Forum: Technology
July 27th 20, 11:05 AM Posted to rec.autos.tech
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,456
how common were automobiles in 1890?
The 1889-90 flu pandemic was the first pandemic to spread around the world, thanks to railway and steamships. Were automobiles just for the rich elite way
back then?
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Forum: Technology
June 20th 20, 11:32 AM Posted to rec.autos.tech
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,177
removing radiator stop leak
On Saturday, June 13, 2020 at 12:07:32 PM UTC+8, Steve W. wrote:
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> About the only way I have gotten any success with a core clogged with
> stop leak was to use a flush gun and blast it in...
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Forum: Technology
June 13th 20, 03:06 AM Posted to rec.autos.tech
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,177
removing radiator stop leak
A friend put in stop leak and now the heater core is blocked. Unfortunately
it is much harder to replace than radiator or thermostat (which seem to be
okay anyway). He put some detergent in the...
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Forum: Technology
May 16th 20, 10:25 AM Posted to rec.autos.tech
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,246
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Forum: Technology
May 16th 20, 02:55 AM Posted to rec.autos.tech
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,246
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Forum: Technology
February 21st 20, 11:03 AM Posted to rec.autos.tech
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,205
new engines with no name tossed in dumpster
A major oil company was moving premises, and I had gone to the old building.
There was a lot of junk left behind. In a dumpster, there were four diesel
engines. They had no alternators or exhaust...
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Forum: Technology
November 4th 19, 08:49 AM Posted to rec.autos.tech
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Replies: 2
Views: 954
loose wheel sheering off studs
The wheel nuts clamp the wheel on tight, so that friction holds the wheel
onto the hub - actually the disc brake rotor. So the warning is that if
the wheel is loose, then the studs are taking the...
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Forum: Technology
September 14th 19, 10:54 AM Posted to rec.autos.tech
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Replies: 1
Views: 822
You Are Being Tracked!
On Saturday, September 14, 2019 at 1:50:48 AM UTC+8, wrote:
> yonews.org/you-are-being-tracked-massive-real-time-30-state-license-plate-alpr-database-revealed ...
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Forum: Technology
August 17th 19, 10:58 AM Posted to rec.autos.tech
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,024
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Forum: Technology
July 6th 19, 03:30 AM Posted to rec.autos.tech
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,142
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Forum: Technology
June 29th 19, 02:20 AM Posted to rec.autos.tech
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,224
fast ethernet be needed in autonomous cars?
I came across this article
https://www.cablinginstall.com/standards/article/16479645/marvell-to-acquire-multigig-ethernet-connectivity-specialist-aquantia
Most interesting is the second...
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Forum: Technology
May 23rd 19, 11:56 PM Posted to rec.autos.tech
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Replies: 0
Views: 361
GM VIN restraint code digit?
For 21st century cars,the 7th or 8th digit is for restraint code (safety).
Typically:
1=seat belts
2=driver airbag
3=2 airbags
4=side airbags
but above that the codes for curtain airbags, load...
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Forum: Technology
April 18th 19, 02:16 PM Posted to rec.autos.tech
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Replies: 2
Views: 610
Car computers and tire thief .
On Thursday, April 11, 2019 at 12:46:16 AM UTC+8, wrote:
> www.blacklistednews.com/article/72068/your-car-is-watching-you-who-owns-the.html ...
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Forum: Technology
April 13th 19, 12:45 AM Posted to rec.autos.tech
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Replies: 1
Views: 440
any cops still using the Crown Victoria ?
There was an article in a motoring magazine last year claiming that 200
Crown Vics were still in service, having not done enough miles to be
retired. But occasionally one sees a story on the evening...
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Forum: Technology
March 20th 19, 10:33 AM Posted to rec.autos.tech
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Replies: 1
Views: 637
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Forum: Technology
March 15th 19, 11:22 AM Posted to rec.autos.tech
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Replies: 5
Views: 456
spring-type seat belt pre-tensioners
On Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at 10:05:35 PM UTC+8, Scott Dorsey wrote:
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> I don't know of any mechanical pretensioners, although I would not be
> surprised if they existed in the transition period...
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Forum: Technology
March 4th 19, 03:53 AM Posted to rec.autos.tech
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Replies: 5
Views: 456
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Forum: Technology
February 16th 19, 10:25 AM Posted to rec.autos.tech
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Replies: 1
Views: 637
autonomous truck crash
http://www.mining.com/driverless-trucks-not-flawless-two-crash-fortescue-mine-australia/
Lucky it hit another mine truck. If one of these reversed onto a car, it would
crush it flat as a pancake and...
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Forum: Technology
December 6th 18, 06:36 AM Posted to rec.autos.tech
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Replies: 1
Views: 972
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Forum: Technology
November 10th 18, 10:38 AM Posted to rec.autos.tech
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,790
Headlights.
On Saturday, November 10, 2018 at 6:55:37 AM UTC+8, dsi1 wrote:
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> The idea of buying a car by headlight seems pretty goofy. I replaced the headlight housing on my car because they were all fogged...
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Forum: Technology
October 9th 18, 11:56 AM Posted to rec.autos.tech
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Replies: 3
Views: 470
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Forum: Technology
September 7th 18, 11:17 AM Posted to rec.autos.tech
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Replies: 0
Views: 345
GM automatic gearbox ratings - how meaningful?
Supposedly the last 2 digits are a load rating ... but what units?
But how come a 4L60E could withstand and LS1 engine, but the 6T65E was
fuggered by the smaller LS4 with several percent less maximum...
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Forum: Technology
August 21st 18, 08:02 AM Posted to rec.autos.tech
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Replies: 1
Views: 621
what lateral g-force can old cars achieve?
A modern vanilla sedan can do 0.9 g, maybe more with good tyres.
I saw a video on Youtube of some guy fitting a triangulated 4-link suspension
to some chrome-bumper car, and managed to get 0.52 g on...
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Forum: Technology
June 17th 18, 01:27 PM Posted to rec.autos.tech
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Replies: 2
Views: 547
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Forum: Technology
May 23rd 18, 10:11 AM Posted to rec.autos.tech
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Replies: 8
Views: 688
Are you a Prepper?
On Monday, May 21, 2018 at 7:33:12 AM UTC+8, Paul in Houston TX wrote:
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> Doesn't matter since there won't be any fuel or food, and no where to go anyways.
A techno-apocalypse would be worst of...
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