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UncleJoseph

Picked up some fire extinguishers for the house and truck, and a replacement smoke alarm and carbon monoxide detector on Sunday. Putting the finishing touches on my bug-out bag.

UncleJoseph

Well, after careful consideration, I decided to change vehicles again. I started having additional problems with the Audi, none of which seemed to be something that could easily be diagnosed. I was getting random misfires. I changed the plugs and discovered that the ceramic insulator on plug #1 was ...

UncleJoseph

Got my new vise...just realized my HF model was only a 4". My new Craftsman model is a 5", and what a beast! Way nicer than my HF model...$65 well spent & a 1-year warranty...if it's gonna break, it'll break in the next month because I plan on abusing the hell out of it. The 5" wi...

UncleJoseph

While clamping a part in my bench vise yesterday, I broke the vise. The jaw snapped in two! It was a 5-inch Harbor Freight model my dad bought me years ago. I'm on my way to Sears to get a new one, but they are all made in China too...hope the new one had better quality control when it was manufactu...

UncleJoseph

Raygun wrote:Awesome, dude. I honestly cannot wait to see this thing fly.

Well, it'll be a while. Average build time for a scratch-built airplane for someone who isn't retired is about 7-10 years. I hope I can finish it sooner. They key? Keeping to the plans, and not customizing.

UncleJoseph

Received my first shipment of raw aluminum stock and other basic hardware today. I'll be diving head first into parts fabrication this weekend. Might even have some decent progress and pictures to post by Sunday.

UncleJoseph

Anyone have any good suggestions for what to do with non-potable water? My two suggestions are always watering plants and flushing toilets, but I'm sure there are others. That way, the water you switch out never goes to waste, it just gets held for a while, and then used in some other way. I have b...

UncleJoseph

Well, it was bad when the car was purchased. Seems not at all unlikely that it might still be bad. :) The solution now, as then, is probably replacement. $750 or so, right, Joseph? Dunno. I looked the suspension over last year, and didn't see any cracked or rotted bushings. But that doesn't meant t...

UncleJoseph

I've only had good experiences with the USP models, but haven't kept up on all the new stuff for a while. The P30 looks fantastic. I also keep going back to the XD, but I'm not very fond of their grip safety...it just feels like I wouldn't get a positive release like I do with my 1911s. I know that ...

UncleJoseph

Looks like ECS carries the same brand one you can get at Partsgeek for $1 cheaper, plus the 2 OEM german-made versions (for $100 more).

UncleJoseph

Well the shop broke the linkage assembly, so it's time to buy a new one. And since the local junkyards either don't carry it or can't find the time to answer their phone we are ordering it from partsgeek.com . Let's hope they turn out to be a reliable vendor. PartsGeek is fine, but they often don't...

UncleJoseph

Any one know a website that can help me estimate how much labor time should go into replacing a part? I am trying to decide if I should buy the parts and do it myself, or pay to have it done. If it's for the audi, you can try vwvortex.com or audiforums.com, both are forums that have repair articles...

UncleJoseph

Broke out the wirewheel, dremel and some flap sticks. Sadly, I am in need of a real compressor so I can make use of my long shank die grinder. After disassembling the valves, I went at all the burnt on oil in one of the cylinder heads, then started smoothing and polishing the combustion chamber. Th...

UncleJoseph

While in college around 1998, I purchased a medical kit nearly identical to this one . Over the years, it has been my go-to first aid response bag, and I've used it for many basic first aid needs. I've added to it and re-stocked occasionally. Over the past 4-5 years, I moved away from that kit, sinc...

UncleJoseph

DS Arms FAL Para, with quad rail handguards, extended rail on the top cover (which does not properly align the slot pattern with the handguards to be a rue continuous top rail) and a dark earth paint job (more tan than brown, but whatever.) I was dumb and didn't order extra mags. Very nice! IMO, DS...

UncleJoseph

Got my car back from the shop today...one of my cam gears was off by one tooth. The visual cue to determine that it was off by a tooth is easy to miss. It's hard to explain, but the marks on the camshafts and the marks on the camshaft caps that have to line up are on a very tight radius. The teeth o...

UncleJoseph

Serious Paul wrote:Well here's hoping it turns out to be cheap and easy. I am going to have to replace the windshield wiper motor in the Audi shortly. wish me luck

Good Luck! Take it from someone who knows...Audis are VERY difficult to work on.

UncleJoseph

Turns out the engine is out of time. According to the mechanic, it can only be out of time just barely, otherwise there'd be all sorts of noises and collisions in the valve train. But, it means he has to tear the engine down at least to the point I had it disassembled in order to start figuring out ...

UncleJoseph

Doesn't Autozone reading for free? They only scan OBD-type vehicles, which my car is compliant with, but my car also has about 10,000 other possible codes that are beyond what an AutoZone scan can read. I have my own pocket OBD-II scanner. A VAG-COM scanner, which is what my car needs, costs around...

UncleJoseph

Well, my elation was short-lived. Now the engine is throwing an error code, and it isn't making nearly as much power as before. Could be the bad coil pack I knew I already had, and it finally gave up the ghost completely...or it could simply be a disconnected vacuum line. I talked to the mechanics t...

UncleJoseph

Okie Dokie. It's all done. Keep your fingers crossed that I don't have any more problems. I just finished at 9:30 p.m. I had everything reassembled to the point I could add new coolant at about 4:00 p.m. This means that just about everything except the engine covers, intake scoop and bumper had been...

UncleJoseph

I wouldn't say I'm hardcore, I'd say that I don't want to pay $2600 for something I can do for under $400...even if it eats up a weekend. The only technical difficulty in this job is the timing, although it's a huge issue. I ran into a snag with the crankshaft locking tool. There is supposed to be a...

UncleJoseph

Around 5:30 p.m., I was able to remove the serpentine belt, the timing belt, the idler pulley, the timing belt tensioner, the water pump and the thermostat: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-BExMuYLA7r8/TpDj2LrNWdI/AAAAAAAAAXk/fU5kM0zJq64/s640/DSCN0684.JPG Around 7:00 p.m., I had the new pulleys, w...

UncleJoseph

Next, I had to take off all the turbo lines and breather hoses on the top of the engine so I could get the valve covers off to do the camshaft seals underneath. Here you can see both the intake and exhaust camshafts, connected by a timing chain on the left side. It has a tensioner built in. 32 Torx-...

UncleJoseph

I significantly underestimated how much time this was going to take. There were several snags along the way. By 11:00 a.m. or so, I had the bumper off: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Ekikhqy9LdU/TpDj5E-5T_I/AAAAAAAAAX4/weTLGayN48s/s640/DSCN0677.JPG By 12:30 p.m. or so, I had the removed the &quo...

UncleJoseph

Okay, before I started the timing belt, camshaft seals, brake bleed and valve cover gaskets, these are the parts and tools I had to order: My box of parts: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ym0RbMd0Lxg/TpDj3nbQWrI/AAAAAAAAAXs/qz9BjXRrd08/s640/DSCN0675.JPG And my specialty tool rental kit: https://l...

UncleJoseph

That's going to be a bear to do by yourself in a day, but you've done some of the work, you've been reading about it for a couple years, you've got good directions and the right tools, and almost nothing you need to deal with is going to be truly recalcitrant, so I don't think it's impossible...alt...

UncleJoseph

Now is the time when I must flush my brake system, and perform the timing belt service on my Audi. The timing belt service includes the timing belt itself, the water pump, the thermostat, the camshaft end seals, the cam chain tensioner seals, the valve cover gaskets, the front crankshaft seal, the s...

UncleJoseph

I hope this is good...John Carpenter's The Thing is one of my favorite horror movies.

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I also hope they use Ennio Morricone's original score for the backbone of the new score.

UncleJoseph

paladin2019 wrote:Can't bring myself to even consider buying anything from the Kahr family. Moonies and all. It's a damn shame, too; they own Auto-Ordnance.

Is it only because of the whole Moonie connection?

UncleJoseph

I like Kahr's first gun, the K9, better than any of the rest they make. It's bigger and heavier than the PM9, but that just makes it easier to control at the cost of about a half inch of length on both the slide and grip. If I were going to pack a 9mm, it'd likely be that one. I totally agree. The ...

UncleJoseph

If you're not looking to make money from the items, and you appreciate the historical significance of such thins, and you would like other people to be able to enjoy them, but do not want to lose ownership of them (all these factors are the camp I'd be in), then you can loan them to a museum. You st...

UncleJoseph

This is not directed to anyone in particular, since I've also read the articles and the YouTube comments..forgive the rant, but: The police department's policy is probably similar to most other departments. Tasers can be used to deal with combative situations. From what I saw in the video, the two y...

UncleJoseph

Serious Paul wrote:Everything I ever need to know my Shaodwrun group will teach me.

An excerpt from Tales of A Tenth Grade Shadowrunner, by Pauly Hume.

UncleJoseph

From what I understand, that narcotic effect you feel when you're in pain is somewhat different than the one you feel when you are taking narcotics simply to get high. The narcotic will cut through the pain effectively, and you'll be high from a chemical/biological standpoint, but the euphoric feeli...

UncleJoseph

Raygun wrote:Supressed, select fire MK19? WHY!!? Good old-fashioned ridiculous.

And it makes for good television.

UncleJoseph

I don't know of a single modern revolver that won't eject all rounds at once. I think Ray was referring to folks' tendency to not depress the ejection pin on the cylinder fully when trying to eject the casings, thereby ending up with a few still sticking out of the cylinder face. The moon clips hel...

UncleJoseph

Raygun wrote:Jerry Miculek has demonstrated.

If you like that guy, you'll love Bob Munden

UncleJoseph

Well that's some B.S. The comic shop's website says they're open on Sundays. Just got back from there...sign on the door says closed on Sundays. We've had several comic shops close in the last few years...only other 2 still open are in East Lansing, and I'm not heading over there today. Guess I'll h...

UncleJoseph

Serious Paul wrote:UJ and Ray have guys seen any of the FPS Russia stuff on YouTube?

I had not seen any of the FPS Russia stuff...very cool!

UncleJoseph

DC comics has decided to scrap their entire universe and relaunch from Year 0 with 52 titles, allowing readers to not have to have read the last fifty-odd years of comic histories and failed reboots to understand what's going on. It's a fresh take on their entire comic line, and a ballsy move, whic...

UncleJoseph

Whatever you want to call it, I thought being able to mount a taser to anything with a rail was a good idea, though it seems that Taser has a similar product (X-rail). Would be nice to see a dedicated rail-mounted X2 or something similar that isn't so bulky. I watched this episode too. I am torn on...

UncleJoseph

So it's like a quick loader, but instead of taking the loader off the back of the rounds and setting it aside, the whole insert stays in the cylinder? I assume the gun has to be built to take this, or modified to? Or do you just basically remove the cylinder from the post and start slapping these i...

UncleJoseph

I'm taking the relaunch of the DC Universe as an excuse to finally stop giving the last tiny vestige of a fuck about DC, so I can't be of much help. The only comics I've purchased in the last few years, other than a few TPBs are Gotham Central, so I've been out of touch. The last one of those I bou...

UncleJoseph

Thinking of getting a subscription to the new Batman comic from our local shop. Anybody read it yet? Wondering if it's going to be worth a subscription.

UncleJoseph

UJ, if it were me, I think I'd rather have her carry something she can use from one hand if necessary rather than having to depend on a two-handed stance to operate the action. Have you looked at the Taurus 905 ? It's a clip-loaded 9x19mm J frame. It has an exposed hammer, but that can be bobbed if...

UncleJoseph

Hmm. Well, if training can't fix it with that gun, a J frame is something to consider. Yeah, we talked about wheel guns before we got the Kahr...she definitely wants an auto, mainly due to looks, but that's what she also is more familiar with...I can train the familiarity with with a wheel gun into...

UncleJoseph

Went shooting with my wife and her Kahr last night. Discovered that she has a tendency to limp-wrist it, causing both feeding and cycling problems. Those compact, short-cycle, stiff recoil springs are really susceptible to a short-stroke if you don't hold it firmly. After a few magazines we got her ...

UncleJoseph

I am a firm believer in "snap caps" for dry firing for practice. I find them useful as dummy rounds for doing malfunction drills, but not much else. Are you just using them for dry firing, or in combinations with other training methods (e.g. malfunction drills)? They used to be marketed f...

UncleJoseph

Hah...I've been watching it for the last 2 hours...ironic you posted about it as I was watching. Great show...

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