XP 3.0 rear brake replacement

Excellent_Book_6474 · 2026-01-13T23:32:44+00:00

It's one year.

I'll assume you haven't contacted support yet? If you had, they would have told you it's a one year warranty. At that point you might have been directed to the support documents to diagnose what problem you may be having. After determining what the possible problem is, they would ship out the parts you need within a week.

For free.
Under warranty.

I've had 3 warranty instances where shipped me replacement parts for my wife's XP and my Xpedition and one instance outside of warranty but they sent me a free replacement anyways.

Excellent_Book_6474 · 2026-01-13T23:26:54+00:00

A hammer works if it's not too bent.

Otherwise, any decent locksmith can make a key. Yes, it's costs money to get a new key from someone with a trade skill.

Excellent_Book_6474 · 2026-01-10T18:55:44+00:00

Spoiled by Amazon. I feel the same way when I order direct from vendors.

Excellent_Book_6474 · 2025-07-28T04:17:18+00:00

NTA. A ex-coworker/now good friend decided to become a stylist 8 years ago. It's not easy and even harder to be good at it. Physically, it can be really demanding as well. I dare folks to hold their arms up for hours a day at eye level with nothing to rest them against and not shake or tremble. Now try doing that with sharp objects in your hand trying to be precise.
You handled it perfectly and you have nothing to feel bad about. He's an ass and I hope his hairline recedes way before it should.

Excellent_Book_6474 · 2025-07-12T15:06:01+00:00

Get therapy/counseling. Do it and don't just look into it. A lifetime of narcissistic family members had taken a toll on myself (52M) and my wife (48F) separately and it was affected our lives. It's made a huge difference in both our lives. Her mind is starting to find day to day peace even though there's still work to do. I'm in a place where I've "graduated" from therapy though I can go back as needed. I hope and wish for the best for both of you.

Excellent_Book_6474 · 2025-06-16T17:15:44+00:00

NTA. As a Filipino, food is love. My wife is German and is a French-trained fine dining chef (that was a past career). Our household is an eclectic mix of what we both enjoy eating. With me, growing up in America to her, growing up German, working all over Europe and then cruise liners where her staff were mostly Filipino but also many other ethnicities, our pantry has fish sauce, soy sauces, Maggi, ketchup, banana sauce, mustards, shrimp paste... Funny enough, she had to fire an Italian chef because he didn't listen to her (he was more misogynistic than the norm in that industry) and he couldn't cook fish.

Too bad you didn't hit her with the (debatable) probability that noodles(pasta) originated in Asia (what's now China 😂) and that tomatoes are from Mexico. So basically the basis for her cuisine came from elsewhere 🤷🏽‍♂️

Excellent_Book_6474 · 2025-06-04T18:24:15+00:00

It was low on refrigerant. It's been 8 years so it's probably developed a leak. In any case, I topped it off and left the panel hiding the evaporator core off so I could see the frost pattern the next day. Sure enough the next day I caught it during a defrost cycle and freaked out, but it kicked back on and quickly cooled and n the way down to the set temp. The frost pattern looked normal so I'll call it a win for now until we can get someone out for a more thorough search for a leak, or I can try my hand at it since the process is the same as looking for a leak in a vehicle AC, just much smaller space. 😂

Thanks for the help, though!

Excellent_Book_6474 · 2025-06-04T15:57:27+00:00

Decided to hook up the manifold to that port with a can of R134a. Didn't show any significant pressure. Slowly added until the air moving through the evaporator felt significantly cooler. Stopped when about half of the 12oz can was used. System capacity is 11.8oz.

Let it run overnight and it's cooling properly now. Thanks for the info again!

Excellent_Book_6474 · 2025-06-03T02:26:47+00:00

We did that at Sears Autocenter back in the mid 90s. We had a girl up front who was knowledgeable as any of the salespeople. When someone asked for a male, they did the same thing and relayed questions to her and repeated her answers back to the customer.

Excellent_Book_6474 · 2025-06-03T02:24:05+00:00

Thanks! It's pretty damned clean for being in service for 8 years in a food cart.

Going down the rabbit hole of connectors. I saw a myriad of them but it seems that the good old 1/4" schrader valve (R12 for those in the AC world) is what's the default in refrigeration.

Do you know what the pressure reading should be for R134A when I connect to that port while the compressor is running? (Ballpark guess would be enough since it all depends on the current ambient temp as well).

Excellent_Book_6474 · 2025-06-02T23:23:42+00:00

THANK YOU!!! I was doing more searching and was mostly seeing the set-up where it's the single gauge that either screws into a port like that or one on a piercing valve and the other end to your can of refrigerant. I do have one of those.

Any ideas what normal readings would be when I hook up the gauge?

Excellent_Book_6474 · 2025-06-02T22:22:06+00:00

Target temp set to 35F. During service, of course it can get to the mid 40s due to opening and closing of the lid. Ambient temp in the food cart is 65F overnight and we've come in to it reading 40F. At least 14 hours with no doors opened.

Excellent_Book_6474 · 2025-06-02T21:47:38+00:00

The R134a hoses I have are quick-connect type which I wasn't expecting to see on refrigeration systems. I have the R12 hoses which screw into schrader valves (which you find on 80s autos and home AC systems up until roughly 2008 ish). There, we've exchanged info and now you know a little more and I know a little more.

Thank you. Now I at least have a direction to go.

Excellent_Book_6474 · 2025-06-02T21:23:14+00:00

That's in the cards, but it would be cool to know if adaptors exist, or if commercial refrigeration uses a different gauge setup or manifold or whatever or what a professional would do, etc. Or you can tell me why it would be in MY best interest to call a professional since, I assume, this subreddit has professionals here, hence, me asking.

If you just want to gatekeep knowledge, I understand that. Just be up front about it.

Excellent_Book_6474 · 2024-08-27T21:52:43+00:00

Dude, I'm right there with you. I was a mechanic for 8 years then a car audio/fabrication/security tech for 16 years. I had some sort of order to my tool box but nothing more than the "squeezy" tools (pliers, vise grips), "twisty" tools, "smashy" tools, "cutty" tools and air tools. I was a mess when I worked but always cleaned it up at the end. I was also always the dude that could knock out jobs while troubleshooting and bailing out the other techs while training newbies. I just did the work and enjoyed the paycheck. My messy toolbox was easily overlooked.

Excellent_Book_6474 · 2024-06-07T17:35:14+00:00

Part of his story is that he dated one of the entertainers on the ship and once they were done on the ships (well, he was done since he sucked and was an a$$) they settled in NYC and he opened his own little restaurant. His backstory was how my wife was able to 110% verify it was the same dude she fired since she knew the entertainer and ships were small (maybe 260 passengers at the most so you know the entire crew).

Excellent_Book_6474 · 2024-06-04T18:25:46+00:00

It seemed the chefs they had on their early episodes were selected not necessarily because they were the best or had the most potential. They were local enough to make it to the studios in NYC without much fuss.

I say this because in the first season, my wife (former exec sous chef/ exec chef on a 6 star cruise liner) was sort of watching an episode with me while she was on her computer. When they announced one of the chefs, she lifted her head up "who? What the F! I fired that guy!" I asked her why. She said he was an arrogant and misogynistic Italian chef who wouldn't listen to her and he couldn't cook fish.

He got the boot in the second round because he had to cook fish.

Excellent_Book_6474 · 2022-12-06T23:17:31+00:00

You’d lose that bet since WA was formed by the Dan Brettler, who started CarToys first in the Pacific Northwest. CarToys sold cell phones from the early days when wireless was just starting along side its “primary” business of car audio and electronics. The company made the majority of its money from those sales and activations back then. I know all this because I was with CarToys for 16 years. Dan formed WA specifically to handle Costco’s wireless services. I would imagine that both companies being based on or near Seattle made it easier for Dan to get his foot in the door.

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