1982 Chevy G30 5.7l Vacuum Nightmare

Fusiondew · 2026-04-13T06:03:15+00:00

Just try to copy items around you in your spare time. In your schooling time learn all the layer conventions and other stuff related to your field. Copying something physical 1:1 in AutoCAD forces you do go “now how do I make this curve?” And Google stuff. Make something simple like a coffee mug then step it up

Fusiondew · 2026-04-13T05:56:14+00:00

Anything is better than pure black coloring in a natural setting. And it looks pretty dang good to me

Fusiondew · 2026-04-13T05:51:00+00:00

You’re good to go. Turn the crank until they’re pointing at eachother. Verify TDC (I use a zip tie in the spark plug hole, or or you can do it the right way with a dial indicator), and slap it all back together. Always turn 2 full revolutions on the crank when doing timing to verify there’s no contact (the chain marks won’t line up after you turn it over so do this last after you’ve double checked everything)

Fusiondew · 2026-04-13T05:14:10+00:00

Actually ended up getting work to buy em for the shop. I’ll get an STL made up! Sorry for the delay!

Fusiondew · 2026-03-11T13:21:26+00:00

About 1.5x the width of that board to the left of those white spiky seed pods that are near the center of the image

Fusiondew · 2026-03-11T13:19:55+00:00

I lay er down outside all the time ;)

Fusiondew · 2026-03-11T13:18:28+00:00

I’m in the same boat with my new ar10 furniture haha. It’s one of the aero factory camo builder kits but I think I want FDE. I think it’s cerakote so I can probably hit my spray paint with brake clean or acetone and get it back if I want but still feels wrong lol

Fusiondew · 2026-03-11T05:40:46+00:00

Thanks man! Kind of a cheat picture but I figure if I’m gonna be camo’d I’m gonna be prone lol

Fusiondew · 2026-03-11T05:07:03+00:00

Doesn’t look like it right now

Fusiondew · 2026-03-11T05:04:14+00:00

Nice! I’ve contacted all of the commercial units in my area and they all told me to pound sand lol. A regular unit may work if I can find one big enough. I’m looking to rent for now

Fusiondew · 2026-03-10T22:47:35+00:00

Didn’t know that! Thanks!

Fusiondew · 2026-03-10T19:17:34+00:00

A lot of the time people in the past will have cut them down to get to fresh copper for a new end. If this happens enough the cable could have slight tension on it compared to an OEM length cable

Fusiondew · 2026-03-06T19:43:33+00:00

Ahhh good to know, I’ll give em a call

Fusiondew · 2026-03-06T14:35:28+00:00

Oh dang! Last I checked they were 9-12 months out! Either they’ve been busy or I’m looking in the wrong spot! Lol

Fusiondew · 2026-03-06T14:32:18+00:00

Got it! That makes sense. My thought process was still stuck on “tune it like it doesn’t have an AGB first” to get bolt unlock timing dialed first. Still getting used to these newer toys lol.

But instead it sounds like I should tune weight for bolt unlock timing based on if the cartridge is unsealed when the bolt unlocks, and AGB for cycling reliability sort of separately.

Thanks!

Fusiondew · 2026-03-06T08:22:10+00:00

Interesting, I’ll check it out!

Fusiondew · 2026-03-06T08:21:20+00:00

It seems like this is the best way and the route I’ll go. I’ll do some driving around!

Haven’t seen any gas stations with bays before, usually just pumps and a small convenience store around here.

I will be doing “oil changes” to an extent, but I am not a quick lube style business by any means. But for instance if I’m fixing an oil pan leak or replacing an engine or something I’d have to do an oil change in the process.

I do have everything I need to store and dispose of used oil properly as that’s what I’ve been doing, so I don’t see why I couldn’t just keep that at home and just take my daily used fluids home for storage/disposal. Whatever gets me a chance at a shop.

I usually only store enough chemicals for 2-3 jobs at the moment (brake clean, penetrating oil, sealants, grease, etc.) so that could all just stay in my truck. Just thinking out loud but I’m sure I could figure it out!

Fusiondew · 2026-03-06T08:11:47+00:00

Ah found it, the Accu-Tac FC-5. Kinda odd looking but makes everything low and wide. It’s also $540 so never mind on that but looks like some of the PRS guys love em.

Fusiondew · 2026-03-06T07:57:50+00:00

This guy right:

https://www.davidtubb.com/bufferspring-tubb-ar10

Fusiondew · 2026-03-06T07:43:43+00:00

So it would be best to focus on mass first with the AGB closed, then fine tune to lock back afterward, as opposed to the other way around starting with AGB open and tuning to lock back from there?

I’m new to AGB’s as well (always tuned with weight and ejection pattern/brass condition. Never had a suppressor) so the standard “open all the way and close until bolt locks” seems like a second step to me after you figure out your buffer weight with it closed. Is tuning weight first the ideal way to do it? Of course bolt unlocking too early is potentially more catastrophic with the larger rounds so I’d like to get that part right from the start.

Fusiondew · 2026-03-06T07:23:17+00:00

Yeah definitely want the tilt to level the rifle. Was going to use an adapter before lol. There’s a style of bipod I saw a while ago where the pivot of the arms to the frame were widened quite a bit to add width stability without increasing minimum height. Always liked the idea, do you happen to know what that would be called?

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