Strav's blog

Fresh Air Box
Late model fresh air box fan R&R
Cold air from vents
Front heater: new foam on flaps - result excellent
Fresh Air Parts
Question on Super Beetle fresh air fan
Fresh Air Fan Electric Motor - Video
1972 VW Super Beetle Fresh Air Box - Vimeo
1972 VW Super Beetle Fresh Air Fan Electric Motor - Vimeo
Cylindrical Vibration Isolator
1972 Super Beetle restore...Fresh Air Box Help!?
Fresh Air Box Vibration Isolator Mounts (pics)

Rear Defroster
Rear Defroster wiring path
Rear Defroster on 1975 Bug
Frost Fighter Repair Resources
rear defrost switch

Jacking Points
72 Super Beetle Jacking points
Jacking points
Jacks and Jack Stand
73 Super Where to put jack stands on the front end

Fuses
1972 Beetle fuse box problem

Rear Wheel Bearings
Beetle IRS Rear Bearing Replacement (E27)
VW Beetle Rear IRS Bearings - Quite a job!!
VW BEETLE REAR BEARINGS AND SEALS - HOW TO REPLACE VW REAR WHEEL BEARINGS

Dual Carburetors
Official Dual Carburetor How To Thread

Body Removal
SUPER BEETLE BODY REMOVAL - 1971 Volkswagen Beetle - HOW TO REMOVE BODY IN 20 NOT SO EASY MINUTES
Body Removal Gripes - 72 Super Beetle - FAST TRACK RESTORATION - 02

Body Work
Repairing a Drip Rail on a Classic VW Bug

Paint
Spray painting a vw beetle at home // Milly bug part 9

General Information
Rob and Dave's Aircooled Volkswagen Pages

Tesla seats are vegan leather and can be damaged by normal leather cleaner.  Here is the formula for mixing a cleaner which is safe to use:

1/2 Cup Distilled Water
1/2 Tbsp Castile Liquid Soap

The Official Way To Clean White Tesla Seats

Chamberlain/Liftmaster locked down their unofficial API so the integration to Home Assistant broke.  ratgdo offers an Arduino based solution that offers local control and will work regardless of what Chamberlain does with their API's.

Github
FAQ & Troubleshooting
ratgdo Firmware
Releases (for my hardware version)

Info about the Reolink Video Doorbell
New Reolink Wired POE Doorbell Cam

Linking to mechanical chime
Reolink Video Doorbell with Standard Electro/Mechanical Chime Guide
Modify Reolink Doorbell to keep original chime box
ReoLink Doorbell; Original House Chimebox RESTORED! [pics, vid, code]
Example Picture
Interface Two Channel Relay Module with Arduino

433 MHz Info
Complete Guide for RF 433MHz Transmitter/Receiver Module With Arduino

Proxmox is a free, open source server virtualization platform.  I've seen a lot about it as of late so decided to try it out.  Here are a number of resources about it.

Initial Setup
My Proxmox Basic Initial Setup
Proxmox VE Helper-Scripts
Passthrough Physical Disk to Virtual Machine (VM)

MacOS VM's
Running a MacOS Monterey VM in ProxMox VE
Running a MacOS Ventura VM in ProxMox VE
Running a MacOS 14 Sonoma VM in ProxMox VE
Is it possible to boot Monterey in safe mode with OpenCore?
Is it possible to edit boot args before boot in OpenCore similarly to clover?
How to Mount EFI Partition on macOS
Updating OpenCore and macOS #Updating OpenCore
How to Download/Create macOS Sonoma ISO for VMware or VirtualBox?

Misc
VM stuck in boot loop, can't shut down.
Backup and Restore
VM Templates and Clones
VNC Client Access
Got tired with noVNC, switched to VNCViewer, SO MUCH BETTER!
USB Devices in Virtual Machines