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Posted: 6/10/15
The '82 tub I had been using is ruined, but I'm going to experiment on it before scrapping it. So I... | 
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Posted: 7/13/15
Pretty straight. A few minutes ago, it was rubbing the front shock mount. | 
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Posted: 9/5/15
Unlike last time, I got to borrow a lift for a few hours to do the clutch today. | 
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Posted: 9/5/15
Getting here was SO much quicker working in a shop on a lift with air tools. But it was still death... | 
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Posted: 9/5/15
Getting here was SO much quicker working in a shop on a lift with air tools, instead of in the drive... |
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Posted: 9/5/15
Well, THERE'S your clutch! (...and a noticeable amount of the flywheel face.)
The solvent tank now ... | 
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Posted: 9/5/15
Not great, but not horrible. | 
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Posted: 9/5/15
The mirror-smooth worn area is close to 1/32" deep. I didn't have it resurfaced 10 years ago, ... | 
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Posted: 9/5/15
While it was apart & waiting for the machinist to resurface the flywheel, I cleaned up inside the be... | 
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Posted: 9/5/15
This was resurfaced on a brake lathe. There were 2 passes with the cutter because the wear was so d... |
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Posted: 9/5/15
The factory weld between the upper (rear) tube and the HEGO bung cracked all the way around.
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Posted: 9/9/15
Yesterday, I had to haul off some excess material from the Nissan dealership: 1100 lbs of sand. Thi... | 
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Posted: 11/25/15
I think I got all the good (plus some) out of the original '95 HEGO. It was still working, but it h... | 
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Posted: 6/28/16
'94-96 F150 & Bronco HFC134a System
Not shown: hood latch support, condenser flaps, evaporator heat... | 
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Posted: 7/31/16
Greg has been whining about this tree near his shed for a few years, so he was trying to pull it dow... |
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Posted: 7/31/16
It got really slimy when the rain passed over, so I had to do everything by winch. But it's coming ... | 
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Posted: 7/31/16
This sickly tree is in my way, so I've already cut most of it off. But I left enough to get the roo... | 
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Posted: 7/31/16
A few bumps got it leaning over enough to... | 
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Posted: 7/31/16
...break the tap root. After this, it popped out easily with a chain on the draw bar. | 
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Posted: 7/31/16
I hate when that happens. The brand new radiator came with a brand new POS rubber cap for the throt... |
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Posted: 11/17/16
A friend stuck his tractor bushhogging his way up a creek bank. He was to the side of the culvert, ... | 
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Posted: 11/17/16
Another load on the grille guard. | 
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Posted: 11/17/16
I wonder why it suddenly ran like tee-total $#! ...
I cleaned up the coil, and limped it around for... | 
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Posted: 4/30/17
Testing the (cheapo chinese retrofitted) winch remote range - it worked even beyond this. So for $12... | 
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Posted: 4/30/17
After cutting down a double oak that the gas company killed near my new house, I loaded the logs ont... |
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Posted: 4/30/17
After a couple of hours winching logs onto the trailer at high idle (to keep the alternator charging... | 
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Posted: 8/10/17
Well, THERE'S your problem! | 
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Posted: 8/10/17
Well, that's probably not good, either... | 
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Posted: 8/10/17
Rather than continue to burn up relays, I decided to just put a new clutch on. But it took about a ... | 
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Posted: 8/10/17
I had to make a quick run to Nashville to pick up a junkyard Toyota axle one Saturday, but the truck... |
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Posted: 8/10/17
There has been oil dripping off the rear diff, and I thought it was blowing back from the engine, tr... | 
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Posted: 8/10/17
I had heard some clanking for a few thousand miles, and it turns out the passenger radius arm bushin... | 
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Posted: 8/10/17
I've had a complete charged A/C system lying around for a few years, so while the truck was in the s... | 
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Posted: 8/10/17
Although I never wash the outside, I try to keep the engine & underside clean. But it had been a co... | 
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Posted: 8/10/17
It was overdue for tires, and I got these 5 [url=https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=C... |
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Posted: 8/10/17
After all that maintenance & repair, it's right back to work. | 
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Posted: 8/2/18
Too much noise from the old rubber bushings, so I put in some black Energy poly ([url=https://www.am... | 
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Posted: 8/2/18
The shifter retainer has been broken for over 8 months, so I picked up a new replacement locally (~$... | 
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Posted: 1/23/19
Eventually, I got 33 gallons for $29. | 
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Posted: 3/5/19
Even dead for a year & a half, and cut off 4 feet above ground (for the leverage), this stump still ... |
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Posted: 7/9/19
I had to borrow a friend's Ram 3500 to rent this (they said they wouldn't let me tow it with a 1/2-t... | 
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Posted: 7/11/20
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Posted: 7/11/20
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Posted: 7/11/20
I haven't permanently routed the dash cam wire because I'm not sure this is the camera I'll keep in ... | 
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Posted: 12/15/21
Some trees got in my way, but not for long. |
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Posted: 12/15/21
I knocked a fairly-substantial tree down with the bumper, and then tried to drive over it to break i... | | | | |
My Bronco, Mk.3