• Jordan M Brown

    Record-Breaking Thread

    Begin breaking records here.

    • So I managed to determine why my backup camera stopped working....

      Backup Camera

      For the sake of a $.05 gasket, this could have been avoided.  I found a replacement on Amazon for $275 (which is a far cry from the $650 the dealship wanted).  First thing I'll do if I get it is run a bead of silicone around it.


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    • Also - look what I was following yesterday.  Blurry picture I took while driving, blowing it up didn't help the resolution.  You guys can play Guess That Car on it...

      Triumph Stag Croped

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      • Looks like a Triumph Stag.  Cool

      • Bingo!  It was freaking gorgeous.

      • Triumph Stag would have been my guess as well.  I may have seen one or two back in the 70s, but not one since that time.  That was a neat ride!

      • worked on many of them back in the day putting radio/tape players in them , they ( i think ) was the best thing triumph ever did

      • Old enough to remember driving behind those when they were new. Doubt the owner ever drives it in snow given how low that new muffler is hanging. :-)

      • Also, given that manufacturers used tinfoil instead of steel in the 1970's.

      • I was hunting around trying to find some pictures of a Triumph Stag that is the hero car in a show called "New Tricks"  - popular show in the UK whereby some retired detectives are brought back into duty to help with cold cases. One of the detectives drives around in a Stag. Sadly as I looking, I noted this:


        :( sounded like it had its fair share of issues. That said, that is part of the fun of owning car with Leyland and Lucas DNA, I kind of miss it (old Leyland Mini's go for crazy money on BaT).

      • Interesting reading.  I don't believe I've ever seen one in person before.  It crossed in front of me (going left-to-right at 60mph) as I was waiting to make a right turn, so I didn't get a good look at the awkward profile.  However, the front and rear styling was really quite handsome.

      • Yep, they were nice to look at and while not as common as the Dolomite and Toledo when I was a kid, you often saw them around. I was disappointed when the Triumph Acclaim was launched, just did not look as good as past Triumphs, basically a rebadged Honda if I am remembering correctly.

    • So my buddies car now operates "like new". Funny story though. He went though the issues with a tech on the phone, explained what the independent shop down here determined, had the relay ordered in. Takes his car in, signed the work order, and waits for two hours. A tech approaches and tells him they found the issue, the relay doesn't work, but they don't have one in stock and it will likely take a week to get in. Buddy asked him if he read the work order, which explained what the likely issue was, and the part had already been ordered and he was there just to have it installed. "Ahh, no, I didn't". 

      Apologize and a discount eliminated any customer discontent though.

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    • [Political discussion]

      So, you Americans in RBT....

      Are you as terrified of Trump being president as the rest of the world is?  Has he ever mentioned anything about an actual platform, other than building a wall between the US and Mexico?

      [/Political discussion]

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      • Oh, Al ... don't get me started!  I think John Oliver of Last Week Tonight said it best when he said:

      • Trump is the new con-man in the political arena, he is the new Authur Rosenthal ( who fixed the 1919 world series ), Trump has said what everyone who is not happy with what is going on here but as Maarp said he is a danger to all nations because he has been a failure in business, he has filed bankrupcy more times than carter makes liver pills, and worst of all he can not hold onto a decent woman, maybe he's like tom criuse and has a little ding-ding, so they over compensate for that by doing stupid things to prove to themselves that they are a man.......jeez !

      • Sarah Palin almost becoming VP was scary enough. This time might actually come true. Surprised

      • We've got Shiny Pony, why not swing the other way, I'd be interested to see what Trump will do if he wins.

      • I'd be interested in seeing what would happen if Trump took a long walk off a short pier.  Under NO circumstances do I want to see him as Chief Executive!  As bad as Dubya was, Donnie would be a whole lot WORSE.

      • I cannot fathom how/why he has gone as far as he has.  On the news last night, they were interviweing a 36-year old Satanist (yes, he had a sign, and yes, he was covered in black and piercings) supporter of Trump, while an elderly lady stood by nodding along with what he was saying.  They then asked her if she agreed, and she was 100% behind what the Satanist dude was saying about Trump.  As the camera left, the two of them ( i believe she was 76) were deep in conversation.  Filed this away under "Now I've seen everything".

        Either I'm reading Trump entirely wrong, and he is legitimate, or there is something fundamentally wrong with this presidential candidate process.  How can entire nation be hoodwinked by the anti-government rhetoric?

      • I am hoping the time travellers are among us!

        (edit, based on Oliver's comment about what happens if Trump does win)

      • There seems to be more emphasis on the person's believe and attire than what he was saying...

        For the record, just because the media doesn't seek them out, doesn't mean there aren't Satanist who support Hillary...

        Not really sure what the point your trying to convey is, that an older lady agreed with a Satanist, that Trump isn't fit because a Satanist supports him, that you don't often see older ladies conversing with a Satanist?

        I believe, like I am, that most people are sick and tired of governments slowly taking away freedoms while taking more money out of their pockets, while feeling relatively helpless to do anything about it. With the "established politicians", its likely just going to be more of the same, Trump represents a hope, however misguided it may turn out to be if he wins, but right now a hope. I honestly believe that if Hillary wins, it will essentially equate to Obama extending his term.

        ps. I am no Satanist support, but you made no mention what-so-ever of what he said, just who he was.

      • My point was that a Satanist and a 76-year woman were conversing and seeing eye-to-eye on Trump.  And if someone is able to bring two disparate people like that together, then maybe I am the one missing something here...

      • Ahhh, makes sense.

        My theory so far is that he is a brilliant eccentric.

      • But does he have a platform?  Does he have any plan other than being anti-government?  It's like a nightmarish version of the Seinfeld episode, "What would George do?".

      • If "Budgets Balance Themselves" can get in with that plan, you don't necessarily need a plan to win. Cool

      • Laughing

      • Maybe so, but these kinds of articles are scary:


        Look at the quotations in the article :(, not exactly telling is supporters to rise above the fray.  

        Edit, good news is that looks like Trump is back tracking on his claim to pay legal fees of his supporters who commit voilence, 


      • Was it the "there is a part of me that likes this guy"? Laughing

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    • Tuesday - Primary Day here in Ohio.  Gotta go vote, get some booze, and get plates for the Mustang ... which should keep me busy for a bit!

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    • Hey.

    • Wednesday - Well, I managed to do everything but get plates (no memorandum title).  That can wait.  Today my friend and I see what we can do about dialing down the bias on my amps a bit, as the left one has been overheating.  Haven't done anything like this in a long time; should be interesting!

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      • Maybe just for giggles, if you have a volt, ohm meter, see how many amps the unit is drawing , compare both units, the outputs on one maybe cranked up too high.  Years ago I had those problems with mobile amplifiers, people would crank them up, blow out speakers & then try to blame me for inferior install, but I had put wax across the gain controls & if they were broken , the warranty was void, even had it printed on my invoices. ya gotta love gangsta's

      • Actually, there is a procedure for adjusting the amplifiers.  These are Class A amps, whose output transistors are designed to be "half-turned-on" all the time at idle (BAD over-simplification) in order to avoid what is known as crossover distortion.  This design causes the amps to run warm and consume a lot of current, but they also sound fantastic.  The problem is that one amp has drifted to the point where it is tripping its thermal shutdown circuit.

        My friend and I made these adjustments not quite 30 years ago when we replaced the original output transistors with newer units.  I figure after three decades, a little drifting is inevitable!

    • Good morning.