iansane said:DjGreggieP said:
Wix makes the Napa Gold filters so there is a chance this could help sort out the leak.
I think I heard recently that NAPA switched their gold line to another manufacturer?
There's been discussions of the switch happening, but the parent company of who's making them hasn't been told to us as of yet at a retail level.
The bulletin about the molded gaskets came out some time last year and we are *just* starting to see some of the molded gaskets in store now.
In reply to DjGreggieP :
Sounds like the new company uses the new gasket?
Just got out of the local doc in a box clinic...
Strep throat. berkeleying again.
That makes strep throat twice and pneumonia twice in the last 12 months. What the hell is going on with me? I have never had to deal with so much illness. I've had covid three times but that was just a circumstance of where I lived at the time (Florida).
My stress level has been extremely high lately with trying to get prepped for my upcoming deployment. My anxiety has been running at redline for the past few months. For the first time in my life, I had high blood pressure.
It's like the universe hates me.
In reply to stanger_mussle (Supported by GRM undergarments) :
I have no idea if this stretches to NM or not, but years ago I talked to a retiree in the Vegas area that lost his wife to some sort of fungus that grew in the desert there. Apparently caused a bunch of respiratory issues in a very limited number of people, and was treatable if the doctor realized what the problem was.
solidworks uses 70% of my computers resources when I open it, my company's security software uses the other 30%. If I have any other apps open while I'm using solidworks, everything slows to a crawl. It would be nice to be able to use the browser while I'm working on a drawing but oh well. I even have to close outlook and teams
Cost of living is skyrocketing here.
I can't believe people are willing to work 50 hours weeks and have their spouse do the same, just to eat store brand chips. berkeley that.
Longer rant should probably be typed out but scotch is good and only limited rant is necessary
Our the wife of the couple (or at least one of them... we honestly have no clue exactly how many people live there at any given point) across the street has a medical condition where here BP will suddenly drop and they have been told they have to call an ambulance to take her to the hospital every time this happens instead of them just taking her there (given the new hospital they just built nearby, it likely takes longer for the ambulance to get here, load her up, and get to the hospital than if they drove there themselves). It hasn't happened for a while (she apparently just had a baby so my theory is that being pregnant had countered the BP issue) but about 1am last night we saw the flashing lights and a fire truck and ambulance pulled up.
Went to head out this morning and found this:
The Infiniti was parked out on the street because I got back after The Dancer and she needed to leave before me this morning, and since the people across the street have too many cars to fit in their driveway the husband's work truck is always parked on the street so the ambulance and fire truck had to squeeze between the two- and apparently failed.
Unfortunately there's not likely much I can do about it in the way of recourse- if I'd seen it happen I could have taken pictures then but now it's just (very educated) speculation as to what happened and even then it would likely mean having to sue the city, which would cost more than likely buying an entire replacement QX4. Thankfully the new local junkyard has a QX4 with (I believe) intact mirrors I can pull (plural, because it's a different color- silver vs my black- so I will probably grab both so they match.
Our the wife of the couple (or at least one of them... we honestly have no clue exactly how many people live there at any given point) across the street has a medical condition where here BP will suddenly drop and they have been told they have to call an ambulance to take her to the hospital every time this happens instead of them just taking her there (given the new hospital they just built nearby, it likely takes longer for the ambulance to get here, load her up, and get to the hospital than if they drove there themselves). It hasn't happened for a while (she apparently just had a baby so my theory is that being pregnant had countered the BP issue) but about 1am last night we saw the flashing lights and a fire truck and ambulance pulled up.
Went to head out this morning and found this:
The Infiniti was parked out on the street because I got back after The Dancer and she needed to leave before me this morning, and since the people across the street have too many cars to fit in their driveway the husband's work truck is always parked on the street so the ambulance and fire truck had to squeeze between the two- and apparently failed.
Unfortunately there's not likely much I can do about it in the way of recourse- if I'd seen it happen I could have taken pictures then but now it's just (very educated) speculation as to what happened and even then it would likely mean having to sue the city, which would cost more than likely buying an entire replacement QX4. Thankfully the new local junkyard has a QX4 with (I believe) intact mirrors I can pull (plural, because it's a different color- silver vs my black- so I will probably grab both so they match.
eastsideTim said:In reply to stanger_mussle (Supported by GRM undergarments) :
I have no idea if this stretches to NM or not, but years ago I talked to a retiree in the Vegas area that lost his wife to some sort of fungus that grew in the desert there. Apparently caused a bunch of respiratory issues in a very limited number of people, and was treatable if the doctor realized what the problem was.
The thought that something in the environment is causing me to get sick crossed my mind too.
There was mold growing in the laundry room wall due to the furnace condensate drain getting plugged and saturating the flooring and drywall. The tests came back as pretty common household mold spores and not black mold or anything super dangerous. But that's all been remediated.
Maybe it's something outside? That's a possibility for sure. I just find it ironic that I lived in Florida for 9 years in total and never had any respiratory infections; COVID notwithstanding. The place where mold literally grows everywhere.
Now I live in a high desert climate and it's been one thing after another
DjGreggieP said:iansane said:DjGreggieP said:
Wix makes the Napa Gold filters so there is a chance this could help sort out the leak.
I think I heard recently that NAPA switched their gold line to another manufacturer?
There's been discussions of the switch happening, but the parent company of who's making them hasn't been told to us as of yet at a retail level.
The bulletin about the molded gaskets came out some time last year and we are *just* starting to see some of the molded gaskets in store now.
I know they used to be WIX filters but the last one I got from NAPA in Canada was a MANN with the NAPA sticker on it.
Still a good filter.
In reply to gixxeropa :
I don't have enough thumbs up to adequately express my agreement.
It's February 1. I'm cleaning shop and sweating my ass off. I should have worn shorts.
Where the hell did winter go.
Toyman! said:It's February 1. I'm cleaning shop and sweating my ass off. I should have worn shorts.
Where the hell did winter go.
Come take as much as you want.
In reply to stanger_mussle (Supported by GRM undergarments) :
Dry air can reduce the effectiveness of bodies filtration system (a.k.a. Nose hair and mucus ).
ShawnG said:DjGreggieP said:iansane said:DjGreggieP said:
Wix makes the Napa Gold filters so there is a chance this could help sort out the leak.
I think I heard recently that NAPA switched their gold line to another manufacturer?
There's been discussions of the switch happening, but the parent company of who's making them hasn't been told to us as of yet at a retail level.
The bulletin about the molded gaskets came out some time last year and we are *just* starting to see some of the molded gaskets in store now.
I know they used to be WIX filters but the last one I got from NAPA in Canada was a MANN with the NAPA sticker on it.
Still a good filter.
Yea, some Gold say Mann&Hummel, some say Wix. Proformers (cheaper line, still a fine filter) have had Mann&Hummel for a long time.
We haven't had anything from corporate higher ups to say that its no longer Wix making the Gold series.
Probably as long as a certain percentage of the total filter line is made by Wix, we won't get an actual announcement about it. There has been a new line code for filters added to the system for months now but its not yet the *active* line code, so the switch is coming, eventually...
Of note for you, we are having our filter booking sale (which is still afaik still a direct order to Wix) in March (10-14th) and I am in Yorkton SK, so up your way they will probably be having theirs around the same time as well if you wanted to get some filters on hand to have.
In reply to DjGreggieP :
I appreciate that very much but I do so little volume in oil filters, it's probably not worth it.
I've bought 4 oil filters in the last 6 months and those were for my own vehicles.
I've stopped doing automotive and i'm just focusing on powersports stuff now. It's much simpler to just use an oil change kit from the manufacturer when it comes to motorcycles and quads.
In reply to ShawnG :
Nothing personal but I'll stick with our winter. Yours looks less fun.
We get more than enough snow to keep me happy.
gixxeropa said:solidworks uses 70% of my computers resources when I open it, my company's security software uses the other 30%. If I have any other apps open while I'm using solidworks, everything slows to a crawl. It would be nice to be able to use the browser while I'm working on a drawing but oh well. I even have to close outlook and teams
What kind of potato computer did they give you?
Rants?
Every damn time there's an accident, mishap or catastrophe you get the ham 'n eggers that don't know their ass from $4/week telling you how it should have been. How so & so did something wrong. I'm sorry, you've never been on track, so you KNOW why a car crashed. Not a pilot, but you KNOW why plane dropped out of the sky?
I sold my sailplane a few years ago to a guy from Washington state. Flew here, checked it out, paid cash. He seemed quite capable and confident. Came back a week later with his wife and dog to tow it across county.
Some time later i read about a glider crash. My DG-300. =~ (
Mike died on the way to the hospital. All these arm chair quarterbacks online are pontificating on what happened, how they would have not done this or that, blah blah, blah.
Sometimes I hate the internet.
I finally pull the trigger on a new-to-me daily. Tuesday I go to the dealership, drive the car, it seems good, we agree on a price that seems reasonable. They're gonna run it through detailing the next day and I'll bring a cashiers check from my bank.
Wednesday the Mrs takes me back to the dealership and drops me off. I get the keys, shake hands all around and hit the road. Made it about 1/2 a mile and go to turn left and the headlights turn off. Back to the dealership and get a loaner while they sort it out. Apparently there is an open recall on this issue so the car is taken up the street to the Ford dealership to have the work done.
The car? A cream puff 2005 Mercury Grand Marquis with a whole 80,000 miles on the clock (I figured it was time for a comfortable roadtrip sofa/car). A car widely regarded as one of the most reliable ever built. Sigh.
Hey Shawn, how many times do you have to learn the same lesson?
If 2-stroke engine are so f-ing sensitive to spark plugs, why don't you just put plugs in every sled that comes to you with running issues? Even if you get spark on both plugs when you test the ignition?
Cleaned the fuel system on this 440 fan yesterday, ran great at WOT but wouldn't idle. Double checked the idle circuits in both carburetors, all clean and flowing well. Pulled the plugs, one was wet, one was dry. FML...
New plugs this morning, thing runs like a champ...
New plugs, every f-ing time.
I need a sign on the shop wall or something.
In reply to ShawnG :
I learned that lesson many years ago. I also stopped using champions and just go with NGK now.
In reply to No Time :
NGK is all I use.
In reply to ShawnG :
Which is somewhat odd because if it's plugs it will usually idle fine if it starts, and break up under load.
People think two strokes are hard on plugs but I owned a 2011 Husqvarna CR150 for about 8 years. When I sold it, it had about 150hrs on it, mostly at race pace. It still had the original plug in it.
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