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... is not what you want to smell after spending all your energy in the morning doing yard work and clearing brush. Rotting animal smell. I've got the stove pulled out, and it wasn't from that, which means it's coming from the cabinets... but nothings in them, which means under the cabinets or in a wall. I've been meaning to redo the kitchen, so I guess that starts today. Oh, and its not from the crawl space either (and I am infinitely glad I laid out a 3' wide plastic roll path under the house when I first moved in to crawl on). Also guessing that we'll be ordering take out for dinner.

Whats crazy is that wind line stretched all the way south of St. Louis, Mo. Took out the power in half my hometown. The winds here gusted up to only about 40 mph, but a few places got up to 60+. Never seen one stretch that far before. Wind can be such a terrifying thing.

They call it a derecho, and yes, the forces created by it can equal that of tornadoes and hurricanes.

After all these posts in this thread featuring things with truck beds that shouldn't have truck beds, I'm beginning to think there is a shockingly large untapped market for just truck beds that can be mounted on random things.

This is actually being done by Smyth Performance, and they are offering a kit for it, so this will be sturdier than the pic makes it out to be... but it just looks so odd.

Late model flat bed willys truck, big window version, not the little cab window, is my favorite, or a flatbed fc170 that purists and oil heads would murder me over for wanting it converted to electric and/or cng.

*Hygroscopic. Which apparently auto correct doesn't think is a word... I started typing out a longer response, clicked on the threads above, and saw the post about the trimmer line being nylon (I always thought it was just a cheap plastic), thus rendering my post moot. Same principle as the bristles on your toothbrush, how they become more flexible when wet, but stiffen out when dry. Neat. I also used blades for years, but I couldn't find a set that lasted as long as I would like for what they cost. And I didn't want to dabble with the metal ones, I have a lot of stones I trim around, and I like my legs.

Fords using Goodyear Wranglers on the new bronco... but having Goodyear remove the word Wrangler from the outside of the tire

I think both of them look pretty decent (in regards to the full bronco). The bronco sport seems more like a competitor for a land rover. Ultimately this competition is good for off road enthusiasts. Now to see what the last of the big three will do, and if any of the Japanese automakers throw their hat in the ring (I personally would like to see the suzuki jimny over here).

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a33277335/2021-ford-bronco-specs-revealed/?src=socialflowFBCAD&utm_campaign=socialflowFBCD&utm_medium=social-media&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR0c6RNsnOf1pEFcDe6XycG_fzW0CMhTVIXZuYQTi3cQ_d1cNuwvD1mC31E Just a heads up to Ford and Jeep, if they ever read this, 30k starting out for a vehicle I plan to abuse is just insane.

That's just heartbreaking.

since i caused the title to be changed, i better continue to add some woodies to the thread... https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/544105879784994/

I leave them be unless they are nesting near a window or door. I'm not allergic to them at all, a minor bit of swelling and pain for about five minutes, but I have friends who react poorly to stings, so it's a precaution i take. I can normally just remove the nests while they are being built, and keeping up on that will keep them from coming back to those areas, for the year anyway. They are also pollinators, though not as effective as a bee.

I wouldn't fret too much if you are planning on off roading the mj. Take care of any rust, prep to prevent as much future rust as possible, and give it a shot. My TJ always came back worse for wear after off roading no matter how cautious I was, and if it were still running, it would be getting wrapped, dents included. The key thing is keeping on top of rust.

Here in Missouri, I've seen that happen from heat buckling, but never quite that high.

I hope that was done to run monster truck tires on it...

Pete has another thread going somewhere that I thought this would be a better fit in, but I'm on my work computer and couldn't find it without firefox/internet explorer crashing on me, so I tossed it here. It fits in the WTF theme at least.

I would have said no idea also. Though I almost posted the manufacturer of the seals we use at work. Only reason I didn't is that you would have to contact them since they don't post what they carry online (you can search for orings, but that's it), and it likely would have been custom made, and thus expensive. They are Rothkopf Orings and Seals if anyone is interested in the future, just to give the thread a bit of additional validity.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/781044228970486/ I can't get it to show a preview, and there is no welding here, but I feel it qualifies. Though it does look well done.

Speaking of trikes, I'm in the process of designing an electric trike truck (think an electric Mazda Go/T2000) that I'll start building later this year, and if all goes according to plan, I expect to see it appear in this thread once I'm done

The 3.1 was also used in other brands, like buick, making it a bit more common than the 3.4. Ignore this, I forgot those would all be fwd engines in the buicks, making them useless here. Also, Isuzu had their own 3.2l and 3.5l engines with the same transmission bolt pattern as gm's, but are entirely different engines with different electrical/fuel injection. The Isuzu 3.5l has oiling problems in the cylinder since it was just an overbored 3.2l, but as long as you keep up on oil changes/watch your oil level, it doesn't seem to lead to engine failure. However, this swap isn't recommended in any way because those engines are even more rare, have no write ups that are easily found or are comprehensive, and don't provide anymore power or fuel efficiency than a 4.0l. I'm only mentioning them in case you stumble across them in your search (like I did, as I also own the 2.8l). I have personal experience with the 3.2l, as my sister owns one in a rodeo, and it is the only engine she hasn't been able to kill through neglect (and it was neglected), so I entertained the idea for the shortest of moments. If any engine you are looking at is going to require relocating the engine mounts, just go 4.0. It will likely be the easier, cheaper, and better option in the long run. I have yet to get my Comanche up and going, so I can't comment on the 2.8ls performance or reliability.

I like the idea here. Not the execution.

Yea... as a fellow Missourian, I can attest to this being a more common practice than it should be. Did it on the farm all the time when just moving stuff around on it, was shocked to find out people actually did it on the roads...

Muncher asked if anyone here had a tacoma, no one responded. Thread died. Press F to pay respects to the dead thread. F

They did a really good job matching the body lines at least