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Turns out was 6.5 mile trip. That didn't happen. Was supposed to go look at an S10 that's being parted out. Like to have a functional rear diff for mine as it's been howling at the moon for 270K miles. Full of lube. Dealer had it apart under warranty, didn't get the set-up just right. I mean...still going after 270K so not THAT far off, just enough to have a coast whine. It's 3:08 gear, great for Kansas, would like to find a 3.42. Make towing trailer less traumatic for the trans.

I begged out on the dude. Need to pick-up nail guns from pawn shop & get truck inspected & registered. If spend 100 bucks on that rear end be tight by end of month. $100 for it less than 10 miles away is cheap. But nope. I'll wait.
 
Steering wheel on my S10 has cover degraded from sun and oil from skin. Has a 5 inch chunk missing at the top. One just popped up on Marketplace 15 miles away. They getting rare as all of them do it. Once replaced i'll buy a steering wheel cover and a dash/windshield reflector sun shade thingie. About 10 bucks.
 
Bought steering wheel for my truck. Only issue is they cut the horn wiring off. The little red wires that run into the white junction. Have to find a small enough wire stripper and some really small heat shrink to splice my wiring to it. Need to see if have any electrical solder too. Have the wheel on just can't finish it. Drivable tho.
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Ordered solder. Since the wires are ground wires could just solder them to where others are attached to the wheel. It has plenty of slack. Hmmm? Issue will be getting it hot enough to stick since wheel will be a huge heatsink.
 
Couldn't wait. So...hackery. Worst case the horn sticks on. This wheel is the leather bound version. Feels great!🥰 Should have purchased the dash cover 25 years ago. Dash is completely ruined from the sun.
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Just dawned on me, I'm an idiot. Could have swapped the "horn bars" over by removing two Torx bolts on each side. Jebus Christmas dude. If go to LKQ and find a vehicle with airbag off, I'll get them with the wiring attached. Put it back like it should be.

My brain:

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While I saw the bolts didn't even consider removing them. Figured they had good Loctite and quite possibly would ruin the threads coming out. I didn't really think too much about it. If had it to do over would have tried it on the old one. Whoops. I'll take the old one apart tomorrow too see how it goes.
 
Looking up it's skirt. Guy said the blade height adjuster was stiff. He's correct. Think it OD'd on blue pills. Or the arbor needs lubrication at the pivot point. Squirted liberally with couple versions of PB Blaster and it works. Meh. 75% better. Tempted to drill very small home in the casting so could get lube in it as nearly impossible to access. Can't leave it slimey with PB as will attract dust. She won't like dust in her mechanism. Need some white grease or spray wax?

Moved the Craftsman to the porch so could make some room. Good chance will sell the Craftsmen and keep this one. It has remote belt drive motor which is generally considered better. Wired for 220V. Can swap to 120/115/110 or whatever you want to call it. Stirred other stuff around and stacked the non-rolling benches.
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Ordered some Double D 40 special lube. Could have just driven maybe 6 mile round trip to get it but...nah. Amazon needs the work. Let me check and see if the order that was scheduled for yesterday is still scheduled for today.


Ahhhh! Says it's in the mailbox. Probably be there next time I go past. That's 100 yards away! Too far for me.
 
Woke up middle of the night and:



Guess lifted something around 25-30lbs yesterday annnnd, see above. Along with the broke back, fried pork chop & eggs last evening and apparently didn't get the chopper done enough. While trying to get my broken back realigned by wiggling around, lying on one side then the other twisted like a drill bit. etc, etc,realized something else was happening. Too the golden throne we go. Came out both ends. Not terribly violent out the pie hole with 3 or 4 heaves and we done.

^^^the body cavity evacuation thing has happened 3 times in last month. Not sure what's going on. Poor dish washing, too much paprika or what?

Sitting in recliner very gingerly trying to stretch the lower back so no longer an invalid.

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Went out to the shed and checked the new/old saws blade height adjuster after it soaked in PB Blaster overnight. At least 75% improvement in cranking torque of dial. The arbor pivot pin for this function is a light press fit thru the casting, so while it can move easily enough, no slack. Would need to fully disassemble the mechanism to drill holes to allow lube in, drill and tap for a grease gun, or to press the shaft out and clean/polish the affected surfaces. While having a way to lube it seems like a no-brainer they don't do that in fear of it collecting dust. I suppose could drill & tap so could connect grease gun hose and run them thru the side of the box. Give it a squirt once every six months or so. I mean, the design makes it so it's nearly impossible to get grease or even a fluid to the pivot.
 
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