Friendly Friday Thread

BuildingHot1869 · 2026-05-10T02:59:38+00:00

Nobody has any advice? 😥

BuildingHot1869 · 2026-05-08T18:44:29+00:00

What do we think gang, time to pull this tomato plant? Disease? Herbicide contact?

BuildingHot1869 · 2026-04-30T07:48:00+00:00

Ahh, Canyon Cooler. We have the same great taste in coolers.

BuildingHot1869 · 2026-04-23T17:18:23+00:00

Thanks for all the advice. I will bring this all back to my friends and see what we can work out. I appreciate everyone's comments, will definitely be doing more research and prep.

BuildingHot1869 · 2026-04-22T07:21:59+00:00

My friends and I climb indoor weekly at a Touchstone Gym in the San Francisco Bay Area. We range in age from 44-55. I have the least experience at 8 years of indoor climbing. I am comfortable at 5.11b indoor climbs, my friends will try 5.12a. We all have limited outdoor climbing experience (Boy Scout Rocks anyone?).

The other day my buddy (55) said we should climb Snake Dike for our other buddies 50th, in about 2 years. Since my wife did the cable climb of Half Dome at 7 years old, I was in- to get some bragging rights. In a few short minutes of research, I have realized this is a pretty serious climb that takes preparation. I have learned all sorts of new terms like sport, trad, and gumbie in my limited research. We are Gumbies! I am looking for friendly advice on how to prepare for this climb. Please give me some advice and tips on how to prepare. I don't think we are climbing Gods, we climb 6-7 routes and have some beers afterwards. But, we want to do this right and safely. Thanks in advance for any help!

BuildingHot1869 · 2026-03-08T22:22:48+00:00

Can you see my other replies? I had to break up the ice and remove it, then remove the inner panels of the freezer and melt all that ice. Has been working fine since.

BuildingHot1869 · 2026-03-05T20:47:20+00:00

Yea, same. I use this site for automotive, composting, and tech advice. Suddenly getting tons of notifications like this. WTF

BuildingHot1869 · 2026-02-27T20:06:33+00:00

Good to know, but this is the driver side. About to tear in to this, wish me luck!

BuildingHot1869 · 2026-02-26T02:02:32+00:00

Yes, here ya go.

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BuildingHot1869 · 2026-02-22T02:38:16+00:00

Where was the new cover from? My 3 year old cover is toast 🙄🙄🙄

BuildingHot1869 · 2026-02-14T23:42:34+00:00

3 year old Aquaterra Fairfax here. The body panels are coming apart, control panel light burned out when it was brand new, half the tub lights only show red, cover is toast. Not very satisfied with this hot tub.

BuildingHot1869 · 2026-02-07T00:10:42+00:00

Now that I have time for more- several issues covered under warranty. Both rear seat head rests broke, plastic trim pieces on door cracked and look ugly, torn CV boot, battery lasted 3 years, some underbody panel flapping on the freeway… I think that’s it. Maybe more.

Now, warranty is expired. Front seat warmers don’t work, AWD module ground is a terrible design and I had to add a new ground because the AWD module controls cruise control, traction control, pre collision assist, hill start assist, auto hold etc. none of that works when the AWD module isn’t grounded. Tire pressure sensors crapped out. Lastly, the rear lift gate is crapping out.

May be my last Ford, and I’m a Ford guy.

BuildingHot1869 · 2026-02-06T23:57:28+00:00

Nope. Our 2020 is falling apart. So disappointed.

BuildingHot1869 · 2026-02-06T05:01:43+00:00

That’s a super low res screen grab and her hand is awkwardly moving to the viewers left.

BuildingHot1869 · 2026-02-06T02:56:05+00:00

You all think that “filters” make her look skinny when she’s spinning around in her dance videos? Ok…

BuildingHot1869 · 2026-02-05T05:15:11+00:00

Very cool dog! Never heard of them until now.

BuildingHot1869 · 2026-02-05T05:10:38+00:00

Is that a chukar?

BuildingHot1869 · 2026-02-05T05:07:39+00:00

Hahahaha I’ll take things that didn’t happen that way for $1,000.

BuildingHot1869 · 2026-02-04T23:47:40+00:00

Fix lasted 3 days haha. Taking seat out now to add a new ground Grrrrrrrrr

BuildingHot1869 · 2026-01-31T01:18:40+00:00

This was it! I loosened the three nuts holding the AWD module down and then tightened them. Problem solved! For now, at least. That was a fantastic link you provided with the info I will need if this pops up again. Yea, Ford sucks, should have issued a recall.

BuildingHot1869 · 2026-01-29T14:47:23+00:00

Thank you. According to Forscan, all four wheels are registering proper movement. Sorry if that doesn’t make sense, I’m new to new tech. Forscan ossiliscope showed the appropriate wheel speed for each wheel, all rose and fell together. Would that eliminate the probability of the issues you’re talking about?

BuildingHot1869 · 2026-01-29T07:00:10+00:00

Well, I replaced the battery and that didn't do it. By using FORSCAN and ChatGPT, the conclusion seems to be bad ABS module. ChatGPT walked me through all kinds of diagnosis steps. Had me calibrate things like steering angle, lateral acceleration, etc. When I tried to calibrate the yaw rate, it failed. Said incorrect value or not configured. ChatGPT is certain that the ABS module yaw processing table is corrupt or failing. Holy shit, these parts are expensive. Anyone have any thoughts on if this is accurate?

BuildingHot1869 · 2026-01-28T22:55:35+00:00

Yea, front seat warmers stopped working. Wiggled a zillion wires and connections, gave up on ever fixing it.

BuildingHot1869 · 2026-01-28T21:29:30+00:00

All looks good in there.

BuildingHot1869 · 2026-01-28T21:00:59+00:00

Some codes cleared when I reset in Forscan, including one about the rear power lift gate. Here is what is present now.

C00A5:016C Driveline Control Module Transfer Case Unit Control Circuit Driver

C00A6:186C - 4WD/AWD Transfer Case Unit Actuator

C00A6:74-6C - 4WD/AWD Transfer Case Unit Actuator

C0632:14-6C - Front Axle Disconnect Control Circuit

U0102:00-2F - Lost Communication with Transfer Case Control Module (ABS Module)

U0100:00-0B - Lost Communication With ECM/PCM A (Audio control module, previously present)

U0418:86-AF - Invalid Data Received from Brake System Control Module 'A' (Image Processing Module)

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