Was anyone else convinced this was going to be an autobiographical post?

1. Brass doesn’t warp

A radiator fitting sees 4-8 times as much pressure as this battery coolant line and experiences temperatures at least twice as high. Also there are different types of plastic. Some take heat and hold threads just fine up to a certain point. But this is a much less stressed part than a radiator fitting despite the…

The part that cracked before was the nipple, which now has a brass core.  Likelihood of it breaking before the plastic just cracks from age is pretty small.

The Tesla Fanboism is strong with this one. Sounds like he’s begging for some Elon ... “musk.”

As they say in the video. This isn’t a radiator circulating hot coolant through an internal combustion engine. It’s not even 2psi of pressure.

Depends on the plastic, if it’s polycarbonate based then it can hold threads very well if the plastic is ductile. And since it is threaded, differential expansion isn’t as much of a big deal in this case, unless the tapping was done so incorrectly that it introduces tons of hoop stress.

The initial crack was not due to normal stress. It really shouldn’t be considered in assessing of the longevity of the part in relation to this fix.

It cracked because it got slammed into by road debris. That is a whole lot beefier bit of plastic than what you will find in a typical radiator end tank. It’s going to be just fine for a LOOONG time. Probably longer than if it had never been repaired. 

It cracked before, what makes you all think it wont crack now that it’s been drilled and tapped with some backyard mechanics?

I don’t agree that’s it’s gross but at the same time I don’t understand all the gushing. It’s essentially a cheaper not as nice Ridgeline. The Ridgeline hasn’t exactly been setting sales records. After the initial blast of sales most new cars get, I wonder it it’ll keep selling well?

There’s really not much of anything here. The headline and the beginning of the story made it sound like Erin from The Office was burning crosses and shit. Nope, she attended some corny debutante ball thing that has a racist past. Most of the US has a racist past.

Photoshop licenses aren’t cheap.

The effort to part those things out isn’t worth the $800 you’ll get. Just buy the beer directly and take this thing to the salvage yard.

Sad. I don’t have writing for a college newspaper as the highlight of my professional career. Have a good one broseph.

Given your usage of the English language, I can see why you’re now formerly of the press. Toodles bro.

Nope. Just thinking you two are pathetic to point out some trivial component that wasn’t even in the story, just to nitpick a picture. It’s kind of pathetic, boy.

Surely you’re smart enough to figure it out the reference. Think about it: Hates the press, unusually aggressive to make up for his inadequacies, lost the election...

OK Donald.

STFU you pedantic git. Does nitpicking a story give you some sense of importance entirely devoid in your real life?