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purespikes:
Hi Oga Gazzuzz. my 2009 honda accord 2.4L, EX-L Sedan uses a K24Z3 engine. When i had to change the engine, it was replaced with K24Z2 type meant for LX series of the same model. i notice the car does run great as it should. Can i still use the engine or i have to change it? i've been using the car like that for over a year. it is not doing badly except that it doesn't run great. thanks

I have replaced this engine before and i made some search on the differences.

There are very little differences on cars with these engines. Z3 which comes with EX and EX-L has higher RPM, more hp, different ECU tunning and larger exhaust. The only physical difference is the VTEC sensor. The Z3 and Z2 have same mounts and oil routing holes but the sensor isnt the same. The sensor in Z3 has 4 sockets while Z2 has 2. It means that the Z3 has VTEC system on both intake and exhaust valve system and the Z2 has VTEC only on the intake valvr system.

Effectively, it means the only difference may be found in the cylinder head.

I want to believe the ECU of EX has one way of detecting a Z2 which is lack of the Exhaust VTEC. I want to believe that the check engine light will be illuminated permanently due to VTEC solenoid stuck on or off.

IdaraCHODB:
How can I reach you offline?

Thanks

(mymoniker)@yahoo.com

I watch every thing on JimJam and Disney Junior because i have nothing else to do but watch my child watchhis thing. I find myself singing the Bernie song too.

funmisticqueen:
There is this friend of mine, she's still a student, she has a steady boyfriend whom she loves but is broke, but there has been this persistent toaster on her case who is financially buoyant. My friend has not had a laptop and phone for quite a while cos hers was stolen a while ago, and these things are necessary to read with in her school. Her parents said they weren't getting any gadgets for her again cos the last laptop they bought was also stolen when raiders came to the reading rooms in her school. Her parents are also against her doing business in school as they think it would disrupt her studies?p.
She told this her steady boyfriend that she needs a phone and not an expensive one, i think she asked for a techno about five months ago, but her boyfriend kept telling her he would get with no show, he didn't give her a gift on valentine even though she got him one cos he forgot and didn't have money.
A month ago, her boyfriend moved to a new apartment. She feels he should be settled first before she reminds him about the phone.

Yesterday, she called me and told me that the persistent toaster just got her a phone. She doesn't know what type but he said he noticed she didnt have a phone and she wasnt on whatsapp. He said it was a gift for her with no strings attached.
Our question is this, should she collect the phone, even though she doesnt really like the guy? If she does and her boyfriend sees it should she say she got it from another guy? Wont it lead to issues in their relationship?
Would really appreciate your wise and helpful comments? No insults please?

My sister in law married a man she disliked. This man was fat and this girl is a very thin lepacious girl. At first sight you will think they are father and daughter. She didnt like him because it is a worst case scenerio of me and her sis. This guy is fatter than me and she more lepa than my wife. He is easily more than twice her weight.

All his advances were seen as an embarassment to her until he connived with her roomates and best friends to throw her the best birthday surprise she has ever had in her life. On top of that, he furnished her off-campus room with electronics and generator with a handsome amount as pocket money. The cuddly pictures she took was her approval and they got married soon after.

When a girl or woman starts recieving gifts from other men out of her relationship, there is no going back.

glossy6:
That should be a new school. it wasn't there during my time.

We were the second set i think.

glossy6:
Which primary school did you attend? I attended LEA 3 (St Paul) & my parents were there until around 1996 or thereabouts

I attended Kurmin-Bi Nursery and Pri school Zonkwa.

Daboomb:
Thanks for this your educative response.
I honestly did not know a lot of things you mentioned above, hence my initial lukewarm attitude towards it.
Like Egunmogaji pointed out, l do worry about exposing a Perimeter fence l share with others(or one that the next house has direct access to), to lethal force (even though armed robbers do not fall into my bucket of sympathy) but your explanation have cleared the air a lot.

And let me also ask: how is it possible that one may use this deterrent for one's personal home, as in let us assume l have a Maiguard, spiked gates and Dogs, e.t.c. But l dont have an electrified fence because l fear someone who is not a thief might try come-in unexpectedly ( I have encountered a useless Boy who climbed my fence from their won side of the wall, just to retrieve his junior brothers ball that came over the fence, instead of going round his own gate, press the bell on my gate and then allowed inside officially! If my fence was elelctrified at that point, l fear for his health I wonder if you have razor wire on your fence, whether he climbed the fence with a razor wire installed. If he was that stupid, then i guess electric fence would not deter him which in my opinion you would not be responsible. Some children can be that dumb. My children and some neighbours children were playing outside my house 2 days ago while my car was parked outside. A boy playing removed my front Honda Logo but instead of coming to apologise or keep it some where i can find it, he threw it over the fence of an abandoned building full of grasses. It took an hour to find it after my 3 year old boy was wise enough to come and report to me. I reported the boy's behaviour to his mum who gave him the beating of his life, i had to intervene. At that point we had not seen the logo yet. Installing a lethal deterrant and placing a warning is enough to absolve you of negligence in the event the system hurts someone who had no ill motive. though l was not amused with such silly behaviour.) and get shocked.
Let us also assume that the assailant has breached all those layers of deterrent and what remains now is for him to breach the personal entrance to my living space (Living room, kitchens, bedrooms, ....the innermost layer of my house that needs protection!)

Is it possible, and How can the doors/windows to such "personal space be energetically electrified" (if it can be done) so that the assailant has no excuse at that point, to say l did not come to burgle or cause harm because l would expect you to use my Door Bell, if you came visiting without notice, at the door to my living room?

I am looking at a situation where l can reserve such level of protection, as a last resort or last line of defence?
Can you shed light on possible ways of achieving this.
Once again, than you for your 'eye opener' explanations.

The electric fence system is only designed for fencing with or without a fence wall. The live fence wire must not make contact to anything so wouldnt work on a window burglary installed directly to a wall. I did an installation one time, i didnt get necessary result so i went on a walk test, i found a point where the wire made a little contact to the wall. As little as that contact is, it caused a problem and will cause more in form of false alarm during rains. At that point, a spark similar to that of spark plug is visible with each pulse of the energizer. The wall itself would act as earth leak which the energizer will treat as a live bridge. There are other add ons to the electrified system that can serve as an intruder alarm trigger but not as a deterrant. Example is the gate contact where you can have a time limit which your gate can remain open. The system triggers alarm after the preset time is exceeded. There is also the infrared door trigger which can also be used on a window. A motion sensor can also be included.

@Egunmogaji: I suppose my question also falls in-line with your line of thought?

The thread below might make interesting reading!

https://www.nairaland.com/2887149/photo-despite-electric-gate-fence#42282744

https://www.nairaland.com/1926415/suspected-diesel-thief-dies-electric#26737573

You are liable only to the requirement of puting a warning sign every 10meters and every change in direction of your electrified fence. It is also safer that the fence be a least 2metres in height. As a gesture, you can have a regime of turning on the energizer only during odd hours or when no one is home.

Of course, no deterrant system is unbeatable. Electrified fence gives you more fence line protection than any other i know. It also alerts you and neighnours of a breach and with a GSM dailer device, it can automatically alert security services of a breach to your home.

Lastly, i guess you want to avoid problems with neighbours in the event someone from their side gets hurt. In my opinion, no neighbour can legally object to you installing this system unless he built that part of the wall which you must seek his understanding else you build your wall parallel to his and do what you like. They should educate their family members on the system for their own safety same way you would with a vicious dog.

In general, there are several add-on devices that can boost the level of security. One cannot overlook personal safety for fear of hurting someone who clearly is beyond his limits. Accidents do happen, it is not intended.

MODIFIED
Let me add by saying that an electrified fence in comparison to other devices that deliver shock is a non lethal system.

Most security energizers deliver 10,000volts or less while a car spark plug will deliver up to 50,000volts and a taser or stun gun delivers 50,000 to 300,000volts. A defibrillator uses 300-1000volts directed to the heart.

This means that a taser is a worst case scenerio of the electric fence, meaning if a human can take 300,000 and survive, certaily electric fence is far from lethal. However, the resultant lethal effect of the electric fence is that its at a height usually above 1.5m from the ground. A human is more likely to fall uncontrollably than get killed by the shock itself. From this height, anything can happen leading to death or other serious injury.

A 330kv (330,000volts) transmission line which is the highest in Nigeria is more likely to fry you dead because of the high current and the lack of pulse. Voltage doesnt kill but current kills.

hollah123:
are u married? if ur answer is no,u can't understand. though am not saying all those points are right but married fellas will relate with many of those points. in marriage there will b a time everything won't b about I love u again, that's when reality sets in. aside that what if u have issues breakup/divorce?will she not use something's against u. person wey dey cry still dey c road my brother

Exactly what i was going to say.

erico2k2:
Guy U be confirmed oley I swear ;Dit took me almost 5 times of looking at the pic I snap for me to see the reflection on the car . U dey spot for ship

I checked the pictures twice before i saw it. After i burst out laughing my wife had to ask me if am ok.

Daboomb:
If the Robber notices that 'NEPA' have taken power and say by 1pm, your Generator went off, what do you think will be going on through the Robbers mind?
Would the Robbers not be shouting "Alleluyah, God don catch am" or does the energizer not need constant Power supply to work?
I am just wondering becos that is what put me off the Elelctric fence route: I cannot ensure that Generator will be on 24/7 or go and refuel it in the middle of Night, if it goes off.
I hear sef that some Robbers along Ikorodu. they wear insultaor Boots and hand Gloves like say dem dey work for Nepa office!

The standard energizer comes inbuilt with a 7.5ah 12v battery and charger that can last 48hrs or more giving very serious shock of between 4000-10,000v. It has settings of low voltage and high voltage. When your are away from the house you can set it to low voltage and it can last far more thag 48hrs without charging. Besides, there is a solar panel add in. You can have peace of mind that only your gate can be broken.

It also comes with a siren and strobe light alarm, that will sound and display when it shocks someone, fence wire is cut or two wires bridge themselves.

You set up and forget about it unless you dont have power for 2 days or more.

The fact that its on or off at times doesnot matter and system remains a very serious deterrent to intuders cause they never know when your battery is dead.

The shock itself is not fatal but paralysing because it comes in a pulse lasting for less than a second. If it were continues, it will kill. The powerful jolt will cause muscle cramp so an intruder cannot hold on for the next pulse, he would have let go off the wire and fallen from being paralysed for some time. The jolt is enough to send a human flying from top of the fence to the ground.

Also, it is better to install a top or bottom bent fence bracket. The bend should be outwards. This ensures that even if you wear protection, it is difficult for a robber to navigate himself or stand on top of the fence without tampering with the fence bracket.

Say you install a 10 line bottom bent bracket, the intruder must be protected to his head and still may not be able to cross.

mufutau55:
You are right Boss. I have a contractor who charges me 150-160k for the whole job but will not disclose to me which type of wires he will use or how full the wires will be... So I decided to do it on my own. At least I know the quality of the materials and the closeness of the wires.

So you bought the wires from ebay and have it shipped to Naija?

Hajji M.

Why didnt you opt for electrified fence which is far safer than this thing robbers never see as challenge. Cost difference is not much. 200k would have done it just like you handled this one.

Some ppl install electric fence with no energizer and robbers still get goose pimples on mere thought of getting a shock.

If you have energizer, they never know when its on or off, this idea keeps every body off the fence unless the robber is a pole jumper in which case he may not walk away from the raid.

CuriousX:
Hello bro what do i do to get device bonus? I just bought a new phone and i want the 100% bonus on every recharge

You just have to plug in your sim, subscribe data and see. Its 100% data bonus for 6 months on any new 3g/4g phone that has never been used on MTN.

My last Tecno was free 100mb every month but i must have loaded atleast 1k in the past month to be eligible.

I bought this phone (Infinix) a month used but maybe the previous owner didnt use mtn. If he did, my sim might have not been eligible.

begwong:
Ginger business is now booming in southern kaduna, with investors /interested buyers coming directly for purchase/farming.
It is called "alert'' because of the speed to which it is required and purchased swiftly.

It is vey good to see all that happening. However, the real profiteers are the Hausa Alhaji's from Kano and lately Kafanchan.

They buy ginger and store in warehouses, employ local women to cut, process and bag the ginger to the exporter's specifications before selling in a whole truck load quantity. They go away with maximum profits because most times, the foreign importers come and buy directly at warehouses, pay export agents to export products to their countries.

Initially, the ginger market was in Kano. The interested importers had no idea where the ginger was actually sourced and where paying more which included transportation and cost of processing in Kano. With time, in a bid to get it cheaper, the processing was done in Kafanchan using local women but foreign importers had to inspect the product. They were brought to Kafanchan and before you know, they came on their own to Kafanchan asking for the product. Alhaji's in Kafanchan with requisite capital took up the request and voila.......!

Thats how the Kano market is moving gradually to the source which is southern Kaduna. The next best thing is turmeric. Infact, i got several truck load request for turmeric last year but lack of capital and warehouse facility made me give the business up.

It is not easy processing (i give it up to those women) ginger in a residential area and will put you at logger heads with neighbours but the Hausa are more tolerant to their neighbours business. Driving past processing locations, you have to wind up windows or next thing you are coughing your lungs out and your nose running like Matsirga water falls!

MrChilaka:
What other 'black' spot can you both see on this white A4?



God bless your hustle Madam...and may the Ginger continue to remain so so pepperish so that Cattles will just waka pass

You are sharing information so freely, information that most Ginger farmers have kept so so close to their heart. Same way the Recycling Cabals (Pet Bottle, Scarp Metal, etc) keep the juicy details on INTK (I-Need-To-Know) levels

Bless You Ma and enjoy your bountiful harvest.

I went to a house and was shocked because they collect and keep all the pure sachets they use in the house and sell it.

It looks like the Nigerian economy is finally begining to diversify.

It gladens my heart to see the level of cash crop farming in Southern Kaduna.

There is this empty plot of land opposite my house, the owner has not been able to develop it for years, instead of lying fallow, a neighbouring widow sought the permission of the owner to cultivate the land for years. Suddenly, the ginger craze that engulfed southern kaduna last year, the son to the owner came from nowhere after the widow had cleared and cultivated the land at the beginning of farming season last year. During cultivation, she found a writing on all the perimeter fence walls that read, "DONOT FARM ON THIS LAND". We as neighbours asked he to disregard the warning as the owner of the land knows her house and he could have walked to her and tell her same words and she will not proceed. The guy came to plant ginger on the same day with the woman.

Neighbours had to intervene, we told him he should have had the courtesy to tell her who he was first. She had no idea and before labouring to cultivate the land he should have found out from his father who cultivates the land to express his intentions.

Anyways, she won last year but he took over the plot farm this year. It is very good to see young men returning to farms for ginger. Alot of young boys and girls have taken to farming ginger. I asked myself where was the boy for the years she has been farming there but suddenly has interest in farming ginger.

glossy6:
I was still in Zonkwa up to 1984

Thats about the time my parents moved there and left 1991. I did my entire primary education in Zonkwa, as my father worked there and mother in Fadan Kaje.

khaleesi:
Yes it becomes soft when moving but if I have to slow down and make a turn or reverse, it becomes stiff.

Also check if your car has power steering oil pressure switch. I believe it should have.

Your engine idle speed might be too low and the pressure switch disconnected. A scan may show a relating code.

ayusco85:
Sk u mean saminaka?

SK - Southern Kaduna

Henesi2010:
Na the latest crude oil for southern Kaduna people......

Because of the incessant Fulani attacks cash crops like ginger and beans have taken over our farmlands in place of maize and guinea corn which provide a canopy for Fulani and criminal elements to torment us especially in back yard farms.

Come and see ginger in sk this year. Another hot cash crop is turmeric.

Alanzazani:
How long does ginger take from planting to harvest? Can it be cultivated more than once in a year. After harvest are there buyers for the fresh ginger or it must be split and dried

Some people leave if for 2 or more seasons doubling your yield, that makes it perennial.

Agathabishen:
fadan kaje, zangon kataf local government of Kaduna state

Did some considerable part of my childhood in Fadan Kaje during the 80's. Ashego madam.

Is that all? What about prices and more details like size, in the case of the door, frame type, lockset, hinge, wood or steel etc

What about your location and delivery.

Looks like disaster waiting to happen.

Massive synchronisation challenge.

ELShehzad:
price is with frame, steel frame and Architrave

The doors you said are wooden and steel frames but i dont understand how the architrave fits onto a steel frame. The architrave should be wood too but since the frame is steel, how does it work.

Its best you assemble a complete door in your store and share pics. Better still share pictures of accessories.

I personally dont like steel interior doors or steel frames.

Below are doors with architrave

itsRhamzy:
pls shed more light on this plan of yours.. 500 for two weeks? And how much data?

MTN weekly 750mb for N500. I get device 750mb bonus that puts the total to 1.5gb for N500. By every month end i use 6gb spending N2000.

Since i bought my current phone, i get 100% bonus on every data purchase. If i buy 1.5gb for 1k i get 3gb. Also when buying the data, i use vtu from my bank to get 50mb so i get 1550mb weekly.

My MTN weekly N500 budget

revolt:
please who worked on yours and where. Mine is killing me. 2006 DC, 1 loader. The car isn't even up to a year

In Kaduna. I really cannot identify exactly the part to be soldered for the 1 loader but for the 6 loader, the picture is the one i uploaded. I got tired with mine till i was lucky to get a new board.

Truthinlife:
Hello Hajj and everyone,
We just bought the PVC for ceiling but the carpenter is giving a price I believe is out of reach for 4 bedroom ensuite and little walk way. Is 150,000 not too much to install the PVC?. What should be a reasonable amount to pay.

Whenever you want to negotiate a construction job using skilled and unskilled labour use the standard daily pay for skilled and un skilled labour times the estimated number of days it will take them to finish.

2 lazy carpenters must finish a room in a day. Fast and experienced ones will do 1 room each with an unskilled labour. Range of pay for a skilled labour is 2.5-4k. I estimate 8 days max. 2.5k for 2 carpenters is 5k times 8days 40k or 4k for 2 carpenterd is 8k times 8days is 64k.

Your range is 40-64k. Can be even less pairing skilled and unskilled.

ednited:
I agree with you as a juniour architect. Here is the problem, a quality of an architect is bringing something unique with a purpose. And it better be something new, since creativity is more encouraged. Then the Civil Engineer will have a hard time making this happen in reality.

'Architect's dream is civil engineer's night mare'

Architects must make sure it can be made in reality and Civil Engineers must not change their mind cuz it's difficult. Because every little thing an Architect placed have a reason

As far as am concerned, the Civil engineer's job is harder mainly because the Architect demands a innovative job and at the same time not willing to compromise.

As a Civil engineer, i walk away from any project that the Architect demands more than i have been paid or is asking for a design that needs innovation but is not willing to compromise his design.

During my designs, i have had cause to call the architect to make certain recommended adjustments on his floor plan to achieve or avoid certains problems.

An Architect cannot engage me and force me to do his bid. When the building collapses, the architect is never mentioned. Its the engineer that takes more responsibility of failure. Architects are only reponsible to their clients only so never consider or care less for the responsibility of the engineer. The engineer in designing is thinking of lifes and his career while the architect only thinks of a landmark or his clients needs.

When a profeessional refuses a job they usually take it to a quack who will do it according to their desire (in Abj its called Jagwal). You wont believe it but your design is directly proportional to how much you are willing to spend. Say a job is worth 500k, if you pay 50k for same job be rest assured its a jagwal design. In some cases, the money is not a problem but the mental and intellectual burden of finding a solution to a difficult design.

Designing Burg al Arab was a big challenge that several design firms turned down probably not because the fee was small but the final designer had to move considerable resources from all his operations to face this one for a long period. Not everyone is willing to do that. My former employers left Nigeria rejecting a Mobil contract to consolidate their resources on other countries that their governments gave more support. They left Nigeria even when our government still owes them in millions. This is something Nigerian firms will never do.

A trip to the sun is an engineering feat, currently impossible. It does not mean we will not get there someday by someones innovation.

Am interest but i didnt see frames. Is it just the door leaf for that price or with frame? What kind of frame, galvanised steel or wooden, architrave or not?

bisi16:
Hello Honda gurus in d house.

I drive a 2001 civic. Noticed my check engine light so I scanned it. The scan result came up with p1457 (solenoid valve).

I've checked on d Internet but it's still not clear to me. Anyone know what this is and d likely cost.


Many thanks in advance everyone.

Lock your fuel cap very well, clear the code and see if it comes back.

Fucktensei:
I swear to God, you're a very dumb mad man! Am from Delta state and what you wrote is absolute NONSENSE!

Foresight brother. Thats what the north is good at.