Today I Learned (TIL)

TIL my inner monologue scares people.

TIL my inner monologue tells the truth.

paranoid_android74 wrote: TIL that spatter from a flux core welder will kill a CF bulb. <img src="" />

Mmmmmmmm. Oreo cookie ice cream cone...

Today i learned that a nb1 miata is much more comfortable than my nb2.

I also learned that I will be buying one.

TIL that while the front doors and windows and the rear doors on an EA82 chassis Subaru are the same between sedans and wagons, the rear windows are very much different. The hard way.

In reply to NickD:

No window frames on the door make for some glass clean up?

In reply to RossD:

No, thankfully we put sedan doors on a wagon, which just results in a massive wedge-shaped gap where the C-pillars are. They looked the same, but the sedans must have a C-pillar that's laid forward more. Fortunately we still have the wagon rear doors, but now we have to strip the glass out of them and swap them into the sedan doors

TIL that there are still EA82 Subarus on the road

In reply to Knurled:

And this is in the north country, where they dissolve like Tang. Get on the Ultimate Subaru Message Board in the old-school section and there is a diehard contingent keeping them alive and doing all sorts of crazy lift kits and engine swaps. Love the EA82 though, most utilitarian little cars every built. They're more like a high-speed tractor than a car

In reply to NickD:

I loved mine. It as my first import and my last piston-engined car for a long time. And it was so rusty that it was unsafe, in the literal sense that there was mortal peril involved. In 1998. The car was an '88. We joke about modern Subarus but imagine working on a SEAT Cordoba-look WRX and removing the drivetrain and seatbelts by pulling gently.

Looking back, I think its handling was awesome because a set of 175/80-13 tires doesn't ask very much of a suspension.

TIL that it's been 19 years since I last owned a Subaru.

In reply to Knurled:

My Loyale started my love affair with Subarus and turned my father, a hardcore GM man, into a Subaru fan

Apparently the power top on an SN95 convertible won't work unless the parking brake is engaged.

TIL this is still fun even as an adult:

It's even going to daycare.

Today I learned that the Mazda BP-4W only only uses a thrust bearing on the top (saddle) half of the number 4 main bearing. No thrust bearing surface on the bearing cap.

I also learned that this engine was freshly overhauled and then sent to the boneyard, except some genius left the #1 sparkplug out and filled the cylinder for water, so now I have to rebuild it again.

Today I learned that one should not poke around in medical supply company online catalogs, especially in the training dummy sections. If one does, one should not be surprised as to what ads show up later on web pages.

TIL that Average White Band were Scottish.

Wall-e wrote: In reply to Madhatr: Where would you find an ambulance over 102" wide? Farm equipment gets all kinds of passes because they don't spend much time on the road and municipal buses usually get a pass within their area but again I don't know where you'd find one that wasn't under 102 inches.

Sorry, for the delay but I didn't get back to that project until today, and I wanted visuals.

The ambulance body is not the problem, the diamond tread Cab running boards are. The newer emissions chassis with large DEF tanks and exhaust treatment systems are making packaging difficult.

The OEM cab steps are 101.5" wide... by the time I get material stackup and our standard +6" step width, I would be well over 102". Some states have exemptions for emergency vehicles. But, as stated Ohio doesn't...

Anyways, here is the chassis in question:

In reply to Madhatr:

It wouldn't surprise me if Ohio was a pain in the ass about it. State police can get carried away with this nonsense. What if you put an orange triangle on the back and stuck a couple hay bales on the roof.

In reply to Wall-e:

Lol, actually after a couple redesigns and useing all the available space I got it to fit the OEM envelope. It won't give much tolerance for the guys installing it but it will fit DOT regs.

But, that is a cake walk compared to designing the cab steps for our next project

fold out steps like on some of the new premium SUVs?

Today I finally learned how clogged the cats were on disco. Two weeks ago I replaced the entire exhaust on it with a stainless steel magnaflow system. I was down to a little over 8mpg with the old clogged cats. Today I was almost up to 13mpg (did the math at fill up) and I would not be surprised to be above 13 next time after I replace the MAF sensor. (I will also admit to flooring the disco a bit to hear the new exhaust)

TIL there was a massacre in Bowling Green.

In reply to captdownshift:

It was pretty ugly

In reply to captdownshift:

If you don't actually know the details of that story, I suggest looking deeper into it, it's pretty funny and also very disappointing.

Yes, it looks like some pretty nice Hotwheels where lost that day!

(for some reason, the way that picture is shot, it does not look full sized)

It looks like Camelot ("It's only a model...")

https://www.youtube.com/embed/SQCArh_R9dY

TIL: I can relate almost anything to Monty Python!

That expensive bmws are at the bottom of the depreciation curve. And parts are downright cheap for them on ebay.

TIL that I have a cousin who plays in the NFL. I don't know him, or family has nothing to do with that part of the family, and I don't watch the sport at all, but, yea, related.