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yup, tig braze since they're oftentimes cast iron
or I just buy the plastic ones and am okay with the fact that I'll be changing it in ten years when it is crispy because the tbelt is crispy too
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engineering that makes you want to punch babies.
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or I just buy the plastic ones and am okay with the fact that I'll be changing it in ten years when it is crispy because the tbelt is crispy too
arse_sidewards
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Interesting.
I figure they'd just make a variant of the stamped steel ones they already make.
[486]
smell-o-vision
doubly interesting; some were cast brass and were about as nice inside as the plastic ones
the cast iron ones have bout 1/5 the flow area through the vanes
what was a nice smooth rectangular 1/2" hole in each vane is sometimes a rough sand cast 5/16" wide mess of an opening
Mr. Mindless
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it's not a gargantuan keyfob, so they had to figure out some way to make it bigger than it otherwise needs to be
The size is not the issue. It’s the orientation.
Like when some home gamer hack puts a light switch in upside down Or installs a deadbolt so that when you lock it, the key turns clockwise,
no that’s backwards.
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My house has all the OG switches upside down. I assume that's just how they did it in 1920whatever.
The few new ones are in the normal orientation.
Mr. Mindless
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20s should be knob and tube and pushbutton switches shouldn't it?
the GE logo would be upside down if they were inverted!
the GE logo would be upside down if they were inverted!
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I think it could go either way.
My parent's house is the same age but is knob and tube (ultimatly replaced in the 40s or 50s or so) with plaster, random stud spacing. Mine is wallboard skimmed with plaster but my ceiling is plaster over lath, BX wiring, 16" stud spacing.
This is the original front door switch. It's in a normal box. The black switch on the left is the OG front porch light switch. The one on the right is a modern two way so I can turn the hallway/stairs light off from upstairs. Every single one of these original switches is installed so down is off.
The switches themselves are really clunky and not enclosed in a casing like a modern switch. Didn't feel like taking a cover plate off so I found this online.
For my ceiling fixtures I have weird junction boxes that aren't really boxes. They're cast pieces that take up to four BX cables and hold them with set screws and you just make the junctions right there among the plaster.
[486]
smell-o-vision
I am unreasonably mad at the autoformatting this **** does
why does one of these
turn into quote tags
I want smarmy implicit implied implications
I don't care that it doesn't turn the text **** green, the implication is in the formatting
which it takes and ****S WITH
yeah web design is now engineering
sorry ***s with ME degrees and train drivers ya'll are lumped in with the rest of the tards
ETA: hahahah it even does it when you don't put any text next to it
****ing hilarious
"greater than symbol"
why does one of these
turn into quote tags
I want smarmy implicit implied implications
I don't care that it doesn't turn the text **** green, the implication is in the formatting
which it takes and ****S WITH
yeah web design is now engineering
sorry ***s with ME degrees and train drivers ya'll are lumped in with the rest of the tards
ETA: hahahah it even does it when you don't put any text next to it
****ing hilarious
"greater than symbol"
Ummduh
Red Skull
Code:
{you}can[type]anything<if>/you/use/the*code*optionarse_sidewards
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Software engineering is real engineering because it's not bull****
Software engineering isn't real engineering because it's bull****. <- you are here
Software engineering is real engineering because they're both bull****.
Edit: I use greentext for quotes in work emails FWIW
redneckengineered
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At least it doesn't look like it drove in vt
Nothing I’ve seen or touched, but I hate it already.
Vintage Mercedes.
Nothing I’ve seen or touched, but I hate it already.
Vintage Mercedes.
You act like you have never seen a TTB before.....
Its been a while since I had one of those on a lift but isn't that spring in the back basically a traction aid? If I remember correctly it has springs on the lower arms to hold the car up, no?
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Is that like some sort of reverse sway bar? 
You act like you have never seen a TTB before.....
Its been a while since I had one of those on a lift but isn't that spring in the back basically a traction aid? If I remember correctly it has springs on the lower arms to hold the car up, no?
there’s a coil on each side of the axle, that center horizontal one seems like a way to force articulation, something that TTB lacks, I’m no TTB fanboy I do recognize it’s durable and simple. Though I did want to experiment with those inside the coil airbags plumbed together to do the same thing.
speed bump
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Turbo oil drain line on 11-14 powerjokes. Made sense on the assembly line, pukes a **** load of oil, annoying as **** as a repair., For now I'm going to repair it and not drop $2k+ on a 17+ turbo conversion even though I really want to.
[486]
smell-o-vision
I understand why they do it (keep the monkeys from hooking them up backwards)
but I do hate them for it
iirc on some of the jeeps you just gotta cut all the tape wrapped around the harnesses and there's enough wire folded up in the harness to reach either way if you move like one ground wire or some ****, so it ain't even like it is a cost-cutting thing
but I do hate them for it
iirc on some of the jeeps you just gotta cut all the tape wrapped around the harnesses and there's enough wire folded up in the harness to reach either way if you move like one ground wire or some ****, so it ain't even like it is a cost-cutting thing
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I'm surprised china doesn't make a little molded plastic deal with two 8" long cables that solves that.
DMG
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$60 jyard battery life problems.
There is no justification for this nonsense.
Where would the extra cable go when you put the right battery in? Plus it costs money.
Call up Intestate, order an econo or a blem and live like a human
