Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[cookies]

FYI if your ruger 10-22 is jamming only use ruger magazines!! Aftermarket versions have too weak of spring tension especially in the 25 round mags! Also the oem ejector arm in the receiver that grabs the shell lip is too soft resulting in the tip/edge to blunt after only a hundred rounds, replace it with a hardened version.

Over the years I have swapped quite a few points distributors out for EFI versions. Every engine picked up power throughout the rpm range with increased fuel economy plus started and ran much faster...even after sitting for several months!

Variable valve timing is a great thing for power and fuel economy! The problem is manufacturers making inferior parts and consumers doing 7-10k oil changes. VVT started back in the late 1999 area and only started having massive failures once manufacturers like ford dialed back quality and cut corners.
We currently should be using lifter and cam less cylinder heads at this point!

 

[Lee192233]

Can we go back to Cragers , eight tracks, and carburators ?? Remember breaker points, distributors, ballast resistors,,,, and the list goes on.. ?

No thanks...I prefer not to have a parking lot full of flooded engines to fix when the temp drops below 0. Wet distributor caps, tune-ups once or twice a year, trying to get chokes dialed in for every temp for picky customers. As Sean said EFI pretty much fixed all that. I could do without all the ADAS(Automated Driver Assist Systems) and fancy screens.

 

[Stihl_Fanatic]

I'm just playing, I've got more stihls than most stihl guys have lol.
Heck, I'm still rocking my initial user profile pic on all the forums, an old 346XP NE with a carb . Leat it doesn't have a distributor lol.

I only have five Stihls, but they are all I run. A Stihl 041 Farm Boss was the first "real" saw I ever ran. So they have always been my favorite.

I don't know if anyone else around here does this, but I sometimes confuse you with MechanicMatt, since your profile pictures are so similar.

 

[H-Ranch]

The benefits of electronic ignition and efi are well documented

EFI pretty much fixed all that.

Yep. When I hear an old time off-road guy complaining about all the electronics on Jeeps today, I just ask if they would rather go back to carburetors - no one has ever answered "yes". It seems they do like electronics.

By the way, brake based traction control systems make vehicles so much better off-road than open diffs of 30 years ago - it's not even close. And no, you can't outdrive your stability control system on snow and ice either, no matter how long you've been driving in winter.

 

[davidwyby]

Known quite a few people like that. As you said had they made some right decisions and not lived like everything was the last money on earth they would have had a decent life or been better to be around. One person always complained on how expensive everything was and just outright miserable to be around. One other tightwad I had delt with was complaining on how his car was starting hard, so I started asking him the basic questions which eventually led to asking how old the battery was. He stated he had put a new battery in the car the year after he had bought it. Turns out that was 10 years prior, to which I told him to replace the battery since it was so old, but he firmly claimed "it should last me the duration of owning the car!".

3 years is good here

 

[MustangMike]

When I put my F-150 in 4wd low range it automatically shuts off the traction control. It not only saves my rear brakes, but since (in the snow) the Blizzaks have to claw through it to hit the ground it goes up the mountain much better that way.

In the Mustang, I always turn off the traction control as soon as it starts, as it is not really compatible with the SC in either dry or snow. Of course, it is a blessing to know how to drive in the snow! With my 2000 Mustang GT, (which was stock), the traction control literally stopped me when going up a snow-covered hill. I had to turn it off, back down, get a running start and go up with it off. Anyone who does not know how to modulate their right foot and counter steer with rear wheel drive should not be driving in the snow! (Or on dry ground with a high HP car).

I believe the traction control in the F-150 (and the Mustangs) is designed for dry pavement and is not intended for off road or the snow. Other systems may be better, but none will cover every circumstance.

 

[Lionsfan]

That's true, but it's more fitting and I needed something that wasn't taken.

You probably could have had Colts Fan.

 

[JustJeff]

We've had a smidge of snow. My mailbox disappeared.... found it and scabbed on some sketchy supports that may or may not make it through the week. Lol. My west facing and normally windswept deck is carrying a bit of a load. Guess I better go work out at the snow shovel gym!

 

[.358 win]

No thanks...I prefer not to have a parking lot full of flooded engines to fix when the temp drops below 0. Wet distributor caps, tune-ups once or twice a year, trying to get chokes dialed in for every temp for picky customers. As Sean said EFI pretty much fixed all that. I could do without all the ADAS(Automated Driver Assist Systems) and fancy screens.

Have to agree on the efi part. The whistles, bells, chirps, and i-cons are disturbing to learn. There is a new routine of turning as much as possible off everytime you start. ( auto stop/start ). Steering responsive headlights dont belong in my memory bank. Carrying a fob isnt my favorite either. Just an increasingly grouchy old fart trying to be ok with all the new IT. Is there a button for the quityerbitchin ??

 

[SS396driver]

Actually did some scrounging today . Little load of locust in the baby truck . Going back tomorrow for the rest with the 3500.

 

[chipper1]

I only have five Stihls, but they are all I run. A Stihl 041 Farm Boss was the first "real" saw I ever ran. So they have always been my favorite.

I don't know if anyone else around here does this, but I sometimes confuse you with MechanicMatt, since your profile pictures are so similar.

That's almost enough, few more.and you can give all the stihl fan boys a hard time . I like most more modern saws, prefer the huskys for ergonomics, but the stihls are starting to come around with regards to the handlebar angles.

Sometimes I do, I think man, when did I get all those lever guns .

 

[MechanicMatt]

MustangMike

Gun show is in town, anything you want me to keep an eye out for?

 

[GrizG]

MustangMike

Gun show is in town, anything you want me to keep an eye out for?

Excellent condition 1970s vintage Browning. T-2 with a factory aperture sight.

 

[MechanicMatt]

Excellent condition 1970s vintage Browning. T-2 with a factory aperture sight.

Ask Uncle Mike to show some pictures of the pre64 super grade I got for him….

It’s a GEM

So, a BAR .243
Zytel Stocked 77 in something nifty
Savage 99 in 30-30
Win 94 in 25-35
Ruger 96/44 or 22
Win70 in any long action (cheap though to turn it into something)
Maybe a cheap 700 to make into something

Top5
They’re all on my “bucket list”

Bottom two, just to have something to play with

 

[MustangMike]

We have had lots of doe and a few porkys on the trail cams lately, and then this guy showed up today!

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Excellent condition 1970s vintage Browning. T-2 with a factory aperture sight.

I sure like my T-1 with factory aperture sight,

SR

 

[GrizG]

Ask Uncle Mike to show some pictures of the pre64 super grade I got for him….

It’s a GEM

So, a BAR .243
Zytel Stocked 77 in something nifty
Savage 99 in 30-30
Win 94 in 25-35
Ruger 96/44 or 22
Win70 in any long action (cheap though to turn it into something)
Maybe a cheap 700 to make into something

Top5
They’re all on my “bucket list”

Bottom two, just to have something to play with

Forgot to mention… left hand action.

I recall when a lot of stuff came on the market as the greatest generation passed away in mass. More recently boomer stuff is showing up… that gives me hope that a nice T-2 shows up.

My kids were claiming my stuff as I bought it… I lent my oldest my 700 06 for this past deer season and it still hasn’t made it back. I bought it new in ‘73…. I WILL get it back and then will it to him. He can wait.

 

[GrizG]

I sure like my T-1 with factory aperture sight,

SR

Looks like an estate sale item… Not likely you’d part with it!