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I saw the same ad. Ill bet you can't buy it for $12k either.

super fun.

Lookin sharp

Huge improvement Shaun. That chair is interesting looking...

Paying for my wifes hip scope bill and maybe saving the rest/ using to makeup the slack in our income recently. Im definitely not excited about it as I normally would be for some "free" money.

Funny you mention that, I was using a trans jack.. not that specific one but similar. The plate the trans sits on just isn't sturdy and the trans can slide on it if you're not careful... haha.

In regards to suing, etc for larger events. Can you prove that the person got the virus at that specific event? I mean if someone is going to something like this then its likely they have already been out in public either before and or after the event. I just question how far you could really take that course of action.

Thanks for the support guys.

haha. Totally accurate.

Thanks Shaun.

I got the rear end back together with the original gears and everything is good there. I talked to Mike at Metro about my noise and he was happy to go for a test drive with me yesterday. He confirmed the noise but feels confident its not in the trans. He and I both agree that swapping the converter might be a step to take and see if anything changes. So since I wasn't working yesterday I decided to just pull the trans and see if I could use the old converter or whether I would be better off sending my converter out and having it looked at. Well everything was going fine until I was maneuvering the trans down on the jack and it started slipping off the trans jack pad and I caught my hand under the trans as it slipped completely off the jack onto the floor. I think the pan lip caught my wrist and the palm of my thumb caught the weight of the trans. Thankfully my wife was home to get me to the ER. MCM East was mostly dead so they got me in quick and stitched back up. My thumb is pretty numb and not moving quite right so Im seeing an orthopedic on Monday. Scary stuff. Be careful out there. I can post the gore pic if anyone wants.

looks good. might was reduce your picture sizes a bit.

You're right. I didn't read that specific article and I should have. Most of what I have read or "heard" claimed a lab created it which was what my response was based on. So I concur with you. I agree. Makes sense. I should have read further into it.

I call nonsense. It was clear “almost overnight” that the virus wasn’t human-made, Andersen says. Anyone hoping to create a virus would need to work with already known viruses and engineer them to have desired properties. But the SARS-CoV-2 virus has components that differ from those of previously known viruses, so they had to come from an unknown virus or viruses in nature. “Genetic data irrefutably show that SARS-CoV-2 is not derived from any previously used virus backbone,” Andersen and colleagues write in the study. source https://www.sciencenews.org/article/coronavirus-covid-19-not-human-made-lab-genetic-analysis-nature

Looks good. I think you pulled it off ok. I dont think anyone will ever notice.

Thanks for the share. Gosh what a rust bucket. I can't imagine thinking that was a good project to start with... And then using a flux core welder to do all your work... yikes.. I think he spent the last 2 years editing the video.. crazy.

Figured Id post an update here since I havent for a bit. I wish I could say Ive been out having fun in the truck but that hasn't really been the case. I feel like the gremlins are out to get me recently. In regards to the issues abovem Im still having them. I swapped out a new pulley and a new belt and the engine is still trying to destroy the belt. Slowly and its not a major issue but I am still getting belt residue building up on the alternator. Metro checked out the trans for me. He said everything was super clean inside with minimal worn parts. He did find a broken parking paw spring and said the clutches could use replacing so I went ahead and upgraded the clutches and went with a newer parking paw setup. He also replaced the rear tail shaft bushing which was worn. About $800 for everything. I reinstalled the trans with the help of a buddy. The noise and vibration Im feeling is still there.. yay! I decided to look into the rear end to see if something I had done when I put new gears and LSD were maybe causing the noise to come up the drive line. I drained the fluid and to my horror the fluid was pretty dark and full of metal flake.. yay again! I tore everything apart and found the bearings to be pitted slightly. The outer axles bearings which I hadn't replaced originally seemed worn so I replaced those. I found loads of gunk in the axle tubes. I assumed this is where the dark fluid and metal residue was coming from. So I went about getting all new bearings and seals. I was concerned about the gears being damaged so I decided to replace them. I ordered a set of cheaper Excel gears in 3.42 instead of 3.73 as I dont need that much gear with the turbo setup. I put everything together and was having issues getting the diff installed in the carrier. It just wouldn't fit right. Then it hit me. The diff I have only works with 3.73 and higher gears. So I had just tried to install a set of gears that wasn't going to fit. YAY x3 So to continue on with this nightmare I ordered another set of Excel gears in 3.73's and another install kit. In hindsight I should have just reused my original gears. I had my buddy over to help me set everything up. It all went together fine. I had to pull the axle to get enough torque to crush the pinion sleeve. The pattern looked acceptable, etc. I put everything back together today and took it up the road and the gears are super noisy. YAY x4. Ive read a few places online about these Richmond gears being noisy compared to the more expensive Standard Gears I had originally. So now I guess Ill order another pinion bearing and crush sleeve and pull it all back apart and try to reinstall the original gears. On a small positive note, I decided to have my drive shaft checked out by Columbus Joint and Clutch just to make sure it was balanced. I drove it down and he did it while I waited. Said it was way off. So thats what I get for spending $600 with Driveshaft Specialist out of Texas is a driveshaft that isn't balanced. I did notice less/minimal vibration now at highway speeds. I had been fighting that for a while. I feel like between Corona and this truck Im in a bad dream that doesn't want to end. And I still dont know whats causing the noise/vibration at my feet when driving the truck in 4th gear. It makes me want to drive it into a pond some days. And it sucks because the engine is running awesome, but the rest of it is a big pile of poo. Thanks for following along..

This is in regards to what I mentioned earlier. You can skip most of it and listen to the last 5 minutes or so.

Is that whats happening? If someone has symptoms they sit at the hospital for however long it takes to get results? Then what? Does their plan of care change? Ive read a couple places that the test don't matter positive or negative in regards to people that dont need "hospital care" and that the patients should have just stayed home. Because if the results were negative when they went in there is a good chance they are positive now after being around a bunch of sick/infected people. And if they were positive but dont need special care they send them home anyway. I feel like the hysteria is causing anyone and everyone to go to ER which causes all the issues. If people that weren't having breathing issues/ major symptoms would stay home and self isolate it would solve much of the problem in regards to overloading the health care system. Maybe Im missing something.

Looks great. Maybe a cool little duct or something to fill the gap between the headlight and fender? That is if you dont stretch the headlight bezel. Maybe half and half?

I mean if people are overdosing on it then that's on them. Doesn't mean its not working. Unless Im misunderstanding your point.

That thing is cool! And if you guys dont already, check out Grind Hard Plumbing on YouTube. They build some killer "power wheels"

That thing has to be miserable to drive. The last under powered vehicle I drove was a Diahatsu Bego while in Costa Rica. It was a 1.5l making 100hp in a ~2600lb suv. On flat ground it was ok but you couldn't run a hill with the a/c on. On very steep inclines you had to use 1st gear. It was pretty miserable. Obviously the turbo on the trailblazer will help but its got a lot more weight to haul around. I think I saw somewhere they were only rated at 28mpg.

Im closing next week as well on a Refi for 2.875% through Marc. (15year) I agree I feel better than Im at home today not listening to chit chat and limiting social media.

He's a good dude, I like his videos. I find myself skipping through a lot of the redundant info and watching the results. Ive read the Amazon oil is fine. They just dont make it in the weight Im after.