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Old Mar 14, 2019 | 08:40 PM
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Nice and warm today, Shawn. Been going through the 95 F250. Hadn't had a chance to check things out since I bought it. Finishing packing front wheel bearings. Knew it had brakes done but, not sure about the bearings. Now I know. Still had Ford wheel seals , so don't know if original or a Ford dealer did the last job. Didn't like the looks of the rt caliper so going to replace calipers and go to ceramic pads.
Your truck back together.?
 
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Old Mar 14, 2019 | 08:52 PM
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i would stick with semi-metallics on the 250... wouldnt recommend ceramics there... it wasnt a fun experience on the 350 with ceramics... (not being able to stop was scary).. fine for a sports car but not for a truck...

nope... been playing around at it a bit... painting the new parts and baking them... ect ect.. threw the original battery tray back in... got tired of the aftermarket air box always being in the way every time i needed to work on something.. so put the original back in.. Then my neice was born on the 9th so went to "play" with her a bit... about as much playing as you can do with a new born... lol... least she was nicer to me than her brother... she puked, peed and pooped on everyone else.. but didnt do that to me... her brother when he was little like that puked on me... so nicer so far
 
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Old Mar 14, 2019 | 08:59 PM
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Tried some NAPA "premium" pads on my 87. Don't remember if the were ceramic or not. The 87 didn't really want to stop , especially down hill with a loaded car trailer. Warranteed those pads for some cheaper ones that worked better.
 
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Old Mar 14, 2019 | 09:18 PM
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problem is they got both semis and ceramics in both their lines... sounds like the ones you got on the 87 were ceramics...
 
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Old Mar 15, 2019 | 12:18 AM
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Didn’t know and the second leader, might have to look into that if I ever figure out what im
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Mako, I don’t want to remove those that are no longer with us. Which is why I haven’t been culling the role. In years to come when their family hits the google, I want their name to be out here, maybe they’ll find some words from their loved one they never heard or saw before. But like to get the list to something that shows an accurate number. Right now we’re in the 100 plus range.
 
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Old Mar 15, 2019 | 08:31 AM
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Mornen fellers!
We're finally in the 50's for the next week, so I can clean that nasty brown truck, and we're about ready to get Ka'Bluey fired up and get those tires on there and see about passing an MVI.
 
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Old Mar 15, 2019 | 08:35 AM
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Howdy, Bob...
 
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Old Mar 15, 2019 | 08:52 AM
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Howdy, Bob...
GOOD Morning Tony!
 
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Old Mar 15, 2019 | 12:09 PM
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Didn’t know and the second leader, might have to look into that if I ever figure out what im
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Mako, I don’t want to remove those that are no longer with us. Which is why I haven’t been culling the role. In years to come when their family hits the google, I want their name to be out here, maybe they’ll find some words from their loved one they never heard or saw before. But like to get the list to something that shows an accurate number. Right now we’re in the 100 plus range.
i thought you were referring to the mods wanting to cull the CL's of the forum... lol not the state members check in list.... There i do think a new list should be started... Maybe with a new thread but keep the old one still around for the searcher reason.... make a new thread for the members that are still active and the old one can be locked for when like you said that people who come searching for the family members can see their name...

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Mornen fellers!
We're finally in the 50's for the next week, so I can clean that nasty brown truck, and we're about ready to get Ka'Bluey fired up and get those tires on there and see about passing an MVI.
71 here today... but the winds being pretty steady and strong making it feel more like the 60's but still nice...
 
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Old Mar 16, 2019 | 08:49 AM
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71 here today... but the winds being pretty steady and strong making it feel more like the 60's but still nice...
Been windy here too, so it still feels pretty cool out, but it was nice to have a sunny day.
 
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Old Mar 16, 2019 | 08:54 AM
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Tim and I did get some garage time in. The tires are ready for Ka'Bluey, and I made a path to the Shopsmith and have it set up to rip the baseboards and hope to get those back up this weekend.
I'm going to an adoption event this morning and giving that dog we're fostering back to them. She's doing way better than she was when we brought her home. Then the house was just an indoor bathroom, and she still is peeing in the house at times, and putting new flooring down, even though it's laminate, I don't want it peed on. We were told that she was house trained, clearly, she is not.
Hoping to get a little fishing in this weekend too.
Hope y'all are doing well.
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Old Mar 16, 2019 | 12:22 PM
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whats he doing to the tires in that first pic?? looks like a sawsall is being used
 
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Old Mar 17, 2019 | 11:10 AM
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These are Military Humvee take off's and we're cutting the run flat inserts out of them. The run flats are basically a solid rubber tire inside.
 
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Old Mar 17, 2019 | 07:28 PM
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These are Military Humvee take off's and we're cutting the run flat inserts out of them. The run flats are basically a solid rubber tire inside.
ahhh... thought maybe you were cutting the lips to mount on some of them bolt on rim things or something like that...
 
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Old Mar 18, 2019 | 09:52 AM
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Bob, Good luck with getting Ka'Bluey rolling again. Let us know how it goes.

We had a nice weekend, weather wise here. Well mostly. Got the camper out Friday night and hauled it down to Jordan Lake for the first trial run. For this trip, we just wanted to try out sleeping in the thing, as well as the stove, furnace (also got to try the AC as well) fridge. Overall, it went pretty smoothly. Of course, it was pouring rain when we hooked it up and loaded it up. Saturday went well though, Wesley came out and joined Catherine the kids and I out at the campground. It would have been really nice to figure out and have the water system set up. But one step at a time. By the trip next month, we will have that sorted out. Also should have the one ton back on the road (fingers crossed).

This month is flying by.
 
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