AZ BS Thread 4²0

Boker kihon is a very nice and solid knife, have used/had one around for a good 5 years now. I’ve owned some of the makers (Lucas burnley) mid tech/custom ones that get into the 1-3k range and man they are damn nice.

 

Happy Friday AZ Crew

 

Looking around a bit more, I did find a few Bokers that look nice and are more affordable.

 

Any chance anyone has a masonry guy for block walls? Looking to add a level to my side yards for privacy. Not having good luck with company quotes locally

 

I am a big fan of Cold Steel knives and this is now my daily carry. https://www.coldsteel.com/air-lite-drop-point-1/
For a fixed blade I have purchased an Esee-3 which stays in my hunting backpack and is awesome. https://eseeknives.com/product/esee-3-3d-handle

Before the Cold Steel the old Gerber was my work horse. For the price you just cannot beat them.

 

A couple of my neighbors were looking into this. One just did it without a permit. Then he went through a long process of fines and a trip to planning and zoning for a variance ($500) and double permit fee for not doing it in advance. Phx zoning allows 6', a variance is required for a max of 7'. Plant some fast growing hedge and let it grow 10'.....no permit or city BS required.

 

My Pup found a tasty treat last night. She doesn't want to come inside anymore.

 

got that natural bones haha

@KingOfTheNorth sorta looks like remy and stella haha

 

Morning Bill!

 

My main edc is a kershaw as the price works for me how much I go thru them. Also keep a milwaukee razor blade knife in the truck.

Pretty close. Found a little rez puppy while I was down in Supia yesterday that looked just like stella with the light blue eyes.

 

This is new. Usually you’ll see Bluetooth driveshafts or axles on something like Sema builds. Never seen Bluetooth diffs

 

i like Cold Steel,,, i been carrying the OG Bushman for the better part of 30 yrs now

 

Sitting here damn near done with my bumper install and last time I seen my split ring pliers my 5 year old was "helping" dad organize the tool box.

Fack!

 

This would be a really good/easy time to install a JDFab subframe...

 

How goes the travels, where are you guys?

 

I have 0-3” 2.5 Fox IFP coilovers on the stock 13” 600lb springs and am getting close to 2” of lift on A LOT of preload or threads showing. I was shooting for a minimum of 2.5” but close to 3”. Stock front end, no aftermarket weight. I am considering going to 700lb springs and getting them tuned because I have a hybrid bumper on order OR am thinking about just buying a set of Kings with 700lb springs because they don’t charge an additional fee and selling these foxes. After $200 for springs and then another $250-$400 for labor I’d be close to being $2k into these $1400 coilovers. Pretty annoying.

 

Down the road, for sure, when the money and time is right, I’ll do the whole front end at once. The front diff was really easy to remove so I’m not opposed to pulling it again when needed. Right now my main goal is getting things setup the best I can for towing my camper on highway, up the big hills. Next will be an upgraded transmission cooler. Should be mostly done with this phase after that.

 

I can’t speak for scan gauge as I use OBD fusion.
I towed a 5klb TT from Goodyear to flagstaff 6 weeks ago and saw pan temps as high as high as 202’ and torque converter temps as high as 227’. I did have the thermostat pinned. Also got 11.5mpg for the 150 mile journey which surprised me.
The pan temp will vary a few degrees a minute and the TC will fluctuate by the second. Are you able to monitor the lock up status of the TC? It’s key to keeping temps down.