Maggie’s What's Your View II

[pmclaine]

Buzz bought his first car this weekend. Pretty happy he’s shown interest in the older stuff. I’m not a practical person when it comes to vehicles either View attachment 7685147View attachment 7685151

WTF? $6750?

That's gonna be a prime ass getting machine and with a backseat that big he will be bedding the ladies in one door and out the other.

You are gonna have some ready made labor to work the shows in 8-10 years.

 

[Snuby642]

Nice ride, perfect for the drive in.

 

[Geno C.]

He actually got it for less that what’s on the window

 

[oneshot86]

Buzz bought his first car this weekend. Pretty happy he’s shown interest in the older stuff. I’m not a practical person when it comes to vehicles either View attachment 7685147View attachment 7685151

Tub it, I know some one who has did a few

 

[Geno C.]

I’ve done a few. He’s going to need to spend money on tires and a fuel tank first lol.

 

[Badfinger]

Smart Kid, something you can actually work on without a computer!

 

[gunjunkie45]

I’ve done a few. He’s going to need to spend money on tires and a fuel tank first lol.

I know a guy in Wisco for the paint. Good buds with the Vegas guys. Bill "Elvis" Stull. If you ever redo it he's your paint guy.

 

[PinesAndProjectiles]

The zoom on a cell phone camera is pitiful, as clearly displayed in this photo of a Roosevelt’s Elk. Or maybe it’s a moose. Damn phone.

 

[Thorny]

 

[Geno C.]

I know a guy in Wisco for the paint. Good buds with the Vegas guys. Bill "Elvis" Stull. If you ever redo it he's your paint guy.

We’ll paint it in our shop. We’ve done a couple over the years

 

[SanPatHogger]

 

[SanPatHogger]

 

[SanPatHogger]

 

[SanPatHogger]

 

[jbell]

Bad ass!

 

[oneshot86]

Moving dert today, boys

 

[Mike Casselton]

Doing one of these today.

15 days for approval.

The first cup was a bit off centered, but I fixed that.
8" tube, 2" chamber and 8 cups.
Clipped them after I drilled to final diameter.

 

[Geno C.]

The clipping is the keep to quiet

 

[1J04]

 

[jbell]

I had a few other jobs pop up but I finally got time to get this one back together. It's running much better so far...

 

[Fixr]

Not mine but Liz and I are taking a couple of days off not too far from home.

 

[roostercogburn98]

One last view of my misery before I got discharged this afternoon. 3 hours worth of fluid treatment twice a day. What a nightmare, and know I have to kick the pneumonia and get my energy back.

 

[powdahound76]

Damn Rooster!!!

Heal quick!

Rona or something else?

 

[roostercogburn98]

Damn Rooster!!!

Heal quick!

Rona or something else?

Rona with pneumonia. Back home now, just gotta get my strength back. Hopefully it won’t be too long before I’m back in the groove

 

[jbell]

Road trip to a broke down boat today. Rockland Maine

 

[GBMaryland]

Fixing a Toyota Camry hybrid battery…

 

[RG0099]

Fixing a Toyota Camry hybrid battery…

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That’s pretty cool. How do you do that? How do you isolate the bad cells?

 

[Krob95]

Last weekends trip to southeastern Texas to see some friends and do a little sight casting for reds

 

[GBMaryland]

That’s pretty cool. How do you do that? How do you isolate the bad cells?

After you take the battery out of the car you then disassemble the busbars that connects each individual small battery in the battery pack.

With the individual cells now exposed you’ve got a whole shit load of 7.2 V nickel metal hydride batteries.

You arbitrarily pick an end and you write a number on each individual battery until you get the 34 in this case.

Then you take your digital voltmeter and grab the current voltage on each of the batteries can write it down.

The easiest way to isolate the bad cell is to take 100 W headlight or 65 W headlight, run it on each cell for two minutes and document the voltage drop.

after you run the headlight on the individual cell, you test again with a voltmeter and write down the voltage.

What you’ll see is that the batteries in the battery pack all are very similar in that they all drop the same amount and generally have the same starting voltage before you ran the load.

The individual cells that had more voltage dropping percentagewise than the other cells are bad.

Typically they’ll have approximately 6.5 or lower volts.

With the Toyota Camry or Prius, The batteries are rated at 7.2 V and typically have about 8 V of charge.

The biggest issue with the battery pack is getting it out without getting yourself fried… There is 1000 V capacitor that you have to verify no longer has a charge before you disconnect start disconnecting the main cables.

Oh, one other thing was that all of the bus bars were horribly corroded, which required quite a bit of work on my part to attempt to clean them because some of them were actually that bad:

You can still see pitting in some of them were the acid didn’t quite get everything out. I literally had to take a wire brush wheel the most of these to get them mostly clean but there are pits deep enough that not at all of them will got all the way clean.

While this is a 2007 Camry it only has 77,000 miles on it. And it was wild how much corrosion was on those little busbars and the bolts.

 

[GrumpyOleFart]

Home.
Missed my Babe.
Now just appreciating what it's all for.
A Babe, A Home, A Place To Be.
Chilling, and shooting pool.

 

[RG0099]

After you take the battery out of the car you then disassemble the busbars that connects each individual small battery in the battery pack.

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With the individual cells now exposed you’ve got a whole shit load of 7.2 V nickel metal hydride batteries.

You arbitrarily pick an end and you write a number on each individual battery until you get the 34 in this case.

Then you take your digital voltmeter and grab the current voltage on each of the batteries can write it down.

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The easiest way to isolate the bad cell is to take 100 W headlight or 65 W headlight, run it on each cell for two minutes and document the voltage drop.

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after you run the headlight on the individual cell, you test again with a voltmeter and write down the voltage.

What you’ll see is that the batteries in the battery pack all are very similar in that they all drop the same amount and generally have the same starting voltage before you ran the load.

The individual cells that had more voltage dropping percentagewise than the other cells are bad.

Typically they’ll have approximately 6.5 or lower volts.

With the Toyota Camry or Prius, The batteries are rated at 7.2 V and typically have about 8 V of charge.

The biggest issue with the battery pack is getting it out without getting yourself fried… There is 1000 V capacitor that you have to verify no longer has a charge before you disconnect start disconnecting the main cables.

Oh, one other thing was that all of the bus bars were horribly corroded, which required quite a bit of work on my part to attempt to clean them because some of them were actually that bad:

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You can still see pitting in some of them were the acid didn’t quite get everything out. I literally had to take a wire brush wheel the most of these to get them mostly clean but there are pits deep enough that not at all of them will got all the way clean.

While this is a 2007 Camry it only has 77,000 miles on it. And it was wild how much corrosion was on those little busbars and the bolts.

Very cool. Thanks for explaining that in such detail.

 

[37L1]

Out my front door this morning.

 

[Nodakplowboy]

Grouped and sealed

Bathtub backplash

Waiting for the owners to find a shower door. With the way materials and fixtures are these days they may have to get one that fits and is available, rather than what they really want. I ordered a garage door early part of this month, might, maybe, get it in October. On a brighter note, G. Forks Scheels had CCI BR2 primers in stock. A good sign.

 

[1J04]

Rona with pneumonia. Back home now, just gotta get my strength back. Hopefully it won’t be too long before I’m back in the groove

Hang in there Brother! Gawd Damn! Didn't even know the resident French Fry Dispenser was ill. Best to ya and hoping ya perk up soonest!

 

[roostercogburn98]

Hang in there Brother! Gawd Damn! Didn't even know the resident French Fry Dispenser was ill. Best to ya and hoping ya perk up soonest!

Back to makin french fries in no time!

 

[GBMaryland]

Apparently even behind another car and 10 car lengths away dump trucks are dangerous…..

Oddly, there wasnt a sign on there for “ Watch out for flying concrete chunks when we don’t secure our load properly.”

 

[roostercogburn98]

Terrible pic, I need to turn the cell data back on game camera so I can download to phone. Maybe, just maybe I’ll have a looker this year.

 

[Snuby642]

If no viable trophies show up or warrant harvesting you can make good sport of identifying the perfect cull.

A game we play is "best" cull and cns shot.

The days spent waiting for keepers to get out of the way and the cull to present the wanted shot will test your commitment.

Or drive you nuts.

 

[roostercogburn98]

If no viable trophies show up or warrant harvesting you can make good sport of identifying the perfect cull.

A game we play is "best" cull and cns shot.

The days spent waiting for keepers to get out of the way and the cull to present the wanted shot will test your commitment.

Or drive you nuts.

I haven’t harvested one from my property since 2016. I am not picky by any means, I just haven’t seen one that “needs” to go. This year may be different since they are getting more plentiful and one may need to be thinned to keep some growth/bloodline cleanliness. Thankfully the vermin haven’t taken a nasty toll this year. I was always a meat tastes better than horns guy.

 

[Snuby642]

Last two seasons were short on culls, or old spent does. The couple culls identified on trail cams were elusive.

That's two years I have watched 10, 12 and a possible 14-16 look my direction then turn broadside before calmly walking off.

Kind of like a deer shooting you the finger. Arg

Good hunting to all !

 

[SanPatHogger]

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Its hard to tell, but looks like a 12oz can cut off. So the trap is kind of small. Is that a rat or mouse? Tiny opossum?
I have a few of these kind of traps too. My cousin in Georgia says they call them a lunchbox.

 

[Ravenworks]

Its hard to tell, but looks like a 12oz can cut off. So the trap is kind of small. Is that a rat or mouse? Tiny opossum?
I have a few of these kind of traps too. My cousin in Georgia says they call them a lunchbox.

Rat's

 

[Bryan W M]

Went for a walk in the yard today.
I have never cut hay but to me he is leaving a lot.

 

[packratt]

Went for a walk in the yard today.View attachment 7693579
I have never cut hay but to me he is leaving a lot.

It's usually thinner along the tree line and it looks like he cut so he would have long straight rows.

 

[Snuby642]

Leaves some for critters.

 

[roostercogburn98]

Trees there may be a sign of soggy grounds. Nothing like bottoming out a tractor while trying to cut.

 

[37L1]

Leaves some for critters.

He's staying out of the junk that collects around the trees.

 

[evilsemaj]

Awesome conditions on Sunday. Good overcast so no mirage and was able to snap this awesome picture!

 

[37L1]

Awesome conditions on Sunday. Good overcast so no mirage and was able to snap this awesome picture!

Quantico?

 

[evilsemaj]

Quantico?

Yup!