bonus Nate is that it's 15 min from my doorstep...….

so the F150 for the last 5K miles has at times and it is really random starts hard on occasion. Truck for 26K started every time immediately, like you bump it and it fired up quick. So 5k ago it started to crank for at least 3-4 sec then start every time, on occasion it may go 7-10 sec and start. Weird part is you can let off the key and it will continue to stumble then start on those 7-10 sec starts. So we had the fuel system flushed 5K ago with BG products (Ford recommends at 60K to do this and we did it at 53K). No change, so took it back and they replaced both fuel pumps. I drove it to Texas, then Indiana and back to Colorado 3400 miles without issue. Get back to hippy land and maybe at 57K it started up again when it got into the 90's here last week. I called dealer and scheduled an appointment this week which has been in 70's and they say no issue. I told them to keep it until it gets into mid 90's starting next Tuesday and test it again. Truck isn't right, not throwing any codes and it only happens sometimes. I may sell the thing, I bought it right over a year ago so I can probably get out of it for what I paid maybe a little more. We'll see...…….

Whole bunch of hurtin going on in this thread. Shawn you should have known better, this could go on forever.

Bob, I’m doing my best to try & keep them occupied with pics. You know “hey look squirrel!” Or in Ken’s case Hillary or Nate’s case Rocky Mountain Oysters well maybe not those but definitely biscuits......

Speaking of which btw Nate, planning on hitting up a place called Samples this weekend in Longmont CO.

Yep, you’d think they’d have more respect for a fellow members thread....

Primer......

I'm hurt.......

Stub your toe?

Hopefully you took some pics of the fitment issue so you can send them to Tate and he can have a discussion with lube locker?

Thanks Ken, I didn’t but Tate can take one of his third member chunks & pull
an LL gasket then mate the two together & see for himself. Mine may very well seep from that lower bolt hole & if it does I’ll have pics then too.....

Just so someone doesn’t misread this the Yukon third and the Currie housing aligned perfectly when mating them together.

My only complaint in regards to Randy’s parts if there was one were the smallish bolt heads for the ring gear. I’m guessing it is a universal standard bolt they use and clearance with some components may be an issue on certain applications. So it’s not really a complaint as I get the manufacturing side of why they did it & it was only $10 or so for me to get ones that had a larger head. Reality is the ones in the kit would probably have been ok but for $10 it was worth it to me to use a beefier bolt.

Ok, so little more progress. I am going to get the rear axle painted tomorrow. I had assembled the third member prior but needed to get it stuffed into the currie housing. One thing I noticed the guy who ordered this housing didn't opt to pay $120 to have a drain bung welded into the very bottom so I could drag it over everything. Fortunately, years ago I designed these HD fill bungs for my diff covers and buy them in bulk so I had one laying around and decided we would install it so I could change the fluid easier in the future. These weld in bungs run $7 retail so it's a steal if you can drill a hole and weld it in yourself, as an added bonus you can put it where you want. I chose off to the side a bit away from the magnet currie has glued inside the housing.

Speaking of which how is Duane & family doing?

You don’t have to apologize on my account - I was one of the canaries in the coal mine!  He never did ANYTHING of notoriety while he was in Illinois, so I couldn’t fathom why anyone with a brain would vote for him on a National level.  SMH

Because McCain was his opposition, the senator from AZ who didn’t have an immigration plan among other things.......

They tend to stress fracture over time & then tear (slow process), best bet is to reinforce it from the start so it never goes anywhere while it’s straight. Really it’s the only weak link on them other than normal stuff like suspension & axle parts & maybe a coupler at some point if it’s not a pintle setup.

Dave, is that 4 wheel drive? Buddy if mine in SE KY had to have one that was to mow his mountain side yard.....

Here I was thinking fish breeding habitat

You shouldn’t call your wife names like that. I second Ken’s idea. We need a mrs redneck on here


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Preferably one who is quick with a camcorder, we need more videos....

Why you gotta rain on his parade Shawn? lol

(even if it's not the one you're thinking of, the tongue is still far from being safe with Don using it)   

Just being helpful.....

Dave, I was implying the owner let’s his job sites look like this so it’s his issue. I do know that I don’t buy houses or use contractors who operate in this manner. The logic is “well they let this go then what other things do they let slide”, you get the idea. Appearance is everything.....

Didn’t he say he broke something but never clarified what it was?

Stumbled across this film Ken obviously directed....

https://youtu.be/ZLRu6PJtRv4

Yeah but the lift / tire & wheels were cool.....

Counterbored some holes on these corporate 14 bolt covers, took a little to get all the knobs set up correctly to run it in manual mode. Forgot to take a picture but there is a collar that is mounted to the bottom of the quill. It came loose or was loosened during shipment, so I kept loosing my hard stop, luckily it was moving up so I didn’t go too deep. But I kept having to reset the bottom limit. Quick call to MP & while I was on phone noticed the loose collar issue. They were very responsive & were trying to help however in the end I figured it out while trying to explain my issue.

I did get to talk to Matthew the owner about the mill & it’s features a bit too and feel even more confident that his was the company to purchase the machine from.

Do they use 316 in grills?

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I don’t know honestly, however I used to cut stainless cooktops for high end commercial kitchen grills and we used 316 on those....

 


Not to be Debbie downer this morning or anything but if memory/history serves me correctly didn't we make agreements with these NK's in the past and they didn't hold up their end of the deal if I recall correctly? I think it's a little too soon to claim any progress.

It's kinda like trying to buy something from a private indicidual, they aren't officially for sale until I paid for them and have them in my possession...…..

LOL, Ken is the local fab shop isn't he?

I think he’s a patriot Nate, years ago when he got started he was a bit rough around the edges as most young passionate men can be. Bottom line he’s on the correct side of this and has refused to back down. This 5 year sentence is essentially a death sentence as he’s been thrown in with the musloids he’s been raging against. Him being thrown in jail may finally be England’s “bubba moment”, you know bubba the guy all the locals like who got a raw deal and everyone has had enough of this nonsense moment.

Charles, we don’t live in California so we’re ok using that stuff with no known risks.....

I'm not a snob, I'll drink either and especially not snobbish if it's someone else's bottle...….

We lined ours with rip rap (large chunks of limestone), your mower will stop skidding when it’s runs into that. Cheaper and easier in long run than turning mower into submarine.