General Tech What did you work on Today?
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- The Village of Kay
I finished the installation of my Ham Radio over the weekend. Now I need to spend some time on YouTube learning how to use all the neat features!
I can't link the photos here from Google Photo, so here is a link: https://photos.app.goo.gl/qn7xAPgm4SejTu5D3
I can't link the photos here from Google Photo, so here is a link: https://photos.app.goo.gl/qn7xAPgm4SejTu5D3
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- The Village of Kay
Yea, I took out my CD Changer and put the guts of the radio there. It is a convenient, out of the way spot to mount the radio where I can run all the wires behind trim pieces. The speaker leaves a lot to be desired, but I will figure that out later, as I can hear fine at low speed. High speed may be another story, I haven't had a chance to test it out yet. Maybe tonight I will see if anyone wants to test the setup.
I have trouble hearing my speaker as well where the guts are in the center console. I bought a ham/cb speaker and thought it didn't work so I bought a second. They both work but just don't play the same volume from a phone. I'm pretty sure I have the second one still on my desk in the basement but would need to check. I leave the speaker in the center console and then stick it in the cup holder when I've got the radio on. I couldn't decide where to mount it and didn't want screw holes in something that I'd regret later.
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- The Village of Kay
Yea, I haven't decided where to mount an external speaker, and I get the not wanting extra holes somewhere visible. I need to reevaluate my mounting process for my control unit, as the hot glue didn't hold and it fell. Some small screws are next on the list for that, but the holes would be covered by the sunglass holder if I reinstalled it.
I may have to move the control unit anyway though; in my limited testing, it has failed to lock onto a GPS signal. I may be blocked being so close to the metal roof. I will have to play with it some more this week to determine if it is the best location for it.
- Location
- West Haven, UT
It was time to put new tires on the wife’s Acura TL before winter. I had ordered them from my local shop on Monday and they showed up Wednesday but couldn’t get the car from my wife until Saturday for the tire swap. I had taken it for a drive Friday night when we went to dinner as I wanted a comparison and hadn't driven her car for about a month. While driving it I detected a slight pulse in the brake pedal so while it was on the lift I decided to have the rotors turned and it was also within a few hundred miles of an oil change so I went ahead and knocked all of those items off the list at once.
We definitely got ALL of the life out of the original Michelin’s that were on the car when we bought it. These were right at 2/32” and had 66k miles on them.
Pulled the rotors and drained the oil.
Measured them and they have plenty of meat to be turned.
Rotors turned and reinstalled along with brakes and ready for tires/wheels to be installed.
New Toyo Versado Noir sport/touring tire has a nice looking all-season tread design.
She should be ready to go again for a while so I can continue helping my son on his new Grand Cherokee project.
Mike
We definitely got ALL of the life out of the original Michelin’s that were on the car when we bought it. These were right at 2/32” and had 66k miles on them.
Pulled the rotors and drained the oil.
Measured them and they have plenty of meat to be turned.
Rotors turned and reinstalled along with brakes and ready for tires/wheels to be installed.
New Toyo Versado Noir sport/touring tire has a nice looking all-season tread design.
She should be ready to go again for a while so I can continue helping my son on his new Grand Cherokee project.
Mike
RogueJeepr
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- Utah
It's alive !!!
Swapped the gaskets and lower guts over to the original carburetor.
It fires up immediately, holds rpm--wise and goes full throttle without stumble. Fun little scooter.
Awesome. Now onto the next project.
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Swapped the gaskets and lower guts over to the original carburetor.
It fires up immediately, holds rpm--wise and goes full throttle without stumble. Fun little scooter.
Awesome. Now onto the next project.
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- Location
- West Haven, UT
Completed the last piece of the puzzle getting the new shop setup today. Organized my small parts and misc items into the divided drawers.
Label maker got a workout today.
Completed.
A few of the drawers.
Now I can feel comfortable enough with the setup that I can start on actual projects.
Mike
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Label maker got a workout today.
Completed.
A few of the drawers.
Now I can feel comfortable enough with the setup that I can start on actual projects.
Mike
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Pile of parts
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- South Jordan
Hauled a lot of dirt out and a lot of gravel in.
Pile of parts
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- South Jordan
Yeah, if I had known they were that strong, I would have built my footings and foundation out of them...
The gravel is actually not even touching the fence.
BCGPER
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- Location
- Sunny Arizona
This is how I do an engine swap.
- Location
- Grand Junction, CO
Wow, you don't fool around with power upgrades!
Do you have to make custom motor mounts to get it to fit into a JKU, or does it bolt right in?
RogueJeepr
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- Utah
Your Ford needs that. [emoji1]
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- Location
- Richfield, UT.
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