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    Fun Stuff (Statute of Limitations Has Run)

    Keyport was a bit like when I was in the actual military, rather than a civilian working on a military base. That is, it, often, was a bit like being paid to go to a circus. The stuff that was thrown away, so the shop could look good for the Admiral coming to do a walk through, would have made...
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    What new tools have you got lately?

    Here's another "buyer's-remorse-I'm-over-that-now" tool, an HSFTOOLS F2W thermal camera. I've wanted a thermal camera for years, but, well, cost. That said, I decided to bite the bullet and dropped the $300.00, after doing a lot of looking around. Now, I can look at our ceiling, in the 105...
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    Made a new tool

    In a related rabbit trail: My shop is 1,800 square feet. A fair size. Still, wall space is a much coveted thing, for storing and displaying often used tools and equipment (e.g., drills, hand held saws and sanders). Perhaps the most used tools in my shop are those tied to layout work...
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    Made a new tool

    Once in a while, or a lot, you need soft jawed clamps to hold work. I have a few Jorgensen clamps of varying sizes that, when I need them, are worth their weight in gold. Especially when cutting things on the metal or one of the two wood band saws. Something sparked the thought I needed more...
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    Fun Stuff (Statute of Limitations Has Run)

    GULP You mean, like all those who call themselves members of the IRS millionaire's club? They started out owing $250.00, but, within five years, and with added fines and penalties, were told they owed over a million. Sadly, more common than most know or would believe.
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    Pondering Oil Types [and bad government influence on OEM choices]

    What part, Grit? Thought it was pretty plain and clear.
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    Pondering Oil Types [and bad government influence on OEM choices]

    Sadly, "experts" aren't always that, and some who are miss critical details. For example: (1) Many GMC's were having a problem with engine knocking. It took some time before they figured out the problem was the Fram filters being used, They didn't allow enough oil flow. (2) Then there is that...
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    broken spark plug

    SNORT, Rick, your yellow crayon thing reminds me of when people see one of the unique walking sticks I make. They ask where I found the wood and I give some a BS story about wander the woods daily and for hours until I find just the right piece. In truth, they are just the product of a barrel...
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    Aftermarket A/C?

    Years ago, a buddy spent a pretty penny on a nice inverter to power the heater for his pressure washer. Tried to tell him it'd not be enough, but. . . . Frustrated, he gave it to me. Nice unit. Could run around 500 watt power tools off it and it would shut down, if it was taking your battery...
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    broken spark plug

    Stupid old farts have been known to heat things just enough to melt candle wax, then let it wick into the threads to get bolts out. They thought just because it works it was a good idea. ;)
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    Numerous Lighting Issues

    As someone who made his living in the electronics world of Navy boats and ships, I find myself wondering at that many are against fuses in the headlight circuit. I understand the concern about losing headlights, but have seen, first hand, what happens when shorts occur in major, unfused...
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    1978 C15 Short Bed Step Side Leaf Spring Question

    Thanks for the feed back all.
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    Fun Stuff (Statute of Limitations Has Run)

    About five decades back, I used to work for the Naval Torpedo Station at Keyport, Washington. My daily driver was my 69 C10 step side. It was, for all times relative, running a 250 six and a LeMan's 4 speed. A friendly U-Joint made it play well with my drive line. A few years in and the...
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    Show your daily driver

    Keeping it simple.
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    Any tricks to getting your SB doors to close easier?

    Yeah, well thanks anyway for forwarding this gold.
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    Dually Rims

    When I was putting tires and rims on my Twinkie Mobile (Hostess step-side van, which had split 15-1/2" rims and I was going to 16" standard rims), it boiled down to a couple things: (1) Wheel or hub centric. That is, did the rim center on the hub or via the lug nuts. The Twinkie Mobile was hub...
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    Any tricks to getting your SB doors to close easier?

    WFarm, you just became this week's hero for me. My new 78 was a slammer. Read this the other day, but didn't have time to get after it. Today, I looked in the overhead of the garage and was happy to see I still had about 20' of 1/2" PEX. Grabbed one of my PEX/PVC cutters, snipped pieces to...
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    Swapping out OEM distributor with HEI distributor

    Wish I'd known about the ability to adapt to a four speed. At one time, I dropped a GTO four speed behind the engine, but first was way to tall for the six. I swapped for a LeMans and it was perfect. Had the Sagina fit behind it, it would have been perfect, even if I had to suffer shortening the...
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    Need help identifying 12v wire for electric choke

    IMPORTANT, regarding using the BAT connection at the distributor: FIRST, many warn against using the distributor tap for power, citing that using the battery terminal of the distributor can starve it of power needed for a top performing engine. This makes sense in that it’s indicated the choke...
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    Swapping out OEM distributor with HEI distributor

    CountKrunk, I installed a Hurst floor shifter with a T handle. Since I do custom woodwork, part of the interior re-do included wrapping the shifter in wood. A flare at the top allowed me to install a rocker switch, so I could shift in and out of overdrive at the touch of a button, without taking...
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    Swapping out OEM distributor with HEI distributor

    After a lot of reading about ESD's, I thought it'd be interesting to ask Perplexity if I could add ESD to my 4.1/250 six cylinder Jimmy. This is the answer I got: CAN I ADD ELECTRONIC SPARK DISTRIBUTION [ESD] TO MY 4.1 (250) IN-LINE SIX CYLINDER ENGINE: The 4.1 GMC straight-six engine is a...
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    Planning my next next project...engine?

    So, Chris, your Pick-A-Part yards are just pawn shop wannbes. . . .;)
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    Planning my next next project...engine?

    On that $.99/gallon gas, I lived the days of $.26.00 gas ($.19 at stations playing the gas war games in Spokane). While those prices sound impressive, it should be remembered my dad was a State Highway foreman out of a little town called Brewster, Washington, and made about $800.00 a month...
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    Rag joint question

    I outgrew the tire thing years back. I put really nice looking deep dish rims for G60 tires on my 69 step side, forty or so years ago. They looked nice, but they ate wheel bearing about every six months (daily driver). One day, I was visiting family in Eastern Washington (I lived in Western...
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    Question on the Comparison of a New, Quality Rag Joint to U-joint Coupler

    A new question I haven't found a clear answer to, after reading a lot of posts across several sites: Would I see significant gain by going with a u-joint coupler instead of a good quality rag joint. Every post I read talks about a huge improvement after a coupler was replaced, BUT, except...

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