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  1. Posted

    I've more or less cut that out Fish.  I finally came to realize that at the rate I'm going I'll never finish my own stuff, much less so if I continue to be the charity mechanic for everyone else.

     

    Saw a guy in a restaurant after church yesterday and he asked if I wanted to rebuild a 700 Pioneer for a friend of his.  I said "Not just no but ! NO"  He laughed because he remembered the fits our mutual friend's Rincon gave me.

     

    My wife said "I'm proud of you for actually telling someone "No" when they asked you to fix something for them"

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    I've run a ton of the WWB 9MM through an early 70's Colt 1911 and an old Ruger P85 that I had in my younger days.  Never had a hiccup, but they would eat anything.  That P85 was like holding a brick but it went bang every time.

     

    Most stores are sold out of the clearance stuff.  My local store had some Remington green box 45 on the shelf this morning that she'd just restocked.  $25/100.   Everything else was GONE.

     

    Only thing I bought was some CCI shotshells for a 38/357 and the same thing for 22  They make good snake cartridges when I'm fishing.

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    If you aren't enjoying it, at least to some degree, take a break.

     

    If you stay away from it for a bit, the desire to work on it again will return.

     

    I go back and forth from Jeeps to ATV's to my old truck to boomsticks and then start the whole thing over again.  Have a lot more hobbies than I have time to do them, but I do get tired, frustrated, and irritated to the point of walking away from it.  I take a break, tinker on something else, and eventually work my way back around to the projects. 

     

    Here lately I haven't been able to do any wrenching with this new kid.  Needless to say I'm practically frothing at the mouth to get back on it.  Nothing makes you want it more than being away from it for awhile.

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    9 minutes ago, Misterclean said:

    Jeep, I admire you for having your daughter apologize to the teacher for her part in the problem. If all parents were like you we would have far fewer problems in society. Down here in Houston a police officer was run over by a 21 year man that has a history of violence and gang activity. His grand mother and her boyfriend helped hide him from the law and lied to the law for about two days. She says it was an accident and he was off his medication.  She also accused the law of slandering her too. She is out on bond right now and says she's not worried about the charges against her. This is mind exploding for me! 

    Well not only is teaching them right and wrong the right thing to do, it will also serve to protect my children!

     

    Had that kid been taught not to ride on other people's property, there would never have been a situation where he was struck and knocked off of his bike.  What if Carlos had been more aggressive and done something that killed that kid, even unintentionally?  Yes, Carlos would face consequences in such a situation, but those consequences would have have brought that child back to life. 

     

    So ultimately, the problem starts with poor parenting.  A child that has not been taught any better isn't responsible for his/her actions, the parent is.  Carlos likely went a little too aggressive in dealing with the problem, but had the parent done his job the whole situation would never have happened.

     

    When you look at the problems we face as a nation, the overwhelming majority of them can be traced back to someone not wanting to be responsible for themselves. 

     

     

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    Kid wasn’t hurt, should have learned a lesson. 

     

    Yeah Carlos was lucky the kid wasn’t hurt, but ultimately he wasn’t.

     

    Dad should have been thankful his kid wasn’t hurt, and should have tanned his rear for riding where he didn’t have permission.

     

    A few weeks ago all the kids in a Science class got in trouble with the teacher. I grounded mine and made her go apologize to the teacher. All the other parents complained that the teacher shouldn’t be so strict. 

     

    In the real world, Carlos could have used a wire, and the kid would be dead. The dad didn’t teach his son properly, so the whole thing is ultimately his fault 

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    This might sound like a stupid question, but you have a good fully charged battery on that thing?  The newer bike electronic stuff seems to get squirrely if you have an iffy battery on them.

    If you were to order another of those computers for a dealership, is there a part number or something?  I know the tools like the oil pressure gauge for reading oil pressure on the Rubicons had a Honda part number

    @toodeep

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    25 minutes ago, Macarena Man said:

    That trailer is made of steel.  The body was cut and bent to shape in a metal fab shop.  It will carry a bull moose if the bull is cut in half, and the loin is slid into the chest cavity.  It also dumps.  We have two of them, both still in use after 30+ years.  The reach on both trailers slide out with the removal of two bolts.  If the reach on each trailer is turned 90 degrees and slid back in, the trailers can be slid together and coupled using the hitch cup and a  ball on each reach.  Add a small outboard and you have a very buoyant boat with the large flotation tires.

    Another thing noted in the pics is the OEM tires.  This was when the tires were made of much better materials and would last for many years.  Eventually tire makers got in on the act with their 'super mudders' etc., and the OEM quality dropped off to very poor.

     

    Those sound awesome.  I have a couple of old military 1/4 ton trailers for my Jeeps and they were originally designed to float as well.  Sometime prior to me picking them up others cut out the rear panel and make a tailgate. 

     

     

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    If you use new parts, yeah.  Used parts are cheap for the 2wd.

     

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/2010-Honda-Rancher-420-Trx420tm-Front-Left-Steering-Knuckle-spindle-9069/122966430745?hash=item1ca15ed419:g:bXgAAOSwLUpag2~J

     

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/2011-Honda-TRX420TM-Front-Spindles-with-Hubs/312054137777?hash=item48a7e043b1:g:rl4AAOSwQwZaa7qg

     

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Honda-Front-Brake-Caliper-For-Rancher-420-TRX420-TM-E-FA-FE-FM-FPE-FPM-07-15/142438977336?fits=Model%3ARancher+420&hash=item212a064f38:g:xw0AAOSwgu9ZYDCF

     

    Whole setup except the calipers

     

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/2011-Honda-TRX420TM-Front-Spindles-with-Hubs/312054137777?hash=item48a7e043b1:g:rl4AAOSwQwZaa7qg

     

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  16. Posted

    I'm not posting pictures of my shop, because...well it's a nightmare.  I recently started cleaning some stuff out because I have so much space taken up storing parts that I no longer have a place to work.

     

    That said, I got two big 41" toolboxes (top and bottom) made by Waterloo that were some of my Walmart closeout scores, and they'll hold my tools.  Finally got my great grandfather's old drafting desk moved out to the farm shop so I had room for toolboxes and can finally get my parts washer set up. 

     

    Hoping I get a couple of hours to work out there this weekend.  I gotta make getting my shop clean a priority, but life keeps getting in the way. 

     

    As far as tools, a compressor and impact have helped me more than anything.  Makes everything SO much faster and easier.

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  18. Posted

    Well someone gave me a 2wd 300 a while back.  No rear end, no top end, but it's a 95 and had decent fenders, racks, and the bottom end still turns over so I'm going to try to fix it.

     

    I have successfully put 07-13 420 brakes on a 4x4 300.  The only thing that was required was wallowing out the upper a-arm ball joint hole to accept the bigger 375 ball joint that the foremans use.  It's kind of a PITA, but it can be done.  After that the 420 knuckles fit right on the a-arms at the ball joints, and I had disc brakes using factory Honda parts.

     

    The 2wd upper arms are the same as the 4wd upper arms, so deductive reasoning says you could do the same with 420 2wd brakes from an 07-13 420.  I've already bought two spindles and hub and rotor assemblies to try it out.  Already have extra calipers on hand.

  19. Posted

    Guess that's one downfall of the system.  Another I wondered about is, if you have a battery that goes bad over time (they don't last forever, even on a tender), and you don't know it, will you have a constant drain on the other batteries while the tender tries to keep up but cannot?

     

     

  23. Posted

    I stocked up on 45/70 when I found it for $7/box at a store about an hour from home. Made the drive, got all they had.

     

    They’re only closing out handgun and “assault rifle” ammo (although interestingly enough the 7.62x51 ball wasn’t marked down).

     

    9mm is under 10 cents a round. Stock up while it’s cheap.

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