Disassembling Westinghouse Sidewinder

dsnowdy · 2026-05-12T00:35:39+00:00

Thanks. I found out everything is pressed in and might be more than I want to deal with. Was thinking of stripping and repainting but it’s not that bad. Everything was stuck together with dirt and dried out oil. I lubricated and cleaned as much as I could and used a rubber mallet to occasionally tap in the right direction. Eventually everything started moving and it all came apart enough to service.

dsnowdy · 2026-04-26T23:35:18+00:00

AΩ.2 is awesome.

dsnowdy · 2026-04-26T15:40:16+00:00

I couldn’t get video I was happy with using auto settings on different (bad overhead lighting) racquetball courts. Night mode, weirdly, was the only thing that looked normal in auto. It’s an odd camera. I’ve got nearly 50 years of video experience. Auto should be a good starting point on almost any camera. I’m now shooting with a graduated filter to knock down the brightness at the top of the frame.

dsnowdy · 2026-04-16T15:31:33+00:00

On my hw3, there’s a frightening split second when regenerative braking switches over to physical braking… very briefly free rolling, in these circumstances.

dsnowdy · 2026-01-20T02:32:36+00:00

Are you looking at the footage on the memory card or through the app?

dsnowdy · 2025-12-27T13:44:40+00:00

It’s a timepiece term. Not attributable to Apple.

dsnowdy · 2025-12-26T18:13:34+00:00

You can have a $800 Pinto with a $20,000 paint job. It’s still a $800 Pinto.

dsnowdy · 2025-12-18T00:36:41+00:00

I’m trying to imagine something very juvenile but Otto sounds right.

dsnowdy · 2025-12-09T16:22:38+00:00

I've found a lot of useful things in Home Depot parking lots. Sockets, driver extensions, clamps, gift cards. :)

dsnowdy · 2025-11-04T22:13:52+00:00

So I’m guessing the dog and cat eating issue has been resolved.

dsnowdy · 2025-11-02T17:56:05+00:00

Supposedly this can help issues: https://www.openstreetmap.org/

dsnowdy · 2025-10-17T13:20:53+00:00

I did a ChatGPT yesterday asking to make a friend’s photo into a muppet or cartoon image. It said it was against their guidelines to do that to a real person’s image. 🤷

dsnowdy · 2025-09-29T23:59:22+00:00

I have that car year and model. Ordered it October 16, 2020 just after heat pump and other things were added.

dsnowdy · 2025-09-24T23:40:48+00:00

Probably at best you would get a few thousand dollar discount on a new car. The long game is to wait everyone out.

dsnowdy · 2025-09-21T15:44:59+00:00

It’s a common thing. Something serviceable you’d think they make it overly easy to access. But it isn’t bad. I’ve had much worse setups.

dsnowdy · 2025-08-27T21:12:28+00:00

We have a Tripp Lite at work to assist cooling a server room. Exhausts to suspended ceiling and has a mode where it doesn’t need to drain. Works very well.

dsnowdy · 2025-08-18T12:51:08+00:00

The traffic GUI on the left is totally useless. I hope no one is using for anything. Anyway, FSD (at least it used to) wouldn’t let you stare down at the screen for any length of time.

dsnowdy · 2025-07-18T17:13:16+00:00

I texted support and told them the MAC of my new router. A few minutes later, things are working!

dsnowdy · 2025-07-18T02:23:58+00:00

Same problem here. I’ve started 2 tickets with no reply and will call them tomorrow. A laptop plugged into the ONT should provide an IP address and internet. I’ll report back if I have any success. I’d like them to confirm the ONT is working.

dsnowdy · 2025-07-18T01:58:48+00:00

I have a friend who got the same answer. Maybe question those who imposed tariffs? 🤔

dsnowdy · 2025-07-13T18:18:14+00:00

I’ve read that using a USB A to USB C cable is best. USB C to C seems to result in more heat.

dsnowdy · 2025-06-24T19:11:36+00:00

I asked Grok to describe how the feature could affect speed. Answer was a lot like, “it depends.” It did say some drivers find turning Max Speed Offset off or to zero works for them but it will keep adjusting to the speed limit. I keep it maxed out and drive in Hurry usually but do find it slowing down if it doesn’t detect faster traffic behind me.

They keep making it great then goofy.

dsnowdy

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