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Projects Section / Re: porto welder talk

« Last post by mr.mindless on August 06, 2024, 11:16:17 AM »

I think the only way is to prep for transport every time, and lock down the wire tight. Probably have to fully unfree it and lock itself it it’s spool.

I wonder if Mike universal has a solid solution. He’s been doing this regularly for a long time.

Projects Section / Re: porto welder talk

« Last post by M4wdFab on August 05, 2024, 04:47:10 PM »

any solution for the bird nest of mig wire from storage / transport? the 2lb spool on my spool gun was fucked same as yours from bouncing around my trailer ect also

Projects Section / Re: New truck for etk

« Last post by etk300ex on August 05, 2024, 12:53:55 PM »

Underbody box came in factory box sealed in plastic. Fits perfect. Score!

Projects Section / Re: New truck for etk

« Last post by etk300ex on August 05, 2024, 12:51:27 PM »

Secured with a self latching gate latch

Projects Section / Re: porto welder talk

« Last post by M4wdFab on August 04, 2024, 06:04:04 PM »

jump packs showed up
played around with them. looks like protection is all in the gator clamp plug. power leads are direct connected to battery cells before that.

need to think about that before i bipass and blast on them. im sure grabbing 2 more to split the current load would be wise. I might cut open the packs to see if they are labeled. look pretty small for 29000mAH from what i remember my RC packs.

packs claim 400amp discharge cranking, 4000amp peak which seems comical for the wire gages involved and i assume they are 10C rated?.

cant get both of them to unlock out of safe mode when put in series and hooked to the welder as 24V as of yet, meh

Projects Section / Re: New truck for etk

« Last post by etk300ex on August 02, 2024, 09:09:57 AM »

Took it for a drive. Lamp Out seems to be happy after twisting pass rear harness. Did the same with the cruise wiring and now it works about 1/5 times. O2 sensor and Evap codes have not returned.

Had to do a complete rebuild on my slide out for the fridge. I forgot to put the lock on it one or three times which allows it to slide out while driving and bent the sliders all up. I used 100lb sliders which is the largest Lowes has. I went with self closing this time which gives it a little more resistance to pull out, however, it is too heavy to self close. I found some 250lb sliders on Amazon I think I'm going to try.

Added a second 100ah battery.

Was bored on a Teams call yesterday and randomly started looking at underbody boxes on Amazon. Found a Buyers aluminum diamond plate 30x12 scratch-n-dent for $200, normally $333. Said no cosmetic damage. Hopefully a score.

Still need to address slightly worn carrier bearing. I measured it and falls between both options on RockAuto

. I need to remeasure I guess.

For Sale / Re: Facebook Market place good finds

« Last post by etk300ex on August 02, 2024, 08:24:43 AM »

I also had a good FBMP experience yesterday. Sold an old solar panel after being posted for almost a year. Tons of interest out of nowhere this week. At least 40 "still have this." Mostly from Arabian people which is odd. 847 clicks in the last 14 days.