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    Lets hear your suggestions for a winch for a car trailer.

    I have 9500LB winch mounted on a receiver hitch on front of trailer w/ battery box & toolbox with a shelf welded in it for chains, ratchet straps etc. Use the large battery out of our RV & also bring along a good HD set of long jumper cables to jump off the truck if need be...yes... had to do...
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    Need Quick Garage Cost Info ASAP !!

    Add a bathroom... you'll be glad you did! I put in a bathroom with a shower, washer & dryer. Shower comes in handy occasionally if you have a super dirty or oily job you're working on & washer & dryer to wash all your dirty clothes in so you're not getting the wife's appliances greasy grimey!
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    David (little nut) Vs Goliath (me)

    Have you tried putting a little heat on the nut with a torch? i have found using some heat on stubborn nuts & bolts works wonders!
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    Does anyone remember these?

    Nice apparel ..... I remember the oil spouts well!!! Worked at a Skelly station & a DX station... (later turned DX Sunoco...then Sunoco. Still have some spouts laying around.
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    Blank canvas, steel sided 40x60 pole barn. Thoughts on insulating, electrical, heating???

    Since its a blank canvas... Put in a floor drain (nice for washing cars...or letting snow/ice melt off) & how about a bathroom? My shop has bat insulation with blown insulation in attic...heat with LP Gas ( maintain at 50 degrees since i have water & a bathroom) also have wood furnace that we...
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    Shop layout recommendations?

    You'll be glad you put in the bathroom... Put in a small pit & drain for washing vehicles... Really makes it nice washing vehicles in the winter... add a large cement approach outside... (to wash things off or do a quick job outside...) Deep sink out side bathroom for washing greasy hands or...
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    MOOG front end parts.

    I got Moog steering parts through OReilly's. They had to order them but only took a couple days.
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    Blank canvas, steel sided 40x60 pole barn. Thoughts on insulating, electrical, heating???

    My shop building is 40 x 80. I finished of the front 1/2 with bat insulation in the walls & blown insulation in the ceiling. Walls are covered in white steel. All wiring is outside of wall run through conduit. Lighting is T8 fluorescent. The back 1/2 was originally just going to be used for...
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    I was at The new shop today my son bought.

    Nice place!!!! NEVER have enough room!!! Is your son going to live in the house?
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    Lift Bundle End Supports repurpose thread

    Nice end pieces... I got some pieces similar to those made out of rectangular steel tubing... at a fabrication truck place i worked at... a heavy piece was shipped to us in this container...I cut the pieces I wanted off of the container & I bought a sheet of 3/8" thick steel for the top... It...
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    Brakes Pulling

    Thanks to everyone for answering to my problem...I have drum brakes front & rear... alignment was checked prior to new wheels & tires...the brakes have been on car for awhile & have been working great until I really had to stop in a hurry then just started pulling from side to side the last...
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    Brakes Pulling

    Hi... Need some advice....My 66 Barracuda front brakes have just started pulling when applied fast & hard... thought they were just out of adjustment so adjusted them up...that helped some initially. The brakes now pull to the left or the right when applied hard...(never know which way they will...
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    Decisions....Gas or Diesel

    Hi ..... I want to thank all the responses I received on my post awhile back asking for opinions on whether to buy a gas or diesel Ram 2500 truck. It was very a tough decision to make. In the end we decided to buy new vs. used... Only $3K to $5K difference between used & new once we figured in...
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    Need 4-post lift capacity recommendation

    I have a Forward 4 post 9000 LB lift....& had the company (small mom & pop company) deliver & set up for me... it was a little spendier than some models but very good quality. I really like it. I went with the 9000 LB so that I could lift 4x4 pickups, my skidloader or small tractors. I also...
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    Decisions....Gas or Diesel

    Thanks SO much for all the replies!!! Sorry... I didn't say how we were going to use the new tow vehicle...For the most part it will just sit...we have a Ram 1500 that will take over most of the driving .....unless the wife & I are going in opposite directions on certain days. We live in NE...
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    Decisions....Gas or Diesel

    Wife & I upgraded our travel trailer camper this past year... Its 34.5 ft overall...6820 dry weight... & probably at least another 1000 lbs by the time you get everything in it to camp for 2-4 weeks at a time? Now we are going to upgrade the tow vehicle as well... Looking at Ram 2500s... Now the...
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    2 Post lift location question....

    I put my lift in as far as possible .... with room to walk around vehicle on the lift...and enough space to pull in a vehicle behind the lift to work on as well.
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    Car Lift

    I have a Forward 9000 lb 4 post lift... bought 2 rolling hyd jacks for it also...can lift all 4 wheels in air that way....the jacks have arms that swing out like a 2 post does to reach a solid point on car to lift from. A little over $4grand set up... best money spent!!! Also use it to store...
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    MERRY CHRISTMAS

    Merry Christmas to you & yours!!!
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    One tool every gearhead should have and why

    light weight /powerful composite 3/8 & 1/2 drive air impact wrenches... also a must have would be auto darkening welder helmet!!!
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    New toolbox

    Toolboxes are alot like shops/garages..... they're NEVER big enough!!!!!!
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    Bumper Chrome Cracked

    Well, finally broke down and bought a pair of rechromed bumpers for my 66 Barracuda, to finish the restoration. The rear one went on fine with no issues. The front one had always had a tweak to it it, possibly brackets being tweaked a little also. I used a die grinder and tapered bit to elongate...
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    Pentastar Emblem

    I was wondering... were the Pentastar emblems on just the cars or were they also on pickups? Thanks, Ralph
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    plastic trim pieces

    The pieces I'm looking for are for another project car... a 77 Buick Lasabre, looking for the inside B pillar interior trim. This trim is so brittle that even touching it, it crumbles. Thought if anyone knew of a place that could make them I'd be back in business. These two interior pieces &...
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    plastic trim pieces

    Hi All, Was wondering if there is a place that can remanufacture plastic trim pieces that are nonexistent? If you can remove broken pieces and send them in could a place remanufacture them? Thanks, Ralph
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    It was Mopar, free, & rusty. Should be an easy restoration though.

    was cool piece before but now that its restored its beautiful
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    SBP Wheels

    Can I go with 14x7 or 15x7 on all 4 wheels on my 66 Barracuda? Would like all 4 rims to be the same size if possible. Thanks, Ralph
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    SBP Wheels

    Does anyone offer SBP rims anymore? Would like either chrome steelies w/baby moons or Crager spokes. I have Keystone Classics but they are beginning to peel real bad. Going on 66 Barracuda. Thanks, Ralph
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    66 Cuda bumpers

    Dont know if this is the place to ask, but will front bumper off a 66 Valiant interchange perfectly with a 66 Barracuda? Thanks
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