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@yngmar It is one of those things where you think "It cannot possibly need this much force".

@yngmar I remember thinking what a massive hole in the hull it was, like a toilet fitting

@yngmar I helped someone with theirs and I remember a lot of hassle getting the transmission off the engine. Yours was a lot cleaner than theirs...

@yngmar "Changing this will be easy!) 3 days later..

@yngmar you just made me think of sail drive (shudder...)

@yngmar My wife's car has a V6. The rear bank of spark plugs require removal of the intake plenum...

@yngmar If only everything was like marine diesel

@yngmar Head gasket problems are a giant pain in the ass. Better to walk.

It's tempting to shit all over Boeing and NASA over the debacle, but the engineering team worked very hard under intensely political conditions and it did fulfill a fully autonomous return with no real problems. It did not meet NASA's criteria for a crewed return, but all of this is fixable.

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While we were not watching, the Voyager 1 spacecraft underwent another surgery.

In August, V1 switched thrusters used for orientation control, because the fuel tubes in the thrusters had clogged up with residue.

To perform the switch, the thrusters had to be warmed by turning on its heaters while turning off another set for an hour.

All very tricky and risky operations, performed from 22.8 light-hours away on 1970’s era hardware.

Kudos again to the Voyager team.

blogs.nasa.gov/voyager/2024/09
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@Gelatinousrube I like to joke with my wife "Take a picture as evidence it was clean once"

@yngmar It might just be the valve cover, unless the oil has coolant in it.

@b0rk I still use things you taught at a con...2017 (I think) your style and the zine you gave out (strace) were one of the most useful things I took away from that week.

@david I used to live above one. Terrible for my wallet, and my diet if I'm totally honest.

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@xantha They usually surprise when they get away. First time my very nervous dog bolted out the open front door (he saw the neighbor over the road) he went over there, sat in front of her and stared, then came right back.

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