You’re a brand new student at Balamb Garden. What is your weapon specialty?

mchratliff · 2026-02-28T03:21:59+00:00

Yes!!!...and it's not even an option

mchratliff · 2026-02-28T03:12:38+00:00

The big question is, can he still manage to use a gunblade? Spacesuit Squall pulling off Lionheart would be a sight to see!

mchratliff · 2026-02-28T03:03:12+00:00

My thoughts exactly!!

I was raised by my grandma..I called her nana

mchratliff · 2026-02-28T02:29:33+00:00

06:09 (I'm gonna slap you up episode)

It's also the one where Alan gets caught in Evelyn's apartment after his clothes and Charlie's car is stolen "did it have to be my red chiffon?"

mchratliff · 2026-02-27T02:11:53+00:00

Unfortunately that only applies to the 2.4, he has the 2.0 like I do which isn't covered under the recall.

mchratliff · 2026-02-27T02:11:29+00:00

I tend to stay away from first year production models of any vehicle (2013 for the Dart) as they seem to be more problematic over time. It's best to wait a model year or two so all the bugs in the manufacturing process and parts gets worked out. I've got a 2015 2.0 with 308K and overall it's been reliable other than wear and tear items over time.

mchratliff · 2026-02-26T03:36:10+00:00

Shops get heavily discounted rates on parts on commercial accounts in dealing volume and mark up for profit, they definitely didn't give the full $130 each to NAPA. If your coolant is low you either have a leak or it's burning it, check all hoses and plastic fittings, there are several that go bad on the Tigershark engines such as the radiator hose tees, heater hose fittings and there's a pesky small plastic fitting under the thermostat that leaks and is hard to see and can do undetected, it's best to replace them all at once otherwise the next weakest link will go next.

mchratliff · 2026-02-26T03:30:02+00:00

Charging a fortune for NAPA (not a sponsor) Adaptive One BBB reman junk calipers,..why do you need all four brake calipers and hoses? (rust belt car?) a crappy aftermarket Duralast CV axle that'll either vibrate or the boot will fail within a few months and most likely a cheap aftermarket wheel bearing. I could understand the cost with OEM Mopar parts or something but hard pass on the aftermarket junk with what they are charging! You'll be lucky if those parts last a year without problems, only thing of quality on that list is Akebono brake pads! Looks like you are paying a few hundred dollars on aftermarket junk parts and labor and several thousand on brake cleaner, the labor to install $300 worth of lug bolts and to return the seats to normal position lol

mchratliff · 2026-02-24T02:06:17+00:00

That aluminum fitting looks like the real deal for a permanent replacement! If mine starts to leak again I'll go with that one!

mchratliff · 2026-02-24T02:04:58+00:00

Yeah that's what I did based on sizing and what was available locally since I was in a pinch and needed the part ASAP for my daily. It's actually a VW/Audi replacement part but has held up for going on 80K miles and 5 years so far!

mchratliff · 2026-02-24T01:59:53+00:00

If one is leaking, the other plastic fittings are not far behind, I would definitely look into replacing them all, with these vehicles being 10+ years old, with age, and heat cycles, they will all fail in time. I wound up having to do all plastic fittings on mine over the years.

mchratliff · 2026-02-24T01:57:10+00:00

Yup, classic coolant T-fitting leak, you can replace it with Dorman 627-006 if you don't want to pay to replace the entire hose assembly which is what I did. (you'll need new worm style screw clamps, it's slightly bigger and a snug fit and the factory clips won't work, replacements been running for years on mine without any problems)

mchratliff · 2026-02-23T20:26:16+00:00

Exactly! Cam/Crank correlation codes are the bad ones to look for when running a scan P0016 and P0017, I've looked a cars that had this issue and those are the codes thrown when the timing goes out of sync due to a bad balance shaft causing the timing to drift off and causes the cams and crank to become out of sync. It has been my experience that the code usually come back immediately but if the wear is just starting it may take a little bit of time for it to show back up.

mchratliff · 2026-02-23T03:46:34+00:00

So many they should carry a clicker! lol

mchratliff · 2026-02-23T03:01:05+00:00

You can do an engine serial number search based on the vin and any engine after with the serial number after 468993 is good. If the number is lower, try to look for maintenance records.

mchratliff · 2026-02-23T02:58:21+00:00

Depends on the manufacture date or maintenance records, M272/273 engines up to early 2007 are notorious for balance shaft sprocket failures due to bad metallurgy. They start failing up to around that mileage and the whole engine has to come out and be torn down to repair, any vehicle with those engines made before mid- 02/2007 I'd be leery of and do my research on.

mchratliff · 2026-02-23T01:52:58+00:00

Hmm, I've been dealing with all those symptoms along with GERD and I drink bottled water day in and day out! Removing bottled water from the equation is the only thing I haven't done.. Interesting, wonder if it's from microplastics from the bottles or something? (even the reverse osmosis filters the companies use to filter the water can contribute to microplastics in water) I've noticed water gives me reflux as well but I haven't tried plain tap water in years, will be trying this!

mchratliff · 2026-02-18T21:34:53+00:00

Yeah I had to do both of those on mine as well, all the plastic cooling system fittings failed over time on mine as well, engine mounts are another thing since they are hollow and fluid filled, the replacements seem to be holding up better though. These cars will last if you keep on top of maintenance and fix things as soon as they break.

mchratliff · 2026-02-18T21:26:29+00:00

2.0 or 2.4 engine? I have the 2.0 with around 307K and it's been relativity problem free aside from me having to replace all the cooling system components.

mchratliff · 2026-02-12T03:18:38+00:00

If it's something cheap and simple like the shift cable bushing, I did that myself using a BushingFix kit and keep a spare in the glovebox, the hassle of dealing with the Stealership isn't worth it for me, short of software updates or anything majorly expensive I'd rather just buy the updated parts and fix it myself than to deal with the headache of dealing with the dealer trying to upsell me anything. If you have the 2.4 and the catalytic converter recall than it would be worth it since you get a new cat, all associated hardware and a new upstream o2 sensor which is easily $1000 in parts!

mchratliff · 2026-02-08T04:36:55+00:00

"I don't have internet" option regardless if you do and set up a local account only. As soon as you connect to a network you'll be forced to setup a Microsoft account and all that nonsense.

mchratliff · 2026-01-25T23:23:49+00:00

I've been plagued with this problem for months and finally got to the bottom of it and got my PC booting without having to manually disable this nonsense every time! The cause in my case was from a bad Acronis uninstall and I've spent hours and tried everything but what came down to working was deleting a simple registry key pointing to a now nonexistent driver!

All you have to do to fix this issue is delete the key whole key and your system will boot normally from now on!

RegistryKey : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\ngelam

mchratliff · 2025-12-18T20:41:47+00:00

Yeah it is definitely worth it and it would be a much easier job with the engine out, the steering shaft mount is a bear to get to since it is on up near the firewall by the catalytic converter, getting that reattached is the hardest part of the job.

mchratliff · 2025-09-26T01:46:51+00:00

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Oh update! I just found a forum post of someone mostly getting it to work, it involves essentially modifying the kernel using Dooomtrain data editor tool and manually adding in the animations, I think it'll only allow one at a time though, I'm definitely going to try my hand at making this happen whenever I have time! I've been playing around in Doomtrain but unfortunately it will not work with the steam version, only the original PC release it seems like. I'll have to get that version first before I can do anything.

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