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Offline, I'm working on the restoration of a vintage industrial diesel railway locomotive. In the cab, a horizontal shaft extends the width of the cab, connecting a brake lever each end to a single air valve. The shaft is held by three brackets to the cab front sheet. Two of the brackets allow the rod to rotate freely, as it should; the third (central) one is rusted solid. Try as I might I can't free it, and in order to do so I need to unbolt the bracket so that I can whack it really hard with a big hammer and get it to rotate on the shaft. There's a bolt running from inside the cab, through the bracket with a nut on the outside of the cab. To get to the nut to release it, thereby freeing the bolt so I can whack the bracket, I need to remove not only the bonnet sheeting, but the fuel tank. The tank holds 50 gallons and extends the width of the bonnet - and is therefore huge; takes 4 people minimum to move it. A fuel pipe runs from under the tank to the fuel valve/injectors. I could undo it that end, but to get to the connector I'd need to remove further bonnet sheeting and then unbolt the inlet manifold (weighing around 50lb) and the air filters, and then the fuel injector; alternatively I could undo the pipe directly under the fuel tank; but the pipe is too close to the top of the flywheel to get a tray underneath to catch spilled fuel; so I'd need to take the flywheel off. That means dismantling the bearing assembly that holds the drive shaft, and then undoing the flexible coupling in the transmission.
What I don't understand is the amount of design and planning that went into the assembly of all this over 60 years ago. The shaft connecting the two brake handles had to be done before the transmission and fuel systems had been fully installed. WTF? And that's just one of several such conundrums.
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Say what you will about the complexity of modern machines - often a fair criticism - I've noticed a LOT MORE thought goes into maintenance on say, newer vehicles than old relics. I wouldn't doubt that applies to old diesel locomotives vs the new diesel-electric pushers, for example. The latter may have more stuff to go wrong, but the stuff that commonly goes wrong is easier to get to overall.
I watch a lot of classic car restoration and customization shows (anxiety precludes me from watching other sorts of television due to drama) and what I've seen from 80 year old cars - regardless of condition - would curl your hair in terms of servicing them, and that's not accounting for not being able find parts.
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Greetings & Kind Regards
May I please inquire for what so much storage is required.
-Kind Regards
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I didn't need 6TB, but I did need more than 2TB for a system drive because
A) I filled mine more than halfway
B) filling them more than 2/3, 3/4 or so leads to performance degradation on NVMe and SSD drives due to TRIM.
So I upgraded my system drive from the 2TB Samsung 990 Pro to the 4TB model.
I still have the 2TB drive in my system primarily to scavenge files off of it so I don't have to sweat losing stuff from my old installation and also because what am I gonna do? Throw it away? secondhand solid state drives are sketchy to resell. I wouldn't buy one.
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And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. -Frederick Nietzsche
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Last week Windows was updated which included 'fixes' and 'enhancements' for File Explorer.
Now when I try to paste a path into the navigation bar, nothing happens. This was working before.
Thanks MS. I mean, how hard was that to test before releasing?? Typical MS.
In theory, theory and practice are the same. But in practice, they never are.β
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind.
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I noticed that also, seems like there used to be an arrow on the right of the address bar but it's gone.
Now, when you paste you have to hit return for it to actually go to the folder.
"Ten men in the country could buy the world and ten million canβt buy enough to eat." Will Rogers
PartsBin an Electronics Part Organizer - Release Version 1.3.1 JaxCoder.com
Latest Article: EventAggregator
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Hmm, I just updated yesterday;
Edition Windows 11 Pro
Version 23H2
Installed on β9/β22/β2022
OS build 22631.2715
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22677.1000.0
and I don't have any problems.
"Ten men in the country could buy the world and ten million canβt buy enough to eat." Will Rogers
PartsBin an Electronics Part Organizer - Release Version 1.3.1 JaxCoder.com
Latest Article: EventAggregator
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Edition Windows 11 Pro
Version 23H2
Installed on β9/β29/β2022
OS build 22631.3085
works ok for me
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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That's line 2 in Microsoft policy - if something is useful, remove it. If you can't remove it, hide it into oblivion. Your opinion doesn't matter, I tell you what you want.
(the poor man's Messiah complex)
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I thought is was; introduce bugs until it's unusable.
"Ten men in the country could buy the world and ten million canβt buy enough to eat." Will Rogers
PartsBin an Electronics Part Organizer - Release Version 1.3.1 JaxCoder.com
Latest Article: EventAggregator
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Wow, I didn't know people still used Windows Explorer.
>64
There is never enough time to do it right, but there is enough time to do it over.
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What else would we use?
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