anderson750
I'm working on it Rose
- Location
- Price, Utah
I think it is more like 50 hours. As RPM goes up, you need to account for some exponential factors like increased heat.
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XJEEPER
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- Location
- Highland Springs
I found this vintage thermometer in one of the sheds on our ranch and was pleasantly surprised to see that the bulb was intact and measured temperature accurately.
It had been slathered with some random white paint earlier in its life, so I carefully attempted to remove this with Goof-Off and lacquer thinner, using q-tips and patience.
I then laid down a couple of coats of water-based clear to protect the patina and minimize yellowing.
I polished up the brass screws that retain the thermometer bulb block, then cleared them before reinstalling.
I’m pretty satisfied with how it turned out.
It had been slathered with some random white paint earlier in its life, so I carefully attempted to remove this with Goof-Off and lacquer thinner, using q-tips and patience.
I then laid down a couple of coats of water-based clear to protect the patina and minimize yellowing.
I polished up the brass screws that retain the thermometer bulb block, then cleared them before reinstalling.
I’m pretty satisfied with how it turned out.
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glockman
I hate Jeep trucks
- Location
- Pleasant Grove
You have to love Toyota. My taco has the upgraded JBL stereo. I replaced the dash speakers today.
Here is the OEM JBL speaker on the right vs the $75 aftermarket JBL speaker.
Not much difference in the magnets.
Sounds WAY better now. The OEM sub will get upgraded with a Fosgate 8" soon.
Here is the OEM JBL speaker on the right vs the $75 aftermarket JBL speaker.
Not much difference in the magnets.
Sounds WAY better now. The OEM sub will get upgraded with a Fosgate 8" soon.
- Location
- The Land Northward (Bountiful), Utah
What size are they? My cheap Kid Jeep needs something to replace the garbage stock 2005 door speakers.
- Location
- Vehicular limbo
Still needs a battery hold down and to finish the wiring, but I'm pretty happy with how it's turning out. That's a 100ah lifepo4 battery, charge controller, and a 1200w inverter inside, with room for another battery if I want. On top are a 110v outlet that'll get wired to the inverter, a 12v socket and a dual USB port, and connectors for the input from the alternator and down the road, solar.
anderson750
I'm working on it Rose
- Location
- Price, Utah
I was able to purchas a bunch of PCI radios for UMORA through the state OHV grant program. I picked up 24 handleds and a few 50w chase units. I mounted the chase units in a small Milwaukee Packout box. This will enable us to send some higher power radios out to the farther reaches of our race courses.
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glockman
I hate Jeep trucks
- Location
- Pleasant Grove
Thes are 3" tweeters in the dash. The were the closest I could find since the stock JBL needs 2ohm speakers.
- Location
- Grand Junction, CO
Nice! That'll be handy.
Getting closer. Taking my time with the instructions so I don't screw anything up. I wonder how long it will take until I can first fire it. I quit tonight at the steps to start hooking up the computer and stepper motors.
I also modified a few things on the way, including dimpling the water hole cutout. The way they have it you'd still have nearly a 1/4" of water in the table not able to drain which was dumb.
I also modified a few things on the way, including dimpling the water hole cutout. The way they have it you'd still have nearly a 1/4" of water in the table not able to drain which was dumb.
- Location
- The Village of Kay
I've known I needed a new wear bar on my ATV plow since last year, but was never motivated to order one.
Well, pushing snow last week I noticed something was off. I had worn through the wear bar and was starting to wear away the plow.
This plow has been abused!
I ordered a new petroleum infused plastic wear bar last week and it arrived today.
With the new piece, I cut off the bolts that were remaining on the plow and clamped the new piece in place to drill new holes. I thought about welding some new metal to the bottom of the plow, but didn't have what I needed and didn't want to pay Home Depot prices, so I moved forward with my plan.
Once the new holes were drilled, I attached the new piece and went about hooking up the plow again.
When re attaching the plow to the ATV I noticed I was missing a bolt on one of the attachment plates. I grabbed a 10x1.25 out of my stash and promptly found the hole was stripped out.
I grabbed the next size up I had in my spares, a 12x1.75 so I drilled out the hole and tapped it to 12x1.75 and finished installing the plow. I should be ready for the next series of storms now and hopefully won't tear up so much grass and sprinkler heads now.
Well, pushing snow last week I noticed something was off. I had worn through the wear bar and was starting to wear away the plow.
This plow has been abused!I ordered a new petroleum infused plastic wear bar last week and it arrived today.
With the new piece, I cut off the bolts that were remaining on the plow and clamped the new piece in place to drill new holes. I thought about welding some new metal to the bottom of the plow, but didn't have what I needed and didn't want to pay Home Depot prices, so I moved forward with my plan.
Once the new holes were drilled, I attached the new piece and went about hooking up the plow again.
When re attaching the plow to the ATV I noticed I was missing a bolt on one of the attachment plates. I grabbed a 10x1.25 out of my stash and promptly found the hole was stripped out.
I grabbed the next size up I had in my spares, a 12x1.75 so I drilled out the hole and tapped it to 12x1.75 and finished installing the plow. I should be ready for the next series of storms now and hopefully won't tear up so much grass and sprinkler heads now.
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glockman
I hate Jeep trucks
- Location
- Pleasant Grove
Nice fix. ATV Plows are built pretty poorly, or they get abused. I've had to rebuild entire frames on several due to the thin brackets breaking or wearing through.I've known I needed a new wear bar on my ATV plow since last year, but was never motivated to order one.
Well, pushing snow last week I noticed something was off. I had worn through the wear bar and was starting to wear away the plow.
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I ordered a new petroleum infused plastic wear bar last week and it arrived today.
With the new piece, I cut off the bolts that were remaining on the plow and clamped the new piece in place to drill new holes. I thought about welding some new metal to the bottom of the plow, but didn't have what I needed and didn't want to pay Home Depot prices, so I moved forward with my plan.
Once the new holes were drilled, I attached the new piece and went about hooking up the plow again.
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When re attaching the plow to the ATV I noticed I was missing a bolt on one of the attachment plates. I grabbed a 10x1.25 out of my stash and promptly found the hole was stripped out.
I grabbed the next size up I had in my spares, a 12x1.75 so I drilled out the hole and tapped it to 12x1.75 and finished installing the plow. I should be ready for the next series of storms now and hopefully won't tear up so much grass and sprinkler heads now.
- Location
- The Village of Kay
Description
The Tusk SubZero UHMW Plow Replacement Wear Bar is a high quality, ultra-low friction replacement wear bar for your Sub Zero snow plow. This UHMW (Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene) construction provides a quieter, long-lasting plow blade wear bar to glide over the surface as you plow. The steel plow wear bars have a higher tendency to grind on the surface whereas the oil impregnated UHMW will slide over it. -Ultra-low friction.
- Location
- The Village of Kay
I latched onto the "oil impregnated" description so that is what stuck in my mind...I'm very familiar with UHMW.
I was wondering about the "petroleum infused" part, when plastic is MADE FROM petroleum.
- Location
- Grantsville, Utah
PERVERT!!I latched onto the "oil impregnated" description so that is what stuck in my mind...