# Master Mechanic **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [July 9, 2019, 6:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/master-mechanic/144014 "2019-07-09T18:57:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![keith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/keith/32/5518_2.png) [@keith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/keith)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 6:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/master-mechanic/144014/1 "2019-07-09T18:57:58Z")
![66297637_2359512030773186_2806252380469854208_n](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/d/f/dfaf91451b70c012f9265f04954997ac661cffca.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 7:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/master-mechanic/144014/2 "2019-07-09T19:08:28Z")
What an idiot. The pads are clearly mismatched. He needs to run the inner pad through a thickness planer a couple of times. ---
**Author:** ![Honda-Blackbird](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/honda-blackbird/32/3159_2.png) [@Honda-Blackbird](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Honda-Blackbird)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 7:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/master-mechanic/144014/3 "2019-07-09T19:32:18Z")
Looks like an old BMW setup… not the pads, the rest of it. Laugh all you want, I bet it worked for a stop or two and that hickory smoke smell always makes me hungry…lol ---
**Author:** ![anon86613489](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@anon86613489](https://community.cartalk.com/u/anon86613489)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 7:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/master-mechanic/144014/4 "2019-07-09T19:35:44Z")
Well, one hard stop and the charcoal is ready. Just have to have the ribeye ready. 😀 ---
**Author:** ![Honda-Blackbird](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/honda-blackbird/32/3159_2.png) [@Honda-Blackbird](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Honda-Blackbird)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 7:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/master-mechanic/144014/5 "2019-07-09T19:36:52Z")
That’s right indeed ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 8:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/master-mechanic/144014/6 "2019-07-09T20:10:42Z")
Gives a new meaning to the term “Woody”. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 9:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/master-mechanic/144014/7 "2019-07-09T21:31:15Z")
The vehicle’s owner was apparently inspired by San Francisco’s cable cars, which utilize wooden blocks to provide braking. 19th Century technology at its best! 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![Rod-Knox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Rod-Knox](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rod-Knox)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 10:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/master-mechanic/144014/8 "2019-07-09T22:18:49Z")
Resting the rotor on carpet cushion is indication of a true professional. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 10:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/master-mechanic/144014/9 "2019-07-09T22:46:38Z")
A long-known solution: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/2/c/2c11321aa42bbeb83cbb9c85d6effd27bd741b5c.jpeg) [http://www.hansenwheel.com/store/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/w/a/wagon\_brake.jpg](http://www.hansenwheel.com/store/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/w/a/wagon_brake.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 10:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/master-mechanic/144014/10 "2019-07-09T22:50:31Z")
There was a car with a transmission that used paper as the friction medium: > **[What It's Like to Drive a Car With a Transmission Half Made Out of Paper](https://jalopnik.com/what-its-like-to-drive-a-car-with-a-transmission-half-m-1833297218)** > > I know that headline sounds like some insane click-bait horseshit, but in this case, it’s actually pretty true. In this end-of-season Jason Drives episode, I have the incredible pleasure of struggling to drive a 1913 Metz, and, yes, of the two major... And as we all know, wood is made out of paper… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2019, 1:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/master-mechanic/144014/11 "2019-07-10T01:02:15Z")
The car owner was frustrated. He was never able to start a fire rubbing sticks together, so he came up w/this idea. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2019, 1:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/master-mechanic/144014/12 "2019-07-10T01:09:41Z")
I dunno, worked ok on our racers that we’d run down the hill, when we thought to put brakes on it anyway-usually not, just steering and a spotter at the bottom of the hill looking for cars and trains… ---
**Author:** ![pleasedodgevan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ad7895/32.png) [@pleasedodgevan2](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pleasedodgevan2)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2019, 4:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/master-mechanic/144014/13 "2019-07-10T04:42:23Z")
Golfer says that his cart doesn’t stop very well. His partner says just toss your wallet in front of it. That thing could stop a train. Rich people jokes. ---
**Author:** ![Marnet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/marnet/32/41_2.png) [@Marnet](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Marnet)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2019, 5:03am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/master-mechanic/144014/14 "2019-07-10T05:03:00Z")
> [@shadowfax](#): > > There was a car with a transmission that used paper as the friction medium Fascinating article, even for me who knows nothing about transmissions. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![tcmichnorth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tcmichnorth/32/25126_2.png) [@tcmichnorth](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tcmichnorth)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2019, 4:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/master-mechanic/144014/15 "2019-07-10T16:17:59Z")
I don’t get it. What’s wrong? ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/master-mechanic/144014/16 "2019-07-10T16:54:32Z")
The wheel is missing. Duh. ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2019, 7:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/master-mechanic/144014/17 "2019-07-10T19:18:50Z")
You have that backward’s paper is made from wood. ---
**Author:** ![TwinTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@TwinTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TwinTurbo)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2019, 7:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/master-mechanic/144014/18 "2019-07-10T19:43:59Z")
Not if you’re in the modern furniture business… 1970 Solid oak 1980 Solid pine 1990 Solid wood 2000 Wood chips and glue 2010 paperboard and plastic 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mperry\_153483](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@mperry\_153483](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mperry_153483)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2019, 8:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/master-mechanic/144014/19 "2019-07-10T20:25:19Z")
> [@TwinTurbo](#): > > Not if you’re in the modern furniture business… lol Yeah, my GF bought a “solid wood” piece… was veneer over chipboard. ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2019, 8:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/master-mechanic/144014/20 "2019-07-10T20:34:46Z")
Mother died last year, salvation army would not take particle board furniture, perfectly good book case. Her old van had a check engine light, church would not accept it, an 03 silouette I think, donated to npr and sold at auction for $4500, so got the tax write off. Kids are hungry enough to eat tree bark in some places, but now the ability to help the needy is like sorry your stuff is not good enough to help the poor. [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/master-mechanic/144014.md?page=2)