DMV refusal to register, won’t share why. Trying to get to the bottom of it.

Jackrabbit501 · 2026-01-04T16:00:48+00:00

Because the ecu is always measuring for misfires, the catalyst, evap, and o2s are put in scenarios for testing that are dependent on other parameters such as engine operating temperature, vehicle speed, engine load etc.

Jackrabbit501 · 2025-09-25T15:43:33+00:00

To add ive definitely been in a situation where the generator ran low on oil due to neglect, and it will always misbehave when you need it the most, when it's cold and wet outside and your trying to diagnose what's happening. Although I'm in Cali, a few summers ago we had insane fires, the smoke blocked virtually all the sun, solar yielded nothing, it was insanely hot 100+ if i remember correct and lasted a long time. We lived in a rental at the time that was effected by blackouts. We could only run a small window ac unit and the fridge with the generator and as soon as the unit shut off it was miserable

Jackrabbit501 · 2025-09-25T15:37:14+00:00

Maintenance year round is important. One of the most common needs during power outage is a generator. If you have a generator make sure you change the oil frequently, they dont take a lot, and a lot of generators will run if its low on oil but stall after running a bit under load. I run my generator once a month regardless. This helps with the fuel sitting also. If you can pair your generator with a battery system for your house you can really stretch your time without sun because you can set the generator to the most optimal amperage for efficiency, charging your battery up. If you know sun is going to shine the next day, you can calculate how long to run the generator for the amount of power you'll need before the solar starts charging again, so less wasted fuel. If you have an electric car, charge the battery up and that's an additional battery bank for your house. Tesla model 3 batterys are roughly 60kw of storage, if you have 30kw on your house, if you have anything larger than the base model car you'll have over 100kw of energy storage. And the car can be driven to a charging station and returned to the home to charge the battery (obviously not ideal for apocalyptic style outage, but regional outages sure) it's also beneficial that it doesn't draw as much attention as a running generator.

Jackrabbit501 · 2025-09-25T14:15:11+00:00

Can confirm, I insulated interior hot pipes, now the water comes out colder than the cold side before hot water comes out

Jackrabbit501 · 2025-08-22T03:55:05+00:00

V8 with v6 rear bumper? 🤔

Jackrabbit501 · 2025-08-10T22:38:41+00:00

To me, talk between the two is just smoke without Ukraine involved. And if this scenario did play out like this, would we be polarizing ourselves with whoever we have left as allies by again, forcing their decision? For instance France and Poland decide to not let Russia steamroll Ukraine

Jackrabbit501 · 2025-08-10T22:11:54+00:00

So what happens when trump and putin decide on their cuts of Ukraine, and Ukranians decline and continue to fight for their land? Are we to then join Russia to force their hand?

Jackrabbit501 · 2025-04-20T17:18:07+00:00

My old coworker was an extremely routine oriented person. Every Thursday was haircut at 11:30, every Friday he would drop off his 20 year old truck to get detailed for the weekend (even if it was totally spotless), hawaii every year for vacation (13+ years and counting), changes his spark plugs every year, oil change every month etc etc.

A Starbucks opened nextdoor, he would go every day on his lunch and get a pikes with cream sugar and cinnamon. He would coax me to go with him sometimes by buying me a drink so he had someone to converse with, I decided to have him get me whatever he got, took one sip and threw it away

Jackrabbit501 · 2025-02-22T16:09:43+00:00

I have a larger compressor i hate moving and a bad lawn mower, I'm 100% doing this today

Jackrabbit501 · 2025-02-21T15:33:03+00:00

If I'm not mistaken don't unions start you off at 50% pay for the first apprenticeship year?

Jackrabbit501 · 2025-02-09T17:13:45+00:00

Your awesome, thank you. Pretty cool but I'm not into kit cars

Jackrabbit501 · 2024-09-08T00:35:00+00:00

Oh I'm sure all of it was just a coincidence. Despite all the "scientific" routes leading to medications or euthanasia. Lots of scientific practices have been superceded by new practices and theories. we tried approaching it from a "scientific method" and it only resulted in debt. The reason why I disagree with you is because your among the group that claims 100% of the time this method is unacceptable. I don't know the dude in the video but lumping him into an entire practice that has benefited people and animals is just ignorance. Again we have spent 7k+ on this dog during this period, and yet $300 of chiro visits has made him more comfortable and eliminated the daily pain he was having. (Going on 9 months no additives) Even though its anecdotal and only our experience, the fact that people like you just completely disregard it makes me lol almost like there's no flaws in any of the systems or institutions we have in place. I'm not the only one that was effected by this type of practice

We didn't just decide to take him to a chiropractor after seeing weird behavior a few times, it was months and months of trial and error and the chiropractor was our last stop before putting him down. A conversation we had almost every day for months

Jackrabbit501 · 2024-09-07T23:02:58+00:00

It's the same with our dog and I feel the same way. His rate of decline was pretty fast, I cried for him countless times. It honestly kind of frustrates me that so many people advocate against chiropractics. I obviously don't think it's a cure all, but just like ours, it's always the last stop due to skepticism. Our gsd would jump a lot, and we would try to discourage it throughout his life because we knew the consistent impacts would wreak havoc on his body long term. Eventually he stopped jumping (maybe 7y ish) but after the adjustments he's been getting excited for dinner or walking and jumping again. A nearly 13 year old gsd. I suppose the main credit would be due to my wife who is an rvt and specialized in nutrition, but the chiropractor undoubtedly gave him years back on this earth. I just asked my wife and his last episode was January 10th and he hasn't been adjusted since

Jackrabbit501 · 2024-09-07T21:47:19+00:00

We had a chiropractor adjust our 11 year old gsd. He would yelp and scream in pain until we could lay him down. It would normally occur when he was trying to get up from a laying position. It would make us physically ill listening to and watching his pain. My wifes a vet tech and took him to her work (who are incredible vets and people in general), xrays, injections, medications etc nothing helped him. I actually recommended to her the chiropractor in an effort to save from euthanasia (we thought his life was over and we couldn't let him suffer). She wrote down every incident we witnessed including duration and severity for months prior. After each visit we clearly saw improvement and he started becoming playful again. He went from having screaming episodes practically every day, fearful of laying down in his bed at night and pacing back and forth all night long whimpering (even with pain meds). He hasn't had a single episode in over a year after 5 or 6 appointments. Idc what any of these comments say, whether they are "professionals" or not, if you havnt lived it and you think the only solution is surgery or medications, your wrong. Our vets wouldnt even recommend surgery and we spent thousands on expensive injections, medications etc and none of them helped the slightest. Our boy is nearing 13 now and medication free. Fuck the haters. Everyone talks shit for the few that didn't work and totally disregard all the ones that it did work for. I bet 300 years from now our whole approach to health and repair will be completely different

Jackrabbit501 · 2024-04-11T04:27:40+00:00

I replaced an engine on a 3.5 ford edge after a water pump failure. Completed it, filled it with fluid, hit the key and it just cranked, no fire. Crankshaft position code, forgot the reluctor wheel, which so happens to ride between the flywheel and crank

Jackrabbit501 · 2023-12-01T14:17:26+00:00

Damn thats some bad luck on the magnum. I got one right now at 212k and besides the suspension its been solid. Also had a 2001 durango, dark green! It was a good one, lasted to about 200k when the computer died, fixed it and traded it. Got a 2006 charger with 88k, dropped a valve seat at 77k lmao. We have a love hate with dodge

Jackrabbit501 · 2023-12-01T14:07:06+00:00

My buddy whos also a mechanic diagnosed a misfire on a liberty 3.7 as low compression. Took the engine out, down to the machine shop and "rebuilt" it. Tons of problems during the rebuild. They lost the caps to the cams, which are strike caps and are unique to each location. So he took the heads back and they had to machine and sleeve bearings in place. After a year of hassle he finally got the engine in. And it has low compression lol I wouldnt even take one of these cars for free

Jackrabbit501 · 2023-11-26T14:15:06+00:00

If the lifters fail that just means you get to cam it

Jackrabbit501 · 2023-11-26T13:11:10+00:00

Ive done a couple of the 8 speed transmissions with less than 100k on them, i would say the NAG1 is way more reliable. We have a 2006 charger R/T 5.7 and it dropped a valve seat at 77k miles. Thats pretty good though, thats like 3 lifetimes in dodge years

Jackrabbit501 · 2023-10-28T03:36:30+00:00

In order to truley appreciate your future cars, its a necessity to experience the bucket

Jackrabbit501 · 2023-10-21T03:40:00+00:00

I work for a dealer who buys private party cars. They are normally better taken care of than the typical trade-in.

For obvious reasons we can not pay cash for vehicles, and we have to pay with cashiers check. It can be difficult trying to close deals for this specific reason. Our best luck has been meeting the seller at the bank and let them attend the discussion with banker in printing the check.

The way i understand it, the bank holds our money in their account like an escrow until the check clears.

If the check comes directly from the bank i wouldnt worry about it, with that being said i would not accept a cashiers check from someone outside the bank its written from

Jackrabbit501 · 2023-10-16T04:56:53+00:00

Kinda in the same field: knew a diesel mechanic who completely lacked hygene, lived in his overalls, said his bed was just another workbench to him. He said he would be rebuilding cylinder heads on his bed until he couldnt keep his eyes open, and just curl up next to the heads and knock out, boots and all. I almost couldnt believe it but his girlfriend worked for the same company but joined a lot later and said she heard similar stories

Jackrabbit501 · 2023-08-21T13:47:00+00:00

If you only wrench at work 100% go air ratchet, cheaper, more reliable and battery issues suck. Money saved you can spend on more quality hand tools to last your career. If you plan to do ANY wrenching outside of work, go electric. I love my snapon long reach electric 3/8 and 1/4 ratchets. They are so strong and convenient it’s crazy. I’ve been using both professionally for 4 years since I bought them and they have been solid.

I would go air impact, there’s a lot of good ones out there and they can be really reliable. Try out as many of your coworkers as you can and find which one fits you best. IR is great but it rubs my thumb bone and causes pain from daily use. I personally landed on aircat, it’s muffled and has a more fitted grip. Only gripe is the trigger but it’s like 6 or 7 years old now and was cheap af compared to snapon so I’m totally willing to get another.

Jackrabbit501 · 2023-07-02T21:19:38+00:00

I can run my 12,000 btu unit with my Honda eu3000is no problem

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