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  1. mikew

    How is everybody wiring there trailer brakes?

    This is what you need. In this case the person was getting 12 volts from the lower battery (battery balancer / dual alternator). You would connect the "To Battery 12V Tap" to your 12 volt source.
  2. mikew

    Reverse / Backup Camera

    I've got one on my bobbed deuce. Makes hooking up to a trailer and backing up when the cover is on the M105 bed a snap.
  3. mikew

    Pouring a babbitt bearing

    There's a guy not too far from me that restores "Brass Era" cars (cars made prior to WW-I) which all have babbitt bearing engines. Few people even know what a babbitt bearing is and very, very few know how to pour and surface them. Great job!
  4. mikew

    OKC Memorial Day - Resthaven Memory Gardens

    Spoke with James Beasley from Resthaven, our itinerary on location will be: 9:00 Arrival 10:00 Start of Ceremony 10:30 Air Show! Mission complete after the air show, we can stay around for a bit if we'd like or move on at that time.
  5. mikew

    OKC Memorial Day - Resthaven Memory Gardens

    I like the convoy idea! We'll figure out a rendezvous point as we get closer to Memorial Day.
  6. mikew

    OKC Memorial Day - Resthaven Memory Gardens

    I've been contacted by Resthaven Memory Gardens, in Moore OK, requesting that local MV owners (and their trucks) attend a ceremony to be held about 10:00 AM on Memorial Day at the cemetery. We have attended several internments for KIA soldiers at Resthaven and they have been very supportive and...
  7. mikew

    24v to 12v Without Converter or Transformer

    Your circuit won't work. Go to radio shack and buy 4 cheap diodes (1 amp ones, etc.) and hook up as per your schematic. Nothing will smoke. Measure the output voltage from the diodes that you label 12v, you'll find that you have 24 volts instead. The only diode that will flow electricity in...
  8. mikew

    Should I marry this girl?

    Congratulations!
  9. mikew

    cutting wmo gas or kerosene?

    Neither! It's a little counter-intuitive, but gasoline doens't burn very well and kerosene is worse! As we know, a diesel engine burns it's fuel by compressing the air/fuel mixture which causes it to heat up and then "autoignite". The autoignition temperature of diesel is 410F, but gasoline...
  10. mikew

    Bobbed Deuce M105 Trailer Springs Hanger Measurement Placement

    http://www.xm381.com/xm381/How_To/Pages/How_Much_Do_I_Cut_Off.html
  11. mikew

    Norman, OK - Veteran's Day Parade 2012

    Here's a few more pics. I almost talked the guys who were driving the wrecker into trading trucks, but the A driver wouldn't go for it! And no matter how I rotate the images on my computer, they display upside down.... so rotate your monitor accordingly to view!
  12. mikew

    Jet A fuel??

    Tractor supply carries GL-1 oil. If you've never changed the transmission oil, I'd stick with GL-1 (don't mix types). The attached pic shows the bottle. When you get home and have time to kill you can read all the "what's the best kind of gear oil to use" threads and decide for yourself...
  13. mikew

    Norman, OK - Veteran's Day Parade 2012

    OK, just read your update of post #1, so.... never mind!!!!! Blue Star Mothers question still stands.
  14. mikew

    Norman, OK - Veteran's Day Parade 2012

    For those of us who weren't there last year: which high school, they have two. The school off Rock Creek Road or the one on Main? What time? Do we need more seating space for Blue Star Mothers?
  15. mikew

    My Scorpion

    You gotta love the Jaguar XK engine in it! I assume it's the 4.2l. If you ever need engine parts I've got quite a few.
  16. mikew

    Question on Brakes

    Certainly bleed the brakes then adjust the shoes. They stop MUCH better when the shoes are properly adjusted.
  17. mikew

    Norman, OK - Veteran's Day Parade 2012

    Looks like I'm good to go! How many BlueStar mothers are we talking about. I could bolt down a bunch of those spring-ride HMMWV seats I got from GL in the bed of my bobbed truck. I've got 8 of them with spring bases and I suspect they'd all fit.
  18. mikew

    GL-1 Gear Oil Alternative

    I've put 20,000 miles on my truck since I bobbed it and I've had 30w in the transfer case for most of those miles... and it hasn't exploded! I haven't switched over the transmission, for very technical reasons, the fluid is clean and I'm too dang lazy and cheap! I had to rebuild my transfer...
  19. mikew

    Sparks->smoke->fire?

    That joint should have four wires, #10, #15, #11, #11 (yes two #11's). Look at this diagram: http://www.xm381.com/xm381/TMs_files/WIRING%20SCHEMATIC.pdf That joint is directly to the left of the "Master Switch" (about the center of the schematic). The #10 wire is where the power comes in from...
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