H.F.A.W.H.A. meeting

[DG Rider]

A little t-belt on a Nissan today.

Came in on the hook. Crank, no start. No spark, but had pulse width. Someone had been all the way down to the timing belt trying to figure out what was up.
Bad coil. Cracked and arcing to the dist housing. Fixed that and found out they had pulled the distributor out and the timing was off there. Fixed that and finally, runny run run. I noticed the belt was a Nissan brand, and with 169k, we decided to change it.

Haven't worked on a Nissan in a while, and it was a nice reminder of why they used to be called Datsuns: their engineering is dog s***. f*** Nissan.

 

[CumminsPusher]

A little t-belt on a Nissan today.

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Came in on the hook. Crank, no start. No spark, but had pulse width. Someone had been all the way down to the timing belt trying to figure out what was up.
Bad coil. Cracked and arcing to the dist housing. Fixed that and found out they had pulled the distributor out and the timing was off there. Fixed that and finally, runny run run. I noticed the belt was a Nissan brand, and with 169k, we decided to change it.

Haven't worked on a Nissan in a while, and it was a nice reminder of why they used to be called Datsuns: their engineering is dog s***. f*** Nissan.

Better then what I’m working on!

 

[DG Rider]

Better then what I’m working on!
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I look at a skilled bodywork man in the same light that I would some type of god; with stupified awe. I can't do s*** with it, and am amazed at anyone who can without killing anyone in reach.

 

[CumminsPusher]

I look at a skilled bodywork man in the same light that I would some type of god; with stupified awe. I can't do s*** with it, and am amazed at anyone who can without killing anyone in reach.

Lol. Well I look at anyone who has the patience to work under the hood of these PowerStokes as either a magician or an absolute gluten for punishment. Luckily on this one we don’t need to tear to far behind the core support.

 

[DG Rider]

Lol. Well I look at anyone who has the patience to work under the hood of these PowerStokes as either a magician or an absolute gluten for punishment. Luckily on this one we don’t need to tear to far behind the core support.

Yeah...that's my favorite when someone says, "but the cab isn't hard to pull". Talk about rose colored glasses...

 

[DG Rider]

Looks like I might get to pull the dash on a previous gen Ram for an a/c evaporator. Kinda excited the see the guts.

 

[Tigermark]

Somewhere in there is probably a good place for joke about a White Walrus Sticker you were going to put on your other honda lol

Is it still the white walrus when he's driving it?

 

[Ragnar406]

You wo

Is it still the white walrus when he's driving it?

uld have to ask @GlockMeister about that

 

[Tigermark]

These propeller blades for those power generation windmills are freaking Huge!

 

[NTCPrezJB]

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These propeller blades for those power generation windmills are freaking Huge!

They used to pay crazy money to move them too.


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[Smitty335]

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These propeller blades for those power generation windmills are freaking Huge!

And insured!

 

[Tigermark]

You wo

uld have to ask @GlockMeister about that

 

[CumminsPusher]

Looks like I might get to pull the dash on a previous gen Ram for an a/c evaporator. Kinda excited the see the guts.

Thing I hate more then anything is wiring harnesses. Had to replace near complete harnesses for a stupid bad plug. European cars are the worst. 10 pounds of s*** in 5 pound bag. I’ll loose patience quickly.

Not that I can’t work on newer stuff but I sure like the old crap I drive!

 

[joeymt33]

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These propeller blades for those power generation windmills are freaking Huge!

It would make one heck of a lawn mower if you could put an edge on one side!

 

[DG Rider]

Thing I hate more then anything is wiring harnesses. Had to replace near complete harnesses for a stupid bad plug. European cars are the worst. 10 pounds of s*** in 5 pound bag. I’ll loose patience quickly.
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Not that I can’t work on newer stuff but I sure like the old crap I drive!

In this part of the country, the German stuff is pathetic. Everything plastic crumbles after a few years. It's like they think desert is some mythical place that doesn't really exist, and continue to use the same old heat intolerant plastic.

 

[mjn]

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These propeller blades for those power generation windmills are freaking Huge!

Rollin along the Columbia I see... that big ol blade is probably headed for our neck of the woods. Dam things are everywhere over here.

 

[CumminsPusher]

In this part of the country, the German stuff is pathetic. Everything plastic crumbles after a few years. It's like they think desert is some mythical place that doesn't really exist, and continue to use the same old heat intolerant plastic.

Here too. I think it’s the same plastic makeup as early model K-car. Can only have certain people work on it and even then plan on replacing a few things.

 

[DG Rider]

Here too. I think it’s the same plastic makeup as early model K-car. Can only have certain people work on it and even then plan on replacing a few things.

Or 2000's Dodge dash tops.

 

[CumminsPusher]

Rollin along the Columbia I see... that big ol blade is probably headed for our neck of the woods. Dam things are everywhere over here.

Ya Central Washington is full of those. Kinda cool driving by. Don’t realize how big they are till up close.

 

[mjn]

Ya Central Washington is full of those. Kinda cool driving by. Don’t realize how big they are till up close.

That's because the wind doesn't blow here..

It sucks.