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Coffee Induced Early Morning Rant / Korean Junk
« on: December 28, 2015, 11:54:57 PM »
At this point I am ashamed to admit that I own one of Don's favorite vehicles, a Kia Optima. I bought it new in March of 2012 after totaling the wife's other ride. I was in a bit of a rush and did not research it much. It was a little over $20k for a nicely equipped car (leather, power seat, push button start and a few other do-dads that I still ain't figured out what they are for). Up until last Wednesday it had gone 49,321 absolutely trouble free miles. When I started driving 370 miles for my week long trips to work we decided it would be best to drive the car that got double the fuel mileage (35 highway) and cost half as much to replace and leave the dually for my wife to run around in locally. I was about 20 miles from my destination when the trouble started. I was accelerating to merge onto the highway. The thing started making all kind of racket. The mechanic side of my brain said "boy that ain't good". The employee side said "you just gotta make it there in time to get on that helicopter". The freeway ended shortly and I pulled into a parts store. I got out and checked the oil because it sounded like it would if it had all run out. Oil level was fine and really clean on the dipstick. I made it to my destination and did some more checking and got a coworker to look at it too. We saw nothing loose or jumping around other than the entire engine. I looked up and called the nearest dealer. I was informed that I was still under the road hazard warranty so they would tow it to the nearest dealer at no cost to me. I informed the service writer that I would be back on dry land in 7 days and would not need transportation until then. Fast forward to today when they got it in the shop. With Christmas being Friday I expected that. I got a voicemail that there was trouble in the bottom end of the engine and it would need to be replaced. After a few hours of phone  tag I finally spoke to them. I was told that during the inspection they noted the inside of the top end was absolutely spotless, no gunk buildup at all. When they drained the oil it was clean. When they dropped the oil pan the bottom end was really clean as well except for some metal shavings. The #1 and #2 rod bearings had spun. I change the oil around every 5000 miles and have run Mobil  1 filter and synthetic oil since new. He said they could tell it was maintained because of how clean it was internally. A claim has been made that has to go up the line for approval. He informed me that this had happened to several of these 4 cylinder engines in Kias and Hyundais. Apparently they think they got a bad batch of bearings at the engine assembly plant at some point. Not sure yet about availability of a replacement. Some of them are on 4 to 5 week back order, but not sure if this is one of them. I will say that even though this is frustrating and disappointing, the customer service from the dealership has been great. He made several attempts to call me back during our game of phone tag. They are providing a rental car for me to get home that I will turn in locally. Kia covers 3 days of rental but I really just need to get home. 370 miles is a long way to walk and my rear fenders would probably not make it here with the rest of my truck if the wife had to come get me. All this is covered under warranty, but it don't give me a warm and fuzzy feeling about this car. They cover power train to 100k. I don't see me keeping it past that for sure.

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Humor, Good Stuff, and Red Neck Practices! / An Anthropological Primer
« on: December 27, 2015, 08:04:02 AM »
This was copied and sent to me by a guy at work. It came from  http://www.rightsidesd.com/?p=20459

 I thought yall would like it.


Humans originally existed as members of small bands of nomadic hunter/gatherers. They lived on deer in the mountains during the summer and would go to the coast and live on fish and lobster in the winter.

The two most important events in all of history were the invention of beer and the invention of the wheel.

Beer required grain and that was the beginning of agriculture. Neither the glass bottle nor aluminum can were invented yet, so while our early humans were sitting around waiting for them to be invented, they just stayed close to the brewery. That's how villages were formed.

The wheel was invented to get man to the beer.

These two were the foundation of modern civilization and together were the catalyst for the splitting of humanity into two distinct subgroups:

1. Liberals.
2. Conservatives.

Some men spent their days tracking and killing animals to BBQ at night while they were drinking beer.

This was the beginning of what is known as the Conservative movement.

Other men who were less skilled at hunting learned to live off the conservatives by showing up for the nightly BBQ's and doing the sewing, fetching, and hair dressing.

This was the beginning of the Liberal movement.

Some of these liberal men evolved into women. Others became known as girlie-men. Some noteworthy Liberal achievements include the domestication of cats, the invention of group therapy, group hugs, and the concept of democratic voting to decide how to divide the meat and beer that Conservatives provided.

Over the years Conservatives came to be symbolized by the largest, most powerful land animal on earth, the elephant. Liberals are symbolized by the jackass for obvious reasons.

Modern Liberals like lite beer (with lime added), but most prefer white wine or imported bottled water. They eat raw fish but like their beef well done. Sushi, tofu, and French food are standard Liberal fare. Another interesting evolutionary side note: many Liberal women have higher testosterone levels than their men.

Most college professors, social workers, personal injury attorneys, journalists, film makers in Hollywood , group therapists and community organizers are Liberals.

Liberals meddled in our national pastime and invented the designated hitter rule because it wasn't fair to make the pitcher also bat.

Conservatives drink real beer. They eat red meat and still provide for their women. Conservatives are big game hunters, rodeo cowboys, lumberjacks, construction workers, firemen, medical doctors, police officers, engineers, corporate executives, athletes, members of the military, airline pilots, and generally anyone who works productively. Conservatives who own companies hire other conservatives who want to work for a living.

Liberals produce little or nothing. They like to govern the producers and decide what to do with the production. Liberals believe Europeans are more enlightened than Americans. That is why most of the Liberals remained in Europe when Conservatives were coming to America . They crept in after the Wild West was tamed and created a business of trying to get more for nothing.

Here ends today's lesson in world history. It should be noted that a Liberal may have a momentary urge to angrily respond to this post.

A Conservative will simply laugh and be so convinced of the absolute truth of this history that it will be shared immediately to other true believers and to just piss off more liberals...

And there you have it. Let your next action reveal your true self. I'm going to have another beer.




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General Maintenance, How to/DIY projects / Deleting LML
« on: November 08, 2015, 08:34:32 AM »
I tried to leave it alone, I promise I did. For the last 3 years and 44,000 mile I did. Last week we went to Pensacola to visit my little brother who is in some training at the Navy base. Just before we got there I got a CEL. Ran by Autozone to get them to check it out. The dreaded NOX sensor failure. The next morning we got ready to go get some breakfast and it get this message. "175 miles until speed reduced to 65 MPH" That aint good when you are 200 miles from home. Anyway there was a great dealer over there that got it in first thing Monday morning and us back on the road by 10. That all got me thinking though. What if next time that happens I'm in podunk, TN somewhere dragging my horse trailer and go into limp mode. I aint gonna let that happen. I ordered a Flo-Pro exhaust, Pypes downpipe, Sinister EGR delete (it comes with the up pipe block off plate, so not pulling up pipe), and PPEI autocal programmer. I know there is a lot more that can be added, and maybe later, but for now that will get me started. I have looked through several write ups on this job already so I think I have a pretty good understanding of what is involved. I am an oilfield mechanic by trade, so I already know how to deal with bleeding knuckles, how to throw tools across the shop, and how to use the appropriately calibrated hammer to make things fit just right. I will have Thursday evening after I get home, and all day Friday to get this done. Is that enough time to do all this by myself?

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Firearms / M&P 40 rating
« on: August 08, 2015, 04:09:25 PM »
Objective information, (Score 0-5)
Manufacturer: Smith & Wesson
Model Number, Name: M&P
Caliber: 40
Type weapon: pistol
Action: semi-auto
Material Weapon is made of: 5 (polymer frame, stainless slide & barrel)
Magazine capacity: 4 (15 rounds)
Barrel Length: 5 (4.25", balanced well)
Rifling info if applicable: 4
Type sights: 3 (3 dot)
Trigger pull: 2 (mushy, then stiff)
Trigger Reset: 3 (not great, but not horrible)
Type Safety: 4 (ambi thumb)
Safety Features: 4 (Chamber loaded indicator, no safety off indicator)
Weight: 4 (24.25 oz no mag according to S&W)
Ergonomics/furniture: 4
Integral Rail System? Yes
How many rounds did you shoot? 250 each (fired 2 new identical guns)
What ammunition did you test with? Mag-tech fmj, Remington fmj, Winchester fmj, mag-tech guardian gold, hornady critical defense
Weather conditions for test: sunny, calm, HOT!
Accessories that comes with the weapon as sold new: just 2 mags on versions I bought
Is there a palm swell or other part customizable like the latest gen Glocks or M&P's: yes (3 backstrap options)
Your hand size: 3.75" across knuckles, 7.75" tip of middle finger to start of wrist, 3" trigger finger
Stock information: (NS)

Subjective observations:(Score 0-10)
Handling, how does it fit and feel: 8 (probably would be higher if somebody would not have left his extra back straps at home)
Experience any malfunctions? 10 (no malfunctions)
Ease of loading/reloading:10 (mag drops free, easy to reload without taking eyes off target, slide drops when new mag is put in)
How did the various controls such as slide release or magazine release operate? 10 (controls easy to access and work)
Did the weapon get dirty during the test, and if so any effect? No
Comment about the sights: 3 (functional at best, rear dots bigger than front, hard to focus on front, I lost it a few times which slowed follow up shots)
Ease of field stripping and cleaning weapon: 10 (large takedown lever that just flips down 90 degrees)
What other weapon does it compare to such as M&P shield vs Glock 43? Glock 22 since everything gets compared to Glock anyway.
What type holster did you use? Cheap uncle mikes tactical (these will be mounted in my home so comfort not really an issue)
Anything you may have noticed such as "Big muzzle flash" or "very loud" or other observations? Nothing out of the ordinary.
Talk about the accuracy: 7 I shot about 4" 3 shot groups to try to check out accuracy. I could put 15 rounds all on a 8" target fairly rapidly
Do you feel the weapon is reliable? Yes
Does it have any shortcomings you can detect? Trigger and sights (I will be fixing both)
Your overall feelings about the weapon: 7
A one liner. You get to decide. Go or No-Go. You call it. the gun gets a score of 55 but jammed, then you can call it a No-Go.

Objective Score:__42__

Subjective Score:___65___

Go or No-Go:____Go_____

Comments:  Overall I like it. I would by another one. Because of my use for these I wanted something with a safety. The safety lever is an option of course, but it is easy to operate and not in the way while shooting in my opinion. I have already purchased an Apex trigger and trijicon HD sights for both pistols. I believe that will improve feel and acuracy for me. Most of my shots were a little low. I hope it had something to do with the weird trigger feel and long pull. I will test again after modifying them.

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Faith Discussion / God in America again
« on: July 09, 2015, 11:08:47 AM »
My wife just showed me this video. This youngin did a great job with this poem and I'm sure her parents are proud.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=99vKv3-FHY8

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Site Help / PM broke
« on: June 09, 2015, 07:34:15 PM »
For some reason my private messages don't work. When I first joined the site it did, but I could not post anywhere else. Someone was helping me fix that through PMs. When the other posting got fixed the PM quit working. I gave it a couple weeks to see it was something yall were working on, but it's still giving me this message when I try to open it.


An Error Has Occurred!


Sorry, you can't read your personal messages.

Can someone help with this please. I would at least like to thank the guy that helped me fix the other issue.

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Site Rules & Introductions / Howdy!
« on: May 24, 2015, 10:41:20 PM »
I was following along checking out a few build threads on another forum. I did not visit for a while, built a house which consumed every free second and every thought of my life.
Came back and noticed things were different and I finally figured out why. I really like this site. A lot here that I can relate to.
I hope I can gain some wisdom, and maybe even contribute a little every once in a while.

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