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Old Oct 2, 2010 | 06:14 PM
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Old Oct 2, 2010 | 06:20 PM
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Off to dinner soon. Not sure if I will be back on here tonight. If not, have a good evening and I will chat with you tomorrow.
 
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Old Oct 2, 2010 | 07:47 PM
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I don't mind the expensive stuff, there are some good deals to be had. What I don't like is all the garbage that doesn't belong at a theme style swap, like crafts and home made clothes at a car swap or lotions and vitamins at a decoy show.
 
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Old Oct 3, 2010 | 08:13 AM
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I agree with you mike. Lots of "other" stuff at the swap meets these days

Gonna head over to Mikes soon to help him on the camper
 
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Old Oct 3, 2010 | 08:21 AM
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Good frosty morning MN!!!

Quite night in here last night. We have posts to make up! LOL

I have so much going today it's sad. More outside work. Gotta change some stuff around in the shed and garage, fix a few things up on the deck, clean the roof off again, and maybe mow.
 
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Old Oct 3, 2010 | 08:40 AM
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Good luck with all of those projects
 
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Old Oct 3, 2010 | 08:59 AM
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Thanks Jay. I'd rather come out and help you and Mike. But I'd hear about that...
 
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Old Oct 3, 2010 | 09:48 AM
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Good morning Jay and Dave!

Yep we better get to posting to make up for the ones we missed last night. haha

Have fun at Mike's working on the camper Jay!

Have fun outside working Dave. That is what we are going to do here also. Got a bunch of stuff to do outside.

Catch ya guys later!
 
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Old Oct 3, 2010 | 09:57 AM
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Well I can't post that much cause I am at work today. I can't wait till next weekend! I will be off for three.....yes......three whole days!

Ren-fest was a good time. Nice weather and lots of good food too. Got home a little later then I wanted but good times had by all.

I am jealous, I want to work on outside stuff at home. I need to mow for one thing.

Well back to work, Later
 
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Old Oct 3, 2010 | 12:13 PM
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Hey Cory! Hope you have a good day at work! Yep we can't wait for next weekend also! I am actually gonna head out and mow lawn this afternoon myself.
 
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Old Oct 3, 2010 | 12:40 PM
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Its almost over. Couple more hours to go. Yipeee!
 
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Old Oct 3, 2010 | 02:32 PM
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Hurry up and get done Cory! Not to make you jealous or anything but I am working outside while a enjoying a cold one!
 
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Old Oct 3, 2010 | 04:11 PM
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Good afternon everyone.

I just want to thank Jay again for coming up and lending a hand on the camper. There were no suprises on the brakes/bearings. Everything looked good save for a few discolored spots on the inner part of the bearing cages (the part that rides on the spindle) The bearings were still in good shape so we just repacked them and reinstalled for this year. I will replace them and probably the brake shoes next spring.

Now, I have had a tail light issue since we bought the camper, they just were not very bright or didn't work at all. We removed both tail light housings and checked the wires. Had 1.8V at the right one and 5.5V at the left one. We wiggled the wires a little bit, removed the upper left marker light and both tail light bulbs. For a while, we had close to full voltage at the tail lights, so we buttoned it up and figured it must be the tail light housings/bulb sockets that were bad. For some reason, I decided to tap on the right side marker light, just around the corner from the tail light. The tail lights, blinked and then quit altogether. We then removed the marker light and found this. The best we could figure is there is a dent right in front of the marker light and it pushed the point of the front screw through the insulation on the wire and shorted it out. Why this wouldn't pop the fuse I don't know, but it didn't. Luckily we found it and fixed it now before something bad happened(think shorted wire and VERY dry wood) I will still replace both tail lights as they are mismatched, one needs silicone to hold the lense on and the bulb socket really suck in them.
 
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Old Oct 3, 2010 | 04:18 PM
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Good Afternoon MN!

Nice wires Mike, that could have been a nasty mess if you didn't catch it, I'm also surprised it didn't blow a fuse?
 
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Old Oct 3, 2010 | 06:05 PM
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Yeah, good catch Mike. Glad you caught that one. Surely could have been bad...
 
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