87Iroc

I have source for ethanol free gas where I'm at, which is what I try to run in my seldom used engines...but on my small engines regardless of fuel I run them dry for the winter(if I have time to do it)

Take care of yourself and your family. Glad you guys are OK. That's messed up but dang you all were very very lucky.

Sorry for your loss Wilson

Haven’t been around much lately but did break out welder and mostly finish this project this weekend.  Converted an old lawnmower blade to work on my foreman. Put a Prefab belly mount under it and then fabbed up the blade to mount to it.  Needs paint and a new scraper for bottom but I think it’ll work for what I wanted it for.  
 

For the record.  I have never claimed to be a certified welder.  

Looks good Shade

As for the ground hornets. Dad would dump diesel fuel down next and light it if I recall correctly. 

On 9/27/2021 at 5:30 PM, 56Sierra said:

I've seen Cicada Killers around here.  They're so big it's all I can do to keep from grabbing the 12ga.  First reaction is to kill them but the older I get the more I understand the benefits of some of these insects.   That's not to say I'll not place 1lb container of Tannerite under a low hanging Bald Faced Hornet nest.🐝

They are the labrador retreiver of the wasp world. Very non-aggressive. I saw some of them at my first house and ahve seen 1 or 2 at this one. They are scary but I just leave them alone.

How old is the trailer?  Assume fairly new. 

Hope they work it out for you.

Glad to hear you weathered it OK Fish. Stay Safe.

Have about 60 miles on mine and they work good....will throw you forward on the bike. 

Is that the washer that goes on the end of the shift 'rod' that goes from front to back through the engine? 

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See link at top of page for the service manual. I downloaded it and have large sections printed out from my troubleshooting and rebuild I did last year.

1 minute ago, shadetree said:

you are right...you are here huh ?!..lol.

I'm far from knowledgeable.

welcome to the group! You've come to the forum with the most knowledgeable misfits on the 'net.

Looks good Shade!

On 5/24/2021 at 3:20 PM, Fishfiles said:

Bummer , at least you can say you had good intentions -------   I am not one to say " I told you so " , so you ain't got to worry about  me ragging on you ,  wait till 87 Iroc finds out , you'll can be the  China Twins  , LOL 

 

David Allen Coe sung a song " Ain't there nothing scared no more " , fits the incident 

 

I think I got some new words to the rhythm of that song for you :

 

 

Got on the net , ordered some brakes , the mailman dropped at my door 

Opened the box , looked inside and my jaw fell to the floor 

Feeling lied to , feeling violated , like a cheap two bit  whore 

Leaned my lesson , stay away from them !!!! Chinese internet stores 

Ain't there nothing sacred no more 

 

Guess you'd have to know the song 

Yep., I saw it and I am laughing. Been around castings a LONG time...almost as long as Shade has worked on ATVs and their brake calipers(Wilwood so 2nd source of course) scream 'china casting' to me...but trusted their website. I don't doubt that they are machined in the US...but castings from China with their non-existent environmental laws are a LOT cheaper to keep costs down.

That said...High Lifter, as a hat tip to Shade....may have a few parts made in China...but I 'think' their brake pads still last longer. 🙂 Not that I'd notice(62 miles after 9 months of riding)....but well, you know. Fish

On 5/2/2021 at 5:13 AM, Fishfiles said:

Quite a few times thru the years I have come across torque or tension adjustments where a fish scale was required to do it , one that was popular for a long time was the Bobcat hydraulic pump drive belts , they were adjusted with a fish scale pulled one inch of travel on a special belt bar and achieve 15 ft pounds , now days they are spring loader adjusters that cost $400 

I've seen a Cummins belt tension measurement tool that we probably sell for 800 bucks that uses a similar principal.

Welcome from Indiana

Used it to track down our dog in neighbors field after it took off from deck like a bullet from a gun.  Dog chased a rabbit across 300 yds of farm field and woods. Was able to locate her but I need to adjust light on front of atv.  The led pods and factory headlight didn’t quite cut it When on flat terrain.  If nose was going over a ridge in field it reached out nicely 

3 hours ago, Fishfiles said:

I like Blue 

 

I like blue too...but I am seeing blue spots after looking at that pic

Its sunny today and supposed to be 80 next Tuesday. Slow climb back up out of the cold temps. Time to quit wrenching on toys and start tilling garden and thinking about getting it planted for the year. Might hit that some next week as its supposed to rain Saturday.  I suspect this'll be our last super cold snap of the spring.

We had about 3/4" of heavy snow overnight. Then at 1 today. It just started snowing. Then it turned in to horizontal snow and white out conditions for 10-15 min...then faded back out. With 30 min it was sunny again. Hasn't hit 40 here today though.

Kid cut our grass the first time this past week. Now its supposed to snow flurry here Wed AM I believe. A 5 day dip in temps then it climbs back to the 60s adn 70s.

I have a couple hundred dollar electric smoker. My frustration with it is the temp fluxuates all over hte place. Smoker box didn't work from the factory so I had to buy a smoke box for it. Generally does a good job though. I'd love to get a higher end one but have other stuff I want to spend money on as well.  I bought a external temp gauge for it as well. Has a hand held device I can throw on the table beside me to tell me what the temp is. I also use pellets for smoking vs chips due to smoker box being crap on mine from factory(probalby need more air holes or somethign but it won't burn the chips...just heats them up and they never smoke)

My brother has a Traeger. Blue tooth thing that will message him on his phone. I think it was a grand. We tried to smoke a turkey at Thanksgiving. It didn't go great. But it does a great job other than that. It was the first time we'd ever tried to smoke a turkey. Likely a technique thing

We bought 5 gallon buckets like that a year ago to store dry goods in so we would never be running low on flower again when people panic'd about a pandemic

I have an old harbor freight set my paretns gave me years ago...but believe me. ON the small stuff like a M6 or a 1/4"...I think long and hard about what I stick them in. 🙂 Until my rock slider project...I don't do much new cutting of threads. Just clean up..so that really helps to not show the downside to the cheap set I have.

I have found that Bauer bits from Harbor Freight do very well. Have a set. Also bought a singular cobalt one from Home Depot to drill out front skid bolt on 450. It was awesome(other than I drilled too large a hole...DOH!).  This guy does reviews on different types of bits along with a lot of other stuff(Step bits I watched his review on before purchasing as well). I do wonder if the 20 dollar bauer set I have holds up as long as the higher end ones that are comparable in his test. The bauer set has cut and come back for more...never had one I didn't abuse go dull yet with limited use) This guy is very regimented in his approach.

I also experimented with step bits on a rock slider project I did to drill 3/4" holes. Was surprised how well they worked. I'd drill a pilot hole and then they cut like butter. at least until my drill speed didn't match up with what a hole of that size wanted. About 1/2-5/8" it got a bit testy.