15-6-10Tow2.jpg
865 hits | 103.08 KB | Posted: 6/10/15
The '82 tub I had been using is ruined, but I'm going to experiment on it before scrapping it. So I...

58TieRodLHO.jpg
777 hits | 81.02 KB | Posted: 7/13/15
Pretty straight. A few minutes ago, it was rubbing the front shock mount.

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639 hits | 72.14 KB | Posted: 9/5/15
Unlike last time, I got to borrow a lift for a few hours to do the clutch today.

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684 hits | 87.13 KB | Posted: 9/5/15
Getting here was SO much quicker working in a shop on a lift with air tools. But it was still death...

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600 hits | 80.62 KB | Posted: 9/5/15
Getting here was SO much quicker working in a shop on a lift with air tools, instead of in the drive...

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604 hits | 61.13 KB | Posted: 9/5/15
Well, THERE'S your clutch! (...and a noticeable amount of the flywheel face.)

The solvent tank now ...

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604 hits | 86.72 KB | Posted: 9/5/15
Not great, but not horrible.

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746 hits | 78.79 KB | Posted: 9/5/15
The mirror-smooth worn area is close to 1/32" deep. I didn't have it resurfaced 10 years ago, ...

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650 hits | 81.85 KB | Posted: 9/5/15
While it was apart & waiting for the machinist to resurface the flywheel, I cleaned up inside the be...

15-9-5Clutch8.JPG
609 hits | 74.3 KB | Posted: 9/5/15
This was resurfaced on a brake lathe. There were 2 passes with the cutter because the wear was so d...

15-9-5HEGO.jpg
890 hits | 73.26 KB | Posted: 9/5/15
The factory weld between the upper (rear) tube and the HEGO bung cracked all the way around.

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1325 hits | 105.14 KB | Posted: 9/9/15
Yesterday, I had to haul off some excess material from the Nissan dealership: 1100 lbs of sand. Thi...

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857 hits | 118.88 KB | Posted: 11/25/15
I think I got all the good (plus some) out of the original '95 HEGO. It was still working, but it h...

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695 hits | 72.45 KB | Posted: 6/28/16
'94-96 F150 & Bronco HFC134a System

Not shown: hood latch support, condenser flaps, evaporator heat...

16-3-27Tree03.jpg
519 hits | 107.52 KB | Posted: 7/31/16
Greg has been whining about this tree near his shed for a few years, so he was trying to pull it dow...

16-3-27Tree06.jpg
442 hits | 126.84 KB | Posted: 7/31/16
It got really slimy when the rain passed over, so I had to do everything by winch. But it's coming ...

16-5-7Stump03.jpg
477 hits | 145.26 KB | Posted: 7/31/16
This sickly tree is in my way, so I've already cut most of it off. But I left enough to get the roo...

16-5-7Stump06.jpg
537 hits | 148.83 KB | Posted: 7/31/16
A few bumps got it leaning over enough to...

16-5-7Stump08.jpg
512 hits | 131.75 KB | Posted: 7/31/16
...break the tap root. After this, it popped out easily with a chain on the draw bar.

16-7-28Boil4.jpg
540 hits | 105.6 KB | Posted: 7/31/16
I hate when that happens. The brand new radiator came with a brand new POS rubber cap for the throt...

16-8-24TractorPull.jpg
500 hits | 87.36 KB | Posted: 11/17/16
A friend stuck his tractor bushhogging his way up a creek bank. He was to the side of the culvert, ...

16-8-29LogPile.jpg
570 hits | 113.87 KB | Posted: 11/17/16
Another load on the grille guard.

16-11-17PlugCoil.jpg
508 hits | 47.39 KB | Posted: 11/17/16
I wonder why it suddenly ran like tee-total $#! ...

I cleaned up the coil, and limped it around for...

17-4-13BurnWinch2.jpg
488 hits | 112.65 KB | Posted: 4/30/17
Testing the (cheapo chinese retrofitted) winch remote range - it worked even beyond this. So for $12...

17-4-28LogLoad1.jpg
701 hits | 88.92 KB | Posted: 4/30/17
After cutting down a double oak that the gas company killed near my new house, I loaded the logs ont...

17-4-28LogLoad2.jpg
588 hits | 93.33 KB | Posted: 4/30/17
After a couple of hours winching logs onto the trailer at high idle (to keep the alternator charging...

17-05-03_FanRelay.jpg
359 hits | 78.09 KB | Posted: 8/10/17
Well, THERE'S your problem!

17-05-31_RadLeak.jpg
374 hits | 84.03 KB | Posted: 8/10/17
Well, that's probably not good, either...

17-06-07_Fans.jpg
388 hits | 51.11 KB | Posted: 8/10/17
Rather than continue to burn up relays, I decided to just put a new clutch on. But it took about a ...

17-06-17_Nvll.jpg
413 hits | 48.4 KB | Posted: 8/10/17
I had to make a quick run to Nashville to pick up a junkyard Toyota axle one Saturday, but the truck...

17-06-28_Cover.jpg
439 hits | 77.08 KB | Posted: 8/10/17
There has been oil dripping off the rear diff, and I thought it was blowing back from the engine, tr...

17-06-28_RAbush.jpg
428 hits | 55.29 KB | Posted: 8/10/17
I had heard some clanking for a few thousand miles, and it turns out the passenger radius arm bushin...

17-06-29_Frwl.jpg
502 hits | 68.33 KB | Posted: 8/10/17
I've had a complete charged A/C system lying around for a few years, so while the truck was in the s...

17-06-30_Wash.jpg
1930 hits | 94.69 KB | Posted: 8/10/17
Although I never wash the outside, I try to keep the engine & underside clean. But it had been a co...

17-08-03_Tires_DunRov.jpg.jpg
878 hits | 91.32 KB | Posted: 8/10/17
It was overdue for tires, and I got these 5 [url=https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=C...

17-08-08_Brush.jpg
479 hits | 131.08 KB | Posted: 8/10/17
After all that maintenance & repair, it's right back to work.

RAbushings.jpg
353 hits | 82.06 KB | Posted: 8/2/18
Too much noise from the old rubber bushings, so I put in some black Energy poly ([url=https://www.am...

ShiftRetainer.jpg
426 hits | 94.13 KB | Posted: 8/2/18
The shifter retainer has been broken for over 8 months, so I picked up a new replacement locally (~$...

GaspRice.jpg
288 hits | 63.84 KB | Posted: 1/23/19
Eventually, I got 33 gallons for $29.

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341 hits | 124.12 KB | Posted: 3/5/19
Even dead for a year & a half, and cut off 4 feet above ground (for the leverage), this stump still ...

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352 hits | 109.21 KB | Posted: 7/9/19
I had to borrow a friend's Ram 3500 to rent this (they said they wouldn't let me tow it with a 1/2-t...

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354 hits | 123.2 KB | Posted: 7/11/20

CourtesyLED.JPG
200 hits | 60.92 KB | Posted: 7/11/20

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233 hits | 54.89 KB | Posted: 7/11/20
I haven't permanently routed the dash cam wire because I'm not sure this is the camera I'll keep in ...

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196 hits | 58.39 KB | Posted: 12/15/21
Some trees got in my way, but not for long.

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201 hits | 61.74 KB | Posted: 12/15/21
I knocked a fairly-substantial tree down with the bumper, and then tried to drive over it to break i...