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    Defroster without AC

    Yeah, AC, wing vent, same thing on these years, right?
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    Defroster without AC

    Look on the bright side: Without AC sucking the moisture out of the air, as pointed out, you might have to keep a towel or something around to remove moisture. At the same time, off-gassing in the cab will leave a film on your window interiors, even if no one smokes in the rig. That messes with...
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    Remote Oil Filter

    And everything says the O2's should be off the bottom, or they can suffer moisture damage. Probably just a bit more than halfway up the pipe such that it's off the pipe at a 45-degree angle?
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    What new tools have you got lately?

    Sharp things are handy for so many things in and out of the shop, so. . . . Some years back, I bit the bullet and jumped right into the middle of that buyer's-remorse thing by way of buying a knife sharpening device called an Edge Pro [EP]. It was around $200.00. The buyer's remorse...
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    No brake lights

    AND invest in dielectric grease to keep the oxygen off the contact surfaces (both the little soldered tip of bulbs and the large, negative base), on cleaned up grounds. . . ., just like you do on your battery.
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    No brake lights

    Probably one of the most mentioned issues-solutions on this site.
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    No brake lights

    On grounds, mine is a 78, but there is a ground inside the driver's side rear fender.
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    Chain/Rope Hoist vs Lift (cherry picker)

    and then there is dealing with Bugs B.
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    Stock Cold air intake performance upgrades

    On cold air intakes, riddle me this. Nothing changed, but the car read out jumped a MPG, from 29 plus to 30 plus. The only thing that changed was the usual, climate. It's significantly cooler than the last run we made to town. Another head scratcher was, few years back, we drove the same car...
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    Chain/Rope Hoist vs Lift (cherry picker)

    Saaaweeet. Interestingly, there are two somewhat light weight, in the scheme of such, I-beams out back. They're only about 14' long and rusted, but not enough to have affected their potential use for some project like this. Someone dumped them in the "greenbelt," over a decade back, so they...
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    Chain/Rope Hoist vs Lift (cherry picker)

    Education, again and again, proves to be an endless thing. As I look into the minute details of resorting to a hoist, versus relying on a cherry picker and what the factory provides, it becomes obvious nothing is as simple as it seems, if you want to do it well, safely and effectively. As my...
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    Guess I'm into it now

    It's been fifty years since my days of rolling under my step side and pulling the tranny with nothing more than a ratchet and some end wrenches. Too, just as long since a rebuild of my 250, and all the tuning and repairs that went with making it one of the most dependable rigs I've owned, then...
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    Chain/Rope Hoist vs Lift (cherry picker)

    Haaa! People from around the U.S. used to send toys to my dad for restoration. My brother has the cool pedal cars and plane (first one to the estate and all). This is one them pappy restored, before he passed. Sadly, the house is too small to display it.
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    Chain/Rope Hoist vs Lift (cherry picker)

    Ordered a hoist from Northern the other day. I got a whole lot of OSB from the discard piles around the house being built next door. Enough pieces I was able to cover the West, 30' wall, lay some over rafters at the east wall to store an 60's peddle car, Gobo lights, gas torches, trumpet...
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    Chain/Rope Hoist vs Lift (cherry picker)

    So your hoist is/would be a lot like that kitchen cabinet over the fridge. . . .
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    Chain/Rope Hoist vs Lift (cherry picker)

    Ignoring that little issue of being too tall, once loaded on a trailer or truck, to get out the door, a cherry picker couldn't do anything with any of them. A hoist, on the other hand, would pull it off. If it were outside, on the slab in front of the one bays, it would be ideal. But then...
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    Chain/Rope Hoist vs Lift (cherry picker)

    I stole an idea from the four wheel dollies that go under each wheel/tire/hub to allow you to move them around. I built an 8' long, by 4' wide, and 6' tall wood rack. The first shot was using gurney casters. They held up to the nearly 1,000 pounds, but the gurney posts elongated the initially...
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    Heater Motor?

    Meanwhile, ignorance and stupidity yet abound. Houses and such are safer, but a one-size-fits-all is not the ideal solution. For example: (1) Public agents not competent to make such decisions wanted to tax us just for having pickups and trucks, all under the guise of saving the planet...
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    Chain/Rope Hoist vs Lift (cherry picker)

    Yeah, that storage thing is becoming a noticeable issue. Between the recently added over-engine creeper, the existing under-rig creeper, the engine stand, and parts storage, it's, all, starting to compromise my hording abilities. With the the add-ons over plates on the trusses, I can toss the...
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    Chain/Rope Hoist vs Lift (cherry picker)

    Hey, that was as good as the swing set versions of the same I've seen. Actually, I was very surprised to learn how stout the metal tubes are of many of them are. A friend gave me her swing set, so she didn't have to deal with it during a move. I saved the pipes for projects. Used one section...
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    Heater Motor?

    Who do you think came up with the "solution"? It was not Detroit, which only acted when there was a real danger to their financial position. SIDE NOTE: The last few decades of my life, before I retired, were spent dealing with public agents, who imposed their agency regulations on We The...
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    Heater Motor?

    Interestingly, we survived exhaust leaks without government agents' help. My 48 Merc coup, back about 67, had a bad exhaust leak. The plus side was, the floors were way rusted out and the heat kept you warm in the 20 below and worse of North Cental Washington (Brewster, Wash). The missing...
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    Chain/Rope Hoist vs Lift (cherry picker)

    Wondering how many use an overhead hoist instead of a cherry picker (hydraulic lift) to pull engines and mount them on stands. Looking for opinions and experiences on, primarily, chain hoists, those being a whole lot cheaper and easier to store. SIDE NOTE: On the matter of the hoist, I have a...
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    Heater Motor?

    That first of 4 positions, being the off position for the fan in my modified system, is, exactly, why I went with this switch instead of the 3 position ones it replaced. Instead of leaving the connector wires where they were, I re-positioned them so position one had nothing on it. Position 2...
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    Heater not working but blower motor working just fine.

    I made it VERY clear, the information I shared was about NON-AC SYSTEMS, like mine, that do not have a relay, and have ONLY ONE fuse. We didn't know which system we were dealing with, so sharing factual information about both non-AC, non-relay systems made sense. Unfortunately, just as I don't...

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