new daemon crashing at 166k, priority/exclusive node not helping
Sorry to hear that you are having issues. Sometimes restarting the daemon will resolve that issue. Sometimes it takes a few resets for it to actually take. If for some reason that does not work, you may have to delete the blockchain data and then download again.
redownloading blockchain and 20-30 restarts did not help, but i was able to sync without crash 5 hours later with first try