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Smoke From The Starter
Replaced the battery.Car cranked fine a couple of times, but once the voltage was way too low.I measured the voltage from the alternator and it was super low.So I shut off the car, double checked the...
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Working On It
That's something you don't see everyday!Yes, Mom, I'm using jack stands!In case you're curious, this is what that starter was supposed to look like.
View ArticleAlways Something
To get the starter out, you have to drop the passenger side catalytic convertor.That's two nuts where it meets the manifold and two where it joins the X-pipe.Those nuts thread onto studs.On the...
View ArticlePoetry Corner
The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong in the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you...
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Adding It Up
The Savage 93F was $99 plus taxes and background. $110.93.The AccuTrigger was $58.85.I am expecting a $25 rebate.Grand total: $144.78.What distinguishes the Wal Mart model from the normal 93F is that...
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Exhaust Stud Removed!
My friend, CorvetteCaddillacMini-Van JT had a set of these sockets which are for getting at rounded off bolts.Works on studs too!
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Zero Accomplishment
Ten shots, 25 yards. I could get the cannonball shinier, but to what end?Willard points out that I am presently in the glow of having successfully completed a project.This greeted our exit from the...
View ArticleBack On The Road
The starter was the proximate cause of the trouble. It is replaced with a reman'd limited lifetime item.The corroded cables probably weren't helping anyone, so they're replaced too.The battery, which...
View ArticleStiff And Sore
Crossfit ain't got nothing on doing your own wrenchin'!One of the things about getting a reliable car is you stop getting the crawl under the car workout.
View ArticleBuck And Ball Is Back
Winchester now loads it as Supreme Elite PDX1.Of course, they don't call it buck and ball, that'd be archaic and not-tactical.
View ArticleAnother Gun Free Zone?
The Crossroads Center in St Cloud, Minnesota is owned by General Growth Properties.They've put up "No Firearms Allowed" signage before on their properties before, and I have not heard anywhere that...
View ArticleEnd Of LIfe
I bought an Eye-Fi wireless SD card not too long after they came out.It was handy to beam my pictures straight to my computer without removing the card from the camera!What I did not understand was how...
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It's Like .30-06 But For Men
L -> R .30-378 Weatherby, .30-06, 7.62x51mm, 7.62x39mm.FuzzyGeff, you're into Weatherby... I bought you some ammo (one round) you buy the gun!165gr bullet zipping along at 3,500 feet per second....
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From Tha Top With Feelin' B'like
Fifteen Men on a dead man's chest. Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!Drink and the devil had done for the restYo ho ho and a bottle of rum.the mate was fixed by the bosun's pikeThe bosun brained with a...
View ArticleIt Would Appear His Fundraiser Was Unsuccessful
Cold Fury seems to have gone dark.Hopefully it's temporary!
View ArticleVerily It Doth Boggle
The graphic does a great job of showing it.In 30 years we've gone from 16 no issue states and 1 constitutional carry to zero no-issue states and 11 constitutional carry.The constitutional carry states...
View ArticleUnlevel
My Vortex scope I put on Wilma has a slightly canted reticule.With the bases level and the turret level, there's about a 3˚ cant.That meant I just zeroed it with a canted scope! Durn it.I could curse...
View ArticleGunsmith Tips
When shopping for scope bases, check the manufacturer's application table twice. The front and rear mounts might not match.Use rings in matched pairs!This will save you from having to shim and shave...
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On The Level On The Square
With a Weaver #46M on front and a Weaver #47M on back...... eliminating the elevation difference from two #46's...We can now mount the Weaver Quad-Lock rings.And then the Leupold Rifleman 3-9x40mm.A...
View ArticleConsistent
It just hit me that manufacturing has been very consistent for a very long time.The scope bases I used on that Win model 70 are new purchased for a gun made in 1948...And they work!This is why I...
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