Hello /o/, I need your help. I have a two (2) car detached garage that is approximately 22' x 22' with a single 16' wide door. There is a 1985 corvette soft top that was backed into the garage corner on the side that doesn't have the door directly in front of it. The corvette's rear end and driver side are totally against the wall and there is no room to get behind nor on the driver side of the car at this time. I have the Harbor Freight Daytona wheel dollies (the foot powered jack version) and have access to the entire passenger side. Those tires are completely flat; I'm assuming the driver side tires are as well. I also have access the entire front end clip, and have a Harbor Freight Daytona long reach low profile jack. I need to get the corvette onto the dollies so I can freely move it around my garage. The corvette has not been started in over 20 years; the soft top is down and I have access to the cabin. I do not know where the key is at this time (I will look though); the wheels are turned no more that half a turn toward the driver's side. What are my options for freeing the corvette from the garage corner? This is what I've been thinking:>Air up passenger side tires and place wheel dollies. Use long reach low profile jack under front to try to turn the corvette. This should make the driver rear tire stationary and allow me enough room to get to the driver front tire to place a dolly. Not sure of viability, especially due to the rear and driver side parked against the walls.>Attach a tow recovery strap to somewhere on front end of corvette and hook up to zero turn mower to try and pull it out. Basically substituting the jack in option 1 for a riding mower. If this isn't successful, then rent a Home Depot truck for less than an hour and use that instead of a riding mower. I have no concrete anchors anywhere in the garage. What are my options? Thanks.>pic sorta related, looks just it.
>>28994896Anon I appreciate the meme response and enjoy a good troll myself, but come on. If I had enough access to all four (4) points I would just do it. But I don't, and it's not a traditional car with clearance and ease of jack points.>>28994905Thank you anon. It's a concrete floor but is pitted and cracked in numerous spots. The jack does have good wheels. When I get it out I plan to use the wheel dollies on it and freely move it around the garage as needed.>>28994913Of coursh! That's why I come to four channel to get all the reassurance I could ever want :^)
>>28994853jack it up, and yank it away from the wall until you have enough room to rotate it.if you cant get a jack deep under the car to lift up either end, jack up one side, put soap water under the other tire, and drag it out that way.you definitely need to inflate those tires first.post pic of the situation
>>28994853>don't know where I'd place the chainC4 owner here. The c4 is notoriously annoying to jack and tow. I'd just loop it around the lower control arms, they're strong and meant to be beat on
>>28994993Thanks anon, appreciate the response. I'll try to grab photos of it at some point. In the mean time, have this hastily drawn MS paint image>pic related>>28995021Thank you anon. I'll keep that in mind for when I do it.
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I found a 2014 Subaru Outback service manual here: >https://sl-i.net/FORUM/showthread.php?18087-Subaru-Factory-Service-Manuals-(FSM)-Every-Model-USDM-EUIt is 6314 pages! Even if you wanted to do the right thing and find torque specs and the proper procedure to do a task it would take hours to find the right section to just do one simple job like find the brake bleed order. How do people cope with the insane size of the service manuals that make finding info so difficult? I guess by ignoring them and going on instinct?
>>28992992sometimes its better to have the manual in physical form so you can quickly flip back and forth between pages.table of contents (at the front) (some books dont have this)index (at the back) (if things are getting bad)glossary (also at the back)thumb index (books dont have them any more)book marks, page tabs, dog ears. old books are absolutely shredded and have massive wear on frequently used pages.>>28993170key word hell, modern manuals are a bit vague.make a txt file to keep note of frequently used pages and subjects.
>>28992992You don't need torque specs unless you're working on axles or the block
>>28993170Theres literally a list in the beginning that breaks it down by what each chapter entails.Youre not going to find intake manifold torque specs in the transmission section.If you cant figure out a manual then perhaps you shouldnt be working on cars at all....
>anon can't rtfm use the table of contents, manuals are separated into top level systems and get more granular from there
>>28994761I replaced the engine and transmission mount on my Fiat 500. That is another component you absolutely want to torque to spec, otherwise if you tighten it till it’s so tight that you can’t turn it anymore you’ll compress the shit out of the rubber. It’ll fail prematurely and won’t dampen as well.You also should torque wheel lug nuts to spec. If you use a gun and go till it won’t turn anymore, then when you get a flat it won’t come out by hand unless you permanently store 2 foot breaker bar and socket.
AI hallucination edition
>>28994041If you wanted to see what all was there you should have come.Not going to go out of my way to edit pictures during a trip.
>>28994358Why do you have to edit?What are you trying to hide?
>>28994384He has to censor the porn shoot frame by frame to make it ready to post on 4chan
Great trip everyone, I'll see you all next year
final meet statistics>top speed 142 mph>168 big pine to nevada border best time: 21 minutes 18 seconds, new meet record>onion valley descent best time: 3 minutes 57 seconds>car ftf count: sixgood meet folks see you next year
I’ll start with plastic control arms.>inb4 “blame the beancounters, not the engineers!”no
>>28991759>boomer mentality>advocating for plastic in carsPick 1 (one)
>>28991438trugg homie just takes his anger out on imaginary ricers after watching too many whistling diesel truck gore videos.
>>28991669just 3d print a new one gramps
>>28987481It is indefensible. Even in turbo form it's absolutely gutless.The single worst V8 ever to come from a major manufacturer.>>28984573It's worth maybe $10 just as a warning, like putting a head on a stake, all ye who enter here will suffer.>>28989823Somebody priced everything out, it was much cheaper to maintain the E60 V10. Please see pic related and get your calculator.
>>28984304that's crazy bro, especially because the motor you're talking about isn't in the image you're replying to>>28989823>>28984477>>28983782hang yourself with utmost haste, wrenchlet-kun
who was the fucking RETARD that decided they should put fucking BALLOONS that can and will puncture by any nail as the contact points between road and car?
>>28990905CAFE kills anything that adds weight to an ICE car.
>>28990974Technically they have actually found some success, just not on cars.
You know I've had an electric scooter(zoomer style) when I lived in the city because I fucking hate parking and I had to replace the normal tire. Thought why not just try some of the fancy structural rubber tires instead of a baloon. Top speed dropped by 3km/h. Range by 10%. And it wasn't even the drive wheel. A car tire is much bigger, and similar solution would be much, much heavier, have larger radius and there's 4 of them, I don't think you're gonna like driving this kind of a car.
>>28994958"Pneumatic" means "air filled".>>28994994Oh I agree.On heavy equipment they should be standard equipment. >local junkyard has a fire.>owner jumps on the massive front loader skid steer to go push cars out of the way to stop the fire.>gets about 20 feet and blows a tire.He lost everything. With solid tires he could have contained it to a fraction of the yard.
>>28994821Sidewall is fucked so it isn't usable anymore
>there are anons on this board who could not drive up a moving trailerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hh1VLgJqcs
>>28994690Oh shit I was at this event.It was cash
>>28994838t.cant drive up a moving trailer
>>28994690>>28994838I wonder if FWD or RWD would work better for this. With FWD, you have to deal with that surge first but once the front wheels are solidly on the trailer you can just creep up the rest of the way pretty easily. RWD on the other hand would let you keep the throttle steady until you have to get the rear wheels on but then you'd have to time the rear wheel braking perfectly to not run off the front of the trailer once the whole car is on. You'd get some difficulty from the non-driven wheels too either way but relatively minor compared to drivetrain inertia etc. imo.
That’s one of the coolest things I’ve seen in some time.
>>28994840I should actually check it out someday. It's less than an hour drive for me.
I am looking for a smaller truck for doing simple household tasks and whatnot. I work remotely so I don't even need to commute. Honestly I wanted a Japanese truck (or even a Ridgeline) but at around the $20,000 budget these things seem like much better deals.What's the catch?
>>28994207>A sedan is a normal truck
Just get a 3/4 ton you faggot
>>28986777The 3.6 is a POS, just get an older GM with a V8, they are pretty much the same size. The less cams and valves you have, the better off you will be.>>28986845Treed.Take this advice, though I think you will be paying more than $2k.
>>28987631$20,000 would get you a museum quality ZR2.
>>28988900Shame, how long did it take to get AAA out there?
lol
>>28995051You could argue that Honda burns oil, but TFSI burns even more oil than Honda.German quality
Questions that don't deserve their own thread.Rat Fink editionPrevious thread: >>28956628
>>28980313use a voltage meter to test if they are getting power and go from there
>>28995068Sounds like he's part of the car now.
>>28994735>>28994758Thank you bros.I don’t know shit about cars
I bought a hub for my truck, and it has the bearing races but no bearings. I don't want to mismatch bearing manufacturers, so I'm going to have get the old races out and put new ones in.Is my 3 lb driving hammer and punch okay? Should I use a chisel? A lighter hammer? Will I make a race explode?
>been having tons of shifting trouble, hard to get into first gear sometimes. have a bad input shaft bearing, as well as some worn syncros>going to drop the tranny at some point, too lazy>also need to tune the carb, car has this really weird idle area where the car finishes warming up and the choke finishes doing its job but it's not fully done warming up where the engine sounds like it's lugging itself and shaking really hard unless I give it some gas>tune the carb and adjust timing, was running too rich and timing too retarded>doing so completely solved the hard to shift issue, now pops into first without being fussy at allThere's no chance in hell those two things were actually related, and that was just a freak occurrence right.
This is NOT okay chuds. Corporations rely on this license plate tracking data to feed their families.
>>28984638>It's not tracking you, it doesn't have the capacityThat's what the new AI data centers are for. Every camera on the earth that is not closed circuit will be feeding a database that self-regulates everything.
>looking at the candidates in the primary to see which ones are the anti flock ones>tfw there are no anti flock candidates
>>28994167>being looked at by random human plebs on the street>having your every movement outdoors filmed and cataloged in a databasethese are not the same, anon
>>28993341Leave your phone at home?
>>28994251>but at the very least it isn't illegal.yeah, because it's a new use of technology that previous laws haven't had to cope with previouslyIf I hired 10,000 people to sit on every street corner in your town and told them to record every detail of every car that passed themit's not technically illegalthen I sell that information to businesses, or whoever wants it and hey guess what! the cops are really interested in this information too so I partner with your local government who has preferential access to your information and they give me designated spots for my 10k people in exchange for free access to everything they recordso do you want to make eye contact with a person on every corner every time you leave your house who you know is perfectly recording every detail of your vehicle and yourself who then turns around and sells that data to whoever wants it AND makes it available to any government entity who desires it?also YOU are paying for them to put these recorders in place through your taxesalso all this data is being held by some 3rd party company with no oversight or requirements for security and a whole host of random police who just have free access and have demonstrated many times that they can use it to stalk people
Timing belt is loose, pulley or other belt gave way on freeway. Towed to parking lot in bumfuck nowhere. 520km from home, getting a bus home tonight. The car cost 3300 AUD 6 years and is interference design, I think it's likely no internal damaged was suffered since shut off was immediate, but not 100%Would you:A) Repair with a timing belt kit in parking lot, about 300-400 AUD + 6 hour bus ride back to car after getting it after who knows how longB) Tow it home for $1479 AUD, then try to repair at home C) Try to sell to wreckers, wreckers still a fair bit away potentially no takers D) Donate to SES who'll take it for demonstrations to chop it up for rescue training etc
>>28993584So I know it's probably 1 of the pulleys at least. Maybe the water pump integrated pulley would which be annoying I suppose. But it still requires me to go inspect first in either case, which is gonna be a 6-7 hour trip one way which I'm not looking forward to, I have to go there eventually. I see your point but but that still would only be after I check and can't see any obvious valve damage to give it a shot
I wish this happened close to home so I could have had the car back at home under the racv towing cover. Then at least I could rip it apart over time and do whatever with it. Maybe even remove the camshafts and finally screw around with hydraulic valve actuators off of voice coils for electronic valve opening based on crank position with some safety auto closed at unsafe positions for whatever timing scheme or method could be tuned into it. While I get another daily
I think OP is a dumbass.>snap serpentine belt>run off battery until lol no more battery>car stalls>look under hood and see broken belt>take bus home and leave car in parkinglot because wrenchlet.His car has probably been impounded for being abandoned at this point. You cant just leave a broken down car in a random lot for a week.
>>28986410>Subaru Outback, 322,000kmScrap it.
>>28989858The whole car is Chinese junk, it's a Subaru.Op, you have taken the plates off and lit that pos on fire.
I'm considering installing a subwoofer in a 2001 Volvo S60 Sedan with the factory stereo (HU-605, the basic audio system without a separate amplifier). I've never used a line output converter or taken a subwoofer signal from the rear speakers before.My plan is to use a line output converter and tap the signal directly from the rear parcel shelf speakers to the subwoofer amplifier, but a few questions came to mind:1) If I tap the speaker signal for the line output converter, can the parcel shelf speakers still be used normally?2) The parcel shelf speakers effectively use the entire trunk as their enclosure. If I install a subwoofer in the trunk, will the pressure generated by the subwoofer push against the parcel shelf speakers from behind and interfere with their movement or sound quality?3) If it's better to remove the parcel shelf speakers altogether, what happens to the load on the head unit? As far as I understand, they're wired in parallel with the rear door speakers (8 ohms + 8 ohms = a 4-ohm load for the head unit).
>>28992854You are right, it's actually 603.
>>28992686Such a good looking car
>>28992986>You are right, it's actually 603.Although you can actually fit the HU 1205 from the S40/V40 into P2 cars
>>28989223>I'm considering installing a subwooferJust stop...
>>28993379lol I thought that LCD said "faggot"
Is BMW really that much better than its competition or its mostly /o/ baits?
>>28994909Lol, unreal.
>>28994859Radically overrated.
>>28994909>vehicle designed and sold on the virtues of its empty space with no sound deadening and performance that can best be described as "compliant with applicable regulations">autobahn missileno shit the m5 is heavier
>>28994966You are probably right, but I still don't like this tendency to make subsequent generations of M5 heavier.
>>28995002By 2060 the m5 will weigh infinity
I’m just going to be in and out real quick. Be right back.
>>28993648>Dollar Tree >FWD wet belt GM trashI hope they get beaten nearly to death by the inherent tweakers living in that lot
>>28993648Looks like there are plenty of open parking spots so this isn't really hurting anyone.
>>28993648The King doesn't concern himself with peasants
>>28993868kek I've seen semis block off cars that are triple parked at the back of malls and shit>>28994142>misunderstanding the pareto principle t. lives off neetbux
>>28994122Post a picture of your car.
Are recalls pointless now?>20 years ago>some vehicles engines explode or drivers die>announcement of a huge vehicle recall>vehicle has some insane issue that is complex to fix>have to bring it to shop and leave it for a few weeks>today>announce of a huge vehicle recall out of nowhere>vehicle is has a small UI bug (icon is 5% smaller than regulations)>car auto updates overnight while sleeping>nobody was ever harmed or impacted
>>28994498Only NPCs cry when there is a slight change in their U.I.
>>28990235>OTA update >RecallWe should be raping journalists with cactuses
>>28994498>wake up in the morning>ui in car is different>My car is a 1982 shitbox>A nigger stole the radio while I was asleep
>>28990235It made sense when such problems needed to be dealt with physically, but nowadays it doesn't make sense to call a software update in a car a recall. Is every computer running windows having a recall every time it updates?
>>28994922It was a recall though. It was issued from the nhtsa.
