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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, 2 months |
| seen | Oct 17 '12 at 22:37 | |
| stats | profile views | 17 |
Linux system administrator specializing in Linux in the data center.
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Mar 28 |
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What problems may occur if clutch is not used? In my experience, it's so hard to get right that it is at the expense of the gears. If you can do it perfectly every time, my hat's off to you, but I never felt like I was making progress beyond a certain point. I'd get it right around 10% of the time. If you practice 20 hours a week or something at the track because you don't have synchros on the track car, yeah, you'll probably get good at it. And knowing how to rev match before engaging the clutch when downshifting is a good skill to have. |
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Mar 28 |
answered | How to determine if a wheel is bent |
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Mar 28 |
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What problems may occur if clutch is not used? In my first car I tried to learn to shift without using the clutch and instead just rev-matching... I eventually gave up, it was just too often likely to fail and, well, I have a clutch that prevents the need. It was nice to learn to do it, in case I ever had a clutch failure, but saving the clutch at the expense of the gearbox and in particular the synchros seems like a bad trade-off. One of my current cars has 200K on the original clutch, so what exactly am I hoping to save? |
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Mar 27 |
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Difference between FWD/RWD/4WD/Part-Time 4WD/AWD? @Brian, There isn't really an absolute answer here, it really depends on what the marketing department of a vehicle vendor decides they want to use. In general though, it seems to be common for off-road oriented vehicles to be called 4WD, and road-only to be called "AWD". The lines have really been blurred by marketing departments applying the labels inconsistently. I'd agree that a vehicle with optionally locking differentials is more likely to be called 4WD, but many Audi and VW vehicles have had locking differentials in street cars (for example). |
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Mar 24 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Mar 22 |
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Can radiator cool down a car too much? I agree that it sounds like a thermostat. However, I have run into a situation where I had too much cooling... It was 40 degrees below, I was driving on the highway, and the 1.9L engine just couldn't keep up with providing enough heat to the cabin. So I turned on the propane furnace. :-) It was a VW camper van, water cooled. |
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Mar 22 |
answered | How can you tell the oil needs to be changed? |
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Mar 22 |
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Why does the reverse gear in manual transmission cars sound different Note that some cars do have a synchro and helical gears on reverse. See the "Reverse" section of the Wikipedia Synchromesh article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manual_transmission#Reverse |
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Mar 19 |
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How can increase the fuel-efficiency of my vespa bike? Changing subject as suggested in comments. More tags, caps changes. |
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Mar 19 |
answered | Oil change checklist |
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Mar 19 |
awarded | Commentator |
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Mar 19 |
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Coil Pack Location Yeah, for replacement procedure get a service manual or alldatadiy.com |
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Mar 19 |
suggested | suggested edit on How can increase the fuel-efficiency of my vespa bike? |
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Mar 19 |
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Trailer wiring corrosion That was my first thought too, but the OP said that the connector looked fine and it was the back-end that was corroding. Dielectric grease might help if you can get it back in there, but it really sounds like a connector with a better, water-tight design, may be better. |
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Mar 18 |
answered | Trailer wiring corrosion |
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Mar 18 |
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Trailer wiring corrosion edited tags |
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Mar 16 |
answered | Considerations when painting brake calipers |
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Mar 16 |
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Upgrade to HID lights in a Jeep Wrangler added 193 characters in body |
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Mar 16 |
answered | Kia Soul aftermarket headlights |
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Mar 16 |
awarded | Organizer |
