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Farmer Jon · « **Reply #15450 on:** August 08, 2021, 08:59:46 AM »

I dont know if this is reliable site or not but these are what I was looking at.

https://www.shocksurplus.com/products/bilstein-4600-monotube-gas-oem-shocks-rear-pair-2007-2014-chevrolet-suburban-1500-2wd-4wd

https://www.shocksurplus.com/products/rancho-rs9000xl-adjustable-shocks-rs999262

Rancho is $117 apiece and the Bilstein are $149 a pair. I think I'm gong to go that way.

JR · « **Reply #15451 on:** August 08, 2021, 09:23:44 PM »

Thats who I have been looking at too.

Farmer Jon · « **Reply #15452 on:** August 12, 2021, 07:47:08 PM »

New shocks came today. Even got a free sticker. Lol. Now I just have to find time to put them on.

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JR · « **Reply #15453 on:** August 12, 2021, 08:14:41 PM »

Did you look at the 5100 series? I see those run vs the OEM style.

Bigdave_185 · « **Reply #15454 on:** August 12, 2021, 08:32:49 PM »

The front 5100 are on a nation wide back order JR

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JR · « **Reply #15455 on:** August 12, 2021, 08:41:53 PM »

Plenty on Amazon.

JR · « **Reply #15456 on:** August 12, 2021, 08:45:25 PM »

Finally put the new trans cooler on the truck, stack was clean!

rpar86 · « **Reply #15457 on:** August 12, 2021, 10:35:49 PM »

Depends on the model JR.

Jon, should only take 30-45 minutes ;)

Farmer Jon · « **Reply #15458 on:** August 14, 2021, 08:06:30 AM »

If they had the 5100 on shock surplus I overlooked them.

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Bigdave_185 · « **Reply #15459 on:** August 14, 2021, 09:17:06 AM »

I know I hsve looked and so has my local shop to put on my truck

Amazon might say they have them but ill bet they don’t ship

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Farmer Jon · « **Reply #15460 on:** August 14, 2021, 10:10:38 AM »

As if I don't have enough to do I decided to go ahead and put together a solar system for my camper. So I invested in a Chinese hydraulic battery cable end crimper thing. I always used solder ends before but after sitting in on a couple solar presentations with the RV group I'm In I decided to go with the crimp on ends.
I resisted at first but I suppose I better listen to the electrical engineer and the retired Navy electrician and the guy that installs solar systems for a living. This project won't start until the snow flies.

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Flyin6 · « **Reply #15461 on:** August 14, 2021, 01:23:38 PM »

Sleep study last night...still groggy
How does anyone sleep with all those leads glued to every square inch of your body?

oklawall · « **Reply #15462 on:** August 14, 2021, 01:42:48 PM »

Quote from: Flyin6 on August 14, 2021, 01:23:38 PM

Sleep study last night...still groggy
How does anyone sleep with all those leads glued to every square inch of your body?

You don't. The last one I went to I also had a guy bouncing a floor buffer off of the door

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KensAuto · « **Reply #15463 on:** August 14, 2021, 05:19:44 PM »

Quote from: Farmer Jon on August 14, 2021, 10:10:38 AM

As if I don't have enough to do I decided to go ahead and put together a solar system for my camper. So I invested in a Chinese hydraulic battery cable end crimper thing. I always used solder ends before but after sitting in on a couple solar presentations with the RV group I'm In I decided to go with the crimp on ends.
I resisted at first but I suppose I better listen to the electrical engineer and the retired Navy electrician and the guy that installs solar systems for a living. This project won't start until the snow flies.

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Jon, what do they say about crimping and then soldering? That's how I've always done battery terminals but maybe there's something wrong with that practice?

Farmer Jon · « **Reply #15464 on:** August 14, 2021, 05:31:56 PM »

They say soldering is not needed wit a good crimp.

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Sammconn · « **Reply #15465 on:** August 14, 2021, 11:45:14 PM »

Quote from: Farmer Jon on August 14, 2021, 05:31:56 PM

They say soldering is not needed wit a good crimp.

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A proper crimp with a proper tool is all thats needed.
I’ve got a manual crimper that goes to 4/0 but hydraulic is where it’s at.
We’ve got some sweet ones at work, it for the average Jon that one should be good.

TexasRedNeck · « **Reply #15466 on:** August 15, 2021, 09:50:11 AM »

Yeah I got the same kit I think Jon. Used it to install ferrules on three 8awg wires when I wired the 240v circuits in the shop.

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Nate · « **Reply #15467 on:** August 15, 2021, 03:00:53 PM »

Who wants some home grown, home roasted, green chili burgers or pork stew?

JR · « **Reply #15468 on:** August 15, 2021, 04:19:44 PM »

Nate, your food posts are out of control.

I got one of those crimpers too, haven't tried yet.

Don, they talked about me doing that test, not sure. Now they have policy you have to be vaccinated or test before a dr visit, this is out of hand.

Flyin6 · « **Reply #15469 on:** August 15, 2021, 05:12:30 PM »

Quote from: JR on August 15, 2021, 04:19:44 PM

Nate, your food posts are out of control.

I got one of those crimpers too, haven't tried yet.

Don, they talked about me doing that test, not sure. Now they have policy you have to be vaccinated or test before a dr visit, this is out of hand.

Well,
What we do is do not comply
They cannot legally refuse treatment.
Refuse the test, then after you are refused treatment, wait a little bit, then go to the emergency.
You now have received injury. Grab your favorite attorney and file a suit against the first person refusing to treat.
It always about two things, Control and money. If they think they can win in the control column, then let's get rich off of their arrogance. They will learn...

JR · « **Reply #15470 on:** August 15, 2021, 05:20:19 PM »

I thought about that first thing. Not to sue but but trying to force me to comply is stupid.

They want blood tests next week, we will see.

Nate · « **Reply #15471 on:** August 15, 2021, 06:06:11 PM »

Do you still have your cdl jr?

JR · « **Reply #15472 on:** August 15, 2021, 06:26:58 PM »

Commercial? No, gave it up when I retired. To many strings attached. Easy to keep under 26k.

Nate · « **Reply #15473 on:** August 15, 2021, 06:46:16 PM »

Quote from: JR on August 15, 2021, 06:26:58 PM

Commercial? No, gave it up when I retired. To many strings attached. Easy to keep under 26k.

Nate · « **Reply #15474 on:** August 15, 2021, 06:46:57 PM »

Finished product

Farmer Jon · « **Reply #15475 on:** August 15, 2021, 08:51:49 PM »

Sold 300 burgers and 300 hot dogs along with a ton of drinks at the Demolition derby at the fair today. I dont know what he expenses were or the total for the whole fair and all the events but we did pretty good. The Scout Troop should be set for the year.

JR · « **Reply #15476 on:** August 15, 2021, 09:02:29 PM »

Cub Scouts was so much more fun then. So much CYA now.

Derby's are fun, we did a car for sheriffs office and I pitted. Nothing like hacking stuff and its good!

Sammconn · « **Reply #15477 on:** August 15, 2021, 10:46:45 PM »

Teaser.

Assembly has begun.
I am too anal.
But my CDO won’t have it any other way.

Block decks all cleaned up.
Maybe get some major parts on tomorrow.

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JR · « **Reply #15478 on:** August 15, 2021, 10:50:58 PM »

KensAuto · « **Reply #15479 on:** August 16, 2021, 12:41:25 AM »

Quote from: Sammconn on August 14, 2021, 11:45:14 PM

Quote from: Farmer Jon on August 14, 2021, 05:31:56 PM
They say soldering is not needed wit a good crimp.

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A proper crimp with a proper tool is all thats needed.
I’ve got a manual crimper that goes to 4/0 but hydraulic is where it’s at.
We’ve got some sweet ones at work, it for the average Jon that one should be good.

I still think soldering is better, so there.

Seriously tho, it helps keep battery fluids from migrating up the cable.(just talking battery connections here) Pretty sure it also helps with amperage conductivity to the terminals but that might be up for debate, considering the possible added resistance of the solder.

stlaser · « **Reply #15480 on:** August 16, 2021, 05:43:58 PM »

Set up middle daughters room at Montana State in Bozeman today. Tomorrow we leave her to the new adventure. We were able to move her in a few days early since she has a job with the school and they need her early, so we missed the rush.

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JR · « **Reply #15481 on:** August 16, 2021, 07:17:27 PM »

My daughter is fighting keeping up with school. It was the "covid" time so all was online, turned her off. I'm working on it. She likes working but I said the free ride is not going to last, maybe a year, she's young and got a good head.

I think soldering is better to but crimping is easier and faster.

Sammconn · « **Reply #15482 on:** August 16, 2021, 07:31:32 PM »

Today I found out my “complete” gasket set didn’t include oil cooler gaskets.
Grr…
Guess another order from my online dealer buddy.

oklawall · « **Reply #15483 on:** August 17, 2021, 06:04:52 PM »

My world is self correcting and things are coming back in line. Stopped at our local Atwoods (farm and ranch store) and picked up some freedom seeds. 9 mm was $18.99 for 50 and the 45ACP was $21.99 for a box of 50 I can only get 5 boxes total per day so will go back tomorrow. They even had 223, 308, 300 black out and 7.62x39. They also had a bunch of shotgun shells.

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JR · « **Reply #15484 on:** August 17, 2021, 07:03:07 PM »

If you can afford it, by it. Even brand name and brass!

I was lucky enough to have a good stock when this last episode hit, and reload.

Farmer Jon · « **Reply #15485 on:** August 17, 2021, 07:46:15 PM »

Quote from: oklawall on August 17, 2021, 06:04:52 PM

My world is self correcting and things are coming back in line. Stopped at our local Atwoods (farm and ranch store) and picked up some freedom seeds. 9 mm was $18.99 for 50 and the 45ACP was $21.99 for a box of 50 I can only get 5 boxes total per day so will go back tomorrow. They even had 223, 308, 300 black out and 7.62x39. They also had a bunch of shotgun shells.

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I stopped at Scheels monday. They have a pretty good selection of ammo again.

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JR · « **Reply #15486 on:** August 17, 2021, 07:52:40 PM »

You sure Jon?

KensAuto · « **Reply #15487 on:** August 17, 2021, 08:47:18 PM »

Quote from: JR on August 17, 2021, 07:52:40 PM

You sure Jon?

TexasRedNeck · « **Reply #15488 on:** August 18, 2021, 07:07:41 AM »

Primers are still the bottle neck for me. Hopefully that shuttered Remington factory coming back on line last month or so will help.

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Bear9350 · « **Reply #15489 on:** August 18, 2021, 07:30:34 AM »

Quote from: TexasRedNeck on August 18, 2021, 07:07:41 AM

Primers are still the bottle neck for me. Hopefully that shuttered Remington factory coming back on line last month or so will help.

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I've been pretty lucky on primers and powder. Rifle bullets are what elude me the most. It does seem like loaded ammo is starting to come back a bit. 9mm for $20 for 50 stayed on the shelf for 5 or 6 days at the local farm and fleet a couple weeks ago.

JR · « **Reply #15490 on:** August 18, 2021, 12:44:09 PM »

Yeah, primer are prime too, but sitting on around 20k right now. Love to get some more.

All the farm/hardware stores that used to carry ammo have dumped it. I have a contact in NV for some besides what I find on the shelve. Reloading stuff is OK to bring back, but ammo is a no no. I just leave that at the ridge.

TexasRedNeck · « **Reply #15491 on:** August 18, 2021, 04:26:19 PM »

Maybe I should clarify. I can find primers but I ain’t paying what they want for them

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JR · « **Reply #15492 on:** August 18, 2021, 08:30:16 PM »

Boy do I get that!

Sammconn · « **Reply #15493 on:** August 18, 2021, 11:07:37 PM »

Yeah they are waaay spendy for me as well.

Part 2 teaser.

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JR · « **Reply #15494 on:** August 18, 2021, 11:41:23 PM »

Sam, this really deserves its own thread. It will get lost here!!

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Sammconn · « **Reply #15495 on:** August 19, 2021, 07:25:19 AM »

I’m going to.
Hence the teaser shots.
Keep hitting issues that are delaying me.
So I’ll get something together once it’s all here at least.

JR · « **Reply #15496 on:** August 19, 2021, 11:03:54 AM »

Great, yup they are teasers!

Bigdave_185 · « **Reply #15497 on:** August 19, 2021, 02:21:44 PM »

Just finished up some brackets to hold the granite countertop at my buddies pool house

Should hold the overhang well enough

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Bigdave_185 · « **Reply #15498 on:** August 19, 2021, 05:08:04 PM »

And now taken two loads of junk to the local trash yard.
Two box springs, a corner section of a sectional, the 5x5 foot stool that matched and some leftover yard irrigation junk that kids have mashed into garbage, the RV fridge I planned to use on the trailer until the wind took the door off and the kids thought it fun to break the shelves out
Gettin cleaned up for winter I guess?

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Flyin6 · « **Reply #15499 on:** August 19, 2021, 07:42:57 PM »

Quote from: JR on August 18, 2021, 11:41:23 PM

Sam, this really deserves its own thread. It will get lost here!!

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Sam, I concur, and we do not have a wealth of diesel engine rebuilds. Please, no, pretty please make a thread for what you are doing.