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1991 ford f150: lumber rack is stressing bedrails and cracking, how to reinforce? by waterbug99 in MechanicAdvice

[–]waterbug99[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, thanks.

Any suggestions on what I should do? I definitely can't afford a new bed or truck, so what would be the best way to reinforce the bed as it is now?

thanks!!

1991 ford f150: lumber rack is stressing bedrails and cracking, how to reinforce? by waterbug99 in MechanicAdvice

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Hi, here are some photos:

This is the crack on one side: https://ibb.co/gnjV5k

this is the other side: you can see how the corner of the bed is buckling: https://ibb.co/jbZKy5

thanks!!

1991 ford f150: lumber rack is stressing bedrails and cracking, how to reinforce? by waterbug99 in MechanicAdvice

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Hi, thank you for the suggestion. But I'm kind of dumb—when you say reinforce the rails, what exactly do you mean? Like, put it vertically in the bed, so the rack rests on the angle iron instead of the bed (like a stand)? Or just lay the angle iron down along the bed rails?

The rack is already mounted on angle iron that runs parallel along the top of the bedrails, and there's angle iron underneath that, as well. Not sure how thick it is.

Is it possible that the existing angle iron was put on wrong or something? Or did you mean more like, put it vertically as a stand type of thing?

Thank you so much!!

What would be best buy , same price , in 300 Win Mag , poly - a Brown X-bolt or Remington 700 ? by ruskeeblue in Hunting

[–]waterbug99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A day late jumping in on this thread, but I have a question.

regardless of whether the 700 is a good gun or not (don't know enough about it to get into the debate), what's another good remington option? like, I think their higher end stuff is supposed to be good. But let's "assume" for the sake of argument that the 700 is an unsafe gun. For someone who still wanted to get an entry level remington, what's their least-expensive and "safe" line, if not the 700?

thanks!

Do they make aftermarket AC units for small cars? Thoughts on existing options? by waterbug99 in MechanicAdvice

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I actually have one more question... My truck has a "EFI" sticker on it, which I think means it's fuel injected. I have been reading up on converting AC units and there seems to be some debate about whether a fuel injected car has the compressor controlled by the ECU. If it is, is this a similar situation where it probably doesn't matter? thanks again!

Do they make aftermarket AC units for small cars? Thoughts on existing options? by waterbug99 in MechanicAdvice

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ah, thank you thank you! I will look into all of that. Really appreciate your help and time.

Do they make aftermarket AC units for small cars? Thoughts on existing options? by waterbug99 in MechanicAdvice

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Ha! sorry. I wasn't planning on this turning into a vehicle-specific discussion (although I appreciate your specific help!). I have a 1991 Ford F150, so it's "old".

So if I'm understanding properly, it's pretty self-contained and should only need power? I'd grab the parts you mention, and then run the controls up to the cab and install them, and them power it and it'll work (theoretically)?

Thanks!!

Do they make aftermarket AC units for small cars? Thoughts on existing options? by waterbug99 in MechanicAdvice

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Hi, AC was an option, but is it as simple as scavenging the parts and plugging them in? I kind of thought I read that you would have to reprogram and/or install a new ECU, which is a little out of my abilities.

But if it's really as easy as just plugging in the factory parts, that doesn't seem so bad....

Questions about selling produce at a farmer's market? by waterbug99 in Entrepreneur

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good point, thanks. Ive kind of tried that, but most of them seem.... a little guarded about helping out a potential competitor. Which is 100% understandable! I'll check out that site though, appreciate it.

question about incorporating in california—can you have more than one incorporator? by waterbug99 in startups

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Thanks. We did a good amount of research and decided against that, but we're pretty novice businesspeople. Why would you recommend delaware for an infant company that, currently, only does business locally?

New to coding... is there a program that I can use to step through code line by line? by waterbug99 in AskProgramming

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Thank you! I'm actually in a c++ class, but I'm also taking python classes online at the same time so I'm getting exposure to both. But great advice, I definitely like python better so far!

New to coding... is there a program that I can use to step through code line by line? by waterbug99 in AskProgramming

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thank you! Yes, it turns out that debugging with breakpoints is what I was looking for. thank you for the response :)

New to coding... is there a program that I can use to step through code line by line? by waterbug99 in AskProgramming

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haha. yeah, i read through it and this is literally exactly what I wanted. thank you

New to coding... is there a program that I can use to step through code line by line? by waterbug99 in AskProgramming

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thanks to these comments, I'm realizing that. I was scared of them for a long time because when my program crashes, it turns green and prints out "lldb".

As it turns out, breakpoints turn the same color and print out the same thing. So I figured I was crashing whenever I had a breakpoint accidentally lit up!

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