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« Reply #100 on: November 10, 2015, 03:12:04 PM »
i have even seen a few smokers that have been made out of A/C tanks that size.  http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=210143
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« Reply #101 on: November 11, 2015, 01:07:37 PM »
Man I wish I had seen or thought of that.  I have wanted to buy a smoker. That would have bee awesome

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« Reply #102 on: November 11, 2015, 04:21:39 PM »
Dave, head over to the scrap yard. Those guys have a hard time getting rid of propane tanks....at least around here. I picked up an old 3/16" thick International tractor tank for nothing to use as an extra air holding tank to supplement my compressor. At that time, they had a whole stack of different size tanks in the corner, so i picked the biggest one.
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« Reply #103 on: November 13, 2015, 11:46:26 AM »
Finished project guys
And one of my view of the pond. 

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« Reply #104 on: November 13, 2015, 12:44:58 PM »
Very nice job
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« Reply #105 on: November 13, 2015, 12:59:11 PM »
Thank you good sir


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« Reply #106 on: November 13, 2015, 01:03:11 PM »
Looking really good there Dave
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« Reply #107 on: November 13, 2015, 01:09:25 PM »
Very nice!
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« Reply #108 on: November 13, 2015, 09:20:52 PM »
Any fish in there??
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« Reply #109 on: November 13, 2015, 09:33:00 PM »
Good job Dave!


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« Reply #110 on: November 13, 2015, 09:37:19 PM »

Any fish in there??
there are some of the biggest nasty carp you have ever seen.  Bunches of them.   I have tried snagging them with no such luck


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« Reply #111 on: November 17, 2015, 10:53:53 AM »
This week is my last week of freedom so to speak.  Work called a week or so ago need me back I guess.  I worked it out so I have one week with no boys do I can complete some honey does

Started Monday early with some paint prep
Removed nails, side lighted the whole wall and filled holes or dents in the walls.  ( renters are crapty)
First coat
Second coat and cleaned up

Today is the master bathroom and the laundry room hallway


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« Reply #112 on: November 17, 2015, 08:03:24 PM »
Today's paint started a little late.  Took the wives car for oil change tire rotate and balance,   But I got some progress this eve.   Masked puttied the holes. Of this wall
Brushed and rolled one coat.  Then put annention on my master bath.   

WARNING BOYS!!!!!!!!! Your wife may be using hair spray in your bathrooms.  This is the worst thing in the world to paint over.  Paint runs from hairspray like water does oil!!!! Many tricks can be used to remove this.
1. best is sand that nasty crap off!!
2. Is to try shampoo in an amount sufficient to clean the surfaces. 
3. I would suggest a heavy solvent or thinner.  But this method is harsh on your health and the area in which you are working
I sanded my area to what I assumed was sufficient.  I was wrong as you can see.  Best way to remove wet paint is a broad knife and then use a tile sponge and bucket of water

At this point you can begin your cleaning process.  I will not be doing this.  I don't use hair spray.  That's for the women to do   

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« Reply #113 on: November 17, 2015, 09:41:57 PM »
My wife breathes hair spray. It must be on my bathroom walls 2" thick by now!

Can you just prime over it??
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« Reply #114 on: November 17, 2015, 09:47:05 PM »
Never bin successful with it my self. If you use some epoxy based primer maybe.    Scrapping paint sucks. I wouldn't mess with it


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« Reply #115 on: November 17, 2015, 10:15:40 PM »
Will Kilz primer cover it up?  It works wonders on other stuff
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« Reply #116 on: November 17, 2015, 10:42:02 PM »
That is exactly what I had in mind for a primer but it's not Been something I have tried so I don't want to say it will work if I do not know


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« Reply #117 on: November 18, 2015, 09:44:34 AM »
I wonder if that Kilz would cover up Islam?

I mean since it covers up everything else we don't want to look at anymore.

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« Reply #118 on: November 18, 2015, 09:45:20 AM »
Today is LBZ Down PiPe and oil change day.  I also noticed how don made a small price of hose off of his flumoto valve.   I will see if I have enough hose to mimic that also as I found piece of mind knowing the valve could be opened and the pan not drain as the hose would be still plugged. 


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 Snatched from Don's page. But this is the idea

I like how you can fill the hose also and get your oil sample from it also
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« Reply #119 on: November 18, 2015, 12:01:32 PM »
Ok. Progress made men.
Removed the passengers tire and inner fender well.

Removed the lower exhaust clamp and then removed the five feet of pipe that is next to transmission.

Removed the dipstick bracket and attachment points to the heat shield

Climb on top and it was suggested I remove the glow plug controller
Once that was removed I had a very clear view of the turbo shield which was removed with a sawzall 

The upper v clamp was super simple to see at this point and just used a small ratchet wrench to remove it.  From here it was Mr HAmmer and BA pry bar to encourage the down pipe to separate from the turbo. 

It practically fell out once removed from the turbo.

Now to install the new pipe. 

Now I had to re wrap my heat wrap.  I hope the clamps are located where it won't be an issue for installation. 

Ok I have the down pipe on, v clamps installed. Sounds leak free.  I sprayed the exhaust when I had it off with some black paint. ( it's not heat paint so we will see how long it lasts).  No change in sound and my egt probe stopped working long ago. 



Oil change complete. The hose similar to Don's.
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« Reply #120 on: November 18, 2015, 03:27:53 PM »
Yea-ah!
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« Reply #121 on: November 18, 2015, 05:45:59 PM »
Don sorry about your m4 post.  You can delete all that nastiness


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« Reply #122 on: November 18, 2015, 05:51:59 PM »
I'll be doing one of those tubes shortly. where do you recommend I pickup the fumoto valve fellas?

A word on latex based paint in bathrooms; (this is why I go acrylic). Working with my dad, who is a meticulous painter, I learned how to do things right by being told how I screwed them up. I made the same mistake as you, and did not prep the walls. fish eyes everywhere and runs bleeds, holes etc. so I stripped it down like you, cleaned it, but didn't let it dry enough, nor did I prime the wall. when the bleed through and bubbles showed up, I was sent back to the house to correct my mistakes. Strip, clean, dry WITH HEAT, prime, then paint, then cure before using the shower again and good to go.

Acrylic based primer like KILLZ will eliminate all the initial steps and eat through grime like acid. Prime paint dry move on. Nice colors, everything is looking really good outside of the bathroom there Dave.
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« Reply #123 on: November 18, 2015, 06:35:25 PM »
Thanks el Tate.   You can get those flumoto valves from Dmaxstore.com they have always treated me well I have used the kills before, it gives you a rank buzz :)


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« Reply #124 on: November 19, 2015, 03:25:16 AM »
you can order the Fumoto's off Amazon. At least I did when I ordered one for my Tundra, back when I owned it.
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« Reply #125 on: November 21, 2015, 10:34:30 PM »
Unrelated to my thread but.  I'll leave this here and see


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« Reply #126 on: November 22, 2015, 09:40:13 PM »
I'll be doing one of those tubes shortly. where do you recommend I pickup the fumoto valve fellas?

If you haven't ordered yet, check out Femco oil drains. I have had both, and like the Femco better.

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« Reply #127 on: November 23, 2015, 09:24:15 PM »

I'll be doing one of those tubes shortly. where do you recommend I pickup the fumoto valve fellas?

If you haven't ordered yet, check out Femco oil drains. I have had both, and like the Femco better.

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« Reply #128 on: November 23, 2015, 10:20:30 PM »
Sorry, I put the wrong name in there. I actually went with the No-Spill systems plug. It works the same as the Femco. It's been a couple years, but I think I ordered the one I could get the quickest. It's a plunger type contraption that replaces the drain plug. A cap with o-ring in it screws on for normal use. To drain remove the cap and screw on piece with hose that pushes plunger up and drains oil. I got the compact one and with the cap on it sticks down the same amount as the factory drain plug. I just put a piece of twisted up paper towel in both ends of the hose and throw it in my toolbox. I just put the cap on by hand so an oil change involves no tools.

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« Reply #129 on: November 24, 2015, 12:13:06 AM »
So you have to store the extra part/tool?


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« Reply #130 on: December 05, 2015, 05:00:01 PM »
The working height of my bench is great but the height of the cabinets is to low.  Today I moved up eight inches to allow me tortilla store my coolers And things of that nature on top and give me a bit more working area on the bench.  What a PITA it is to do things with a cord.  My brushless drill set is in the mail
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« Reply #131 on: December 06, 2015, 10:19:02 PM »
Finished the cabinets today. 


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« Reply #132 on: December 06, 2015, 11:24:58 PM »
looks nice, hows the compressor working under the bench?
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« Reply #133 on: December 06, 2015, 11:37:50 PM »
She is walking around because I haven't got my hockey pucks drilled yet
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« Reply #134 on: December 07, 2015, 10:45:56 PM »
Other project is on the table



I have some pretty bad hot spots out of my HID lights in my truck.  I have found a projector kit from the company longshotlighting.com.
They sell this simple do it your self kit with a relatively good quality lens to instal in our factory high bean housing.  I will have a high and low beam in one pocket and would like to instal a LED pod in my low beam location.  Also plan on painting all the chrome white and leaving the black black.   Going to wet sand the hell out of the stock lenses and use a quality adhesion promoter and clear paint to help protect from UV light.

 As you can see from the photo I have the turn signals lower bumper lights  removed. I need to complete the headlights.  I used the kitchen oven at 235 degrees for repeated five minute amounts. And a good ok butter knife because putty knifes in my paint tool box are not for prying things


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« Reply #135 on: December 07, 2015, 11:29:27 PM »
How are you getting the hi/low in one bulb housing?  I may want to do this on the 2001 at some point
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« Reply #136 on: December 07, 2015, 11:49:11 PM »
The projector housing has a motor that moves a light shield to unblock the lens.    Hard to explain now that I think of it.  I'll look for a video

Aha.   I take no credit for the guy and most of what he talked about or his methods but Tex he does show the cut off shield in his video http://youtu.be/iFF2XoZJIBo


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« Reply #137 on: February 21, 2016, 11:57:58 AM »
The scout camp season is upon us in full swing.  We had a camp with eleven boys from age eleven to 15 plus a few supporting fathers

We went to a place called horse Shoe springs in the west desert of Utah.  The spring holds water at a constant 75 degrees which is a great fishing hole.  We played some scout games in the eve, practiced some cooking skills with breakfast and dinner, and flew a kite surfing kite.   Took the d max up some my side for a better view and a good hike up Lone Rock 


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« Reply #138 on: February 21, 2016, 06:26:24 PM »
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« Reply #139 on: March 25, 2016, 10:54:36 PM »
This weekend we headed a good bit further into the west desert, on a mission to find geodes.   We camped at Simpson springs ( fun story to read about a Susan Powell that is buried there maybe)
Then off down the 75 miles of dirt road
We had about ten kids but they kept going down the dirt road and we missed the photo opportunity

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We found a ton of geodes, We took out a generator and a small tile saw so we could cut up what we found to excite the boys in the activity and interested in the findings

Here is one of the few I kept for myself. Hand for size

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The area is cold dry and prone to flash flooding. We happened across a group of wild mustangs, we had a tire blow out in the wagon, and the boys were exhausted


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Great pic of the horse.

What's the rock from, volcanic? icr but pretty cool.
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Geodes begin as bubbles in volcanic rock or as animal burrows, tree roots or mud balls in sedimentary rock. Over time, the outer shell of the spherical shape hardens, and water containing silica precipitation forms on the inner walls of the hollow cavity within the geode.


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A few sleeps ago I was chatting with El Tate ands asked me to share an experience.  Now is that time.   I am so tired of writing proposals and slideshows. Time for something I enjoy

So 2007 Silverado gets parked out side right, cold winter months sees no such thing as warmth or a bath unless I take it to a tire shop which I did for a tire rotation and balance. All sound good right? Right!   Well I have them rotate my fifth tire into the circle to keep things even and they do so with a smile.  On my inspection of the truck when I get home I notice the spare tire is swinging a little lower then normal and that they must not have gotten it cranked all the way to the frame.  Easy fix right?!?  No!   I rolled the little tool kit out from under the seat to crank her up and was met with nothing!   No movement upwards or down. It was plain stuck!
I tend to walk away once or twice from an issue As I have learned I make stupid mistakes when in the heat of the moment.  I waited a few days for either the ice to shake free or the sun to heat up a little bit and allow things to move like designed.  A week or so later I find the right moment and back the pig into my tiny garage and put the space heater to her ass and warm her up, roll out the tool kit again and was once again met with no movement of any kind.  The long bar felt like it was attaching in the slot correctly.  I could feel it rotate and feel resistant in the turning but not getting the correct response.   I folded my hand and went to power tools in the fit of anger.  I used a two inch ratchet strap to pull the tire to the side as far as possible, I pulled the inner of the valve stem as to increase flex of my tire to reach the desired area. Look for the attachment point of the hoist and find if is almost impossible to reach with the tire still on the truck.   Still on the truck ? I can fix that.  After a reach for the mobile device and make and executive choice and ordered a new hoist for a small fee of $119 I pulled out the sawzall and a 12 inch blade and hacked that POS off in a whip.  Feeling good about my choice of chopping the cable I removed the now useless hoist with ease and sat under a dripping wet truck with joy.  I solved my issue.   

Until I looked at what I had just removed.   

Can anyone tell me what I had done wrong yet?????
I'll give it a night to see who can guess what the issue was.   And go !


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I was just in there a week ago on mine. Once I got it loose the latch met angle grinder.

Now to your question, I know you cut the wrong stuff or thing, just can't place it at the moment. Eyes were full of mud from beating shocks off and on...

The story tells me there's more to it, I'm just drawing a blank.
I just don't want to wind up missing a digit or limb.  I can sometimes get in a hurry to get results.
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Why didn't you take it back to the tire shop? To late now but a couple pieces of wood could have worked for a while.
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Guessing whatever the hoist mounts to? Cross member, can't recall but our went out on our Denali a few years ago.....
Living in the remote north hoping Ken doesn’t bring H up here any time soon…..

 

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