Recent content by phillymatt53

There's a modification that I had done on the transmission of my Lincoln back in 2005. Originally, the transmission had a sloppy and noisy bearing in the torque converter, that was repaired. I also wanted that shift mod done, set of springs that improve the shifting response time, making for a...

LOL!

Reminds me of one of my favorite movies with Susan Sarandon and Brad Pitt. "Thelma And Louise" It just tears me up to see one of my favorite Thunderbirds go off a cliff.

You hit on all good points there. The standardization of vehicle controls should be an "across the board" mandate as it used to be. I watched those videos that you posted, and shook my head, thinking what the hell has happened to this world? Who in hell is behind all this so-called innovation...

I'll be you didn't have much trouble getting dates back then.

On my workbench, whether servicing a customer's product, or designing something of my own from scratch, I always make "sure" that everything's covered as far as safety is concerned. I even consider "abuse" and "misuse", so if something should happen, it's not going to cause any harm.

I heard something about that tragic accident of Anton's. Goes to show that auto vehicles aren't thought out completely in case something happens or goes wrong. One more reason that "technology" isn't always a good thing. And that imperfect humans designed things like that.

My apologies on mistaking your age, it isn't listed on here, the only thing I could judge from and assume from was that photo of some younger guy standing on a snowy street holding a bottle of fabric softener. https://automaticwasher.org/media/me-being-my-usual-silly-self-jpg.3655/

Robert, you're what?... In your 30s? You've really have no real-life experience of living in the world before you were born, and how could you, asides from hearing stories from some elders, watching some TV or videos, or Google. I'm not talking about prehistoric times living in caves. You never...

LOL!!!!!!!!!!! The guy would have done better to take a bus to the airport! See?....."Technology" has the power to disrupt your life too. Someone here will chime in with "It's only a one-time thing" of course. Keep sticking up for those technological advantages! I'm sittin' here laughing my ass off!

I gotta say that your "In Time" and "will ever achive a 100% error free" means that during that people's lives are potentially at stake. If one person dies due to it, it's one too many, and think of their families loss. Do we have to succumb to being the Sacrificial Lambs of technology? How...

My nextdoor neighbor's got a GE Monogram double-door fridge. It went on the blink about 12 years ago. I found out online that it was on a "recall" list for the control board. Contacting GE confirmed this, and sent a guy out to replace the board for free in the back of the fridge.

Agreed! Growing up in the 1950s, 60s, 70s, I've naturally seen the changes due to technological advancements. And I've also noticed how they affected humanity. In enough of cases, its manipulated how society acts, thinks, and behaves. Jumping forward to the present day, it's also clear how it...

Yes, I'm familier with those wig-wag transmissions. My first apartment in 1979 had an old late-50s RCA/Whirlpool toploader in the basement that I had to do a little servicing on. It had that black bakelite agitator with the silver cap.

I suppose that would work too. My digital cooking thermometer is a Taylor that reads -40F to 450F. It also has a "hold" button to lock the temp reading, so if used in a freezer it can hold the immediate temp from raising before you remove it from the freezer. You just gotta hit the hold button...