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Jan 6, 2014 | 01:50 PM

millertme

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January - Monthy BS Thread

What a great idea to start a thread where we can toss in random shenanigans about our truck projects. Figured I would take the initial stab sharing what I found while changing the rear end oil. Looks like its time to upgrade to an explorer 8.8!!

Jan 6, 2014 | 08:19 PM

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those are probably just extra gear teeth you didn't need.

Jan 7, 2014 | 12:18 AM

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"Lightened ring gear" Yea… I'll take two!

Chet - Any fun meets I should add to my calendar? I hope to have Tina comfortably freeway worthy before spring hits.

Jan 7, 2014 | 12:39 AM

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"Lightened ring gear" Yea… I'll take two!

Chet - Any fun meets I should add to my calendar? I hope to have Tina comfortably freeway worthy before spring hits.

I'm not savoy to anything going on around hear, but would love to make to any I can. I'm also just barely getting my truck roadworthy, baby stepping little by little longer road trips. It sat for 15 years and there's still quite a few parts that I'm playing russian rewlet, like all the u-joints

Jan 7, 2014 | 01:02 AM

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u-joints… just need more grease! Hahaha And yea, mine was last registered in 94 in Texas. Upon replacing the wheel cylinders I found these little guys :P

Jan 7, 2014 | 07:15 AM

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u-joints… just need more grease! Hahaha And yea, mine was last registered in 94 in Texas. Upon replacing the wheel cylinders I found these little guys :P

Nice! At least you have tons of brake shoe lining left. I'll see your scorpions and raise you a bunch of black widows. (white blotch is a nest.) I think they're dormant this time of year.

Jan 7, 2014 | 10:01 AM

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Jan 7, 2014 | 05:38 PM

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Nice! At least you have tons of brake shoe lining left. I'll see your scorpions and raise you a bunch of black widows. (white blotch is a nest.) I think they're dormant this time of year.

I guess that's a one good thing about being up here where it has been a high of 4 degrees today with a twenty mile an hour wind. Critters like that don't last long in these conditions, neither do people!

Jan 7, 2014 | 06:52 PM

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I have customers in Michigan and Minnesota. They envy our weather… I envy their water shed! :P

Backed the truck in driveway today… Dipstick leak in the AOD and pinion seal leak in the diff… Looks like I won't be backing it in anymore…

Jan 7, 2014 | 08:12 PM

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here are a couple good shows in central/northern CA...

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google Poor Boys Midnight Mass for another good show too

Chehalis Wa. That's in my neck of the woods.
Well almost

Jan 7, 2014 | 08:14 PM

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ya, they have them all over the country.

I know the one in CA is a good show, really good

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Chehalis Wa. That's in my neck of the woods.
Well almost

Jan 10, 2014 | 02:31 AM

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I was working under the dash in my truck tonight and I came across a hide-a-key box. I opened it up and saw this, took me a while to figure out what they were. I wonder what's happened in the cab of my truck.[IMG]<a href="http://s1291.photobucket.com/user/NorCalMisfit/media/OldCondoms_zps7a7f0762.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b555/NorCalMisfit/OldCondoms_zps7a7f0762.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo OldCondoms_zps7a7f0762.jpg"/></a>[/IMG]

Jan 10, 2014 | 09:02 AM

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Evidently nothing, but someone was prepared!

Jan 10, 2014 | 09:47 AM

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That is amazing. I'd put it right back where it was

Looks like I get to pull an 8.8 rear end this weekend. 9" is leaking through the pinion seal and pinion support. Plus it sounds like a air raid siren... :-/