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    It's Saturday 6-15-2024.. What is everyone up to this weekend?

    Borrow a Chinese mulcher from a friend to do a little job ( I was thinking about getting one too). Then I broke not only a tooth but the holder for the tooth. Fabbed up some cold rolled. Then went swimming. Most of the grandkids are already here  planning on having a busy Father’s Day. I...
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    It summer time, fun thread tell us a "did you know"?

    did you know that if you were traveling in a twin turbo Callaway corvette at 200mph and passed a dragster that was staged  at the starting line, and the dragster took off at the same time as you crossed the starting line. in 1/4 of a mile, he would not only have caught you but would have passed...
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    It is Saturday June 8th 2024.. What is everyone up too this weekend?

    Picked wife and kids up from trip in Hawaii. One of my daughter’s home schools her kids. She has a group of parents and kids that trade off teaching. They wanted to come to our house to see tortoises, chickens, bearded dragon, swim in the pool, pot luck, ride sxs and lt80s and everyone learned...
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    Blown 68 Camaro, need help with rearend options

    Hello Guys,  im a little out of my comfort zone but this customer wants me to do a lot of things to his car.  One of those is that he has a Fab9 rearend with leaf springs, they mounted the shocks inboard of the leaf springs but in doing so welded in a bar above the diff housing to mount the...
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    It's Saturday 6-1-2024.. What is everyone doing this weekend?

    Woke at 4am to drive to LAX to drop off wife and two kids. They’re going to Hawaii. Then picked up 4 of my grandkids 2 from two families. 6-10 years old and went to raahauges outdoor sporting event. All my grandkids did the following:  22 pistols, 22 rifles. Petting zoo, touched horses, archery...
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    It's is Saturday May 25th 2024.. What is everyone up too this weekend?

    The weather for the last month in so cal has been incredible. Face timing with a grand daughter  planting 18 black berries that are babies from my larger ones. Eating first crop of cherries. WOW. Planting a few oak trees to fill in the landscape
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    It's Saturday May 18th 2024.. What is everyone doing this weekend

    Sold 9 dozen eggs already this AM. Working on the last of 4 chicken condos. Wife has 15 more babies she raising. Getting my curling fixed from a fellow duner. Had a roof leak last year. Shooting critters with my pellet gun early in the AM. Enjoying the beauty of my neighborhood and the spring...
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    Mothers Day.. what have you done for your Mom or you Bride

    When I asked what I could do to make this weekend special she asked if I could help weed her garden and plant tomato plants.  It wasn’t tops in my list but I did. Great conversation though. Went to the Yard house for dinner. Saw Planet of the Apes. ( that was my idea)   happiness is making her...
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    It's Saturday May 11th 2024.. What is everyone up too this weekend?

    Well doing a water pump and oil filter housing reseal on the wife’s e63 AMG. Turns out both turbos have water lines that feed them off or the pump. These lines are Metsl rubber and hard plastic. They break when they get touched. My Mercedes friends tell me the factory way to replace these hoses...
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    Dune trip in May you don’t know what you’re missing

    Final report: I lost an alternator Thursday night but changed it out this am. My intake comes off in 10 min. Makes it easy to change alternator. A 500hp gen 3 snapped a stub axle on a little jump. Had a spare in the trailer. That little car is a Tom Pro car. He just bought the car ( first trip...
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    Dune trip in May you don’t know what you’re missing

    I one new car come out he blew a front and a rear bead within 30 min of each other
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    Dune trip in May you don’t know what you’re missing

    Came out Thursday morning. Supposed to be 91 yesterday and today. Pad 1,2,3,5 had zero camps. We are the only group on pad 4. Some at keyhole and road runner. Sand is absolutly perfect. Slight tracks left. Canal is like 75 deg. It might say 91 but with 10 mph wind it feels like 80
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    tech questions for you honda guys

    as you know AEM is out of the Honda game we are doing our first stand alone LINK Monsoon ecu for a customer in Montana two questions:  this is a j32 motor and there is a 2 wire sensor (probably heat) behind the left cam gear going into the head what is its purpose? the alternator has 4 pins...
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    It's Saturday April 27th 2024.. What is everyone doing this weekend?

    Had a few hour to clean the garage then went to a church pinewood derby race. I was the MC. Had 45 cars enter. These were made from the 7-11 year olds. Had an outlaw race afterwards. Top five medaled and then 5 more awards for best in show, best paint, most creative, etc. lots of fun. Had laser...
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    It's Saturday April 27th 2024.. What is everyone doing this weekend?

    Wed,  with permission I drove my tractor through a persons property to get my tractor to a land locked parcel and rented it to a neighbor. Once neighbor was finished I had to drive my tractor back across first neighbors 5 acre dirt lot with a home on it. The pad is mostly level but had a little...
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    It's Saturday 4-20-24... What is everyone up too this weekend?

    First did a 250 mile ride with the wife on my 1290 SAS from anahiem to crest line, arrow head, green valley snd big bear. Points of interest was the first McDonald’s restaurant in San Bernardino  eagles nest in big bear , lunch. 10 bikes, 13 people. Then we went to palm desert. Near Anza and...
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    Had some police action at my shop the other day

    Then another cop comes down another street so they will come at him from both sides of the building. Then two more cops come at full speed hauling down the street. The next thing I see is a cop chasing the guy on foot. Now another cop comes with a k9 barking then a few more cops come. In all 8...
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    Had some police action at my shop the other day

    So I have had a parts car in front of my shop for a while and a homeless guy and girl have been taking advantage of using it for their abode. We lock it often but somehow they keep getting in. Well one time they opened a door really hard and put a 5” dent in another cars fender. So the other...
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    Its Saturday April 6th 2024.. What are everyone's Plans for the weekend?

    Have one of my kids over and her family. Have a niece and her family over. Pizza, jacuzzi and Billards until late last night. Rented and delivered a skip loader. Had # 3 chicken hatch this morning. Wife is trying to get another 15 chicks for her chicken condo. We have 27 producing chickens...
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