Today I Learned (TIL)

crankwalk (Forum Supporter) said:

NickD said:

TIL that Toyota is being serious when they say install of a TRD rear sway bar on a Yaris takes 10 minutes. I think I spent more time getting it up on the lift and taking the wheels off/putting them on than I did the actual install of the sway bar.

TIL that there is a TRD sway bar for a Yaris. 

TRD makes rear sway bars, lowering springs, struts, drop-in air filter and an exhaust.

TIL how to remove and re-install the auger motor for the ice dispenser in my fridge.

Today i learned how steep the learning curve is for bodywork. 

Dusterbd13-michael said:

Today i learned how steep the learning curve is for bodywork. 

Amen, brother.

In reply to Dusterbd13-michael :

You got this!

As far as electro swing. Johnny lectro mix on YT has been killing it lately 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=RDHbeCzCw1tT4&feature=share&playnext=1

java230 said:

In reply to Dusterbd13-michael :

You got this!

 

As far as electro swing. Johnny lectro mix on YT has been killing it lately 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=RDHbeCzCw1tT4&feature=share&playnext=1

Streaming this right now on Spotify while at work.  Sounds good.

Scott

Today I learned there are people in the world who don't like The Princess Bride.

Stefan (Forum Supporter) said:

Today I learned there are people in the world who don't like The Princess Bride.

Inconceivable!

TIL that if the ABS module in your C5 Corvette dies, GM no longer makes one, nor does apparently anyone else, and a used one will set you back $3000

NickD said:

TIL that if the ABS module in your C5 Corvette dies, GM no longer makes one, nor does apparently anyone else, and a used one will set you back $3000

NickD said:

TIL that if the ABS module in your C5 Corvette dies, GM no longer makes one, nor does apparently anyone else, and a used one will set you back $3000

We ysed to send them to absfixers.com and were pleased with his service. 

Dusterbd13-michael said:

NickD said:

TIL that if the ABS module in your C5 Corvette dies, GM no longer makes one, nor does apparently anyone else, and a used one will set you back $3000

We ysed to send them to absfixers.com and were pleased with his service. 

If I ever own one, I'll keep it in mind (awww, who am I kidding, if I owned one I would just deal with no ABS) but as a dealership we tend not to get into the whole "send it out, have someone rebuild it" business. 

In reply to NickD :

Provided, of course, that the failed ABS doesn't take something else out due to lack of communication or put the car into Terrified mode.

NickD said:

TIL that if the ABS module in your C5 Corvette dies, GM no longer makes one, nor does apparently anyone else, and a used one will set you back $3000

I've used Module Master a few times on cars in the shop with good results.

In reply to Duke :

Yeah. Like how the side detection modules that rot out in a single NY winter knock out the high speed CAN and then your car won't start. Seen that a bazillion times. Any time I hear someone espousing how great all these serial data and CAN bus systems are, I wanna friggin' slap 'em up aside the head. Clearly they have not worked on them in a real world setting.

TIL what a derecho is, and I'm legitimately shocked that VW didn't name a car that. 

wae (Forum Supporter) said:

Stefan (Forum Supporter) said:

Today I learned there are people in the world who don't like The Princess Bride.

Inconceivable!

this word you keep using, I do not think it means what you think it means...

In reply to Brett_Murphy (Forum Patrón) :

We had one come through a few years back... they were talking about it on the local weather report, and I was like, what the heck? Lol 

Saron81 said:

In reply to Brett_Murphy (Forum Patrón) :

We had one come through a few years back... they were talking about it on the local weather report, and I was like, what the heck? Lol 

But it isn't a joke, we lost a barn and lots went down in our area or came off their foundations 

Brett_Murphy (Forum Patrón) said:

TIL what a derecho is, and I'm legitimately shocked that VW didn't name a car that. 

Sounds like a Mighty Wind.

TIL why the countershaft on my lathe was noisy, hard to turn, and would heat up.

Yep that'll do it. 

TIL that Raleigh had the second ever NASCAR "Super Speedway."

I also learned that this speedway was the location for the first and only NASCAR pit stop caused by an enraged monkey loose in one of the cars.

I'm going to go see if I can find the remains of the track- it's not terribly far from my house.

TIL that apparently every guy in the shop has hypothermia. They started checking our temps as we come into work (little bit late to the party, but okay) and not single one of use measured 98.6 degrees. Literally every employee was under it by at least 2 degrees and as many as 5 degrees.

TIL that apparently the Philadelphia police department dropped two bombs from a helicopter on purpose and burned down 60-some-odd houses back in 1985.

NickD said:

TIL that apparently every guy in the shop has hypothermia. They started checking our temps as we come into work (little bit late to the party, but okay) and not single one of use measured 98.6 degrees. Literally every employee was under it by at least 2 degrees and as many as 5 degrees.

https://globalnews.ca/news/6410968/human-body-temperature-decrease/

We've cooled off in the last century.