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posted by janrinok on Saturday February 03 2018, @05:40AM   Printer-friendly
from the you-don't-own-anything-anymore dept.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8JCh0owT4w

When it comes to repair, farmers have always been self reliant. But the modernization of tractors and other farm equipment over the past few decades has left most farmers in the dust thanks to diagnostic software that large manufacturers hold a monopoly over.

Farmers using Eastern European cracking software for their tractors, and MS, Apple, etc. want to stop them.

Related: Right to Repair


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  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday February 03 2018, @12:17PM (3 children)

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Saturday February 03 2018, @12:17PM (#632495) Homepage Journal

    See, I would have gone with either a VW Bug or a new Toyota. The former is hands down the easiest car on the planet to work on (one stout guy or two average guys can pull the engine by hand), while the latter won't need any significant work for several hundred thousand miles if you take care of it.

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  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by anubi on Saturday February 03 2018, @12:35PM (2 children)

    by anubi (2828) on Saturday February 03 2018, @12:35PM (#632500) Journal

    Both are nice cars!

    I really wanted something bigger.

    And compatible with California law.

    I have a Toyota... been with me for 40 years. If it wasn't for California smog laws as far as modifying the engine, I would pull the 2TC head ( carburetor ) and go to fuel injection ( Megasquirt ). These new ethanol fuel mixtures are playing hell with some diaphragms in the old carburetor. I run rich as hell when those diaphragms harden and split, and you can smell me coming a mile away.

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    • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 03 2018, @03:50PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 03 2018, @03:50PM (#632553)

      If your Toyota is 40 years old, you can put any mod you want under the hood.

      "Currently, smog inspections are required for all vehicles except diesel powered vehicles 1997 year model and older or with a Gross Vehicle Weight (GVWR) of more than 14,000 lbs, electric, natural gas powered vehicles over 14,000 lbs, motorcycles, trailers, or gasoline powered vehicles 1975 and older."

      • (Score: 1) by anubi on Sunday February 04 2018, @01:50PM

        by anubi (2828) on Sunday February 04 2018, @01:50PM (#632913) Journal

        Yeh, unfortunately for me, the toyota is a 1977, and 1974 is the cutoff date... I am three years too young.

        However, the diesel I just bought is 1994, which does fit in under California law.

        I would swap my 1977 for a 1974 in a heartbeat so I could keep it under the law. I don't know if I am going to stay in California, now that I am retired, and the van is quite capable of towing it to where it may be legal to drive. It is fundamentally a sturdy little car, but I would like to swap the engine out to an open-source fuel injector... like a megasquirt.

        I still have a few odds and ends for a business I want to launch, and when I get the designs all debugged and running, I will have to decide how I am going to build these things.... and the middle of nowhere is looking better and better, as I know exactly what's gotta be done and I really do not need a "highly trained workforce".... I'll train 'em myself.

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