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Today i learned that amc had a factory hydraulic clutch setup in the 4 cylinder spirit.
I also learned that here in the south a broken aod is still worth more than it probably should be.
Lastly I learned that there are still good deals on craigslist.
Chadeux wrote: In reply to spitfirebill: Down. Puckers were had. Luckily the bird in question cleared the car after the windshield hit.
I've heard buzzard vomit is pretty gross, as one would imagine.
In reply to spitfirebill:
The first thing I thought of when it happened was a story I saw years ago where a buzzard totaled a Carrera GT by going through the windshield and vomiting all over the interior.
Today I reinforced how awesome vinegar is at removing dirt and rust form metal. This scroll saw didn't work, so I'm planning to update the rotten wood shelves, and inset the "table" into the new top.
Before:
After a 9 hour soak
not today, but this weekend I learned that people in Annapolis are very courteous to Bicycle Riders. I am impressed, here in NJ they are downright hostile towards them
TIL that if you google "ignition control module thermal paste" You get nothing but people on Corvette forums arguing about rather or not thermal paste and dielectric grease are the same thing, and which should be used on an ignition control module heat sink.
TIL: from a distance, in the dark, a K car and Volvo 740 sedan have nearly identical profiles.
In reply to Chadeux:
No one ever accused Corvette owners of superb comprehension, they do own Corvettes after all.
I bet those forums have lots of discussions about gold chains and hair implants too.
TIL that pretty much no shop in the area will dyno tune MegaSquirt. Guess I'll have to find another way to run my planned turbo 1.8L Miata swap.
TIL that I can't be trusted near a tape measure. Several critical measurements I made for my rearend links were wrong.
And my Yukon third member needs 7" throughbolts, not 8".
Oh well. Falling on your face is still moving forward.
TIL that I really need to write down my plans.
So, okay, what I have is a 2" inside width bracket under the floor that accepts a 14mm bolt.
What I thought I was going to put in there, was what turned out to be a 1/2"x2.5" rod end joint thing I got from UMI. The other end of the suspension link has the same 5/8" ID rod end I make my upper link with.
The light clicked while I was putzing around the garage today and I remembered my original plan. The UMI joint goes in the REAREND, and the 5/8" hole goes in the body. The plan was to get a slightly less than 2" length of 9/16" ID, 5/8" OD tube to slide through the rod end, and then a couple short lengths of 5/8" ID by "whatever" OD to slide over the inner tube, that the throughbolt actually tightens against.
I replaced all the rod ends in an F-body that used this kind of inner/outer sleeve arrangement and it was pretty slick. No wrestling with assembling spacers in chassis while trying to fumble the bolt in.
I feel kinda dumb that I realized this AFTER I paid $20 for a length of left hand thread 3/4-16 all-thread, that I was going to use to turn dead factory arms into something I can mate with the threaded tube...
Grr.
TIL I learned that less and less people seem to be using turn signals in their vehicles 
TIL that I CAN make my own custom cables for my motorcycle.
Appleseed wrote: TIL that I CAN make my own custom cables for my motorcycle.
Awesome. Glad you got it sorted out.
TIL that Cintas lost my ignition key and Volvo wants $250 to make a replacement, and our normal go-to independent for immobilizer keys doesn't want to touch it because he'd have to charge that much and wouldn't make any money off of it.
I'm friends with someone who thought The Beetles and The Monkeys were the same band like Garth Brooks/Chris Gaines. I could see it if they were fairly young but they grew up in the 60s
TIL that there are honest insurance companies.
Got a letter from Farmers that they made a mistake in rating my insurance and overcharging me $354.28 an that I will be receiving credit.
TIL that gator does indeed taste like chicken.
TIL that the little tray on the Keurig that you put your mug on holds exactly the same amount of liquid as the machine pours for the large cup.
It's almost like they knew someone would be dumb enough to totally forget to put their mug under the spout!
TIL that my work has 3 2016 'Vettes that they need to move, and they are knocking 20K off the top of them. 
My Daughter dissected a frog today in school. She told me she named it O.J. Because it was juicy.
I am such a proud Daddy. 
In reply to wae:
TIL someone else has done this. Thanks
You can try to weld a patch on the bottom of a barbecue but you'll never get enough grease off to not catch fire.
TIL that when Kevin Lawrence got his Pro2 win at Orlando, tire sponsor Hankook was out of RS3s and RS4s, so he ran the V12s and won the event.
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