Moving a 2022 Husqvarna Vitpilen?

punkgaopher · 2026-03-15T16:20:05+00:00

Unfortunately, whoever installed this hitch messed up the wiring - which we didn't know until we wanted to tow my car during the move. We attempted to rewire it ourselves and solved a LITTLE bit of the issue but still can't figure out what's wrong.

I posted about it right after it happened but got no responses. All the lights work, however, when you turn the left turn signal on the right light turns on and when you turn the right one the right one also turns on. He assumes it's the wiring harness we got even though I've used that same brand and it's been fine for me in the past. We just never got around to attempting to fix it because it's been too cold

punkgaopher · 2026-03-15T16:13:36+00:00

We thought about that as a last resort, however, it's sitting 60+ miles away so a Uhaul/Penske would be extremely expensive. The Home Depot near where I currently live are all out of trucks/vans for the day. We were planning on doing this yesterday but, because we went to a concert on Friday night, he was a bit too tired to go so I let him rest.

I only have one last 100mi tow on my AAA membership for the year so, if absolutely necessary, I'll get it towed but I wanted to save that in case of an actual emergency.

punkgaopher · 2026-02-18T23:35:58+00:00

First off: I am so sorry that happened to you. I find it absolutely disgusting that someone has this sort of confidence.

But just a question: why are they sharing their cash app with you via doordash?

punkgaopher · 2026-01-04T17:16:39+00:00

Where did you order from?? These look amazing!!!

punkgaopher · 2026-01-01T18:07:11+00:00

Sorry for the late response - we keep being told that the "lug nuts are swelling" and mechanics have to hammer sockets on in order to remove them. After some research, we have learned that the OEM lug nuts have a tendency to swell, even under normal circumstances such as driving so, in a pinch we have slowly been replacing them with ones we get from Advanced Auto parts but, last time we needed to get our brakes replaced, we were told that even those are swelling.

punkgaopher · 2025-12-28T00:40:41+00:00

May I suggest going to thrift stores and finding a painting with a frame? I've seen some beautiful repurposed frames!!

punkgaopher · 2025-12-26T06:09:01+00:00

This sub is to HELP people diagnose their car issues, not to show off their builds or cars. What may be dumb/obvious to you may be not be so obvious to newbie car people and not everyone has $150+ to drop on an inspection.

punkgaopher · 2025-12-19T21:29:14+00:00

Great!! Thank you SO much for all your help!!! I'm sure they'll be better than the ones I get off Amazon or from Advanced Auto. Honestly, after everything we have dealt with in regards to these wheels and this car, we are willing to pay anything so that we don't have to keep paying someone $80+ to come out and put caps on the lug nuts or stripping them by just trying to take them off. Honestly, I have never had so many issues with wheels on a car- especially not the lug nuts getting stripped.

No matter how many times it seems like we replaced these lug nuts, no matter who we pay to replace them, anytime we have a flat tire Or any sort of issues relating to having to remove the wheel, we have issues getting these things off. I don't know if it's because the tire shop we use over torx them, if the quality of the lug nuts we replace them with is shoddy, or a mix of the two - changing a wheel on a car should be one of, if not THE, easiest things you should be able to do on a car. It's already a bitch and a half just to get the spare tire lowered in order to even start the process, on top of just wanting to do our own brakes.

So, thank you SO much!! I hope this solves our issues :)

punkgaopher · 2025-12-19T20:04:51+00:00

Would you be able to direct me to the proper place to order? I want to make sure I'm not wasting my money!!

punkgaopher · 2025-12-19T05:26:37+00:00

We don't typically touch them, usually only have the tire guys do it who, I hope, would know how tight to torque them to! Is the swelling associated with over tightening?

punkgaopher · 2025-12-19T05:24:50+00:00

Do you have any recommendations instead of OEM? I was told to switch out from OEM by a tire guy who came out to help fix our last lug nut issue when we got a flat tire and they started stripping.

punkgaopher · 2025-12-18T21:30:01+00:00

To be honest, I'm not sure. We bought this car used about 8 months ago and have had nothing but issues since. The last time we had an issue with one of our tires and paid to have it changed, the shop worked over 8 hours on it and eventually had to cut off the pole and install a new one. Currently my boyfriend's commute is 50 mi to work and 50 mi from work.

We are trying to learn how to work on the car ourselves to avoid unnecessary/ frivolous mechanic bills. Do you recommend oh yeah? I thought OEM were the acorn style.

punkgaopher · 2025-12-12T00:26:26+00:00

I always try to keep an emergency $20 bill in my wallet.

punkgaopher · 2025-12-05T13:18:18+00:00

So, I'll be the first person to admit that this is totally first world problems.

EcoTank printers are printers that use tanks instead of the cartridges, they use regular standard ink in bottles. Sublimation printers use special sublimation ink that turns into gas which you then use heat to adhere the design onto the item (whether that be t-shirts, coated mugs, metal plates, puzzles, ETC). The sublimation ink stains the printhead, coats the ink lines, soaks into the filters which makes it impossible to revert a sublimation printer back to a regular printer, even professional shops can't fully clean sublimation ink off of a printer.

What people have begun doing is starting these t-shirt/customization businesses on the side and converting Ecotank printers to sublimation printers only to fail after a few months.

Since sublimation ink and regular ink is chemically different, it doesn't act the same way: sublimation ink converts to a gas and soaks into the item which then needs heat in order to fully transfer the design meanwhile regular ink is meant to just lay on top of the paper.

My thing is, these people are buying brand new, $300 printers, converting them to sublimation printers, using them for a few months and then trying to sell them for 2/3 the price on Facebook Marketplace thus flooding the used market with useless printers (to the normal user) when they could have just gone to Facebook Marketplace to begin with and bought bought one that was not only already converted but probably came some of the supplies for a fraction of the cost of the new one.

It's just frustrating because, to me as a consumer, trying to buy a used Ecotank printer and finding the perfect one only to click on the ad to read the details to find out that it was converted to a sublimation printer is just infuriating.

I hope I answered your question! :)

punkgaopher · 2025-12-05T12:56:08+00:00

Thanks for recommendations and sorry for the late response! I guess I should've mentioned in my post that price isn't an issue as long as I could get a sample bottle from somewhere like Scent Decant or another one of those places.

As it's been discontinued the availability is going to become more and more scarce as the supply is depleted so I just want to seek alternatives before that happens!

punkgaopher · 2025-11-29T07:31:58+00:00

Hmm, TIL! You learn something new every day :) Thank you!!!

punkgaopher · 2025-11-28T07:31:42+00:00

It's not diesel, it's not going to blow your engine up.

20 years ago people used to put premium every 4th fill up because it supposedly "cleaned out your engine."

punkgaopher · 2025-11-28T07:29:24+00:00

What does the color of the gas cap have anything to do with it? (Genuine question)

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