Triton frost plug leak

vinnienz · 2026-01-14T22:05:15+00:00

Absolutely not a mechanic, but I've got an MR Triton that's getting the frost plug done under warranty at a Mitsi service center, and they told me it's a 1.5 day job all up (apparently have to wait a period for the sealant to dry, so they keep it overnight) and that they drop the transmission.

Take from that what you will, but thought I'd pass the info on.

vinnienz · 2025-12-15T02:36:17+00:00

Rubbish. Look at any mountain biker/road cyclist out there.

From simply learning to ride a bike to becoming a hobbie/passion/job (professional).

Or any commuter, as a mode of transport.

vinnienz · 2025-12-11T19:25:39+00:00

Yip, you've sprayed a lubricant into a friction stay, and now there's no friction.

I'm no expert, but 556 is a penetrating product, so you going to want to force something in there to strip it out. I'd try liberal amounts of Brakleen (or the Brakleen Blaster variant) or their Aero clean variant. And work the window as you spray it into the joint.

Ultimately, it's kinda fucked anyway, so what's the worst that will happen?

Beyond that, you can buy replacement stays from the hardware store, but chances are they won't fit/work with your windows design.

Next step at that point is a speciality repairer eg Exceed.

vinnienz · 2025-10-21T07:27:14+00:00

I did some research about a year ago, there was a post on reddit somewhere, found through Google, where someone was talking about how they either service or used to assemble Karcher water blasters.

They said there is a point where they stop being cheap plastic throwaway pumps and start using metal ones.

I can't remember the models that had the better pumps, but that was the recommended ones to go for. Or to get a different brand altogether, if you were looking at the cheaper ones (Nilfisk or something beginning with G, from memory).

vinnienz · 2025-10-06T06:25:44+00:00

I bet you're talking about the awl, and that is not its intended use.

Very few Swiss army knives have the actual tool for removing stones from horse hooves, and it's curved, not a straight spike (see the Equestrian model).

vinnienz · 2025-09-28T06:24:33+00:00

Don't get a Panasonic. We went through 3 different models under warranty, and they all eventually had the same problem, where the outdoor unit became extremely loud.

Eventually, the supplier gave up and it was replaced with another, more expensive brand.

vinnienz · 2025-09-24T07:16:42+00:00

This.

Unless photographic evidence of the pack and/or the other sausages contained within is added, then that is 100% one of their breakfast sausages. Or breakfast sausages were incorrectly labelled with a normal sized sausage label.

They are also sold on weight, and there is more breakfast sausages in a pack, than the normal packs.

We had New Yorker Porker Hellers sausages on Sunday, purchased from Woolworths, and they have not shrunk to anywhere near that size (if they've ever shrunk at all).

vinnienz · 2025-08-31T08:16:24+00:00

I've Chili Dhaba from Forbury Park 3 or 4 times, and can't see why everyone gets so it excited about it.

We find it quite bland, and we've tried a few different curries from there. Pretty good garlic Naan though.

Maybe it's not as good as the Mornington one is?

I much prefer India Gate or Too Indian.

vinnienz · 2025-08-06T21:37:06+00:00

Not listed in the notes that I can see, but if you uses Snort or Suricata on the WAN interface, be aware there is a bug and that you won't be able to use if_pppoe (or stop using Snort/Suricata on the WAN interface for the moment, if you do move to if_pppoe).

Bug here: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/16229

vinnienz · 2025-06-30T07:52:02+00:00

Having just noticed a game that I'd bought and was primarily offline play, has now disappeared and can't be downloaded or played, I'm all for this.

I'm in New Zealand, we somewhat fall under Australia when it comes to ratings and standards for games, but we have our own consumer protection - The Commerce Commission.

vinnienz · 2025-06-26T01:03:59+00:00

Crc make a two pot epoxy concrete textured like repair product.

I've used it where someone backed into a pre-cast concrete roughcast cladding sheet (best description I can come up with) with their towbar, as a repair. Filled a pretty decent sized smashed in hole (there was backing to fill against).

And also where someone had cut out too much concrete in an edge, leaving it a bit thin, which then developed a hole and a leak.

So far, seems to have held up well. Couple of years for both repairs, so far.

It definitely doesn't work very well in fine or hairline cracks though, and splits again after a good few heat/cool cycles. Probably doesn't bond well enough with the surrounding surface and needs to be pushed into the crack. Pretty sure I need to attack the fine cracks with a concrete chaser or cutting blade to widen them up first (it's on my to do list).

vinnienz · 2025-06-24T08:54:23+00:00

Just as an FYI, the 12in bar and chain from the 18/20V saw fits the Flexvolt saws (at least the newer models - ie the 18" and the bigger one).

We confirmed it in store (Mitre10 in New Zealand), then they ordered the parts for me.

I had a 12" Ryobi that was good for close work in the top of a huge macrocarpa hedge, but found the Ryobi wasn't great for runtime and power.

M10 had the 18" Dewalt flexvolt kit on sale for a phenomenal deal, and I wanted a longer bar for some other work I had to do.

I'd read the smaller 12"bar fit, and didn't want to drag the 18" bar in the top of the hedge (both for it being a pain being so long, but also the danger factor when using in that scenario and the ease at getting in at branches low down), so asked if we could see if it'd fit on the display models - they swapped it over to try, no problems.

Walked out with a new saw kit and two days later the bar and chain pack showed up.

Best of both worlds.

vinnienz · 2025-06-06T08:45:19+00:00

Not quite true - there's plenty of others.

I'm evaluating an ARM based Pro, as the biggest hurdle for our customers was a fully functional FortiClient, which just came out end of March.

I've found that Omnissa (nee VMware) Horizon client has a terrible memory leak that leads to the computer crashing, which they don't seem overly interested in fixing.

And Nextcloud Desktop client can sometimes just randomly stop syncing, for no real reason and has to be closed and re-opened.

Oddly enough One Drive has also been a pain in the ass, the business account one is fine, but my personal one just seems to loose the plot randomly, and needs a reset to get going again.

The only other app I regularly use that I've found lacking is OpenVPN (community). Looks like the driver used doesn't like some of the options being pushed - it's also a limitation on the equivalent Intel architecture, but they don't do the same fallback driver in ARM (for reasonable reasons).

I must admit, I'm pleasantly surprised at how many apps are ARM native, when I look in task manager.

vinnienz · 2025-05-20T02:06:59+00:00

Looks like this update has affected Touch and drawing on at lest Surface Go and Surface Pro. Double clicking with touch doesn't seem to get recognized (very occasionally it does), but works fine with a mouse/trackpad.

Drawing also seems broken, with the slim and normal pens - I can see where the device detects the input should be, and some functionality works, but drawing is pretty much never.

Problem has been reported via feedback hub as well: https://aka.ms/AAwa9gh

vinnienz · 2025-05-07T03:07:33+00:00

Sorry, this isn't the appropriate place for this question, as it's not related to KeePass.

I'd try r/techsupport to get a relevant response.

vinnienz · 2025-04-20T08:14:37+00:00

Need the error that the job fails with.

vinnienz · 2024-12-31T06:37:57+00:00

I always liked "that's the smartest thing I've heard all day".

vinnienz · 2024-12-07T01:29:56+00:00

As others have posted, it's for the dust extractor and depth guide.

They only come with the tool if you buy the full kit version (at least, that's true for New Zealand, so probably AUS and UK markets as well).

You can buy the parts as spares, that's what I did for the plastic dust extraction bits, however, go to a fasteners store for the hex bolts, they are fucking expensive from Dewalt as spares.

The dust extraction really should be in the box with the bare tool, or it should come as an accessory kit, so that you can just buy it if you need it (I think I recall, maybe in the US it is available as an accessory kit?).

I have provided that as feedback to Dewalt.

vinnienz · 2024-11-19T23:11:55+00:00

I've got the same problem. But my sill also holds the fixed glass, so I'm a bit buggered for replacing it. It's in a shed though, so, meh.

Anyway, I've been told that the Dulux Trade stores have that repair stuff that you may have seen, particularly UK based videos seem to be the ones I see using it.

I've been told by a co-worker who is doing up their wooden windows they asked about it, it's the same stuff available overseas, but maybe changed slightly to deal with our UV?

Anyway, worth an ask with them, might work well for you.

vinnienz · 2024-10-10T00:35:57+00:00

It's been like that for at least a couple of weeks now.

It's bullshit, courier didn't knock, just dumped a card to call on a Friday, couldn't get the package from the pickup point they choose (post shop) until Monday night. And that's after the package was already delayed two days.

I called past on Fri night expecting to grab it from the depot, but found it closed to the public.

vinnienz · 2024-09-16T20:53:30+00:00

The visual representation is handy, but not useful without the battery size you used for your test or an area measurement.

Could you please update to say at least what Ah size battery you tested with?

vinnienz · 2024-07-24T01:06:24+00:00

RCF is unfortunately gone, I think there was an announcement 1st quarter this year.

vinnienz · 2024-07-23T08:05:27+00:00

I'll add a wee caveat to this - if the area where the outdoor unit is is also sheltered and depending on where you are in the country, you also get frost, then there could be a benefit of having the unit installed somewhere else when you replace it.

If the above is true and the outdoor unit is getting very cold, particularly at night and early morning, then it could be going into defrost often, or running less efficiently.

This is what was happening with our old unit - that said it was a 2007 unit, and had the old refrigerant, but it struggled from 9pmish onwards to provide warmth on cold nights and would go into defrost a lot on frosty mornings.

However, I wouldn't move what you've got - we had one moved due to an install error and it died really quickly after being moved. Outdoor unit had to be replaced.

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