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[โ€“] mracton@piefed.social 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I guess my plan to run my car into the ground should be updated to keep my car going until I leave this mortal coil. /hj

[โ€“] bluGill@fedia.io 1 points 7 hours ago

That is unfortunately expensive as time goes on. Parts have a markup, even third party. Unless there are a lot of others maintaining the same model parts will go out of production. You beet buy a lathe and milling machine.