The S-type was bad

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...23490c9a60.png
but things have gotten worse

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...c595d08d87.png

That's actually kind of hilarious. As though some engineer designed it in order to win a bet.

I'm dumb about some things. American RWD vehicles, and trucks in particular, are among these.

In vehicles with live-axle, leaf-spring rear suspension, sometimes the lower half of the left and right dampers both mount to the same side of the axle tube, and sometimes they mount to opposite sides (eg: the left damper to the rear of the axle, and the right damper to the front of the axle.)

Why is this?

Example of both dampers attaching to the rear of the axle tube (This is a Chevy S10):

http://image.fourwheeler.com/f/13745...rake-lines.jpg



Example of fore-aft mounting:

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...417dc8bb0d.png

I want to say it's to help stop the wrapping of the leaf springs. (one mounted fore, one mounted aft)

But i could be completely and totally wrong.

Yep. Wheel hop / wind-up.

I'm having difficulty with this concept.

I understand that a twisting force is applied to the differential by the propshaft. What I don't understand is why some designs use the fore/aft scheme, while others are both-fore or both-aft. What is the advantage of not attaching the dampers in what would seem to be the most optimal configuration?

It's based on torque. Vehicles which do not have very much torque (S10) does not need the configuration for and aft. I believe it's just a cost savings thing and maybe space constraints not mounting them as such.

This is why a common modification is torsion bars on these vehicles.

Getting back to Fords, try replacing the accessory belt idler pulley on a Focus. You have to jack the engine up to get enough clearance to remove the bolt. Nothing like getting not engineers involved in a project. Don't even get me started on the hot mess that was the 1999 VW Cabrio my wife had to buy...(German engineering my ass).

My assumption is that, sometime in the late 1970s, Germany's automotive industry (as a whole) lost a bet with France's automotive industry (as a whole) to see who could engineer a less reliable car than the Italians.

British automotive engineers, at the time, merely sat back and chuckled while pouring another pint.

(Soviet-bloc automotive engineers were sadly excluded from this wager, due to the whole Iron Curtain thing.)

Also on the topic of Ford mondeo. I had to do a lower control arm (bad ball joints, had to replace entire arm) on a Contour SVT once(i believe is roughly related to the mondeo). This required removing all bolts from the engine and jacking it up about 4 inches to get a control arm bolt out.

This was absolutely horrible and could have been avoided had they put the bolt in other way round.

Mid to early 2000s American engineers wanted in on the bet. But by then it was too late and they all went bankrupt...

Americans win.

Instead of getting a Miata I got an MR2. So you are welcome for sparing a miata from my torment. I shall bid you all goodbye for another 5 years or so.

See you in 6 months.

I really want to buy one of these: https://faceeera.com/products/last-d...p-70-inch-9527

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...8451f96c79.png


I'm not even sure why. I don't have a specific application for it, I just want it.

Thoughts on 1999 Boxster. Less than 49K miles.

IMS bearing failure.

http://autohaushamilton.com.au/news/...ts-made-simple

Check the VIN against the model changeover. 1997-99 Boxsters used a dual row bearing that's as good as the later (2006) single row design. It's model years 2000-2005 that are the suspect design. Failure rate on the double row design was 1% vs. 8-10% on the mid model single row.

Highly regarded replacement IMS kit: IMS BEARING KITS

'97-99 models are also susceptible, at a lower rate.

I wouldn't buy any 986 or early 987 unless it came with documentation that the bearing has been upgraded (or the engine replaced.)

AIUI, the early single-row ones are pretty simple to fix and can be done at the same time as a clutch, so if you buy one with low enough miles that it hasn't failed yet then just budget for the fix?

--Ian

Did you write their "about us" page? https://faceeera.com/pages/about-us

Well they're all susceptible. There's no statistics (that I've seen), detailing the failure rates and at what mileage. I personally would have no qualms buying the early model after having a porsche shop check the car over assuming I could get a deal and likely using the IMS issue to get a better deal. I'd then proceed to use the retrofit kits available and replace it out.

But that's me...

That ball of snakes looks like the senior engineer retired and got replaced by 5 noobs who all live in different zip codes.

I ordered 3 of them. They should be interesting to play with.

Why don't they show one mounted in a Miata running TunerStudio?

I wish I had a solid application for one of these. Might get one and velcro a PicoScope to the back of it. Annoyingly, I already have a really nice 11" i7 Dell from work, which more than adequately satisfies my needs when in the machine rooms, and I don't travel much anymore, which would have been the killer app.


Edit: screw it. Just ordered one. Total impulse buy, but I'm curious as hell to see if this thing is any good. We'll see how many bogus charges end up on my credit card.

I ordered one also:eek4:

My go-to EE buddy bought one, so I did too. Thanks for the tip, Joe.

Been reading the documentation on the mfg's site. They have a long FAQ on how to change the default language from Mandarin to English. (Because, of course, you're working through menus that are in Mandarin to get there.)

I'm not anticipating a fully trouble-free experience, but if nothing else, it'll be worth the $66 to have the coolest gadget for taking notes at the weekly department-heads meeting. (I'm the last of the Luddites who shows up for the meeting with a pocket notepad and a mechanical pencil.)

Hopefully legit cuz I just bought one too

This version would've been more fitting. Even has the kitty...

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...91ecce853b.jpg

I'll speak with @Braineack to see if we can have some TurboKitty stickers made available for those who bought in this round.

^ Yes, I bought 1 ‘cause why not.

I bought two, for tuning you know....

Yeah I bought one too. For the price I couldn't resist. Even if I only use it on airplanes it'll be worth it.

Graduated my EMT class with a high average. Just had my NREMT prep class yesterday and I'm scheduled to take the NRE (national registry exam) on Tuesday. I'm very nervous about this test. The passing rate is only 60%.

Viper, you’ll be part of that 60% for sure. Glad to hear it is going well for you.

Good luck, man.

Now go buy yourself a good-luck turbo kitty computer like the rest of us.

Good luck. Everyone wants you to succeed.

I passed! Got cut off at 73 questions, so I absolutely demolished the test.

Hopefully, I'll be able to apply County in a few months. I've gotten word that Marathon wants to hire me, as well.

So far no bogus charges on the card I used, and I did get an email about the 3 I ordered shipping. So hopefully in the next few weeks they show up.

https://ca.trustpilot.com/review/sakurafree.com

https://www.reddit.com/r/Scams/comme...m_is_it_legit/

Best of luck.

^ meh... easy cc dispute if it’s bogus.

Even with a check card it's easy. Had that happen 2 of the last 3 times I went to Jamaica. Hotel staff obviously tried to make a couple purchases that went back to England. Found out when I got home, had the money back in my account in a few days.

Good job man! Big changes coming up for you.

Approaching 4 months of radio silence here . . . Am I to be left to assume the cabinet fell on your head?

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You can purchase positive home pregnancy test sticks online. Literally, women who are pregnant will pee on them and then sell them to you.

The next time you get invited to dinner at another couple's house, leave one lying at the top of the waste bin in the master bedroom.

i knew you would. job offers before you even apply too!

I think we all "knew" this from common-sense, but now there's scientific data to back it up:

Electric vehicles emit more CO2 than diesel ones, German study shows
Wednesday, 17 April 2019 19:29

The Brussels Times - Electric vehicles emit more CO2 than diesel ones, German study shows

Bit clickbaity headline there.

"EVs will barely help cut CO2 emissions in the country over the coming years, as the introduction of electric vehicles does not necessarily lead to a reduction in CO2 emissions from road traffic given the current power generation mix. The researchers carried out their calculations based on a Mercedes-Benz C 220 d diesel and the new Tesla Model 3."

So sample size of 2 vehicles used for the comparison - study's goal was to criticize EU regulations on zero emissions EV, while "ignoring" alternatives like Natural Gas and Hydrogen.

Germany, today, already has one of the highest percentages of non-nuclear renewable energy than the vast majority of industrialized nations.

The point of the article isn't that things will never change. It's that, given present-day technology, buying and driving an EV today is demonstrably worse from an emissions standpoint than buying and driving an ICE car.

Which, of course, is something that conflicts with the "common knowledge" and rhetoric surrounding plug-ins.

This article compares two middle class cars based on official metrics, the Mercedes C 220 d and the new Tesla Model 3, in terms of their consumption of diesel or Electricity. This will be based on alternative marginal energy sources for electricity and the actual electricity mix of Germany from 2018. Furthermore, a Meta-study for the CO2 Emissions are taken into account during battery production. It shows, that the CO2 -Emission of the electric motor in the favorable case by about one-tenth and in unfavorable case by a good quarter over the output of the diesel engine. The cheapest is the methane-powered internal combustion engine, which, even if one takes into account the significant pre-chain pollution in methane, by almost a third the diesel engine is located. There are two advantages to using hydrogen-methane technology. For one thing, it is the only way to save the long term excessive current peaks of wind and solar power, which is required when the Market shares of this form of renewable electricity. On the other hand It offers the possibility of a considerable CO2 already from the stand out -Saving, even if this methane comes from fossil sources.

No.. the articles goal "hey lets make methane-hydrogen a priority". And it's bad science to make a blanket statement when your sample size comparison is *1* vehicle representing ICE.

IT seems to me I have seen other studies which yielded differing results depending on how long you considered the respective vehicles would be in use. On average, BEV's could only better ICE's after a number of years of operation.

Do they account for the ease of waste-scrubbing a single power plant CO2 production versus 10 million cheating VWs?

Obviously when faced with a difficult problem the best response is to just give up. That why Im building my coal powered car. My first choice was whale oil but its hard to find in this area.

Quick question. I need a 1995 or older chassis to do a road legal turbo or K-swap in NC.
What is a 1993 Miata with a blown motor worth? The rest of the car appears to be in good shape.
I was thinking $500. I got the guy to come down to $1200, but I feel like that's still too high.

Depends on condition. I could see a super nice roller being worth $1200. They aren't exactly falling out of trees anymore.

Remember when you could find running NA6 cars for ~$1k?

I finally have a free saturday and I have no motivation to put the engine in my car...

Maybe Ill just keep playing Into the Breach

Unusual question for hardcore networking folks:

Let's say that I have two separate internet connections coming into a room. In that room, I have a machine which is critical to my operation. It's a standard Windows PC. I'd like to make it so that even if one connection goes down, I can still remotely access the machine via the other.

If I add a second NIC to the machine, and connect it to both networks, with all of the appropriate gateway / DNS / etc info, will the machine work normally?

What's causing me some difficulty in conceptualizing is trying to comprehend how, for any given outbound connection, the machine will figure out whether to use Network A or Network B.