so waht ya doin today?

[fiver]

had to go over and change the battery on Littlegirls Hyundai this morning.
kind of funny it was one of the things I mentioned she find when she bought the car because of the weird places they like to stick them now.
it was under the hood...LOL
but under the air intake, after a few minutes of study I could see how to pull the necessary parts to get to it.
old school lead acid battery marked Hyundai Korea and had just the CCA's on top no other markings of any kind, the posts were some kind of hard lead alloy though.
weird thing is no markings of any kind saying what the engine size is, no serpentine belt routing sticker, nuthin like that,,,,, just a sticker telling about the emissions certifications.

now.
the thing that killed me today.
I was talking with Randy the manager of the parts store and my main mechanic guy Mike [who just happened to stop in for some parts]
when the gal helping Littlegirl asked for her license plate number so she could look up her engine size to match the battery...
that got my attention,,, what kind of database are they tying a car part computer into where they can look that kind of info up.

 

[creosote]

And I thought it space age that the Leo could find out if you had a concealed carry permit by looking up your license plate number.
That's a whole nuther creepy.

 

[smokeywolf]

Don't know that parts houses can get VIN thru plate number (typically stored in DMV computer), but VIN will certainly provide engine size.
Back in the '70s California's DMV computer had a nickname; we called it KLUTZ. About 20% of the time when you wanted dispatch to run a plate, they'd come back with, "KLUTZ is down".

10-28 on the vehicle plate gets you R O (registered owner) info. Run the R O and get legal/criminal history (including CCW status) before you pull him over.

 

[fiver]

yeah, I've had to take the Vin. in to get a part before, but I've never seen them use a plate number to look up a cars vin, and all it's information before.

last time I got pulled over, Scott wanted my insurance info and after looking through like 15 cards for the newest one I finally told him it'd be faster if he just looked on his computer.
he just chuckled and said I already know you have it.
what the hell man?
he was like we do that so we can judge the people we are dealing with.
yeah,, I never see you nor your wife nowhere around town or nuthin.

 

[Ian]

The aftermarket parts houses can all find your
VIN and vehicle information with only a license plate number and the state name. The DMVs charge a hefty fee for access to those services, but they are for sale.

By the way, the engine displacement in liters is shown on the underhood emissions certification label on every vehicle sold in the U. S. since 1996. Look for a long string of seemingly random numbers and letters and find the decimal, the number before, including, and after the decimal is the displacement.

 

[CZ93X62]

"KLUTZ" is right. CLETS (CA Law Enforcement Teletype System) went through at least 3 evolutions during my 28 years in the bizness. CLETS was the tie-in via CA Dept. of Justice to US/DOJ and NCIC (National Crime Information Center) to access info from the other 49 states and a portion of the FED LE info (Not like they knew much, to begin with). You get what you pay for.

 

[RBHarter]

Then you just have to know if it's an mfi , sohc , or mpfi .....

 

[462]

Cars: Talked to my son, a short while ago, and the refinery where he works will be converting to strictly bio-diesel. Anything having to do with crude oil will be removed, including the marine terminal that pumps oil off the tankers.
Two other refineries will be converting, also, leaving three others to work with crude.
He'll be busy for the next two-years.

The hand writing is on the wall, and it won't rub it off.

 

[fiver]

no,, but it will turn to a solid mass right about October around here.

 

[Winelover]

Replace master cylinder, 1K$. ~9mo as service writer for Wards, tires, brakes, oil changes. Never ordered a master cylinder, never had one go bad on a car before.

My mechanic replaced the master cylinder on my 72 Super Sport, a couple of months ago. Total bill was $324, including $50 tow, to his shop. Take another$100 off for parts and install of sway link kit. Brakes failed on Cindy, when she was leaving on one of her 3D excursions. Once a month, her women's hiking and kayaking group drive their sport cars on a Driving, Dining and Desert to different parts of the state. Fortunately, the brakes failed at the designated meeting point, in town. She called me and left it at the library, where they assemble. Caught a ride with someone else. I called the mechanic and met him at the library. Brake pedal bottomed out to the floorboards.

 

[Bret4207]

And I thought it space age that the Leo could find out if you had a concealed carry permit by looking up your license plate number.
That's a whole nuther creepy.

Doesn't work that way everywhere. Same for criminal histories. In my state, at least when I retired, you had to have a criminal case # to access a criminal history. Active wants and warrants were different and aren't a criminal history or part of it.

 

[Winelover]

If you're a permit holder in Arkansas, you are required to notify law enforcement, if you're carrying upon confrontation.

 

[CWLONGSHOT]

HA. Tis the season!!

Last week I started the truck and drive to my buddies. Now Im somewhat protected in my drive. Nose IN to warm garage. Weather had dropped substantially and heavy frost was on the ground. At his house his boys are home form college so Being twice the size vehicle... I parked out in the yard turn around. In the "wind". 04:45...Temp was mid 20's and didnt pss 35 and was windy. We Hunted morning came back to house but didnt touch truck. Went back out till dark came back to house. Wife had txted power out at home. Stop for food she already ate unless I wanted cold dinner. So I ate with my buddies family then sat and talked for while... Now well after dark I start the truck.. WOAH SHE BARELY STARTED!!! Yup three years old nearly to the day. Trip to local auto prts where they installed it for me! But WOAH PRICES WENT UP!! Nearly 200$!!!
BUT bad knee and back I didnt have to do a thing but pay and wait 30 minutes and I have a Diehard Gold biggest that would fit.
Funny was telling the 20 something that the computer was wrong the larger batt would fit fine he just might need to finagle it a little. He got it in just fine!!
CW

 

[Winelover]

Use to buy Di-hards, not anymore. They ain't what they use to be. Best life I ever get out of a battery is the original equipment Delco's. They lasted me about 8 years in the frozen north. Use to get replacement Delco's from Murry's (O'Reily's) but they quit carrying them years ago. Not about to pay Chevy dealership prices. Currently, using a Napa brand in the Chevelle. Both full size vans have AutoZone branded one's as well as the three batteries on the pontoon.

 

[CWLONGSHOT]

Last was a AutoZone batt. This was also AutoZone. All they had was the Diehards.
Hope they are OK. They had Silver and Gold options in this size. Like 30$ difference in cost.

Its been since Sears I bought one too.

CW

 

[Hawk]

I've always bought Interstate Batteries for my vehicles.
I've never had one go prematurely bad.
My Chevy OEM truck battery failed me at the deer lease last year after only three years!

 

[dale2242]

When the LEO runs your plates they know if you have a concealed carry permit.
I had a friend stopped by an OSP officer.
The officer tells him , I see you have a concealed carry permit. Do you have a weapon on you?
My friend says no.
The officer says " well I guess you want to be a victim then.

 

[Hawk]

I've been stopped a few times for various small infractions and it was the same.
In Texas, we are required to show Driving Lic., insurance and CCW permit.
My work place would not allow guns on the premises, not even the parking lot.
LEOs would ask if I was carrying and upon my saying no, they would ask why not.
Explaining the situation would only get a "good grief" shake of the head.

 

[popper]

Picked up a 1# can of 2400 with the CVA yesterday, normal 30$ price. And they actually had reasonable array of powders. But no ARcomp. Never tried the RL15 in the 308 autoloader. Think I'll do the email SRP request as they will sell 5 sleeves max, when they get them. Guy was in there getting a saiga 12ga autoloader, another a really fancy AR10 and was asking which was the upper and lower! They did have a really fancy henry golden boy on the rack, 3 pistols, used.
Called the shop this morning, declined the rad. flush, oil dye test, injector cleaning, filter & wiper stuff. You think prices are high now, you ain't seen nothin yet.
She's on the phone with wife of friend who's getting remdesivir hosp treatment now, supposed to get out Fri. Interesting to see his EOB when he's out.

 

[Glaciers]

On batteries I have found the biggest problem customers had, other than understanding anything about batteries at all, was in winter, when temperatures start to drop a little getting into the 20's, problems started. Reasons were generally get up start the car or truck, let idle, drive 5 minutes to work, park, start, idle 5 minutes, drive 10 minutes to store, stop, restart to drive 5 minutes home. Very few autos will charge at a high enough voltage at idle to get even a partial charge. Doing the above for a five day work week and dropping temperatures, your reserves are declining.
Yes driving brings voltage up into the better voltage range, but, headlights, heater motor and all the crap modern vehicles have, draw on the charging system as well. Customers would ask, well I drove around for half an hour after they got jumped. When your battery is that low that you needed a jump, and the temperature is down, it's hard to get adequate charge into a battery.
Every 10 degree drop from 70 reduces the charge capability of the battery. Yes if you drive far enough the battery will warm up from the act of charging. I'm talking couple of hours minimum. Trickle chargers of 2 or 3 amps are maintenance only. You need to kick a battery with some serious voltage and amperage to get things rolling. 10 amp chargers will work pretty good, but you need to get into the 14.5 to 15 volt range to wake up a flooded battery. Then put a smaller charger on for days to bring the reserves back up. Surface charge is what most people do and think their battery is charged. It's not. Your reserves are still down.
About half the batteries we got in as scrap in the 3 to 4 year old category were salvageable. You just need to get high enough voltage in the battery for a long enough time.
Most modern battery chargers are lawyer protected to maintaining your battery at safer (read lower) voltage levels so as not to burn your car down inside your garage.