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  2. motor swap

    in Pub Talk

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    Motor swaps....

    One of these days, my CJ7 is gonna get one. I'd dearly love to drop a Mustang 5 litre in it, but I'd also like to swap in a little heavier duty five or six speed manual trans at the same time... The OE T5 is not the most durable, plus the first gear ratio ain't the greatest for crawling. A 5.3l LS motor is a possibility, but I'm a pretty fervent FoMoCo fan.

    Of course, if I swap the engine, then I gotta replace the AMC M20 rear end, and the Dana 30 front, add an aftermarket frame...

    Just

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  4. best ? ever...lol

    in Pub Talk

    Posted

    Man, I hate to limit myself to only one beer...

    Pacifico

    Widmer Hefeweizen

    Full Sail Amber

    There's a microbrewery outside of San Diego called Alpine Beer Company... everything of theirs that I tried was spectacular, but I really liked the Mandarin Nectar

    My Eastern Oregon road trip beer is Coors Original in a bottle.... seems like you can get it in just about any old cowboy bar you run across.

    Don't even get me started on bourbon and Irish whiskeys....

  6. Went through my truck box....

    in Hand Tools

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    Well, I guess I should have been more clear. It's just a hand box that stays in my truck, under the locking tonneau (sp?) cover, not one of the big aluminum boxes that's permanently affixed. If I had one of those in my pickup, I wouldn't have much bed left in my '01 F150 Supercrew's puny 5.5' bed!

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  7. Went through my truck box....

    in Hand Tools

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    No pics, but it was nice out today, and I decided to run a quick inventory of what I have in my truck box and in storage bins that have been rattling around the (covered) bed of my truck. Ace has been running specials on Vise-grips off and on a bit lately, and I've been picking up a few lately. I prefer not to buy Chinese tools, but apparently $5 locking pliers overcome my COO concerns. I ended up switching some of my US locking pliers out for PRC made units in the box, and pulling out a bunch of extra 3/8" ratchets... Snap On 36 tooth standard and long, and a breaker bar, SK standard, Armstrong standard and long flex. Left an Armstrong 1/4", an SK 3/8" stubby, a Gearwrench XP120 standard, a long flex Kobalt, an Armstrong long, and a CM RP 1/2" standard. I also pulled out about three feet of extensions.

    Top 5 Klein Tools

    in Ultimate Tool Bag Giveaway

    Posted

    Lowes clearanced out tons of Knipex hand tools for next to nothing last last fall/winter. You could get linesman's pliers for like 4-6 bucks a piece.

    Sure, kick a guy when he's down. I had just about gotten over not picking up more Knipex when it was cheap...

    :)

  16. Mine is Bigger than Yours

    in Pub Talk

    Posted

    The potholes here are horrible. The nut on the driver side shock on my truck came off after I hit a couple massive potholes on out road. Of course they filled them in with gravel.

    Well, at least they make an effort to appear they're doing something about it! Not actually doing anything productive, but...

  24. Irwin Vise-Grip Locking C-Clamps Made In China???

    in Hand Tools

    Posted

    This probably makes me a huge hypoctate, but I don't buy any of the PRC Vise Grips.... Unless I get them on sale for $5 like they are at Ace right now.

    I do have maybe a half dozen of the last of the US made Vise Grips, and honestly, I can't tell much difference.

    I will be picking up some Grip Ons, and some Knipex, sometime in the near future....

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