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Looking around and ran across the Alliant apps with bell crank, has anyone experienced these apps before? Reason I asked is I have metatarsalgia which is swelling in the ball of foot. I use cruise control a lot due to hard pedal and just looking for a smooth or softer return spring. I have tried spray lude and it doesnt have anything to do with the return spring stiffness. My old truck had a softer spring, I should have kept that truck for parts. Just curious before I take heat to the spring to lessen the stiffness.

So I went on line and got scammed on a Launch scan tool. Nothing wrong with launch as long as you buy from the US. Yeah China got me. Anyway I really know better Ive always lived by the buy once cry once so Ive found Autel MaxiPro MP 808 for 600 bucks or go all out for 200 more on the new two month old new data, Autel 808 Z-TS. Reason is I have a 2012 Dodge 1500 4x4 that I believe is having injector problems. I need to get into it and see what the pressure's are. It has a slite miss to it and not throwing cel. Anyway the old version should work just fine I think, but then the wife goes and buys herself a 2017 Corvette loaded with bells and whistles makes me thing maybe th…

Left to right... Mark's Dodge Dakota (renter) Thor my 2006 Cummins Beast my 2002 Cummins Minnie my 1999 Dodge Grand Caravan Honey Badger's 2009 Dodge Dakota Honey Badger's 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee Honey Badger's Dads 2017 Dodge Hemi

Had an adult male Cougar out side my office window this morning around 10 am. Right next to my wood shed sniffing around. He didn't see me in the office as I watched. Luckey I came in the office with light off since He seemed to not be wary at all being so close to our house. He slowly walked around the house to the front and jumped thru a hole in the blackberries. Now my neighbor wants to go hunting for it since he has 3 little kids. Can't blame him for that. Me... I would rather learn to be aware at all times is all and learn to live with them. Only on sleepless nights, at my age, I have to ride the bicycle to help me get to sleep. Sometimes I need to ride a…

I just found Geno's Garage wilst looking for some odd bits. Looking thru past posts they seem to be a good vendor? How do they stack up in general (cost/quality) compared to Summit, NAPA, etc? Any buyer bewares?

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I thought I would share a couple pics of the new addition to the family. Meet Athena, she is nearly 8 months old now, we got her at 6 months. She is a Belgian Malinois (pronounced mal-in-wa). She don't have akc papers but we are considering a DNA test just more for curiosity. We also want to work with a trainer to be sure she will behave in public. So far she has been very good for the wife when she had a couple visits with the vet. This breed is very well known for military and police work as well as personal protection. She us my wife's new best friend. They spend a lot of time together and have bonded which is exactly what I wanted. Athena will be here to…

Well, I finally had enough of the unstable internet here at my place. I made a call to Ziply and talked to a technician about my Internet dropping out and how I could be on a call with a client and then the phone call will start dropping out. Ziply technician said she would send out a technician to verify the signal and figure out what is going on. So the next day the technician comes out to the house. We had a nice long chat I will admit I know this guy very well. He informs me that all the wiring is in good order and no reason I should be dropping service. He also informed me some of the new equipment is already in McCall just waiting for it to be switched over. …

Well, yesterday I set out to go get parts for a transmission job I was hired to do for a 2016 Ram 6.7L Cummins. I needed a pan gasket and filter set but no one up here sells them. Friday morning we also find out my father-in-law father passed away at the age of 98. Then on top of this @Honey Badger has to go get her new glasses in Boise as well. We set out Friday morning at about 10am and ran down to Boise I stopped and got the pan gasket and filter set for my Ram project. Then we headed over to get Honey Badger's glasses. We finished up and meet up with Honey Badger's Dad and had dinner with him. After that headed over to WinCo to grab some things for the house. Left and…

With the 2 recent bank failures, are most of you very concerned or only somewhat concerned about the future?

Well, yesterday was a heck of a trip. So, @Honey Badger had some shopping to do and help her oldest son with his taxes. I also had a few items to pick up from the stores down there. The evening before we were talking about taking Minnie down but when I looked at the weather reports it said 50‰ chance of snow. We packed up that morning at 9:30 am and headed south. Everything doing good weather was sunny and warm, roads were clear and dry. Fast forward to the evening, we had dinner with Honey Badger's son, her father was there, and @Tatted Hemi and I were discussing web stuff. We left Boise at 8 pm and headed home. By the time I hit Weiser ID it was snowing (2,400 feet), I …

My brother and myself have a workshop together where we do a lot of welding and fabrication work as well as vehicle welding and repairs. Just done a Komatsu PC 290 excavator riddle bucket that had the entire bottom ripped out of it, cutting edge and riddle slats right back to the bucket roll, got another in on friday for 2 outer shanks to replace Got 2 Mecedes vans to build hydraulic decks in the back to carry 5 coffins for a funeral company A few weeks ago our 2 post lift wouldn't raise, the quadrant on the R/H screw is worn to the point that a small clip pops to stop the lift being used (safety feature) We had to use it for one job welding a…

Locally just about 5 to 6 miles south of me a propane truck rolled over with about 11,000 gallons of propane. The highway has been close heading south. Now according to what I know HAZMAT crews are attempting to drill and vent the propane to be burned. Last night Idaho power had shut power down for at least 4 hours. When the power came back it showed the highway open. Now this morning highway is closed again. I've got to get info today to find out what happened. I was planning on Friday having a customer come get his truck. But the highway was blocked by the accident. Bad part neither my cell phone (Active 911 App) or my fire radio (D…

What's happening is the thing about my nose swelling up inside whenever I try sleeping. It's like having a suffocating experience always waking up. Most nights I end up with a mouth so dry. Is this a common problem on older folks, anyone? I got a minor surgery done called Turbinate reduction up inside my nose. It's like a miniature Lipo suction they do to the area that swells and closes off. This did nothing and has caused another problem. I am getting to where I do not trust some of the procedures as I had another issue with another Doctor who sent me to an expensive CT scan when a simple ultra sound would have saved me around 1200 bucks. Are the…

The old website format I had down pat but with this new format I'm having a heck of a time finding where things are now. Two examples that I cannot find are the article section and the personal messenger area. I use my laptop for 99.9% of the communications I do here. Michel has tweaked the format to be more phone friendly but has that now made it unfriendly to other users?

Is this something worth looking into maybe investing in? Seems to me I remember someone converting some engines over to hydrogen. I am asking because I do not think electric cars are going to catch on real well by the look of it.

I picked this tool up off of Amazon for about $179 dollars. Now I've used torches for heating bolts and fastners in the past and end up burning rubber parts or wires etc. This tool I used yesterday to remove a rusted Pyrometer fitting from a 2005 Dodge that I wanted to install a new pyrometer probe. Being I didn't record that in video I created a quick TikTok for posting this up today. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B086BQJD85

Does anybody else have a flash piece or drawing you'd like to share? Interested in seeing what your art preferences, skills and styles.

Happy New Year Gang! Yup its 12:50am Jan 1st...