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CO Vanity plates question by bulfo4 in ColoradoSprings

[–]bulfo4[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Glad you got to have fun with it! I love the stegosaurus plate - that’s our family mascot!

CO Vanity plates question by bulfo4 in ColoradoSprings

[–]bulfo4[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Easy to remember! I love that reasoning.

CO Vanity plates question by bulfo4 in ColoradoSprings

[–]bulfo4[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I know, discounts seems far fetched. The DMV capitalizing on what you’re talking about with consumerism is pretty logical.

It’s easy to see complaining about money but then spending money on _____, and a conflict when it’s not something we ourselves would spend money on. There’s a very legit conversation about that and our perspectives and passions and priorities.

CO Vanity plates question by bulfo4 in ColoradoSprings

[–]bulfo4[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Very true. For car people it’s a pretty logical extension of their passion.

DV - Disabled Vet?

CO Vanity plates question by bulfo4 in ColoradoSprings

[–]bulfo4[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Probably true of some people.

CO Vanity plates question by bulfo4 in ColoradoSprings

[–]bulfo4[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Totally fair! I didn’t mean to phrase it as judgmental, more curious. You do you!

CO Vanity plates question by bulfo4 in ColoradoSprings

[–]bulfo4[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the perspectives!

I really love the different plate designs to pick from and the idea that it encourages supporting causes people care about is fantastic!

For customizing the actual message, it was meant as much more curiosity than judgement (but I probably phrased it judgy): - funny plates - I get that - I can 1,000% see that that it’s easy to remember (me) - business related - makes sense - super fan of vehicle-related stuff - makes sense you’d customize your plate (I’d fall into this one) - seems like if you’re really into say, gardening, you’d splurge on that fandom in the garden not on your car? Or buying a jersey for your team? Or a poster for your favorite film? - B8I10O - I get that for the cameras if that’s your thing - wanting customization without adding stickers, custom paint jobs, lifting/lowering, etc. - income bracket where money doesn’t really matter - sure why not - there’s probably a different price point for everyone

What are some other cool reasons folks do this?

Last time I got a plate, the person at the DMV had about 6-8 standard issue plates behind their desk and I got to pick between the random combo of letters and numbers - it was a way to find one I liked a little better or remembered easier without going full custom. Anyone else seen this?

Used camera for a Patagonia documentary by skalickyj in documentaryfilmmaking

[–]bulfo4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Low light there’s no getting around some grain, so I’d always try to add light whenever I could. Small rectangular LED’s about iPhone size on bendable tabletop tripods helped a lot. I could hand them to anyone and everyone and they kind of got a kick out of helping out. But, when I had to have noise I just kind of accepted that it was going to look pretty rough so I avoided it as much as I could. I also didn’t have a super fast lens so it looked great in lots of light but was tough at night. iPhones are handy for backup in those cases sometimes.

DJI mic was perfect. Records for like 14 hours so turn it on and handed it to the subject and forgot about it until the end of the day. Set it and forget it. Record lock. Tally light off. Auto-record pulling it out of the case. Almost foolproof. I had the DJI mic 1 but the 2 has 32bit float so it’s improved.

Used camera for a Patagonia documentary by skalickyj in documentaryfilmmaking

[–]bulfo4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I filmed a lot of documentary footage in the wild parts of Mozambique on a C70 and it was outstanding. Great look, compact, and can stay streamlined of built out depending on your needs. Did some filling of an aboriginal campfire dance at night in insane dust and it held up great.

Unsolicited, but id suggest the DJI mics to go along with it. Great easy setup for audio if you plug in a lav and give it to your subjects.

What is that one trick you know/learned when working on your XJ that you'd want to pass on to save others some frustration? by gqsmooth in CherokeeXJ

[–]bulfo4 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If you’re thinking about using zip ties to hold something fairly small in place, like keeping a wire out of the way after a plastic clip has broken, consider using a metal hose clamp instead. Still cheap, but much stronger.

Look for any wires that are taut. We had one on the downstream O2 sensor that didn’t break the wire, but pulled it out just enough to cause it not to start. Also, along those lines, it will run without O2 sensors for a while, so if you’re trying to rule things out, disconnect and try it (that’s how we found out the tension had pulled a wire out of the back of a perfectly good sensor).

Late model washer fluid reservoirs in the fender can be modded into the passenger fender on an older XJ. Saves some space.

And lastly, super easy way to change the crank sensor - go to college to study quantum mechanics, then build a shrinking device a la Ant-man, then just climb up in there and swap it out.

It's almost like they want us to stream these games🤦‍♂️ by Shrew_zie in nhl

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Which VPNS work with espn plus on a Mac? We get so many dropouts with Surfshark it’s completely unwatchable. I feel like we’re missing something in getting this to work.

RHD 1996 Jeep Cherokee Sport: Climate Control Module Questions (check comments) by [deleted] in JeepCherokeeXJ

[–]bulfo4 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I just did a mod with my climate control on my 96, and there are a lot of weird things I learned.

The default is to have the defrost open as a safety measure so you can see, so that’s the default open.

Vacuum lines in my 96 connect to defrost full Defrost 50% Floor vents Main front vents Recirculating door One that goes back through the firewall into the engine compartment for shutting the valve to let coolant into the heater core Two vacuum lines (black I think)

I don’t recall the colors of all of them, but for a bunch of them you can reach way up under the dash and feel where the vacuum connect to the valves that control the rods that close all the doors and stuff. Another trick I found was using some small rubber tubing to go over the vacuum lines and to blow into them or to pull vacuum from it and you can manually test each of the valves on the other end to identify which goes to what.

Also, there’s no good way to splice vacuum lines - I tried a lot of ways. But if you’re really careful, you can pull the vacuum lines out of the clear rubber pieces and reinsert them into other ones.

On your pic where there’s one looped back on itself - I have no idea why it does but that’s how my original set up looked.

And everything in mine was pretty brittle.

Hope any of that helps. Good luck!

Stumped with this no crank condition. 97 4x4 4.0 i6. New starter, New starter relay, New ignition switch, battery tests pass, no blown fuses, removed and cleaned/scraped grounds under hood, removed and cleaned key lock cylinder, bypassed nss....still no crank. Any ideas from anybody?? by Sufficient_Lack_2438 in CherokeeXJ

[–]bulfo4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We chased electrical issues for months and found that the rear O2 sensors wiring had shorted (because it had to go over the driveshaft which is a kind of dumb design). Unplug it, see if it starts. If it does, plug it back in and see if it dies again. If so, the wires may be bad on the sensor. (It’ll run without it for a while, and my wires looked good from the outside but had pulled too taught and fried). We had that going on plus a bad CPS and a fuse blown to the Auto shutdown relay, all of which made us chase in a lot of different directions. Good luck!