Next project was to connect the water shed to the street water hookup of the camper and complete that mission.

I love this PEX stuff. FOrget about the old technology, this stuff is all you ever need to know about!

I spliced in a "T" here to supply the outside hose

Next up, Since I had used my Stihl pole saw to trim up some logs, I broke it down and found a place overhead to store it

Then I pushed the tractor into that monstrous grapple bucket, picked it up, threw in the lower two pins and connected the hydraulics

I had a new set of hydraulic lines made up for the new grapple bucket. The ones I took off were new, so I had them put the correct end on the one sample line I took them, and replace the Skid Steer style flat fitting with the correctly sized quick disconnect.

The large fat fitting is not used on tractors

Started the day off with a fresh oil change for the 4720

Was that yours?

No
I never flew for Big Windy
And the one we pancaked just tore the under carriage all to heck and back. It remained right side up.

...And some days the bear eats you!

Big Windy

Those would be two enlarging pools of brake fluid!!!!!!

A quick inspection told me, well jogged my memory. I had left the flex lines loose to the calipers because I didn't have fresh copper washers. I use them once then discard. So whenever I pulled the calipers down to fix something else, I never followed up with the new washers. I don't have any on hand so in the morrow, I'll go find some...

Then I bled the master cylinder, reattached the lines, then bent the loops into a horizontal configuration to eliminate places for bubbles to hide, and filled the master cylinder

That is a nice set. Di you and Lane ever touch bases?

T-lane?

We have talked via PM and open forum...

The process is easy with the right tools. I've had this flaring tool since the 1980's

Now the interesting part is that the 95 Dodge 2500 master cylinder which utilizes a hydro brake setup is metric. So the top of the line requires a M10 X 1.5 with a 3/16" bore. If you get these two fittings and have the ability to flare your own line, then you can adapt the later (Much mo-better hydro brake system to the earlier brake system

I stacked some stainless washers onto both sets of studs to space the valve inward toward vehicle center to make it easier to work on.

After trying everything and coming up null, I spied my selection of steel lines. I grabbed a 1/4" line and it screwed right in like it was meant to!

Going with JR's recommendation, I picked up a master brake fitting selection from summit. With this I was able to figure out the fittings I needed. It helped me determine what fittings to select for the master cylinder as well

Back on the truck today. It took longer than I expected, but I solved the Proportioning valve problem. The top aft line was not screwed in, because it simply did not fit.

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Quote from: wyorunner on April 01, 2017, 11:35:15 AM

Another option while not free, a VPN service. Sure it's still traceable but very difficult to attach to an individual. Can also be used to secure comms going VPN to VPN. Someone here probably understands it better than I do and will correct or add to my statement.


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I own another activity. We are going to VPN to VPN for our conversations we do not wish to be heard

I just priced a home VPN for $5 a month and a onetime $59 charge. Serves five base units

I paid a flat rate of something like 50 for two years of serivce, for five devices. I was chatting with a customer rep and he offered me a 50% off, to which I applied it to their largest discounted offering.


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Home/personal use?
Link?
Danke

Lieutenant Colonel Mark Green from the 160th SOAR, former Tennessee state senator, and really good man known to many in my old community will be appointed Secretary of the Army!

Night Stalkers Don't Quit

NSDQ!

http://wkrn.com/2017/03/31/president-trump-to-name-sen-mark-green-as-secretary-of-army/

Here's an app that looks for programs which are tracking you and shuts them down

Privacy Badger

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/privacy-badger/pkehgijcmpdhfbdbbnkijodmdjhbjlgp/related

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Let my kids watch it. Was great. To bad the landing was blacked out.

They do that to fake it!

A Chinook is hovering nearby with a painted up falcon 9 first stage. The pilot, a handsome devil, sets the booster on the barge and then flies off

I think they used Chinooks to fake the moon landings too!

Sure would create more than enough dust or mess of the air in screen!


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They're fitted with the non rotor wash blades, and the rotor muffler

Can't go into detail... ;-)

Truth...

Well we are the proud new owners of a used dozer. Now to get it home.....

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That D-6N?

Take a look at the track adjuster on the left side. That track was loose in the pic, and those things like to fail...Ask me how I know!

So what's the consensus on these upgrade headlights? Every time I read about someone upgrading there are issues. Ashley & I were discussing this awhile back & after many trials he said just add a good rigid light bar & call it a day. Which is my intention on the jk as I have the parts just need to mount & wire it.

Well, when they work, they work well. Crisp, clear light, but LED's do not have the range that halogen lights do.

The best my truck was when I had LED high beams coupled with two 100W Rugged Ridged (Cheapo) spots. I could see nearly a mile down the road with those. LED High beams + LED driving lights, maybe half that distance or less

I am adding two of the 100 watt cheapo lights once more to get the best of both worlds

The low beam only with the Fogs turned on clearly show a need to upgrade the lower 4 as well.

Now, I have learned a thing or two about these LED's

The science if far from mature. They have really just started to get the things working and can do nothing with some of the ring scatter. But with respect to the Chevy platform, there is another more perplexing problem. For DRL operation, Chevy limits voltage to the headlamps enough to light them, but holds them far off of full power. Apparently LED bulbs DO NOT like this partial voltage situation. There are cooling problems in the base and especially with the exchange of electrons between the media and the copper emitter plate. All of my LED bulbs that burned out, had the signature burned spot in the yellow media of the emitter.

So with that in mind, the high beams may survive with the LED bulb, although you'll continue to blind US Airway pilots (US Scare) on approach to your aerodrome. So me thinks I just may shove some LED's inside those fogs so instead of just illuminating the area beneath the wet air, I simply heat the area in front of my truck and cause the fog in front of me to burn off!

Should work...

They are going to replace the plastic bits located all over the tractor to make it new, and we are discussing replacing the seat as well. It is also faded...

This tractor got the 6 year warranty as well as a 24 month bumper to bumper, so I should save a bit the next two years with the multiple failures it will surely have.

That bucket is pretty anemic looking. Not sure what size it is, either a 49", 51" or 53"

You just lift up on the big cast iron handle and drive the loader downward and it rises right out of the cradle