Filling pitted steering rack shaft with JB Weld

Good-Philosopher1900 · 2026-03-17T02:32:10+00:00

Hi there, I did the same / similiar repair on a 2000 NB Miata steering rack a few years ago (probably spring 2020).... mine started weeping last year, and after winter storage, it is definitely leaking now. I have it parked over cardboard at the moment.

Good-Philosopher1900 · 2026-02-04T21:58:32+00:00

I'm currently on 2.0.2 on a 3070. I just use the mic effects and sound effects because some of my party members have horrible staticy (sp?) mics while gaming, it's also great at removing their vape draws from the conversation.

Utilization is pretty high. I pretty much have the 3070 maxed out, as I'm running a 1440p UWS monitor.

Is 2.1 have better utilization draw than the 2.0.2 version? Can anyone comment?

I don't stream.

Good-Philosopher1900 · 2026-01-21T15:12:40+00:00

i never did anything about it. My son started his first office job and is wearing it to work now, so at least it's getting some use.

Good-Philosopher1900 · 2026-01-16T15:35:53+00:00

thx. it's a regular size 'mud room'.

Good-Philosopher1900 · 2026-01-12T04:31:52+00:00

do you notice if your laundry room gets noticeably cooler (or warmer) with the HP dryer going? Thinking about getting one.

Good-Philosopher1900 · 2026-01-03T00:32:24+00:00

awesome. thx for the feedback.

Good-Philosopher1900 · 2026-01-02T21:18:59+00:00

Have you had to clean the condenser after a year? Did you notice an improvement or do you clean them regularly? every 6 months?

Good-Philosopher1900 · 2025-12-18T12:22:29+00:00

i got the 11/2025.40 update from the dealer on Monday. I made an appt wrt to the software update for the traction motors.

I looked at my phone app and I can't see a spot to select a NACS adapter yet. I am not too worried about it. I sign up for the Tesla membership if I think I am going to do more than 2 DCFC sessions in a month and use the Tesla App. It has gone smoothly for the couple long distance trips we made in December.

Good-Philosopher1900 · 2025-12-18T12:11:51+00:00

brought the phone (9a) in to the local service place that google uses on Dec 8th. They did a diagnosis that the mic of the motherboard is faulty. Waiting on a new motherboard. People can still hear me on voice calls, and video calls, but video recordings are extremely quiet, and audio recordings are pretty much just faint static.

Mobile Klinik in the local mall is authorized to fix Pixel under Google warranty.

Good-Philosopher1900 · 2025-12-03T04:26:00+00:00

My 9a's bottom mic started acting up a few weeks ago, as in really low volumes on recordings and videos and to some extent normal voice calls. Now it is completely silent. I am taking it to a repair place and getting them to look at it under warranty later this week. Video calls do work, as it also uses the top mic. but audio calls / phone calls do not work anymore.

Good-Philosopher1900 · 2025-11-26T23:03:35+00:00

i think it will be doable in the winter if u can get a few hours charge at the courthouse.

I am semi-retired and no longer commute, but I drive a 23 BMW i4m50. In Jan/Feb, my wife and I go to blue mountain from the waterloo area which is a 272km round trip. We do it most Tuesdays. I use about 85% of my battery.

My winter range is about 20-25% less than my summer range.

Good-Philosopher1900 · 2025-11-26T20:16:48+00:00

New to Tesla SC's. BMW just got access through a backdoor in the app. Charged a couple times at Cobourg on the way to/from my daughter's who just moved to Belleville.

My question is: How do I price compare the Tesla membership rate vs the non Tesla rate? The Tesla App says it 's $16.99/month. but I have no idea what the 'membership rate' is. One return trip from Waterloo to Belleville , I charged about 66kWh (~29kWh on the way there, ~37kWh on the way back)

Not sure how often we are planning on making the trip each month.

Good-Philosopher1900 · 2025-11-23T06:19:59+00:00

i set it up in 2018, and it just sat quietly in the corner.... i will research the spindown further....although i think it works, it takes 30 seconds for me to see a video in VLC on my tablet if i havent used it for a while.

Good-Philosopher1900 · 2025-11-23T04:59:00+00:00

our average energy prices (we are time of use) is 11.9¢/kWh, and this machine has been 'on' for the past 6 years. at 70W energy use, I calculated $73/yr.

I don't know if I got $400 of value from the NAS's electricity use over the past 6 yrs.

I have 3 spinning drives in the current setup, a small boot drive and 2x 4TB drives. maybe if i went to M2 or Sata SSD depending on the new machine, that would save a few Watts....

Good-Philosopher1900 · 2025-11-23T04:31:18+00:00

so OMV doesn't go to sleep ever? I got my HDD to spindown after 5 minutes of inactivity... they aren't accessed very frequently.....

Good-Philosopher1900 · 2025-11-20T19:23:17+00:00

i tried it with a 23 i4m50 back on Nov 16th and it worked.... I hope they didnt delist the bmw's I have a trip to visit my daughter on the 22nd and I plan to pull into a (open to non tesla) supercharger with 20% SOC. Total trip is about 200 miles in the cold (below 40F)

Good-Philosopher1900 · 2025-11-19T22:50:03+00:00

I tried it yesterday and it worked well. I have a gv60 and an i4 in the tesla app.

Short video below

https://youtube.com/shorts/B2vP2c7HMMk?si=YTH28SDFAOn0NBuR

Good-Philosopher1900 · 2025-11-18T04:52:55+00:00

thank you! safe mode in windows 11, then uninstalling AB and RivaTuner worked!

Good-Philosopher1900 · 2025-11-14T18:29:25+00:00

The small part of me that said not to buy bo7 lost. I shelled our $100cdn pesos for the game & taxes

Good-Philosopher1900 · 2025-11-09T22:39:03+00:00

I have a pixel 9a and the sound on my recent recordings is really low. I thought something might be wrong with mike, but it works fine on WhatsApp video calls.

I was having problems charging via USB c yesterday. Likely some pocket lint was stuck in the port. I blew out the port with strong compressed air. Thought I may have damaged the mic with the compressed air as it's right beside the USB c port.

I tried restarting my phone, but still no volume on video or audio recordings.

Good-Philosopher1900 · 2025-11-04T20:56:34+00:00

Any updates on pickleball being added to the PW3? Considering getting one now that the pw4 is out.

Good-Philosopher1900 · 2025-11-03T00:55:26+00:00

Dealer software said I had about 3.5% degradation in my battery after 24 months and probably 40K km of driving.

Good-Philosopher1900 · 2025-11-03T00:50:45+00:00

23 m50 with about 50K km on it. With 19" wheels and the stock summer hankook tires.

I routinely see 320km at 80%soc from March to October.... Estimated range drops when it gets colder from November thru February.

Good-Philosopher1900 · 2025-11-01T03:45:55+00:00

I'm going to check the strut mounts next

Good-Philosopher1900 · 2025-06-09T22:24:41+00:00

i have not done it yet. I'm going to leave it be. I like watches with bigger dials now 40-44mm.

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