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and here's how them horns look naked, perfectly level from 50 feet...
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that's more like it, I like it! do you?
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then it was off to Ace Hardware (where they treat me like Norm on Cheers since I'm there every day) for some [ahem] hardware
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not purdy but strong
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I love these ALMOST on center every time punches
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Nice work! Are those hazard fraud transfer punches? :lol:
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It's not the punch, it's the hammer!
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drill sergeant
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Fun Level = 0
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so this is what we are going for
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36" divided by 4 equals enuff sticks for 2 battery modules
how do you properly cut threaded stock to keep the nuts going back on them, any tips? |
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so one on top and one on the bottom, upside down, bat style
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so this is the Oreo Cookie battery tray design, respectfully stolen from Sir Artur Kustusch
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Not necessarily, the one you used is curved, and that affects the aerodynamics of the downward strike....
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I've done the same thing but I also grind a taper on the end of the rod before taking off the nut. It leaves a nice clean cut.
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With all tread, I typically spin a nut on before I cut and then taper the cut on a bench grinder and lastly spin the nut off to clean the threads. Hopefully this makes sense
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OH, I get it now.
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there's also this for only $400 bucks (at $2.50 per pre cut 1 foot rod, we could buy 160 pre cut rods for that price) ha ha |
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This build thread is fascinating. I'm subbed now. |
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so here's a peak looksee what we are going for, I don't even know if that Tesla Model 3 battery charger / DC-DC converter combo unit is laying on there right side up or upside down, (you tell me, ha ha)
I am also entertaining shoving it under where the oil pan used to live there may be just enough of a cavity to bolt it up to the battery tray from underneath, for that German like impossible to get to to troubleshoot feel |
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actual footage of me going to clean the THIRD lower control arm
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The Nigerian ball joint puller !
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and this is all the crud that we manually remove with some hand tools such as the putty knife and metal toothbrushes and some elbow grease before even thinking of spreading the rest across our beautiful lawn with the wire wheel
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and here it is after the first encounter of the four inch kind
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so I thought maybe all that tar and road grease and grime is good for it maybe that keeps it from rusting? WRONG !
rust is like cancer, it is nasty and dwells under all that grime which only serves to capture and encapsulate moisture |
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so got a new jug of Concrete and Metal Prep which they renamed, removed the "removes rust" part and there is no mention of Phosphoric acid anywhere on the 90% in Spanish label, also they raised the price, can't wait to see how lame this assumably new formula works
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No One: How do you know when to stop wire wheelin'?
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the steerage got some Cool Whip treatment as well
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There is always that set of jeweler's files that come in handy for unbuggering threads. |
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now both you and I know that I have enough plates spinning on this project simultaneously that the last thing I need is to start another phase of the project...
where am I going? |
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Fishing! why are we going fishing?
Second Gen 2008 Toyota Prius Electronic Power Steering EPS one of the grounds apologies for the bad lighting, my light crew had the weekend off |
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Are you running a manual steering box?
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the reason I swapped out my power steering box for this manual is because this Prius jobbie is not technically power steering as the force is applied above the box, so it's essentially power assist if you will do you agree? |
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