Thread: the Official CHR joke page duel

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Originally Posted by firebird77clone

If that starter is photo bombed then it's a damn nice job.
It's a novel solution to heat soak.

Originally Posted by 34_40

Torque converter can boil the fluid inside, plus where is the wiring? The lower mount and below has a line across the housing. I'd say Photoshop job.

Plus the solenoid looks like it infringes on the space for the torque converter, doesn't it? Let's say it's PhotoShopped or Faked. It's on the Joke Page and was posted on a FB site as a joke.

Originally Posted by rspears

Let's say it's PhotoShopped or Faked. It's on the Joke Page and was posted on a FB site as a joke.

And it was a good one! Caused some additional conversations

I've just lost three fingers on my right hand.
I asked the doctor if I would still be able to write with it.
He said I most probably could, but he wouldn't count on it.

thanks for the smile JB

Originally Posted by 34_40

thanks for the smile JB

Thanks. I like the simple 'schoolboy' ones.
Like this one:
'We got a waterbed to spice up our love life.
It didn't work.

We drifted further apart.'

and this:

'In the newspaper today: The inventor of throat lozenges has died.
There will be no coffin at his funeral.'

AHhhhh.. UMmmm.. yes.. the first one doesn't work.. And the second one didn't cause a gag.. 8-)

p.s. are you sure the spelling is correct?

Originally Posted by 34_40

AHhhhh.. UMmmm.. yes.. the first one doesn't work.. And the second one didn't cause a gag.. 8-)

p.s. are you sure the spelling is correct?

My new fitness trainer asked "what kind of squats are you accustomed to doing?"
I said "diddly".

Makes me glad I don't work on cars anymore!

So I saw another picture, and found that the starter inside the bellhousing is a Bentley engine & tranny. The Northstar isn't in the bellhousing, it's UNDER the INTAKE!!! Looks like Caddy must have got the idea from Toyota...
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Starter 2.jpg

That one I've seen first hand. Not a terribly hard job and the intake seals usually fail before the starter or about the same time, (so I am told) but personally I think it's a whole lot better idea than in a bell housing! What's easier? Lift a plastic intake manifold? or remove a transmission?

Originally Posted by 34_40

That one I've seen first hand. Not a terribly hard job and the intake seals usually fail before the starter or about the same time, (so I am told) but personally I think it's a whole lot better idea than in a bell housing! What's easier? Lift a plastic intake manifold? or remove a transmission?

What's easier? Pulling a couple of bolts while laying in the parking lot of the auto parts store, carrying it inside to swap for a new/rebuilt and pulling out of the lot in less than ah hour!!

Originally Posted by rspears

What's easier? Pulling a couple of bolts while laying in the parking lot of the auto parts store, carrying it inside to swap for a new/rebuilt and pulling out of the lot in less than ah hour!!

No argument here!! Why do "engineers" feel the need to put an electromechanical device in a new location when the previous "standards" always worked to levels of mutual satisfaction on a world wide basis?!?!? Knowing full well the chosen location will shorten the effective service life of the unit. And make for ridiculous expenses totally un-needed and un-warranted. All I was saying in the above, it's a whole lot easier to lift the intake than pull the transmission.

Originally Posted by 34_40

No argument here!! Why do "engineers" feel the need to put an electromechanical device in a new location when the previous "standards" always worked to levels of mutual satisfaction on a world wide basis?!?!? Knowing full well the chosen location will shorten the effective service life of the unit. And make for ridiculous expenses totally un-needed and un-warranted. All I was saying in the above, it's a whole lot easier to lift the intake than pull the transmission.

Yeah, I agree especially considering today's plastic intakes!! It seems that the old adage, If it ain't broke don't FIX it! no longer applies, at least to the young guns calling the shots for the OEM's these days. I can't imagine the explanation for tucking the starter inside the bellhousing unless it was that anyone who buys a Bentley doesn't care about maintenance costs anyway....

Now, BACK TO THE JOKES!!!

I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather, not like the passengers who were in the car with him.

Some of GM's LS series engines have the knock sensors under the intake. What a Duh. A while back I had one go bad so I replaced both and the wiring harness to make SURE I didn't have to do that again. After about two weeks one of the new sensors failed. GRRRRR.
Sometimes you just can't win.