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Old Jan 2, 2023 | 06:57 AM
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2023 Michigan Chapter BS thread.

Lets all start the new year over here.

Need to get a GTG in the works, we have not had an official one in a few years now.
 
Old Jan 3, 2023 | 09:39 AM
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Old Jan 3, 2023 | 12:43 PM
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Good afternoon Michigan! Hope 2023 finds you guys doing well!
 
Old Jan 3, 2023 | 01:52 PM
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Hey Pat! Back at ya!!
 
Old Jan 4, 2023 | 09:13 PM
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Hauled my last load from the old house today and locked the keys in the house. Now the daunting task of finding a spot for everything at the new place.
 
Old Jan 5, 2023 | 06:58 AM
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Congrats on the new place!!
 
Old Jan 6, 2023 | 06:47 AM
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thanks Rich. finally have a barn.
 
Old Jan 6, 2023 | 01:49 PM
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Very nice Brandon congrats!
 
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Old Jan 6, 2023 | 01:51 PM
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Supposedly the wife thinks we are building in spring 2024. I will have to trust the accountant for now.

Came home from Christmas to a dead freezer, frisge still cold but the stepper motor wont switch the compressor lines to the freezer and the stepper motor is in foam inside the cabinet and cant be replaced so new fridge ordered but wont be here till the 25th

Other than that good to be home!

Hope all had good holiday time.
 
Old Jan 6, 2023 | 01:52 PM
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Rented a RV and parked it in front of my Uncles place in California. Had to take an obligatory picture.
 
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I see most of you are still around!
 
Old Jan 16, 2023 | 02:35 PM
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Awesome pic Andrew!

Yep I'm finally back at work this week, sick as heck last week.
 
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The truck has a cracked valve cover, thanks ford for using cheap plastic lol. I might try to epoxy it...

Hopefully everyone had a good summer. We made a few trips with the SxS, i put some miles on the bikes. I'm hoping to do more of each this summer.
 
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I'm mid tear down of my RZR, it shut off on me one day on the way home from work. Looks like it's much worse than i thought. I got down to removing the clutches and the primary just spins, doesn't spin anything else with. Timing chain definitely broke.

Few of us will be camping over in St Clair shores in August.
 
Old Jan 19, 2023 | 04:21 PM
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Happy New Year guys.

I have a set of 16 spline axle shafts from a Dana 60 in a 73 F-250 2WD for free in southeast Michigan. I’ll hold onto them for a week or two but if no one wants them they’re going to the scrap yard. I upgraded to 35 spline shafts and a posi.

I know the 16 spline shafts are obsolete but I thought that maybe someone who had an older Dana might want them for spares. I learned the hard way that it is incredibly expensive to update to modern 35 spline parts.
 



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