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    please help me find a solenoid for my welder!

    I have an old chemetron sureweld 255 AC/DC high frequency start TIG/stick welder. It is a rebadged Miller, moving core welder. The gas solenoid went bad, and I can not for the life of me track down another one. Its the old style, magnetic windings full the spring loaded plunger back. If...
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    WOO Sturgis, anyone else make it?

    Anybody else make it to bike week? I don't like to stick around main street....just too commercialized with everything too expensive, the real fun is riding around the hills. here is me and my shovelhead couple days ago
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    New/old project! 1935 Elgin Falcon Twinbar fat tire bike

    hey all look what I just bought at an auction today! I am seriously the SECOND owner, I bought it from the original owner who passed away a month ago, won the bid at his auction today. I talked to his sister today who said she remembered when he got it, he got...
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    WWII veteran help

    hey guys anybody have a lead for me or can show me a good source of information? My great uncle went missing during WWII and this is the info I have.... My grandpa's brother, was the tail gunner or waist gunner on a B-17, went MIA. From the info my family has his bomber was shot down over the...
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    bought a new old harley

    just picked up another harley, she is a '80 Wide Glide with an 80 cu shovelhead. has a fresh top end, guage assembly from a police special. I think I am going to swap the drag bars for a set of ape hangers. The bike is lowered 2 inches right now. The bike is AMF orange right now....I will be...
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    bought an AK

    Just bought a used Egyptian Maadi ARM AK-47, for a pretty good price, at a local gun show today. I would like to take it apart and clean it well before I shoot it.....and to make sure there is nothing wrong with the gun. Any tips or suggestion on cleaning it, good solvents, ect.....
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    help identify these parts

    This is a 4-speed console I bought when I was 14, have no idea what it came from. Pretty sure its not a mopar. 60's or 70's Ford or GM? maybe AMC? These wheels? look to be 1930's?
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    Virus on my computer help!

    I have a Mac ibook, I have never had a virus until this one started. This is actually the first problem I have ever had with a MAC. It is in my hotmail account, It will randomly send spam BS emails to people on my contact list. I took my computer to Best Buy to see what they thought and they...
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    Going to Hot Rod Institute

    well, Im still out at wyotech, I got done with my autotech core program in march and im just getting done with ASM, the buisness class, with an associates degree. I graduate on June 19, about a week and a half left. 8) Then I will be moving to Rapid City, South Dakota, to go to school at Hot...
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    Diesel Question

    Im doing a research paper in class that has to be about comparing Diesel engines to Gasoline engines, more specifically performance wise. Im having some trouble finding information comparing the two. Can anyone point me in a direction for a good website with some info or anyone know anything...
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    I hate ramen noodles

    I think by the time im done going to school Im never going to never look at another box of ramen again. I love going to school for automotive but being broke flat out sucks. I think Ive eaten ramen for two or more meals aday for more than long enough. On another note at least ill be out of...
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    midwest car shows?

    Anyone know of any all mopar car shows in the midwest, southdakota, northdakota, nebraska, minnesota, wyoming area
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    Any gun nuts here?

    I have an odd request. Im looking for a good website/store/whatever to find an cheap AK-47 ............ .. no.... I am not going on a shooting rampage. My Grandpa got me interested in guns a while ago. Just one of those guns i would like to own for awhile, try out, then move on to another...
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    What would you build?

    Ok, so IF mother mopar was non-existent and you had to build something else, what would you build for your muscle ride? Im an underdog kinda guy so id build an AMC, 69 javelin to be exact, that big bad blue color with a 390hp in it.........soo what would you build?
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    harley-davidson guys

    hey people, ive got a few questions relating to stroking my 883 to 1200 on my '00 sporty. first, would i find any performance advantages with using 1200 heads vs 883 heads? (i would assume that 883 heads would have smaller combustion chambers?) anyone know how much it would cost to modify my...
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    hey all

    i finally have axcess to a computer so im back online, its been over a month now. Wyotech school is going great, im learning alot about cars, hell, i can even understand a wiring diagram now....too bad most the cars ive been working on have been fords, well i guess fords keep mechanics busy for...
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    start wyotech

    well, im heading out to wyotech on thursday morning. Its going to be quite a drive from here out to laramie. should be fun, i finally get to go to school for what ive been doing since i was 12 and i cant see myself doing anything else. Im taking Auto Tech, buisness, Chassis fab., custom...
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    yamaha big wheel 200

    hey, picking up a new toy on sunday. Its a 85 yamaha big wheel 200. They definitly look cool and different than a normal bike thanks to the big tires. anyone here ever had one? i guess for a 200 4 stroke they make the 250 pound machine move right along. this ones supposed was supposedly...
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    vintage snowmobiles

    some here has got to have some old sled experience I just picked up a 81 yamaha exciter 440, it wasnt running and he didnt know what the problem was. I checked spark, it was ok. But no fuel, after i replaced the old rotted feul line and gave the engine a shot of feul it fired right up. The...
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    clutch fork?

    is the clutch fork the same from a slant six to small block?
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