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Is there any way to fix this without having to drop a whole new engine block into it? 🤔💬⚙️🚗
02/11/2026

Is there any way to fix this without having to drop a whole new engine block into it? 🤔💬⚙️🚗

Guess the motor. First right answer wins a high five. Cylinder 1 bearing said no way, playa.
02/11/2026

Guess the motor. First right answer wins a high five. Cylinder 1 bearing said no way, playa.

Need help badly - family trip and tried to do a rear hub bearing ..Hi all. I need some help badly - my 2018 Outback had ...
02/10/2026

Need help badly - family trip and tried to do a rear hub bearing ..

Hi all. I need some help badly - my 2018 Outback had started a howling in the right rear bearing about two weeks ago. We had a family trip we needed to make for Christmas leaving on the 24th.

I got a new SKF bearing and a hub shocker as well as Astro last chance bolt kit.

After trying the hub shocker for a while the outer hub started loosening, so I tried moving on to the last chance bolt kit. All that did was further separate the outer hub.

Now I’m starting to panic due to this trip. We don’t have the $$ to rent a car by any means and I don’t know what to do to make this better. My family says they aren’t upset but this could ruin the trip. We only have the one car.

I have a lot of hand tools plus an air compressor and impact wrenches etc. here is a picture of where I am right now.

Block work nearly complete on another 2L X.Flow. Tidy up and polish followed by cam massaging to clear. We're in like sw...
02/10/2026

Block work nearly complete on another 2L X.Flow. Tidy up and polish followed by cam massaging to clear. We're in like swimwear again.
Just to help some of you out that cannot work out which block this is have a look at the top picture. Look at the caps, they are AX as they are not the same as any other x.flow block. Look at the mains saddles, see how many notches there are for the bearings. Again, only on AX blocks. It's an AX block, so now you know how to identify one from 50m away.

HSS or Carbide. How do you know?
02/10/2026

HSS or Carbide. How do you know?

What is this?I bought a new Deluxe 28 SHO this weekend and I noticed this spout yesterday that doesn't appear to go to a...
02/10/2026

What is this?
I bought a new Deluxe 28 SHO this weekend and I noticed this spout yesterday that doesn't appear to go to anything.What is this spout for?

How I saved my roomie's fingerTLDR: metalworking Reddit helped me figure out how to free my roommates finger without goi...
02/10/2026

How I saved my roomie's finger
TLDR: metalworking Reddit helped me figure out how to free my roommates finger without going to the ER
My roommate had gained some weight...around their ring, without realizing it and got to the point where, no matter what kind of l**e or method they tried, couldn't pull the ring off. We tried freezing their finger, holding their hand above their head, using crisco, wd40, and more🙊
So Im a woodworker and used to be a welder and do some light metalworking these days. They asked if I had a jewelers saw. I straight up tried cutting this ring off with a saw (covering their hand with chainmail gloves) and couldn't even make a nick in it. Then we looked up info on the ring and found out it was tungsten.
I asked a jewler if she had any tools or advice for breaking the ring. She said we needed find a professional to use special pliers or cut it with a diamond wheel. I do have a dremel and figured going slow and quenching her finger from time to time in water, maybe we could actually cut it off. Even though it sounds like something from Jackass. We go to Home Depot, try and buy a mini diamond wheel but someone stole them all.
Then it dawned on me. Tungsten is super brittle so maybe we could just crack it off somehow! Sure enough, digging thru metalworking Reddit i read dozens of posts about breaking tungsten rings by dropping them.
Eventually I found a post where someone suggest using a handheld vise and a hammer. Well I have a hardcore bench vise at my shop nearby--and had the idea to just compress the ring (on her finger) in the vise until it cracked. Of course my housemate was apprehensive but it seemed safer than taking a diamond wheel to their finger.
So yeah we put her finger in the vise, and slowly closed down on it. Not one second into this, on the slightest crank of pressure did the thing crack in half and freed their finger, completely unharmed.
Oh and it was a replica of the ring from LOTR 😂

This women declined all work since these parts are on back order She 's on her way back to Missouri on the highway for a...
02/10/2026

This women declined all work since these parts are on back order She 's on her way back to Missouri on the highway for a 4 hour trip.

Any ideas brakes are spongy still after changing the pads and rotors. Have bled the system 2/3 times all round but it's ...
02/10/2026

Any ideas brakes are spongy still after changing the pads and rotors. Have bled the system 2/3 times all round but it's not making a difference. Can't see any leaks anywhere, there's plenty of fluid. Not sure what I've missed Pic is just for attention really! 💬🧑‍🔧

Grandpas bailing wire will fix anything temporarily lol may not be safe but it may get you there
02/10/2026

Grandpas bailing wire will fix anything temporarily lol may not be safe but it may get you there

Found this thing under my car. What is it? Should I not drive the car?
02/09/2026

Found this thing under my car. What is it? Should I not drive the car?

Hey guys! Just found this on the street, it's about the same size ( maybe a little bigger) of an earring. What is it?
02/09/2026

Hey guys! Just found this on the street, it's about the same size ( maybe a little bigger) of an earring. What is it?

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