My neighbors and I blew off some steam. We went through 6 cases of clay pigeons, and a few hundred rounds of 12 gauge. Interesting enough, the $200 riot gun I got for the wife did better than all the others....must have a good spread! I also ran over a 100 rounds through it and didn't hurt my shoulder at all.

One recommendation would be to leave the main harness attached to the engine (if at all possible), and once on the stand, take even more pics of how it's ran...under this bracket, over this, around that..etc.

....  It was doing it before the trans. .....

Oh, I assumed it wasn't doing it before.

Start with a couple simple checks.

Double check trans fluid level,
Crawl under and make sure both drivelines are tight/look good. Check with truck in neutral with e-brake on.
Turn some tight corners to see if it feels like it's in 4wd.

Pretty much anything else will have to wait for Mike to sort out.

MikeL himself.    Dude is seriously a good guy who has stories for days. 

Have to agree with you on that one. We've talked a few times on the phone....he definately knows his Allys!

Would ya please tell him kensauto says hi.

5 you say? don't you think that's a little excessive? What's wrong with an old break action. That should be all a person needs. Just make sure it's not painted black and sporting a pistol grip!

...and paint it red. :)

Oh boy I like that, but really no need.

Now, Don on the other hand....all I can picture is him cutting it up, turning it sideways, and using it to down live trees (since he can't seem to do it with a brush hog) .

It's nice to have a 50a circuit. You can use it to power multiple tools in the future, like a welder. The only problem is, if your compressor is a 20-30a unit, and it had an issue, it would have to practically short out to kick the breaker. That being said, I had my old place wired like that...a 50a with a 22a compressor and never had an issue. Maybe I was lucky..dunno

The husky would be more than enough for what you need imo.
I would consider an 80 gal though.  It will keep the pump from cycling as much, which in turn makes the electrical components last longer,  with less power consumption.

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Those things are tanks! I have one at work that I built a pushbar setup for, to push cars around (and even big trucks and motorhomes). That sob seems indestructible....but the brakes do suck.

Nice pick-up Kyle....same one me and my brother went halves on because of price.

I sort of noticed that when I tried to shove some 12 gage wire into the hole while experimenting...It wouldn't fit!

Hilly-Billy proof! Whatcha know!

I'm kinda surprised that you didn't just drill the holes out, or shave the wires down to make them fit. ;)

The new buffer and spring showed up in the mail yesterday. I got it from HeavyBuffers.com, the place Shawn recommended: http://www.heavybuffers.com/

I went with the heavy one...6.5 oz...which will allow me to suppress if I choose to someday.
This is what the owner says about it:

I strongly recommend this buffer if any of the following conditions apply:
•If you will be shooting with a suppressor. (Your gun will still run fine unsuppressed with standard ammunition.)
•If you will be shooting hot handloads or very heavy bullets.
•If you want maximum recoil reduction.
 
I'm not sure what the guys at Veriforce Tactical were thinking when they sold me these parts originally...the upper was not in spec and the buffer was less than 4 oz. From what I've read, you need at least 5oz in a 308....hmm, maybe that's why it kicked like a mule and didn't cycle right!

...old one:


 and the new stainless one which also has a piece of tungsten inside:



I put the new trigger in and took it out for a test.
And finally....it shoots great, story closed.

And I thought I was the old guy. smh while rofl

I thought about doing clear, but wasn't sure how it would handle the heat. The back half of my truck is in direct sun light every work day. I wondered how hard it would be to redo it if it started peeling 5, or even 10 years from now. At least with straight bedliner, a guy should be able to just recoat it if need be.....in theory.

Out here, I see Linex hold it's color better than any other, including the raptor I did on my rear bumper (about 1 year ago?) The Raptor cleans up pretty good, but still looks somewhat flatter than when first sprayed. The perfect solution would be to get the Linex Premium black as picky as you are, imho.
...there are others that are tougher (Inyati comes to mind) but just don't look as good as Linex....when it's done right.

...oh, and I've read a few posts about this over the years, and this one seems to stand out:

"Standard bedliner products are "aromatic" meaning they can fade mostly from UV light from the sun. Some bedliner products are "aliphatic" meaning they are much more UV stable. The paint on your new truck is aliphatic paint. Your paint will fade, but it takes many years before you can actually see fading with your eyes. Actually, aromatic and aliphatic have to do with hydrocarbon chains in the chemicals but one of the differences between the two is UV stability.

 LINE-X Xtra (colors other than black) and LINE-X Premium (black only) are aliphatic. Just like your truck's paint, it will take years before you can visually see any change in color. If you were not worried about your truck's paint fading when you bought your truck, then there's no reason to worry about Xtra or Premium fading either.

 That being said, there is one reason to choose black over another color. Black tends to hide wear and tear better than colors. So, if you use your truck's bed for heavy use, you might as well stick with black. Most people are not heavy users, they are an occasional Home Depot goer and a color match is fine for that."

I sorry also mr Shawn. I've been trying to watch some of those vids you posted but customers interupt.

My faith is mighty strong, but I often find myself wondering why he doesn't take the bad ones first.

Nice truck Bob, very nice.

I was one of the guys that thought Kyle said that they got the drywall up before the roof was done, earlier, when he actually typed dry well. haha

I don't have any experience with that type of conversion JR. I will say, that if you're starting from scratch, it might take a while ($$$) to get it dialed in just right.

Nice!

How's the jeep motor coming along?

ps would you run that 308 ammo you posted? I'm thinking about jumping on that deal.

Got this in the mail today. Still waiting on the new buffer and spring that stlaser recommended.

You ever feel like you're trying to polish a turd? That's what it feels like with this gun.

^^^^I won't say it. Nope....just won't do it...