1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

Common trend I see with 2.7s is that people neglect adjusting their valves, and so you'll see a new thread pop up and the end result is a burnt exhaust valve from neglect

Kind of like people that neglect greasing their drivelines

Not to be confused with the Nick Theory

 

Maintain the head and the bottom end goes forever. Same exact bottom end (maybe a change in piston shape on the latest higher compression one) is used on the 2TR

 

Yeah that’s sorta the boat I’m in. I wonder if valves are kept in adjustment, do they never get to the point where they can’t be adjusted anymore?


I hear about balance shaft failures too, but I think I’ve only come across one.

 

Delete the stupid things, don't even need to buy LCEs dumb little kit if you own a welder.

 

You needa get a super box stream thing

 

Maybe I should just yank the engine, throw a new head on, pull the balance shaft and ship it.

 

Sooo is this like one of those piracy gray area things? You can buy it but you better not use it?

 

10 year work anniversary today (yesterday, technically).

1/4 of my life in this place, that's sorta...well yeah, depressing is the word

 

might go over to the vending machine later and treat myself to a pack of cold pop tarts, idk.

 

When's the pizza party

 

Usually take my lunch around 1pm, so I guess about then

 

Maaan, at least get a hot pocket

Way better than those little pizzas

 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKMuxMeNHu_/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

 

I hit 15 years next month. Soul crushing…

 

It's an art, otherwise you've got what's basically dry ice in the center surrounded by molten lava

Those ends are always hot AF

 

I've been treated pretty damn well here all things considered, it's a small "big" company that never went public. So I don't have to deal with the nonsense that trickles down from the top over that. There is a small core out of about 300 employees that have been here since the 80s. Covid and then this recent tariff nonsense make things real shaky for a bit but otherwise they've been good to me. I like to lay low and aside from being good at my job, that's probably the key to survival lol.

 

I remember the microwave advice you gave me a couple months ago to set the power level low, I'm still too impatient for that...power level max and burnt tongues forever

 

You're like the 99% of people out there, y'all just need a single button on your microwave

Just one with 15 second increments, and press it as many times as you need for your timer

 

You think its still useable