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Just what I have for this rig.
All of it is mostly Residential paints. Latex, Oil, Lacquers, Varnishes. Some Industrial paints in the mix. Left overs from other jobs, that I dip into every now & then for other jobs. Saves $$ as none of it is cheap to replace. There was over 150 gals in there. Roughly 1200 lbs or so. Thank goodness for the overload helpers
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Home test on the Alt showed it to be putting out 13.2v, just barely enough to give the battery a surface charge.
Took it to AZ to have them test it on their portable tester. It showed the battery to be good, and the ALT passed all tests. I told them about the low voltage output, and they said to remove it and they would bench test it, as that machine gives better results.
So I did. It tested to be good. It read 16.4 at its peak output, and 14.2 at it's lowest. Tested 3 times with same results. I installed it back on, and now need to test other things.
On another note....
Spring testing the rig with some paint I have to relocate since I am moving.
Springs are squatted so low, I can't pull the trailer loaded with more paint.
I'm just very glad your bad luck is over.. otherwise you could have ended up like this.
~Mark
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Man, there was so much paint in there, that if a wreck did happen, I would have drowned.
Oh, weird news.....
After I installed the ALT back, the gauges are back to normal, and the battery seems to be charging right again. :scratch:
Oh, weird news.....
After I installed the ALT back, the gauges are back to normal, and the battery seems to be charging right again. :scratch:
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Could have been. I went ahead and took a wrench to all the connections on the charging & starting system bolts while I was at it.
This rig kinda got drove hard at the Smorr meet in the barrel and drag races. It got air a couple times! LOL Might have shook one loose. All I know is I'm very happy it is working again. For how long? Who knows.
Oh, just a little while ago, I rolled the drivers window down, and it kept on wanting to go down. Something inside broke as it just keeps spinning, and I have to hit the up button to stop it from spinning inside.
This rig kinda got drove hard at the Smorr meet in the barrel and drag races. It got air a couple times! LOL Might have shook one loose. All I know is I'm very happy it is working again. For how long? Who knows.
Oh, just a little while ago, I rolled the drivers window down, and it kept on wanting to go down. Something inside broke as it just keeps spinning, and I have to hit the up button to stop it from spinning inside.
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Bummer on the window.
You needed banner for your rig, Transporting Hazardous Materials LOL wow all I can say
You needed banner for your rig, Transporting Hazardous Materials LOL wow all I can say
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The headliner was trashed in this thing in the drivers area, so a couple weeks ago I took the red headliner out of the 91 parts rig.
Red just wasn't going to work with camel tan interior, but it is in such good shape, I just had to use it.
In the 91
So I painted it (cause thats what I do) black.
Red just wasn't going to work with camel tan interior, but it is in such good shape, I just had to use it.
In the 91
So I painted it (cause thats what I do) black.
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Ah, curses! The main item I'm hunting for at the moment is a nice set of merlot leather front seats. The driver's seat is totally trashed, and every upolstery shop I've talked to wants about $700 to reskin the one chair.
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I'm in the middle of moving today and getting ready to take Pugly on the road a few hundred miles away, so I had to get these installed before all my tools were put up.
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Looking good! I still have some stupid gas-charged shocks on the back of the Beast, would you do me the favor of letting me know how the Duff shocks ride?
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Sure thing.
Let me get a few hundred miles on them city/hwy/off road, before I give my opinion on them.
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Welp, shortly after she hit 220,000 miles, the bottom end gave up on the old 4.0L.
Have another 4.0L out of a 94 Ranger with just a tad over 100,000 miles on it being picked up tomorrow. Plan is to remove & install this weekend.
I am hundreds of miles away from home with it right now, and with the help of a couple of forum members, it should be back on the road soon.
Have another 4.0L out of a 94 Ranger with just a tad over 100,000 miles on it being picked up tomorrow. Plan is to remove & install this weekend.
I am hundreds of miles away from home with it right now, and with the help of a couple of forum members, it should be back on the road soon.
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Not in CO, still in MO. Just the other side of the state.
Seems like they always run the best right before they let go. :scratch:
I could always get another rig that is running already, but then the thought of swapping out all the mods isn't appealing to me. Being that I have hardly any free time these days, an engine swap is the way to go for this situation.
Big giant Kudos to Bronco2guy and his Bro for coming to the rescue for me here. :notworthy:
Seems like they always run the best right before they let go. :scratch:
I could always get another rig that is running already, but then the thought of swapping out all the mods isn't appealing to me. Being that I have hardly any free time these days, an engine swap is the way to go for this situation.
Big giant Kudos to Bronco2guy and his Bro for coming to the rescue for me here. :notworthy:
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