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Jan 18, 2016 | 06:54 PM

#256

77&79F250

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From: S/W Missouri, Polk county

Chinook in my world is a helicopter....

Jan 18, 2016 | 07:30 PM

#257

paredneck33

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From: penn twp.

Rich that's exactly what I was thinking too. And I'm not even in the military.

Jan 18, 2016 | 10:05 PM

#258

privateer, eh

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From: Calgary

Chinooks are what makes this the easiest winter in Canada for me, weather was the main reason that I moved here.

Damn GM, these tail axle brake calipers are fun, they turn clockwise to collapse them. Cleaned everything used unlocked vice grip to start then and a pair of linesman pliers, open and used as turning tool. There is a butterfly slot to act as a screw head on the head of the cylinder.

I know it's GM but it was something that might pop up somewhere else.

Jan 18, 2016 | 11:39 PM

#259

greentruck72

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From: south east kansas

my 73 needs a timing chain and I don't have a garage so it may get done in the backyard but its way to cold for it right now. and a chicnook is a big helicopter to me.

Jan 18, 2016 | 11:50 PM

#260

privateer, eh

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From: Calgary

Last April some idiot drove into the back end of my f350 while it was parked in front of my house. I now dont work on anything thats parked on the street, he knocked my truck onto the neighbors yard.

Jan 19, 2016 | 12:10 AM

#261

greentruck72

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From: south east kansas

I have almost been hit by cars when working on the street that's why I think I may use my backyard or if my dad can fix his camper I will use his garage.

Jan 19, 2016 | 12:51 AM

#262

HIO Silver

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From: NorCal

Quote:

Originally Posted by privateer, eh

Last April some idiot drove into the back end of my f350 while it was parked in front of my house. I now dont work on anything thats parked on the street, he knocked my truck onto the neighbors yard.

I avoid working on the street. But when I do, I set out an orange cone on each corner of the truck. They come in handy at Sonoma Raceway too.. I put one on the roof so my tailgating buds can find my truck.

Chinook = the flying hotdog

Jan 19, 2016 | 01:03 AM

#263

greentruck72

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From: south east kansas

what is the purpose of a brake booster check valve with multiple vacuum ends

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Jan 19, 2016 | 11:33 AM

#264

OLDBLUEF250

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why isn't there anyone closer to me in SoCal with a 70s truck

Jan 19, 2016 | 11:54 AM

#265

77&79F250

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From: S/W Missouri, Polk county

You mean to tell me that California is so big that is has 2 separate FTE chapters and you do not have a neighbor even an hour away?

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Jan 19, 2016 | 11:55 AM

#266

Jchet729

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From: Merica.!

Creamy or Chunky Peanut Butter?

Jan 19, 2016 | 05:35 PM

#267

dakotarider

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From: Pensacola, FL

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Jan 19, 2016 | 07:28 PM

#268

grinnergetter

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From: NW Indiana

Tried to bend some of that 1/4 plate I got from the local indoor range. Welp that aint no cold rolled. 20T press would just barely bend it. It's some grade of AR but I have to figure out what it is exactly.

Jan 19, 2016 | 09:10 PM

#269

dads1977

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From: between lost and found

Quote:

Originally Posted by 77&79F250

(voices in my head" he must be somewhere between lost and found,dazed and confused, here nor there, some where he is not supposed to be and late to where he should be")