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kastein posted:I'm not sure if I like Just Empty Every Pocket or Fix Or Repair Daily problems more right now. Subaru is still sounding like the worlds angriest typewriter with a bit of marbles in a wooden box thrown in for good measure, but still running great. Need to bring it back to the inspection station for its emissions test soonish. To be fair, that doesn't really sound like a Ford-related problem. RWD Fords are just like Jeeps, nothing major ever breaks, but every single loving pheriphrial part is made cheaply as poo poo and will just fail in small, annoying ways that barely leave the car running. Btw, I don't know if you ever managed to get the red crapcan back, but I end up traveling from CT to the Capitol Region every ~month or so, so I'd be able to give you a lift some weekend.
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Existing tank and new external oil pump seems like a piece of piss to install, if it's in the price range just run it.
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Feb 13, 2020 05:24
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Like CSB said, put it in a can with a sock, or find a big 'ol filter, NPT->X adapters are widly available use one of those to mount a nice fatty fuel filter. Make sure it's big enough and it'll be fine, search COTS industrial poo poo if a good automotive equivalent doesn't exist.
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Feb 13, 2020 07:30
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So pass-through you're looking at an NPT nipple.with teflon sealing rings on either end, right? Should be able to use a close nipple sealed to the tank to the requisite adaptors. If not, an adapter of your choosing welded into the tank? I know that means inerting the tank somehow, but that shouldn't be difficult with your skill set.
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Feb 13, 2020 07:43
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That is IMPRESSIVE commutator wear, especially since those brushes don't look half bad. These are cooled/lubricated by system fluid, right? Silt/ mud sounds about right for first "clearancing" the bearings then lapping in that commutator. Is that shaft supported by bushings, plain bearings, or ball bearings?
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Jun 16, 2020 08:04
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Split Loom is for scrubs that don't have dozens of hours of free time on their hands. Cable Lacing is the way to go. 
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Jul 24, 2020 17:36
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That looks good, why'd you go that route over drop-in LED replacements though?
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Sep 7, 2020 13:09
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kastein posted:The stock sockets were the hosed part. And no one makes replacements that won't have it happen again for less than 60 each, which I'm not paying. I really didn't want this project, but this was the cheapest way out and means I shouldn't have to gently caress with it again. But they're LEDs, they never go bad!  Oh, NM.
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Sep 9, 2020 04:51
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kastein posted:So I used a bunch of random junk I had around (seriously, 1.5x0.25 bar stock, a handful of grade 8 bolts, a busted YJ tcase shifter linkage bar, a piece of 1x0.312 DOM tubing, half inch round bar stock, an extra 1/4 inch rod end joint from fixing a 1974 Case backhoe, a few screws out of the random bolt bin we inherited from the previous tenant at the hangar, half of a dakota ax15 shifter, and a grease zerk stolen off a 1992 w250 front driveshaft) to fabricobble one. It actually works quite nicely for what it is: Lol, perfect! Some people try to shame others for hoarding all those scraps of tubing and steel and bolts and nuts. Sounds like it's 99% there.
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Nov 18, 2020 07:50
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I don't know if I'm more surprised a pick-n-pull has a beam hoist, or that you used it instead of carrying the engine out.
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Feb 9, 2021 05:39
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The Milwaukee is supposed to be pretty awesome too, even more powerful than the Snap on. Unrelated, I found the ultimate nut-fucker while I was searching around. 2,000 ft-lbs, 1" drive. 
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Feb 9, 2021 23:33
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Tilt/telescoping columns should have been mandated from day 1 imo. I have to drive my Ranger with my legs splayed like I'm about to give birth.
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Feb 19, 2021 00:26
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kastein posted:Headlights are in! Bet most people wouldn't even notice they aren't factory, which is what I was aiming for. gently caress me those look good.
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Apr 10, 2021 06:31
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kastein posted:Well a long post will probably be coming soon but: Oh man, look at those 8 spark plugs for the mighty V8 in that truck. By all rights the transverse engines in the Ranger should have miles of space around them, bit it's like Ford's engines set out to fill every available cc of under hood room with the worst, bulkiest hose and pipe routing possible.
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Apr 13, 2021 01:56
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I mean, I do have explicit memories of using 4' of ratchet extensions to reach the CPS bolts on a Renix WJ. Your post made me check mine, the 2.3 is a timing chain, and seemingly a massive improvement over the mighty, mighty 2.5 in general, and half the spark plugs.
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It looks like '98 they changed to the 2.5L, which I think was the same engine as the 2.3 but larger, and in 2001 they had both the 2.5 and unrelated new 2.3 with a measly 1 spark plug per cylinder and timing chain. Which is a lot of development for the only longitudinal I4 in their inventory (afaik).
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Apr 13, 2021 07:29
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I love the massive rectangle tube welded to the wimpy little drawbar and super thin truck frame. 
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Apr 27, 2021 04:56
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That's still setting a pretty good pace, all things considered.
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Oct 15, 2021 09:48
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kastein posted:Port Orchard WA That sounds familiar. Hope you get settled in well at the new place.
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Oct 17, 2021 06:48
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Doccers posted:East Coast (of the Key Peninsula on Kitsap) - we just had to specify, you see... I've gone to Silverdale or GH HD so many drat times because the PO Lowes sucks so bad, even though I could probably coast to it with the Ranger's clutch popped. kastein posted:So I haven't posted this pic here yet and you're drat right I'm gonna toot my own horn about this rad piece of junk making it cross country without stranding me despite it having less than 300 miles on everything I installed (basically "all of it except for the front axle, springs, steering box, and brake booster") and having never been more than 25 miles from home before. I saw this on FB, the Honcho's so fuckin' rad.
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kastein posted:XJs unfortunately don't do anything useful for me at this point that Britt's wagon, the Honcho, and the MJ can't do. I do, however, need a crane to build a house and barn without a construction crew, or at least that's my excuse to spend ten grand on a toy instead of ten grand on hiring a crew to stand up the framing. I will help you in any way I can, if you let me borrow the crane occasionally, I saw your picture and immediately started searching CL.
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It's not the fastest route by any stretch, but if you head all the way West to Newport or Astoria and take 101 up the coast to Long Beach, then head East up to the Peninsula via the back route it's a really pretty drive this time of year. Also try taking Steven's pass via highway 2 next time you need to cross the cascades, it's a beautiful road, much nicer than I-90 views wise, and there's a cute little Bavarian themed town along the way that's worth a stop for a sausage and a beer.
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Mar 25, 2022 03:45
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kastein posted:It does, in fact. In its previous life it welded exhaust manifolds all day long. If it's the same one that welded the exhaust manifolds for my V6 mustangs throw it away, every single one had an initial tack at the collector that was solid, then the entire bead had just burned through the thin tubing entirely.
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I don't think I ever used mine with gas, but they're surprisingly robust and rebuildable, last one I had ate metal shavings, aluminized grease, and metal shavings for a year without issue, tubing and o-rings are easily replaceable.
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Oct 20, 2022 05:16
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ThinkFear posted:A safety siphon is the pro move. gently caress accidentally gargling gas. Best way to use a gas can, too. There isn't a no-spill spout that isn't a complete piece of poo poo. Disagree, I have the 1.5 gallon version of this and it's awesome, seals so tight it'll crush the can under vacuum if you half empty it on a hot day, easy to use too. Those racing gas cans are pretty awesome too, I have a few for my diet bikes, all the spout components are just NPS so you can get replacements at Lowes, first thing I do for mine is get a barb x 1/2" NPS fitting and a cap.
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kastein posted:The brand name is amusing. I think it's German for "Jeep"
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Transmission/torque converter/driveshaft related if it doesn't do it while parked? Last annoying cyclic noise I had was a cracked flywheel on one of my old Mustangs, but that would go away when you disengaged the clutch.
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Apr 8, 2023 06:06
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When I replaced the convertible top in my old Mustang with a DPDT momentary switch, I used a piece of aluminum to fill the gap, that looked pretty good.
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I think they're pretty good for vibration, there's a lot of peckerheads on rattly old motors with bad bearings keeping everything in contact. They're also a great warning that you need to start ripping out and redoing wires when you see them on a car.
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This is why I only use fresh, clean Romex scraps for all my car wiring needs.
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May 19, 2023 07:12
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kastein posted:Don't forget I know where you live You're threatening to steal my Romex stash! 
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Have you thought about getting a properly rated trailer, maybe a dual axle, and putting the Comanche bed trailer on that? I'm a little worried that it's going to be too sketchy to get you across the country no matter what you do to it.
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Holy poo poo that strut tower.
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kastein posted:This sounds like fun. Game plan, all contestants must appear in New England with 3000 dollars and whatever you can fit in your luggage. You buy a vehicle and must repair, fuel, and drive it to the Pacific Coast. Whoever arrives with the most money remaining wins. May the gods of oxidation be blind to you. Done  Side note, I think summer would be the ideal season for this contest.
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I'd probably break North and take the Muskegon/Milwaukee ferry. Or do it like the motorcycle trip I did take across the country, and avoid cities as much as possible. I made it across all of Texas without stopping in a town with more than 10k people. I've also ridden bikes in NYC and Boston, so I feel pretty confident. I love that CVT legal defense, "no no no, we just designed them all hosed up, they're built perfect!"
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When I rode my bike through Texas I avoided Interstates and cities entirely. Lots of lovely straight, flat highways with high speed limits and no traffic out in the boonies. A+++ would recommend again.
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EWAF?
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An LS swapped MJ would rip though.
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The Vulcan and Titanium lines are really, really impressive welders at their price points, I really need to add MIG back into my lineup. Lots of really neat work there.
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I don't have any experience with flywheels, but aluminum can absolutely slowly yield in a creeping manner under fastener preload, dumping all that preload off the bolts and letting them walk free, we've had issues with it at work, and the workaround was load-distributing plates/washers that spread that force over a greater surface area. Same reason you're supposed to check torque on alloy wheels the day after you put 'em on (though I've never had an issue with that).
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