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    Outfront Gen 5 conversion/upgrades.....the story continues

    here is my external fuel sump,  yes 3 fuel pumps, these are 450lph pumps.  only two will be running at ant given time (2nd one will be staged based on boost)  the 3rd is along for the ride.  i will have easy connectors on the outside to switch/cycle between all three.  basically, every few trips...
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    Mendola Main Seal Leaking

    no, the pilot bearing is the bearing (or bushing) that is in the end of crank or flywheel the VW shaft seal never leaked.  the issue I see is with real estate issues when the g50 shaft came out.  the OD of the 2 seals are the same but the ID is way bigger on the G50 seals, this leave very...
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    Its Saturday Jan 6th 2024.... What is everyone up too this weekend?

    My wife and I are preppers. We have 27 chickens and two rooster. Right now we get about 20 eggs a day. We sell them to local neighbors. We also freeze dry 84 at a time and get about 9-10 eggs per jar. Put in a small desiccant bag. We have reconstituted it with water and is amazing  2 tablespoons...
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    Its Saturday Jan 6th 2024.... What is everyone up too this weekend?

    Trimming and pruning trees. A pleasant joy. Eating some Mandarin oranges off my tree. No sugar needed. Spraying my stone fruit trees for fungus. Doing some light grading for my neighbor. Checking peak hydraulic pressures on my excavator. Should be 5500psi!  Prepping the can am for next week day...
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    Any electronic wiz's that could help with a transistor selection/question?

    i have a custom project i would like to do 2023 KTM 1290 super duke GT  it has large built in front amber blinkers.  LED.  the blinking duty cycle is about 50% so that works great for the new changes i want to do i want to now run them as daytime running lights and then have them blink "off"...
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    Its Saturday Dec 30th 2023.. What is everyone doing this weekend?

    Installed a custom latching relay under my back seat……… :ninja:
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    Have you ever.....

    Now pretend this is a double lemon pie………2/8 would not work here because then the orange piece would be two pieces and you would have to share the other,  when you have a true 1/4 piece it’s all yours!  Is that easier to understand?  Also in this example a mechanic could use the crescent wrench...
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    It’s Christmas Day, what did you get?

    Show us some pics!! 2 shirts, a scarf so my white shirt doesn’t get a dirty collar if I ride my bike to church, a flashlight cause I lost mine a year ago, sizzler gift card cause I eat there twice a week min, pruners cause I love pruning my fruit trees. Salmon rub. 
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    Happy Birthday Bobalos

    A year older. A year smarter! Happy birthday. 
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    Its Saturday Dec 16th 2023.. What is everyone up too this weekend?

    It’s a fine pleasure to go out early in the morning and walk my orchard of fruit trees and to eat a few   Pomegranates from my tree chilled by the 40 deg night temps. Also going to our “ cousins” Christmas party. Then maybe to the Newport Beach boat parade
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    Outfront Gen 5 conversion/upgrades.....the story continues

    Cant believe its been a year since i posted im doing some upgrades on my buggy. #1  regardless of how efficient my 24 gallon tank is at control slosh with multiple baffles up and down and right to left my car can corner so hard that when i have about 7-8 gallons left i can starve my fuel pump...
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    What are you using for RV insurance now........ Farmers did a non renewal of mine

    I have a 2006 country coach Magna,  i have all my insurance through Farmers agent. They just informed me that they will not renew my policy as the coach is "too old"  My agent tried multiple companies and they also said it was too old--even Good Sams.  he told me to try progressive. What are...
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    Solar facts and the November full moon

    This months full moon has a special name. Find out what it is. I love talking about our solar system and galaxy. It makes for interesting conversation around the camp fire. Did you know that when ever it is a full moon it would be “noon” on the moon? Because the sun and earth are opposite each...
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    Its THANKSGIVING DAY what is everyone up too

    Have 23 people over. Some kids even brought co workers. Table is set for a massive feast. Son in law was playing around with excavator and dropped a massive 4’ diameter oak tree stump from 20 feet high. (With my grandson in the cab who absolutely loves excavators) it completely soaked the two of...
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    Its THANKSGIVING DAY what is everyone up too

    Went to Sam’s club to fill up truck and extra fuel for around the house they were close. Depot was closed. Lowe’s was closed it is a ghost town here. I’m usually in the dunes so this is a first for me. Looks like one of my water heaters went bad. Looks like it lasted 18 years. Pulled it out and...
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    What's your favorite Funco?

    I like this one, seems pretty fast! :classic_biggrin: the flag direction is telling.... its a full sideways drift, you can see my tracks in the upper right of the pic just before coming into the corner
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