What are you doing today? Thread

[El Camexican]

Social distancing with Sparky, Yami & Barb.

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[coolpool]

Those are some serious posts, el Cam. What are you holding in there, Chupacabra? Wouldn't wood with staples be easier?

[El Camexican]

Those are some serious posts, el Cam. What are you holding in there, Chupacabra? Wouldn't wood with staples be easier?

Probably, but I’m a steel guy and we’re in an area that seems to harbor some nasty wood eating fungus. Some supposedly treated posts turn to dust in less than ten years. Even a few of the tar drenched rail ties in the area that made up most of the original corner posts are rotted out.

So the cure in my simple mind was 4” sq 1/8” wall painted steel tube sunk 3’ deep in concrete. I don’t want anyone saying I did a halfassed job 50 years from now.

It’s just to keep live stock (and yes, chupacabras) out. I was hoping the tight spacing at the bottom would keep my dog in, but after about 10 minutes he found a spot that he was able to squeeze through.

[90nut]

Got a new pellet grill smoker jobbie last weekend, been tearing out concrete for the last week and doing water line repairs at night. Tore out 94 tri axle loads of concrete in 3 days, and the ac bit the bullet in the ho. HOT

[DAM shop]

Got a new pellet grill smoker jobbie last weekend, been tearing out concrete for the last week and doing water line repairs at night. Tore out 94 tri axle loads of concrete in 3 days, and the ac bit the bullet in the ho. HOT
What kind of pellet smoker?

[DAM shop]

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Refinishing and painting one of our bigger floors this summer, 15,000 sq.ft.

[90nut]

Dam, bought a z grill. Was going to get an egg, but I'm so busy all the time I didn't want to mess with it. I've logged some hours on an egg, guy I use to work for had every grill known and I was always cooking stuff for the guys, then he discovered my fish frying skills and took me off the grill and onto the fryer. Guy use to pay me to go catch walleye and perch so we had fish for work cookouts and his own personal parties.

[DAM shop]

Dam, bought a z grill. Was going to get an egg, but I'm so busy all the time I didn't want to mess with it. I've logged some hours on an egg, guy I use to work for had every grill known and I was always cooking stuff for the guys, then he discovered my fish frying skills and took me off the grill and onto the fryer. Guy use to pay me to go catch walleye and perch so we had fish for work cookouts and his own personal parties.
Getting paid to catch and eat fish, doesn’t get much better than that.

[Shep1970]

Taking my son (aj) out to dinner, dang kid just passed his CDL licence test today..... first try,
theres an 83% fail rate for first timers. Probably the only 18yr old in MA that has one.
not bragging..... Just proud of him.
seems as though i wss just teaching him to drive a car. now he's surpassed me.
sooo done with this HOT/ muggy weather up here its so hard to get anything done while outside.


shep

oh, and these 83-85 200x fender rubbers are definetly not easy to do..tough little buggers......still trying though. Im getting trapped air on one side. I figure theres a learning curve to do them. hmmmm

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[knappyfeet]

Congratulations Shep!

Thinking about a small trip along the coast......just to get away from the heat

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[ATC King]

Helicoiled some recoil threads. Y'all know, one bolt missing and hole stripped, one still OE with good threads in the case, one with a JIS screw, and another with a course metric bolt hamfisted in. No SAE bolts or lag screws though. :w00t:

It was time to replace the rope, and I had the right size Helicoil kit already. I even said, screw it, and put the tap in the drill. Wasn't fussing with doing it by hand, had other crap to do. 10 minute job and doesn't look goobered up anymore or require five different tools to remove the recoil starter.

[El Camexican]

Helicoiled some recoil threads. Y'all know, one bolt missing and hole stripped, one still OE with good threads in the case, one with a JIS screw, and another with a course metric bolt hamfisted in. No SAE bolts or lag screws though. :w00t:

It was time to replace the rope, and I had the right size Helicoil kit already. I even said, screw it, and put the tap in the drill. Wasn't fussing with doing it by hand, had other crap to do. 10 minute job and doesn't look goobered up anymore or require five different tools to remove the recoil starter.

Based on the variety of hardware i’m thinking YTM starter.

Mine was held on by 1/4” Stove Bolts that I personally installed in the 80’s before I became aware that you didn’t need to fly to Japan for Metric fasteners.

[ATC King]

Actually, my YTM is all good there [wipes sweat from forehead]. This was on my 185S, which I installed a unknown condition, spare engine, I had sitting around for years. Just finishing up some things now that it's a known runner (smoking though).

I hear ya on the metric stuff back then. Think what vintage Triumph owners still go through for BSC fasteners. :cry:

[ironchop]

..... Think what vintage Triumph owners still go through for BSC fasteners. :cry:

Funny you mentioned that....

I just sold a box of whitworth sized wrenches, Whitworth taps and some Zener diodes I've had for years from back in my Pre-unit Triumph days (well, the zeners were unit era, but you get the point)

Love them, but Lucas the Prince of Dakrkness can eat a dick and Amal never made a carb that didn't leak out the primers and give you stinky fingers....... Oh and that oil "filter" inside the crankshaft can go f**k itself too

[knappyfeet]

Love them, but Lucas the Prince of Dakrkness can eat a dick

Haha!!

I must be the only guy on earth that never had a problem with Lucas stuff.

Of course my exposure to stuff with Lucas is very limited.... only on Bultacos and those are the only bikes I've ever owned European. My El Montadero would vibrate your fingers numb but all the Lucas stuff worked just fine and dandy

[ATC King]

...didn't leak out the primers and give you stinky fingers...

I'm not surprised that tickling the Amal gives people stinky fingers.

[90nut]

Just tearing out a little concrete.
Now I'm smoking some salmon

[90nut]

Been working in an alley in downtown re-routing sewer lines and installing grease traps and all sorts of stuff. Bunch of junk in a 3# sack. But, this morning I woke up at 3:45am went to the bathroom, looked at market place and saw a garage sale add. Address was 2 miles from the house. The rest is history. Gotta thank the wife for getting this for me on her way to work.

[El Camexican]

Cool, I’ve never seen one of those before, does it run?

[ATC King]

http://www.3wheelerworld.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=264046&d=1598054428


There's a market for old chainsaw, uh, circular saw thingys like that. I've got an old Craftsman saw that' I'd like to restore someday.

Nice find.

[plastikosmd]

Came into a couple free barn finds
Old economy tractor w plow and a 1974 arctic cat panther 440 vip (cat-a-matic)

Tractor runs, snowmobile has about 300 original miles on it. Both sat in a storage container for the last 40 years. only thing broken on it was the windshield as it looked like something had fallen on it in the container so I removed it. I will have to source another one. I oiled the cylinders prior to turning over. it looked like the motor had been fogged based on the oil in the cylinders already so that was good news. It pulls over easily. Next to work on the fuel system. Someone a unique machine based on the automatic transmission etc. Should be fun for around the cabin. I’m not looking for extreme performance anyway.

I’m not sure if anybody has any additional information on this machine? It seems like it was only made for one year.
There is a bit on the web. Looks like some collect due to rarity.

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[90nut]

Shes a runner! Pulled it out of the old lady's car, smelled the varnishy gas, gave her a couple yanks, and had to go find some scrap wood to cut! I have around 25 antique saws, one gas circular saw that took me a very long time to find, and a boat load of antique mowers! Here's s couple pics of grease trap sanitary stuff. I'm the foreman, but my one guy is a damn good hoe hand, so I made him dig for me while I attempted to teach the new guy the ways of the trade. Then I look up and my operator is down in the hole socking pipe together with me. What a guy

[El Camexican]

Awesome 90nut!

Plasti, I recall the guy down the street had one back in the day, but I had no idea it wasn’t belt driven. Suggest you look up Stoshu on here, if he doesn’t know about them I’m pretty sure he knows someone who would.

[plastikosmd]

Thk u

It seems it was AC first venture into CD ignition, hydro drive, electric start and oil injection. Crazy amount to incorporate/change

430lb tho, (1 lb per cc, lol)

From my reading it doesn’t really “spin the track” rather a gradual power to ground. It should make a great tank/grooming machine for my trails.

[plastikosmd]

Thk u

It seems it was AC first venture into CD ignition, hydro drive, electric start and oil injection. Crazy amount to incorporate/change

430lb tho, (1 lb per cc, lol)

From my reading it doesn’t really “spin the track” rather a gradual power to ground. It should make a great tank/grooming machine for my trails.

[El Camexican]

My recollection as a kid was that arctic cat was luxury machine compared to most of the other zillion brands out there in the 70’s. Even Massey Ferguson made a sled back then And it looked like a tractor.

Any idea who made the engine in your sled? I think Suzuki was building them for Cat for a while, but I don’t know what year it started or if it’s still the case.

Because cat is still around that makes your find even cooler. I’m guessing 95% of the names from that era are no longer in business

[knappyfeet]

Social distancing with burgers.

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[plastikosmd]

Kawasaki engine
I think it’s cool that they tried to incorporate so much tech. Apparently it started in 1973 but due to delays it was not released until 1974.

I came into existence in 1973, The way I’m feeling at the moment, maybe I should’ve been delayed until 1974 until some of the kinks are worked out also

[El Camexican]

Kawasaki engine
I think it’s cool that they tried to incorporate so much tech. Apparently it started in 1973 but due to delays it was not released until 1974.

I came into existence in 1973, The way I’m feeling at the moment, maybe I should’ve been delayed until 1974 until some of the kinks are worked out also

My 1977 John Deere had a Kawi engine and others as well.

Changing the topic slightly, the next-door neighbor had a sled that was basically a piece of thick plywood with an engine on it and a cloth track with metal cleats going across it. It had two skis up front and a set of handlebars, but no steering. I have no idea if it was commercially manufactured or homemade, but you basically pointed it in the direction you wanted to go and drove it until you need to stop, pick the back and up and make a correction. A lot like my YTM 200.:lol:

[ATC King]

...you basically pointed it in the direction you wanted to go and drove it until you need to stop, pick the back and up and make a correction. A lot like my YTM 200.:lol:

I'm learning that is true. It's not the power that keeps the front wheel up either.

[oldskool83]

I spend the day doing somthing I didn't want to do. Drilling out stripped threads in a frame and cutting gussests for it...why I didn't want to do it...somone else was supposed to take care of all this but failed to pay attention again. Finally decided to end the relationship as 7 months of my time was wasted waiting for the job to be completed.

Oh well feels good to say bye bye.

[plastikosmd]

^
Sounds like it was time
What frame?

[oldskool83]

Blaster frame I had. I could of had a kid at work fix it up in about 3 hour for a few cases of mt dew code red.

Fast forward 7 months still not done correctly...kid got his shot.

Tomorrow I'll cut more gussets and he will put them in.

[plastikosmd]

Never had the mt dew red.
Gussets, I have a 5 pound pail of these things. Every time I cut off a corner in fabrication they go into the pail. Got this truck from a machinist friend of mine who would never throw anything out. Now I have more than I know what to do with!

[ATC King]

Not today, but the other day when the hurricane brought some rain. I washed three of the vehicles and the camper, in the rain.

It's not often that we get that much rain, without any lightening. It's much easier to wash in the rain than 100f weather and trying to keep the soap from drying and making spots. It saves water too.

I did have on shorts and a T-shirt, not naked. Didn't want to goober up the paint. I didn't need a squeegee either.

[ATC King]

LiL 2020. Ladies in Leather motorcycle rally in Texarkana.

No, get yer heads out of the gutter. It's a motorcycle rally for women riders to get together and show the presence of female riders and that they can also rack some pipes off. Dang, that didn't sound good either. For sure, it was impressive and inspirational.

They made their way down to the Texarkana courthouse, which is on the Texas, Arkansas state line. I got me a seat right there and watched them all roll by, crossing from the Texas side, to Arkansas.

All kinds of bikes and trikes. Also, all kinds of women, from all over the country. Maybe some from outside the US.

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I rode my XL600R out there. The battery, regulator/rectifier is on the fritz again. A few miles past home, the charging voltage jumped from 14.7 to 15.6. I'm sick of it. I've removed the entire harness and made repairs, replaced the stator, reg/rec, and battery. I'm fairly confident the Bike Master batteries are junk, and that's wiping everything else out.

The XL600R has three electrical circuits. The CDI is powered straight from the stator, the headlight is AC powered from the stator (only works when the engine is running), and the taillight, turn signals, instrument lights work on 12v DC. Really, a mess, and not a reliable system. The entire time I've owned this bike, all the major issues have been electrical. It's even failed on me at a stoplight, which I was lucky enough to be two miles to home and able to push it there on the sidewalk. The ignition part of the stator had failed.

I've even been riding it for the past couple months without a headlight, because that portion of the system failed and I had to ride it home in the dark.

P2SFIXER, build some new XL600R wire harnesses! :)

[knappyfeet]

And while he's at it.....a DR650 one too!

Nice pic. There's some gals in our group that put 60K a year on their bikes. That's a lot of riding

[ATC King]

That's not my picture. It's from their website home page that I linked.

I videoed the parade as it went around the courthouse, which is literally on the Arkansas - Texas state line. There's a sign there which is in a lot of tourist pictures.

Also, not my picture:
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[El Camexican]

Neighbor dropped this in my garage in pieces a month back. Said he only used it once before it stopped working and gave up trying to fix it. Switch was cut out of it and there were wires bridging the cord to the motor.

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Turns out the chain brake was on. That’s it. Tripped it back, soldered in some new wires and replaced a few screws that’s were missing. :D

[ATC King]

Neighbor dropped this in my garage in pieces a month back.

I had a job testing electric chainsaws. We'd go to a location, drag the generator around, cut some trees down, set the short sections up on some cradles and cut slices all day.

After so many hours, the saws were disassembled (not by us) and inspected/electrically test. Sometimes we'd get short logs to cut on at the factory, but not often. I worked on the assembly line before that job. I was a teenager then. There was a program that let high school kids work on the electric side of the factory. I also had a job at a plastic molding factory, where I ran the injection molding machines to make plastic parts, including the housings for electric chainsaws.

Later on, I was a gas saw tester, which was just running and setting the carbs on new saws off the assembly line, which I also worked on before that.

I've got some electric saws still around here. One is the Euro version for 220 volts, which I've never used.

[ATC King]

A friend with a DR650 asked me to look at, to find a ringing noise. He said it sounded like a washer rattling around when he rode over bumps or a rough road.

Turns out, it actually was a washer. There's supposed to be a bump stop, one of those rubber type bumpers, on the shock shaft that softens the blow if bottoming out. It was gone, adios, dasvidaniya.

That's what got me to looking at that area. I looked, and there seemed to be a washer laying in the bottom of the spring cup. I put a pencil magnet through the spring coils, and sure enough, a big ol' washer was loosely sitting in there.

The shock has to come out of the bike to fix it, regardless. So...I think he's looking at a shock upgrade. :)

A good of reason as any, to plunk down on a fancy aftermarket shock. I serviced the forks on it earlier this year, new seals, wipers and boots, along with a good cleaning and fresh oil.

[knappyfeet]

The Elco has just been sitting in the garage catching dust for some time.....so I decided to start her up and check the leaks and squeaks and she didn't disappoint.

Water pump works but rattles and drips alittle....and the valve cover gaskets are acting like they're not even there. Good thing is is that everything is so flipping easy to get to.... reminds me of the times when working on cars was easy and there was space galore. She'll get cleaned up and the issues addressed.

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[oldskool83]

Today i finished this up...well almost. 95% finished i'd call it. Maybe next weekend it will be finished. Not in a rush. I'm stocking up on everything!

[Arky-X]

The Elco has just been sitting in the garage catching dust for some time.....so I decided to start her up and check the leaks and squeaks and she didn't disappoint.

Water pump works but rattles and drips alittle....and the valve cover gaskets are acting like they're not even there. Good thing is is that everything is so flipping easy to get to.... reminds me of the times when working on cars was easy and there was space galore. She'll get cleaned up and the issues addressed.

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Pics of the Elco?

Mom has a 67 with the 327.....love that car.

[Arky-X]

Got back from a 2-week vacay thru South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, and Colorado. Really enjoyed the time off and the scenery. Got to do lots of hiking, rented a SxS in the Black Hills, and took a jeep off-roading in Colorado.

Get back and I have an air conditioning compressor motor squealing and a CEL on in my Honda........wife's CEL came on in her Caddy during our trip.
Pulled the motor out of the outdoor unit and added 3-in-1 oil to the felt pads inside. Quiet as a church mouse now.
Wife's car is under warranty so that's not my problem (other than taking it to the dealer.)
Gotta figure out what is wrong with the Honda.

Oh, and come back to work to over 800 emails.

[ATC King]

I learned from a dentist today that my mouth needs more work than my checking account will allow.

I'm currently on an Evan Williams 100 proof pain management program. Dentists won't prescribe the good stuff anymore so I can get some sleep, but the liquor store still does.

If I was in Portland, I could've walked in to a pharmacy and helped myself.

[oldskool83]

Finished this peg board idea up last night. Need to grab a few more posts to hang things on. I'm at local hardware store 3 days a week. Buy what you need is great.

[stoshu]

Selling some saws and battery packs. Home Depot has a deal right now if you buy a Flexvolt starter kit, they throw in a free saw. $299 plus tax is a great deal for both here in Canada. Picked up 12 kits yesterday morning. Sold the last one around 7:30 last night. Made about $1500 profit. Went out this morning before work and bought every last one in Winnipeg. Need my wife to run another add on that social media site. Probably going to order another 20 sets online. They have free delivery.

[oldskool83]

Tooling classifieds for next project...just sold this last night after finishing it up. $3200 for a warrior with kid not even haggling!

[knappyfeet]

Pics of the Elco?

Mom has a 67 with the 327.....love that car.

It's a 72 with a 71 front end.......so looks like 71. The pic is from April sometime right before we went back to work after quarantine. What's really cool is the grass looks dead in the picture.... Just snapped a picture of the same spot and it looks like all the watering is bringing it back to life. Saint Augustine is some forgiving grass.

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[Arky-X]

It's a 72 with a 71 front end.......so looks like 71. The pic is from April sometime right before we went back to work after quarantine. What's really cool is the grass looks dead in the picture.... Just snapped a picture of the same spot and it looks like all the watering is bringing it back to life. Saint Augustine is some forgiving grass.

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Nice El Camino! Similar lines to my mom's 67.


I think I have St Augustine in parts of my yard. It is real thick (like walking on carpet) and chokes out most of the weeds around it. I don't water it and it keeps spreading a little each year.
I do not have a green thumb so I know nothing other than cutting my grass/weeds and trimming some bushes around my house that will grow no matter how much I cut them back.

Any suggestions to get the St Augustine to spread more/faster? Weed killer on the weeds around it? Weed and feed on all of it?

[90nut]

Your hole is my goal. Just another day in the life of a pipe guy

[El Camexican]

Your hole is my goal.

Sounds like a pickup line I might have used when I was so drunk that I couldn’t remember why I had a black eye in the morning when I woke up alone.

So what’s that going to be for?

[knappyfeet]

I weed and feed once a year and just water it.

One time I used a weed & feed on my law and it literally smoked 40% of the lawn. My lawn is a NATO array of weeds and various grasses so if it looked like a weed or a weaker grass it died and went to grass heaven. What didn't die was the st Augustine grass.....I think that would live through a nuclear blast

[90nut]

That trench was for a loading dock drain. Just a easy breazy 150' of 12" hdpe.

[Shep1970]

Someone messaged the wife on (ebay) about 83-85 honda 200x airbox grommets last wk. So unless someone says that they're readily available somewhere else? Havent found any in my searches. I "should" have a pile of them soon:D
Molded from a used part (its all i could find) but this first one came out pretty good.
Just putting it out there if anyone needs a couple.

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[plastikosmd]

Cleaning up from the most recent storms
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[coolpool]

Looks like you'll be in firewood for some time plastic!

[ATC King]

I got a free riding mower about a week ago. Supposedly the engine locked up while they were using it. It's an older mower, so they bought a new zero turn and was just going to haul this one off. I said, whoa there, I'll come and get it. Worst case scenario, it was junk, but still had some good parts I could sell.

I got around to taking a look at it today, and got it running. The engine wasn't locked up, the deck clutch was. I just removed the driver pulley and clutch from the engine, removed the clutch part and put the driver pulley back on. It's got a Kawasaki V-twin engine and runs smooth and quiet. Just got a fresh oil change and new air filter right before it pooped out on them.

I'm leaving the deck off and this mower is going to be a dedicated yard cart hauler.

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[Shep1970]

Slept about 2-hours last night. Had to look (get a refresh) of the frame standoffs for the rear shock resi-at 7pm last night. Now to find plastic the same thickness that i can cut for a mold insert and drill holes in it so the mold itself holds it in place forever. Hmmmm, so i found that a $2 dollar pair of safety goggles front lens was almost perfect thickness[emoji106] u can see it in the mold if u look closely. Three pours in the mold itself middle, bottom (to hold the drilled plastic) and top.
I just opened it up (early) i have no patience[emoji39] the part is still to soft to check the underside but so far so good!!!!!!
86/87 200x part.
thanks for looking.

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i'll update in an hour for underside pic-
its glossy (part) extra release on first one.

shep

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[knappyfeet]

That climbing place looks so fun

[Shep1970]

That climbing place looks so fun

It actually was really fun, 3 hours worth. Only issue i had was the free falls-35 foot clip on and hold a rope and step off, gearing in a spindle type box slows u down. I needed a push the first time and of coarse the wife happily assisted:crazy:
It got busy the last hour so if u got stuck behind someone slow there was issues (couldnt) pass due to covid.....

I'd do it again
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[Arky-X]

It actually was really fun, 3 hours worth. Only issue i had was the free falls-35 foot clip on and hold a rope and step off, gearing in a spindle type box slows u down. I needed a push the first time and of coarse the wife happily assisted:crazy:
It got busy the last hour so if u got stuck behind someone slow there was issues (couldnt) pass due to covid.....

I'd do it again
shep

There is a place in northern Arkansas called Horseshoe Canyon Ranch that has rock climbing, zip-line, horseback riding, etc. And they have one of those platforms where you just jump off and freefall for a second then the reel grabs and gives you a jolt and then lowers you to the ground. It was freaky but fun!

[kb0nly]

Hey Shep were you the one making the headlight rear wiring entrance grommets, like on the back of the 200ES headlight? I got out of touch with the forums for a while and seeing your pictures about molding and making stuff i couldn't help but ask if that was you or who that was. I have been trying to find a good one for another project.

Part 8 on this diagram is what i am referring to...

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Looks like everyone has been keeping busy, i have settled into my winter routine, find things to cross off the list. Today it was the 200ES rear left axle seal, tomorrow some wiring on the 81 200's DC conversion. Just finding stuff to occupy my free time. Thankfully nothing dramatic going on here lately, other then what the rest of the country is dealing with, but i keep my head out of whats going on and turn the music louder.

[Shep1970]

Nope, that wasn't me with that grommet. Your winter routine, i did hear u guys got some snow out that way. Wife says were getting some snow on friday... i'd like to skip winter this yr.

not sure who on that grommet,

shep

[plastikosmd]

Agree cool!

Shep, is that the climbing place u can see along rt 95 in northern ct?

Time to do belts (nightmare) and replace the 8hp Briggs that snapped the connect rod when moving it into shop. At least I wasn’t in the woods.

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[Shep1970]

Plastik- no this place (Boundless Adventures) is in MA right off 290 berlin. - Also different subject (think it was u) that asked about "Rice-o-Rama" last yr its the large vintage bike fleamarket it was cancelled this year so maybe next yr they'll be twice as much "STUFF" :beer

shep

[plastikosmd]

Amen!
Thk u

[plastikosmd]

Got the repower and a spare in today

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Found the issue w the old one
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[Arky-X]

Hiking in the Ozark National Forest.
First stop was Pam's Grotto

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Then on to the Arkansas Sphinx. This hike was only 0.2 mile but was straight up a hill......but the view was worth it.

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[plastikosmd]

Nice pics!!

[knappyfeet]

Beautiful nature!

[ATC King]

I went to Pond Creek NWR.
https://www.fws.gov/refuge/pond_creek/

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The map/brochure available at the gate put a smile on my face.
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There really isn't any OHV riding though, it's all game removal trails and they're very short. Can't ride on the gravel roads with an unlicensed vehicle either.

There were quite a few people out hunting and several at the camping sites. This is bottom land, with gators and hogs, among other critters.

[ATC King]

I got some gravel riding in.

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There's a gator in the background, sunning on a log.

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[plastikosmd]

Broken screw on a Winchester

Weld a small 10-32 nut to the flush broken screw
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And out
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[Shawn Powell]

Moving stuff around the garage , sold my quad bought an enduro. 400ex for a xr650l. Add to the collection. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20201112/4263bc729aff30a7b8e75f5cfdf8a2be.jpg
If the Honda executives are watching I’m accepting sponsors.

[knappyfeet]

Moving stuff around the garage , sold my quad bought an enduro. 400ex for a xr650l. Add to the collection. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20201112/4263bc729aff30a7b8e75f5cfdf8a2be.jpg
If the Honda executives are watching I’m accepting sponsors.

Ride Red!

The 650 is an awsome dual sport. Not a great tourer out of the box but that same design is coming up on being 30 years old and it still dominates......good choice

[Shawn Powell]

Ride Red!

The 650 is an awsome dual sport. Not a great tourer out of the box but that same design is coming up on being 30 years old and it still dominates......good choice

Yeah I bought it mostly for dirt and we hit a lot of roads out by big bear that are street legal only. My preference was an r but this one came up and it’s very clean. I’m going to back engineer it to mainly a dirt bike with turn signals. So much power in these though. Thanks.


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[knappyfeet]

Yeah I bought it mostly for dirt and we hit a lot of roads out by big bear that are street legal only. My preference was an r but this one came up and it’s very clean. I’m going to back engineer it to mainly a dirt bike with turn signals. So much power in these though. Thanks.


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Well if you ever get a wild hair up your ass and want to do some touring let me know.

A couple of us..sometimes a few hit the local deserts...Borrego, Salton sea, Salvation Mountain, etc... for a 300-400 touring day on our dual sports. Depending probably 70/30 on/off road just touring the local deserts. We've gone from Pioneer town all the way to Glamis. ..back up to julian...things like that. A lot of back roads and stuff but a lot of pave highways....kinda the only way to get 400 miles in a day. We are all in our 50's so it's a fast pace sometimes but usually a leisure/touring pace through things.

[ATC King]

It's hard to go wrong with a XR650L.

There's flashier and faster machines available now, but that bike is easy to ride slow or fast. You don't have to wring it's neck to get speed; slow is fast.

There's also a ton of aftermarket for it.

Congratulations, that bike can do anything the rider is capable of.

[ATC King]

I got some single track riding in today.

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[Shawn Powell]

Well if you ever get a wild hair up your ass and want to do some touring let me know.

A couple of us..sometimes a few hit the local deserts...Borrego, Salton sea, Salvation Mountain, etc... for a 300-400 touring day on our dual sports. Depending probably 70/30 on/off road just touring the local deserts. We've gone from Pioneer town all the way to Glamis. ..back up to julian...things like that. A lot of back roads and stuff but a lot of pave highways....kinda the only way to get 400 miles in a day. We are all in our 50's so it's a fast pace sometimes but usually a leisure/touring pace through things.

That sounds awesome. I’ve never been to pioneer town I’d love to go. Unfortunately with what I’m doing to this bike 400 miles on the highway I’ll be on slicks when we get back haha. But if there’s ever a ride where it’s 80% dirt let me know or even a spot where I can meet you guys out there. I bought this just to ride on street legal forest roads. IRC ve33/35 tires on there way plus a 4gallon ims tank (plastic) big gun exhaust system removal pegs and taillight system etc. not gonna be a great highway cruiser in a couple weeks.


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[El Camexican]

Finished some flood gates last night. This afternoon was the start of a fence with a door in it over a canal.

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Wasn’t going to chance having the welder fall into the drink.

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[BarnBoy]

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Got the last section of tube in my 200M frame, ready to weld once I get the argon bottle refilled.

Bridgeport makes for a sweet tubing notcher...

[plastikosmd]

Great projects

Zoom 8 hrs a day all weekend here so no fun

[El Camexican]

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Got the last section of tube in my 200M frame, ready to weld once I get the argon bottle refilled.

Bridgeport makes for a sweet tubing notcher...

Nice toys!!

[coolpool]

Got a call at 9:00 from a friend who is new to deer hunting needing help to process a nice buck he just took down. Super happy for him and mentored the gutting and skinning process with him. Took twice as long to do but what the hey, its good experience for him!

[plastikosmd]

Nice deer!!

[knappyfeet]

Got a call at 9:00 from a friend who is new to deer hunting needing help to process a nice buck he just took down. Super happy for him and mentored the gutting and skinning process with him. Took twice as long to do but what the hey, its good experience for him!

Good on you for giving him some knowledge

Lots of times we are so in a hurry to get something accomplished that we don't take the time to help someone out who may be eager to learn......I'm guilty of that. But the experience goes a long way and I know and practice that now.

[ATC King]

I see the horns, but the majority or pickup drivers don't put horns on their trucks. Most of what I see are chrome plated balls.

How big are it's balls?

Isn't that what really matters? Isn't it all about where the meat is made?

[BarnBoy]

Nice buck, northern deer are much heavier....

[ATC King]

Nice buck, northern deer are much heavier....

The word is fluffy. :)

But, yeah, they're definitely different from what's in this area. Even traveling across the US, they are quite different. Out east, they are pretty darn small, then there's the mule deer out west. A lot of other variations between, as far as size and appearance.

The population density changes them quite a bit too. Places where there is very little hunting and no other forms of management, they are thin and stunted. Places like the edge of suburbs where some people think it's nice to feed them so they can watch them in their yards, have a population problem and sickly deer. There's also CWD (chronic wasting disease) in a lot of places and artificial feeding groups them together and spreads the disease.

I used to hunt, but don't have a large freezer for storage anymore. I still put out game cameras, just to see what's on the place. I've seen a couple nice ones come through this year. There's been more fox squirrels too, which seem to be moving back into the area.

[BarnBoy]

The word is fluffy. :)

But, yeah, they're definitely different from what's in this area. Even traveling across the US, they are quite different. Out east, they are pretty darn small, then there's the mule deer out west. A lot of other variations between, as far as size and appearance.

The population density changes them quite a bit too. Places where there is very little hunting and no other forms of management, they are thin and stunted. Places like the edge of suburbs where some people think it's nice to feed them so they can watch them in their yards, have a population problem and sickly deer. There's also CWD (chronic wasting disease) in a lot of places and artificial feeding groups them together and spreads the disease.

I used to hunt, but don't have a large freezer for storage anymore. I still put out game cameras, just to see what's on the place. I've seen a couple nice ones come through this year. There's been more fox squirrels too, which seem to be moving back into the area.

They do have thicker winter coats, but absolutely are much heavier bodied than deer here. You can take a yearling whitetail from Texas, and stand it beside a yearling from Saskatchewan and the size difference is huge. Here in Oklahoma, a BIG doe is 125-150 lbs on the hoof. Up in Sask I wouldnt be surprised if a big doe was 175-200 lbs. Same with bucks, of course it depends if they've been corn fed from someone's feeder. That kinda throws things out of whack. But generally the further north you go, the larger the animals are compared to their southern counterparts. The extra mass holds heat better.

CWD is a big deal. I'm pretty sure they haven't had any cases in OK yet, but I know further east its pretty bad. Wisconsin is really hit hard.

[ATC King]

This was a while back. We ate it.

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[El Camexican]

This was a while back. We ate it.

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Gezzus man! Just buy a knife already.

[coolpool]

This was a while back. We ate it.

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It took me a minute to figure out why you would process it that way then it came to me, lol. You don't see "train kill" deer very often I imagine. To date the largest buck I had hanging in the butcher shop with no skin, hooves and trimmed of fat was 202lbs. It was a big beast with a decent 165" rack; but most bucks I've hung are around 150-160#'s normally.
We have mandatory CWD testing in this area too but I don't hear of many people bringing in their heads I'm afraid.

[DAM shop]

Temps reached 70 today here in Iowa a good day to clean out some trees.

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Why are all of my pics sideways?

[ATC King]

Temps reached 70 today here in Iowa a good day to clean out some trees.


The daytime temps here are so high that mosquitoes are still out. I've got some stuff I want to clear out by the creek, but the mosquitoes are keeping me from it.

[oldskool83]

Finishing up my fully adjustable garage. Need to paint 1 more pannel after the nuts get liquid nailed to the back to give me the depth needed for brackets. All wood was cut by hand with my grandfather hand saw from his home building days prob 75 years ago. I can cut a strighter line with a hand saw then curcular saw.

[El Camexican]

Why are all of my pics sideways?

Try holding the phone like you were taking a video ( long way horizontal). If that doesn’t work turn the phone off and restart it and try the horizontal thing again.

If none of the above works, lay on your side on the ground and take the picture.

[ATC King]

^

Mexican Tech Support





:lol:

[El Camexican]

^

Mexican Tech Support





:lol:

Still better than “Robert” at the New Delhi Help Center.

[knappyfeet]

Working on my Dyna.

Bought it about a month ago and really enjoy it. Now onto some new motor mounts and an a 3 hole service

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[El Camexican]

3 hole service

You’re going to have to explain that to me as it relates to your bike. The only other time I’ve seen that phrase was on a red neon sign in Boys Town.

[ATC King]

Working on my Dyna.



That's a good looking bike. Don't let that guy standing next to it, ride it.

[knappyfeet]

You’re going to have to explain that to me as it relates to your bike. The only other time I’ve seen that phrase was on a red neon sign in Boys Town.

Haha!.......boy now that I look at it it sounds like porn flick.

Changing the engine oil...the transmission fluid and the primary chain case fluid is a 3 hole service.....but the other image is more interesting

[ATC King]

I got my super capacitor board in and charged it up on the 200ES battery. This is going onto my pickup, but I couldn't wait to put it into a box before trying it.

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Not even charged to the max voltage, it ran that YTM taillight for more than 15 minutes. Pretty impressive for a bank of capacitors weighing 1lb. Evan after letting it run down until there wasn't visible light, and at 2.25v, the terminals would still spark when rubbed together. I threw a old style ceramic resistor on it to deplete it.

Here are the specs: http://www.intronicspower.com/products/pdf/DATA%20SHEET%20ucap16-58%207-31-2015.pdf

They do say 4 AWG fits into the screw terminals, but I didn't find that to be true with the marine wire I used, hence the smaller stuff in the picture. Some 6 AWG should fit fine.

These currently won't replace batteries, but they'll allow a much smaller and less expensive battery to be used, while the life of the capacitors is very, very long. I'm just stepping into this, but would like to use them on most everything I have that currently uses a battery.

[El Camexican]

Haha!.......boy now that I look at it it sounds like porn flick.

Changing the engine oil...the transmission fluid and the primary chain case fluid is a 3 hole service.....but the other image is more interesting

The competitors sign next door said “Three holes, two hands, no waiting “

[oldskool83]

I'm currently sorting thru what two forum menbers brought to my house yesterday in exchange for dead presidents. I'm as thrilled as a monkey flinging poo!

[ATC King]

You paid money for handicap trikes?



:)

[oldskool83]

Yep, atvs are a thing of the past, I'm buying them up qhile semi cheap. Staying ahead of the game. No clue what it will turn into.

[Shep1970]

I picked up a couple (practice) crossbows- pistol type.
Let me tell you, these suckers pack a punch. 80lb draw supposedly "not toys"

If your looking for silent kill for pests or whatever, i would not want to be in the path of one of these 7inch bolts....
At about $50 bucks its cheap fun, we spent about 4hrs sunday just shootin' stuff.
We stood guessing 75feet from the target they had plenty of power to stick over an inch into the large pine tree 30feet behind the target (aj is pointing to.
shooting "through" paint(rattle cans) but destroys the bolts(arrows) luckily bolts are cheap.....
The ones with a butt stock are better (stable)
just grabbed a scope for mine.
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Good cheap fun, just passing info along if looking for something different to try.

shep

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[stoshu]

Just picked up another mini. Now to figure out how to add some more power.

[El Camexican]

I’m being sad today....

Husband of a family friend was shot and killed yesterday after walking out of a Bank. Evolved species my azz.

[knappyfeet]

I’m being sad today....

Husband of a family friend was shot and killed yesterday after walking out of a Bank. Evolved species my azz.

I'm sorry to hear that brother and sorry for the loss.

We are far from evolved. ....... was it robbery?

[DAM shop]

Sorry To hear that El.

[El Camexican]

I'm sorry to hear that brother and sorry for the loss.

We are far from evolved. ....... was it robbery?

Yes, coming out of a bank after a withdrawal.

Thanks to all for the sentiments.

[DAM shop]

“What is Man? Man is a noisome bacillus whom Our Heavenly Father created because he was disappointed in the monkey“
-Mark Twain

[Arky-X]

Sorry to hear that El.

There are some poor excuses for human beings out there.

[ATC King]

Sad news indeed.

Humans, by nature, are not a worthy species, but many try to be something better than a materialistic animal driven by greed, envy, and lust. Many parents try to be the best they can for their children's sake. Just about every creation story out there, starts with someone committing a wrong, and we've been carrying on that human tradition for thousands of years.

The good people try, and those that give up or give in, become bad. Technology hasn't and won't change that, but it can make slaves out of the entire world to serve the privileged few. Humans are no different than they were thousands of years ago.

I hope his family has enough support to continue financially.

[coolpool]

My sincere condolences bud:cry:. Hopefully the perps get what they deserve.

[coolpool]

Got another call on Friday to help my neighbors daughter with her first deer, a nice spike buck. Were all so happy for her! Then another call comes in from another neighbor to see if he can skin his buck in my shop who doesn't have a high enough ceiling to hang it properly. Take note of the damaged left eye and check out the trail camera picture of potentially when it happened, nuts! Me, surprisingly I didn't tag out after many miles of walking and hours sitting on my azz, lol. But with over 100 pounds of moose meat in the freezer I'm not disappointed at all. Surprisingly I seen more bull moose than bucks this winter and I have them all on video from 20-60 yards away.

[DAM shop]

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[90nut]

Fixed a water service at a decrepit old apartment complex . Ended up finding the broken tap right under the power lines...
And the pictures are sideways, if I dont think about posting them to here, I dont take them in landscape mode or whatever. And I'm to tired to modify them!

[DAM shop]

Fixed a water service at a decrepit old apartment complex . Ended up finding the broken tap right under the power lines...
And the pictures are sideways, if I dont think about posting them to here, I dont take them in landscape mode or whatever. And I'm to tired to modify them!
Yeah I can’t figure out my pics either, some post correctly most don’t. It doesn’t happen anywhere else that I post and send so it has to be a site issue. Elcamexican says to lay sideways and take the pic.

[90nut]

Yea, usually laying down in my line of work is a bad idea. Usually water/mud, #2 flowing past your toes, or it's at least an osha violation.

[coolpool]

Fixed a water service at a decrepit old apartment complex . Ended up finding the broken tap right under the power lines...
And the pictures are sideways, if I dont think about posting them to here, I dont take them in landscape mode or whatever. And I'm to tired to modify them!

The real reason to hydro-vac or hand dig.....eeek!

I use an iPhone to take my pics and they are always sideways too. I convert them to "Paint" rotate them and resave them and all is good from there.

[90nut]

Yea, hydro excavator is a back saver, and bank account saver for that part. We pot hole for utilities before any excavation, no matter how big or small the project. In all the years I've done this, I've hit a coaxial tv line, with a shovel, and got into a 6" gas main with a trencher, luckily the gas was a mess up on others, and I always take pictures before I put the bucket into the ground. Utilities can seriously injure you, or worse.

[Arky-X]

Trying to get the Trans Am started. Few months ago it was running and now it won't. I thought I had some issues with the park/neutral safety switch because these cars have a convoluted setup. Linkage running from the floor shifter to the column to mimic the previous years with column shift. But, I'm reading the 79-81 don't have that anymore.
Laying on my back under the dash and I notice some "not original" wiring which may be part of the issue. A previous owner had removed the Pontiac 301 turbo and replaced with a Chevy 350 so there is no telling what has been modded on it. Not even sure what transmission it has.

Oh well, get a wiring diagram, voltmeter, and start tracing.


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[DAM shop]

Sold another 110 today and started on another.
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[ATC King]

A previous owner had removed the Pontiac 301 turbo and replaced with a Chevy 350...


That's too bad. The old GM small blocks aren't worth squat anymore with all the new engines available. It would've been more valuable with the original turbo engine. 350s are a dime a dozen.

I just watched one of those turbo 301s roll across the floor of a televised auction. Mecum or Barret Jackson. If it would've had a 350 in it, the bidding wouldn't have been nearly as high.

[ATC King]

Three family/friend deaths this year for me.

Thankfully, some people put together a LMAO commercial.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTn8g406kvc

If you don't get the 1980's devil origin, you're forgiven. If you do, it makes the commercial all that much better.

I'd like to think Tim Curry would be happy.

[Arky-X]

That's too bad. The old GM small blocks aren't worth squat anymore with all the new engines available. It would've been more valuable with the original turbo engine. 350s are a dime a dozen.

I just watched one of those turbo 301s roll across the floor of a televised auction. Mecum or Barret Jackson. If it would've had a 350 in it, the bidding wouldn't have been nearly as high.

Yep, those 350s were everywhere. Every kid had one or a 383 stroker in their ride.

I know where a complete 301T and trans are if I ever wanted to go back original. Wouldn't be numbers matching but would get it back to "original." It would be a decision of whether I wanted to spend the time to go back with that or go LS. A 301T ain't gonna come close to LS power but fix a few of the known issues with them and they run decent. Most people didn't want to mess with the turbo so they replaced them.
Getting G-Pop Shop in Springdale to rebuild the turbo was one of the first suggestions I heard. From the factory, the things were so inconsistent where most pushed 3-4lbs max.
One other tip I heard is to run straight pipes (?2" or 3"). The turbo is supposed to quieten it enough where you don't need mufflers. Like to hear that.

Right now, just want to be able to back it out of the garage.

[ATC King]

You could run a wire straight from the battery to the distributor and remote engage the starter. That'd at least get it started so you can move it.

If you have a line on a 301T, it'd be nice to at least have one if you decided to use it later.

Yeah, they weren't any kind of powerhouse, but they were a unique setup. You could throw some modern wizardry at it, like fuel injection and a more tunable CDI ignition, maybe even crank triggered. I think they had, or people installed, methanol injection on those, because of the lack of a intercooler. I don't think an intercooler is even an option with a draw-through system, then again, it's a short path for the turbo anyway and maybe that isn't so much of an issue.

Any of the other Pontiac engines would be cool in there. A 455, 400, or even getting more rare, the OHC I-6. Just staying away from the Olds 403 that a lot of them came with, not that it's a bad engine, but it's certainly no Pontiac 400, power wise.

[90nut]

Been replacing water line main valves at the power company, first ones were easy, other than they were 10" valves and are heavy. Next 2 are a different story. I've spent 2 days running the breaker on the mini to get enough concrete out of the way to replace the valves. 1 more to finish digging out tomorrow. Good thing these are t&m jobs.

[90nut]

Victory! All I have to do now is patch back the concrete, auger in a handful of bollards, then it's off to build an indoor dog park!

[coolpool]

Been replacing water line main valves at the power company, first ones were easy, other than they were 10" valves and are heavy. Next 2 are a different story. I've spent 2 days running the breaker on the mini to get enough concrete out of the way to replace the valves. 1 more to finish digging out tomorrow. Good thing these are t&m jobs.

Dang 90, you're always up to your azz in mud/water! Sure you're not in the Army:lol:

[90nut]

The odd deal is, I'm the foreman, normally the operator but I've got a crippled up 62 year old guy and a green horn as a crew currently. I'm good with showing the kid how to make stuff work and all the parts and gizmos a guy needs to learn to make chicken salad out of chicken sheet. I'm just very impatient and am not a "watcher." Stay safe out there boys.

[ATC King]

Stay safe out there boys.

That can't be stressed enough. Too many people don't make it home because they believed the job was more important than their lives. A good many people actually die because a hole fell in, even being shallow, they should all be shored up to regulation. It doesn't take long to suffocate in a collapsed construction hole.

Pete and Repeat were in a boat, Pete fell out; and it repeats. Just like car drivers killed in train crossings every year. Physics doesn't have sympathy for idiots.

[oldskool83]

Today what am I doing...trying to decide if I am going to fire a guy who had a stroke at work....i found out hes been running a side show at work with his old company. All emails deleted, all internet history deleted. not charing correcrt prices...giving complicated parts to his old customers at cost! The things you find out when somone just stops showing up for work. I hare firing people I had respect for...im 37 and hes 68....it feels horrible.

I hate being at the top!

[DAM shop]

Today what am I doing...trying to decide if I am going to fire a guy who had a stroke at work....i found out hes been running a side show at work with his old company. All emails deleted, all internet history deleted. not charing correcrt prices...giving complicated parts to his old customers at cost! The things you find out when somone just stops showing up for work. I hare firing people I had respect for...im 37 and hes 68....it feels horrible.

I hate being at the top!

When I was in a position of managing people I always thought of a situation like that as the person fired themselves. They knew what they were doing and knew the results if they got caught. It's a bit harder to let someone go that just can't perform the work, those are the hard ones..

[coolpool]

Today what am I doing...trying to decide if I am going to fire a guy who had a stroke at work....i found out hes been running a side show at work with his old company. All emails deleted, all internet history deleted. not charing correcrt prices...giving complicated parts to his old customers at cost! The things you find out when somone just stops showing up for work. I hare firing people I had respect for...im 37 and hes 68....it feels horrible.

I hate being at the top!

Yes I think we all feel your pain with this one, tough for sure. Kind of crappy when the guy is down. But think about this.......it's not personal, it's business. What would you have lost if this continued for another 5 years? And it may even cost you the company if profits drop off from this current shat show were living in today. I think you deserve to do right by yourself/family by letting him go. When you have the conversation, ask him what he would do in the exact situation....you might be surprised at his answer? What's the prognosis of him even returning to work, maybe the problem is solved already?

[Shep1970]

AJ (son) had 4 wisdom teeth pulled yesterday- I forgot how miserable that was....
So i'm home w/him, and watching the 2 inches of snow melt outside.
I found something to do with the axtra dash plastic.
Yup i'm making a mess but thats going good.
Tapatalk charges me .99 cents a month so i might as well use the larger pics-I wonder though if i stop paying tapatalk do my pics here vanish? hmm
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[ironchop]

Got tired of looking for wheels for my sister-in-law's '84 200BR.

She bought new tires and asked me to put them on. They were "tubed" before I got started trying to break the bead. Bead Breaker was struggling with it so I cut the tire apart with a utility knife to see what was going on inside there. This was a few months ago. Wheel ended up being rusted to the point of trashed, so I started looking for new ones. Couldn't find any that were aftermarket in 9x9 and 4x150, and the only used ones were $75/ea and up plus shipping on the Bay.

Found these wheels on The Bay....9x9 6-3 offset with a 4x137 bolt pattern but they were $75 shipped FOR THE PAIR and they were new.

So I snatched them up and took over a mill center at work this morning for an hour, setup the wheels, indicated wheel center, and drilled the 4x150 pattern in them clocked 90° from the other holes. She's good to go now. Hubs fit good. The offset was nice because the old tire sometimes rubs the new DG pipe when you're going hard in a turn. The offset keeps the inside of the right rear tire out of the muffler.

I'll mount new valve stems and the tires tonight or tomorrow.

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[ATC King]

Couldn't find any that were aftermarket in 9x9 and 4x150...

They have some on EBay now. Just an FYI if you or anyone else is looking for more.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/AMS-0231-0006-Steel-Replacement-Wheel-9x9-3-6-Offset-4-150/333810395603?epid=216008260&_trkparms=ispr%3D1&hash=item4db8a669d3:g:hhwAAOSwc1FfxsrT&amdata=enc%3AAQAFAAACcBaobrjLl8XobRIiIML1V4Imu%252 Fn%252BzU5L90Z278x5ickkCrLl8erj3ATP5raQxjc%252F%25 2B3IaJUMUcdgYSwr0f42z4q9xLy%252BKS3%252BIVlO8E7bRp 1tCL1yrptIVmDZ4psfNr24Nj3r2cWyBGcSiK%252FdVq%252Fc 8ThnAr8Kq0myTqAPHTlFXPOLiaqmWJTdEeyIId1B%252FRBS%2 52BxXMkHWzif8BJWCfI%252Bso6EpP%252B%252FBcYKy1ivby mJu9oMrNb6Z4SGYdtuGPI7a3dKaeKpRvrv55cX5jtAuTxlImbS t545%252BHry6d54ARKz7Vd4%252BZFfQOa7jMKM3cG%252FJ0 OldDa1uj1vM1sNxGB2Otsa71rWaWE8sAjo7GEoM9QzD2j5e5X% 252FULEW0IyCSxuUFlSdAVJKwcSZTSzQd2Lm%252FTTmksM0Sx dRuoxuGuZTDQWTeD9tlOGk5Fw0EKCxOyu9zWp2UJLEumpCZE%2 52FKc3ac9wB9bEfCxREIW793Svzw9bpyo0gL9Eo9cj1dMihjgW QZrNtfB6OlEl%252FU0ncx%252Fd6pi%252FhdsSUvabBvsNHY aDF5%252FVmC3EBj%252FqMN6jl0watE9i11wcIysiI818IgkF HYQ8y7poRdFiAhap%252BZAK836BJD6dHsybK29b1ezw2ksoNI bXpipV7qgvRzumO%252BHmW4Z%252B3Q4SOBoS24mDqlFcElhA SAjw%252F0RQY5YyP6oyKuICO%252FRXoNnLNsl3yvlfV0yugi apNaXLCBesFm%252F2YxDC7tZaT%252FX1bLZTH7yU3%252FG8 5Nthi4%252FgXcNeBlYwQ%252FvukjWSywuhaq3pBzt5vZ8IQ% 252Fvc660iSFX91HAcKZgf%252BoGKJ7HfVXN2Nf7sw4Sfl%25 2FA%253D%253D%7Ccksum%3A3338103956037bbdc5b9c0a342 e1a657e40fa32f64d6%7Campid%3APL_CLK%7Cclp%3A233452 4

For sure, the offset is nice. Thanks for that tidbit about the stock being too close to the aftermarket exhaust. It's a bummer to rub a hole through a new muffler and a dirt covered tire can do that pretty darn quickly.

[ironchop]

They have some on EBay now. Just an FYI if you or anyone else is looking for more.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/AMS-0231-0006-Steel-Replacement-Wheel-9x9-3-6-Offset-4-150/333810395603?epid=216008260&_trkparms=ispr%3D1&hash=item4db8a669d3:g:hhwAAOSwc1FfxsrT&amdata=enc%3AAQAFAAACcBaobrjLl8XobRIiIML1V4Imu%252 Fn%252BzU5L90Z278x5ickkCrLl8erj3ATP5raQxjc%252F%25 2B3IaJUMUcdgYSwr0f42z4q9xLy%252BKS3%252BIVlO8E7bRp 1tCL1yrptIVmDZ4psfNr24Nj3r2cWyBGcSiK%252FdVq%252Fc 8ThnAr8Kq0myTqAPHTlFXPOLiaqmWJTdEeyIId1B%252FRBS%2 52BxXMkHWzif8BJWCfI%252Bso6EpP%252B%252FBcYKy1ivby mJu9oMrNb6Z4SGYdtuGPI7a3dKaeKpRvrv55cX5jtAuTxlImbS t545%252BHry6d54ARKz7Vd4%252BZFfQOa7jMKM3cG%252FJ0 OldDa1uj1vM1sNxGB2Otsa71rWaWE8sAjo7GEoM9QzD2j5e5X% 252FULEW0IyCSxuUFlSdAVJKwcSZTSzQd2Lm%252FTTmksM0Sx dRuoxuGuZTDQWTeD9tlOGk5Fw0EKCxOyu9zWp2UJLEumpCZE%2 52FKc3ac9wB9bEfCxREIW793Svzw9bpyo0gL9Eo9cj1dMihjgW QZrNtfB6OlEl%252FU0ncx%252Fd6pi%252FhdsSUvabBvsNHY aDF5%252FVmC3EBj%252FqMN6jl0watE9i11wcIysiI818IgkF HYQ8y7poRdFiAhap%252BZAK836BJD6dHsybK29b1ezw2ksoNI bXpipV7qgvRzumO%252BHmW4Z%252B3Q4SOBoS24mDqlFcElhA SAjw%252F0RQY5YyP6oyKuICO%252FRXoNnLNsl3yvlfV0yugi apNaXLCBesFm%252F2YxDC7tZaT%252FX1bLZTH7yU3%252FG8 5Nthi4%252FgXcNeBlYwQ%252FvukjWSywuhaq3pBzt5vZ8IQ% 252Fvc660iSFX91HAcKZgf%252BoGKJ7HfVXN2Nf7sw4Sfl%25 2FA%253D%253D%7Ccksum%3A3338103956037bbdc5b9c0a342 e1a657e40fa32f64d6%7Campid%3APL_CLK%7Cclp%3A233452 4Exact same brand I got.

I can tell you that these AMS steel wheels are very good quality and thick steel. They felt a little heavier guage than the stock wheels. Welds were nice. Look to be powder coated, maybe... Nice silver color..... These are good solid wheels for the money

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[El Camexican]

Built a leveling bar this evening and took it for a quick lap, will put it to work tomorrow.

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[plastikosmd]

Belt and motor change in this ungodly mess
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10 belts (4 wheel belts not shown)

[DAM shop]

What exactly is that Doc?

[DAM shop]

Pushing another one out the door. 265498

[plastikosmd]

Quadractor

Blew the motor right when I was getting ready to change belts

Nice work dam, someday I want one

[DAM shop]

Quadractor

Blew the motor right when I was getting ready to change belts

Nice work dam, someday I want one
We flip a lot of trikes, this is the second one this month. They aren’t show quality but we make sure there reliable and good riders. We have a pretty good stockpile of parts so if something doesn’t need extensive top end work the. We can flip these fairly quickly. 90/110’s are our specialty.

[plastikosmd]

Ya I would like some cool little one to bomb around on someday

[ironchop]

Turning some rear rack bushings for this 84 BR out of some Delrin drops we had laying around the shop https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20201213/a1f67a8f022f9195c28f40f9ecfb5858.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20201213/d7e81cb76c0896e674813e2613eef54f.jpg

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[knappyfeet]

Used some HD engine brightener for the first time today.

I told myself I never wanted to use anything like that and that it was useless..... but now I wish I would have tried the stuff earlier.... very nice.

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[coolpool]

Now that our big game seasons are over, I went for a walk in my hunting area with a friend to put up some trail cameras to see what is still around. Found some tufts of moose hair on the trail in a spot where the snow was trampled flat in a 10yard circle and wondered out loud about what was going on. Walked another 1/4 mile and heard the ravens going nuts deep in the bush. I told my neighbor that there's a dead moose in there. This is the area I watched two 40" bulls feeding two weeks ago and thought maybe one of them was down. Went in to investigate and turns out this small cow must have got hit by wolves or a cougar and has been dead maybe a day or two. I even found a bed where she lay for some time 100 yards away from her full of blood. It was only after we were home for awhile that my neighbor said we should of put a camera up over the kill to see what shows up, dang why didn't we think of that then! It's currently a balmy -9F and a 1 1/2 mile walk in to get to her....think I'll pass on going back, lol.

[El Camexican]

Looks like the work of radical mooslim terrorists.

[ironchop]

Looks like a moosicle

Is it weird that I'm wondering if you can cut some off the undisturbed part of the moose carcass and then cook it really good and be ok?

I mean, he said a couple days, but Pete also mentioned it's single digit temps, so the meat froze pretty fast after death and probably hasn't seen temps above freezing during the day. I vote 'good' [emoji848]

..... In a survival situation, of course

I've never had moose that I can recall, but elk meat is tasty. I imagine moose to taste like Canadian Angus with a hint of Maple syrup, no? Heehee

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[El Camexican]

We had moose and venison in the freezer my entire childhood. Elk was more elusive in our province, but I preferred it to moose.

Some people are pretty fussy about how their dinner died, how fast they get the guts out and remove glands, etc. Having eaten Chinese street dog, I’m probably not the one to answer.

[90nut]

When I was growing up, well, a kid, cause I'm still growing up! Dads rule was if you shoot it you eat it, other than the barn birds he had a bounty on. I've ate lots of critters, vehicle kill or wounded white tail are on that list but the meat is usually so bruised and mangled it's not worth the effort unfortunately. If your hungry you eat what's presented to you, not ask a million questions about it. Ask me how I know..

[coolpool]

Looks like a moosicle

Is it weird that I'm wondering if you can cut some off the undisturbed part of the moose carcass and then cook it really good and be ok?

I mean, he said a couple days, but Pete also mentioned it's single digit temps, so the meat froze pretty fast after death and probably hasn't seen temps above freezing during the day. I vote 'good' [emoji848]

..... In a survival situation, of course

I've never had moose that I can recall, but elk meat is tasty. I imagine moose to taste like Canadian Angus with a hint of Maple syrup, no? Heehee

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Viable questions Doug but I would only attempt that in a survival situation as you stated; I'm leaving it to nature I'm afraid. El Cam nailed it on quality of meat being linked to the mechanism of death. The meat would be questionable at best taking into consideration on how she died. Wolves don't go for a "clean kill" and may even start eating before it's completely dead if the dangerous hooves are out of commission. I suspect the meat would be full of adrenaline and very gamey tasting. I would of needed a sharp chainsaw to get through that critter as she was frozen like a brick too and I only had my requisite axe when walking in the bush!

And for the record I've eaten a fresh road kill moose calf that we've seen get hit so it was salvageable except for a front quarter. In my opinion, moose is hands down better than beef any day; and to think the 'snowflakes' who scream "eat organic" think they have it figured out, lol.

[90nut]

Had our first plowable snow fall this morning. Just got all my equipment running when the office boys called me to come in and help run sidewalk crews. Only problem, I was working an hr.5 from where they wanted me. Told them to find someone closer and I'd get there when I get there. I hate snow removal

[El Camexican]

Had our first plowable snow fall this morning. Just got all my equipment running when the office boys called me to come in and help run sidewalk crews. Only problem, I was working an hr.5 from where they wanted me. Told them to find someone closer and I'd get there when I get there. I hate snow removal

Pennies from heaven. I operated a big bright shiny aluminum shovel in the early 80’s for drinking money. Good memories, bad back.

Watch out for those hydrants :beer

[coolpool]

Had our first plowable snow fall this morning. Just got all my equipment running when the office boys called me to come in and help run sidewalk crews. Only problem, I was working an hr.5 from where they wanted me. Told them to find someone closer and I'd get there when I get there. I hate snow removal

Well at least there's something there for the kids to go tobogganing over the holidays....or do they just do that on x-box now?

I like menial tasks such as grass cutting, snow shoveling, wood cutting etc. At least you have a measurable outcome to your efforts unlike office work most days.

[coolpool]

Pennies from heaven. I operated a big bright shiny aluminum shovel in the early 80’s for drinking money. Good memories, bad back.

Watch out for those hydrants :beer

Who here remembers the time when road graders were operated standing up? Yes, curbs and protruded manholes were a hazard when you're that close to the windshield, lol.

[El Camexican]

Who here remembers the time when road graders were operated standing up? Yes, curbs and protruded manholes were a hazard when you're that close to the windshield, lol.

I don’t remember standup models, but I do remember watching a sanding truck go past us in the opposite direction one day o Rg 4 inches of fresh snow and not five minutes later came the snow plow to push it all into the ditch LOL!

[knappyfeet]

Who here remembers the time when road graders were operated standing up? Yes, curbs and protruded manholes were a hazard when you're that close to the windshield, lol.

I remember an episode of Classic Tractor Fever (I think it was that show) that had some real old Lanz or Cockshutt or something like that pulling a pull grader......with someone standing on it. It might have been something with an old hit and miss engine.

Farming is still hard but doing it on some old steam power rig was a lot different then the equipment used today. I like that kind of old power on display

[coolpool]

I remember an episode of Classic Tractor Fever (I think it was that show) that had some real old Lanz or Cockshutt or something like that pulling a pull grader......with someone standing on it. It might have been something with an old hit and miss engine.

Farming is still hard but doing it on some old steam power rig was a lot different then the equipment used today. I like that kind of old power on display

I agree, operating that old steam equipment is just plain nuts. The levers and open gears spinning beside you had to keep you on your toes! I never miss the chance to attend an antique tractor & steam equipment show

[plastikosmd]

I always think of images of this 150 case pulling the bottom plow with all the people standing on it. It’s near the end of the video but amazing, just a cool machine

https://youtu.be/wgkwBsCj_Us

Pulls a 36 bottom plow at end

[coolpool]

I always think of images of this 150 case pulling the bottom plow with all the people standing on it. It’s near the end of the video but amazing, just a cool machine

https://youtu.be/wgkwBsCj_Us

Pulls a 36 bottom plow at end

Just incredible, thanks for sharing! Rolling coal isn't the word for it, Greta wouldn't be happy, lol

[ironchop]

Yeah that was a great video, Doc

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[plastikosmd]

I could do without the drama music, impressive undertaking to make that machinery

[DAM shop]

Cool tractor and a ton of hours getting that old girl up and running. I live in the Mecca of tractor factories. Case plant was here ( made combines I believe) I.H was here until closing in the 80’s, J.D headquarters is also here.

[90nut]

Steam tractors are great. They take some learning to operate, there is a guy by my parents that works dirt a couple times a year with a rumley oil pull, and some sort of case steamer. Its work to run one!

[coolpool]

Went to check out the trail cameras we put up 8 days ago and were pleasantly surprised by the animal movement. This time around we put one up over the moose kill to see what comes around....hopefully we don't get a 100 pictures of ravens! Took our 11 month pup for the walk and she did great navigating the snow (drifted 8-10" in places) and getting through the forest litter. Check out the snowball beard on her! There's only one problem I'm having.....I'm trying to find big bucks and not moose! Guess I better find a different area. My neighbor should have a chance to get a bull moose tag next Fall so hopefully these don't get driven out of here by then.

[knappyfeet]

Very cool!

That carcass looks more gone than the earlier pic.....maybe im wrong

[coolpool]

Very cool!

That carcass looks more gone than the earlier pic.....maybe im wrong

Absolutely, about half gone already and completely hollowed out inside. Still lots there for the more energetic critters who like to chew on frozen bricks, lol.

[oldskool83]

I'm training a 18yo welder I hired last year to become my new ATV/ATC frame / swingarm builder. It took him 1 hour to try and cut to two round gussets....he did decent, I wanted him to try and think. I took the metal and showed him in 5 mins how they get done. His mind was blown, but now it's up in his mental. Over the next few days we will build a swingarm. When he completes a long task I grab him some Mt. Dew.

[coolpool]

I'm training a 18yo welder I hired last year to become my new ATV/ATC frame / swingarm builder. It took him 1 hour to try and cut to two round gussets....he did decent, I wanted him to try and think. I took the metal and showed him in 5 mins how they get done. His mind was blown, but now it's up in his mental. Over the next few days we will build a swingarm. When he completes a long task I grab him some Mt. Dew.

Good on ya! It's tough to be a mentor at times knowing what you can do in a short amount of time compared to what they can do. We all need to remember that we were all beginners at everything once! At 18, would they be in a welding apprenticeship program 1st year or something? Expand on the Mt Dew comment please, me no comprehend? is there more to it than what's there?

[oldskool83]

I hired him out of vo-tech his last year in 12th grade. I wanted a kid who could tig alum to fill the gap when another alum welder takes vacation since he has 5 or 6 weeks thats alot of time not welding alum.

Covid hit and i said screw it come in FT. He's been here ever since. I have the kid started out doing alot of side jobs for my toys. Fix this do that, make this. I can do it but if someone else can I can focus on the business side of things which I need do and then I am not here in the shop every weekend working on my crap. So after a few tries on things ge started getting the hang of things. He knows about HRE...my goal is to turn him into my own PERSONAL HRE. I simply cannot or will not run to HRE everytime i need somthing. But the odd things I will use HRE for yet. We make sure things for fire trucks and 4x4 vans....so little atv and trike parts no issues just need to do it and deal with it.

I have them trained pretty good in the laser cutting and welding smaller stuff.

After the kid did a side job I treat him to MT. Dew....it's that simple. I cant buy him a case of beer yet so I buy him a cew cartons of Mt. Dew.

Heres a 250X frame he started welding. I am going to have him at new shock tower for 450R front end I have laying around and maybe we will go a 350X rear end not sure yet.

He will also be converting some roll design foot pegs into 250x/300ex roll design pegs...not somthing that was ever made. Last time they were made into warrior. the time before that they were made into KFX700...the started as KFX450R lol.

It's ok to cut up things and turn them into other things. You won't learn until you deg right in. I have a junk 300ex swingarm I want to to cut up and lets see how it was made, then make a new longer one. If you cant you cant, but its free to try. Well not really buy I let him use junk metal to start with. I had a blaster swinger extended 1.5" last year. It helped the kid learn. I made drawings and had all parts lazer cut to it jfit together like a puzzel.

Hardest thing is trusting somone with tools to work on your stuff. They will never do it the way you do but they will learn how things need to look when finished.

[90nut]

Started out digging some test holes for a new building we are starting soon, then had to go dig up a forced main sewer and a water line because there was a grade conflict and you need a minimum of 18" of separation between them at the pipe size we were running, got that fixed and checked off with the board of health. Loaded up the mini and office called and said that he had a slight emergency repair. Turns out a steering wheel holder ran into a bunch of stuff at a gas station, knocked a light pole over into the power lines, wasnt really in the lines it was about 4' off and they weren't power, just comm and traffic stuff. So I loaded up the other hoe and went and took care of it. Took longer to unchain the machine than it did to straighten up the pole. Everyone was shocked that I had it done in about 8 minutes.


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[coolpool]

The ground is that soft you can straighten out a concrete sono tube that size, impressive!

[El Camexican]

Built a lawn roller today using a repurposed propane tank. I was a little scared of ripping my hitch off, but after a few test runs I worked up the nerve to fill it completely with water and while I can definitely tell that the engine working a little harder, it’s definitely up to the task.

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[90nut]

Ground was either that soft, or they augered it with a 36" bit and put a 24" tube in there and threw the loose dirt around it. Either way the guy was stoked, but I didn't give him a warranty on how long it will stay straight. Who knows, might not ever move.

[Jaywood1207]

A couple Santa treat trays I made on the cnc for my daughter and nephews. I added the handles to hers after the picture was taken. Santa snacked in style this year. 😎

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[Mr. Clean]

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Drove my new truck.

[plastikosmd]

Wow
Beautiful

[coolpool]

Saaaweet ride!

[knappyfeet]

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Drove my new truck.

Love the wheels!!...very cool man!

[ATC King]

I found Waldo.

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I think he has multiple personalities.

[coolpool]

Checked trail cameras yesterday and found out that the moose have moved areas:wondering. We checked the camera over the moose kill and looked at literally thousands of pictures of ravens. Got a few nice pictures of some coyotes but weirdly no other type of carnivore came by? I thought for sure we'd see a fisher or marten or lynx or something? Not much left on that moose carcass now!

[coolpool]

A nice surprise showed up when me and the mrs ordered some take out wings from a local pub, 2 free draft beers came with it! Gotta love small town living! The owner says he wants to start a draft beer delivery service and wanted to make sure the quality stays intact after travelling, lol.

[mikeheck]

Checked trail cameras yesterday and found out that the moose have moved areas:wondering. We checked the camera over the moose kill and looked at literally thousands of pictures of ravens. Got a few nice pictures of some coyotes but weirdly no other type of carnivore came by? I thought for sure we'd see a fisher or marten or lynx or something? Not much left on that moose carcass now!

Nice pictures! What kind of trail camera is that? I have been looking for one.

[plastikosmd]

Walbro wf carb clean out
Sheeh who designed this thing
Awaiting seals
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[Arky-X]

I found Waldo.

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I think he has multiple personalities.

Been lots of places in this state but can't say I've made my way to Waldo before. Definitely heard of it.

Passing thru? Or was that your destination?

[oldskool83]

Im cutting up toys to turn into other toys.

300ex frame, 450r shocks,on oem 400ex a arms. Made a new 300ex geometryshock tower for the 450r shocks. Didnt like those bolt on kits plus this was cheaper to do it the righter way. I started on my 350x swinger today fixing thay up.

This is what 7 days off work gets me into.

[ATC King]

Walbro wf carb clean out
Sheeh who designed this thing
Awaiting seals


I've rebuilt a few Zenith carbs (if you remember those). I think their TVs were better, which isn't saying much...


I remember the first day we switched from Walbro to Zama carbs on the chainsaw production line, because I was one of the unfortunate souls tasked with setting them. The first few batches of Zama carbs were a total mess. I guess that's just the price for going from Mexican to Chinese built; it's all lost in translation.

Wana get stupid, Rochester done that with the feedback Quadrajet. Half electronic...all worthless.

[ATC King]

Been lots of places in this state but can't say I've made my way to Waldo before. Definitely heard of it.

Passing thru? Or was that your destination?

Just passing through. Every time I've gone through there, I keep saying I'm going to take a picture of the city limit sign; I finally did.

To note, their water tower is nearly 100 year old and on the historic register.


I haven't been stopping too much at random places, because of Covid. I'm sleeping in my truck and resupply only when needed. Some of the small state parks I've visited, I haven't seen a single other person. Those are the unstaffed parks, more or less, historical parks. They may have a half mile hiking trail, but that's about it other than some information placards for the historical stuff.

I did make it by the cemetery where Arkansas's first governor is buried. Nothing there but the cemetery though, and it's right next to a cow pasture, so it smells a little bit. I've been meaning to stop by the place for years; now I finally did. History is super important...regardless of politics.

[ATC King]

I got a little over twenty miles of gravel grinding in today. Not a single other person or vehicle seen the whole time. It was really relaxing.

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I'm working up to the 100 miles for the Iron Ranger Challenge this year.
https://www.nps.gov/buff/planyourvisit/2020-iron-ranger-challenge.htm

Normally, I could knock that out in a day or two, but 2020 has knocked my *(&% in the dirt. I've just had a hard time getting motivated for anything.


The Iron Ranger Challenge is happening in 2021 too. There's also the Arkansas First Day Hikes coming up. This is a statewide encouragement to get people outdoors.
https://www.arkansasstateparks.com/first-day-hikes

Hot Springs, Arkansas, is a great place to experience, and if you have the time, sign up for one of the first day activities.
https://www.nps.gov/hosp/getinvolved/januaryevents.htm

I'm probably going to spend New Years there. I'll be biking and hiking. If anyone wants to join me, send a PM pronto. Gulpha Gorge has camping spots with bathrooms, but no showers. (Edit: the way it's been raining the past couple of days, I doubt there'll be any trail activities, especially mountain biking. Think I'll have to hold off on that until next year.)

[coolpool]

Nice pictures! What kind of trail camera is that? I have been looking for one.

They're actually my neighbors units but I think they are made by "Wildgame Innovations", and use an SD card. I remember him stating they aren't that expensive ~$100 Cdn.

[mikeheck]

Ok thanks I will have to check those out!

[ATC King]

Flashbacking.




(Is that even a word?)

http://web.archive.org/web/20020914122824/http://www.3wheelerworld.com/

[coolpool]

Got the lake rink done yesterday which is about a week later than normal due to the nice weather we've been having. I drilled a couple of holes as I went and there's about 8" of clear ice with more developing everyday. We got lucky that the lake froze fairly smooth over most of it's surface, that doesn't happen very often. Time to dust off the 70's and go for a nice rip! I'm in the process of building a red neck zamboni using my atv tub trailer with a dribble bar coming off the rear and dragging a rubberized welding blanket behind to smooth everything out. We're going to use my neighbors hot tub to supply hot water, lol.

[Arky-X]

Got the lake rink done yesterday which is about a week later than normal due to the nice weather we've been having. I drilled a couple of holes as I went and there's about 8" of clear ice with more developing everyday. We got lucky that the lake froze fairly smooth over most of it's surface, that doesn't happen very often. Time to dust off the 70's and go for a nice rip! I'm in the process of building a red neck zamboni using my atv tub trailer with a dribble bar coming off the rear and dragging a rubberized welding blanket behind to smooth everything out. We're going to use my neighbors hot tub to supply hot water, lol.

Dang....how cold is it to have 8" of ice?

Yours truly,
Southern boy

[coolpool]

^Actually we've been having beautiful weather here....well for us anyways. We're around 5 F each night or lower so we're gaining more each day; and with no snow we have perfect conditions to make clear ice. This lake will have 24-36" of ice on it by end of winter. Ice auger extensions are a must when fishing in the bays. Went for a wienie roast on the lake today with a neighbor who took their argo towing a fire pit. We ended up moving from where we were originally set up due to fresh heaves forming around us. I finally found a vehicle I can beat in a race with a 70!

[knappyfeet]

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86 Honda Helix tinkering

You got to post pictures of that as you go along........seems like a cool project

Coopool......when does the ice start to melt?....what's your average daily temps?

[plastikosmd]

Nice argo!

[Shep1970]

I generally keep my boots on the back deck, well 7am this am my toes hit something as i slid my left boot on.......
soft and squishy-
A flying squirrel found a warm spot last night.
just glad it didnt bite my foot!
Have a great day,
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shep

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[ATC King]

I drank stranger danger coffee.



A woman came from the next campsite over, whom I've never spoken to or met, except when she brought a French press of coffee over and poured me a cup.


Am I going to die? Trick question; everyone dies.




Thank goodness friendliness hasn't evaporated in the past year.

[coolpool]

You got to post pictures of that as you go along........seems like a cool project

Coopool......when does the ice start to melt?....what's your average daily temps?

Normally were on the main part of Cold Lake to walk and skate by Christmas and the ice is off by the third week in May with fishing opening on June 1st. This year has been a blessing in terms of weather with it being around 20F each day as we should be around 5F.

[coolpool]

I generally keep my boots on the back deck, well 7am this am my toes hit something as i slid my left boot on.......
soft and squishy-
A flying squirrel found a warm spot last night.
just glad it didnt bite my foot!
Have a great day,
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shep

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That's so cool, Shep, those things are so soft and weigh nothing! What's wrong with it, I'd figure it would be going nuts once it was disturbed? But it appears to be sleeping in a box?

[Shep1970]

I dont think i harmed it when i put my foot partly in, when i reached in and felt fur i had my son get a box and put a couple socks/bird seed/paper towels and we put the open box in the wood shed. It was breathing but shaking alot, all i can think of is i was outside just before midnight and it climbed in soon after (it was a younger squirrel). Spent all night in about 25* temps.
Sadly we checked on it at the end of the day and it didnt survive.:(
I pretty sure i didnt put enough pressure to harm it, i "think" the cold got to it.
And when the wife got home I was the bad guy for not bringing it inside and putting it next to the fire.....to warn up.
There really neat creatures, i just hope i didnt cause his fate.

shep

[coolpool]

^My guess it was doomed even before you put your foot in the boot. Probably dropped by an owl and managed to hide in your boot. They don't actually hibernate and they're nocturnal so it should have been foraging if it wasn't too cold.

[oldskool83]

im going to buy a tube of liquid nail for my loft project tonight before a memeber brings me my next huge load of trikes.

[coolpool]

Do tell! Pics or it didn't happen, lol.

[oldskool83]

Yellow ones!

[oldskool83]

Yellow ones!

[knappyfeet]

Watching the protest going on in DC.

I thought my wife was kidding when she said Trump supporters stormed the capital. A quick search in the news and wow....she was right. An unarmed girl from San Diego was shot and killed by police as she was trying to get into the capital. I thought 2020 was behind us and 2021 was going to be roses.

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[ATC King]

I'm not so certain they "stormed the capital (sic)."

Police 1 People 0 Edit:numbers on both sides have changed now. :_(

AFAIK. That poor woman's bad idea cost her. I hope she didn't leave children behind. A person charging at police or breaking into a building doesn't have to be visually armed to be an immediate threat.

No doubt a lot of us were hoping 2020 was behind us. It's not over yet, Biden still has to keep Kamala from pegging him.

[ATC King]

A few days late, but...

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I hiked over a mountain to buy some beer, and hiked back. About a five mile trip.

https://www.superiorbathhouse.com/


I collect growlers. Unbelievable I haven't added these to my collection until now.

[Arky-X]

Yeah but those bad po-po would have done far worse if those were BLM peaceful protestors. You remember? The peaceful ones..... not the ones setting fire to police stations, breaking windows of businesses, and taking over city blocks.

Now there are senators calling for some of the Republicans' heads that had been siding with Trump up until the capitol was stormed. Where were their cries for civility when cities were getting trashed? Oh, those weren't the peaceful ones though. They want to carve out the good and bad in their cause.
I guess you could do the same with what happened yesterday? If you stormed the capitol, you gonna get shot. If you stayed outside and didn't force your way past barriers? Oh no, they were rioters too.

Damn hypocrites....if it's my cause, it's a protest regardless of the bad apples in the bunch.
If it's your cause..... lawless rioters.

[ATC King]

Not wanting to drag anything down to the basement or up from it; my last statement on rioting in the US.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_incidents_of_civil_unrest_in_the_United_St ates

I'm sure without even looking at the list, some people here remember a certain incident that involved the national guard killing four students on a college campus.

It's all throughout US history, and it keeps repeating itself. Stay safe out there in 2021.

[coolpool]

A few days late, but...

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I hiked over a mountain to buy some beer, and hiked back. About a five mile trip.

https://www.superiorbathhouse.com/


I collect growlers. Unbelievable I haven't added these to my collection until now.

That is so cool ATC! Nice looking stream in the background, bet you could drink from it! How was the beer? I know if I hiked 5 miles it would have been gone:-)

[knappyfeet]

Not wanting to drag anything down to the basement or up from it; my last statement on rioting in the US.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_incidents_of_civil_unrest_in_the_United_St ates

I'm sure without even looking at the list, some people here remember a certain incident that involved the national guard killing four students on a college campus.

It's all throughout US history, and it keeps repeating itself. Stay safe out there in 2021.

Perfectly true......protesting in the USA is nothing new and even patriotic.

The narrative of that young woman's death in the capital got to me.....how she was rioting and the media almost reports like she deserved one in the chest. Yet when some black person gets shot the media reports it like evil racist kkk cop kills for sport another college bound loving unarmed black child coming home from church.

I dislike the media

[Arky-X]

Perfectly true......protesting in the USA is nothing new and even patriotic.

The narrative of that young woman's death in the capital got to me.....how she was rioting and the media almost reports like she deserved one in the chest. Yet when some black person gets shot the media reports it like evil racist kkk cop kills for sport another college bound loving unarmed black child coming home from church.

I dislike the media

They justify her killing because they didn't agree with the mob's right to assemble and because if she were black (I'm sorry.....Black) whitey would have shot 10 of her. Or "you" have done far worse to "us"
Bunch of rhetoric.

[ATC King]

That is so cool ATC! Nice looking stream in the background, bet you could drink from it! How was the beer? I know if I hiked 5 miles it would have been gone:-)

The beer was good. I got two different types, but don't remember which ones. I've been there several times before, but never got a growler. It's just a unique kind of place and that particular bathhouse had been unoccupied long before they renovated it into a brewery.

The hiking trails are nice and the weather was cool, so it wasn't too bad. There's about 26 miles of trail in total, and I've hiked all of them, just not on that day. Sunset trail is the longest and goes around the entire National Park and has some great views. It can be done in sections because there are several road crossings that have parking available. They do have organized trail runs, for anyone who participates in those. Hot Springs is a really unique place and there's quite a bit to do if a person likes outdoor actives along with a little night life.

[ATC King]

Drinking some fine malt liquor and throwing back hand grenades.

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Parachute pants; engage.

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If you've never had the hankering to get drunk on malt liquor while deciphering pictograms, you haven't lived. :beer

[coolpool]

^Is that an actual riddle of some sort or just manufacturing marks? Not sure I've had malt liquor; looks good though!

[coolpool]

Modified my ATV tub trailer into a red neck zamboni to maintain the lake rink. It turned out pretty good I think, just need to modify the seal on the plywood and add a filler hole. We used approx 600 gallons of 104 degree water from my neighbors hot tub to help melt the snow crystals. We did it early in the morning with temps around 6F and it took just over 2 hours to do the whole surface. As a nice surprise a local pub got wind of the rink we maintain and gave each family a munchie platter as thanks from the community.

[wild200x]

"what are you doing today?' Today I am searching. looking for a place to be. Not fake book. I haven't been here in years and am happy this place still is here. I used to be a mod on another trike site which is dead. Perhaps I need to get back to some roots. Hello to those still here as I have no idea how active this place is.

[knappyfeet]

Took a ride with some friends up to a local point called Mt. Solidad to burn some cigars and pay tribute to the veterans on the memorials.

It's funny....I work around here all the time but never stop by.

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[Shep1970]

Just a couple pics for a member here, i'm getting a new iphone XR tomorrow my current iphone 6 has finally just about quit the battery's just about dead amongst other things. Then i gotta probably remember my password for here too, hmmm. tailight rubbers for 86-87 200x and 86 250r too i think. Anyway it should be nice to have a bunch more phone memory storage!!! Probably take me a week to figure the thing out so im posting tonight.
Enjoy the week,
Knappy it must be nice to be outdoors with t-shirts on.... so jealous
this is the only rubber i have for the 86-87 grab bar area- i think the smaller simple round hole through ones are still available? maybe...
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[ATC King]

^Is that an actual riddle of some sort or just manufacturing marks? Not sure I've had malt liquor; looks good though!

Yeah, the Mickey's grenades have a what's actually called a rebus puzzle, under the caps.

I don't drink them much at all, but sometimes I buy a six-pack just for the puzzles. Malt liquor isn't exactly top shelf stuff, it'll hit you like a Colt 45, and give you the Schlitz (high-hat in the background - I'll be here all night).

Malt liquor is THE 40oz, it's the top seller in neighborhoods that only have convenience stores. The bad thing is, most of it comes in plastic now. OK, that's not the bad thing. The bad thing is inside the plastic.


For that puzzle on the picture I posted (because it's kind of hard to see), it's a stop sign, a ham, the letter R, and a clock face.

Stop! Hammer Time!

[ATC King]

"what are you doing today?' Today I am searching. looking for a place to be. Not fake book. I haven't been here in years and am happy this place still is here. I used to be a mod on another trike site which is dead. Perhaps I need to get back to some roots. Hello to those still here as I have no idea how active this place is.

Actual posting is pretty slow, but there's quite a few lurkers.

Internet forums are a much better place to be than social media. Less 'look at me' and more 'I'd like to contribute something.'

I don't know you, but welcome back. If you follow recent pop culture animation - "Come home to the unique flavor of shattering the grand illusion. Come home to Simple Rick's."

[jasong_10]

Just a couple pics for a member here, i'm getting a new iphone XR tomorrow my current iphone 6 has finally just about quit the battery's just about dead amongst other things. Then i gotta probably remember my password for here too, hmmm. tailight rubbers for 86-87 200x and 86 250r too i think. Anyway it should be nice to have a bunch more phone memory storage!!! Probably take me a week to figure the thing out so im posting tonight.
Enjoy the week,
Knappy it must be nice to be outdoors with t-shirts on.... so jealous
this is the only rubber i have for the 86-87 grab bar area- i think the smaller simple round hole through ones are still available? maybe...
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shep

Those look great shep. Someone else got the taillight I was looking at on Ebay (paid stupid $$ for it), so I can't pull a picture up of it, but I think the bushing it was missing was the basic round one that goes through the grab bar/frame. Those aren't available either (other than a single NOS one on Ebay, haha. I'd be interested in a set of those when they're ready.

[knappyfeet]

Just a couple pics for a member here, i'm getting a new iphone XR tomorrow my current iphone 6 has finally just about quit the battery's just about dead amongst other things. Then i gotta probably remember my password for here too, hmmm. tailight rubbers for 86-87 200x and 86 250r too i think. Anyway it should be nice to have a bunch more phone memory storage!!! Probably take me a week to figure the thing out so im posting tonight.
Enjoy the week,
Knappy it must be nice to be outdoors with t-shirts on.... so jealous
this is the only rubber i have for the 86-87 grab bar area- i think the smaller simple round hole through ones are still available? maybe...
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shep

Awsome work Shep....as usual

The weather sure has been nice lately in the southwest. Even a ride to Yuma last week saw temps in the 70s

[wild200x]

Actual posting is pretty slow, but there's quite a few lurkers.

Internet forums are a much better place to be than social media. Less 'look at me' and more 'I'd like to contribute something.'

I don't know you, but welcome back. If you follow recent pop culture animation - "Come home to the unique flavor of shattering the grand illusion. Come home to Simple Rick's."Your screen name looks familiar, were you also on org. way back? I was a mod on that site which is dead. It was a "rival" site to this one.

[ATC King]

Your screen name looks familiar, were you also on org. way back? I was a mod on that site which is dead. It was a "rival" site to this one.

I remember the site, but I was never a member there.

For any old website, if you'd still like to look at it, you can use Wayback Machine.

The bar at the top shows all the times a page was captured. Click on those for different dates. Not everything from the original site is functional.
https://web.archive.org/web/20120615075533/http://www.3wheeler.org/

Here one for a German 3 wheeler site that appears to have been very short lived.
https://web.archive.org/web/20090227030823/http://3wheelers.foren-city.de/forum,52,-wie-werde-ich-mitglied-bei-den-3wheelers-germany.html

Here's a current German 3 wheeler site, if you want to be less US-centric. They did sell these all over the planet.
https://www.3-wheelers.de/

[Billy Golightly]

I have no pics to share and it wasn't necessarily today - but last week or so I have been really deep cleaning in the shop. Lots of sweeping/shoveling/brooming and collecting of trike parts and misc stuff to carry off elswhere and get out of the way. Organizing and trying to get things a bit more functional. The last 5 years I've just worked so much I have not had or made time to really be in there often enough to keep up with cleaning duties and just keeping things more organized. Making some good headway though and it's starting to turn back into something I can see myself actually working in from time to time again.

Hope to get get the two-wheeler rotax up on the table and do some more on it in a few months if we aren't fighting a zombie apocalypse.

[knappyfeet]

Your screen name looks familiar, were you also on org. way back? I was a mod on that site which is dead. It was a "rival" site to this one.

No....it was before my time....org. I tripped onto my first 3 in 2015 for the first time ever in my life.

My friends had them back in the late 70's so I was briefly exposed but the old elsinores and yz's of the time we're my thing.

I did have an old FL250...78 or 79

[jasong_10]

Just a couple pics for a member here, i'm getting a new iphone XR tomorrow my current iphone 6 has finally just about quit the battery's just about dead amongst other things. Then i gotta probably remember my password for here too, hmmm. tailight rubbers for 86-87 200x and 86 250r too i think. Anyway it should be nice to have a bunch more phone memory storage!!! Probably take me a week to figure the thing out so im posting tonight.
Enjoy the week,
Knappy it must be nice to be outdoors with t-shirts on.... so jealous
this is the only rubber i have for the 86-87 grab bar area- i think the smaller simple round hole through ones are still available? maybe...
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shep

Hate to backtrack on you shep but I got lucky and snagged a taillight on Ebay last night that includes those rubber pieces, so I unless they're shot when it shows up next week, I shouldn't need a set. My apologies.

[Thorpe]

Diving balls deep into "conspiracy theroys"

[Shep1970]

Hate to backtrack on you shep but I got lucky and snagged a taillight on Ebay last night that includes those rubber pieces, so I unless they're shot when it shows up next week, I shouldn't need a set. My apologies.
No problem glad u got one- i saw that one last night jeez i cant believe the price things are going for these days.

edited my other comment it probably wasnt appropriate (different "electoral" subject)
shep

[wild200x]

Diving balls deep into "conspiracy theroys"Been doing that for 20 years. Much more heavily last 3.

[DAM shop]

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[jasong_10]

No problem glad u got one- i saw that one last night jeez i cant believe the price things are going for these days.

edited my other comment it probably wasnt appropriate (different "electoral" subject)
shep

Yeah, the same guy put up the grab bar the next night. I'm currently trying to build up the courage to submit an offer, lol.

[ATC King]

I think I blew another header gasket, or the rusty headers gave way coming up a hill at WOT in my F150. It was running so good today too.

I just parked it when I got home and walked away; didn't even want to look at it.



This is more of a 'what I'm doing tomorrow' post.

[jasong_10]

I think I blew another header gasket, or the rusty headers gave way coming up a hill at WOT in my F150. It was running so good today too.

I just parked it when I got home and walked away; didn't even want to look at it.



This is more of a 'what I'm doing tomorrow' post.

What year F150 is it?

[DAM shop]

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Scraping the crusty’s from my skillet

[ATC King]

What year F150 is it?

'79

I'm running six into two headers on the 300 six. Just an issue with headers on an inline. These headers aren't particularly well fitting, so that's the major part of it. I'm not sure of the brand, because I haven't seen another set with similar primary bends, and I can remove the starter with them in place. Most other brands make getting the starter off nearly impossible without loosening things up.

I'm kicking around replacing them with the dual EFI cast manifolds. Less heat, less noise, longer lasting, and better sealing.

Power Nation recently done a N/A 300 build, getting 300ft/lb of torque, with a nearly stock engine except bolt on parts and a cam. They done a turbo Chevy 292, getting over 500ft/lb. There's an insane Turbo Jeep inline build, with more than 800 horsepower.