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  1. 1 hour ago, XXitanium said:

    ...that was 30°F on a 4 lane. I was doing 75. He passed me.

    That's always the question, I'm freezing, do I slow down to get less wind chill or bite the bullet and speed up to get there quicker?

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  2. 9 hours ago, rockmeupto125 said:

     

    Sure you do. 

     

    Use something long and thinner at one end to prise under the to door and raise it up a wee bit. Put a block under the door, reset your prising bar, and repeat until there is room for your hydraulic floor jack. Now you're in business. Raise the door with the jack, block it up, and lift the door again using whatever you can find...4x4 post,   two 2x4's secured together, etc. keep lifting until the door is at least halfway up. As more of the door passes the 90 degree corner, less weight will be direct lift and you should be able to push the door up by hand. 

     

    You did it! Just you and your friends leverage and hydraulics!

    Did the same thing many years ago on a very thick 1940's two car wood garage door.  

  3. 2 hours ago, Zero Knievel said:

    To inspect the front and rear universal joints for wear…they aren’t serviceable, but you don’t want a failure while riding.  You also should liberally grease the splines so oxidation doesn’t make it jam in place.

    I didn't think you had that many miles on it.  Did the manual recommend it at your mileage?  

    A couple of years ago I pulled the shaft out of my 1994 (that I bought new) to grease the driveshaft.  After pulling it did it need it, NO.  Total waste of effort.

     

    2 hours ago, superhawk996 said:

    Because he made a Zerological decision

    Made me LOL!  A new word.

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  4. I have four Battery Tenders ranging from over 30 years old to a year old that get used from Nov to April.  Never had a problem with any of them.

    Zero, years ago I remember you saying that you didn't use them because you didn't like using "vampire" electronics or something like that.  Have things changed?

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  5. 49 minutes ago, superhawk996 said:

    then stuck it in the toaster oven at 350 to make sure it was dry all the way through.

    Never thought about having a old one in the garage to use.  Not sure it would get used enough to justify the space which is at a premium.

  6. Years ago we had bought another car and was going to sell the old one.  I didn't want to get crap about having a car parked on the street in my small town so I put an old dead plate on it (and a for sale sign) but didn't drive it.  Guess who bought it?  A cop, he said that he ran the dead plate and didn't seem to have any problems test driving it with the plate on it.  I don't know if there is a difference with the car just sitting there as apposed to driving it?  

  7. 7 minutes ago, SwampNut said:

    On a scale of PANIC versus ignoring it, this goes into, if you eat a lot, look for the organics, because why not.

    I only eat 1/4 cup per day, the wife eats them also.  Always buy the slow cook and after short look at Walmart.com, most organics are quick cook and cost a good bit more.  But I will look around more.

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