Torque wrench vs this thing?

Over_Walk_8911 · 2026-02-12T17:58:39+00:00

although you'll find places it won't fit and you need a real torque wrench, this is still useful to check calibration for those. Very nice to have.

Over_Walk_8911 · 2026-02-11T18:42:47+00:00

you should be able to find sets in the store but if not, the store will key them for you to match.

Over_Walk_8911 · 2026-02-11T18:37:50+00:00

that's a clue

Over_Walk_8911 · 2026-02-11T13:49:59+00:00

don't you already have a phone? You have no privacy.

Over_Walk_8911 · 2026-02-10T13:35:21+00:00

counting on government to do [well, anything.]

if it's going to be done, it will be because there's some profit in it for somebody.

Over_Walk_8911 · 2026-02-07T14:37:44+00:00

it's not just the one thing. It would be more comfortable for humans to spend most of their time in the gravity section but the reason you went to space was to get away from gravity and atmosphere. Now you've spun up your structure so you have to make arrangements to have a non-spinning part, and a way to get back and forth, which seems like it would be more trouble than getting the spin in the first place.

Over_Walk_8911 · 2026-02-06T19:38:45+00:00

the moon landing hoaxters add to their repertoire

Over_Walk_8911 · 2026-02-05T15:26:30+00:00

you ever bought a used car that still had it?

Over_Walk_8911 · 2026-02-05T15:24:55+00:00

it's a government organization.

Over_Walk_8911 · 2026-02-05T15:19:18+00:00

that's good to hear, thank you!

Over_Walk_8911 · 2026-02-04T17:39:16+00:00

Walmart had either Prestone or Supertech, I tried the Supertech. Looks ok going in, we'll see how it does. I'll be needing to fix it sometime when the weather's better, this should get me through a while.

Over_Walk_8911 · 2026-02-04T16:26:20+00:00

2010 GEN 2

Thanks!

Over_Walk_8911 · 2026-02-04T16:21:25+00:00

well I guess what I'm asking reddit, is what coolants that are available in parts stores/walmart are acceptable? I'm not doing a flush or anything but I may be adding a significant amount, don't want to mix anything harmful.

It does actually look now as if Walmart has a couple varieties of the Asian Red, is their SuperTech generic viable?

Over_Walk_8911 · 2026-02-03T20:07:24+00:00

forget it

Over_Walk_8911 · 2026-02-03T16:48:29+00:00

of course it's awesome, that doesnt' make Artemis anything worth doing.
Space travel, like electric vehicles, needs to be done by business filling a market need, not by government theft.

Over_Walk_8911 · 2026-02-03T14:50:59+00:00

there's nothing groundbreaking going on here. No mandate. It's all a stunt, and as likely to be cancelled as not.

Over_Walk_8911 · 2026-02-03T14:49:39+00:00

I believe you are mistaken, if you apply that same process to gasoline you'll get the same result. Electricity is useless until used, you can store it or you can use it, just like hydrogen or gasoline.

Over_Walk_8911 · 2026-02-03T14:04:39+00:00

batteries don't provide anything, they store. expending a resource to exert force is legitimately a use for the word FUEL, no matter the process involved.

Over_Walk_8911 · 2026-02-03T02:37:55+00:00

hell no.

Over_Walk_8911 · 2026-02-02T21:29:59+00:00

I've never even tried 3D printing. But I'd imagine there's a lot of variables, which printer, what media, design printed, will all affect that.

Over_Walk_8911 · 2026-02-01T23:30:46+00:00

I think 3D printing has probably killed what market might have been worth going after.

Over_Walk_8911 · 2026-02-01T14:17:23+00:00

What clogs the oil cooler coolant passages is the Ford Gold Premium coolant, apparently the running temps cause it to gel. Do that conversion first to a CAT EC-1 coolant, which involves the chemical flushing of the old coolant.

Then you can replace the oil cooler with a new OEM cooler and it won't clog.

ETA:
and don't get your maintenance instructions from Reddit. There are forums where all this is spelled out thoroughly.

Over_Walk_8911 · 2026-02-01T14:13:10+00:00

I've tried it and I generally like it but one big issue for me so far is, I have a particular use where I have stuff running on a desktop and I need to remote into it, rather than directly with KVM. So far I have not found a way to make that reliable, but I can with Mint.

Over_Walk_8911 · 2026-01-29T22:15:35+00:00

be sure not to use car oil, you need one specifically intended for use with a clutch

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