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If I was near my storage unit, I would takes pics for you to show you how I do seals. Its easy to knock the seals out and replace the driver side seal. Getting the passenger side one on is trickier. You need a 4' long piece of 3/8" all-thread. Some fender weashers, piece of PVC and some nuts for the all-thread. The PVC needs to match the inside diameter of the seal. You will have to grind the edges down to fit inside the seal area. Use the nuts and washers to hold it in place. Clean the contacting surfaces where the seal is seated. Pre-lube the seal and contact area with gear lube. Drive the seal into place going from the drivers side towards the passenger side. You will need a buddy to either hold the seal, PVC in place or using a sledge hammering on the end of the all-thread. You will have to go through the CAD to access the passenger side seal. You will have to remove the gear unit to do all this, BTW.

..now you are gonna have a new motor to break in for another 200k miles.

two words.. "agenda 21"

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Just in the amount of time from when I started working until just a couple years ago, I've decided that I was living too much of a fast life. I do like working. I do like being able to provide for myself, etc. But I do not enjoy working myself into the dirt and getting the feeling that I'm alive just to work. I had to look at things differently and decided that if I have to live off less, I will. If it helps me live a slower more simpler life, I will. I don't do things in such a traditionial way as many see. Currently, I live in the 5ther on some land with the in-laws and we have goals in mind that we want to achieve. Nothing particularly is holding me back. Which is great, because I have the freedom that most don't when they have a mortgage and cannot go places if need be. Otherwise it may be a strain. Ultimately, we want to get land and put the trailer in a shop and live that way. So if a day came and we needed to go somewhere to make more money, there really is not anything left behind to upkeep while gone. Me and the wife are working jobs at the same place now and we are more than happy with the employment we gained. I have some of that passion and drive that I feel most others should have in becoming more successful but I also have to remind myself to balance things out. If it means I gotta be somewhere and have to leave at the drop of a hat and cannot pre-plan well due to lack of notice, its too much stress for me. Last employer I worked for, did not give me but a days notice to be somewhere half way across another state. I think you misunderstood me about my brother. My brother got a woman knocked up and clung to her for various reasons. They then had more children as a means to manipulate the system to get bigger benefits and paybacks from govt. assistance. He essentially became the epitome of the stereotypical govt. dependant person. His motives were in the wrong place at the time. What I wish he would have done is better established himself in the direction he wanted to take. He had dreams of a wood business but because he was thinking with the wrong head, it got backwards. Initially, I was really mad at him for having his kids when he did. Especially with his wife. She did not give a rats arse about the kids and was gone for days. She would come back with vehicles that they did not own, cash and be passed out on the couch for days when she came back. We suspect she was doing meth when pregnant and also suspect some of the kids are not my brothers. These kids have been neglected in more ways than one. It saddens me to see them to go through so many things that they already have. Could my brother have done better? Maybe. Do I regret that he has lived the life he did? Somewhat.. But hey, its not my life so it does not matter much. He himself has gone through alot. I must say, putting all that aside, I have seen him have to do some desperate things to get by. Has he been honest in doing it? I dunno. I hope so! I have respect for him though, as things have been slowly getting better and he is seeing more financially to provide better. But unfortunately, the kids still lack a real father figure. I fear that the oldest may end up doing drugs, in a gang, get killed at a young age or end up in prison soon. Alright now, back to topic!

I agree... Let me just shed some light on how I feel. Being a younger man, I did develop a good work ethic growing up. In high school I did my schooling, worked at McDonalds full time and managed to graduate earlier than my peers by 4 months. I decided not to do the college thing as I could not figure out what and still cannot figure out what I want to pursue as a career. There are too many things out there that are too interesting to stick myself to one thing. A good thing and a bad thing. I figured that if I could become well-rounded and have multiple skill sets I could do most things myself one day. I did not take a "vacation" after graduating like some do. Instead, I started seeking better employment. Initially, I did auto body as a vocationial course in school and wanted to pursue that. I saw an ad one day in the paper that I thought was trying to say painting cars. Lo and behold it was the same union rep. that came to our vocationial school seeking high school grads to join the drywallers and painters union. He remembered me and asked me to come in. Okay, I'll give it a shot. He said that there was an offer for someone to join the Glaziers apprenticeship and needs one down in Pullman for a project on the WSU campus. Hmm, glazier? Okay, its construction, hands on, I'll give it a shot. So I spent a year down there learning the trade. Come to find out, the glaziers union in the east side of WA state was virtually non-existant. So I did happen to come back home to Spokane and work for the only union glass shop in town until I seen they would be closing their doors soon. I jumped ship and pursued an entrepenueral opportunity doing Financial consulting and Life insurance sales, etc. It turns out that during my youth when I was a no-gooder, it was a bad enough record to disqualify me from being apart of the company and the work I put in to get my Life insurance license was null and void. It was a big let down as I seen what the potential could have been from it. Many people became millionares from doing it. Well, crap. Now what? Maybe I will eye for college? So instead of the typical 4-year type, I looked at a vocationial course. Went into the local training center to see what I could about becoming a lineman. 6 month course and it was up to $12k for it. Sure, I would have done it, but at the time, ANY form of debt scared me out of it. So instead, I met my wife, and we cultivated our relationship. My mother is a nail technician and has owner her business ever since I remember who my parents were! She still is doing it to this day. Used to make really good money doing it, but now its becoming a little more difficult. Because of this, my brother decided he would find his own. He now owns a lawncare business that has great potential to be alot bigger, but still mainly doing it himself and an occassional helper. I used to work 16 hour days with hime doing snow removal and shoveling roofs. Made good money that year but it was only part-time. I offered to help my brother with his business and expand it, but I really blame his wife for holding him back. If he never married that woman, I can safely say he would have already owned his furniture building business. Very gifted person in woodworking and pissed it all away knocking her up with 5 kids! The entrepenueral spirit runs in my blood and the willingness to work for it is there. I aspire to atleast become self-employed, if not a business owner one day. Being in the current state I have been these past few years, all I managed to be able to do is stay afloat. The so-called american dream or golden parachute career IMO is gone. I have not been able to hold jobs now and go more than a couple years before getting laid-off. Alot of places now are going through staffing companies and only offering part-time work. It makes for a very vicious cycle for someone and the lack of stability is profound. I myself have entered preservation mode and without my inherint ability to manage money wisely, I would be on the streets. But with this and the drive to succeed and by the grace of God, I still live with a roof over my head. Because of this experience I have had for the past few years now, more than ever I see the importance of being someone who owns a business. Many do it in the thought that they can get rich doing it, but do not necessarily have the compassion they should for others. I want to be a business owner that can make a successful business, but also provide employment for others. I want to be a person that creates jobs instead of seeking one. The greatest resource this planet has is humans. The fringe benefit in creating a product, and providing a job to someone is the money you make for doing it. But like stated above in previous posts, the govt red tape that has been cast before me on my path to being an aspiring business owner caues me to shy away from it. Just as W&F said, when the kids lemonade stand or the inability to go door to door and sell cookies gets shunned, the lack of motivation causes problems. When we continue to keep our youth down and don't encourage them to become someone in this world, what can we do? It takes a special individual who wants to and has the passion and drive to push through the red tape and go against the odds to make something of themselves. This nation continues to strangle out our economic freedoms and liberties.

GENIUS!

..how about kneeling on split peas'!

YEP! This morning when I got off work, I had 15 psi instead of 20. It was -4 this morning! Wow, I forgot how cold the cold feels when it gets into the subs! We were under a warning due to our winds which was taking us down to -20! My 7gal propane tank lasted 3 days...

Oh thats good!

THIS is my dream machine!

I suppose then the question that needs to be asked is whether or not they can obtain a warrant to seize it as evidence in any case. As one such as this is not accessible to anyone because of their tamper screw. Which I imagine could be defeated. But in a law enforcement stand point would be done illegally by an officer if a warrant was not provided. Problem is, my trust for law enforcement and the likes is rapidly deteriorating and I want all the protection I can get in the instance I get a bad apple. My father in law got a real sour experience from a cop in Spokane on my wedding day and almost caused him to be late for it. Some cops go to the extreme and try and hide what they did, and that includes trying to get rid of video evidence on their own dashcam. What then? ...you get your own video evidence. Its not a surefire thing, but it seems like its worth the trouble. ...eh, but I'm just coming at it from a different perspective.

I totally agree, I reread my first post and it made it sound like I seemed to like the idea of having the govt. mandate it. Heck no, I don't even like the thought of them telling me I have to buy HEALTH insurance!

Do you have lots of black smoke and high EGT's?

Hmm, thats weird! http://shop.certechgels.com/product-p/4-and-6-cylinder.htm I would try it on a lawnmower engine or something first before I ever considered putting it in my cummins!

...if this is true, then this is true... Then that means mine does not have a dummy gauge! I do notice my oil pressure fluctuates in different circumstances. How can a dummy gauge do that? WHY would they have a dummy gauge with a sweep? Thats silly...

Don't miss the point of it. This is something you own and control on your own terms. If you don't want to utilize it in a certain situation, you don't have to! This is not a controlled item by the govt. This is controlled by you. It is for your gain! If I got in a wreck, I could use the data it provides that I was NOT at fault in the accident. If I get a corrupt cop harassing me, I have video, audio proof! We gotta start fighting fire with fire. When it comes down to your word against theirs, you need more. Even some cops nowadays try and hide their dashcam footage! Mike, our 1st amendment right trumps those laws! I have seen news coverage of cops trying to arrest people and have for filming them. Courts have upheld it before, but courts have also over turned them as well. Just pray you don't get a liberal judge!

US may not mandate nor the insurance companies, but, why not anyways? I think the good outweighs the negative in this instance. Protect yourself from people, protect yourself from corruption. Get it on video, and you win 90% of the battle! http://spytechs.com/Car-Cameras/default.htm

Unfortunately, I do not own this trailer outright, and I do not think my auto insurance company would appreciate it nor, my credit union. We have a pellet stove, but punching holes in the trailer is not an option. It was just a joke about how I wish I could change it for the better. We've got one running and have been since Nov. I have my tstat set on 63. Its the highest I can set it without causing the furnace to run every 5 minutes! I really wish I had some straw bales to put around this thing for some extra insulation!

...not that I'm counting on it, but I told my wife, "If we ever divorced, I would walk away from it all, you can have it!" It'd be just me and the clothes on my back at that point...

Okay, stop talking about it, so I can forget all about it and not have to beg!

:banghead: So, been trying to hold off on getting propane hoping the price hike would blow over. NOPE! Around here, were slated for single digit temps this upcoming week! Real problem is whats going on over on the east side! People are sucking up that propane like theres no tomorrow! Called around locally here, crazy prices! Found decent price at the local Big R at $2.99. JOY! Okay, so that was a few days ago. Was not able to get in until this evening because of my new schedule from work. So I get there right before they were going to close. Look at the current price sign by the tank: $5.99/gal! Give me a BREAK! Guy comes up to do the propane, I ask him, "WTF?" I said you guys said it was $2.99/gal the other day? "Yep, and it went up $3 over night! :banghead: Before you get off saying anything, given that I did not know whether I was coming or going for work and having to travel around, I could not get a 120 gallon tank unless I was going to be in the area for atleast a year. That was the policy of the propane company. So, I'm stuck using the 7 gallon bottles with the trailer. Been able to usually go about 5-7 days per bottle. Which was only about $60/month for heat. The larger bottles would be a bear for me to handle/fill, not to mention expensive. So, I spent almost $71 on 11 some-odd gallons of gaseous gold today! Wow... I think I'm gonna need to sneak a wood stove in this trailer somehow... Good thing they did not ration me!

You know me DW, I got my choc lab too, they are some awesome dogs! I'd love to get into SAR with my lab. Maybe someday with one of her pups...