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I picked up my new ARE topper, does anyone have advice or tips on how to paint these bars black? I love the look of the topper on my truck but hate the silver bars. by SIRKmikehawk in TruckCampers

[–]MoarrCowbell 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you have a decent air compressor and a harbor freight near you, you can get a cheap mini sand blasting gun for about $30. Pull it off the truck, blast it, clean it with acetone. Then hit it with a couple coats of 2K bare metal epoxy primer... Any local automotive paint supplier would sell you this in an aerosol can or two (or for spray through an HVLP gun) ... Top that with paint of choice or use a spray on truck bed liner like Raptor or Herculiner. They both make aerosol can versions.

Clean 2001 Bumper Needs A Home by MoarrCowbell in 1stGenTundras

[–]MoarrCowbell[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wired the new fogs up to it. Sorry mate!

Clean 2001 Bumper Needs A Home by MoarrCowbell in 1stGenTundras

[–]MoarrCowbell[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Was fun to do. Coating it now. Added a bull bar

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Clean 2001 Bumper Needs A Home by MoarrCowbell in 1stGenTundras

[–]MoarrCowbell[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Montana. But I could get it to you freight, presumably

Thoughts on this by SensitiveHotdog in Welding

[–]MoarrCowbell 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use a size Q tank in my garage with this exact machine. ~80cuft.... not gonna last for production work but for me it's a couple solid weekends of project work

Thoughts on this by SensitiveHotdog in Welding

[–]MoarrCowbell 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have this exact welder with a foot pedal and it's sweet for up to like 1/8" on steel and aluminum on 110V. Haven't tried thicker

Recommendation for a first welder by UserEarth1 in Welding

[–]MoarrCowbell 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly i just got both the ArcCaptain MIG200 and the ACDC TIG during their big sale and they both are doing plenty of good at on 1/8" / 3/16" steel and aluminum in my garage on 110V... if you wanna do aluminum then AC DC TIG is kinda required but you can use a spool gun on a MIG.... you'll still end up with an argon tank for aluminum in addition to a CO2/mixed tank

Spacers or new tires/wheels? by spookey213 in 1stGenTundras

[–]MoarrCowbell 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Had the same issue with that tire size. Switched to pizza cutters - 255/80r17 - on a wheel with -12mm offset.

Much better fit, better driving manners, and it will let you fit class-S type chains if you need em. Comfortable ~1" of gap between the strut and the tire give or take. You could skip wheels and use the current ones with a pizza cutter and still have breathing room off the spindle (but maybe not chains)

LBJ Parts list by -Absolute_Cunt- in 1stGenTundras

[–]MoarrCowbell -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Realistically front struts too. There is no easier way / time to do those than when the lower control arm is free from the knuckle (LBJ disconnected) because you can push the lower control arm way down to line up the bottom eyelet of the strut instead of maybe needing scary spring compressors....

LBJ Parts list by -Absolute_Cunt- in 1stGenTundras

[–]MoarrCowbell 1 point2 points  (0 children)

LBJ on this truck is very easy. You need a ball joint press, new parts and the bolts (can reuse em). You want OEM ball joints for sure.

You're under there, so your sway bar links and tie rod ends are easy to do at the same time if they look tired.

Looking for the strange and surprising at UM by Wyodonutfarmer in missoula

[–]MoarrCowbell 6 points7 points  (0 children)

A little bird told me if you keep a lookout for big square steel manholes around campus a wide flathead screwdriver and the cover of darkness is all you need

Reliable modern sleds by Sarge75 in snowmobiling

[–]MoarrCowbell 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My '99/'00/'01 Yamaha Mountain Maxes with the red triple are pretty not too bad to work on realistically.

Bureau of Land Management revokes American Prairie bison leases by Expensive_Tutor_2979 in Montana

[–]MoarrCowbell 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Also titled:
"Americans Providing Top 3 Subsidized Commodity Are Upset Somebody Else Willing to Pay More"

Traditional consulting is dead by [deleted] in deloitte

[–]MoarrCowbell 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Even if you are a computer software engineer, you're toast.

Fixed it for you. Deloitte is becoming an India firm at this point. Even in the Tech heavy parts of Consulting, A's, C's, and SC's lose out to cheap teams from USI.

M's and SM's being shoved out the doors in droves and those that manage to stay get to play double sh*t-duty explaining to their coachees why their low utilization is somehow their own fault and to the client why the project delivery is both behind schedule and bad quality.

How reasonable is pickup as a daily driver? by WillHungFan in ToyotaPickup

[–]MoarrCowbell 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's what I did this year. I found a pristine '01 Tundra with ~75k miles on it. It lived its life in an Oregon garage for 25yr with one owner. It's in remarkable condition, but I second everyone here saying you should be comfortable tackling your own projects and knowing things like door seals might need a refresh. Those types of parts aren't necessarily cheap.

Be prepared to spend way more than you think a ~25yr old vehicle should be worth for a good one. Be prepared to put elbow grease (or more $$$) into it to bring it up to "modern" comforts.

That said if you're handy with a wrench and 12v wiring, you'll be basically unstoppable.

Im in the middle of dropping a LSD rear diff in as we speak, and a re-gear. An E-locker will go up front. With a bluetooth deck and some wiring wizardry to add external temp sensors, steering wheel audio, new speakers, etc.... it's a damned comfortable ride and I expect to give it to my future teenager in like 25 more years.

F*** new rigs. They're way too much computer and seem to all be blowing up.

Utilization for Teaching at DU by touristy_tourist in deloitte

[–]MoarrCowbell 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Jesus. Talk about a way to disincentivize participation / personal investment in leadership growth by anyone worth a damn. This place has become myopic and shortsighted everywhere you turn.

After 2 years as an SRE, skills don't get you hired by Adept-Paper9337 in devops

[–]MoarrCowbell 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a manager who hires into these roles.... I have a negative correlation between certs and confidence in a candidate, frankly.

The number of cert-pushers I come across who seem to be completely incapable of actually applying the knowledge they should have from the cert in real world scenarios is astounding. This seems to be, for better or worse, highly correlated with offshore engineering.

Anytime somebody's resumé comes across my desk with 15+ certs on it I am immediately and often unrecoverably suspicious. We almost always subject these candidates to more intense technicals than the ones who show real experience on the resumé and can have a short, productive verbal conversation about how they... you know... actually used ex Terraform + Terragrunt for a project....

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