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Did you mount exactly to instruction location? Seems I remember people fudging that a little.

 

Damn,they make fun of me at work for keeping all my wrenches lined up. thats anal on the hammer drawer LOL... I like

 

I did mine per the directions - no problems

 

Yes Tim. I didn’t want to try to reinvent the wheel on this one.

The locations are important, especially when the shock collapses in the closing position. If the bottom mount on the inner fender is to far out from the fire wall it would bottom out, and the hood wouldn’t close.
I think peeps are moving the hood mount location further out so the hood raises more. The Hood sits at the same height as the OEM hood prop on my 3rd gen, and once unlatched it goes up smoothly. I left the prop installed, so when repairs are necessary you can unlatch the struts for easy access from the fenders into the engine bay. Hope this helps.

 

Cool I'm gonna get that done soon.

 

Yessir.

 

Me three

 

https://youtu.be/1iAYhQsQhSY

 

Thanks Anthony
I agree on the should be an OEM Thing!

 

Yea. It’s not the greatest stuff. Nor does it last long. I can’t even recall the last time i bought something there. But for a one time use, thought it would work.

 

@Casper66 thats a good looking job on that hitch. Be sure to let us know how it works.

 

If you are going to buy a pop rivet gun

$40 Sherman Marson 39000 HP-2 Professional Hand Riveter

https://www.amazon.com/Marson-39000-HP-2-Professional-Riveter/dp/B00063Y1F6
or spendy

$105 Malco 2IN1 Hand Riveter

https://www.amazon.com/Malco-2IN1-H...64262&sr=8-3&keywords=malco+2in1+hand+riveter

The Marson if you look on Ebay find one that is stamped Chelsea Mass it is actually made there , they got bought out and the ones stamped Stoughton Mass are made in Taiwan... There is another made in Germany by Gesipa NT X nice unit seriously pricey have only used their battery ones regularly they worked well but gravity function checked badly at least the batteries did. Gesipa NT X

I have both and OEM Marson and a Taiwan one and though the fit and finish on the Taiwan one is not as nice as the OEM it functions well and you can get parts for them for ever. I gather think you might not use it enough to warrant spending for a quality one and you may be right but it will always work so...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Marson-HP2...714310?hash=item1ca369f446:g:U2IAAOSwGINanDBv

It is called Harbor Fright for a reason .. Granted some shop supplies are cheap and good enough and maybe a tool or two but that is about it one and done tools is all really. I will say this there are guys that like their tool boxes for cost and ease of incorporating them into custom shops and they have a welding cart "Vulcan" which is pretty damn heavy duty for them.

Cypher

 

Was looking at a el cheapo guitar at the truckstop. 175$. I played it a bit, and the first thing I noticed is the tuners were junk and needed to be upgraded. Probably would need a lot of stuff upgraded. Not interested in spending hundreds of dollars on a guitar that is probably 100$ overpriced. I’m still looking for something for the truck. Not interested in taking my PRS, but I did pick it up for about half price so I might pick up another and take whichever I don’t like better with me.

 

Thanks, I got it all finished up today. I had to lengthen the wiring harness and relocate the safety chains. It's been fun so far now on to the next phase.

 

Looking good Chris! Guaranteed not to rust, bust or Collect Dust! Nice Job. Looks like your side-kick is also happy with the Results!

 

She's curled up beside me rt now on the sofa. I wore her out chasing her ball

 

Nice! They sure do love those tennis balls! Lol

 

Nice work Chris!!

 

I get the cheap stuff for the volunteers that just need to tighten up loose hinges or light covers. I did fill up the tool box for the "Mother's Day Tool Box" there. Brightly colored, easy to replace, keep her put of my tool chest and leaving my screw drivers throughout the house. But yes, a lot of one and done. Anything after that is a bonus.

 

Picked up a new client today for July and August. That gets me up to 5 places for the summer. This may turn into a decent retirement gig yet.