I put another muffler on the cj5. The old one rusted out all around the back cap. The new used one is stainless from a honda maybe itll last a little longer. Its the 4th muffler its had since 08
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Thank you very much Baz! Very kind of you to say that[emoji4] and I am humbled. Thanks for the intel on the death palm, my gawd that thing is wicked vicious. My right ankle still looks like I was hit by a big arse rattlesnake and feels like it too. And for the info on the Cordeline Austrailis, I will pass all of that on. As we were working on them, I mentioned how I knew someone(you) who deals with these things on a weekly basis and would have information about them. The parents liked the lights so much that I installed some newer solar spot lights.
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I am planning on installing some newer pathway lights as well as a few motion lights that will illuminate the darker areas if they need to access the area. At 80 and 78, I don’t want to get a call of yet another fall and trip to the ER.
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Even put up a holloween decoration
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Im also in the process of charging up all the solar light batteries so that they will start out at 100%, even though we have progressed into the fall rotation and are now in more shade than sun.
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Since I was digging around in the holiday decorations, I remembered that the inflatable Bumble we picked up at HD at the end of the season needed some TLC. Because it was a display and highly discounted, was a bit weak in the illumination department. Was on display since before Halloween and just plumb tired.

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This what the original LED looked like and there were only two and it was on when I took the pic. Weak sauce!!!!! At the very best.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...1c30bfefb9.jpg
Cut wires and spliced in the new LEDs, easypeezy.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...116d90b680.jpg
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Replace two LEDs with two plates of three, and then added one more in the feet just because.

Now Bumble is running strong for the 2023 season.
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No, Bumble is “NOT” going up till after Thanksgiving, but he is ready to rock!!


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Multi directional “fixin” day….

Step-1:
Finished up the wiring in the Honda Pioneer 700 for the big battery upgrade. Only thing left is to install the battery, hook up the primary cables and pray it doesn’t explode in a great shower of sparks.
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Everything is completely reversible if I ever need to remove things.

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Honed up the starting procedures after the GRT avionics upgrade in a friends LongEZ. Also working on the computer programming so the sensors all talk to each other. With that being said, we are continually being vexed by no RPM indication on the display….[emoji848].
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Replaced the fuel pump and fuel pump driver module on the F150 this afternoon.

The fuel tank had about an eighth of a tank left of gas before I reinstalled it, I drained a gallon or so out. That said, it’s amazing what a couple gallons of gas slashing back-and-forth wii do to make it more difficult to reinstall.

Next weekend, I’ll change the fuel filter and replace the spark plugs.


I think you can hide a body in the gas tank, it’s so big. Only 26 gallons though.
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Fuel pump driver module.
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I found that the lighter was missing a small metal part that goes under the striker wheel and allows for the striker wheel to snap quickly against the flint to cause a spark, so I found a parts lighter on ebay, (lighter #2), that had the part that I needed for lighter #1 and I have replaced a couple of things. I put the mechanism together and installed it in the the body of lighter #2 and checked the operation and it works great and produces a spark!!! Yay!!!
I polished the handle chrome piece from lighter #2 and the barrel as they looked better than the ones from lighter #1 and have everything ready to be put back together now. Getting closer to being finished. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...6b68283597.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...0afe193255.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...66933b046a.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...bd8d672f87.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...0b76513c15.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...54acedbcba.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...e50eebb764.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...11a8e527e0.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...7211de9d93.jpg

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Finished for now. It is sparking very well, just need to add some fluid now to make some fire!!!https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...6f6d2b7bc1.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...3d1319d827.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...4caab027c9.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...2536fa3bf5.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...c395378132.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...96b93746f5.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...2308542758.jpg

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LOL....funny I was thinking earlier today about putting something up on my flagpole....like a hanged person or skeleton. Well done Trevor...especially the dog! :p

On your lights....are you using any solars that are motion activated for your folk's place? I have a couple here in addition to the main low-voltage system and they really are nice just to provide temporary light.

Got mine on Amazon: CLICK

Looks like they've gone down in price around $6. since I bought mine in Feb. '22. They really work great!

Always impressed with your work and attention to detail, Marty! Thanks as always for sharing. Your photos are impressive too! Very inspirational! :)

Rocket - was this work done after or before you broke down?

Sorry I didn't go back and check. Just curious...

On my Silverado, when changing out the fuel pump, you can either drop the tank like you did on your F150, or lift the bed for access from the top. I prefer the latter method and have done it 3 times over 18 years or ownership.

I only take out one side of bolts and loosen the other side then prop it up with a jack and 2x4's.

I messed up the sending unit the last time so just rest my trip odometer to keep track of when I need to re-fill the tank. Hopefully will get that resolved the next time I do this job.

The last time went a lot quicker after using my Ryobi cordless impact wrench on those bed/frame bolts! :)

Been busy here - too many things to mention. One thing that went real well was cleaning the gunk off two of my portable fuel containers. I used outdoor bleach - just spray it on...waited 5 minutes....and rinsed it off. No brushing needed!

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These will get non-ethanol fuel for use in my small engines and motorcycles. We're in the middle of hurricane season right now too so I want to keep my spare fuel containers topped up. I have others that are already full. I always add Star Tron enzyme fuel treatment. ;)

After I broke down. I had time to kill while waiting and looked up potential solutions. So come Sunday, I bought the need a parts and install them.

After driving 200 miles the last two days, I’m feeling better about it.

Knock on wood…

OK thanks....good idea!

(now you got me thinking I should probably do that too...lol...)

Hey did you ever find the culprit on that breakdown?

Thanks so much, I truly appreciate the kind words, gives me the confidence to do what I do. Some people think I am crazy to put such time and effort into something such as this lighter, but I've had it for so many years and just thought I could make it look nice again.
By the way, I like how you cleaned up those fuel tanks, I have a few that I am going to clean up now. Lol.

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I never did get it diagnosed by a dealer or anyone else, but I’m hoping the fuel pump and fuel pump driver module that I replaced, were the issue. Time will tell.

What brand of spray bottle for bleach are you using? I bought several ZEP bottles in a row in which the pump failed.
They 'improved' it to last longer. Now the attachment caps break with little torque because it's made too thin.

Cast iron egg pan was rough.
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A little bit of grinder and roll-lock sander to smooth the edges, wash, heat, lard, back on the stove low-medium 30 minutes, with re-application and paper towel wipe, until enough smoke has been created and the pores sealed. Should improve with use.
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Thanks Baz,
I am still having a hard time not pulling the trigger on that blasted 13’ Jack at HD….[emoji51]

And yup, on Tuesday after work, I installed some pathway LED’s on their dark side of the house in addition to three linked Westinghouse motion activated LED’s I picked up at Sam’s Club. They really light up nicely and have good range. I then installed the last one on a fence that will light up another dark area above an ankle killing pool pump. All in hopes of preventing any unplanned trips. Pop’s only has a few “get out of jail/ER” passes left and can’t afford any more head strikes. Unfortunately I did not snap any pics of the lights cuz they hit me up for replacing two led ceiling lights. Apparently you cannot repair these things and have to replace the entire fixture. So much for being eco-friendly!!!! Let’s add another light fixture to the landfill rather than replace a simple bulb or element.[emoji51] political agendas are comical at best. Anyway, I ended up replacing two of their four with a pair of nicer Hampton Bay 11” LED dome fixtures by doing a last minute run to HD before they closed and was able to make the repair night of the request. I’ll replace the remaining two after my next work day.

Old crappy fixture. I do like how the new ones claim they will last up to 45 years. This batch, lasted only 5 years being manufactured in 3/2018. I suspect that the led driver started to fail, causing a slight flicker which plays havoc with eyes north of 80 years old.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...0cf0e81ff1.jpg
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This is the new light I replaced everything with.
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Today at home, I was able to replace a wireless SimpliSafe outdoor camera, a ground down car-trailer tongue jack that I had to cut off because it was drug by the previous owner, and mount some LED solar step lights on the hot-tub pad. Ordered several more boxes to continue around the perimeter and steps. Good thing it was Amazon Prime Day still…..[emoji51]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...02ee273365.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...6ea2392cbd.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...cfe4e40b80.jpg
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https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...bb2e69d4e4.jpg night mode on the camera makes it look brighter than what it does in person.
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Impressive!!!! Well done!
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Wow Baz, that looks really nice. Know anybody with access to a local airport? Might be able to bag a few gallons of 100LL aviation fuel for those small engines[emoji6][emoji6][emoji6]. As long as they don’t have a catalytic converter……[emoji848]


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Time to "spark" one up!

^^^^ Hells Yeah!!! [emoji23]

Thanks Y'all!!!

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Does anyone have any recommendations on a good adhesive for upholstery applications for use on the seats of a side by side? The foam cushion has started to separate from the hard molded plastic base. It appears that the maker just used a liquid type of adhesive to attach the two pieces and the type can make the difference.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...e580e8c367.jpg
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I turned this into THIS.

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Wow. I need to do subframe mounts on my w140 and am dreading the task.

Bleach eventually kills all my spray bottles, pump sprayers, etc. I consider them disposable items :(.
I alway flush them (even spray bottles) with plain H2O after each use .... delays their demise a bit...

Now that the rain is stopping....

I'm fixin' to go outside :)

A very successful day of fixing. I got a pressure washer running. Revived two chainsaws with bad fuel lines and one had a messed up carb. Then i fixed a neighbors mower that he couldnt get going. He got a new carb and coil on it and said he checked the timing. I dropped the bowl and a welch plug fell out. I ended up putting the old carb back on. Drained the fuel incase there was water in it. Still didnt pop. So I checked the timing key and it was broke and way off. Started up first pull after that. Then I revived a weedwacker that had bad fuel lines. The chainsaws and wacker were from the curb and I got the pressure washer from a rummage sale. I even put up a shelf for my mother.

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Add two more to that list I just glued a stool back together and soldered a broken wire on a lamp. This must be some kind of record

I set my last post on my project to replace all the +50 year old 4x4's with proper embeds and upsized lumber. Today was the corner post which was a 6"x 6"x10' which must have weighed 200 pounds.

I put the 6x6 in the back of my truck, lined it up with the embed and dropped the bottom corner down to the catch the edge of the embed. I slowly backed up the truck and up stood the post. I clamped on some plywood to keep it lined up. A few taps with a heavy hammer and it was in place. Simple and pretty easy.
Now I ready for the next tornado or hurricane warning. ;)

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There's 14 bags of concrete there and it goes up under the slab about 6"

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I swear it's plumb. I must not have been holding the phone right.

Next project: Expand the deck. Stay tuned.

As they say, back to the old grinding board.
Took a couple days to do this last strip. Moved a few pieces around to fill in gaps without many extras to work with. Lots of dust and noise. Gloves. Mask. Eyes. Ears. Have to stop by 4pm when kiddies home and obviously not on quiet weekends. I'm sometimes "that one guy in the neighborhood" except for all the time their dogs going crazy throughout the day and night. I try to be positive karma. Pretty sure that is so.

How to do it all wrong:
1. Pick the wrong stone available. Pick a shale like material with sharp edges. Sure it's got the right color and looks good at the lot but is completely wrong.
2. Don't fill in the gaps with polymeric sand. Or even concrete like they do in Greece (too much movement here in clay-base land). Over a decade the tree droppings will turn into nice dirt and grow big weeds every week.
3. Many times I thought of removing it all and starting over with brick. ~$4k invested with waiting six months for the second batch and too much time and physical stress putting the pieces together.
4. (Man if there was ever a prompt to say f-it..and start over from scratch)
5. Most importantly, don't ever put down the recommended 6"+ layer of base. Go cheap. It doesn't matter in the long run right?

Canadian flagstone:
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It splits horizontally after you've just worked with it and handled it gently. Random.
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Big slabs even slit vertically.
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HF grinder sputters and dies. Must be dust in the switch. Wall outlet is good. Blow it all out. Plenty of brush meat. No burnt wires. Spins easy. Nothing obvious. Bypass the switch with a couple screwdrivers (plastic grips and gloves!!!) doesn't do anything or even cause a spark. Resorted to a backup old Craftsman grinder-beast which is 3x as heavy. Tank. When using 1-handed, I nicked the skin on my left hand but was saved by reaction time and glove. The safety cover was angled for personal protection instead of dust in case of accident. Sweat and tears plus blood trifecta completed..unfortunately..but could have been joebob level. Where is that guy anyways? Taking apart grinders is easy. But I never got the question to why it failed.
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This is only Step 1.
Step 2 is digging out the dirt then using base material to level the run.
Step 3 is filling gaps between stones and compacting. Polymeric sand is an expensive hack but should last longer than dirt.

Did some stuff on my son’s 1990 Jeep XJ. He and a buddy went to some offroading thing and rolled it. We had a body guy patch it back together - found a used door, rewelded door hinges, hammer and fill the A pillar, roof, fender back roughly into shape, replace shattered windshield. Cost about what a semi-beater XJ is worth (not much). So I had to patch up the remaining things. Replace drivers side mirror, replace broken-off control stalk, replace battery, find and fix drain. While I was at it I replaced his radio with a Continental head unit, and fitted a gearshift knob (not as trivial as I’d hoped, the threaded part of the shift lever was broken off). Tomorrow I’ll put in some cheapo speakers and the more-beater-now Jeep should get him through the rest of college. It is mechanically in great shape which is why we bothered.

I was enjoying a nice relaxing Saturday when my Wife decided to wash some Queen size plush blankets in our 7 year old Maytag.

She does all the laundry so I have no idea how to operate and have been prohibited in touching the washer and dryer.

Well, that SOB started screeching and grinding (washer, not the Wife) and it seems the splines on the washer plate (no agitator) might be stripped. I must have spent 2 hours trying to pull the plate up, it is corroded on there. Going to HD later to pick up some airbags, they seem to be the go to when tackling this job. It's a MoFo....

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Dang, y'all are getting a lot done on the weekends, all I did Saturday was drive a bunch a Kias around a track!!! Lol. Had to work, but I did listen to some games while doing so, I'm a multitasker, Lol!!!

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Replaced the windshield washer reservoir/battery tray, and the right bank of spark plugs in the F150. I’ll replace the left bank next weekend.

Love it awesome bugs!

Touched up the Tikis out front. The paint fades over time.......

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I would try using DAP Weldwood yellow. I used it when replacing the upholstery in my 911 and it's held up for something like 8 years now. One thing though is that it will I guess reactivate the old adhesive so you will need to make sure it's clean of the old before you use new. Be sure to also follow the guidelines and not join the two pieces before the suggested time has elapsed per the instructions on the jar.

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Just about have these wings done. Installed the micro vg's today and painted the leading edges black, wet sand and a second coat tomorrow. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1697683120.jpg
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