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  1. tim292stro

    goldneagle's 1985 M1008 recovery and restoration thread...

    I'll be honest, I thought you would have turned that around 180degrees (radio backed up against the rear wall). Does that block access to the transfer-case shifter?
  2. tim292stro

    Nebulous, M1009

    Looks like a hand-crank klaxon (uh-ooga horn). Project is still looking great [thumbzup]
  3. tim292stro

    tim292stro's M1009 (formerly math1960's)

    I'd hand them a matching Android to mine and run circles around them... (I just don't play games, a life choice). And when their precious iCult device breaks they'll have to get another one, versus having any idea how to troubleshoot or fix it. That's the part of the new generation that will...
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    tim292stro's M1009 (formerly math1960's)

    The ride is much nicer now :), but for the immediate term, I need to get a lug wrench and jack handle for the OEM jack. Only did the front two tires and did Korean brand Laufenn (a sub-brand of Hankook), but I'm also going to replace those with Michelin LTX M/S2's later (Fraunch tie-airs mon...
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    tim292stro's M1009 (formerly math1960's)

    Nope, but they are all tire code "1904", which is 19th week of 2004. So they are 11 years old... It is definitely borrowed time, and they don't look like they were run often so the rubber got stiff (all this new driving is flexing stiff rubber parts - This is why replacing rubber that sat is...
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    tim292stro's M1009 (formerly math1960's)

    Could have been much worse - I have been avoiding freeway driving until I get all the tires replaced, my commute allows for that fortunately.
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    tim292stro's M1009 (formerly math1960's)

    Tread separation, about 6-8"around the outside where the tread meets the sidewall. Nothing spectacular during the failure, just started shimmying a bit as I rolled to a stop at a light, really shook a bit when the light turned green and I started rolling again. I was in a 45MPH zone with no...
  8. tim292stro

    Distracted Driving

    You can go the way I'm going and use conventional building cctv cameras, they nomally support 12-24v and both ac/dc...
  9. tim292stro

    tim292stro's M1009 (formerly math1960's)

    Awww... And then I took a closer look at the jack, awww... doesn't work :(. And then I remembered I hadn't inventoried tools... tripple awww... No tools. Well at least my phone is charged. Looks like this evening is going to be a bit longer than planned.
  10. tim292stro

    Nebulous, M1009

    Looking very good [thumbzup]
  11. tim292stro

    tim292stro's M1009 (formerly math1960's)

    Received the parts from Kubotaman (THANKS!!), I need to get a new dashpad to replace the replacement dash pad (grey) that's cracked - only the dash radio mount will be installed, and only so I can mount the non-standard Panasonic LCD display. I played with the front passenger parking light and...
  12. tim292stro

    Replacing various burned out lights on M1009

    eplace, seller stefan.zheng (no affiliation) - if you don't see what you want listed as available in his buy-it-now listing, send him a PM he'll make it for you (there is a lead time of about a week). I also found another seller (and again, no affiliation, and actually no experience with this...
  13. tim292stro

    Replacing various burned out lights on M1009

    1157 for front/rear turn/park/brake 1156 for backup 194 for markers. Just did mine a week ago, using LED replacements. Let me tell you it's nice to have backup lights that throw enough light to see behind a truck... Check your grounds and sockets while you're working on the truck. The...
  14. tim292stro

    M1010 for my daughter the field biologist

    Look up Dorman 924-526 - it's the modern winch/hoist they use, much easier to use. Also for a jack in backwoods, look at the HiLift, and if you get it learn how to use it correctly. And think about that mud - will the ground support the load of a small jack footprint on the soil with a loaded...
  15. tim292stro

    Distracted Driving

    Good reminder to pay attention to our own driving (because it's not us we need to worry about, it's the other people, right?), and well done 98G on the evasive maneuvers to avoid becoming directly involved in the collision, and letting him live to learn something from this. Another reminder we...
  16. tim292stro

    How to measure BIG Voltage

    https://ag.tennessee.edu/solar/Pages/What%20Is%20Solar%20Energy/Sun's%20Energy.aspx Roughly: 6.00528156 × 1026 HP
  17. tim292stro

    New guy in germany

    Willkommen from California! A nice German family lived down the street from me growing up, they run the local German Delicatessen shop. I always know where to get the best Düsseldorfer Löwensenf mustard in the tube :)
  18. tim292stro

    How to measure BIG Voltage

    And for reference as to how much work and difficulty there is in that gauntlet throw, the most efficient solar cells in ideal lab conditions are about 45% - put those in a panel and it drops to below 32%. The typical internal combustion engine is around 30-37% efficient.
  19. tim292stro

    How to measure BIG Voltage

    "A fool and his money are soon parted..." Cold radiation my @$$. He's using a standard clamp-type ammeter WAYYYY outside its design voltage range (good thing he used a jacketed wire on the HV lead). And measuring a highly reflective ceramic insulator with an IR thermometer that needs a...
  20. tim292stro

    How to measure BIG Voltage

    Just like "magnet motors", I've yet to see a demo of something that will output any power and run for more than a minute...
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