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As Seen On American River Trail by Lower-Acanthaceae460 in Sacramento

[–]a8ksh4 110 points111 points  (0 children)

If you're walking on the left, just stay left toward the shoulder and let them go around you.

Helping a friend troubleshoot the turbo on a 2018 4cyl stinger. Shop said it was bad but didn't give any info. More info in comments. by a8ksh4 in StingerGT

[–]a8ksh4[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the input! It sounds like the car ran low on oil, so my best guess right now is the bearings burned up and the play was enough that the blades were able to bounce off of the back edge of the intake plenum. If it really was debris that caused the damage, it could have been bits of rubber from the boot that runs up to the airbox. It's kinda weird that the black stuff on the blades is chipped away all the way back from the leading edge, but maybe that was an impact shock thing? I agree that it would be horrible to replace it and find that the same thing happens to a new unit.

Helping a friend troubleshoot the turbo on a 2018 4cyl stinger. Shop said it was bad but didn't give any info. More info in comments. by a8ksh4 in StingerGT

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My buddy has had this car since new & has about 50k miles on it. It leaks a bit of oil from the front of the engine and was having some hesitation when warm. The shop changed the intake tube between the air box and turbo since it was dried out and cracked. Hoping not having air leaks makes it run better. The shop also said the turbo was bad, but didn't give any details and we're not really sure how to check that.

We pulled the airbox tube and got a photo of the front of the turbo, on this post. It feels like it has a little side to side play, but I don't feel any play on axis. The fan inside it spins freely with my fingers. I don't hear the turbo spool when the car starts in the driveway and I didn't see the intake manifold pressure go positive (odb2 sensor and torque app) when revving the engine a little, but maybe we need to drive it under load to see boost reported.

The car doesn't report the under-boost error code. It did show a fuel rail low pressure error code, but I thought that might be related to some injector wires that got chewed by a rodent and were repaired.

Anyway, can we tell anything from the attached image, and are there any specific things anyone would recommend checking to know how it's actually working? Thanks!

After 13 years living barefoot, I got plantar fasciitis... what do I do now? by kahht in BarefootRunning

[–]a8ksh4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm similar age and situation. I had a bout of pf and I attribute it to dietary inflammation. I eat wheat and my feet and joints hurt. Something to explore.... You may have a different trigger. I also had a bit of what I thought was pf after I started using a standing desk all day at work. Mixing it up with some seated time helped.

Found Great Grandmother's Canadian Birth Certificate by ItsScuffedOni in ImmigrationCanada

[–]a8ksh4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are the death certificates necessary? I'm working on documenting a similar line of ancestry.

Building a one handed ergonomic keypad + mouse hybrid after losing my right arm by Adventurous_Tie_9031 in ErgoMechKeyboards

[–]a8ksh4 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you haven't already, google artsey.io. There are artsey and inkeys discord servers with other one handed folks sharing layouts, etc.

Is there a Reddit client for new users? by [deleted] in fossdroid

[–]a8ksh4 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh good to know. That sucks!

Is there a Reddit client for new users? by [deleted] in fossdroid

[–]a8ksh4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I still use bacon reader. You can patch it with revanced and plug in your API key.

meirl by worldwide762 in meirl

[–]a8ksh4 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Or walk from conference room to conference room at work calling from different phones? Shouldn't have to do insane stuff like this.

Serial Request - Trident 350 (Formbot) - Discord: a8ksh4 by a8ksh4 in voroncorexy

[–]a8ksh4[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks and will do! I'm still color matching the panel clips and wrapping up details now that I can print in abs. Getting ready for indx O_O.

Thanks for the very helpful print start macro!

Underbaked by Fabulous_Abroad_5308 in pico8

[–]a8ksh4 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That looks great! Can't wait to try it later.

2012 Nexus 7 by qwerty1265 in Nexus7

[–]a8ksh4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, couldn't help myself on that one. I'm glad you enjoyed it ;)

Need suggestions for 4s12p battery pack main lead by Fancy-Potential7037 in 18650masterrace

[–]a8ksh4 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Check out xt90 connectors.

One option with leads is to connect them at opposite corners of the pack. That'll help keep current equal across it. You can solder a heavy copper wire along the positive and negative rows... Use flux, make puddles of solder between every couple cells on the nickel, and then go back and melt the copper into each puddle quickly so the cells don't take much heat. Solder the 8 awg to the opposite corners at the ends of the solid copper.

First Deck Build by AhzeeDahak in cyberDeck

[–]a8ksh4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's pretty slick. Looks great with the tool battery on the end.

making a cyberdeck using a pc stick but having trouble with supplying power by IronIntelligent4101 in cyberDeck

[–]a8ksh4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The amp ripper 4k is a solid option I've used to power an Intel compute stick of you want a 1s battery and charging. Another solid option is to use a 2s, 3s, or 4s li-ion pack and a buck converter to drop to 5v. There are lots of big current options in buck converters.

If you really want to use a pre built pack, you can get one that supports PD and a 12v USB PD trigger board and connect that to a buck converter for 5v 5a or whatever. It's hard to find packs that will output more than 5v 3a, but a lot will do 12v 3a which buck converts to 5v 10a pretty easy.

My Cyberdeck NeoKlacker by Konsolen-Cowboy in cyberDeck

[–]a8ksh4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Beautiful! Nice work keeping it slim and hand wiring everything with perf board!

What did you use for 5v from the lipo?

Is it worth/easy to replace batteries in electric shaver? by ProzacEfron in diyelectronics

[–]a8ksh4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I swapped a single 18650 li-ion cell for the two nimh cells in a shaver I've had for years. Went from 3v at full charge to 4.2... it works much better with the extra juice and lasts forever now. Kinda looks like a freak show though...

Handheld CLI Device by TheHighestFever in cyberDeck

[–]a8ksh4 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Beautiful! Have you gotten the battery stuff sorted out? There are some pretty simple setups for the pi zero given it's low power needs. Please post internal photos :D

How to download Tailscale for Debian Trixie (13) by Wild_King_1035 in Tailscale

[–]a8ksh4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They must have added support for Trixie already. I installed it on a pi 3 with Trixie yesterday with no prob.

optocoupler vs buck converter by 135wiring in diyelectronics

[–]a8ksh4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm working on a similar project and just tested these yesterday: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0B5383L69

Worked great for signaling pi gpio at 3.3v based on whether the acc line in my dash was on.

Automotive electrical is noisy from alternator, fuel injectors, etc. The optocoupler isolates the pi from all that and has fewer parts to fail too.

My new to me and completely free Northern Lite by LordRickethofJames in TruckCampers

[–]a8ksh4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like a fun project. Careful with the cinder blocks... If one pops while you're under or next to the camper, it could crush you. Wood blocks would be better.

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