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    Custom made shop tools

    Many years ago the A/C broke in our hangar in early July. CE said they didn't have the budget to replace the A/C unit until the new fiscal year. We put MA-3D A/C units outside and ran them for three months, just to cool the offices down to the mid-80s. The fuel bill was three times what the new...
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    Custom made shop tools

    The Navy was that way when I worked GSE as a contractor. We had a mish-mash of equipment. We had four B-5 stands on order for years, and when they finally came in, there were 4 pallets of parts, mostly unusable, that they had scrounged from DRMO in Kadena. They got pissed that I ordered more $$...
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    Full-Page ads taking over forum???

    It sounds like you have a virus. I run Ubuntu, mostly because it's free, but also because any time a Linux virus is found, 10,000 nerds get pissed off and fix the vulnerability. Between Ubuntu, Firefox, and uBlock Origin, I haven't had a problem with malicious content in over a decade. I'm...
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    Gas Mileage

    As a rebuttal, I offer up side post batteries, JB3 brakes, cartridge door handles, flimsy door hinges, and daytime running lights.
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    '88 RCLB C3500 "Roscoe P. Coltrane"

    I'll sell you a 500" Cadillac powered Jaguar XJ6 if you're interested in helping clean some projects out. $2000, and it only needs some finishing. For $3000 I'll throw in a set of Corvette Grand Sport wheels, a spare 472, and I'll answer the phone when you have questions.
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    Gas Mileage

    The world is run by C students and engineers are no exception. What do you call a guy who graduates engineering school at the bottom of his class? An engineer. Testing different air filters and tuning takes time, and the engineers are just as eager to get home on Friday as you are. They're...
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    I love plastic engine parts!

    Remove that cap. It doesn't seal the actual hole, it just covers the mounting flange. Install a crank sensor in that hole and zip tie the wiring up out of the way. For getting the bolt out, needle nose vise grips and a thin, flat screwdriver.
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    '88 RCLB C3500 "Roscoe P. Coltrane"

    Ricky Bobby says he'll have the title for me today! He went to a tag agency yesterday with all the evidence that he'd paid the truck off and the bank that held the lien closed over twenty years ago. I'll be getting a clear title in my name. I'm excited! I think I also found the parasitic draw...
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    Dual exhaust question.

    I'm running a 2.5" dual exhaust on my 350, and I have a pretty good sized cam in it. I wouldn't worry about a 2.25" exhaust on a 305 if you put an x-pipe on it with some decent mufflers. And that's the rub. The mufflers are going to be your restriction. If you go with mufflers that aren't a...
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    L31 Extreme Budget Build

    I bought a replacement condenser fan for my house last week, and it's Vevor brand. They appear to be one of the Chinese vendors (they're in Jiangsu, China) that's figuring out this "capitalism" thing pretty well and aren't pi$$ing all over their own reputation for a quick buck.
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    Tinkering with a 99 Suburban

    Your blend door isn't working. My daily driver Mustang is doing the same thing right now.
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    700r from 89 Vandura questions

    Feel free to give me feedback. I'm two parts idiot and one part sometimes kinda smart. I started the channel because a picture is worth a thousand words, and a video is worth about 62.8 pictures.
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    How much paint?

    Rustoleum is incompatible with urethane. https://www.gmt400.com/threads/instant-orange-peel.60126/ The rear window was out of my one-ton and the window frame was rusted through. I had to weld in new sheetmetal, and when I was done I painted it with about $200 worth of 2k rattle cans. I'd have...
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    94 k1500 brake light fuse and the yellow wire going to the brake switch is getting hot. Any help is appreciated

    More resistance = less current. Your current flow through the ground will never be more than when the ground is making its best connection. Is there a short that's drawing more current through the wire? Is one of the bulbs a 24v bulb?
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    700r from 89 Vandura questions

    Yup.
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