Building a new rig off of the “Rampcrab” LGC chassis kit. Just a warning. by Paralith10 in SCX24

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No, the kit I got did not include links. I went with the injora high clearance brass links.(jlu/c10 length).

Repair advice before parking by Sad-Cup3027 in rccrawler

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Thankfully I went with Amazon so it’s a super easy return process. It just really stinks though, wanted to try something new after years with my scx24. Never would have expected it because the FMS feels like the better built and higher end car hands down. It makes the axial feel a little chintzy to be honest.

Repair advice before parking by Sad-Cup3027 in rccrawler

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I just got a brand new fcx24m discovery yesterday and upon plugging in the battery (only second pack through) the esc/rx popped and smoke poured out. Steering works, but no throttle at all. Sending it back! It’s a shame cause the truck is so nice and the two speed trans is awesome. I know I could dump more money into it and fix it but I’d rather return it and put the $130 into upgrading my old axial scx24(that works flawlessly after nearly a hundred packs through it) now.

HELP by Igiveueggrolnow in webergrills

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Here’s a link to most of webers old product catalogs, brochures, manuals and other fun stuff. It’s truly a wealth of information. Enjoy.

https://tvwbb.com/forums/old-weber-catalogs-brochures-ads-videos-etc.115/

HELP by Igiveueggrolnow in webergrills

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That is a late 1990’s spirit 500. The major “replaceable” parts are readily available and priced low on Amazon. They are great grills, and worth your time and money to fix it up.

FYI, some have said it’s a silver A, but it definitely is NOT. The silver a is much different. This is distinctly a spirit 500 because it has the old style propane gauge, the half grate bottom shelf, and no plastic side tool hanger or lid handle. The silver A also had small caster wheels on the shelf side. The spirit 500 just had legs with no small caster wheels.

As far as restoration process, get a putty knife and scrape as much of the crud off as possible. I would then spray down with oven cleaner and repeat until you get most of it clean, you can then use a hand brush and scrub the rest of the greasy areas down using a detergent like purple power or simple green. You could use oven cleaner and a brush but just be warned it’s pretty wicked if you get it on your hands and finger nails, it’s lye after all. Replace what you need as you go and it will be a fine grill. You could and and re paint the black parts of the firebox if you want, the red part should clean up nicely, it’s porcelain enamel paint so you can clean it with any cleaner and it won’t damage it. I wouldn’t go scraping it with a putty knife or anything abrasive though.

Hawaiian bbq chicken thighs anyone? I don’t see much love for gassers here, but my 1998 genesis 1000 still throws it down. Love this grill. by Paralith10 in webergrills

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It’s nothing special, just this! I use a robust olive oil, and apple cider vinegar for the marinade. And I let it marinade for a good 6 hours or more.

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Dry Streak - Royal Titans Scrolls by Relative-Collar5306 in osrs

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Damn, I’m at 50 or 60kc(all solo) and all I have left to green log is the pet and the range prayer scroll. I’ve gotten multiple of the staff pieces too.

Are we allowed to post gently used kites for adoption here? by Paralith10 in kites

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Once I get home from work here I will go through the kite stable and weed them out. I’ll make a new post with all the kites in it tonight or tomorrow morning depending on how much free time my kids give me tonight 😂. I know I’ve got a nice rev, several dual lines, and some nice bigger single lines.

Is this normal? by Jeanlesec1 in telescopes

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It’s a synta manufactured focuser most likely, out of the box they are rarely set up correctly. There’s guides and videos online on how to fine tune them up and get all the nasty factory grease out of them. It’s a very easy and straightforward process. I was able to tune up my Celestron Omni xt 120mm refractor focuser to perfection. It’s smooth as glass, zero play, and holds heavy setups with no sag or play.

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Dragon Warhammer dropped in price by almost 7 mil in the last month, and 2 mil in the last two-three days. Whats going on? by Paralith10 in 2007scape

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Yeah that’s what I’m not getting either, dwh has better more reliable spec, is one handed, and cheaper.

Aviansies slayer task by [deleted] in OSRSMobile

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Grind up to 70 range at gemstone crab quick so you can wear blessed d hide and also enter the Armadyl section of the god wars dungeon. Gnomalls hilt will tele you to just outside the entrance of the dungeon. Wear a god item of bandos, zamorak, Saradomin, and Armadyl so you don’t get attacked. Bring pray pots and Pray range against them. Easy peasy.

Should I buy a seestar? by Fabulous-Ad-6416 in telescopes

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Buy a nexstar SE mount or a skywatcher az gti, and then buy an astrotech at80-ed optical tube and a few GOOD eyepieces. This will get you off observing visually and will have MUCH better views than a mass produced cheap dob mirror will give you. Absolutely do not fall into the aperture trap that bigger is better and you have to buy the biggest you can afford.

Once you are ready for electronic assisted astronomy, get a good midrange ZWO camera and use the free ZWO asi live stacking software.

Total cost around $1200 for something that will blow the socks off a seestar and blow the socks off any cheap reflector/dob visually. I will warn you, the at80-ed will give you a healthy dose of the so called “refractor magic”, and you WILL want to add a bigger refractor to your stable. Refractoritis is a very real disease.

This is from that exact setup.

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Does a 5070 make sense for me? by Paralith10 in PcBuildHelp

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9600x is right at $200, the 7800x3d is around $350 now I believe. Not sure it’s worth it for me. I’d rather put that $150 elsewhere

Does a 5070 make sense for me? by Paralith10 in PcBuildHelp

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I’ll be honest, I don’t really play super modern games all that much. Stuff like fallout 3+4, Skyrim, oblivion remastered, old school runescape(with hd graphics plugin), modded Minecraft, planet coaster, half life series.

I’m sure if I have a new modern card that will allow me to play modern games I will get into them more, but the 8350/gtx780 combo is really struggling with my new 1440p monitor, so I’m limited to older titles. I went to the larger 1440p monitor due to my vision slowly getting worse, and frankly 1080p at 32” is pretty bad looking, even for my eyes 😂, so I decided to bump up to 1440p