Recent content by chim

Natural selection. What are the chances?: https://www.wgal.com/article/dauphin-county-two-drivers-crash-under-the-influence/70262423

The world was a better place before mylar chip bags 🥺

Had one of those at the town park. Back then potato chips were packed in waxed paper bags. We'd sit on the empty bags for a few runs. That helped speed things up:)

The weather is helping extend this simple project into what seems more like a career:) It isn't a major design/build but it's something that is enjoyable for me. It's fun to work with tools and equipment and to create something or rehab it to make it useful again. I'm a hobbyist with some...

The shop I've been dealing with for the past few years has already asked if I wanted to do work on the vehicle or have them do it. The last time the Trailblazer threw an evap code while doing the PA inspection, they had me drive it for over a month to see if it came back or was cleared. I...

I'm currently test driving some Wells Lamont gloves that Costco had 3 pair for $19 IIRC. So far they're OK but I avoid wearing them when working around welding projects. With man-made materials on the back it is a concern that something real hot contacting the backs would melt through...

Welding table - It could probably never be big enough. Normally there are three grinders (Battery w/flap disc, battery w/wire brush for cleaning and slag removal and corded with grinding wheel for wholesale metal removal). Then all the misc. hand tools and consumables. I was also thinking...

Sounds consistent with running in HI gear.

We had some balmy 20°'s today and I couldn't resist laminating the new lock plate onto the old one. One step closer. The corners of the new plate were trimmed off at 45° to match the original. Both plates had a hefty bevel ground on them and then they were glued together with 7014 at 130A...

At work we had three different F150's spit a spark plug and tore out the threads. Repairs - all in round numbers - at our trusted local garage were $1K. They took a week because they broke a tool off in the head. It wasn't easy to switch away from this shop because our COO had a...

Stop and pick up one of those "alligators" along the road. You know those tread portions of truck tires that commonly get shed and left behind. Cut it a couple inches longer than the blade width (this keeps edges from digging in). Cut it wide enough so it sticks down maybe 1-1/2" below the...

Huckster, good idea washing it. I have a DeWalt 20V pressure washer for removing salt after making trips to town. It's small and can pump out of a 5 gallon bucket. Handy gadget kinda like a battery drill with a hose. The 4240 did a little cleanup of some leftover snow on the driveway that...

Nice and clean installation, congrats!

My vote would be for an L series. You mention "crumbling foundation and groundhog infestation, when it's not flooded underneath" and "The land is flat" and " the expansion needs to be filled back in with a pile of dirt from the expansion". That sounds like you have a potentially troublesome...

WWII Jeep, 1967 CJ5, 1995 Wrangler, 1972 Power Wagon, 1975 K5 Blazer, 1987? Ramcharger, (2) 1990 Silverados, 1987 Bronco II, 2009 Trailblazer. Warn/Bellevue 8K, Warn 8274, Warn XD9000i. Probably 10 miles of true offroad between them:)