Buttered Jorts

Nothing beside remains

2025-05-31

@gangrif @rallias @nuintari @threadzilla @sciaticnerd @TheDrPinky @darkuncle @crankylinuxuser @XenoPhage @mav @dntlookbehindu @pivot @jwgoerlich @Aneilan @dustinfinn @jerry @TheGibson @firefly @lintile @JaysonEStreet @circuitswan @montar @cillic @D4rkm4tter @gillis @brianrphillips @lil_lost @zenrandom @failOpen @BabblingGeek @rand0h @Ajediday @JNitterauer @rayredacted

Grandad had an old Sahara, dad had a Scrambler. Don’t remember the years or specific models, just the branding, but probably 80s or earlier on both. My first car was a Liberty that I totaled about a decade in. Brother had a Cherokee, and dad bought a Comanche that never ran in our time owning it.

2025-05-31

@FritzAdalis never type F, but whatever a 2005 Scion XB manual takes, hair and shirt. When shit started slipping I took “I’ll heal, parts won’t” and hulked that from hitting the ground. No real injury but not a smart choice. It was the only reason we didn’t end up waiting weeks for a replacement part though.

2025-05-31

@cR0w @FritzAdalis mine isn’t. Rust and caliche and ethylene glycol, yeugh

2025-05-31

Nothing like a face full of Rusty antifreeze

2025-05-30

@gangrif @threadzilla @rallias @sciaticnerd @TheDrPinky @darkuncle @crankylinuxuser @XenoPhage @nuintari @mav @dntlookbehindu @pivot @jwgoerlich @Aneilan @dustinfinn @jerry @TheGibson @firefly @lintile @JaysonEStreet @circuitswan @montar @cillic @D4rkm4tter @gillis @brianrphillips @lil_lost @zenrandom @failOpen @BabblingGeek @rand0h @Ajediday @JNitterauer @rayredacted

how’d you know it was a Jeep? 😉

And yes, at some point I plan to unnecessarily mount a trailer hitch, and while I had the carpet out I considered unnecessarily installing sound-deadening. Still on the fence about a dashcam, I think I might drive better if I was always performing for a recording.

It’s amazing what becomes feasible when you aren’t made of mechanic money.

2025-05-30

@coleens_ giggity

2025-05-30

@Tessa @ljrk not 100% having never read any but I’m pretty sure yaoi has plenty of climax

2025-05-30

Acquired. Regrettably, from an Amazon merchant who also sells thin blue line garbage, but I gave up on ethical consumption.

Progress Pride Flag magnet on the back of an orange car
2025-05-30

@rallias @sciaticnerd @TheDrPinky @darkuncle @crankylinuxuser @XenoPhage @nuintari @mav @dntlookbehindu @pivot @jwgoerlich @Aneilan @dustinfinn @jerry @TheGibson @firefly @lintile @JaysonEStreet @circuitswan @montar @cillic @D4rkm4tter @threadzilla @gillis @brianrphillips @lil_lost @zenrandom @failOpen @BabblingGeek @rand0h @Ajediday @JNitterauer @rayredacted

I’ll be spending all spare time I can muster over the weekend wrenching on my mom’s car.

  • Pull the full interior
  • Clean interior components outside the car
  • Scrub the inside of the tub.
  • Drain and flush the radiator
  • Install new water pump and thermostat (opposite sides of the engine)
  • Replace all 4 motor mounts (top left, top right, bottom 2-part mount)
  • Near future all 4 brakes
  • Near future all 4 tires
  • Near future fixing rock chips before they rust in my much more humid environment

Trying not to give in to the siren song of fiscally irresponsible tool and part shopping for the ADHDopamine.

2025-05-30

@PhilRedbeard it’s a net good, but damn what a personal inconvenience when you’re a broke kid just trying to keep the car running.

2025-05-30

@PhilRedbeard RIP, I don’t miss the sniffer since moving to more rural TX. Failed more than once over that.

2025-05-30

@PhilRedbeard I was gonna say didn’t inspection go the way of the dodo, but you’re in an emissions county, aren’t you?

2025-05-30

The awkward moment where your ex of a decade+ past’s mom calls to ask how you’re doing.

2025-05-30

Feeling particularly strongly as I work on my mom’s car, on things that should have been his to fix.

2025-05-30

I miss calling my dad and talking car maintenance.

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