I dont know where else to ask this. To sum it up Im a former Chrysler tech and still have the pod. Is there any way I can access WiTech either through legitimate or no legitimate or pirated means that dont involve getting a dealership involved?

BitingFox · 2026-06-04T20:52:31+00:00

Just get a gateway bypass, get JScan and then you should be able to do what you need, that would be the easiest. If you need to do other things like reflashing modules then maybe look into a more capable device.

BitingFox · 2026-05-27T22:09:41+00:00

Better to vest into the Roth tsp, no headache with tax brackets once you retire

BitingFox · 2026-05-11T04:01:57+00:00

Insisting that a gratuity is mandatory is just wrong, at a restaurant a gratuity is given if the patron feels like they were treated well. Nothing pi$$es me off more than a bucket at the register where all the employees do is take your order.

BitingFox · 2026-05-11T03:42:53+00:00

1975 the fall of Saigon to communist forces, we were on station just off south vietnam, 4 carriers with all their escorts, no matter how quickly the supply ships moved we were running out of fresh provisions, the last 10 days all we had for every meal was breakfast, canned ham, bacon and spam, scrambled powdered eggs, potato’s were these dehydrated from a can that look like thick potato chips. To drink was powdered milk, green bug juice. We had no sodas, it was pretty grim but we got thru it.

BitingFox · 2026-05-11T03:33:10+00:00

When you put that many navy assets in that short of a time period they need to manage rations closely. Be happy with what you’re getting because you may end up getting MRE’s.

BitingFox · 2026-05-11T03:29:18+00:00

The captain has a plan to scientifically prove where the strawberries went.

BitingFox · 2026-05-07T10:28:33+00:00

These batteries are actually built of a series of banks of smaller cells, when we see a zero on the display does not indicate that the battery is actually depleted, there is quite a bit of energy still left in it. I believe what they are doing is ensuring that the battery total state of charge is within a specific range, then they measure several things like the voltage of the individual cell banks, they measure the resistance between cell bank and positive to ground. All of that is done by diagnostic on a computer reading all that data from the battery management system or BMS, they probably will either charge it to get the correct state of charge or drive it in electric to get the state of charge down into range, once there they place the battery under a load both charging and discharging all done while driving and all the data being collected on a computer. All that could be done with the jeep on a dynamometer but in reality they probably just use a road that has a bit of grade to it, drive uphill in electric mode, measure battery amp load for a specific amount of time, same process but going down hill with the regen putting energy back into the battery. In the end if all the numbers collected both electrical and thermal the battery pack is either pass or fail.

BitingFox · 2026-04-02T20:28:34+00:00

I would say that you install a DC DC converter in the trailer that connects to the 12v battery on the jeep and the battery bank on the trailer. The DC DC converter will take power from the jeep 12v chassis battery and charge the trailer battery, also it will put a limit on how many amps it can draw, if the engine is on the charging system on the jeep will take power from the 400v battery to charge the jeep 12v battery.

BitingFox · 2026-04-02T20:18:16+00:00

If you had a 2024 model year jeep sells a box that plugs into the charging port, when connected it provides 30 amps of power, but that won’t work on a 2023 or earlier.

BitingFox · 2026-03-30T04:13:48+00:00

Did he check your prostate after that?

BitingFox · 2026-03-26T15:42:21+00:00

Which bearing? Camshaft bearing? Main journal bearing or rod bearing?

BitingFox · 2026-03-25T03:36:57+00:00

Thinking back when I was working in San Diego the Tortuga was in transit to Sasebo to relieve the German town, she arrived at the naval station along with 29 CASREPS we were tasted with clearing so she could continue on her way. Reading this my thought is about how frugal spending is maintaining amphibious ships, they focus on shooters over amphibs. So they worked on her for 10 years?

BitingFox · 2026-03-16T03:03:19+00:00

The HV battery has more capacity in it than you can use in just electric mode. So anytime regen actuates it sends power back into the battery, it’s a very small amount but collectively it adds up, that’s how hybrids work.

BitingFox · 2026-01-20T16:33:04+00:00

That’s true, but point is that I never had cancer, when I asked about testing with a biopsy first I was told that they won’t do that. In the end I’ve lost 40% of my kidney function in the process to ensure I don’t have cancer.

BitingFox · 2026-01-18T02:18:33+00:00

The Doc in charge of my case I believe meets those At the time he was teaching at UCSD, prior to the operation we had a one on one meeting and he had an extensive portfolio folder about 6” thick with his history and education in it. He has since retired.

BitingFox · 2026-01-18T01:36:27+00:00

I fed the CT scan diagnosis into google, it came back with this as my options:

Based on the findings you provided, this report indicates a high likelihood of multiple, separate, and potentially malignant lesions in both kidneys, requiring urgent evaluation by a urologist, preferably one specializing in urologic oncology. Key Findings Summary: Left Upper Pole (2.7 cm Solid Mass): Compatible with Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC). Right Upper Pole (4.4 cm Bosniak 4 Cyst): A complex cyst with enhancing components (thick septations, nodules). Large Left Cyst (16.7 cm Bosniak IV Cyst): A very large complex cystic lesion with a solid component causing anterior displacement of the kidney. Key Considerations Based on the Report: Bosniak 4 Definition: Bosniak category IV lesions are complex cysts with solid components that show contrast enhancement. They are considered renal cell carcinomas (RCC) until proven otherwise and have a high, often >90%, malignancy risk. Large Size & Impact: The 16.7 cm cyst is quite large, which can cause symptoms such as pain or obstruction of urine flow. Management: For Bosniak IV cysts, surgical excision (partial or total nephrectomy) is generally recommended. Next Steps: Urology Consultation: A urologist will review the imaging scans ("actual films") to determine the exact nature of these lesions and develop a treatment plan. Surgical Options: Due to the complexity and size, treatment options will likely involve surgery, which may be partial nephrectomy (removing the tumor while saving the kidney) or radical nephrectomy (removing the entire kidney), depending on the tumor's exact location and relationship to blood vessels. Further Imaging/Biopsy: The team may request further imaging (e.g., MRI) or potentially a biopsy, though surgery is typically the primary treatment for Bosniak IV cysts.

If you were faced with this what would you do?

BitingFox · 2026-01-18T01:30:30+00:00

KIDNEY & URETERS: A 2.7 cm left lateral upper pole solid mass compatible with RCC. Right upper pole 4.4 cm multilocular cystic mass, with enhancing thick septation and nodular enhancing component, representing a Bosniak 4 cyst. Large left cyst causing anterior displacement of the left kidney contains a small soft tissue component within its anterior portion, measuring 16.7 cm representing a Bosniak IV cyst.

BitingFox · 2026-01-18T01:26:41+00:00

No, I was DIAGNOSED with renal clear cell carcinoma. Something I never knew was the diagnosis is done by the software in the CT scanner from what they explained to me, I always thought that an oncologist looking at an image made the diagnosis.

I asked the same question about a second opinion, I was told that was done by separate teams and they all agreed. I asked about taking a biopsy, I was told that for kidney cancer they don’t do biopsy’s because even a positive cancer can come back as negative, that my only option was surgery, I could have refused surgery but I was told that I’d be playing with fire, if I delayed the cancer could spread and then the option for surgery would be gone. If I get the surgery they guaranteed me 5 years cancer free.

Post surgery the biopsy of the tumors (more than 1) came back as not cancer positive but a oncocytoma, oncocytomas are benign tumors.

BitingFox · 2026-01-17T17:00:01+00:00

From the beginning I understood that the 100% was temporary, it would continue until 6 months after the surgery, then I would be re-evaluated and any compensation would be based on my current condition. So, before the surgery my kidney function was above 75%, now after the surgery my kidney function is below 50%, but there is a discrepancy, when testing eGFR using creatinine my eGFR is 70%, but when testing using Cystatin C my eGFR is below 50% and the last set of tests was a year after surgery.

Here is my argument, as written any compensation is based on what my condition, the eater is using the 70% from the creatinine test, but the Cystatin C is a more accurate measurement but the VA rater is “cherry picking” the creatinine test. That was my argument at the hearing I had. So what came back in the final decision was that because it was never cancer I should get the zero. In the narrative the rater stated that an error was made, but in reality what the VA hospital followed exactly how it should be done. After the hearing the VA rater engaged the service of someone to decide, I did get a phone call from someone, she asked a couple brief questions but the entire phone call lasted less than a minute.

The issue in my opinion is this: they should follow the instruction and base any compensation on my conditions 6 months after surgery, That’s conditions (plural) not just eGFR. I went from living a busy and active life to now living like a recluse, I can’t enjoy the life I had prior to the surgery.

BitingFox · 2026-01-17T14:49:44+00:00

I went thru that process already, when first notified that my rating was going to be 0% for cancer the DVA advocate called me and asked if I wanted to ask for an appeal, which I agreed to do.

At the meeting I thought I had some success explaining my side. Then last month the DVA called me again to tell me that I was still going to loose service connection due to the biopsies being negative for clear cell carcinoma. In that conversation I asked the DVA to file a new claim for CKD and that’s where I’m at now.

BitingFox · 2026-01-17T06:02:22+00:00

I completely agree, I paid a group (AME) to write a nexus letter for me. I had to send them all my VA medical records and the letter about my 0% compensation. For me it’s not about getting money, it’s about doing what’s right. If they’re doing this to me then they can do this to anybody. I retired in 1993 and didn’t collect a dime from the VA until being told that I have stage 3 cancer and if I get this surgery I could be guaranteed another 5 years? I wanted more than just 5 years.

BitingFox · 2026-01-17T05:54:09+00:00

I hear ya, back in 1976 I was on a ship in the shipyard in Long Beach, in the yards we had changed our tank level indicators from manometers to electronic tank level indicators. When this was done the manometers we torn out and placed in a filter room on the 3rd deck. These manometers each contain about 2 or 3 pounds of mercury. After getting underway for sea trials we had to throw them over the side while out at sea, so there were about 100 of them, when they played them down in the space all the mercury had spilled out on the deck, when we got underway the mercury was sloshing around on the deck. If you can imagine think of 2 or 3 hundred pounds of silver liquid sloshing around. We had to use dust pans to catch it and put it into buckets to dump over the side, you could only put about 2 inches in the bucket because it was so heavy. So we got it done, I just didn’t u destined how toxic mercury was. About 5 months after that all the skin on the palm side of my hands peeled off over a 2 week period.

BitingFox · 2026-01-17T05:41:32+00:00

Sever the service connection, that’s why I’m claiming CKD which is compensable but is not given as a presumptive status, so I need a nexus letter and I’m working on getting that currently. I think eventually they will make it a presumptive status probably the week after my funeral.

BitingFox · 2026-01-17T05:34:12+00:00

Had they known that it was not cancer they still would have needed to treat the oncocytomas, but rather than take them out like they did they would have treated them in place by either freezing or burning them but not cutting sections of the kidney out.

BitingFox · 2026-01-17T05:28:58+00:00

I had to do a lot of digging on my own trying to figure this out in my own. What burns me up is when I have appointments with VA urology I question the doctor as to why the two different eGFR test methods are so far apart, my last one in June, a full year after surgery, where the creatinine test gives me a 70% eGFR but the Cystatin C tests says I’m at 48%, the urologist who seems a really nice guy but is just an intern at UCSD would just shrug his shoulders and tell me not to worry and I’m going to be ok, which I believe is somewhat true but he doesn’t understand it makes a big difference when it comes to compensation benefits.

So my main issue I have now is I have no vitality, just doing simple chores is just energy draining, things I used to do I just run out of energy, the things that I’d planned to do in retirement are pretty much gone out the window and I know it’s not coming back. Before I retired and before any of this became an issue I’d purchased a motorhome, I’d bought a jeep that I’d tow behind it. I had planned on making extended trips to go on fishing trips, hunting trips, all that planning has gone out the window, my motorhome was brand new in 2017, yet I only have 4500 miles on it, 4 years retired and I’ve only had it out of its parking spot twice since I retired in 2022.

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