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Gregski 04-13-2022 10:48 AM

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Let me be the tin hat in the room. Somebody doesnt want you building an electrified truck and them not share in the profits? Just a theory.

that is on point, and you think Tesla's lab caught on fire by accident, hmmmm

jimbosprint 04-13-2022 12:43 PM

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Cloud backup. I use Google Drive.

Gregski 04-13-2022 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbosprint (Post 9066158)
Cloud backup. I use Google Drive.

yes me too, but I was manually copying stuff there and so I have about 90% of it backed up, I could not figure out how to make it automagical (I used to have it like that I think, then something changed)

DoubleDubya 04-13-2022 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by tutone (Post 9066062)
Let me be the tin hat in the room. Somebody doesnt want you building an electrified truck and them not share in the profits? Just a theory.

I agree with tutone. The same thing is happening to you that happened to that guy in the 60's that invented the 100mpg carburetor. Keep your doors locked and the blinds pulled. Good luck.

Gregski 04-13-2022 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by DoubleDubya (Post 9066417)
I agree with tutone. The same thing is happening to you that happened to that guy in the 60's that invented the 100mpg carburetor. Keep your doors locked and the blinds pulled. Good luck.

just because everyone's out to get me doesn't mean I'm paranoid

Gregski 04-13-2022 09:59 PM

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so we pressed on with the firewall

toper wear lids aint just for tuna casseroles you know

Gregski 04-13-2022 10:03 PM

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let's put on our hole saw attachment on our angle grinder

Gregski 04-13-2022 10:04 PM

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then a quick pass with the SharpEdge Eliminator 2,000 SemiPro

Gregski 04-13-2022 10:10 PM

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I am 67-72% certain that I welded up some holes I should have left open, and forgot to weld up sum that should be shaved, anyway I just had to bazinga that firewall today and I hate spray bombing stuff even if the rest of the rig does look like death so out came the Dexter Starter Kit

Gregski 04-13-2022 10:30 PM

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Oh Top Tip on the grindage of the firewall, get yourself some brand new coarse sand paper discs, the new discs will generate less heat than the old used up ones and prevent the sheet metal from warping

I think these were 36 grit

Gregski 04-14-2022 10:03 AM

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I also paintarized the crossmember

KRYLON changed the nozzle on this paint so I no longer recommend it

Gregski 04-14-2022 10:04 AM

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should look good from where you're sittin'

Gregski 04-15-2022 09:45 AM

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ladies and gentlemen I give you the self leveling Inver-A-Jack ... now available in rustic white

If you recall the Inverter changes Direct Current coming from the batteries to Alternating Current for the motor to function [think of it as a distributor/carburetor combo]

Gregski 04-15-2022 09:46 AM

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naturally the exhaust nipple and the firewall bulge won't allow us to set it on center

Gregski 04-15-2022 09:47 AM

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Me: for this project I will only use the strongest and lightest of metals, preferably unobtanium or at the very least aluminum

also Me: let's just check the scrap pile first

Gregski 04-15-2022 09:48 AM

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so some ideas taking shape

I call it the Tee Pee design

Gregski 04-15-2022 09:49 AM

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just checking the Stick Outability

Gregski 04-15-2022 09:51 AM

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if you tilt your head just right, it's perfectly level

Gregski 04-15-2022 09:51 AM

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side bracketry

Gregski 04-15-2022 09:55 AM

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and I guess this is a good place to stop for the night

Gregski 04-15-2022 09:56 AM

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so this is how far we got (me and the mouse in my pocket)

Gregski 04-16-2022 11:19 AM

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I don't usually stop to check if the cables will reach the component I am trying to install, but when I do, I make sure it is when I am half way through making the bracket...

Gregski 04-16-2022 11:20 AM

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I am really not a fan of this run both cables to one side design (ie East), plus one of my cables has a booboo owie so I decided to unwrap it in hopes of heeling it and seeing if it can be rerouted Westward

Gregski 04-16-2022 12:26 PM

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then it was time to Xerox the driver side on to the passenger side

Gregski 04-16-2022 12:28 PM

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looks pretty polywhompus out in the wild doesn't it?


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