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[DanStokes]

I'll look forward to the July edition. I don't DO cold....

[DanStokes]

I thought about that controller but I went cheap, as usual. And somehow I feel more warm and fuzzy with old-fashioned wires running from here to there....

[DanStokes]

Insulation tip: The aluminum foil covered foam core board can be attached with those plastic-headed nails and the seams taped with the foil tape that...

[DanStokes]

And this Flex project is done and seems to be successful though I do need to tune the brake controller which is part of the installation process. Hooking...

[DanStokes]

That IS bizarre! I've noted that if I "like" something on FB I get overwhelmed with items that sort of relate to what I liked. It makes me...

[DanStokes]

Interesting portable hoist!

[DanStokes]

As an aside, I now have the latch assembly in hand. I tracked it down at a neighbor's house where the USPS seasonal employee left it. This time it wasn't...

[DanStokes]

Prolly not. I'm NOT a camper of any sort. My idea of "roughing it" is a hotel without a pool....

[DanStokes]

More progress as I wait for the latch assembly which is now officially late, I suppose due to Christmas package shipping. But it IS in Fayetteville so...

[DanStokes]

You have every right to be the Proud Dad!...

[DanStokes]

As I await the electronic latch I've been running the trailer brake controller wires. The instructions from eTrailer don't match the directions from...

[DanStokes]

We've all done that one!...

[DanStokes]

Actually, one of the best things in my health care (and I get PLENTY of it given all my ailments) is that my docs DO talk. The cardiologist was wondering...

[DanStokes]

I remember wondering what the heck those desks were made out of! Must have been some tuff stuff if they'd keep us safe in a nuclear blast....

[DanStokes]

I have a weird mind I know, but every time the subject of diamond plate comes up I hear Seals and Crofts singing "Diamond Plate, sure do shine.....

[DanStokes]

A bit of learning at Pick N Pull today:

1) The striker (the part of the latch that bolts to the body) is different between the power lift...

[DanStokes]

Progress as I wait for parts from the Internet.


First I installed the plate to plug up the hole I cut to cut the latch. It's just...

[DanStokes]

So far all of mine have been WAY too small. But I've been real estate (and financially) limited....

[DanStokes]

I'm guessing, of course (who knows people's motivations?) but many folks have no clue that the closer to the exhaust out of the engine the higher the...

[DanStokes]

Something I've learned after building a number of shops - however big you make it, it's too small. Put all the area under roof that they'll let you (which...