The AI-generated cat pictures thread
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I FINALLY got an RMM / RMA number for the $180k worth of flawed designed brakes that cause this:
I've bitched about this already. But either way, i'm positive those wavy clips are far more capable of keeping the crane in the sky.
My fix to keep the hub / teeth engaged in the friction disc. I still can't believe they expected only set screws to keep it on.
Falk Steelflex coupling. They are used (along with other types) for larger equipment on ships. On the smaller ones the grid is one continuous piece around the circumference (always fun getting those into position). They work very well provided you keep the grease in them fresh. If they dry out, that's another matter.
The cartoon with the power station in the background only makes sense if only one car is being powered. Re-draw both cartoon frames, multiplying up the number of vehicles which would actually be powered by the power station. It might look a bit different...
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I was going to snarkily reply "Jesus, what's next, the M/V Nostromo?"
Decided to check. Yup, there it is: https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels...MMSI-235071349
I am not a superstitious man, though I acknowledge that many sailors are. Which is why I am amazed they can get anyone on-board a vessel with either of those names.
Decided to check. Yup, there it is: https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels...MMSI-235071349
I am not a superstitious man, though I acknowledge that many sailors are. Which is why I am amazed they can get anyone on-board a vessel with either of those names.
Out of curiosity, I looked up the source of Nostromo and discovered yet another hole in my literature history - apparently it’s a book by Joseph Conrad that is considered one of the greatest English-language novels of the 20th century, as well as a space vessel. Another one for the reading list.
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A good friend of mine has a 30AE, and he had bought a set of sport springs and F/R sway bars and 12 mm 7075-T6 spacers.
I volunteered to do the installation since I have trust issues - I have witnessed my fair share of "devil may care" workmanship in the form of non-existent torque wrench use, tightening suspension bushings at full droop on the lift, using a 1/2" air gun at full blast to install wheels, etc...
I honestly had no idea the front sway bar on an ND was such a PITA. Ended up using a strange method without dropping the subframe or cutting the stock sway bar.
Everything turned out perfect at the end, and the 30AE is just a beautiful car.
I volunteered to do the installation since I have trust issues - I have witnessed my fair share of "devil may care" workmanship in the form of non-existent torque wrench use, tightening suspension bushings at full droop on the lift, using a 1/2" air gun at full blast to install wheels, etc...
I honestly had no idea the front sway bar on an ND was such a PITA. Ended up using a strange method without dropping the subframe or cutting the stock sway bar.
Everything turned out perfect at the end, and the 30AE is just a beautiful car.
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Spent a couple evenings tuning cranking and idle settings on the Evo 9.
AEM EMS 2 is a nightmare that takes you down a spiraling rabbit hole compared to MS when it comes to tuning. Every parameter has several set points which wildly impacts the rest, and getting the car to crank and transition to idle correctly at X degrees IAT and Y degrees CLT will screw up anything above and below those values. You get idle speed and values right when warm, and rpms hunt and oscillate when cold. Crazy.
And the car has an incredibly loud exhaust - even at idle.
And the garage happens to be in a residential area.
And we have to leave the garage doors open to run the car.
And it rattles all the windows of the apartment building across the street.
Good thing the old muffler was on a shelf in the garage, so I did this:
It purred like a kitten
AEM EMS 2 is a nightmare that takes you down a spiraling rabbit hole compared to MS when it comes to tuning. Every parameter has several set points which wildly impacts the rest, and getting the car to crank and transition to idle correctly at X degrees IAT and Y degrees CLT will screw up anything above and below those values. You get idle speed and values right when warm, and rpms hunt and oscillate when cold. Crazy.
And the car has an incredibly loud exhaust - even at idle.
And the garage happens to be in a residential area.
And we have to leave the garage doors open to run the car.
And it rattles all the windows of the apartment building across the street.
Good thing the old muffler was on a shelf in the garage, so I did this:
It purred like a kitten