[ElijahTW]

I love how I fixed a supposedly $100 problem on my truck with some electric tape and a connector cap. Greedy mechanics!

Yeah, mechanics are total *******s! **** them!

What was wrong with it?

 

[Phil]

The brake line sensor had the ground wire disconnected under the dash. One end was jury rigged into the towing kit, I just bypassed it and completed the circuit.

Next on my list I want to replace all four Ball Joints on the truck. They are like 16 years old, so are ripe for replacement. Never done it before,. any pointers? I know I have to buy a ball joint press. One guy on explorerforums suggested to place the joints in the freezer, as the minimal shrinking effect will make the new ones slide in easier.

 

[Dcollins85]

I love how I fixed a supposedly $100 problem on my truck with some electric tape and a connector cap. Greedy mechanics!

I can't tell you how many times I have fixed $100 problems within 5 minutes or less... It's the equivalent to a computer tech coming over and asking if the PC was plugged in and it wasn't... lol

 

[Dcollins85]

Next on my list I want to replace all four Ball Joints on the truck. They are like 16 years old, so are ripe for replacement. Never done it before,. any pointers? I know I have to buy a ball joint press. One guy on explorerforums suggested to place the joints in the freezer, as the minimal shrinking effect will make the new ones slide in easier.

Just make sure it doesn't heat up too fast! I tried this method on my 79 Bronco and I ended up cracking one when slipping it in. My father just laughed at me...

And good idea to replace all the ball joints on your truck at the same time. If you ask me it's like tires, if you're replacing one replace them all.

Some ball joints are attached to the control arm with rivets. These must be chiseled or drilled out to replace the ball joint.

IF the ball joint is permanently attached to the arm, the whole control arm assembly must be replaced if the joint has worn out.

Just some basic pointers, without pictures and or a blow apart image / make / model I can't be more specific. It gets much easier after you try the first one.

 

[KrossX]

Watch it all...

 

[ElijahTW]

God damn laptop is becoming a pain in the ass. Had to replace the hard drive recently, and now the second (geniune dell!) power adapter is going flakey... It's charging for a few minutes, then the LED light goes out and it stops charging. If I unplug it and plug it back in, it'll charge for a few minutes and stop again. It's almost like it's hitting some kind of protection feature or something. Every so many tries, you can get it to charge normally, until the laptop is unplugged then plugged back in, then the process starts again.

Time to order a new laptop.

 

[Phil]

I hate Dell Chargers. It's a small chip inside that's supposed to talk with the computers motherboard, it's this chip that fails, the innards of the adapter itself is fine.

 

[Phil]

Just make sure it doesn't heat up too fast! I tried this method on my 79 Bronco and I ended up cracking one when slipping it in. My father just laughed at me...

And good idea to replace all the ball joints on your truck at the same time. If you ask me it's like tires, if you're replacing one replace them all.

Some ball joints are attached to the control arm with rivets. These must be chiseled or drilled out to replace the ball joint.

IF the ball joint is permanently attached to the arm, the whole control arm assembly must be replaced if the joint has worn out.

Just some basic pointers, without pictures and or a blow apart image / make / model I can't be more specific. It gets much easier after you try the first one.

Thanks for the info buddy, I'll try it in a couple of weeks.

 

[ElijahTW]

I hate Dell Chargers. It's a small chip inside that's supposed to talk with the computers motherboard, it's this chip that fails, the innards of the adapter itself is fine.

This is actually the third Dell charger to fail on me, two for my laptop, one for my girlfriends.

Mine was replaced with a geninue Dell adapter, only because I needed to replace it quickly and it's all walmart sold - and it was $50. Well, it lasted four months.

My girlfriend's was replaced with a one purchased off eBay for $6, and you know it's quality because instead of being a power adapter, it was a power adopter (hah). Been in use since February - no problems (well, the adapter only claims 65W of output on the label, but reports 150 to the BIOS, haha.. so I guess that's technically a problem)

 

[Phil]

Sometimes stuff in made in the good ole PRC can be downright resilient

 

[ElijahTW]

I love when things are labeled as "made in PRC", because most people don't realize what PRC means... it sounds better than "Made in China".

It is amazing how half of the things I've bought straight from China on eBay have been more durable than the expensive, supposedly quality, american-brand stuff. [made in china]

tbh, it makes more sense half of the time to buy unbranded chinese stuff - they probably just steal the design that the Americans send over anyway.

 

[thelittlegumnut]

Watch it all...

interesting... and i've been hearing a lot about this TED thing. seems pretty good.

 

[ElijahTW]

No matter how clean the clothes going into the washer is, I always wash everything on the longest heavy duty cycle.

 

[thelittlegumnut]

random thought...

if "time machines" or some other alternative to travel through time is invented in a thousand years, then doesn't that mean someone could be using one now to travel to what we see as the present, but what they see is the past? in other words, travelling to now? we might have already done this, or someone here has a time travel device.

it sounds possible, but only if you're assuming that this isn't the first time in the loop. and if there are no loops, then...

 

[ElijahTW]

The thought of time travel makes my brain hurt. There are so many issues and various ways to screw the whole world up.

Whoops, killed the amoeba that would eventually evolve to become a human. Sorry, future!

For time travel to viable, at least past time travel, you'd have to be more-or-less a ghost and unable to affect the past.

Imagine, for example, that you stopped and talked to your dad for a few minutes on the day that he would plow your mom and create you. (or even any time before that event) This could very well throw-off the time he did the no-no cha-cha with your mom, and would change which sperm reaches your momma's egg, and POOF, suddenly you don't exist.

Forward time travel is just as screwy, and it makes my brain spontaneously combust just thinking about it.

 

[KrossX]

Creepy..

 

[ElijahTW]

They're so excited about living for the iPhone 20? Haha.

Considering a new iPhone about every three years (give or take), it would only take about about 45 years to reach that point, I'm not sure how old those guys are, but assuming they're <30, it's likely they'll live to see that under a normal human life span.

That's of course assuming Apple doesn't fail which is about is likely as us not having Android humans by 2045.

Shut up... I don't know why I looked so far into that comment, either.

 

[N4ch007]

I always thought that before someone could go back in time with a machine, a "receptor" machine would have to be made.
Therefore, you could not go to any time period you may want to...

Now give me my Nobel prize on physics!

 

[Phil]

Time travel is impossible ~ Einstein

 

[thelittlegumnut]

Time travel is impossible ~ Einstein

what if you go faster than light? though, it would depend on the specific definition of the word "time" wouldn't it?

i'm fairly sure that time relative to earths rotation is different to that of light.

probably wrong, but meh it's a fun conversation i guess.