TRoglodyte said:In reply to 914Driver :
Yeah,I saw that one. They both had their hands full with that one!
which one? The snake or THE SNAKE?
This one is kind of obvious when you think about it but apparently takes a few decades to sink in, and really only congeals when you are pouring a bowl of cereal for your 4 y/o this morning:
History classes will make us forget that none of us are permanent here. No one is ever "set" in their life stage, either, even if it seemed that way as a child looking up to them. No matter how old or wise they seem, our ancestors only get the same shot at life that we do. We are all just passing through every age and stage, and every one of us is just part of the tide that will be ENTIRELY refreshed in 120 years.
That there exists a car called called Bitter SC
In reply to DjGreggieP :
They were all over the magazines in 1985-1986ish. I know there were three different Bitters in my 1986 Auto Show guidebook.
TIL that in canada the emergency alert system is run by the weather network
Peabody said:TIL that in canada the emergency alert system is run by the weather network
Well, as long as it's not a government agency, it should work.
I recently joined my town's community Facebook page after finding a stray dog wandering around my yard.
TIL, based on the majority of the postings, just how incapable normal people (non-GRM'ers) are at doing almost anything for themself.
An incredible number of business opportunities exist out there for anyone who owns a pickup truck, or knows how to operate a screwdriver. And you would have a very short commute.
In reply to Woody (Forum Supportum) :
I had to quit our loval facebook page as it was just a handful of neighbors complaining about each other.
The woman that runs our local FB group routinely shuts off comments and deletes threads she doesn't like. I must not be the only one who won't tolerate that. Shortly after someone started Waterford today uncensored.
DjGreggieP said:That there exists a car called called Bitter SC
For the question on ultimate car trivia, What other vehicle uses the same taillights as the Bitter SC?
The Lancia went into production 5 years before the Bitter.
In reply to Scott_H :
This thread makes me realize why every photo I'd previously seen of a Bitter was from side-on, without seeing the back or the front.
"You have a good profile."
"I do, don't I? Especially from the side."
DjGreggieP said:That there exists a car called called Bitter SC
New to me! It looks more French than German, but with the X-1/9 tail lights I'm just confused.
Call me crazy but I've always thought the Bitter SC looks like a second gen Supra from the front:
Wasn't the Bitter SC Opel-based?
TIL that the 2023 Ford Transit 250 with a naturally-aspirated 3.5L V6 takes 12 quarts of oil. Which frankly seems excessive, considering that same engine in other applications and even Transit 250s of prior years takes only 6 quarts.
In reply to BoulderG :
Yes they are.
NickD said:TIL that the 2023 Ford Transit 250 with a naturally-aspirated 3.5L V6 takes 12 quarts of oil. Which frankly seems excessive, considering that same engine in other applications and even Transit 250s of prior years takes only 6 quarts.
Wait. What.
Now I want to see the oil pan of one of these babies. I used to service a fleet of them and hadn't seen a '23.
They probably did it to stretch oil change intervals.
Weird Transit fact: they have captivated brake rotors and in the front you have to remove the wheel bearing from the upright to change the rotor. Okay, other people have done this.
There are two different bolt patterns for the rotor to hub interface. They are like 2mm different. Maybe 3mm. The rotors and hubs are otherwise the same, and being a 5 bolt pattern there is no easy way to measure. You won't know what you have until you pull it apart and find the service advisor guessed wrong.
*Captive
The first gen Colorado had captive rotors. Whenever there was a discussion about them on here people said it was a horrible design and such a big deal to change them it was a legitimate reason not to buy one.
I did the rotors on mine and it was a total non-event. It didn't take much longer than a normal rotor change, especially if it had that stupid flat head screw holding it on
In reply to Peabody :
Usually the wheel bearing gets destroyed when trying to remove it from the hub on a Colorado. That, or if it comes out in one piece, the glued on tone ring falls off if it hadn't already.
2nd gen Colorados still have the glued on tone ring, too, but the hubs are much easier to remove.
In reply to Pete. (l33t FS) :
I've never heard that. I drove those things almost 20 years, and did it a few times on different trucks. One of them was almost 10 years old when I did it and it came apart and went back together so easily I wondered what all the fuss was apart.
Pete. (l33t FS) said:NickD said:TIL that the 2023 Ford Transit 250 with a naturally-aspirated 3.5L V6 takes 12 quarts of oil. Which frankly seems excessive, considering that same engine in other applications and even Transit 250s of prior years takes only 6 quarts.
Wait. What.
Now I want to see the oil pan of one of these babies. I used to service a fleet of them and hadn't seen a '23.
They probably did it to stretch oil change intervals.
Weird Transit fact: they have captivated brake rotors and in the front you have to remove the wheel bearing from the upright to change the rotor. Okay, other people have done this.
There are two different bolt patterns for the rotor to hub interface. They are like 2mm different. Maybe 3mm. The rotors and hubs are otherwise the same, and being a 5 bolt pattern there is no easy way to measure. You won't know what you have until you pull it apart and find the service advisor guessed wrong.
Also, on the back, you have to pull the axles out of the rearend to remove the rear rotors. And it's takes some sort of wacky socket to remove the axles, as I recall. Those Transits are kind of a pain-in-the-ass to work on, and they gave them to our facility maintenance people for some unfathomable reason, since that we're a GM dealer. We all try to get out of working on them, because we hate them.
Today I learned Uhaul calls for references when you rent a vehicle now. To many $20 LS swaps?
In reply to NickD :
The socket is no different from other Ford full floaters.
You don't NEED to pull the hubs, if you can unbolt the rotors and rotate them to get them off. Sometimes they are rusted solid and can't be rotated.
TIL that Buckethead sent Bootsy Collins an unsolicited demo around 1990 and it prompted Bootsy to get him in the studio. Bootsy produced Bucketheadland and several other albums, plus toured with him.
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