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XJEEPER

XJEEPER

Well-Known Member
Location
Highland Springs
I found this vintage thermometer in one of the sheds on our ranch and was pleasantly surprised to see that the bulb was intact and measured temperature accurately.
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It had been slathered with some random white paint earlier in its life, so I carefully attempted to remove this with Goof-Off and lacquer thinner, using q-tips and patience.
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I then laid down a couple of coats of water-based clear to protect the patina and minimize yellowing.
I polished up the brass screws that retain the thermometer bulb block, then cleared them before reinstalling.
I’m pretty satisfied with how it turned out.
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Kevin B.

Kevin B.

Not often wrong. Never quite right.
Moderator
Location
Stinkwater
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Still needs a battery hold down and to finish the wiring, but I'm pretty happy with how it's turning out. That's a 100ah lifepo4 battery, charge controller, and a 1200w inverter inside, with room for another battery if I want. On top are a 110v outlet that'll get wired to the inverter, a 12v socket and a dual USB port, and connectors for the input from the alternator and down the road, solar.
 
anderson750

anderson750

I'm working on it Rose
Location
Price, Utah
I was able to purchas a bunch of PCI radios for UMORA through the state OHV grant program. I picked up 24 handleds and a few 50w chase units. I mounted the chase units in a small Milwaukee Packout box. This will enable us to send some higher power radios out to the farther reaches of our race courses.

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Herzog

Herzog

somewhat damaged
Admin
Location
Wydaho
Getting closer. Taking my time with the instructions so I don't screw anything up. I wonder how long it will take until I can first fire it. I quit tonight at the steps to start hooking up the computer and stepper motors.

I also modified a few things on the way, including dimpling the water hole cutout. The way they have it you'd still have nearly a 1/4" of water in the table not able to drain which was dumb.

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moab_cj5

moab_cj5

Well-Known Member
Supporting Member
Location
The Village of Kay
I've known I needed a new wear bar on my ATV plow since last year, but was never motivated to order one.

Well, pushing snow last week I noticed something was off. I had worn through the wear bar and was starting to wear away the plow. :mad2: This plow has been abused!

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I ordered a new petroleum infused plastic wear bar last week and it arrived today.

With the new piece, I cut off the bolts that were remaining on the plow and clamped the new piece in place to drill new holes. I thought about welding some new metal to the bottom of the plow, but didn't have what I needed and didn't want to pay Home Depot prices, so I moved forward with my plan.

Once the new holes were drilled, I attached the new piece and went about hooking up the plow again.

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When re attaching the plow to the ATV I noticed I was missing a bolt on one of the attachment plates. I grabbed a 10x1.25 out of my stash and promptly found the hole was stripped out.

I grabbed the next size up I had in my spares, a 12x1.75 so I drilled out the hole and tapped it to 12x1.75 and finished installing the plow. I should be ready for the next series of storms now and hopefully won't tear up so much grass and sprinkler heads now.
 
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glockman

glockman

I hate Jeep trucks
Location
Pleasant Grove
moab_cj5 said:
I've known I needed a new wear bar on my ATV plow since last year, but was never motivated to order one.

Well, pushing snow last week I noticed something was off. I had worn through the wear bar and was starting to wear away the plow. :mad2: This plow has been abused!

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I ordered a new petroleum infused plastic wear bar last week and it arrived today.

With the new piece, I cut off the bolts that were remaining on the plow and clamped the new piece in place to drill new holes. I thought about welding some new metal to the bottom of the plow, but didn't have what I needed and didn't want to pay Home Depot prices, so I moved forward with my plan.

Once the new holes were drilled, I attached the new piece and went about hooking up the plow again.

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When re attaching the plow to the ATV I noticed I was missing a bolt on one of the attachment plates. I grabbed a 10x1.25 out of my stash and promptly found the hole was stripped out.

I grabbed the next size up I had in my spares, a 12x1.75 so I drilled out the hole and tapped it to 12x1.75 and finished installing the plow. I should be ready for the next series of storms now and hopefully won't tear up so much grass and sprinkler heads now.
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Nice fix. ATV Plows are built pretty poorly, or they get abused. I've had to rebuild entire frames on several due to the thin brackets breaking or wearing through.
 
moab_cj5

moab_cj5

Well-Known Member
Supporting Member
Location
The Village of Kay

Description​

The Tusk SubZero UHMW Plow Replacement Wear Bar is a high quality, ultra-low friction replacement wear bar for your Sub Zero snow plow. This UHMW (Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene) construction provides a quieter, long-lasting plow blade wear bar to glide over the surface as you plow. The steel plow wear bars have a higher tendency to grind on the surface whereas the oil impregnated UHMW will slide over it. -Ultra-low friction.
 
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