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    GM rear end update

    It has taken me two months of riding the bus dropping a class that let out later than the busses ran(actually I took an incomplete so I can retake the class without having to pay for it twice):rolleyes: and numerous skipped lunches to save for the parts(every penny counts when you are raising...
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    Rant Mode On! I want to hurt someone.

    Re: Rant Mode On! I want to hurt someone. Well done!! I have had a dog for as long as I can remember, when I was in the service my Dad took care of mine and it was there for me when I was discharged. This last one I have had for about 14 years she was about six months and was a stray. She has...
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    Do I need 4x4 to launch boat?

    Re: Do I need 4x4 to lauanch boat? Re: Do I need 4x4 to lauanch boat? `Yeah, I threw that in there because I haven't had any experience with a V-10 but have run diesels and definitely prefer the diesel over gas V-8 especially if you get into some good grades we have a couple of small hills...
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    Do I need 4x4 to launch boat?

    Re: Do I need 4x4 to lauanch boat? Re: Do I need 4x4 to lauanch boat? 3/4 ton should be enough truck to pull 5-6k easy I do it with a 1/2 ton gasser but it doesn't like steep grades. As far as ramp issues go that is something you will have to find out for yourself, I do have 4wd but have never...
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    What is with low profile tires?

    Re: What is with low profile tires? This is what I think of every time I see a vehicle with very large rims wit almost no rubber
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    What is with low profile tires?

    Re: What is with low profile tires? The only problem I had with putting fat tires on my Firebird was they stuck out too far so I had to flare the quarters. I also like the radials better than the bias I tried them both and the radials hooked up better but I don't mind the low profile look if...
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    Rear seats to rear bench conversion

    Re: Rear seats to rear bench conversion I agree there. I went the opposite route and eliminated most of my bench with a compromise and gained about another 15 inches of floor, and got the coolers off the floor and under the seats. you might want to build a mock-up of cardboard and see how...
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    GM rear end

    Re: GM rear end Just got the camera working this is what I took out of the bottom of the case and a couple of spider gears too
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    Annoying SMS text

    http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/01/sms-suicide-bomber/ I'll never complain about those texts again
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    GM rear end

    So I'm on my way home from school and the rear end in my truck goes clunk-grrrrr and then rolls to a stop and decides not to move:mad: No warnings like howling when you go down the road or clunking when it goes into gear. In fact I changed the fluid in it this summer with oem synthetic fluid...
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    Let's see a pic of your best four legged friend

    Re: Let's see a pic of your best four legged friend This is Hannah I got her 14 years ago.She was a stray that had been hanging around for a couple of weeks and wasn't doing well. I took her to the vet and have had her longer than I had my first wife.
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    I know it is still under construction but.............

    I understand the sight is still under renovations and not complete yet but I had an album on my profile and it has disappeared will it be coming back or can I count those Photos as lost.
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    Floor on '87 Mach 1 Project

    Re: Floor on '87 Mach 1 Project I replaced the decks in my "89" Mach1 magnum. But I did the sun deck and motor cove a little different which gave me about another foot of floor space and I can put an one of the Igloo cube coolers under each rear seat. They are hinged at the front and it gives...
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    The question is where do you draw the line on assistance?

    last year at a ramp that I was coming up to after a day of being on the water I watched a man back a boat several times into the river on the last time he pulled it out before his final attempt at a launch the keel was between the starboard bunk and fender of the trailer. I beached my boat and...
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    any attachments that can be added to trailer to keep rocks/gravel from hitting boat

    Re: any attachments that can be added to trailer to keep rocks/gravel from hitting bo http://www.pplmotorhomes.com/parts/rv-tow-bars-dollies/ibc-splash-guards.htm
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    Hvac/r

    Got a question I had been a service tech for about 15 years. my S.I.L. asked me to look at her A/C the other day because she has someone coming to replace the compressor. He says it's worn out. complaint is, It does not keep up and runs constantly. I don't think it is the compressor...
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    PICS of the Corvette (my other hobby)

    Re: PICS of the Corvette (my other hobby) Nice job on the car I would have bought it for the motor and drive train. They would really give my old firebird new life
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    fogging oil for guns ?

    So, I was thinking, (yes I was thinking again:eek:), fogging oil keeps the cylinder walls and rings from rusting and was wondering if anyone has tried this on blued metal I was thinking of trying this but wanted to know if anyone out ther has had a good or bad experience with this.
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    Ooopps!!!

    Was loading my boat on the trailer in rough water, Iusualy pull the boat on no problem but this time with the waves and catching a wake at the same time the stern dropped down and chewed up my prop. Now I need to di out my dial guages and see if I bent the shaft before I take it out with a back...
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    repairable or not

    14.25 dia 22p. ss manufacturer?:confused::mad: 350 magnum 270hp. mercruiser alpha 1 first gen. 1989 Mach1 Magnum Mv2450 24 ft about 4500-5000 loaded wot 4450 42-44kts depending on conditions was driving boat up to trailer and someone made a wake and I caught it before i was half way up the...
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