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  1. Torch

    4 wheel drive conversion (cruiser/hauler and NOT a mud bug or rock crawler)

    I'm going to have a custom graphix company make me up some small "f150 hiboy" decals for the 2000 Dana 44 high pinion solid front axle Modest lift divorced transfercase Scored pair of 1999 landcruiser leather buckets that match my grey interior they are shaped just like the King Ranch seats...
  2. Torch

    4 wheel drive conversion (cruiser/hauler and NOT a mud bug or rock crawler)

    I also just learned the 1977 f150/bronco calipers have a 73mm piston And 1973-1978 LTD, Thunderbird etc. calipers have 79mm pistons... ... And they are a bolt in swap on the f150 to improve braking.
  3. Torch

    4 wheel drive conversion (cruiser/hauler and NOT a mud bug or rock crawler)

    Ive got the body off the frame on the 77 supercab. sold the engine and have the frame in the garage getting ready to blow it apart for sandblasting and welding in the 4 wheel drive crossmember The 2000 f150 4x4 conversion project is warming back up as well. I'm currently tearing down the dana...
  4. Torch

    1951 Mercury 4 door

    I'm itching to Earthman getting close to having room to work here inside currently tearing down my dana 44 fronts for the 2 4x4 conversions. I'm going to drop some poly in the garage where i can run my exhaust fan to do a bunch of media blasting. hope to get chopping and welding on the trucks...
  5. Torch

    1951 Mercury 4 door

    I'm coming along nicely in getting my place cleaned up. I still have a 77 and a 2000 f150 blown apart for restoration and dana 44 solid axle swaps (4x4 conversion) And the 63 skylark gasser/superstock project And the 57 ford 300 ex gasser restomod So i decided to take a pass on the 1951...
  6. Torch

    I wouldn't hate country so much....

    I got kicked out of nashville This record producer calls me up and tells me he wants to make me a star I said "but I can't sing" he says that's alright we have people who can sing. I said "But I ain't much to look at" He said that's okay we have a lot of pretty faces down here. I said "But I...
  7. Torch

    Need some ebay help, bad seller

    problem with chinese stuff is there is no manfacturer's insurance and the distributor is liable for claims. rememver the issue with the chinese leaving out the gum rubber layer in the tires that seperated? the chinese didn't have to pay it was the US distributor. Hope that identifies the right...
  8. Torch

    Dead battery-Tools

    YOU CAN BUY THE BATTERIES YOURSELF AND RELOAD YOUR HOUSING they don't solder them they use a spotwelder to attatch the tabs. You can upgrade to a higher milliamp hour rated battery and have better charge life. The services that do this.... for the cost of the service you can spend a little...
  9. Torch

    Not trying to start anything

    One guy who turned out to be a schmuck hired me to move some walls, jack up and straighten the floors, ripout the lath and plaster, insulate and drywall a house he wanted to flip. he agreed to my bid... So after i went in there and hauled off several loads of garbage left behind by the previous...
  10. Torch

    Not trying to start anything

    To work around the aprehension people have with puttting money up front for a project when i'm doing a construction project for someone and i don;t have the cash to fund it i prefer to pre-order my materials and set it up with an invoice number and allow the customer to go to the store or pay...
  11. Torch

    Shipping woes with my project

    i wonder if it;s some NSA or TSA hacks opening packages lookign for bombs and just throwing **** away. there is some cover up involved here because it's happening between the sender and the reciever somewhere in the system.
  12. Torch

    Shipping woes with my project

    I ordered a steering arm for my project and the USPS box came opened with nothing inside. the seller said ti was not the first and thought someone was stealing out of the mailboxes. The postal inspector said if the package was opened and empty the postman would have reported it. I told him AND...
  13. Torch

    Not trying to start anything

    Cocain's a helluva drug lol I'll bet there's substance abuse in this story somewhere. it never ends well for an abuser to have too much cash on hand. Seen many entrepreneurial businesses die by cartel. or otherwise you can bet when you see biker gang cuts at shop parties the thing is history...
  14. Torch

    Steering box

    depends on which way the arm goes/ You have to imagine it installed and see if the arm will rotate the right way or if it will have reversed steering. Physically mounting the box on it's side won't make it leak or aything like that. that's okay. if it goes the wrong way use a steering box that...
  15. Torch

    Expanding FOAM!

    That's funny bam I can see a guy going postal over it
  16. Torch

    More rod fodder

    I'd tune it up and drive it ;D
  17. Torch

    hairbrained invention NO 3958674737

    good names lol very funny
  18. Torch

    Expanding FOAM!

    [cl oh my goodness looks more like she was attacked- none on her hands and junk in her hair but a dang funny picture
  19. Torch

    Expanding FOAM!

    lol good one billy i have a brand new 390 I've never assembled that was oiled down and bagged under my workbench since about 2004 i looked the other day and the dang thing needs the crank cleaned up now and the block and heads cleaned up. rust everywhere and my garage is dry. i'm afraid to open...
  20. Torch

    Wiring question!

    There could have been some resistance from a marginal connection in the thing that melted. corrosion even a microscopic layer is a bugger. ever buy a brand new LED flashlight and a while later it cuts out on you and you have to jiggle it? scotchbrite on the battery ends and connection fixes that...
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