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Old Sep 3, 2018 | 11:53 AM
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Good morning, all!

AK - I figured you would have already been to see the doc. I'd definitely go if not making great improvement.

Brew/White - Thanks. He already sent me his dimension. Time to go out and see what this one is.

White - I was just thinking of the "purists," but there are plenty of people who would go for this, especially being panels that should light up the lenses fully and evenly.

The past two days were filled with cleaning carpets, painting two exterior doors and frames, power-washing the bird mess off the deck and the porch, and a few other things I can't remember. I'm pooped! Going to try and take it easy today. Hope you all enjoy your day!
Old Sep 4, 2018 | 09:39 AM
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Ring Ring...Hello, Ranger station, Ranger speaking, -Bear is that you ? Have a good day fellas, have to repair a lame Deere today. It's a nickle and dimer with the seasons...but, it's a survivor, year after year. Tough little guy, wouldn't want to be without!
Old Sep 4, 2018 | 02:20 PM
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Easy fix, the Deere was unplugged, checked that first.

The 6/10 Positive copper lead snapped off at the batt post hole. Stress cracked, no corrosion. All that stuff was treated with "A Special" and "Dielectric". Sort of the same the 98 is except the 98 only gets A Special. Anyway, no corrosion , made a quick little cable and enjoyed squishing the snot out the cast copper w/the 6T crimper. Short lived fun lol. Over stocked on accessories and tools to fab up my own cables quite a few years back. Used the stuff for one job it seems, (maybe a little here and there like today) and it's been collecting dust in a couple of those DeWalt suitcase organizers. So I had the stuff all splayed out to make a 6" cable...sounds ate up, but it was fun going through that stuff and picking out what I needed to whip up a quality cable. Much better than the original. Todays highlight lol.
Old Sep 4, 2018 | 02:33 PM
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Nice fix Brewster! You're one hell of a mechanic.
Old Sep 4, 2018 | 04:42 PM
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Originally Posted by white89gt
Nice fix Brewster! You're one hell of a mechanic.
LMAO
Old Sep 4, 2018 | 07:09 PM
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Yea, I found that funny after TV incident white...still not over that yet I guess lol. Have to say, that was the quickest fix to date!
Old Sep 4, 2018 | 07:27 PM
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LOL... that's a classic. But hey, you figured it out!
Old Sep 4, 2018 | 08:27 PM
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I sure did, you guys were blessed with a play x play. So yea, I guess I should move on lol.
Old Sep 4, 2018 | 09:18 PM
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Kind of like when I had a PO171 and PO174 pop up on my truck, and it was because some idiot left the oil cap off when I changed the oil.

Sometimes we get caught off guard, lol.
Old Sep 4, 2018 | 10:21 PM
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Lol, I'm shaming the cleaning lady...secretly lol.



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