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| bio | website | tummy.com/journals/users/jafo |
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| location | Fort Collins, CO | |
| age | 43 | |
| visits | member for | 2 years, 3 months |
| seen | Oct 17 '12 at 22:37 | |
| stats | profile views | 21 |
Linux system administrator specializing in Linux in the data center.
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Mar 7 |
awarded | Yearling |
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May 29 |
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What's the point of the D3 gear in an automatic transmission? @theUg: This is interesting conjecture, but I still stand by my statement that there will be little if any change. If it completely shuts down the fuel supply, that's likely not much of a difference from the very, very little amount injected if it doesn't. Certainly in my car, it says "MPG is off the charts high" in a higher gear coasting downhill. |
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Mar 20 |
awarded | Student |
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Mar 7 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Jan 12 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Oct 17 |
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Remote autostart suggestion Sure, but it also means that someone with $1 for a key blank and a little time with a file can make a sawtooth key that will open and start your car. Mechanical keys are NOT secure, which is why the industry has been going with immobilizers. Even Medco high-security locks aren't secure because of the mechanics, they're secure largely because the patents on the mechanical tweaks means that they control it so you can't buy blanks (or so says a co-worker who used to be a locksmith). |
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Oct 13 |
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Audi 06 - Replace Thermostat What exact car is this? I've done some searches for replacement procedures and it doesn't sound too hard, but they are on earlier than 2006. For example, my 2005 S4, with a 4.2L V8 shoe-horned into the same engine bay that normally has a 2.0L engine would probably be much harder, likely requiring removal of the front-end (most work on it does :-). |
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Oct 13 |
answered | Remote autostart suggestion |
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Oct 13 |
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Remote autostart suggestion Note that many "high E" windows in buildings will do a very effective job of blocking RF. I've noticed that some buildings I can't unlock my car through the windows, even if it's right outside. |
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Sep 23 |
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What are the tradeoffs for positive vs. negative ground? Static electricity such as lightning, at tens of thousands of volts, is likely not a relevant example for what happens in dynamic electricity at the low tens of volts. Though I can't explain why fully. I imagine it has to do with the potential, the positive side of a battery doesn't have high potential relative to earth ground, it has high potential relative to the negative terminal of that same battery. An example of this is that you can't take two batteries and ONLY connect, say, a light bulb to the positive terminal of one and the negative of the other and have it work. |
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Sep 23 |
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How Do I Remove My Socket Wrench Between the Idler Pulley and Wheel Well @Bob: Wow, must have been something to break through your safety glasses and blacken your eye. :-D |
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Sep 23 |
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How Do I Remove My Socket Wrench Between the Idler Pulley and Wheel Well Seems like a pipe wrench on the socket would likely work, they are like a crescent wrench but have teeth in the jaws that will grip a pipe when turned one way, and spin free when going the other. Kind of like a socket, but it works by the jaws gripping the round pipe when it spins one direction. It'll likely chew up your socket a fair bit though. |
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Sep 23 |
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How can I be sure my vehicle is a 4x4 / AWD? Note that this won't work for all AWD systems. For example, a torsen requires there to be SOME friction on both of it's output shafts for it to work, and all 4 wheels may not spin if the front and rear differentials aren't locking differentials... |
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Sep 23 |
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Best brand of premium gas? I had a co-worker who used to do chemistry in the petroleum industry, and he was adamant that all the brands came "out of the same tank at the refinery". I said that I had heard (from the Chevron marketing) that they included different additives, but he would just shake his head and say they were all the same. |
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Sep 23 |
answered | Using an iPod / iPhone in a 2005 BMW 525i Sedan |
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Sep 23 |
answered | Why am I smelling exhaust inside the cabin of my car? |
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Sep 4 |
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difference between mechanical and hydraulic clutches The nice thing about hydraulics is that they automatically adjust, rather than a cable which you have to adjust as the clutch wears. |
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Sep 4 |
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difference between mechanical and hydraulic clutches I can't speak with authority on the performance, but in my experience the performance in terms of delays is similar to a cabled clutch. It uses the same technology as your brakes, so any lags would be similar to what you see when you apply your brakes. I'd guess that if there were any lags, it might be caused by air in the lines, which shouldn't normally be a problem. |
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Aug 30 |
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difference between mechanical and hydraulic clutches I'm assuming that you mean mechanical and hydraulic clutch actuation. If you mean "wet versus dry" clutches, or a torque converter (as used in automatic transmissions) and a "dry" disc clutch (as used on manual transmissions), please update your question. |
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Aug 30 |
answered | difference between mechanical and hydraulic clutches |
