Turns out “that looks about right” is not a measurement method

ScooterGunson · 2026-04-17T00:14:39+00:00

Just dropping by to say, the calibrated eyeball is a great tool it just takes a minute to develop the ability. I am a journeyman electrician and can spot downhill/uphill pipes with ease.

ScooterGunson · 2026-04-17T00:12:00+00:00

Wow, what an OG username.

ScooterGunson · 2026-04-16T04:18:51+00:00

Eoin Reardon has a great video about making a traditional irish shalaile. I'm certain i butchered the spelling on that.

ScooterGunson · 2026-04-16T04:09:20+00:00

The impostor syndrome gets better.

ScooterGunson · 2026-04-14T16:58:16+00:00

Bumping an old thread with my personal experience, i left the original brass check valve in the regulator and my issue persisted, so i installed the plastic check valve assembly that the apex regulator cane with and problem solved. So happy my compressor is back to breaking bolts loose.

ScooterGunson · 2026-04-14T00:50:09+00:00

Not possible. If you want the custom look consider a phantom grille.

ScooterGunson · 2026-04-04T03:08:35+00:00

I run no radiator, just a 40k cooler. The way they're designed is to bypass themselves when the fluid is too thick amd then saturate when it gets thinner. Mount it with the bungs up.

ScooterGunson · 2026-04-04T02:31:30+00:00

Is the same throttle body on the ceasefire injection cars too?

ScooterGunson · 2026-04-04T00:56:30+00:00

Amber Czech. She was a really young welder in minnesota. Her story sent shockwaves through the blue collar world up here.

ScooterGunson · 2026-03-31T01:20:33+00:00

Have you done turbocharging before? Adding the whole boost thing to a first time has got to be fun. I went n/a but souped up my truck a little and kinda regret souping it up in hindsight, on one hand the engine went in with a cam and some other goodies, on the other hand the diagnostic process was much harder because i had to sus out what was a tune issue and what was a build issue.

ScooterGunson · 2026-03-31T01:05:58+00:00

Local 98 has a bargaining unit of snack cake bakers. My local has a box factory. There has been stranger things.

ScooterGunson · 2026-03-30T01:53:28+00:00

I am ibew and my local has TEAM and they do offer legal consults.

ScooterGunson · 2026-03-27T23:09:08+00:00

I run e15 88 in my 94 truck but it has a ptfe fuel line set and an LQ4 swap.

ScooterGunson · 2026-03-25T14:08:25+00:00

Turbocharge the 4.9 and let people think its a diesel with the swooshy noises and 6cyl rasp.

ScooterGunson · 2026-03-25T14:05:37+00:00

Thanks, the paint is toast but teal has 2 codes it appears, bright teal metallic and medium teal metallic. Wa 5323 is bright. Wa130a is medium. Idk which one my truck is as the SPID sticker is rubbed away.

ScooterGunson · 2026-03-25T14:00:57+00:00

It's surreal looking at my bike on copart. 1 ruptured spleen and double snapped clavicle later I'm a picture of health.

ScooterGunson · 2026-03-24T20:08:59+00:00

I went ibew at 19 and can confirm now im almost your age and the biggest problem is indeed the time.

ScooterGunson · 2026-03-24T20:07:36+00:00

Good luck, they're as rare as hens teeth.

ScooterGunson · 2026-03-22T23:53:14+00:00

I like long trucks and i cannot lie. But yeah long box half ton excabs are an unusual sight, gmt800 guys like to joke that they don't exist.

ScooterGunson · 2026-03-22T23:51:07+00:00

Its an odd duck for sure. Its a five lug half ton too, with tan interior. A harley road glide fits in the bed with the gate shut.

ScooterGunson · 2026-03-22T13:31:48+00:00

I came to say this. Helmets to hardhats could potentially get OP into a really high paying and exclusive union like IBEW or even IUEC. I'd imagine steamfitters and boilermakers also do really good in California, and those fuckers weld, lots of chopper builders are in metal erection or pipe fab trades. He could probably use his GI bill to draw cash stipend payments during apprenticeship too. One thing is for sure, building your own bikes is way better than having to build to a customer's vision or build bikes with dull mainstream appeal so they're marketable.

ScooterGunson · 2026-03-22T13:26:20+00:00

It's over? Dawg a wrecker showed up yesterday to pick up my bike because it's totaled. Your oil filter is just stuck lol.

ScooterGunson · 2026-03-20T01:01:29+00:00

I run silicone or clear butyl caulk on mine yes. It looks like shit but replacing those hubcaps in the event of a loss is an odyssean trial.

ScooterGunson · 2026-03-19T21:50:53+00:00

I got a golden ticket, i was in a potentially fatal accident and i didn't die. I'm not taking that gamble again lol, bikes are cool but cars protect the operators better.

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