Robbie

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bio	website	soggymilk.com
	location	Milwaukee, WI
	age	21
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Just a kid going through college in hopes to change the world, or at the very least get a decent career in software development.

While I'm going through school I've been working on some projects to further my learning outside of school. Right now I'm focused on a Ruby on Rails project "qRPSd" - It's an effort to provide the tools needed to play a classic tabletop RPG over the internet! (Which is pretty neat, to me, because it'll let me play some old favorites with friends that are likewise going through school.)

This site has provided me with awesome help in the past; so I hope to become an active member of StackOverflow, both as a learner and maybe a teacher :)!

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Apr 19	comment	Clutch pedal no longer provides resistance, clutch won't disengage, what likely failed? Thanks. I'd just like to add a full disclaimer: The only proper fix is a new quadrant. I would NOT recommend driving on a MacGyver'd quadrant. -- Don't trust your life to gorilla glue.
Apr 18	answered	Clutch pedal no longer provides resistance, clutch won't disengage, what likely failed?
Apr 16	comment	Clutch pedal no longer provides resistance, clutch won't disengage, what likely failed? There's this plastic adjuster that the pedal attaches to. -- You're supposed to pull it back [put your toe behind the pedal and yank], then next time you hit the clutch it takes the slack out of the cable. (Edit: I can't yank it back, so my theory is that it adjusted all the way back. It's a plastic gear, so it might make a nice loud crunch when it did this.)
Apr 16	comment	Clutch pedal no longer provides resistance, clutch won't disengage, what likely failed? Another suggestion I got was that the cable didn't fail completely. -- If it frayed/shredded, the adjuster might've picked up slack [which is why it's at the end of it's travel] and it would still move the fork; just not enough to disengage the clutch. I don't get why a frayed cable would feel so much lighter, though. -- But for $20 I think it's worth a shot in the dark.
Apr 16	comment	Clutch pedal no longer provides resistance, clutch won't disengage, what likely failed? That's part of the problem of buying used. The only thing I know was replaced was the clutch face. For all I know, the former owner could have reused the pressure plate / throwout bearing. This is a cable clutch though, so no cylinders to check. That's why the pedal moving the fork (and returning!) is so odd to me.
Apr 16	asked	Clutch pedal no longer provides resistance, clutch won't disengage, what likely failed?
Feb 12	comment	2002 Renault Clio V6 won't start - just turns over MegaSquirt talks about it in detail: megamanual.com/v22manual/mtune.htm#howto There's a Ford discussion about it: fordforum.com/forum/ford-ranger-16/cold-starting-problem-7212 It's also a suggested procedure in the owners manual for most Toyota's [Vehicle will not start]: toyota.com/t3Portal/document/om/OM33528U/pdf/4.pdf Also it's worth remembering: the ECU controls fuel and spark in an EFI vehicle. You only control air intake [via throttle].
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Feb 11	answered	2002 Renault Clio V6 won't start - just turns over
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Feb 11	revised	1993 Mustang dies at idle in extremely cold weather added 51 characters in body
Feb 11	comment	1993 Mustang dies at idle in extremely cold weather Not the 5.0, it's the 2.3L N/A. Going to add that to the question.
Feb 8	comment	Understanding NA Ford Escort air conditioning modes Is the "big three" system still popular? I haven't seen that in any Ford or Chrysler newer than 1995. -- They either have the "japanese" style switches, or a completely digital climate control system that escapes me.
Feb 1	comment	1993 Mustang dies at idle in extremely cold weather Just bought the car used, so I'm not sure. I'll look into getting it on a flat surface and see if it has the same issues without any load on the vacuum system. It has an aftermarket intake though. [Throttle body is stock; the airbox is gone and replaced with a cone filter bolted to the MAF.]
Feb 1	asked	1993 Mustang dies at idle in extremely cold weather
Jan 21	accepted	Where should I mount the engine management electronics in a 1993 Ford Mustang?
Jan 21	comment	Where should I mount the engine management electronics in a 1993 Ford Mustang? Turns out that it is mounted in its standard location. Its meant to be covered by a kick panel; which is held in by willpower and other passenger door trimmings. So I think a temporary cover is in order until the weather warms up and I can dumpster dive for the necessary bits. Light plastic sounds like a good option to me, thanks.
Jan 17	asked	Where should I mount the engine management electronics in a 1993 Ford Mustang?
Dec 31	comment	How do you set side mirrors? +1 for a well put together answer; and that [leaning to the driver side / center console] is exactly how I set my mirrors. I was actually reading my Camry's instruction manual [I got bored] and it said to adjust the mirrors so that you could see the sides of your car. I can't believe that's the "instructed" method!