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I've never turned one down, and they don't seem to care. I never release tension on any spring; guns, tools, whatever. Doesn't seem to matter. I've been assured that I will fuck up my bandsaw because I don't do it; still waiting after like 15-20 years.

Thanks. I will have to try it as I just hate how the stuff I have used stays slimy and sucks dirt to it.

I haven't watched the video yet but I do like the split beam one I have (also have a couple clickers and beam style). You don't have to turn the setting down when done.

I have no idea. They are all different and I just don't care. I hate some but it's only because I hate how they feel. I can't tell any performance difference. Whatever was cheapest/biggest at one of the auto stores. And really, this is something I hope to do extremely rarely. Edit, they are smaller and thinner than most which I really loved.

Harbor Freight OK - Pittsburgh? I was looking at Menards and stopped myself.

...in the wild.

Which ones do you buy? Not all microfiber towels are the same.

A microfiber towel that the cleaning people use got mixed into my car supply. I've been super careful to keep them apart, and don't know how this happened. They often do leave towels in the garage, I'm usually really picky about keeping mine locked up. Dunno. Furniture polish and various house chemicals are full of silicone. I've had to plane off a shitload of wood to get rid of silicone furniture polish when trying to refinish it. The shit's no joke. The very best removers contain a group of pretty dangerous acids so I wasn't going to risk those on a new car. So I grab the contaminated towel, get to work doing the final pre-ceramic cleaning, which activates the contamination and coats the car. It cost $40 to get a bag of 100 of them. They are now one time use, or actually, I'll use the used ones for shit like rocker panels and tires.

From what?

How to remove silicone? Easy answer. Acetone. And no, it won't ruin clear coat if you use two wipes method and work fast enough. 60 seconds job to the hood.

Very likely correct, resistor.

Put a ratchet strap on it, tighten, leave it overnight.

I'll have to test my digital torque adapter and see if it can be fooled.

510- I believe it's a resistor. In the first photo it looked like a silver metal bar to me so I was guessing it was just a jumper. I would probably replace it in hopes that it was just faulty. Pretty odd that it worked when you put it away and was dead when you tried to use it again.

Looks like 510. Couldn’t really see it with my eyes but in this picture looks kind of bad.

Hard to compare the actual fit between different truck sizes, but the fact that Mike likes his Ready Ramp makes it a good choice. It was my first choice too, and only held off due to being out of stock. It will be here when we get back from FL.

I'm not clear on the variations in load cells versus simpler crystal-based measurement tools and where they get used. I know the latter can drift. I have a lot of examples of load cells that are precise "forever" and don't drift in use. The torque sensors on our ebikes, the water bottle that measures water in and out, etc.

The 7550 is a 24v power regulator with a low-voltage cutout. Therefore the thing above it with the smoke event is probably not just passive. Can you get the full number/info from it?

The ready ramp also extends to the edge of the bed, the other doesn't. Either could be a scaffold with two tie downs. A bit redneck, but it should work. A strap from the lower part of each vertical to the center-ish of the horizontal part.

Do a continuity test between the left and right side of that silver thing right above the "7550". If it's open re-solder it. If there's a problem that caused it to melt it'll melt again, if it was just a bad solder joint it could keep working forever.

I think they verified that as a myth with clickers, but said that it could happen with an electronic. I don't remember if they showed the test or just spoke of it. After watching my digital reloading scales "drift" I can imagine that any load cell could do that, I assume that's what the digitals use. If you creep up on a measurement slowly enough the sensor/scale may not react to the small changes. I've been able to put a huge powder load onto my digital scale just by doing it super slowly. I learned to double check when I'm trickling powder up to a precise load, sometimes using a second scale as the checker.

I started this post earlier today and stopped myself...

Usually naked, rolled up on my left side. Why?

How do you sleep at night, offering nearly free cocaine to us addicts?