Muffler #1 – Stock – rotted off.
Muffler #2 – Magnaflow 2-1/2″ – Wicked Awesome at full throttle, but drone drone drone drone drone
Muffler #3 – Walker SoundFX – “unusual sound” from get-go, now (new issue) suspect blown baffle inside
Muffler #4 – Flowmaster – we’ll see. Some of the drone is back…
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I’m really kind of done with this. It was a lot of work, and most definitely not worth the effort. I added a new page to celebarate.
I de-arced and Frankensteined the leaf springs from The Hideous Hardbody, combining the 2WD main leaf, with 4WD everything else. It still needs some tweaking, but I ~think~ I like the results.
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I had to give my head a shake on what I was doing with the chassis. Offset the drivetrain 1″? What was I thinking? I cut out the entire transmission tunnel and seat back bulkhead, centered it, and got it mostly all back together this evening. Stupid me – I’ll just get the driver’s axle shortened 2″ and all will be well.
At least now, the seats will fit, like, humans.
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YouTube – That Shop Teacher Guy
I’m pretty pleased with how this turned out.
Yay!
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I had removed it because it allegedly didn’t work. But then some students said it did work. So….. It’s back.
I fabricated this cutter thingie so I could make a 3/4″ tube bending die. Not sure what they’re supposed to be called….
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Had strep throat mid-January.
Got on Amoxicillin for ten days.
Day five of Amoxicillin, I got a full-body rash. Cool. Maybe an allergic reaction to the antibiotic, or maybe I had Mono? Got a blood test for Mono – didn’t hear anything back (which usually means the results are negative).
Day ten of Amoxicillin, a different Doctor (I was kind of between Doctors at the time) said this was an allergic reaction, and I should stop taking Amoxicillin and get on Prednisone (seven days) and Hydrocortisone cream (five days) to deal with the rash.
Day seven of Prednisone, I got a sore throat. Usually, antibiotics and my Asthma medication react together and give me Thrush. I went off my Asthma meds (and did, this time, as well) when I went on Amoxicillin. Doctor checks, and prescribes Nystatin (seven days) to deal with Thrush.
Day two of Nystatin, 5:35am, I wake my sweetie so she can get the kids to school, and I drive myself to Emergency because my throat is swelling shut, I can’t swallow, and am having difficulty breathing. The Doctor there gives me a Steroid shot in my bum and sends me home, saying I’ll feel better in two days. Thankfully, they took a swab for a lab test.
Day four of Nystatin, 5:45am, I wake my sweetie again, and drive myself to Emergency again. Now an intravenous Steroid, and an antibiotic that if I’m allergic to Amoxicillin, I would have a 5% chance of being allergic to – and if I was allergic, it could be lethal, so they would watch me for a couple hours. Lab results said it was Strep again. By 11:30 they sent me home with a prescription for Cephalex (ten days). My guess is that Prednisone killed my immune system, Strep got pissed off and brought friends.
Somewhere in there, my right leg started to swell up. Doctor says it might be a blood clot, which if it goes to my lungs may cause shortness of breath, if it goes to my brain…. stroke. Nice.
I’m on a “Priority 1 (24-48 hours)” thing to get that looked at. 144 hours later, I was in the hospital getting an ultrasound on my leg. Person doing the ultrasound was a bit shocked at the rash from hell on my legs. I may find out in a couple more days what the results are.
I built this simple device to notch tubes on my lathe. Easy!
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