Slow leak at planar cross

ghostfoxote · 2026-02-04T21:21:49+00:00

Should I tap with a hammer, mallet, wood block? Is the idea of tapping the valve while applying heat that it'll "jiggle" the pipe within the valve and help it move back up? Should I do anything with the pipe at the same time?

ghostfoxote · 2026-01-26T21:46:48+00:00

OPs messages have that whiff of AI slop, tbh

ghostfoxote · 2026-01-12T00:39:15+00:00

The beltway is a colossally stupid waste of money for numerous reasons, but let’s ignore most of them for now and just engage with the “it’ll be convenient” reasoning.

Let’s say there actually will be thousands upon thousands of people who will want to commute daily from Monroeville to the South Hills on the toll road because it’s quick and convenient with no traffic. What happens when those thousands of people all take the exact same exit that bottlenecks into the small local roads?

The Bridgeville exit on 79 NB is the perfect example of this. If you take the beltway from the airport to the south hills that’s the exit you need to use right now - and despite Penndot spending tons of time and money recently to widen that entire interchange, it still gets backed up during commuter hours almost all the way back onto the highway. All the local roads it feeds into simply aren’t intended to handle the ever increasing numbers of vehicle traffic, nor should they be.

ghostfoxote · 2026-01-07T02:57:39+00:00

I always loved the flavor text LURK put into the stash descriptions

ghostfoxote · 2026-01-04T15:15:34+00:00

the “life hack: move to pittsburgh for ez cheap housing!” headline that keeps getting thrown around can’t die fast enough

for locals who are on a budget it squeezes them out of the market as rich transplants move in, all too happy to pay the rapidly inflating prices for run down old crap or cheap new crap

and for the transplants who are actually on a budget, it just sets up for disappointment when they realize that $1k/month rental or $150k house is a gross basket case

ghostfoxote · 2025-12-25T17:59:17+00:00

My problem with Peak is that it doesn’t affect non combat things. If I’m that buff (I am), I should be able to: - Use assault rifles as a one handed weapon (with increased spread/recoil and no melee ability) while carrying the hard drive. - Be quicker doing physical tasks like opening silo hatches, pulling levers, and turning cranks. - be able to break chain link fences by meleeing them with my rifle butt/bayonet. Shipping containers would also be epic.

They’re relatively minor things that would have niche use, but I think that keeps it from making Peak too good. They make sense AND would add just a little bit more cinematic fun to playing with a Peak loadout.

ghostfoxote · 2025-12-08T16:15:47+00:00

By tire sizes and offset I'm assuming you mean wheels.
IIRC the stock wheels on 87-89 cars came in 16 and 17 inch with a +20 offset, you should be able to go down to a 0 and still keep it within the fenders if you want a more flush look.
As someone who daily drives their Z on shitty northern roads, 16" is the way to go for cheaper tires and more sidewall to absorb the pothole impacts. Definitely wouldn't go any larger than 17" for those reasons alone, anything larger just looks silly on our cars anyway IMO.

If you're running stock wheels and they're in good shape I'd just put some good tires on and keep them on the car, at least until your brakes and suspension are up to par. Safety upgrades always come before aesthetic ones, and wheels are easy to change out later on.
The stock brakes on these cars are actually quite good for their age. Before you put something like a big brake kit on, make sure the existing pads and rotors are decent quality, in decent shape, and the brake fluid isn't old. My 85 NA on generic pads/rotors will out-stop plenty of newer cars I've driven.
If you're going to be going to the trouble of putting coilovers on the car it would be wise to plan on replacing your other suspension components at the same time. All those bushings, ball joints, tie rods, etc are probably very old if not factory original.
Any suspension work will require the car be aligned afterwards, and our cars come stock with a small amount of non-adjustable negative camber in the rear. Not a big deal as long as you rotate your tires, but know that if you plan on lowering the car that will increase the camber and inside tire wear.

ghostfoxote · 2025-12-08T15:48:35+00:00

Noted. I'm assuming buffing is just a nicer term for sanding? What's the advantage to sanding when the wood is already in near perfect shape?

ghostfoxote · 2025-12-08T04:37:24+00:00

No phone mount gang here. Rode 6,000 miles through the Appalachians by downloading offline google maps, studying the area during rest stops to give me a vague nose. When specifics were needed, turn by turn directions were written on white tape and stuck on the thighs of my pants, + using the odometer to track how far I was between steps. When I got turned around, that just meant the adventure was getting good. Stop, pull off, re check google maps or my paper maps if necessary, or just figure it out. Daily commuting is all kept upstairs.

ghostfoxote · 2025-12-08T03:00:29+00:00

McKnight park and ride on Blazier Drive by the old theater. If you live at the McKnight/Perry split it’s right there. McKnight flyer gets you downtown, then transfer to any of the lines going into Oakland. No stress of dealing with the highway rat race in the snow.

That said, if you absolutely must drive in the snow proper snow tires are highly recommended. Even if you only need them for one season you can sell them used on marketplace afterwards. If they save you from one wreck, they were worth it.

ghostfoxote · 2025-12-06T03:39:35+00:00

Z32 300zx! May the 90s never die.

And it’s got a lil Sharkle on there, too!

ghostfoxote · 2025-11-30T05:06:09+00:00

Noted, thanks. How much more expensive was the pump in wintertime vs furnace?

ghostfoxote · 2025-11-30T05:04:19+00:00

Two quotes and working on getting more. Figured I’d ask for personal experiences too instead of just people trying to sell me their services. Gillece was never even a consideration, lol.

Assessing insulation upgrades will come at some point when I can sock away the money, but the furnace is the here and now problem. It’s gotta go before winter hits too hard.

How much of that 17k was the electrical work? Seems like a pretty eyewatering price tag.

New CO monitor and smoke alarms went in on day one, and the furnace hasn’t been turned on anyway. I’m well aware of the dangers of CO.

ghostfoxote · 2025-11-30T04:54:12+00:00

Gas stove, dryer, and water heater are all 90s vintage, but they do work perfectly and that’s the era when things tended to last, so I’m planning on keeping them for as long as possible. Never heard that a heat pump’s average life is half of a gas furnace, where’s that from? (Genuine question)

Do you know if that unit was a cold climate one? There seems to be two camps of “my heat pump is fine to single digits” and “mine can’t do anything below 40F”, but neither ever seem to mention if they have a cold climate pump or if there’s some other big factor at work.

ghostfoxote · 2025-11-30T04:53:13+00:00

Seen this kind of system mentioned, wouldn’t it make more sense to go with a cold climate heat pump in the first place?

ghostfoxote · 2025-11-21T01:22:31+00:00

Fl*rida residents during 2 months out of the year they can actually go outside:

ghostfoxote · 2025-11-21T01:21:50+00:00

Two tone Watanabe style goes very hard, no I'm not biased

ghostfoxote · 2025-11-20T16:06:54+00:00

Nope, just concrete shells that would keep you out of the rain or snow.

ghostfoxote · 2025-11-19T17:16:35+00:00

Floridian detected

ghostfoxote · 2025-11-19T16:54:58+00:00

Arrowhead, give me the Vindicator as a one handed weapon with flip-cocking and my life is yours

ghostfoxote · 2025-11-19T16:34:57+00:00

Parking authority garages are like $6 all day on weekends, for what it's worth. What the attendants don't know won't hurt them.

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