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Ever wonder what has happened to a girl you used to go out with...? I find it's the opposite phenomenon, though -- when you come across one and she looks like she's been in the demo derby, you feel a little bit better for having dodged that bullet. Had this happen just last month. Went to a...

Tangent to your tangent, my grandfather had a body shop in the '40s. When he had the concrete poured, he ran a wire through it, then when it dried, he epoxied a quarter to the floor by the door, had the other end connected to a Model T spark coil on a 6V battery with a doorbell button. When...

I just don't see why people would want to buy a crappy tin replica of one when they could have the real thing. - Eric

None of their business, though, was it? What happens among kids, stays among kids. – Eric

"New policy, ma'am, we charge extra for lube now." – Eric

That stuff's $16 per regular grease-gun tube. Looks like a grease for electric motor bearings and similar stuff, all kinds of uses, but I'd keep it away from wheel bearings and really high-force bearings, like loader or excavator pivots. Something like that you could probably bring to a...

Ow. Stop stop stop. My eyes! - Eric

"Over here" that's a tiny car. I towed a Ford 9N tractor locally last fall with my '21 Jeep Grand Cherokee, and I didn't like it much. I usually tow with my '02 Dodge 3/4-Ton 5.9L van or my '90 GMC 3/4-Ton 6.2L diesel pickup (out of service because something gnawed the fuel return lines)...

You towed that car and trailer with that tiny car? I'm impressed. - Eric

Aaaaaand this is where I tap out, and refer you to a specialist. Above my pay grade. I honestly wish you the best of luck, and hope you do find something you really enjoy, that matches your skills. – Eric

Now you sound like my kid. Absolutely incapable with his hands. I tried many times to get him to do something practical, but no go. So now he's got a good job, makes a ton of money, and has nothing at all to do with cars, which suits him just fine. Not to sound mean, but, considering all...

If I may add one more, perhaps psychoanalytic, point: In my experience, this degree of frustration and all-or-nothing thinking points to an unconscious perfectionist mindset. "If it's not perfect, I don't want it." This way of looking at things can act like a straightjacket [bonus psych...

Well, just don't fall down and wreck something else while you're drunk. – Eric

Never sell anything that's broken. Fix it up first, then re-decide whether you still want it. Maybe you do and maybe you don't, but if you fix it first, you'll know for sure. And you're right. You can't have anything nice. Neither can I. Sooner or later, BAM! It's just the way it works...

Funny, but sadly not real, or has been changed since then: https://meckrodhd.permitium.com/consumer/dc/application?step=1 – Eric

But the question is where did he get them? If he raised that species of domestic sheep, then all is well, but if he didn't and there is any chance that they are from a wild species, watch out. The horror stories are real. If they are from a wild species, and they are legal, they will have a...

The rubber fuel line is traversing the open space where the fuel filter is supposed to be. – Eric

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Before today, when was the last time you checked your coolant level? – Eric

I actually had a buddy back in HS whose father WAS queer. Just married Mom so they could have kids and look respectable "back in the day." Dad and Mom were very nice people. And a lady who's got a decent claim to being Freddy Mercury's daughter's releasing a book soon. Sooooo... Ya never...

These kids today... - Eric

They already are. Ponder: When most of use started down this greasy, rusty, disreputable road, it was probably about 40-60 years ago. So, if I pick 50 years ago, that's 1975. The last Model Ts were 47 years old then. How old is your car? The one I'm playing with now is 61 years old...

I don't care if it rains or freezes 'Long as I've got my Plastic Jesus Riding on the dashboard of my car. - Eric

Clearly you didn't see this thread. 60A, straight-up, in addition to everything else in the car. At least when it's hot out. Actually looks interesting. If there's a spot to put the condenser under the rear of the car, you could put all of the components in the trunk and route cold air...

Sorry. If I've got to explain "Born to Run," you wouldn't understand. – Eric

Interesting how much these things can vary. Over here, there is a Federal component to emissions regulation, so any car of OBD-II age or later has to pass some kind of test. In NYC, the car has to be driven on rollers with constant monitoring by a camera connected 24 hours a day to the...

$9.50 for the pair plus $3 shipping seems fair for those. By the time you search and find an auto parts store that has them, then have to buy two or more of each because that's the size of the package they come in, it's been more trouble than it's worth. Heck, I may get a pair. – Eric

That package is for three fittings and you only need two. Also it doesn't list the sizes anywhere, so I guess you just have to take their word for it. What you need for the master cylinder is two nuts for 3/16" tubing, one 9/16-20 and one 1/2-20. The 9/16-20 is the tricky one (if I recall), as...

You shouldn't have any adapters on there, and is that TEFLON TAPE I see??? Just buy a roll of Nickel Copper tubing and a bunch of the correct-size nuts and a flare kit and remake it yourself. I never trust anyone to work on my brakes, and you shouldn't either - look what happens. - Eric

As RustyRatRod said, try these: https://www.ebay.com/itm/314459392799 You need a little patience to slide them into where they've gotta go, but they work well and don't cost much. - Eric