1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

I guess heat shields are good grounding points if you're British

 

1k?

Oh yea donuts to dollars it'll have rod knock

 

Have you already pre-qualified?

 

Did you miss the party? We all celebrated his pre approval the other day.

 

Yea now that I have a job where I'm not sitting on my ass all day wiring panels I don't have the spare time to hang out here as much as I want to

 

Here's a loop saw coming in after 3 years of service. It is looking noice given its age and what our customers do to their equipment.

Buuuuutt they never ran the Kubota at full throttle so the turbo and intake are so full of soot, and (I think) the injector pump has gone bad. However those engines are no longer EPA compliant and we're not parts/service dealers so he's gotta take it somewhere else to get it fixed.

I had to reset the circle tho cause it was cutting in spirals


Here's a compact I'm in the middle of building, Honda GX690 motor.. sucks with all the EPA regs on small engines it's not as compact as it used to be since having to add the charcoal system.

Good for the environment tho

 

Aren't most of those things EFI now (at least the ones that are gasoline)

 

My brother just finished this

 

9 hours since second shot. Arm feels like I got punched, but otherwise i feel normal. Hmmm.

 

A good realtor--one you get along with, and who knows the market you're shopping in--is worth their weight. I managed to buy a house last year. I found the listing online and texted my realtor. She replied "I've already got a showing booked." She also helped me draft a strong offer. Sometimes the details matter as much as the dollar amount.

You should still shop Redfin/Zillow/whatever to keep a feel for the market, though. I've found continuous browsing to be more useful than the MLS queries that realtors set up.

 

Not in power equipment lol

most are still carbureted although there are alot more options available. Honda Power Equipment made the first that was reliable and they stuck it in their 7000w inverter generator before selling a stand alone "power unit". The EU7000 came out 2016 (I think) and the stand alone 700cc power unit should be available for us to buy .. end of this year? Haha it was supposed to available for us as an OEM last year.. but the vid

 

Wait... you can’t work on it because it’s no longe EPA complaint? Wtf kind of bull is that?

 

Sorry I was typing fast and tried shorthanding a drawn-out answer.

We're an OEM but not a "service center" which some vendors (like Kubota among others) make a huge business distinction on. If that engine were still in production (which brand new V2403 engines are not because of increased emissions regulations) then we would have engines in stock and have a reason to buy replacement parts.

We switched from Kubota to Lombardini (not a typo they're Italian made diesel engines) new vendor new parts pricing models


So I say can't because we physically can't lol not because the EPA is actually stopping us

 

Well looks like I'm going to Indy in mid May for the Mecum auction. Gonna get my tetanus shot touched up beforehand though

 

Do they catch on fire?

 

Looks at Indiana Bois*

 

I said it before, 23andme is not a dating site

Looking at you Indiana

 

I bought a sedan too, but it's not a Camry.