Recent content by joshuacrowe

Thank you for letting me know. I tried sending a message but I’m not sure that it’s going through. 314-565-7526

Do you still have the ball joint press?

I’m not a painter but I’ve done a fair amount of painting on tube work and similar structures. Good prep, epoxy primer, and a good compatible paint makes for a very durable coating. Black epoxy primer under black paint has worked well for me and been insanely durable but can be sanded down easy...

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I use straight propane and a big burner for almost all preheating at work and oxy-propylene for heavy cutting, especially if it has to be a really nice finished cut. The propylene does a much better job on the cutting than acetylene, especially when it's 2-6 inch thick track burn cuts and long...

Re: That's right, I got my Kens mixed up. Thanks. Both Ken's were super nice guys, super-competitive, and almost polar opposites. :) I think Blume is still competing / racing today if I'm not mistaken. You're correct. Kenny Blume is still running, and always running well. His son is a...

Yes sir, the same Josh Crowe. I loved running at Dayton. The course is so cool and all of the people are great. I have had a ton of fun there. The crowds were always so much fun to put on a show for.

Little yellow rig with the MRW beadlocks and portals was Ken Blume, not Ken Shupe. Shupe had the first set of fluted and lightened Dynatrac 60's then and was still killing it, even with a cast on one arm. I traveled to Jellico multiple times to watch and got hooked by all of the awesome comp...

Depending on how much, it can be much harder on parts. With good parts, you might not notice, but it will help find weak links if you drive hard enough. A simple way to look at it is that you get a dead blow effect. If the tire doesn't bounce and slip as easy, there is more shock/abrupt...

Jaw pain sucks. I had one extra wisdom tooth on each side on top. They had to be cut out. They could only do one side at a time because the pressure would have wrecked my sinuses, so once I stopped bleeding from the first, I got to do the second knowing exactly what I was in for. Shoulder pain...

The shop we use, Goodall, near St. Louis, does really good work and I have never had a repair leak or fail.

I almost lost mine to cancer years ago and it put all of life into perspective. People don't live forever but regret can seem pretty permanent. Sorry for your loss sir.

I have been informed that some fluids used for coolants will contribute to internal parts getting eaten up also. I have used 30+ year old machines and I have used brand new machines while teaching and at work. I have used water, ethylene glycol, and Miller coolant. Most of the setups dont seem...

Popping is cracking. No way around it. They can be subsurface or just hidden but that noise is the material seperating somewhere, visible or not.

I am assuming that you are referring to the heavy wall. I just added those numbers. I didn't realize that I had not added them when I found my receipts. I will try to move on that stuff a little if someone wants all of it.