/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1639992

why the quotes around "flower bed" i cant stop laughing at how suspiciously retarded this sounds

>>1639956

lmao you know what ill let you have this one you glorious bastard

>>1640040

but it will dump 2.4amp into the tiny battery, until either a thermal relay trips, or the overcharge protection trips

>>1638898

a fridge magnet that tells you what last weeks forecast was

>>1640281

2x4s will work fine but just leave them loose, cut them all into one and two foot long chunks. do a layer (idk 3-4 pieces) one way, then the next layer perpendicular. repeat then at the top put a piece of plate on it. like 1/4 or 3/8 or 1/2 thicker the better. then set the car down on the plate.

if you do it like this always do both sides each end at the same time. dont set the jack down on a single stack of wood as it will likely topple. always always set your jack down, then bring it up again and just barely take a bit of weight off your cribbing and leave the jack there as an extra failsafe. unless you need it for another lift in which case just position it using your best judgement and leave it there while you work

>>1639916

any autoparts store will have it

nylon tubing for air brake systems it wont be clear though. comes in many sizes 1/4 and 5/16 being the most popular

captchas are ruining the internet this is horseshit

>>1639895

do i actually give a shit, no, but as a fucking autist retard its fun to argue with other fucking autist retards. and no im not mr cummy.

anyways i dont want to derail the thread with that type of shit so where were we

>I wasn’t recommending piercing the wires in the first place. Most people don’t

so to send power to a component you unplug it and use the connector? so you must also make a jumper for the ground pin because sending only power into an unplugged connector wont work as theres no ground path. so how is this any easier than just using a multimeter?

>I wasn’t recommending piercing the wires in the first place. Most people don’t

>You don’t need to pierce the wire in any spots you wouldn’t pierce the wire with a regular meter

????????

and as for your one hand argument, i have a clamp with a long lead on it for my negative and i just hook it straight to the battery negative and it works in most
situations. so most of the time im only dealing with one lead anyways

>>1639862

>pull out light
>unplug
>check resistance between + and -
>measures 17 ohms
>cut pigtail off and rewire

damn wish i had a power probe so i could spend 5 minutes tracking down exactly where the break in a wire is while absolutely fucking the wire full of holes in the process and end up needing to rewire it in 5 months anyways because its completely green inside

you missed the entire point of my post. piercing wires in any way shape or form is for the mentally challenged. i have no use for a test light either. as my multimeter does the same thing. what makes you think theres a difference between piercing wires and stripping insulation off? have you ever seen the mess poking holes in wiring that has constant draw can create? just because its a tiny hole doesnt mean its harmless. ill say it again, if i need to power a component ill unplug its connector and use that, or ill cut the wires and properly re-splice. poking holes is shadetree retardation, and all the braindead truck mechanics that use power probes do it because they dont give a shit, and nobody will attribute them to the reason their trucks wiring is falling apart because of all the holes poked in it a year ago.

probably half the electrical i fix is because some ape that didnt know what he was doing poked the shit out of the wiring and now its all falling apart

and who needs a power probe to wire lights? or to know if a fan works? unplug check resistance between power and ground. open loop or anything stupid high means its fucked, a low resistance means its shorted, etc

>value my time

yes my time is very valuable, so i take the necessary steps to avoid having to waste time rewiring things because they were poked relentlessly.

>>1639811

i feel like doing it properly is going to be just barely more expensive and be a lot more reliable end product by the time you deck a junker block and fill all the bores/passages with lead. and you still need to find a way to put slides and leads screws on it

>>1639751

sorry i was trying to be polite when i said not necessary. theyre totally useless is what i was getting at

ive seen people use them on 3 separate occasions and all 3 times they did more harm than good

a good mechanic goes out of his way to avoid poking holes in wiring. if i had a nickle for the amount of times ive had to fix something because somebody was in there poking holes. if i need to power a component ill unplug it and use its connector. sure you can do this with a power probe too but since you have the connector unplugged you have to make a jumper for the ground anyways. that or leave it plugged in and just poke into the power wire.

and as far as continuity testing how is hooking each end of a power probe to a wire any easier than a multimeter?

rather than looking for a light or listening for a beep, learn to read resistance. that alone will set a mechanic way ahead of the game and be far more useful than a power probe ever will

>>1639808

unless you buy a brand new block, you wont find one that hasnt warped at least a few thou. constant twisting/torsional forces and thousands of heat cycles

>>1639352

what are you building?

>>1637271

>financing a lawn mower

>>1639687

wood blocks are fine to hold up a car if done properly. ive held up d8s and d9s (cat dozers) with nothing but 12x12 wooden blocks. they sat there for weeks

its called cribbing and everyone that needs to work under something should do themselves a favour and learn it. most important part is make sure to alternate or cross the blocks direction each layer, and putting a piece of flat heavy plate on top basically prevents them from splitting

>>1639687

wood blocks are fine to hold up a car if done properly. ive held up d8s and d9s (cat dozers) with nothing but 12x12 wooden blocks. it sat there for weeks.

its called cribbing and everyone that needs to work under something should do themselves a favour and learn it. most important part is make sure to alternate or cross the blocks direction each layer, and putting a piece of flat heavy plate on top basically prevents them from splitting

>Would a 30 watt soldering iron put out enough heat to generate plenty of smoke?

nope, you'll need a something at least 200 watts. think computer PSU. then go buy a length of 1/16" stainless filler rod, wrap it around a broom handle, 8 or so turns. then stretch out a cotton ball and feed it through like a loose fitting slushy. then saturate with vegetable glycerin.

what are you vacuum testing? if an engine a propane torch works best, just turn it on without igniting it and pass it by your suspected leak area. if rpms increase you found your leak

mfw banned

>>1638567

>blue pvc butt connectors

just western union + black tape it at that point

>>1639683

power probes are a meme and not necessary if you have a decent meter. there is rarely and i mean very rarely a time when its more worth it trying to pinpoint the exact location of a fault (eg broken wire, rubbed through etc) rather than just to rewire it.

a good mechanic will study and fully understand the circuit and how it works, and then remove, re-pin, and rewire.

little point in spending hours tracking down a broken wire and fixing it, just to have another one break somewhere else in a week. rewire it and be done with it.

>>1639247

when centrifugal switches or magnetic relays fuck up i just rip em out and put in a toggle switch for the start winding.

flip both toggle switches to start motor, flip off start winding switch when motors up to speed. wont work with anything that starts automatically though unfortunately

is it just me or are captchas getting stupid hard

>>1638801

1. dice black and red wire to medium small

2. cut the tendrils and strip ends coming out of motor, and set aside

3. preheat soldering iron to 120c

4. prepare relay wire sproutlings in a fashion similar to the motors tendrils, but this time dress the sproutlings with a one inch long piece of bakeshrink

5. now take your iron and lightly season with your choice of rosin

6. wrap the bare sections of the motor tendrils and the relay sprouts together, and brown with the iron until the rosin melts and the flux is a caramel brown color

7. finally, slide your bakeshrink over the exposed meat of the tendrils and heat at 220c for 10 seconds, then flip and repeat

>>1638411

u wot

>>1633674

it can be a lot of things, there isn't one single cause. they call "hunting"

fuel pressure
sensors
egrs
vacuum leaks

anything with a hydraulic unit injector can hunt because of problems in the high pressure actuation oil circuit

what is it about boomers being so overly sensitive to younger people's knowledge? its like any time someone young so much as opens their mouth to help solve a problem they get painted as a know it all. are they just insecure and afraid to admit a young person might know more than them on a particular subject?

ive noticed boomers will pretty well automatically disagree with any young person instantly without even thinking giving their idea any sliver of thought. that or they get all pissy pants dramatic "oh okay you think you're the expert on everything you touch lets try it your way then" like holy fuck man im just trying to help because you old fucks clearly dont have a fucking clue and would rather struggle with something for hours than to give a younger persons idea anything other than a "no that wont work". we arent looking for some kind of appreciation or recognition, we just want to get the fucking job done. i know the opposite is true for boomers, so they assume it applies to us, but my ego doesnt inflate if you say good idea or nice job, i wont strut around thinking i know everything

"what if we try and do ____"

"nope that wont work because (insert some retarded made up on the spot bullshit reason)"

work with this old guy that over analyzes literally everything i do and thinks because he has "50 years experience you kinda gotta listen". then assumes i know absolutely nothing and explains to me how to do exactly what i was just doing. "just turn it up hot and downhand it" no shit gramps what was i just doing

the same guy came in with a kenworth with a c15 that he said had a weird beeping he couldnt get rid of. boss asks me to go check it out and i look up and it says the trucks overheating and to shut it down. then the boomer tells me he could smell that hot engine smell that only people that have been around engines their entire life know. turns out it didnt even overheat it was just a bad connection at sender and resistance making gauge read high lol