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    dwlindsey reacted to GeneralDisorder's post in the thread Just won an auction - M1088A1 with Like Like.
    Yeah it's not a dead blow. It's steel. It's stuck on the face of the hub and when you need heavy metal to MOVE - dead blow isn't the...
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    dwlindsey replied to the thread Just won an auction - M1088A1.
    I've got both canisters off and did the rear wedges and replaced the rear canister. I'm confident that I did that correctly. The front...
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    dwlindsey reacted to Ronmar's post in the thread Subframe question with Like Like.
    Yep, and if the tubular frame is strong enough, like the tube and fabric airplane, the skin can be a lot of things. if the frame...
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    dwlindsey replied to the thread Little Bear Build.
    It was done in Solidworks, not by me. I have a colleague who is fluent is SW and is quite interested in the build. We bought a CAD...
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    dwlindsey replied to the thread Little Bear Build.
    Yeah, I know. Little bear has a tail that will wag into something when I turn.
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    I've got a thread in the FMTV forum about my recent purchase and work on an M1088 A1. The intent is to create an Expedition Vehicle...
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    dwlindsey replied to the thread Subframe question.
    Cool I'll be building on the M1088 A1 that I'm now working on. The current idea is a tubular steel frame. I haven't decided on the...
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    dwlindsey replied to the thread Subframe question.
    I'm curious about your "14ga stressed skin". Aluminum? How are you applying it? How does it get stressed?
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    dwlindsey replied to the thread Just won an auction - M1088A1.
    OK, I've got it off! Success! It was the forward slack adjuster. It was frozen and had the lower brake shoe much too tight. I...
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    dwlindsey replied to the thread Just won an auction - M1088A1.
    No luck so far. I'm now focused on the adjusters. I have the rear one on the top working fine. The front adjust on the bottom is...
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    dwlindsey replied to the thread Just won an auction - M1088A1.
    OK . . . I'm off to Harbor Freight to get a drilling hammer OK, I now am the owner of a 5 pound drilling hammer and I have some dents...
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    dwlindsey replied to the thread Just won an auction - M1088A1.
    I'm using a 4 pound dead blow hammer. I'm wacking it as hard as I can. You think a drilling hammer would be better?
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    dwlindsey replied to the thread Just won an auction - M1088A1.
    Brake service . . . The GovPlanet inspection report said "brakes are weak". I've not noticed them being weak, with the little driving...
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    dwlindsey replied to the thread Just won an auction - M1088A1.
    I believe I've found an in cab evaporator
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    dwlindsey replied to the thread Just won an auction - M1088A1.
    Unfortunately I don't have your fabrication skills. If you want to make a duplicate system and sell it to me . . . that would be great...
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