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Old Feb 8, 2022 | 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Wes444
Ha! Slacker.

I threw mine out while I was asleep in bed.
Not fun times. You'll get better eventually. Just takes time. And meds...
Ouch. There’s got to be a story behind that. Spill it!

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Foodtruck, where did you throw it out to?
Out with the chicken necks apparently. See Y2KW57’s post.

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Forgot The Neck can't publically post where he threw his back out to... too many back collectors circling around his house already... looking to collect back taxes, back debts, etc.
Shhh…. that is more accurate than you know…



And the hits keep coming. Tried out a Korean BBQ Ribs recipe that wasn’t particularly memorable but gave me gas so bad it kept me up all night.
 
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Old Feb 8, 2022 | 10:36 AM
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And the hits keep coming. Tried out a Korean BBQ Ribs recipe that wasn’t particularly memorable but gave me gas so bad it kept me up all night.
What's with this obsession for OBA?
 
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Old Feb 8, 2022 | 10:40 AM
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What's with this obsession for OBA?
That’s OBG(as), not OBA(ir).

But otherwise LOL touché.
 
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Old Feb 9, 2022 | 03:51 PM
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Ouch. There’s got to be a story behind that. Spill it!
Not really. That's the part that was embarrassing, no good or even tissue off the floor story. Hurt it doing literally nothing. Went to bed normal woke up not. That was around October. Bunch of muscle relaxers, pain meds. Plus gasp, 1500mg of ibuprofen (and stool softeners for that much advil) when at work to try to take the edge off cause the prescriptions were not allowed due to their side effects.

You bet your butt I was popping the prescriptions in the truck in the parking lot after clocking out tho. They'd kick in somewhere after I got home, showered, and was eating. When I wasn't at work or doctors I was asleep. Between the pain meds and relaxers both having drowsiness as side effects I slept 9 weeks of days off away rapidly. Also went from a 32 to 34 belt size from all that sleep

After waiting 8 weeks for the MRI about 3 days b4 the appointment I woke up feeling normal. Knock on wood it was a freak issue that won't repeat.
 
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Old Feb 10, 2022 | 08:04 AM
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Leonard, you seeing anything from the "updated" design of the hardware and software that is raising an eye brow in a positive or negative way?

Hopefully you start to feel better soon.

Wesley, good to hear you are feeling better and maybe the MRI appointment scared the pain away.
 
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Old Feb 10, 2022 | 10:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Wes444
Not really. That's the part that was embarrassing, no good or even tissue off the floor story. Hurt it doing literally nothing. Went to bed normal woke up not. That was around October. Bunch of muscle relaxers, pain meds. Plus gasp, 1500mg of ibuprofen (and stool softeners for that much advil) when at work to try to take the edge off cause the prescriptions were not allowed due to their side effects.

You bet your butt I was popping the prescriptions in the truck in the parking lot after clocking out tho. They'd kick in somewhere after I got home, showered, and was eating. When I wasn't at work or doctors I was asleep. Between the pain meds and relaxers both having drowsiness as side effects I slept 9 weeks of days off away rapidly. Also went from a 32 to 34 belt size from all that sleep

After waiting 8 weeks for the MRI about 3 days b4 the appointment I woke up feeling normal. Knock on wood it was a freak issue that won't repeat.
Well that's anti-climactic. I bet your back went out because of all those 5-gal pails of oil you lift.
My therapy has been to force myself to sit up straight with a seatbelt and a pillow in the small of my back. That gay seatbelt is actually a luggage strap.




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Leonard, you seeing anything from the "updated" design of the hardware and software that is raising an eye brow in a positive or negative way?

Hopefully you start to feel better soon.

Wesley, good to hear you are feeling better and maybe the MRI appointment scared the pain away.
I haven't taken anything apart yet so I can't really say. The unison ring is supposed to make a difference so I will be examining the old versus new for minuscule details.
 
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Okay, time to stop procrastinating and get the new unison ring installed this weekend. Muy data-logging after that.
 
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Okay, time to stop procrastinating and get the new unison ring installed this weekend. Muy data-logging after that.
You said it...

Make sure your back and other vital body parts stay healthy.
 
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Old Apr 4, 2022 | 06:11 PM
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I finally got around to swapping out the unison ring today. Took some measurements while I was at it. It appears they changed clearances a little to account for thermal expansion.











 
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Old Apr 4, 2022 | 06:42 PM
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I think you need to reverse engineer it for them so they get it right! Then you can start a new career selling them to us.
 
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Alas, I have signed on to a do-not-reverse-engineer agreement in order to purchase this product.
 
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Old Apr 4, 2022 | 10:19 PM
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Alas, I have signed on to a do-not-reverse-engineer agreement in order to purchase this product.
How about you just become a consultant, investigate, and tell them how to fix their product?

You’re already kind of their test bed. May as well make you an official employee. They should consider how many you could sell for them once you help them get it right.

 
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Old Apr 5, 2022 | 05:23 AM
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Testing out new data overlay software since Dashware doesn't want to play nice with Win 11. This is using video and data from my 03252021 data logging.
 
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Old Apr 5, 2022 | 07:27 AM
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The first glance of the new gauge overlay is positive. It looks more refined than the Dashware overlay.

I look forward to the results in the coming days sir.

Link for reference: https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...hlight=Virtual
 
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Old Apr 7, 2022 | 04:15 PM
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Went for a shakedown with the new unison ring and the electronic actuator on the Turbonator. I had forgotten how much more responsive the electronic version is when it is working properly. Data logging to come once the roads are dry.
 
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