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Re: Lots of TC Owners Use Honda Generators
Latest news: I called Honda Customer Relations Department. Parts are on backorder. Next shipment is 2-3 weeks out. And the Honda representative said a servicing dealer can order as many parts as they may require which contradicts the information I got from Glen Burnie Motorsports in MD. Glad I did not leave the genny there.501Views0likes0CommentsRe: Lots of TC Owners Use Honda Generators
Today I stopped in to the large Honda dealer to verify that my NEW 2200i was in fact one of the recalled units. I did get the Honda letter and it says to have it checked by a servicing dealer. The service dept said they have to take it apart to actually check the shutoff valve. I asked if they had the new valve and if not I would keep using the unit until the part arrived. Then we got into the nasty details. - If they take it apart and verify it needs to be fixed, they won’t give back the generator as it is recalled for a safety hazard. - They already have owners units in the shop waiting for parts. - They have no real idea when parts will be shipped. - Honda will ship a new part when ordered for a specific recalled unit which means I can’t just take the unit in when parts arrive. - It was not comforting to find out that they often have to fix new shipments of motorcycles etc before they can be sold. If anyone has had better service please let us know.501Views0likes0CommentsRe: Lots of TC Owners Use Honda Generators
Grit dog wrote: The new 2200s have a fuel shutoff valve? That's cool. Never had an issue with the 2000s needing a shutoff but, nice feature. It’s a two position fuel shutoff. Turn to 1 to shut off fuel and let engine continue to run until carb is empty then turn to position 2 to “shutoff” engine.502Views0likes0CommentsRe: What gps do you use?
I use CoPilot on iPad and iPhone. Google Maps on iPhone for local running around. Eastern US, Canada and France maps resident on both devices, no cell service required except for app & map updates and active traffic option. My iPad does not have cell but it can connect to internet via Bluetooth to the cell phone if needed. GPS receiver is a BadElf. https://bad-elf.com/ The same setup is used with marine charts for the boat.585Views0likes0CommentsRe: Be careful how you use GPS
pnichols wrote: The "errors" in the GPS system probably result primarily from the accuracy of the maps used, the interpretation of those maps, and the keeping-current of those maps as used by the GPS system ... more so than accuracy variations in the GPS system's determinaton of where the user is located. It's very complex what the GPS system is intended to provide, and I can only imagine the work required to make it, and keep it, accurate. It is what it is at any given time and location, so as is usual with so many tools - it's user beware. I once was using a GPS mapping system that provided the ability to adjust the "Snap To" distance. The maps are always improving but the vehicle sticks to the road even if the actual position is calculated to be beside the road. The displayed position snaps to the road. By tinkering with this value I could be driving close to many roads. There is a road in Newfoundland that the vehicle position is yards from the displayed road. It is the map that is off and the actual position is beyond the Snap To setting or design limit of the software. It will be on my list next trip to check again to see if the map has been moved to the actual road position.485Views0likes0CommentsRe: Be careful how you use GPS
MrWizard wrote: GPS device picks up three different satellites, and triangulate your position coordinates, then gets the map info that matches that data Please explain how magnetic shift changes the orbital position of those satellites Also for cellular devices, how would magnetic shift change the position of the cell towers It has to do with direction. When you are in a parking lot and set a point in Google Maps, you have to start moving to have the map arrow point in the right direction. If you have two GPS receivers that talk to each other, one can derive the direction to which you are pointing (heading) while maintaining a fixed position. When on water patrols on the boat using GPS and marine charting software, the arrow just spins around when you stop in one spot in a one Receiver system. On a ship, dynamic positioning relies on multiple GPS receivers. Try this with your iPhone. Turn off in Privacy the setting for System Services / Compass Calibration. Go into Google Maps and let the Cell Tower triangulation put you on the map. Now turn around in one spot. In my I7, Google Maps does not show which direction I am facing. Go back to Privacy /Location Services / System Services and enable Compass Calibration. Now Google Maps shows me the direction to which i am pointing the iPhone and turns when I do. The compass has assisted the cell triangulation to determine direction. I don't have access to other cell brands. When one is moving on land or water, the GPS receiver is updating on some built in frequency, like 2 seconds or less frequent. My BadElf receiver is settable for how often I want it to update the triangulation calculation. This governs how frequent the map position is updated and how much detail goes into curves. Cell service is not available everywhere which is why I use a separate GPS receiver with maps and charts that are resident on the iPhone or iPad. I don't have builtin GPS in the vehicles. The chart plotter in the boat just slowly and randomly spins when completely stopped as it loses the ability the calculate a pointing direction for a fixed position with only one receiver and is not integrated into a compass. So, a GPS system can operate without a compass. A compass can give you a heading but not position without lots of calculations of multiple directions. A phone with GPS receiver and/or cell triangulation plus compass can give you all sorts of info. A GPS derived position and compass heading can get you out of the woods with no cell service. Anything that takes down cell service leaves you dependent on a GPS receiver and map plotting. Is a compass and a magnetic point on the earth a system of last resort to find your way out of the wrong turn if the satellites are quiet ? And of course all of the above could be hooey.486Views0likes0CommentsRe: Switch to 19.5" wheels & tires
dadwolf2 wrote: I bought Rickson wheels with mounted tires about 3 years ago. Hopefully they've been able to improve their production capability. Took 6 months to deliver which I would've been alright with if they had been honest with me but the head guy at Rickson kept lying to me and stringing me along. Because of his outright lies I'll say to purchase at your own risk. Buzzcut and I were trying to get Rickson wheels at ~ the same time. We will back each other up regarding the Rickson lies. Once they finally arrived the wheels and tires with their outstanding balancing have been great. I ordered mine 3rd week of May for August end delivery. Left for my Canada trip on Rickson wheels first of Sept.579Views0likes0CommentsRe: Switch to 19.5" wheels & tires
mbloof wrote: - Lastly, the Toyo M608z's are not quiet and "sing" while on the highway. (noticeably louder than the stock tires they replaced) - Mark0. The Continental Hybrids sing also, especially on wet roads. It sounds just like the big guys. It reminds me that we are riding on unstressed tires383Views0likes0CommentsRe: Switch to 19.5" wheels & tires
JimK-NY wrote: I went 110k miles on the OEM tires on my Izuzu trooper and 95k on my CRV until the tires reached the wear indicators. Neither ever had a rotation. The cost of tire rotations every 6k miles would have about covered the cost of new tires. Excellent mileage on your tires! My explorers ran in those ranges also, all easy highway miles. The two jeeps with their knubby mud n snow tires running in back country roads were very hard on the softer rubber but did stick well to the road. And alignment tweaks on them were limited. Fortunately my tire rotations are free. Way up north we used chains in the winter. They could induce some interesting wear patterns but were good for running on ice.383Views0likes0Comments
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