Everything posted by Patcon
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Weber 42 DCOE 8
Another thing to consider is internal damage If you crank the idle jets down too hard you open the idle orifice which makes it hard to adjust the carb. An O2 sensor would help but only if you can isolate it properly
- 1976 280Z Restoration Project
- 1976 280Z Restoration Project
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ring gap posistion
Raised 3 girls with mom. I totally understand!
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ring gap posistion
I don't remember cutting myself up with the compressor but I bleed so often most times I don't pay attention to it. The saying around here is if Daddy's bleeding we'll get a lot done!
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ring gap posistion
Using the lathe to make a thick wall funnel is cheating!! I have the band style spring compressor. You have to get them very tight and tap the piston through with the butt of a hammer handle. They also have to be kept tight to the deck. I normally don't struggle too much with them but I have done quite a few this way
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Rust Advice 78 280z
@gotham22 Strictly my opinion. I would work with crossmember A Crossmember B has a lot more pitting across the width of it both top and bottom. For dealing with the steering rack horns... Well several options. You could fill in the pitting on the horns. the metal fairly thick and shouldn't be as hard a filling in thinner metal. You could even make a piece to back it up with inside the horn from the bottom for a little more beef Possibly the cleanest repair would be to sacrifice cm "B" and cut the horns off of it and weld them on cm "A". This requires ALOT of good measurements and you really need GOOD welding skills. I weld pretty well but I'm not sure I would trust myself to do those welds. You could however get them removed and cm "A" cleaned up and ready. Then tack them in the exact proper place and have a professional welder finish them for you. Let me know, through PM if necessary, if you plan to go this route and I can give you some pointers
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Safety announcement: Check your steering mechanism’s safety, especially if a little sloppy.
I didn't pioneer it but I did post up some details and work arounds I went through. I believe they are in my build thread. It is possible the actual Kawasaki part doesn't require the mods I had to make https://www.amazon.com/Motor-Master-Universal-Joint-ATV700/dp/B000GZRASO
- Duffy's 1/71 Series 1 240z build
- Duffy's 1/71 Series 1 240z build
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To buy or not to buy...that is the question
I like the shopping cart idea!
- 240z - fabbing new front rails
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COVID-19
A $3000 dollar investment is ridiculously small for Trump. Not even worth mentioning. That's a nice bottle of wine for guys at this level. It would be like mentioning I bought a six pack last night. It would be small for most normal investors. Just another chance to take a swipe at the president. If reporters went after both parties equally, it wouldn't bother me so much. However that will probably never be the case since 90+% of the media are Democrats I am tied of people in this thread taking swipes at the president and touting other politicians as being totally on the ball. I have watched many of the presidential updates and I don't see them the way some others view them. I voted for the man once and I will be again! I suspect the overwhelming silence from others on the forum suggests that others might feel the same way...
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Virus face shields, masks - ideas and designs
You have quite the cleavage Steve! I was in Home Depot today. About half and half employees and shoppers
- Right front tire rubs bumper when turning
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Restoration Unveiled Today 08.17.2019
Pretty plane! Quite the resume too!
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Electro-philes: crit a 280Z HL diag.
Is that the buzz CO was referring to?
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S30 Sheet Metal - Body and Chassis Panel Thicknesses
I will have to look around some
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1973 Rebuild
WooHoo!!! Also, it seems like a bad idea to have a propane heater in a spray booth on the discharge end but that's just me...
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280Zoom
Still Rogers St? Do you have all the screws for the straps?
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280Zoom
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COVID-19
My temperature and most of my kids runs low. When i get to 99F I feel like ?
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Hatch lock doubler rust repair
I would make a new doubler Treat the rust inside the hatch Prime both then install with panel adhesive Make sure you get it pulled tight enough that the lock will go in with the keeper! Any squeeze out through the pin holes can be dressed down and filled over
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Parts for Sale: 260z hood, deck, doors
I would take them but I'm afraid shipping would be too much
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COVID-19
I believe there is an overly simplistic view of how things work at this level. Everyone assumes that you tell the joint chiefs to "jump" and they say "how high?". Having spent some time around general officers I suspect you have to stay out of some of these affairs. I suspect the decision to remove this captain was made long before it reached the executive office. The executive office may have chosen not to interfere to avoid ruffling feathers. Pretty much, all of the people at this level are powerful, confident and opinionated (inside and outside of the military). Right now you can't afford to alienate them, when you may need to depend on them in a few weeks for who knows what. Its a delicate balance. I found it sad he was relieved for trying to take care of his men. I wondered how the letter got out. I haven't seen anything definitive on whether he released it or not. If he released it; he had to know he was done. If a 3rd party released it, then thats too bad. My first question to Shelley when I read the article, was does he lose his command? No branch of the military likes to be embarrassed or called out in public.