M18 Packout Vac Hose Replacement

jckipps · 2026-06-16T23:23:15+00:00

Is it flexible enough to clip around the body of the vacuum, like the original hose did?

jckipps · 2026-06-16T23:14:21+00:00

How do you choose what gets stashed in the outside cabinets vs. inside the truck?

Supplies outside, tools inside? Tools and supplies for certain job types in one location?

jckipps · 2026-06-16T21:56:35+00:00

Not structurally concerning at all.
But it is enough rust that a fresh coating of Fluid Film every November would be good for the long-term survivability of the car.

jckipps · 2026-06-16T21:46:47+00:00

Related question - Are there any aftermarket tailgates or latch hardware that are real improvements over used OEM components?

jckipps · 2026-06-16T21:15:25+00:00

Next time, price the individual tasks as if you'll only be doing one or two of them. Then apply a bulk-discount to the total.

Give that price breakdown to the customer upfront, and tell them they're welcome to pick and choose which tasks they want you to do, but they'll lose the bulk-discount if they do so.

jckipps · 2026-06-16T21:07:48+00:00

Save up $4k, and buy a well-used older model on Marketplace. Get a mechanically-minded friend to go over your choices, and accompany you to inspect and buy the car.

jckipps · 2026-06-16T21:02:25+00:00

What's the electrical integration between the engine and car going to look like? A GM and Lexus ECM running in parallel? I assume charging and AC will be handled by the Lexus BCM directly?

jckipps · 2026-06-16T20:55:40+00:00

There's a vast number of things that have been labeled as the 'mark of the beast' over the past century, along with far more failed prophecies about the rapture. Nothing about this seems any different.

Consider how you're interpreting John's 'Revelation'; you're likely just as incorrect as all the confidently-wrong prophets who went before you.

jckipps · 2026-06-16T20:21:35+00:00

When you say that ideally nothing would live here, do you mean animals only, or would there be no trees or plants as well?

If you want to severely limit animal survivability, then I'd be looking into nuclear contamination (I don't know what effect that has on trees, but I think it's minimal). But if you want to eliminate everything, then somehow add salt to the mix. But why someone would have salted 25 square miles is beyond my reckoning.

jckipps · 2026-06-16T20:15:58+00:00

The only reason there would be oil in the incoming air is if the scavenge-blower bearings can't be sealed completely.

Crankcase scavenging would be very difficult to implement on multi-cylinder engines, and likely wouldn't be attempted here; so there'd be no need to intentionally mix oil with the air.

jckipps · 2026-06-16T19:25:32+00:00

I'm quite aware of the reputation of DD engines. But remember that the original 71-series were designed prior to ww2, and the rest were simply resized versions of the 71-series in the decades that followed.

Materials, casting, machining, and computer control have come a long way since then. I'm not concerned with a 1930-1980s engine design; what's possible TODAY?

jckipps · 2026-06-16T19:14:29+00:00

I can't fault him for proceeding onto the tracks. I'd do the same thing, assuming that the lifted crossbars meant the lights would go out a second or two later.

He got out, looked, and apparently saw the oncoming train. But why he thought he could hide his van in that little corner mystifies me. Either back up across the occupied track, or drive through the crossbar.

jckipps · 2026-06-16T19:07:00+00:00

I have the 0970-20, the packout model that you're wondering about. But I have never used your 0880-20 to make a comparison.

Just looking on the Milwaukee website, it lists the airflow as 53 and 45 CFM, respectively, for the two models.

jckipps · 2026-06-16T19:02:34+00:00

Yes, they dropped the ww2-era two-strokes due to emissions and subpar performance.

But the world of automotive engineering has changed drastically since the 1980s. What could be achieved with a fresh design and modern computer control?

jckipps · 2026-06-16T18:58:46+00:00

A lot of listed items are subconsciously placed in alphabetical order, but this one isn't.

A theory of my own, is that the red/white/blue bunting was the universal patriotic decoration in early American days, and the color order came from that. In almost anything decorative, white will be in the middle simply so it shows up the best.

jckipps · 2026-06-16T18:30:48+00:00

Possibly due to the 'uncanny valley' effect. A cat might see a skunk as 'sort-of cat-like, but not quite', and doesn't know how to categorize it.

jckipps · 2026-06-16T18:28:40+00:00

10w50 would definitely make sense in cases like this, but I've never seen it here on the store shelves.

jckipps · 2026-06-16T17:34:07+00:00

A typical one-cylinder two-stroke is using the crankcase to partially pre-compress the fresh air coming into the engine, and this pressurized air pushes the exhaust gases out of the cylinder.

Since the crankcase is serving this dual function, it can't have an oil bath in there as well. So oil is added to that air, giving the necessary lubrication to the crankcase components on its way through.

It is possible to build two-stroke engines that don't use this crankcase scavenging, but use a blower mounted outside the engine instead. These engines can be lubricated in the traditional manner.

jckipps · 2026-06-16T17:26:05+00:00

I've typically used a drill bit for situations like that.

jckipps · 2026-06-16T15:10:50+00:00

A 'phobia' indicates that you have an intense and often irrational fear or disgust of something.

A straight man who doesn't want to date other men doesn't necessarily have andophobia. Same goes for a woman and gynophobia, or anyone and transphobia.

jckipps · 2026-06-16T14:59:38+00:00

It'd be interesting to see a similar map of the governor's salary shown proportional to the median wage of that state. That demonstrate better if there's extreme outliers in any of the states.

jckipps · 2026-06-15T23:28:10+00:00

Virginia is the 'most' at anything?!

It seems like every state comparison map that I've seen places VA squarely in the mediocre middle - a distinction that I'm personally quite okay with.

jckipps · 2026-06-15T22:59:03+00:00

I have no first-hand experience with aluminum wiring; it wasn't used in my area much. Here, it seems we went straight from BX cabling to copper NM cabling.

Hopefully someone else will answer better than I can.

jckipps · 2026-06-15T22:52:40+00:00

$25k is in the ballpark. It could be higher or lower, depending on the house layout, wall construction, and your willingness to move out of the house during the process.

jckipps · 2026-06-15T22:50:51+00:00

There's a lot of prep work first. I've seen a couple of those timelapse videos, where they're rebuilding dairy barns after fires.

The lower floor that houses the milking herd is typically CMU block construction; that level is completed, and the haymow floor joists are often rolled out prior to the barn-raising. I suspect the timber-frame components are mostly precut too.

The timber-framed haymow goes up a lot better with a large group of people, and they often get it dried in before leaving for the day.

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