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Bolsters have always been that way. That's almost always the first place that tears. For leather, keep it clean and conditioned- never let it dry out and crack. There isn't much you can do for cloth to keep it from wearing and flattening down. The foam deteriorates first, and that area goes...

Tractor implement paint. Make sure you prep the surface. If I can move 1000+ tons of rocks, dirt, logs, etc and the paint in my loader is still there, you know it's going to hold up on a skid plate. And I'm not exaggerating either- I did 240 tons just in the last 4 months, and I've had it for...

We had both a Bronco, F150, and Mustangs. Recently the F150 was totaled due to a distracted driver. I miss that truck. It was more utilitarian than the Bronco. My vote is for the F150. My "inner Heemeyer" wants to suggest a Komatsu D355A with steel plating and an extra radiator...

I don't drive without the top down very often, and I check the weather religiously just in case. In SC, we deal with surprise pop-up storms all summer- it could be 0% chance of rain, sunny day, and suddenly it's a torrential downpour with quarter-sized hail. I got caught in a hailstorm on a...

I had one fail, but it thankfully did not become a projectile- just a very angry jumping bean. I can't imagine how terrifying one would be if it fired the cap, strut, or tool. That's death.

Shear vs moment loading. If the force is distributed evenly, the pins feel shear. If one snaps, all resultant force on the opposite pin is now shear with a moment component depending on how the claw rotates. It would very likely domino. But, it's still contained. If both upper pins snap...

Chinesium shear strength... You're gambling with the composition in those pins and the linkage bolt based on whatever scrap they melted to make them. Most of the failure modes would result in the assembly being self-contained. It would take multiple point failures for it to turn into a trap...

I feel like you missed the "take this lightly" part in my post... Everyone will have a different taste and set of criteria for what sounds "good." But at the same time, I feel like there is a certain unspoken reluctance and shrouded denial in discussions over exhausts, like Corey Feldman...

That consensus is 100% correct. No Ecoboost has ever sounded good, ever, in the history of Ecoboosts. Even the Ford GT with a $20,000 titanium exhaust sounds like dehydrated flatulence into an old dusty bus seat. Don't get me wrong, I have grown to like and respect these little engines, but...

Use a Shop-vac (or potentially rent an extractor) to really draw out as much moisture as possible from carpet and fabric. I'd even consider renting a dehumidifier from Home Depot and ducting it to two windows with painter's tape and 12mil drop cloth. Let that thing run for a day or two, then...

Right is the universal signal for: Baseball cap over a mullet Locked and loaded with all the fruitiest vape juice one can find Ready to blast bro-country music as loud as possible Congregate with each other in the Academy Sports parking lot at 9pm while smashing empty booze bottles all over the...

Laser-etch the Ford logo on it, license it, sell it for $179.99 online, or 527,988 Ford points in the app.

It reduces throttle response and changes shift points to supposedly increase fuel economy, but the effects are debatable. I used it almost exclusively for a month, switched back to normal mode, and saw no measurable difference in fuel economy. Then again, I'm a firm believer in "smooth and...

I just spit coffee out everywhere. :crackup:

That actually looks pretty cool. I wish I could drive open-air more, but it's "mow muh dirt" season here in SC. Everyone points their mower decks towards the road and peppers your vehicle as you drive by. I swear they do it on purpose- especially lawn crews. It's like a sport for them.

20k in 2.5 years of ownership. It leaves the driveway for groceries, church, and that's about it.

I am fully, 100% aware :)

That and the "dirty cotton!!" Man I used to love that stuff. Tear off a chunk and go to town. I worked at a small town hardware store back in college and sold lots of that stuff. Elderly people used it to polish silverware. They also got unreasonably angry if we were sold out of it. Think...

Holy moly! I am sorry you went through all that. That has to be a rare case. But I understand, I deal with a lot of the <0.01% issues in other areas of life.

Oh absolutely. I was saying that as a tongue-in-cheek generalization (I'm friends with a few MBAs who are great at their jobs, and they'd laugh too.) Engineering in general has strayed from the KISS principle (often by the direction of those pesky MBAs haha). Everything is overly complicated...