- Location
- Livermore, CA
Added to my backlog of projects
Oh poop!!Found out what I’m doing for the next hour or so... and also probably the source of the noise I’ve been hearing.
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But the ugly duckling grew up to be a beautiful, vapid, asshole swanOrdered and wired up an OEM off road lamp switch. It'll be used to switch on a light bar I have on order that will go into the mouth. I also ordered a flip flop relay thingamajigger that will take a simple 12V pulse to turn on the lights and use another simple 12V pulse to turn it off. It's a 5V unit, so a 12V-5V converter is on it's way to my house as well. The lamp switch will function like factory, be connected to the dimmer and the lamp on indicator will light when in use. And I won't have to have my high beams on for it to work.
I went with the OEM switch because I didn't want one ugly duckling button.
Throw it on a charger for a bit. I top mine off every oil change. I have one of the little 2/30/60A automatic jobs from the parts store and just toss it on there after I get the front tires on stands.Might need new battery soon.. Fire up the X.. get few sluggish turns out of the engine when it's been sitting for two day's. Ham radio, show's volts of battery.. Had reading of 11.6 volts,12.0Volts.. After driving for 20minutes.. no issues.
battery is 4 years old now.. ( thinking its dying )
Looks good! I've got to take some time and paint my LCAs during this diff swap. The powder coat on those MOOGs isn't so great...New struts and adjustable lower control arm bolts . another great part of living in the pnw no rust on bolts , only added about 5 min to the job because everything just slides apart . View attachment 13398 View attachment 13399
I like that antenna mount. Do you find it slaps at all when on rough ground? Been contemplating where to mount mine, the tailgate never even occurred to me.Used it to haul the bikes to some fun trails and finally mounted my antenna with an actual bracket not scraps i found at work.
I like that antenna mount. Do you find it slaps at all when on rough ground? Been contemplating where to mount mine, the tailgate never even occurred to me.
Thanks for this @Brunnie I have run the antenna yet. I was thinking about changing out my 4' antenna for a shorter one or a flexi one that i could tie to the roof rack.Take a look at this video, starting at about the 2 minute mark, and watch my antenna. Shortly after this I took off the spring and things are much better now.
The color difference looks like my skills in Microsoft Paint.
Maybe some fixed blade 3.5-4.5 inch's with an X stamped in the blade. Considering where they came from you might have some taker's , at least when everyone get's back to normal !!Went down to the farm to put new front pads and rotors last weekend. Driver side got stuck and was in bad shape...
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Was worried about the slide pins but they were fine. It was the pad ears that got stuck. Oh well, price of loaning out my truck for a few months. Those rotors might be the originals, lost some records in the move and can't remember for sure.
For the rest of the day I got to play in the forge. Made some really big nails. Mostly just cranked the blower watching my brother and son having all the fun. Planning to make some knives out of my old front coil springs next time I'm there.
That's a real nice idea! Making an "X" punch will probably be my next project.Maybe some fixed blade 3.5-4.5 inch's with an X stamped in the blade.
I think he was talking about the tape line.it’s primer