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Justin wrote:I started with a Lincoln 140, and it was a great welder given it's 110v limitations. I'd strongly suggest starting with something that's 240v if you've got access to a 240v outlet. If you don't think you do, ask Kirk about the time he plugged in our dryer for my wife because I forgot to. The Hobart 210MVP is a stellar deal at $900 new. It's powerful enough to handle any project on a Bronco, runs on 110v or 220v (so you don't have to annoy your wife when you're doing small projects) and is made alongside Millers, possibly from many of the same parts.

That's my issue, I have 240v available so I want to go big. CyberWeld has the Miller 211MVP for $1150 with a $200 rebate right now. That's the best price I can find on that unit. I then would have to get a bottle as well and I have no idea what that will cost me.

At this point, I'm thinking it is time to put the engine on the shelf, and take the money I was going to put into it into the welder and body pieces. Get that squared away and maybe next spring tackle the engine. Kind of bummed about that but either way, I end up with an improved Bronco. I just don't know if I have the patience for body work. We'll find out.

That's a great welder as well. If you ever think you might want to do TIG, the Tweco Fabricator 211i is really nice. I'd also take a very serious look at the new inverter units from Lincoln. I've got the Tweaco 211i and am very happy with it-also an inverter setup. The inverter design uses less power and gives much tighter control of the arc. I used one of the Miller 211's during a couple of classes I took and like the Tweaco better. For the money, I'd probably go with one of the inverter Lincolns now.

I am a huge fan of Miller, Lincoln and Hobart. Can't go wrong with any of those. I did pick up an Eastwood AC/DC TIG welder a couple of months ago though and I am highly impressed with it. Especially for the money. I have a Lincoln 110v MIG and a huge Hobart Ironman 250 MIG that I love as well but the Eastwood TIG seems well built and they stand behind it with a great warranty. I know Eastwood's MIG units review very well everywhere but I do not have experience with them. Since you're a home hobbiest and not a production facility it should serve the purpose just fine and may be a way to save a little money. I've seen Justin's Tweco and the welds he has laid with it and it seems to be a nice welder as well. The inverter units are nice because they are so much more efficient and small. I've got an inverter based plasma cutter that works really well and is tiny.

Getting to those set screws that hold the shift forks to the rails in the Dana 20. No fun to get in or out...

DanHall wrote:Getting to those set screws that hold the shift forks to the rails in the Dana 20. No fun to get in or out...

There is a procedure that will allow you to remove the sliding gears to get to the screws. I gotta play around with them every time but it's something like 1) putting both rails in neutral 2) rotate and remove the rear sliding gear and screw 3) remove the rear rail 4) then remove the front side parts. Installation is reverse.

When your sons truck breaks down west of Eagle because last weekend when he replaced the u-joints, spending another 18$ on a carrier bearing "is not gonna happen"


Hmmmmm, wanna bet?

It sucks when you get tar on the exhaust but after looking its the finder flare that was melted on the exhaust not tar. The clamp broke and pushed the tail pipe up to the bottom of the body/flare.

Was to be a relaxing weekend camping with wife and our 2 dogs. 40 miles from home trailer tire blew, ok no problem but , good thing I carry a 4 way lug wrench. Trailer had 3 different sized lug nuts. Some with the stainless steel caps. Change tire and hope not to have another flat. Get to camp ground, I am not good at backing the 24 ft trailer. Could not back into camping spot, go back to highway turn around pull into camping spot hoping to back out with little damage. Try to open storage door to get leveling boards... brake key off in lock use screw driver as master key. Set up camp, wife forgot beer. We take beef bones for the dog to keep them busy and not barking at the other people. Not the kind of bone we buy but we felt they would be ok. My lab is a power chewer, he broke his bone and ate most of it in less than 5 min. He can not keep his meals down. To the vet office we go. His stomach if packed with the chunks of bone. He had to have surgery to remove the bone chunks. He will be ok. $3.00 bone = 3000.00 vet bill. Even at 12 years old he will be ok

Sad news
Max had to be put to sleep due to a tumor on his heart.

When it rains, it pours! Sorry man!

Damn!

BOBS 2 68S wrote:Was to be a relaxing weekend camping with wife and our 2 dogs. 40 miles from home trailer tire blew, ok no problem but , good thing I carry a 4 way lug wrench. Trailer had 3 different sized lug nuts. Some with the stainless steel caps. Change tire and hope not to have another flat. Get to camp ground, I am not good at backing the 24 ft trailer. Could not back into camping spot, go back to highway turn around pull into camping spot hoping to back out with little damage. Try to open storage door to get leveling boards... brake key off in lock use screw driver as master key. Set up camp, wife forgot beer. We take beef bones for the dog to keep them busy and not barking at the other people. Not the kind of bone we buy but we felt they would be ok. My lab is a power chewer, he broke his bone and ate most of it in less than 5 min. He can not keep his meals down. To the vet office we go. His stomach if packed with the chunks of bone. He had to have surgery to remove the bone chunks. He will be ok. $3.00 bone = 3000.00 vet bill. Even at 12 years old he will be ok

You might have just won the thread!

Thread closed. You win.


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It sucks that on Tuesday evening, my girlfriend's dog had to have an emergency spleen removal. Post surgery prognosis is grim, but test results should be back next week. We brought Charlie home yesterday at noon, by 6pm my mastiff had blown his shoulder out.

Looks like we are making boat payments for our vets this month.

Never figured I'd recommend pet insurance, but here's two folks that might have benefited.

Jesus_man wrote:Never figured I'd recommend pet insurance, but here's two folks that might have benefited.

Woulda, coulda, shoulda.

Dukietown wrote:

BOBS 2 68S wrote:Was to be a relaxing weekend camping with wife and our 2 dogs. 40 miles from home trailer tire blew, ok no problem but , good thing I carry a 4 way lug wrench. Trailer had 3 different sized lug nuts. Some with the stainless steel caps. Change tire and hope not to have another flat. Get to camp ground, I am not good at backing the 24 ft trailer. Could not back into camping spot, go back to highway turn around pull into camping spot hoping to back out with little damage. Try to open storage door to get leveling boards... brake key off in lock use screw driver as master key. Set up camp, wife forgot beer. We take beef bones for the dog to keep them busy and not barking at the other people. Not the kind of bone we buy but we felt they would be ok. My lab is a power chewer, he broke his bone and ate most of it in less than 5 min. He can not keep his meals down. To the vet office we go. His stomach if packed with the chunks of bone. He had to have surgery to remove the bone chunks. He will be ok. $3.00 bone = 3000.00 vet bill. Even at 12 years old he will be ok

You might have just won the thread!

I gave him the win at "Wife forgot beer"

Im glad the your dog is going to be ok.

Pulling front axles for u-joint replacement. Everything went great, except I spent a ton of time trying to work out the 6 inch piece of brake line between the steering knuckle and the drum and eventually had to cut it. Still can't get the fitting off the knuckle. It's amazing, the smallest things cause the biggest headache.

LOL, thought I was the only one to get my ass kicked by stripped brake line nuts!!!

Dirtheadz wrote:LOL, thought I was the only one to get my ass kicked by stripped brake line nuts!!!

You are not alone! I spent 60% of the time of the whole job trying to work those lines off. And now they are stripped...I was able to get the end off the drum but the other side is seriously stubborn.

Visegrips!

After 50 years it's time to replace those hoses and steel lines anyway. They probably never been apart.

Viperwolf1 wrote:After 50 years it's time to replace those hoses and steel lines anyway. They probably never been apart.

Yes I don't believe they have ever been replaced. It's definitely long overdue. I ordered replacements for the lines we broke so we can get it back on the road and I'm going to put a total brake system overhaul on the short list of things that need to be done.

Cracking a bicuspid in half.

Gunnibronco wrote:Cracking a bicuspid in half.

You sampling my ex's culinary skills? Lucky you only broke one tooth!
But seriously, that sucks.... ouch!

No one's g is to blame. It was an almond in ice cream.

I now have a single, old school, brace on that tooth. The brace band is being used to hold the 2 halves together (so I can eat, and sleep, and stuff) until Friday when I can go to Montrose & have the tooth extracted and the first part of an implant installed. Joy.

The dentist struggled to get the band around my (apparently freakishly large) bicuspid. He had to grind a little off the band, wedge the neighboring teeth away, etc, etc. He finally got it, as I felt he was ready to give up and try another technique to keep my tooth stable. Funny, while he was working, I could really see a similarity to my attempts to making things fit on my Bronco. He did a great job, didn't hurt me once, and gave me a more than fair price for his services. So that went well.

Ouch.

ZOSO wrote:<rant on>

How can one expect to survive in this dumb ass state? Im trying to buy a house and make decent money. Have ZERO debt and cant qualify for even a pot to piss in. Might just have to start looking out of state.

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Zoso,
I have helped many borrowers get into a refi with no debt. It's really easy actually. If you have credit cards keep a 5%-10% balance, in my experience that gives you the most bang for your buck. **Disclaimer** I am a licensed loan officer for both CO & NM, I am currently inactive so I can get my degree in Occupational Safety Engineering this fall, but my licenses and my insurances are active.**Disclaimer** lol If they are Zero balance they do not figure into your score no matter how old they are. Revolving debt is a large factor on scores. I recently took a borrower with a low 500 score up to a 700+ in roughly 45 days by them paying down their one card to 10%, acquiring another, also at 10% of available balance and paying off 2 medical collections they didn't know they had and having them deleted from their credit. You need 3 reporting scores, at least one needs to be revolving, other can be car payment or something of that factor. Payday loans even work, they just must be reporting and no lates in last 3-6 months depending on lender.

Qualifying ratios vary on loan type. The best one IMO is the VA loan if a person qualifies with veteran status because it has the better ratios and is zero down.

It doesn't matter if the card is $350 or $35,000 in my experience, it's the amount on the card. You gain less points for zero balance vs a card with 5%, weird, but they want to see you are using your credit wisely, not at all.

when you take your F250 6.7 to the dealer for service and tell them specifically not to do the ECM recall work only to find out they did it and it can't be reversed

WTF !

Finding out the 9" diff you picked up at the salvage yard is not a limited slip unit.

Getting home and finding out the 4.11 you just pulled out of your Bronco is also not a limited slip.

I guess the C4 and Stroppe intermediate weren't the only things vultured from this truck over the years.

On a positive note, I get to save money on friction additive.