I h8 rattles, squeeks and small children that won't stop asking if we are there yet. Still looking for the fix on the last item. Nice work!
Builds AK HJ-75
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Wife’s contribution to the home on wheels.
I like the colors and the brick design - the brick design should make them stronger too!!
Home sweet home!
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I had big plans to use the old bed for a trailer. Today I got a good look at it and Decided it had too much rust, so chopped it up so I can take it to the dump. Man that bed is heavy. Each side piece probably weighs in at about 90lbs each. What was left of the bed/floor is over 100lbs. The front piece is probably around 75lbs.
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Gonna sell my flip top bed cover. It will be in the classified section. It’s pretty heavy so don’t know yet how to ship to lower 48.
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Got a LHD cabin fan squirrel cage. It doubled the wind being blown. If you have a RHD cabin fan blower you can use it in a LHD application if you swap the wires to the motor and it will blow a decent amount of air, but swapping the squirrel cage you will just about double the air flow.
Did you happen to get new squirrels too?
I would have to imagine fresh legs would make a difference as well... 
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Finally installed the hood lift struts kit. For some reason I had to move the upper lift strut attachment forward about a 1/2in so there was enough room for the struts to compress without binding
Much more convenient!! I managed to avoid the binding issue by reversing the strut... the rod on the downside and cylinder side up top. But looks like you got it squared away...
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I guess I should have said that the strut was bottoming out before I was able to close the hood all the way, not binding.
FullyLitLED
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Where did you get the hood strut kit?
c2dfj45
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This is how they need to get installed.....cylinder up, rod down. The cylinder touches the hinge I think when it's down.Much more convenient!! I managed to avoid the binding issue by reversing the strut... the rod on the downside and cylinder side up top. But looks like you got it squared away...
I'll make a change to the instructions to make sure it's oriented correctly. I know the pic in the instructions shows it correctly installed
c2dfj45
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We've got plenty of the 70 series struts in stock.....drop me a PM for more info.
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Never had any instructionsThis is how they need to get installed.....cylinder up, rod down. The cylinder touches the hinge I think when it's down.
I'll make a change to the instructions to make sure it's oriented correctly. I know the pic in the instructions shows it correctly installed
Never had any instructions
I didn't get any with mine either when I had the kit and ended up doing it wrong as well.
c2dfj45
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Never had any instructions
Well crap.....these must have been the early kits. We came up with instructions for the later setup......bolt on upper mounts vs. pop riveted ones. I should have sent you guys instructions with he updated parts. Sorry about that.
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no problem, maybe next time
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I bought a couple of “air horn” horns that had been advertised on Facebook that were supposed to be just as loud as the train horns. I was a little suspect when the price was something like $15.00 each. Oh well for the price I felt like gambling. Installed and they were just as I expected, junk. Oh well.
Thanks for testing for the rest of us that wondered!
