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  1. FB71

    Mailman rides to Skull Valley Arizona 💀 a beautiful place with a murderous history.

    and my wife wonders what I find so attractive about that part of the country... :heart:
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    My first car

    '69 Bronco. 302 2v, three on the tree (non-synchro 1st), total rust bucket. Dad bought it for us to work on when I was 12 in the early 80s. Was a plow truck for a Ford dealer, then a high school project truck. Had 4"x8" I-beams for bumpers. Literally rose 2" when we cut them off. Manual...
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    Tool Box Rehab

    I LOVE those old Kennedy boxes! The tv shop I worked for in the late 80's/early 90's had them for field service. Even had a dedicated one for tubes, still... We sold Motorola/Matsushita/Quasar/Panasonic. Many of our customers still had their tube sets from the 60's.
  4. FB71

    Interesting new spark plug tech....plasma plugs

    Mitsu did something similar with a 'jet' valve. Rich initial mixture, then an air jet to lean the mix after combustion began.
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    Interesting new spark plug tech....plasma plugs

    and IIRC, Saturn/GM experimented heavily with plasma and ion-sensing ignition during their research on HCCI engines back in the 90's, too.
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    Interesting new spark plug tech....plasma plugs

    I've actually been following this for some time. Ford experimented with plasma ignition about twenty years ago, never put any emphasis on development. A significant volume of fuel is lost, unburned, via the exhaust. It's currently used to feed the catalytic converters to raise their temp, in...
  7. FB71

    XS650 Craigslist postings depository

    right down near DC, not too far from my work. Watching...
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    XS650 Craigslist postings depository

    crank walking apart maybe?
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    XS650 Craigslist postings depository

    '80 Special in Gaithersburg MD https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/821695192891274/
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    XS650 Craigslist postings depository

    2 for 1 '72s in Downingtown PA https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1659747851201744/
  11. FB71

    Sold / Found / Inactive - 1983 xs650 wheels and frame comes with parts

    I'm assuming no title for the frame?
  12. FB71

    Van Go

    I'll be honest, I don't have a lot of experience w/ FORscan. I'm an OE guy; I have unfettered access to IDS/FDRS/VMS, as that's what I need to teach. I need to spend more time with FORscan. However, I would suspect it's capable of the service bleed function. Unrelated, but I'm currently trying...
  13. FB71

    Van Go

    Only a half gallon? Service standards for a typical flush for any full size vehicle is a full gallon. Please remember that without a suitable scan tool, you can't properly flush the ABS hcu. Without one, you can safely and successfully flush the primary fluid circuits, but you're not replacing...
  14. FB71

    Rookie Mistake

    When I was 12, my dad helped me buy a basket case Zuke PE250 (neither of us had any idea!). Had to stand on a milk crate next to the bike just to get on it. First wrong kick sent me over the handlebars...
  15. FB71

    Electric Vehicles, Hybrids...Battery tech... Land Air and Sea. Let's See 'em.

    I've occasionally wondered about using shallow geothermal to provide a temperature differential to run a sterling motor, turning a low torque/low amp generator, in a large bank. Almost zero operating cost, and would run in either hot or cold weather...
  16. FB71

    New Ford Maverick

    It's an eCVT, nothing like the push-belt CVTs in pure ICE vehicles. The Mav (and all Ford fwd hybrids) are series/parallel hybrids. Inside the transaxle are two electric motor/generators, one directly driving the differential (traction m/g), and the other connected to both the engine and...
  17. FB71

    The second death of Craftsman tools, or why the biggest tool company in the world couldn’t make a wrench in America

    and just a personal side note; I worked at B&D back in '91 for less than a day... ;) Was hired as a draftsman, put on a CAD terminal (monochrome, wire frame rendering) in a cube farm furthest from any window. I couldn't do it, just didn't jive with my psyche. My friend Nick started there in the...
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    The second death of Craftsman tools, or why the biggest tool company in the world couldn’t make a wrench in America

    So, my best friend growing up is a VP with SB&D. He was one of the executive officers that that lead the "Bringing Manufacturing Back To The United States" project, starting in 2013. He helped open the Mission, Texas plant. He was VP of DeWalt at the time. He became VP of Supply Chain in '18. He...
  19. FB71

    Doug Funnie's Resurrection Project

    I've had great results with POR15 tank sealer on steel tanks. Not sure how it would work in a 'glass tank.
  20. FB71

    rear brake conversion

    a few pics here; https://www.xs650.com/threads/long-time-comin-82-heritage-restomod.51701/page-2
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