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labcoatguy.bsky.social
Brownian motion, bond energy, planes, trains, and automobiles, and Aunt Tahiri’s bedtime stories. Cis male (he/him)
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Progress: rounded bolts have been drilled out, awaiting twisting off once the valve cover is off. Stalled: trying to get the cover off, what with it being sealed to the head with that stupid gasket maker goop.

submitted 9 hours ago • 0 comments

Valve cover bolts that require a breaker bar to loosen are absolutely a sign of a bad previous owner.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Way behind on @smithandsniff.bsky.social podcasts, and just got to the one where they talk about snow accumulation making cars look like cokeheads. I once ran a Toyota MR2 Spyder year-round (yes with snow tires as needed) and it is the perfect visualization of snowy excitement.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Is the Leyland Princess the first-ever car to have a transverse straight six? #weirdcarBS

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

Saab parts hard to get? Tell that to the OE head bolts that were in stock at Rockauto. Also the obligatory external Torx socket, because of course Saab.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Hawk is unimpressed by the Sebring passing in the background.

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Hey All: Google is pulling the "automatically on for anyone over 18" bullshit with Gemini that the Dropbox did for its AI, but I can't afford to ditch Google Drive/Docs/Workspace. If you have a personal Google Account, first go to gemini.google.com/extensions and turn everything off...

submitted 38 days ago • 22 comments

I’m surprised there’s no “In popular culture” section for the A minor scale Wikipedia page. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_minor

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

❌Tuner cars ❌Euro cars ✔️Euro tuner cars #weirdcarBS www.hemmings.com/classifieds/...

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

Ok #weirdcarBS, hear me out: it’s time to redeem the PT Cruiser. Compared to the hordes of blobby crossovers infesting the roads today, wouldn’t you rather be surrounded by 5-door possibly turbocharged hatchbacks like this?

submitted 12 days ago • 5 comments