yeah, no kidding, i fried a CPU that way (an old AMD, but still)Volatile wrote:
Lesson:
Don't play with your hardware unless it's absolutely necessary.
This is something I learned last week when I fried my MB.
if it ain't broke, don't fix it
yeah, no kidding, i fried a CPU that way (an old AMD, but still)Volatile wrote:
Lesson:
Don't play with your hardware unless it's absolutely necessary.
This is something I learned last week when I fried my MB.
heh, i got no cats (legally) on my pickup and firebird, and just a set of flowmasters on each, straight pipes are too harsh for my sensitive ears.The#1Spot wrote:
Thats why straight pipes are ftw
that just put a smile on my face. Thanks GSGunSlinger OIF II wrote:
The dude just told me. EXACTLY what you said and exactly how you explained it. Something about exhaust...not enough power...pretty common I was 18,000 miles over warranty...quick fix. Ill have it by the afternoon and its only going to cost $325.jarhedch wrote:
I can say without a doubt that it could very well be the catalytic converter, and no they aren't worthless, we wouldn't have clean cars today without them. I've seen a choked cat cause an engine to not run, and a 460 ford engine fail to reach 25 mph. They can be problematic, and judging from the miles on the car, it's a good possibility. Unless you have a check engine light on, hooking up and reading codes will do no good, as unless the lioghts on the ECM has found no problem with a sensor. . Is the Overdrive light on? if not, then the transmission ECM has no faults stored in it. you would be wasting your money having codes read that will have nothing to do with you problem. Drive it to an exhaust shop, pay the $20 it'll take to have them test the cat, and then go from there. My money's on the cat. a cat can cause problems and ECMs will not pick them up, as it is a mechanical not an electronic issue.
what a steaming pile of poo that article is.commandochristian wrote:
Edit: btw, about the manual/auto tranny debate, click here: Wikipedia awsm-ness
agreed 100%, always do simple fluid checks first. and test drive. I'm simply going with what I've seen and hear and experienced. I knew a guy who came to me for a quote on a new engine because a mechanic had condemned it because of low power. After about an hours worth of checks and a few tests, we found his cats were bad. The other mechanic failed to do his basic checks and really diagnose the problem. I am mainly pointing to the cat because of the symptoms i have seen, but by no means is it the only possible fault. But it's also an easy one to checkGunSlinger OIF II wrote:
would disconnecting /reconnecting the battery help/hurt any?Reciprocity wrote:
if it was in my rapair bay, the first think I would do is check the fluid level and quality, then I'd test drive it, then I'd hook up the scanner. .
take it to someone you trust, someone who will a do a thorough diagnosis.
thank you, and i am sure it doesn't have a vacuum mod, but i wasn't sure about the TV cable. and i was just beginning to explain aboutt he temp sensor malfunctionReciprocity wrote:
I am an ASE certified mechanic.
I don't think your transmission, a 4T-60E, uses a throttle cable.
off hand I don't recall if your transmission has a vacuum modulator, if it does, and it's disconnected, that could be the source of problem and your hissing noise. check for a hard plastic/metal vacuum line with rubber hoses at each end going from the top of your throttle body, down the front facing part of your engine, and into a gold or silver colored metal, round thing on the side of the transmission. if it's there make sure it's plugged in and make sure there are no leaks.
jarhedch's suggestion of a bad catalytic converter is a possibility, especially if you were having a coolant sensor malfunction, it can cause a permanant rich running condition that can burn up a cat and induce excessive back pressure. but generally on your generation of car that would cause a check engine light to illuminate.
beyond that, I'd check your fluid level and condition, make sure it is bright red or pink color and doesn't smell burned.
good luck.
sounds about right, the problem you had causing the light to come on was fixed, the ECM picked up on that, and turned the light off. as far as the ECM cares, everything is working fine. which is why you have no light on. your problem stems from a mechanical issue that will not be picked up by the ECM.GunSlinger OIF II wrote:
the mechanic I was working hooked up his machine. Had two faults, both to do with the sensor for the thermostat. something to do with reading the radiator at too low a temp. thats when we did maintenance on that sensor and hose. On my way home, the radiator read and the check engine light turned off. But the problems that I was begining to have during the week just started getting worse as I drove.jarhedch wrote:
I can say without a doubt that it could very well be the catalytic converter, and no they aren't worthless, we wouldn't have clean cars today without them. I've seen a choked cat cause an engine to not run, and a 460 ford engine fail to reach 25 mph. They can be problematic, and judging from the miles on the car, it's a good possibility. Unless you have a check engine light on, hooking up and reading codes will do no such thing. Is the Overdrive light on? if not, then the transmission ECM has no faults stored in it. you would be wasting your money having codes read that will have nothing to do with you problem. Drive it to an exhaust shop, poay the $20 it'll take to have them test the cat, and then go from there. My money's on the cat.
yes, but it also won't rev past 4000, there's a hissing sound (posiibly exhaust trying to escape through the cat.) and no power, these all point to a problem with the engine, and the trans is not shifting due to the lack of power. a trans that won't shift if the engine is fine will let the engine rev well past 4000. trust me, i've seen problems with these exact symptoms and it's always been the cat.Stingray24 wrote:
True, but the engine is running fine, it's the shifting that's the issue for GS.
yes, it will, but if they get blocked up an engine may not run at all.Stingray24 wrote:
The catalytic converter is an emissions control device. The engine will run without it and the transmission will shift without it.
and tehre are also a lot of economists (also known as "the bulls" as opposed to "the bears" that you are talking about) that are discussing that the weakened dollar, while noteworthy, is also good for the economy, as the trade deficit weakens, and allows for greater industrial production to come forth, and the national debt is far from out of control, it's high, yes, but it's actually lower than after WWII (also a boom time), adjusted for inflation and percentage of GDP. Inflation is far from high, high is above 5%, and it's fighting to get above 3%. Inflation is under control, as opposed to the double digit out of control experienced in the 70s. A weak dollar is partial correction for an inflated economy. The doomsayers have it wrong, as they do everytime.Bertster7 wrote:
There are a lot of economists saying that the combination of the weak dollar, fairly high inflation and out of control national debt will have potentially severe long term ramifications for the US.Agent_Dung_Bomb wrote:
Again, I didn't see any doom saying. I saw some one basically quote from a source, but it wasn't doom saying. Is the dollar down? Yes, so that is nothing but a statement of fact. There are worries of inflation, possibly getting worse due to low, and possibly additional decreases, in unemployment. Again, not doom saying. Some of it was fact, some of it nothing more than a standard inflation estimate based on current market conditions.Bertster7 wrote:
Most economists.
No where did I see anything about the US folding up or the world as we know it coming to an end.
I spend about $300.00 in fuel every month, in a 1.8L family car that gets in the low 30 MPGs on the freeway, about the same as i spent back home in CA with my 7.6L 2 ton car that got 12 MPG on the freeway when fuel was at the $2.60 mark. With about the same amount of driving.Kmarion wrote:
How much do you spend a month in gas?Bertster7 wrote:
In the UK it's about $2 a litre. Stop complaining.Harmor wrote:
Source: 5 bucks a gallon to clear the mind
Some people in the Green movement believe we should impose a $1.00/gallon gas tax to 'encourage' alternative fuels.
Is raising the cost of gasoline the only way to ween us off gasoline?
LOL, being from Concord, (30 mins east of SF) I can tell you I'M A REAL BIG FAN (of seeing the nut jobs on the 9th circuit go out and get real lives along with the rest of city)usmarine2005 wrote:
So I bet you are a fan of the 9th circuit court of appeals right?fadedsteve wrote:
I live about 30mins south of San Francisco, and this shit makes me ashamed about being from this area of the country!!
The anti military wacko's never used to be so prevalent in the city as they are today! In the old days, the Presidio was a major west coast base right in the heart of San Francisco. . . . There were anti aircraft batteries all over the city and surrounding bluffs!! SF used to have fleet week every year!! It so sad to see the deterioration of our military history due to anti american assholes!!
The fact that some left wing liberal douche bags have hijacked the city makes me incensed!
no yer not, do a chargeback through yer credit card (if you used yer card with paypal), let paypal get screwed, you are eligible for a full refund regardless of whether paypal can get the money back. That's the beauty of paying with a credit card, you are protected against fraudulent purchases. I got screwed once on paypal, paypal would not honor theire buyer protection program, even though it was promised on the auction, informed credit card company, and they took their money back from paypal and refunded me. All at no charge.Ilocano wrote:
You are not buying the item from eBay. It's like a swapmeet. You are not buying the item from the Drive-In theatre owner, but from the guy behind the booth.ELITE-UK wrote:
I thought Ebay was a trusted company, and this guy said i think to everyone who bought one that they would not recieve their item and get a full refund...
Since you used PayPal, contact PayPal and have them do a chargeback. However, if the seller liquidated his PayPal account, you are screwed.
yeah because the 6 day war and arab - israeli war and the Suez war that happpened in the middle east against Israel never would have happened unless Bush was in power. Oh yeah, and Iraq never wouild have invaded Kuwait, Lebanon never would have gone up in smoke in the 80s, the Iraq/Iran war never would have happened. Oh yeah, Bush is fully responsible for all the problems in the middle east. Hell while we're at it, let's blame him for WWI and WWII, Vietnam and Korea. Wake up and smell the facts, the Middle East has been a problem for the last 100 years and beyond. It's a small group of countries closely placed, that hate each other. Look at Europe, it's the same power plays for emerging stages on world politics that happened there in 1914 and 1949. Deepened by a hatred of bloodlines established thousands of years ago. Wanna blame Bush for that too?Masques wrote:
I know. It's particularly galling considering how Bush's foreign policy has brought such unprecedented peace and stability to the Middle East, as well as exponentially increasing American prestige around the world. To think that some members of congress (of both parties no doubt!) would actually try something other than toothless threats and tantrums! How droll!
I pay far cheaper health care back home than I do here, IE, less than HALF, and I don't have to wait around for some doctor to tell me to go home, I'm fine (when I'm clearly not), and to watch my wife's grandfather DIE because some idiot didn't look at his chest X-ray before they gave him his chemo which caused a raging pneumonia infection which took his life. I pay far cheaper health care costs in teh states, and receive far better care. The bungling idiots that run the NHS have no ability whatsoever to even operate to pull their heads out of their asses. And what about the poor girl I knew in Bedford who broke her collar bone, and the idiot surgeoun was so screwed up the plate he installed to help her collar bone heal actually poked through the skin and it took them 3 MONTHS before they could "fit" her in, the poor girl COUILDN'T EVEN MOVE HER ARM, LET ALONE FUNCTION. Then it was almost a year of therapy to regain the use of her arm back. But hey, it's all free, and covered by the working saps who pay way too high taxes for an inefficient, poorly run NHS that KILLS people on a far more regular basis than what I saw in the states. And for that PRIVELIGE of paying those high taxes, I get INSANELY poor service. And BS to the Labor government "fixing" the NHS problems, they've done nothing, MRSA is rampant, service is as poor and getting poorer, and the working people pay for it all. In scotland, the people wait in lines A MILE long just to register, and they'r recommended to go eveyr 3 years for check ups. Why? becasue they are UNDERFUNDED.JahManRed wrote:
T Blair has done much in the last 12 years. We aren't killing each other now so, yes the UK has helped to "fix it"Superslim wrote:
I'm lost, explain?usmarine2007 wrote:
Northern Ireland?I pay national insurance, as does all citizens, working or not. It is a collective medical insurance policy of sorts run by the government for the entire UK.Hence no profits for big companies. I pay about £300 a year. I haven't spent a night in hospital in my life, but my woman has asthma and gets her meds given to her. We had a baby a couple of years ago, all covered.Its also reassuring that my medical needs will be looked after as I get older. I am getting my moneys worth. How much does all inclusive medical insurance cost per year in the USA? Genuine question.fadedsteve wrote:
Imagine what socialized medicine would cost our country. . .
This war is PEANUTS compared to that scam. . .
Hey Cameron, yer dead right about the fact that Ireland is anomolous to the rest of Europe and the way it's run, but you're a bit off on one thing. It's Ireland's investment of EU money into Ireland's way of running the economy (read: Capitalism) that has allowed Ireland runaway success in the GDP growth department. it's economy in terms of standard of living ranks very low in the EU standard (new EU members as of Jan 1 2007 excepted). Ireland is totally bucking the trend in EU ranks, as France and Germany grapple with record unemployment and poor GDP growth, Britain bucks the trend in Employment growth but GDP growth is low. As for the suggestion that the EU economy is not meant to rival the US is wrong, as the whole point of original creation of the EEC was to be a runner on the global stage of economics, which failed due to in fighting and an unwillingness to use outside sources for economic trading. Trading kept inside the confines of an economic system becomes stifling and suffocating.CameronPoe wrote:
That's bollocks. America was very much admired here until the last five years or so. I had no preconceived ideas about America when I went there for the first time in 2000. What you printed is just plainly wrong. Besides my country has no imperialistic crimes in it's past. You're generalising - what you should be saying is 'the UK and France' (if anything). The European system of government is designed in such a way that we will never be able to compete economically against USA. If we were so goddamned concerned about our strategic position we'd scrap welfare and adopt the cut-throat capitalism of USA. The fact is we don't aim to be a 'superpower', confirmed by the fact that our system of government could never really allow us to be.
for murder? I have my doubts, repentance still requires RESTITUTION, which means that one has to do what he can to remove the problems he has caused, ie you steal, replace the item stolen, forgiveness is not automatic. for murder? well, what can be done to restore life, nothing. Murder is the removal of the life that God has given us. As a result, he takes it very seriously, and I have severe doubts if murder will ever be forgiven.cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:
In the end, you can still be forgiven by God.
Merry Christmas to you... and you've read the ENTIRE bible? from genesis to revelation? how many times?HeavyMetalDave wrote:
Ive read the bible many times, I have it right here...
and again Merry Christmas...
Ps I want a Wii
more along the lines of what we did in WW2, in having the russian army bleed teh german army dry to bring it down to size, we gave Iraq arms to keep Iran and Iraq busy so the region would be untroubled by 2 trouble makers. it wasn't we liked iraq more, we just wanted them to keep each other busy.{BMF}*Frank_The_Tank wrote:
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That was taken during the Iraq-Iran war era. Of course we were his friend then, because we didnt like Iran and we attempted to help Iraq win that war. Things change. You cant take a pic that is 20 years old and say "Hey look at this".
trust me, this is coming from a qualified diesel mechanic, a diesel engine idling at a bus stop for ten minutes? uses such a small amount of fuel it's not even worth thinking about(we're talking teaspoons here, a quick off the hand calculation in very general terms estimates that 10 minutes of idling costs 36 grams of fuel). While a modern diesel engine will not use more fuel starting than idling, it's better to leave the thing idling for maintenance purposes, given the small cost it is to keep it running. Sorry but the global warming hype has gotten out of hand,..teddy..jimmy wrote:
I know there have been many related threads but I thought I might share this.
I was taking a bus home today after a late class and something really struck me. The bus driver left his engine running while he was checking tickets, etc, and the whole process lasted for about 10min(busy bus stop).
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http://www.engr.iupui.edu/gogreen/gogreen.jpg
Bull, I know many extremely strong people who would run rings around you intellectually as well as physically. They aren't weak, Most religious people I know are very strong and capable of extreme thought processes. the premise that religous people are weak is exteremely foolish and also a very poor argument. And the belief that religous parents are corrupt (i notice you don't allow room for the possibility that only some may be corrupt) is also beyond erroneous, Seeing that most of society's problem children who are involved in drugs and etc were brought up in homes that had "uncorrupt" parents as you seem to see it, who had no bearing or rasising in religion. They had no morals, and as such were not restrained.KILLSWITCH wrote:
Religion is something that corrupts the weak, i.e. Innocent children who have no choice but to believe in it because their allready corrupt parents tell them to do so.
Its a poison I tell you.
wow, i'm an elitist, first time i've been called that. Your rebuttal to what i said is very deep. Sorta like Sparks. What's funny is you're reacting to my posts in the exact way I expected. Once I find some people I can have a proper convo with that doesn't involve serious flaming and close minded name calling that devolves to nothing more than my opinions are > than yours, I'm more than happy to open up. Until then, the bait will continue and I'll see you for what you really are. It's a shame, too. 'Cause i used to have respect for you usmarine.usmarine2007 wrote:
Then go to a Harvard message board if you want to act like an elitist douche bag.jarhedch wrote:
just because I don't believe in casting my pearls before swine doesn't mean I can't take the heat. Your misinterpretation of why I won't discuss this thread is the exact reason why I won't say more than that. I've been in far more enlightening and deeper discussions than what might come up here.Spark wrote:
Then fuck off. If you can't take the heat, then why the fuck did you enter the kitchen in the first place?
just because I don't believe in casting my pearls before swine doesn't mean I can't take the heat. Your misinterpretation of why I won't discuss this thread is the exact reason why I won't say more than that. I've been in far more enlightening and deeper discussions than what might come up here.Spark wrote:
Then fuck off. If you can't take the heat, then why the fuck did you enter the kitchen in the first place?jarhedch wrote:
no.
no.Mason4Assassin444 wrote:
Please by all means inform us.jarhedch wrote:
wow, another uninformed anti religion thread made by people who love to hear themselves speak. how original, especially for this site. this site's headed wayyy down the tubes
what's that got to do with anything?stryyker wrote:
2. He was Mormontheit57 wrote:
why?stryyker wrote:
My troop leader was a faggot so i backed off of Eagle
umm dude, Ca requires a driver's licence renewal after 5 years, and if you've got points or a record, you gotta retake either the written or the driving test. Living in the UK that has a much harder test there aren't any more courteous or better drivers, in fact basically the opposite. Yeah, CA has some really bad drivers, my personal fave is the "oh crap there's my exit going past i gotta cross 5 lanes to exit maneuver". Britain simply has a hard test, that simply costs more money to pass. All the driving instructors do is train you to pass the test.IRONCHEF wrote:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2006/11/20/state/n111001S33.DTL
In this article, we see the sentencing that was given to a 89 year old man who killed 10 and injured 70 as he plowed through a farmer's market in Southern California. The judge was to give him a 18 year sentence but because he was so old and too much of a liability for the prison system, he will walk...albeit with a walker.
My point of discussion is not this man's case but rather the issuance of licenses to drivers in general. To be issued a license, there is a written test and a drivers test (in California and probably most states in the US) where you must perform a handful of vehicular movements and observations as you drive...then that's it for life. From my understanding, one can get their licnese at 16, and drive until they die doing remedial written tests every few years to renew your license. But does that really qualify you to drive safely? Is experience in driving always good experience making the roads safe? Is it enough to memorize braking distances, curb colors, and blood alcohol content? I say NAY!
I'm of the opinion that EVERY motorist should undergo vigorous driving training at least every decade, and after 60, every 5 years. Having been a FEDEX courier and marvelling at their driver training course, I'd drastically change the way our DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles) tests by implementing the FEDEX computer based course followed by FEDEX style road tests.
Can you imagine traffic being easier to navigate in? Can you imagine courteous, defensive drivers? Can you imagine farmer's markets not being plowed by crazy old drivers who should not be on the roads?
How would you rate the driving in your country/region/state and what would you do to improve it?
ummm, gordon brown sets the taxes every year, it changes all the timeTheEternalPessimist wrote:
hasn't changed from that in longer than I've been alive.
dude, it hasn't been that long, minimum wage 10 years ago was $4.25Jenkinsbball wrote:
Minimum wage as it stands is isn't cutting it. It's been like, what?, 8-10 years that this amount has been in place, and in that time gas has tripled in price per gallon, as well as basically everything else rising due to inflation.
It's all a politicians game. They're the ones to blame.
Thing is, though, that it's not equal. People under 18 can be paid less than minimum wage and it's leagl, and if they're apprentices then they aren't paid minimum either. We have 4 apprentices at our shop, and none of them are at minimum yet, wheres in the states, minimum applies to pretty much everyone.Bertster7 wrote:
Not that long. 1999 was when the UK started having any minimum wage. The economy didn't falter when a minimum wage was introduced or when they have been increased.dubbs wrote:
That may be true, but you did not get to $10.19 an hour over night. The UK had to slowly get to that level. You can not go from $5.15 to $10 over night and not expect the economy to take an impact. There are some cities or states that will not be effected by the change that much, but the over all economy will be effected since about most of the cities/states have a minimum wage well under the $10 per hour mark. Most of them are in between $5.15 to $7.25 According to the link, only one city has a minimum wage higher then $10 per hour, and that would be LA. This is also a city where the cost of living is one of the higher places in the US.Bertster7 wrote:
I think it's about that in the UK.
£5.35/hour = $10.19
The UK economy isn't slowly dying. In fact it's been performing rather well, for rather a long time.
yes you can, up here in scotland you can, you just need a permit first. There's many places that hunting takes place up here, big game, like deer and such.sfarrar33 wrote:
Yes but i don't think you are allowed to hunt on it
They are actually suicide hotlines, i think my friend from LA has a picture of one, lemme know if you wanna see it and I'll see if i can have him dig it out.IRONCHEF wrote:
Are they suicide hotline phones or highway emergency phones like we have all over the place?jarhedch wrote:
The funniest and most ironic thing I have seen about the GG Bridge is the fact that when you walk from the SF side towards Marin, every 50 yards or so there's a suicide hotline phone hanging on a pole that you can call and talk to someone to tell you not to jump. About half way across, they simply stop. I know it isn't what they were thinking, but it kinda makes you wonder if they installed them, ran out of funding and figured that if they made it taht far without calling the damn hotline, they are gonna go ahead and do it anyways. Made my friend from LA laugh when he saw it.
Oh, right, and the Iraqi infrastructure and system was in such GREAT shape while Saddam was in power, no problems there at all. Oh, and the main culprits in the oil for food scandal involved mainly UN and European powers, not US.JahManRed wrote:
The only reason the operation has shifted to rebuilding Iraqis infrastructure is because America blew the shit out of it using lies and deception to justify it. A wrong, then a right don't equals a right. The rebuilding is just a way for large American companies to the 'rebuilding' while skimming funds and lining their own pockets with the people of Iraqis oil money. Granted the USA isn't stealing the Iraqi oil directly, but indirectly. The oil for food scandal proved that.