20thGix

Im working on a '77 MG Midget. Thank god i have access to all i need at work. Parts washer, bead blaster, bigger oven to PC parts than i have at home and a full machine/fab shop at my disposal. Parts washer are nice to knock most of the heavy loose grim off before blasting but i dont think i would want to deal with one at home. At home i just shoot brake cleaner on the part over a bucket and scrub a little with a brush. I have a hard enough time getting rid of used motor oil in a timely fashion and thats just running it up to the parts store. My father in law had one he was going to give me. It was old as hell and if i remember right you could hook it up to an air line and the basket inside would move up and down to kinda wash the parts for you. I do remember it weighted a fuck ton and i didnt want to move it.

Sounds like your just looking for a fun 5 speed to drive. Maybe it's because if owned a few but foxbody Mustangs are fun to drive and can be had cheaply. Which leaves more for go fast parts. The last one i owned was a "toy". Which means when driven i was not kind to it. Not abused but for sure beat on. If i where to do it again i would find a clean notchback. Now you got me thinking............Finish the MG,sell it and buy a stang.

All trucks have their problems. Its basically which ones do you want to potentially deal with. Having my Titan for a couple years now would i buy another.......yes compared to other trucks in that class and model year range. If your looking at Titan's go for '08 and up. Unless you can get a good deal on previous model years. Only because of the front drive assembly issue in pre-'08 trucks. Cracked exhaust manifolds is a problem as well that i don't think they ever got away from. All the other problems have mostly been taken care of with recalls. Really other than that they have been the same truck with very minor styling changes until now.

Dont know where your located but im sure they ship. I had them make some stock replacemnts for my 91 F-250 Diesel some years ago. http://www.acmespringdayton.com/

My gut says bike. Also why crank it up to the redline going through an intersection like that?

I just installed a L.B. White Guardian 100 in my garage about a month ago. My garage is 24X30 detached. So far i love it compared to my 100K BTU propane convection heater i was using. Just set the thermostat and forget it. Its an option to look into anyway.

Here is the link to the Grand Jury testimony, Reports and Forensic Evidence and Law Enforcement Interviews. Basically just the facts. http://apps.stlpublicradio.org/ferguson-project/evidence.html

What he is wanting done is pretty easy compared to wheels i have done before. I personally made the wheels for this out of solid billet aluminum. Definatley one of the cooler parts i've made before and makes going into work easier when working on stuff like this. The best part if it was having to freedom to process and machine them how i wanted to. Basically here's a print and there's the material.....make it happen.

Yes i am a machinist . As far as were or how i would hold onto it (without having seen the other side) i would most likely start by chucking on the O.D. and see where that got me. The reason i would go with this on a lathe is that with him being worried about material thickness i would be shooting for minimum clean-up on all machined surfaces. That and the floor of the pocket doesn't look flat and i would be willing to bet that the walls have some sort of draft to them being that its a casting.

Not to say it can be done on a mill but what you want is basic lathe work.

I'm in need of a CNC Lathe Operator like yesterday. When i say Operator i mean Machinist with experience and can hit the ground running. Okuma and Mazak experience is a plus. Job shop atmosphere. We are not a production shop. PM me for more info.

I have the torque app along with a cheap/china elm mini connector of amazon. Seems to work just fine in my Nissan Titan. I havent had to look at any CEL issues but it connects and works everytime.

+1 on the torque app.

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Free bump as I do some research.....

I'm going to assume there are bluegill to catch along with perch. Those would be the easiest/cheapest to gear up for and catch. Wax worms and bobbers for bluegill and emerald shiners for perch fished straight off the edge of your boat (perch jerkin). Walleye you would need to troll or drift fish. Trolling does take some know how and alot more equipment. Drift fishing for them isn't so bad. Just float along letting the wind or current move you along. When drifting I like to run a bottom bouncer and worm harness on one pole and cast a hair jig or some type of blade type lure on the other. With all that being said I have never fished in NY and the above applies to my time/experience on Lake Erie and lake Michigan. Ever though about taking a charter to fish?

Well it sold this morning. Kinda weird seeing someone ride off on it. Pretty sure it went to a good new home.

SIL not wife, but yes she did find a bike. Not sure exactly what she bought. She told me but I can't remember. Some box store brand. She likes it so I guess that's all that matters. We were supposed to do a duathlon together in July but I'm so far from being prepared for that it isn't funny. I would be glad just to get a competitive 10k in this summer.

Outside babysitting the smoker/memorial day bump.

If you just want dragged around a field i have a truck and rope is cheap.

Dont know if you can go to GP shift easily but i had the same problem. The problem being that i was being lazy lifting my toe to shift. Specifically 1st to 2nd with an occasional not shifting to the next gear. Going GP shift fixed all that for me.

Surely their are a couple machinist local to Columbus here on O.R. that could check that out for for you. If you were local to me i'd help you out.

Or after going thru the troubles we had last year with her pregnancy and difficulties this go round the right thing to do would be go to wedding. There I can drink all the free alcohol I can untili don't even know what a motorcycle is. Then ten or so days later welcome my daughter into this world. With that being said I'm going to have to catch up with you guys/gals some other time.