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I'd love a step side, but don't have room for another vehicle. If my econobox starts costing me after the warranty is up, it'll be a goner and I'll buy something old. There are only so many things to fix on the old vehicles, and then they run a long time, especially if not driven a lot. My econobox is 7 years old and only has 24k miles on it.

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Longbed Stepside 4wds are the coolest! Especially 4spd with A/C? Fogedaboudit. Buy it. Once you ditch those Atlas wheels you can put 16s on it and the spare mount will be just right.

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I made an offer on it . It’s probably worth what he wants for it from someone but not to me .

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Needed new tires for my Aluma car trailer . I called the manufacturer about putting 15 inch tires on it instead of the 14s the original size tires don’t last long even radials . Thinking even though they are rated for the load it’s just to much for them . They answered the phone right away no stupid prompts and the operator put right through to a tech . The tech was very knowledgeable she asked for the vin told her it was hard to read on the trailer so I used the tittle . She told me 15 inch are the norm on my trailer now and there would be no trouble using 15 on my trailer . She asked for my address to send out a new vin ID label . Sure enough this came yesterday . Nice dealing with with American customer support

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i decided after not giving my old wagon some needed and deserved attention and TLC,that now was a good a time as ever to get her done.oil change,filter,grease,air up tires,a little tune-up,repair a non-working gas gauge that i thought a sunk float,turns out to be a ground problem.discovered a left rear spring out of place at the top for some reason.i took the spring out and re-posistioned the top to where it should be,before i got the tires back on,it was back out??i gave up for today and discovered a leaky pinion seal.i pulled it apart,found a mess with some bearings and races in horrible shape so a friendly Fed-Ex man brought me box of Rock Auto parts today and i made the repairs.new carrier bearings,pinion bearings and seal and wheel seals and bearings.all good but tomorrow i'll put the metal shield back in front of the gas tank and figure out why that spring isn't happy?always something.

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That's a great health check and treatment for more years of enjoyment.

Last week I stopped in to my longtime friend at his upholstery shop. I used to drop in pretty often years ago, as did others, which he welcomes. He can carry on with his work and keep a chat going at the same time. He even keeps a couple chairs at the desk. Don is a serious classic vehicle guy. He is the second generation of this four generation shop. His dad bought a '72 Cheyenne Super/20 in Ochre & White that he restored to pristine stock a few years back. He did the interior work on my '71 Custom Camper/20 (Cheyenne) years ago and my other vehicles before that, going back to the '70s.

Anyway, when I stopped in last week he asked if I'd help him out with repairs on the garage he built using the logs from a dismantled 1800s log home. A couple logs need replaced and that kind of work is right up my alley (or is it farm lane?). I'll be getting to it this fall. Can't wait!

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That will be interesting to see how you sneak the old out and replacement back in with all that sealer between them.

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Yeah it will be a bit tricky. Brace it all up, including center beam for 2nd floor, break out the chinking with brick filler, and cut the logs out. They are the ones behind the flag from door to rear corner. I'm looking for some hand-hewn logs 12' in about the same dimension. The log is exposed inside as well, with the stairs up against it. So stairs need to come out. That rear corner will be the big challenge. Water damage to other logs above and and the interlocking ones on the back wall. I'm going to have to get a heavy post on there bolted in for support, then make a corner board that is structural. Otherwise it would be replace a lot more logs. It's fortunate these logs run into the door frame and not to the other corner. I'm looking forward to it.

The problem is how the chinking was done to be flush with face of logs. The way they were done was recessed a bit and covex, which prevented water from getting in behind

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Okra anyone? That’s 490 pods! I love it fried and I also have a great shrimp & okra gumbo recipe that I like to make in cooler weather.
https://i.ibb.co/TgHS718/68-E72-E26-...3-A8154400.jpg

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For Sure:metal:

Fried Okra is good.:mm:

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Wow! Have you tried dehydrating it? It makes a great salted chip (my favorite way to eat ochra).

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I have not tried dehydrated okra. A lady I work with made me a batch of pickled okra last summer. Pretty good with fish.

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I just recently had a bucket full of fresh okra. I only eat it skillet fried though. Fried okra, pan fried potatoes, fresh purple hull peas, corn bread and ham is some kind of good!

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Frad okry is the best!!

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I'll be watching for this to start and following along. That's going to be very interesting.
I'm learning how to extend the gable end of my 23 yr old pole building/shop and refacing it after removing the sliding doors and replacing with a sectional. Not much care about having the walls plumb or square with this and nearly every piece is custom cut to match what was done. Very time consuming and tedious to make look decent.

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well once again,i don't know how i get roped into working on this junk but here it is,a truck but not MY truck.i haven't owned anything this rotten in my life and see no need to?a 2015 Silverado that should be in the bone yard long ago and then this man brings it to me wanting rockers put on it?there's nothing to weld the rockers to?anyway here goes.making something out of nothing.

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Gotta love Northern trucks

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Best of luck to ya..

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Helped a friend diagnose a vibration in his 502 67 SS Chevelle . Found a large crack in the turbo 400 bell housing. Runs from bottom to top

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Had to go out and make emergency repairs to a sign at the beach a car ran into. On the way back there was a car show so I swung in to take a peek just as it was breaking up. Not a lot of pictures but these 2 grabbed my attention before everyone was gone.

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That 55 got Shrunked. :lol:

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Had very low water pressure this morning . Found two cracks in the 50 year old copper nipples . A 1inch union and two nipples 69 bucks

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Got my 98 Jeep inspected today . Very nice not having an emissions test . They looked over the truck and slapped a safety inspection sticker on . Was half the price too

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Do the ZJ Jeeps have the Jeep wave ? :lol:

I like the looks of those:metal:

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I have an XJ . But it seems they would too, even get waves in the 04 Tacoma

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Whoops
I Fat fingered that.
I was looking for an XJ last year,
Then I found a 2WD Straight 6 cyl WJ for a song.
Something for my Dog to ride in.:lol:

I really like it.

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I'm really liking this one too I've had 5 over the last 30 years . Had a couple ZJs too great vehicles . Dont like any of the new Jeeps .

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Cleaning out the motorhome after camping. We got invaded by ants. Time to fumigate.

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My buddy came by in his 1966 F100 4x4. It decided that it wanted to stay in my driveway. I know it's not a Chevy but I like all the old stuff and really wanted a 4x4. So it's now mine.

The old 352 FE runs like a Swiss watch. and no rust. All in all it's a pretty clean truck. I'm going to lose the lame wheels and get some bigger/taller ones maybe some steelies and a slight lift. Nothing crazy Just give it more of a 4x4 look. A couple little changes like replacing the front bumper and putting the fender emblems back on. Keeping it basically stock with a little attitude. That's about it.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/...5_Ford_4x4.jpg

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/...4_interior.jpg

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Nice looking truck Paul

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What wheels are on it? Some of the later optional factory wheels look good on the earlier trucks, the way rallyes look good on older GMs. Even their argent colors spoke style wheels. But the later (like '96) steel wheels look great, about 10 clots like rallyes and they take a dog dish cap. With the short wheel openings in the rear you have to watch going wider

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It's got these on it now. I don't know what kind of wheel this is. They just look too small to me.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/...m/66_wheel.jpg

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Beautiful truck sir. I had one of those back in the day. It was light blue. Enjoy.

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Nice looking truck, Paul! My dad had one like that but it was "tree frog" green. He switched the "R" to second spot, "O" to third spot, and filed out part of the "D" to make it a "G". FORD -> FROG. :D

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You are a lucky guy Paul,
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Not my truck but one my buddy is working on.
Apparently someone broke the 9" housing and gorilla welded it to the point that it warped the mounting face for the 3rd member such that it won't seal.
I machined it back down as flat as possible while removing the least amount of material as possible.
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Nice truck Paul .

Today started out with a simple job replace the head pipe donut on the 04 Envoy . Got it apart lots of heat and cussing but none of the studs snapped . Get the donut out it’s all in one piece and wasn’t leaking . Ended up the manifold is cracked . So I ordered one from Rock Auto should be here Monday .

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^ Good thing the pipe had to come off, anyway.

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Keep saying I’m not putting any more money into it has some frame rot but if it becomes not safe I’m pulling the 4.2 and front seats for one of my trucks . It’s got 112k miles on it

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Great Set-up:metal:

We have a couple of guys in the shop that I am Employed at.,
that know the mechanical stuff and issues that would be created in this situation:uhmk:

They can Do It Right.

They know;)

Then there is the others that
can be caused by welding (fast and furious) with no plan and minimum knowledge of the Mechanical stuff behind it.

I only have so much control at my job,

To keep the 30+ year experience people from making the same mistakes they have made for 30+ years.

Centers and Squares ;)