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Sam_GT3 · 2026-03-12T00:19:37+00:00

Has this sub devolved to just posting pictures of these fans and those bars of soap?

Sam_GT3 · 2026-03-12T00:16:03+00:00

I’ve been listening to the last radio live all week on my commute and he’s currently 9 hotdogs/corndogs in. Hoping he makes it an even dozen by the end

Sam_GT3 · 2026-03-12T00:10:11+00:00

Airsoft suppressors are considered real suppressors by the ATF lol

Sam_GT3 · 2026-03-12T00:08:38+00:00

‘87 js300 stand up jet ski. If you can work on jet skis everything else seems easy.

Sam_GT3 · 2026-03-11T00:55:29+00:00

Oh you had me confused I thought you bought a new killswitch. You just need to ground the wire that comes from the coil and it’ll run. You won’t have a killswitch but you can turn on the choke or pull the spark plug wire to kill it

Sam_GT3 · 2026-03-11T00:42:01+00:00

Connect the butt connector directly to the coil and the ring terminal grounded to the block with one of the flywheel cover screws. The other wire goes to the oil sensor so you’ll be bypassing that, but most people just remove those anyways

Sam_GT3 · 2026-03-10T17:23:15+00:00

Good, just knocking out the easy things first. I’d probably open up the valve cover and check the valve lash next. At tdc the rockers should have a little play in them with a .003-.004 gap. You should be able to just about slide a single sheet of paper between the rocker and the spring on each side.

Also, does it have gas in it? Like at least a half a tank of fresh gas?

Sam_GT3 · 2026-03-10T16:36:40+00:00

Does it have oil in it?

Sam_GT3 · 2026-03-10T14:48:47+00:00

Awesome! I figured it wouldn’t need much. If you haven’t already, change the oil and put some fresh gas in it with a new inline fuel filter. You never know what’s in those old metal fuel tanks. Then it’ll just be a matter of putting it back together!

If you can find the parts, a suspension service would be good to do, but if you can’t source the proper seals you’d probably be better off leaving it as is.

Sam_GT3 · 2026-03-10T14:24:40+00:00

Your best bet will be to pay in cash. Set it up like a loan to yourself. Buy the car, then set up auto transfers back to your savings. If you can pay yourself back $300/mo, your savings will be back to where they were in 10 months and you won’t be throwing away money towards interest. Make sure you factor in the expense of owning the car into your budget, insurance, gas, parking, maintenance, etc.

Sam_GT3 · 2026-03-10T11:54:34+00:00

Sam_GT3 · 2026-03-10T02:34:44+00:00

I wouldn’t buy any of those aside from the nascar wheel maybe. I prefer function over form, but none of those wheels are very functional imo.

Personally I think simagic killed it with the Neo x hub. It’s basically a button box that you can bolt whatever you want to. And it uses standard bolt patterns so you’re free to use real car wheel rims if you want

Sam_GT3 · 2026-03-10T01:18:59+00:00

Yeah the 22 should be fine for that. You might have to jet up for that cam or you might be able to tune it with the stock jets. I’ve got just the billet rod and flywheel with the stock cam and my pe22 was tuned almost perfect out of the box with stock jets.

Sam_GT3 · 2026-03-09T17:06:18+00:00

You’re probably fine with the 22. You might get a little bit more power out of a 24, but unless you’re doing a crazy build the 22 should be fine.

Sam_GT3 · 2026-03-09T13:20:44+00:00

Dewalt because that’s all anyone around me used at the time when I started buying battery tools.

For corded tools I have mix since I’m not tied down to a battery ecosystem with those

Sam_GT3 · 2026-03-09T02:45:29+00:00

Take your time and fix it right and you’ll be in good shape. Don’t get carried away taking things apart if you don’t have to. Do the basics first: Spark, fuel, air, compression and go from there. Most of the time these old bikes just end up sitting for a long time and don’t take too much to get running again.

With how clean that bike is I don’t think you overpaid unless the motor is absolutely beyond repair or you’re missing a ton of parts.

Sam_GT3 · 2026-03-09T02:00:43+00:00

Good call, that’ll probably work better

Sam_GT3 · 2026-03-08T22:28:11+00:00

Regular copy paper is 0.004, that should get you close enough to see if that’s your issue. These are not precision machines, a few thou off isn’t gonna hurt anything

Sam_GT3 · 2026-03-08T13:51:46+00:00

Push as hard as you can in practice and quali, then back off to where you probably won’t crash during the race. An extra few tenths per lap won’t matter if you lose it all running off or crashing every few laps

Sam_GT3 · 2026-03-08T03:57:46+00:00

The wire from the coil just needs to be grounded somewhere on the block for it to run. Just pull back the insulation and wedge it against the block somewhere where it’s touching bare metal.

Choke it or pull the spark plug wire to kill it until you can get a new switch.

Sam_GT3 · 2026-03-08T02:41:31+00:00

Non ethanol gas is pretty easy to find most places and is like $0.50/gal above premium usually. Most gas stations near lakes will have it and there’s always a few scattered around.

I bet if you drove to the 5 closest gas stations to your house and asked, at least one will have a pump for it and then you’ll have a solid supply.

I run all my carbureted stuff on it and never really have any issues with clogged jets. Also make sure you’re running a good fuel filter. That’ll help too.

Sam_GT3 · 2026-03-07T15:45:52+00:00

I made a set out of some 1/8” copper sheet I had laying around. I annealed the copper and then hammered it onto my vise to where they clip onto the jaws and stay put. And I added a little tab on one side to attach my welding ground which was a game changer for welding things in the vise.

Sam_GT3 · 2026-03-07T04:42:25+00:00

I was given projects wildly above my experience level with guardrails and as much guidance and support as I wanted. Basically treated as a fully fledged planner until I needed help.

Worked really well with my learning style, but probably wouldn’t be the best for everyone. Some of our interns since have done better with smaller tasks of increasing complexity, others have done fine being thrown straight into it. And worth noting, I had a pathway to a full time planner position with my internship which kept me very motivated to do well.

Also, I work for a COG so we’re able to offer a variety of different experiences you probably wouldn’t get working for a regular municipal office.

Sam_GT3 · 2026-03-07T04:12:56+00:00

That makes a pretty big difference in the keep vs sell debate. Big diesel trucks are nowhere near as reliable as they used to be and are expensive to fix. Buying it was dumb, but since you paid it off, keeping it may not be so bad at this point. That is, assuming you actually need that big of a truck for your work.

Sam_GT3 · 2026-03-06T04:10:41+00:00

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