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plthijinx · 05-19-2012, 06:23 PM

once you've replaced the drain bolt (plug) and put the new filter on, your set to go ahead and put the new oil in. the oil cap is clearly labeled under the hood. also check the dip stick as well, by dip stick i mean the oil dip stick, ok? not me! make sure you have enough oil in your motor to operate safely. happy trails.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-19-2012, 11:57 PM

Always double check when the old filter comes off the rubber comes with it.

ZenGum · 06-21-2012, 03:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by plthijinx

once you've replaced the drain bolt (plug) and put the new filter on, your set to go ahead and put the new oil in. the oil cap is clearly labeled under the hood. also check the dip stick as well, by dip stick i mean the oil dip stick, ok? not me! make sure you have enough oil in your motor to operate safely. happy trails.

It is VERY important to do these steps in this order.

Trust me.

BigV · 06-22-2012, 04:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZenGum

It is VERY important to do these steps in this order.

Trust me.

only the last time.

Elspode · 06-24-2012, 09:57 PM

So Tree Fae and I volunteered for Maker Faire here in KC today, and I met this guy who I'd seen on Pawn Stars trying to sell this very robot. Turns out he's from the KC area. I'd always wondered just how produced that Pawn Stars was, and I asked the guy about it. He confirmed what I had always figured...that it is totally scripted and produced. In the case of he and his robot, he had emailed the producers eight months before he finally was filmed, and was told to show up on a prearranged date to conduct his "transaction". He was interesting to talk to.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-24-2012, 10:10 PM

That explains why there's nobody around when they're negotiating, and why Chumley hasn't been fired.
I've always wondered if shows like Pawnstars, Orange County Choppers, and Pickers, get paid to do it or just promises of increased business and t-shirt sales.

plthijinx · 05-20-2012, 09:04 AM

good point Bruce.

Also, what to do with the used oil? like i mentioned above, take it to the auto parts store. down here, they take it for free. not sure about other places around the country though.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-20-2012, 09:45 PM

Burn it in the garage heater.

zippyt · 06-20-2012, 09:21 PM

this was actualy last sunday ,
Garage shelves were a Bit rusted out ,
so Out with the old

Photo233 by zippyt, on Flickr
And in with the new

Photo234 by zippyt, on Flickr
and the obligatory junk pic

Photo232 by zippyt, on Flickr

Still not totaly sorted but we are getting there

classicman · 06-20-2012, 11:17 PM

The blurring effect makes it look - - - worse?

Clodfobble · 06-22-2012, 12:16 PM

Heh... my drain plug has a very slow leak. We knew this already from the large stain on our driveway.

At our last oil change, the mechanic noted that they had replaced it with a larger one to bandaid the problem, but gravely warned me that it was "only going to last 3 or 4 more oil changes."

You mean... a year? On a car with 170,000 miles, that we don't even know if it's going to make it another year? Forgive me if I don't put my doom face on.

Undertoad · 06-25-2012, 09:25 AM

As a worker at a pawn shop I can confirm this theory

There are two things that give it away. One is that the cameras obviously can't wait around all day for people with interesting things to sell. They go out and find things to be on the show and come back and video them.

Two is that people with interesting things to sell do not sell them to pawn shops.

If you look around Youtube you can find a video of Rick working his shop before Pawn Stars and it does not look anything like it does on the History channel. It looks like a pawn shop.

The truth is that the History channel wanted to have actual ratings, and certainly noticed that Antiques Roadshow gets big ratings (on a channel that claims to not be about ratings but actually is). How can you have Antiques Roadshow but not obviously have it be Antiques Roadshow?

So they crow-barred ~~antique~~ Historical items into it to justify it being on History, a channel that claims to be about History but actually is not. And then it worked, so now there are copycat shows such as Storage Wars and Pickers that are also Antiques Roadshow but, you know, not Antiques Roadshow. There are the items, the stories, the Lotto-mentality money happening, but no mandolins playing so you know it is not on PBS.

And they are all fake! People would not negotiate on camera. It's all fake. Ironically, Antiques Roadshow can claim to be unique and special and thus justify its existence on PBS because it's not *totally* fake, only partly fake.

Elspode · 06-25-2012, 09:27 PM

Spot on, Toad. I still enjoy the show, though.

Elspode · 06-26-2012, 12:26 AM

Other cool things at Maker Faire KC...

A nice art bike ala old school sci fi Mars ships...and...anyone remember what The Prisoner drove?

plthijinx · 06-27-2012, 07:00 PM

that's totally cool guys!

05-19-2012, 06:23 PM	#1
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	once you've replaced the drain bolt (plug) and put the new filter on, your set to go ahead and put the new oil in. the oil cap is clearly labeled under the hood. also check the dip stick as well, by dip stick i mean the oil dip stick, ok? not me! make sure you have enough oil in your motor to operate safely. happy trails. __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

05-19-2012, 11:57 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Always double check when the old filter comes off the rubber comes with it. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-24-2012, 09:57 PM	#5
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	So Tree Fae and I volunteered for Maker Faire here in KC today, and I met this guy who I'd seen on Pawn Stars trying to sell this very robot. Turns out he's from the KC area. I'd always wondered just how produced that Pawn Stars was, and I asked the guy about it. He confirmed what I had always figured...that it is totally scripted and produced. In the case of he and his robot, he had emailed the producers eight months before he finally was filmed, and was told to show up on a prearranged date to conduct his "transaction". He was interesting to talk to. Attached Images __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog Last edited by Elspode; 06-24-2012 at 10:06 PM. Reason: Pics didn't load 'cuz I'm dumb.

06-24-2012, 10:10 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	That explains why there's nobody around when they're negotiating, and why Chumley hasn't been fired. I've always wondered if shows like Pawnstars, Orange County Choppers, and Pickers, get paid to do it or just promises of increased business and t-shirt sales. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-20-2012, 09:04 AM	#7
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	good point Bruce. Also, what to do with the used oil? like i mentioned above, take it to the auto parts store. down here, they take it for free. not sure about other places around the country though. __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

05-20-2012, 09:45 PM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Burn it in the garage heater. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-20-2012, 09:21 PM	#9
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	this was actualy last sunday , Garage shelves were a Bit rusted out , so Out with the old Photo233 by zippyt, on Flickr And in with the new Photo234 by zippyt, on Flickr and the obligatory junk pic Photo232 by zippyt, on Flickr Still not totaly sorted but we are getting there __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

06-20-2012, 11:17 PM	#10
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	The blurring effect makes it look - - - worse? __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

06-22-2012, 12:16 PM	#11
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Heh... my drain plug has a very slow leak. We knew this already from the large stain on our driveway. At our last oil change, the mechanic noted that they had replaced it with a larger one to bandaid the problem, but gravely warned me that it was "only going to last 3 or 4 more oil changes." You mean... a year? On a car with 170,000 miles, that we don't even know if it's going to make it another year? Forgive me if I don't put my doom face on. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

06-25-2012, 09:25 AM	#12
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	As a worker at a pawn shop I can confirm this theory There are two things that give it away. One is that the cameras obviously can't wait around all day for people with interesting things to sell. They go out and find things to be on the show and come back and video them. Two is that people with interesting things to sell do not sell them to pawn shops. If you look around Youtube you can find a video of Rick working his shop before Pawn Stars and it does not look anything like it does on the History channel. It looks like a pawn shop. The truth is that the History channel wanted to have actual ratings, and certainly noticed that Antiques Roadshow gets big ratings (on a channel that claims to not be about ratings but actually is). How can you have Antiques Roadshow but not obviously have it be Antiques Roadshow? So they crow-barred ~~antique~~ Historical items into it to justify it being on History, a channel that claims to be about History but actually is not. And then it worked, so now there are copycat shows such as Storage Wars and Pickers that are also Antiques Roadshow but, you know, not Antiques Roadshow. There are the items, the stories, the Lotto-mentality money happening, but no mandolins playing so you know it is not on PBS. And they are all fake! People would not negotiate on camera. It's all fake. Ironically, Antiques Roadshow can claim to be unique and special and thus justify its existence on PBS because it's not totally fake, only partly fake.

06-25-2012, 09:27 PM	#13
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Spot on, Toad. I still enjoy the show, though. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

06-26-2012, 12:26 AM	#14
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Other cool things at Maker Faire KC... A nice art bike ala old school sci fi Mars ships...and...anyone remember what The Prisoner drove? Attached Images __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

06-27-2012, 07:00 PM	#15
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	that's totally cool guys! __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

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