Recent content by US6x4

The petite soccer moms in their huge suburbans with ski rack & cargo box only go up to my hood. Over time, the 5-ton doesn't look or feel that big, but I get the size perspective refreshed when it's mingling with normal cars in traffic or parking lots.

Picked up my kid from school. At the Jr. High, the kids have phones and everyone was taking pictures. My kid was the talk of the school the next day or two...

Currently attending the Cashmere, WA Memorial Day ceremony. Very patriotic town with a high concentration of little flags next to the grave stones. Every year they put on a very well tuned service complete with 21 gun salute, a fly-over, and, of course, reading of the extensive list of names...

Nice! What about peak rail pressure?

The flange IDs of the battery hold downs is 10.957" x 19.488" so folks can measure their battery tops to see if that will fit. These could be made out of carbon steel instead of stainless and could even be made out of 12 ga. steel instead of 10 ga, but I do like the stoutness of the 10 ga...

The drive up to the car show this weekend had some decent elevation gains and I saw my highest numbers since switching to 16.00R20s at 14 psi boost and 900°F pre-turbo EGT (w/ #17 fuel button). Seeing 14 psi was actually encouraging since the boost numbers dropped off a bit with the bigger...

You bet - and I can make as many as they want! Not sure what they would cost as I haven't seen my own shop bill yet, but these are pretty slick. I'll post back with dimensions tomorrow when I have my computer handy. Most 8Ds are roughly the same size but the post centerline and distance from...

I designed and laser cut a pair of battery hold downs out of 10 gauge stainless to work with the 8Ds that I have and just installed them. They look pretty good and will work as long as the rubber terminal covers don't disintegrate. I reversed the j-bolts so that they would be positioned...

I've had the door weatherstrip pieces laying around for several years and finally got around to putting them on. Driver door required wire wheel, rust converter, primer, and paint before gluing them on. The only glue they had was 3M yellow...wish I had held out for black.

That is a macho looking rig

Gonna use a plasma cutter?

Minor fix, but another item to cross off the list: I got the side view mirror glass that was hazy and crusty replaced with new bright glass. Old New

Got the new park cable installed (fit like a glove) and got the park brake adjusted. Won't be long until I have to replace the outer shoe. Had a little helper this time!

So how far away from South Bend or Aberdeen did the truck end up?

New cable arrived and it's a very good quality cable from the feel of it. Does anyone here recommend lubing the cable up with cable lube before installing it? Doesn't seem like it has that much lube on it from the factory...