Random Thought Thread

toker said:
The air handler in my house isn't working and the house has heated up to 76°. These working conditions are almost unbearable.
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Had the same issue last summer. Except it got up into the high 80's inside... 🥵 Needed a new condenser fan outside. I can't complain, ~30 years is a pretty good run, and it was an easy and inexpensive DIY fix.
 
SharpBits said:
30 years? Wow, back when they built them to last. New ones will not make it to 30. :confused:
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Yeah, no kidding. The furnace is still original to the house, ca. 1979... I opened her up last summer when I did the condenser fan for a whole-system health check. Everything was still looking damn good, heat exchanger had zero signs of rust! :thumbsup:
 
SpyderPhreak said:
File this in the "you can't make this shit up" bin... 🤨

Water pump on my '99 4Runner started leaking a wee bit out the weep hole about a week and a half ago. Took me a few days to confirm for sure where it was coming from, but once I did, well I guess it's time for a new water pump. Dammit. T-Belt too while we're in there... and oh yeah, those notoriously leaky valve covers on the 3.4, let's get that fixed too while we're at it, I'm getting tired of dripping oil on my exhaust manifold and smelling like burning oil every time I come to a complete stop. $2k all in. Ugh, but at least it's all fixed up now, and at ~270,000 miles, we should be good until the next water pump in another ~135k. :poop:

Anyway, my son runs me over to the shop on Friday afternoon to pick her up. I run home, jump in the shower, then head out to get a haircut. I shit you not, as I'm walking in the door at the barber, not an hour after picking up the 4Runner, son calls and his car just broke down (2015 Subaru Forester), clutch won't work. 🤬 :poop: I had to go tow him back home. I think the throwout bearing grenaded. :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown:

To make matters worse, the parts are massively overpriced (~$600-$700 for clutch parts, WTF?), and it's a HUGE job, as the front axles have to be completely removed, and the tranny completely dropped out of the car. Holy hell!!!
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Damn that sucks to hear

I hope once the forester is fixed you won't have any car issues for a long time
 
yoko said:
Damn that sucks to hear

I hope once the forester is fixed you won't have any car issues for a long time
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Fortunately/unfortunately, it's his car, so it's on my son to get it fixed (he knew it was going to need a new clutch when he bought it ~18 months ago with ~135k on the clock). Welcome to the real world boy, fun, in'nit? :confused:

What really sucks is I thought it would be a pretty straightforward and inexpensive job that we could knock out in 3-4 hours ourselves. Now, come to find out we'd either need a lift, or we'd have to do some of the work twice (removing tire, disconnect McPherson strut, remove axle, reconnect strut, put tire back on, other side too, repeat again after clutch work is complete) in order to safely get under there and pull the tranny. After seeing some vids, I am NOT putting this on jack stands with the way you gotta yank on the tranny.

So might have to pay to get the job done, and I fear it's going to be ~$2k. Waiting on a few estimates now.

toker said:
Other than being seen driving a Forester...

*I drive a Ridgeline, so I know what it's like to be the butt of jokes.
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Hell of a lot better than what I was driving right out of high school... 🤣 Granted, I fixed that in ~1 year, but the CRX I bought wasn't terribly practical either. The Forester is a pretty good vehicle for around here, despite being well, a Subaru. 🤷🏻‍♂️ He got a helluva a good deal on it, and he will be one of the rare people in 20-30 years that know how to drive a stick. I told him that he just has to tack this cost onto what he paid for it, and it shouldn't (knock on wood) need any major work for quite some time (head gaskets already done).
 
Nathan the Machinist said:
You do look a little bit like an ugly girl.

No offense, I'm sure none taken.
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I prefer the term ‘handsome’.

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