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PeteG · « **Reply #240 on:** 2 Apr 2017, 02:26 pm »

Quote from: Bob in St. Louis on 2 Apr 2017, 03:41 am

Yip, that's part of the fan. The other half is where it should be, inside the turbo housing.
This is the piece that fell on the floor when the tech pulled the unit from the car.
A result of clogged oil feed lines, since the oil changes weren't done often enough.
It's a 2008 Saab V6 with (iirc) 130,000 miles.
Way too young to die.

Sorry to hear Bob, Just bought my 4th turbo vehicle, not only oil changes but no cheap oil filters, I've had techs tell me about oil filter material coming lose and getting stuck in the turbo oil lines.

Bob in St. Louis · « **Reply #241 on:** 2 Apr 2017, 02:52 pm »

Oh no... you missunderstood. THIS IS NOT MY CAR!

I work at the dealer, this is from a customers car.
I'm "the bad guy" that had to tell her that she's spending $3600 because she was lazy on changing her oil.
My vehicle has 237,000 and purrs like a kitten.

PeteG · « **Reply #242 on:** 2 Apr 2017, 03:09 pm »

Okay I'm glad I misunderstood

Bob in St. Louis · « **Reply #243 on:** 2 Apr 2017, 03:17 pm »

Me too!

TrungT · « **Reply #244 on:** 3 Apr 2017, 08:52 am »

This ONE is for you Bob

Bob in St. Louis · « **Reply #245 on:** 3 Apr 2017, 01:07 pm »

That's crazy. I can't imagine what would have caused that. I've seen oil "glop" out of an engine, but not be sticky like that. That's nuts.

brooklyn · « **Reply #246 on:** 10 Apr 2017, 12:34 am »

My wife and I did a double take passing by a Kohl’s department store in Oklahoma.
Two geese with a do not feed sign standing right outside the door..

Bob in St. Louis · « **Reply #247 on:** 10 Apr 2017, 12:56 am »

Trust the sign.

Bob in St. Louis · « **Reply #248 on:** 25 Jun 2017, 10:15 pm »

Poor little 8" sub finally threw in the towel after 15 years of abuse from me.
Was so happy with it, I immediately called the dealer to get an exact OE replacement, alas, the part has been discontinued.

JakeJ · « **Reply #249 on:** 26 Jun 2017, 12:42 am »

I imagine you can find something very close that will perform as well if not better, Bob. Get all the number you can off of it and do some Googling.

ArthurDent · « **Reply #250 on:** 26 Jun 2017, 01:29 am »

Bob, is the speaker shot, or just the surround ? If it's just the surround you should be able to find someone to repair it. I had a similar issue with the Magnat woofers in my Dahlquist 'Compact' Monitors after about 20 years. The local SpeakerLab redid the surrounds & they've been going strong for close to 10 yrs now.

Bob in St. Louis · « **Reply #251 on:** 26 Jun 2017, 03:17 am »

I thought about re-foaming, but due to the knocking sound when the bass hits, I figured it's shot.
I bought the follow driver as a replacement. The worst part is that the OE driver had ears that extended past the perimeter of the drivers basket.
Those ears "nested" into the plastic enclosure of the OE sub-cabinet.
The driver I bought will stand 'proud' of that, so mods will be a necessity, there's no other option besides building my own enclosure.
I *REALLY* didn't want to make this a project, I wanted an OE replacement that simply bolted in.

But.....

....... I'm an "audiophile", so as we all know, I'll go to the ends of the earth to make stuff work.

I'll keep ya posted.

Bob in St. Louis · « **Reply #252 on:** 29 Jun 2017, 12:51 am »

ArthurDent · « **Reply #253 on:** 29 Jun 2017, 12:56 am »

Oooooh, pretty.

Yep, would appear you've got some tooling to do. That said, given your past work it should be mostly a snap.

Bob in St. Louis · « **Reply #254 on:** 29 Jun 2017, 01:04 am »

Quote from: ArthurDent on 29 Jun 2017, 12:56 am

Oooooh, pretty. Yep, would appear you've got some tooling to do. That said, given your past work it should be mostly a snap.

Thank you.

Yea....

... the tabs that protrude from the old basket are "nested" into the molded enclosure build into the body of the Yukon.
So making that Pioneer fit will indeed be a modification, to say the least.

I didn't want another project, but.....

PeteG · « **Reply #255 on:** 5 Jul 2017, 03:40 pm »

Got to root for my Cardinals, nice stadium and great view.

JerryM · « **Reply #256 on:** 14 Jul 2017, 01:00 am »

Green alga. It grows on surfside rocks here in So Cal.

Bob in St. Louis · « **Reply #257 on:** 14 Jul 2017, 01:04 am »

Interesting. Looks like a "top down" view of Romaine lettuce.

JerryM · « **Reply #258 on:** 14 Jul 2017, 01:10 am »

Except for all the beach sand.

It feels like tender butter lettuce. I'll take a wider photo next time I'm there. It's really kind of cool looking when the tide's out.

rodge827 · « **Reply #259 on:** 16 Jul 2017, 11:13 am »

Caught this "narcissist" checking himself out in Barnegat NJ