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Well since its at my house guess Ill have to be there too no way I am letting you clowns have free reign of the shop unsupervised i would come back to a burt out shell of a building

2/10 gates open at 830am if you need to get here earlier let me know directly we can work something out

Can you bring some of those stickers to the Tech Day I would buy one or two for sure.

Sure but you will have to deal with my wife..... I place my money on her FYI

I have done that before, it can be a real pita of a job, if that is your plan get here early cause you might be here for a while. I close the doors at 4, anything left in the garage by default becomes mine.

I think 2/10 is going to have to be the date I’ll be out of town following weekend and then we have desert dash on the 24th so what does the collective say?

Then maybe the last saturday in jan or first in feb to accomodate anyone needing to do something to their bikes prior to desert dash makes sense?

Can u please update the first thread with a map so people can easily find the location to meet, by people I mean me. but others might benefit as well

Welcome from another esco dweller

Its a small thing but if you paint the underside of the cabinets a high gloss white it helps with reflective dispirsal of light and makes the areas a little brighter just my .02 i did that to yhe back wall of my garage for that very reason

Had an 07 dl and rode the wheels off it was able to get what i wanted with madstat and a micro screen not working w the new one i have

Looking for someone local that has either of the following bike that might let me take it for a ride here is my situation. i have a 70 mile commute one way I am looking for a bike that get 50ish mpg commuting and is between 600-800cc the biggest issue i have is finding a bike that give me clean air to ride in i have a 990 and gen2 dl1000 neither of which is proving to be a good tool for this job so hoping someone would let me try a quick sprint on the freeway to get idea if either of these are viable options i need an upright riding position which is why i gravitate towards these kinds of bikes so.....

If you know the boxes will be level with the top of the bed rails then a tonou cover will work as well but it limits you to that height though they are pretty easy to take on and off when not needed i stored mine on the ceiling of my garage

Oh it happend not only was i the one to replace said pipe I still have it in the garage... Bummed your leaving now who am I going to sucker into going to rides spur of the moment cause were bored

@Dan Diego You’re a tool ?

That looks like a very porous casting based on the grain structure in the picture. Is the piece removed from the engine already? If so it will have to be baked to remove as much of the oil residue as possible for it to be tiged and even then it is a very iffy procedure. You are very close to a gasket mating surface so there is the potential for warpage as well. If it is off the bike I would say feel free to bring it by the house I can take a look at it, assuming your not broken hearted over a total loss if it goes to pot we might be able to do somthing for you, but this kind of part is very hard to weld up, I would say spool gun it instead but then again you have clearange issues around the weld area which inhibits that option as well.

Can someone post a link for where it will be held with an address or something for those of us not familiar with the area

I just heard about this on ADV, I am sorry to hear of his passing.

Is this the Campo down by the border south of the 8?

Soda will be the least abrasive of any media blasting material of course if you find a place local the does it would make sense to bring the wheels there and see how it looks post blast since it doesnt appear chrome is an issue you could then powder coat if you wanted afterwards

I have to weld the sleeves into my front dana 30 but due to the conditions cant use my tig welder. I am looking for someone that is experienced enough in mig to do the job if certified even better we are talking about 6 plug welds the two full circumference welds on the ends. Material is 1/4" thick I have the machine set up with 70/s6 035 wire and the machine itself can do 3/8 single pass so it is more than adequate for the job. ???anyone??? If it could be tig welded this would he a no brainer....

Depends do you want to restore in place or fully disssemble the wheel that makes a diff in what you can do wd40 will break down the adhesive without being too aggressive goo b gone works as well too

Cant be moved front end has to be apart to weld otherwise you melt all the bushings and balljoints which would be a bad thing but appreciated anyways

Thanks for the replies, I never got notice they were there until now. The vehicle cant be moved so welder has to come to it, I will do it myself worse case just will have to run a few hours of practice beads if need be. Hoping can con Wildwood into lending a hand...I have beer...

I am in Escondido. I have the welder and will be running 70s6 solid wire with gas. Just not skilled enough for this kind of work with a Mig. Wish I could tig it.