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Looking good. If I could make one suggestion if you haven't already planned on it. I mounted my battery in the trunk of my '40 Coupe years ago and then worried about access as I had all electric/remote openers for doors and trunk so I added a couple of battery lugs in an inconspicuous location...

Glockman, if I could make one suggestion to possibly prevent any future electrical issues, eliminate those POS OEM battery terminal clamps and invest in some good marine or military grade battery connectors. I have seen more issues with those stamped steel battery connectors over the years that...

You're going to love the new air lines. I used the Aircom system which is basically the exact same thing just marketed differently. I went with the Aircom because my local Maddox Compressor carried them and I figured if I needed a single fitting or something they would have it readily...

Just checked out the build as I hadn't seen it before. Very impressive build. Mike

You won't regret it. I've had my PM1340GT since 2014 and it still is a joy to run. Love that lathe. Mike

Thank you. I've gotten quite a few tracks off of Curtis's website before but didn't even think about it for the Swell as I didn't realize he had any. I will check it out. Our FMCA 4-Wheelers club now manages Curtis's website since his passing. Thanks, I'll check that out. Mike

Thank you for the information Jeremy. I was just playing around on the Gaia website so I'll see what they have and then maybe add to it. Thank you. Mike

Similar to STAG's small parts bumping tool. I made mine double sided so I could bump the part in either parallel or perpendicular to the lathe's axis. It is a simple and easy to make shop tool that is invaluable when truing up small parts in the lathe. Piece of 1/2" keystock, couple of...

My wife and I have not been to the San Rafael Swell area and each time we travel through Green River, UT heading somewhere we comment about needing to explore the area around Green River, i.e.. the "Swell". I am curious if anyone has a gpx. file of the area showing the trails and such that they...

To my knowledge no aftermarket tuners can change or alter the VCN in the ECM/TCM. I did what RockChucker did and I took mine to the Utah Board of Air Quality in Salt Lake (Murray I believe) and they did a complete inspection to ensure all emissions equipment from the donor vehicle were...

Holy SHIT!!! Now THAT is a kitchen table. I'll bet it took three men and a boy to move that thing. :rofl: Beautiful work on it. Mike

Made some pretty good progress on the Dodge last night while helping my son reassemble his gate. Seal, bearings, gear oil and driver ready to assemble the rear hub. On this vintage of Dana 70 they use a nylok style nut with a tapered wedge that gets tapped into place one the preload is...

Yeah, it is pretty decent condition. I worked on it for this guy since it was nearly new when he bought it but haven't touched it since late 2013. It needs some love now but still in good condition for a 25 year old truck with 177k on the clock. Good luck on your gate. I am dumfounded by...

Thanks for the explanation. I thought it looked like a full-floating rear axle.

Thanks Carl. Yeah, I was surprised when we took the vinyl off. I thought it would have been built better than it was, especially with how many of them I see driving around. I would imagine they must all be built in a similar manner which means all are built like crap. I hope this one lasts...

I've played with it a little bit with HP Tuners pertaining to the LS in my Jeep but I haven't gotten too deep as the OE tune is damn near perfect in my Jeep. Mike

Last night I only had a couple of hours in the shop so I tackled the passenger rear brakes on the Dodge as they would require some serious attention to clean. Started with this nasty oily mess. Cleaned the drum in the solvent tank. Then the hardware went to the solvent tank. Hub...

Monday night I made a little headway on the 1996 Dodge 2500 V10. Removed the battery cables. They’re in pretty bad shape. Lots of green crusties on both. Then moved on to brakes. Started by pulling all the tires & wheels. Leaking axle seal. Disassembling. Hub removed...

Since we had to start over on the gate we opted to incorporate some "kustom" touches for improving the design and definitely to extend the life. Saturday I got to hang out with my son in the shop so it was a good day. We opted to machine some items to allow us to bolt the last section...

I'm a little late in posting up some recent work as I've been kind of busy. Last week when we had those hellacious winds here along the Wasatch front, my son’s gate leading to his RV pad took a beating. He said it’s been kind of questionable and flimsy since he bought the house in early 2019...