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Today, I pulled off the tag from my box that I put on the back of my bobber. It had been painted over, so I could never read it. After some time spent removing the paint, it turns out that it's an " XM-105-E3 " made in July of 1953. I'm guessing that it's nothing special, I just never knew, and...
For garage hobby/personal use, the Hobart machine you picked out will suit you fine. All my machines are Miller. Hobart is also quality welder, that I wouldn't shy away from.
I take all the batteries out of my cars/trucks and tractors for the winter, and store them on the bench, in the garage. The garage stays around 40-45 deg. in the winter. I charge all the batteries to 100% capacity, when I take them out of the vehicles, when I initially put them on the bench...
When I did my lift, I had four drills chucked up. Each drill had a position in the line up, 1/8 bit, 1/4" bit, 3/8" bit and the last drill with an 1/2" bit. I used the same drill bits for the whole process. Didn't have any trouble. Still have them, and use them on other jobs aswell. They were...
I you just unbolt it, and remove it from the truck, it leaves a big gap between the door and the cab. I think it was like a 1/2" gap. I took it off, and then trimed it down, then bolted it back in place to fill the space.
No need for all that fanagled, mechanical, mumbo jumbo nonsense. I just run the Multi-fuel up to 6,500 RPM, side step the clutch and pop a wheelie, and all the dirt comes out of the back. I thought all Deuce owner knew how to do this. I think it even says somthing about it, in the operators...
I use RVT silly-cone, in the spindle hub keyways on my deuce and never had one leak. If that's your leak sorce, it's an easy fix. Just make sure that it's clean and completely oil/grease free, before applying the RVT.
I would replace this, said shear pin, with a bolt. That way you will have the utmost traction, that only a bolt will provide. Shear pins are for pu$$ies :beer: