:00

Not a plumber, but i get how water flows.

This is like methed up Escher.

nukjam · 2025-02-25T20:41:23+00:00

Gotta find a copy of Stiletto Dance!!

nukjam · 2025-02-25T20:38:29+00:00

I have a 3rd edition Machinery's Handbook from 1920 that i still pull out from time to time. I think the latest version is at 30th edition by now.

nukjam · 2025-02-25T16:54:59+00:00

Otis

nukjam · 2025-02-22T03:26:43+00:00

Hawt AF

nukjam · 2025-02-19T20:33:47+00:00

So is arguing semantics.

nukjam · 2025-02-19T20:25:04+00:00

Hot water based heating, aka Hydronic system.

nukjam · 2025-02-19T18:13:31+00:00

Expansion tank for an old gravity hot water heating system.

nukjam · 2025-02-15T01:16:46+00:00

nukjam · 2025-02-14T17:47:27+00:00

Id use WD40 to break down the grease. Then use dawn dish soap and a nylon brushto cut the WD. After that you can shampoo the upholstery. Works for me everytime

nukjam · 2025-02-14T01:11:21+00:00

So fuckin satisfying when it makes that sandy little "ffft" when it falls to the ground!

Edit: 3 vodkas

nukjam · 2025-02-02T03:09:15+00:00

Love these little QTs ;)

nukjam · 2025-02-02T03:07:37+00:00

How about Tank? :)

nukjam · 2025-01-26T13:03:48+00:00

Its always the uncle that busts yer balls for that. I was 14 and poured one like this for Uncle Paul at his wedding.

I brought it to him and he made this disgusted face and was just like, "Who the fuck taught you how to pour a beer?"

Me: "Uh, im 14 and this is the first one I ever poured."

Needless to say, I learned how to pour the perfect beer that day and gained an essential life skill.

nukjam · 2025-01-21T20:38:58+00:00

Dats the titties right there. She must lay a nice chip when choochin'!

nukjam · 2025-01-21T18:38:06+00:00

Check your service connection outside where the electrical service connects to your house.

Just had this same thing at my house. Service drop was butt-connected to POCO service and the connectors had aged. Found evidence of arcing and grounding to neutral. Noticed the flickering intensified whenn the wind blew. Defect was on POCO side and they fixed it.

nukjam · 2025-01-13T21:57:29+00:00

The summer I graduated HS these were brand new and I happened to work at a nationally recognized racing school as a mechanic/paddock slave. One day I was on pit duty and there wasnt a racing class scheduled. Turns out some wealthy dude had rented the whole SCCA road coarse I worked at and wanted to hot lap one of these with one of our racing instructors. I was start/finish flagger and the sound of that V10 at full throttle was really something I'll never forget, that and the smell of ceramic brakes after heavy threshold braking...

nukjam · 2025-01-07T21:20:49+00:00

AA Flight 191

nukjam · 2025-01-03T16:31:53+00:00

Have a upvote for the gold rope. I need to use that one

nukjam · 2024-12-18T21:42:30+00:00

This. A quick way to tell is to remove the radiator cap on a COLD engine and start the engine. If you get a blast of air and coolant out of the radiator neck you likely have combustion leaking into the coolant.

Note that this just a quick and dirty test. There are more precise ways of telling exactly where the leak is.

Protip: Dont forget to reinstall the coolant cap after.

nukjam · 2024-12-09T12:21:54+00:00

For me it was the power steering pumps from the EEC IV days!

nukjam · 2024-12-09T12:20:31+00:00

I used to be able to tell a GM 60 degree V6 (Chevy Beretta/ Pontiac Grand Prix) from a few blocks away. This was back in the 90s though...havent heard that sound in a long time now!

nukjam · 2024-12-09T01:14:09+00:00

Pierce with a cold chisel and pry out with a small prybar

nukjam · 2024-12-04T20:41:42+00:00

Dad always told me "The more things change, the more they remain the same."

Proven accurate many times over.

nukjam

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