u/cor1912

2020 xc40 petrol, and the dreaded turtle started to appear yesterday during a return trip 100 miles away. Glad to have reached home!

Occurs when accelerating up to reach speeds, and often when hitting 70mph. No noticeable difference in feel aside from one occasion when accelerating uphill dropped.

Displays the turtle first, then check engine light, then disappears and logs it. Then repeats upon next push in speed.

I tried to run an OBD scan when parked and with the engine still running, but it shows no codes. Messages in the car disappear after restart.

- Any ideas what could be the issue? It’s Sunday today, so I’ll call the mechanics tomorrow, but I am concerned they won’t be able to show any codes seeing as the message disappears after restart.

Thanks in advance!

Just picked up my first AR and am excited to hit the range!

Is there any adverse affect or long term damage caused by repeatedly charging the rifle by pinching the handle on one side? I imagine the pull back may not be totally straight every time.

I use to do this on my semi .22 AR until it snapped, but that handle was plastic.

I’m in the U.K., and my centre fire AR is straight pull, so it would be after every shot. (I have no gas tube!)

- How tight can a patched ball be to safely shoot?

I have a .451 rifled musket which i use a patched .440 ball in. It shoots beautifully and loads fine.

I just picked up a .45 flintlock pistol and had hoped to use the same patched ball combo, but it’s way tighter. I haven’t taken it to the range yet, but I could probably use the ball starter to get it down (don’t want to try without powder to shoot it, else have it getting stuck).

- Is there any risk or tightness level I shouldn’t exceed? I’ve seen some people online use mallets to get a ball down.

I was initially concerned about inducing a squib scenario, but surely the lead and patch will blow out long before the barrel (or touch hole) does?

The .440 ball itself drops in just fine, but any patching material I’ve tried so far is way tighter than how the .451 rifle feels. I could get some smaller balls, but have stockpiled a shed load of .440 so would love to use those.

Many thanks in advance

I’m trying to remove the a2 finger bump pistol grip to complete an A1 build, but this screw is not turning at all!

I’ve tried letting it sit in Ballistol and applied a soldering iron on the screw head for a few minutes, but it just won’t budge.

Any other ideas I can try?