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Wow thank you Paul. I think I'm good but might take you up on that later if I have issues with what I made up. Today I vulcanized the layers of rubber together and sandwiched a plastic ring in there to stiffen it. I like the idea of the rubber because it should seal well. Thanks again for the offer. I'm sure the plastic would look way more professional.

Oh did I say National Machine? Hope not. Whoops.

@@BorisEkner Dang Boris, what a great compliment. Thank you very much!

@@larry6315That's a good point, wish I had one. As much as I'm always jury rigging stuff together I'd prob get a ton of use out of one. Does it take a long time to learn how to make parts from scratch? I have no experience with CNC or G code.

How much does one of those 3D printers cost? Not like a top of the line one but something that works decent? I might try to get one down the road someday. Maybe I could find a decent used one from someone who upgraded to a better one. Now you got me thinking about them. I could have made so many useful parts over the years, wonder why I never thought of buying one back when I had some money. When I was making those American flags out of aluminum channel I did buy a laser deal. It has an X and Y axis (like 14"x14") and works really good but the laser is too weak to engrave aluminum so I just have it stashed away in my closet. I wanted to engrave the 2nd amendment on one of the stripes in cursive or be able to customize people's names or whatever they wanted but like I said the laser was just too weak so that idea got sidelined.

@@FixLife119 Creality Ender 3 V3 SE 3D Printer about 200. you want a direct driver to print rubber known as TPU. I printed new rubber connecting caps for my windshield linkage. I printed fire wall and floor pan plugs. It makes it worth it, if you need a part that is discontinued.

@@larry6315 Wow that's less than I thought. So the machine itself will do rubber or plastic, but if you get a separate driver, it has the capability of doing rubber? Thanks alot for the info!

@FixLife119 you need to look for the one's that say direct drive. Filiment goes straight into the head unit.

@@numbskullskills dude the 2nd one did the exact same sh!t, I think that blade must be bent so as it spins it wobbles and makes the kerf bigger than the blade width.

@@FixLife119 probably looks like it gonna work tho.

@@deitzrudisill359 I was really hoping that was the smoking gun to my rough idle issues, I've never wished for a bad part so much but unfortunately it appeared to be working fine lol.

@@P.Trim69 Hey Paul, how are ya? Makes what a hair bigger? Is there like a cream you rub on or something? Lol 😜

I didn't notice any decrease in power going to the 3k, I was kinda worried I would but it seems exactly the same at higher rpms. I did have to come out around 4 or 4.5 turns on the mixture because out of the box it was falling on its face.

Yes sir, it bolted right on. I'm making a thermal spacer (tomorrow's video) and I'm gonna face it the other direction.

@@MrKlaad Mine doesn't have the actual valve, it just has some tubing that makes a T out of the valve cover, one side goes to the air cleaner, the other side goes down into the intake manifold. If I use the choke it runs great, then when it's at operating temp it runs great. I just have to get used to this manual choke on this 3k carb. Do you have the factory carb and intake on yours?

@@FixLife119 I've bought my Sammy with weber 32/36. PCV is the one way valve screwed just in the mainfold.

If its opened U get more air from the T connection with the air box, so your mixture gets too lean. Can't add a picture.

@@MrKlaad Gotcha, I might have that (prob do). That's not where I thought it was but when I searched one online it had threads and I was like hmmmm, I prob do have that. I'll pop it out and check it if it's there. Thanks alot for the comment cuz I didn't even think about the pcv valve. That would be awesome if mine's clogged. It would make sense because with this new carb it runs rough cold but I add a little choke and it smooths out. I thought I might notice a decrease in power with this 3k carb but it feels the same as the Weber 32/36 did. Thanks again!

@@numbskullskills Yeah man sorry I couldn't stay on longer I had to go up to my parents and take my motorhome through emissions. My brother has been staying in it so we had to disconnect a bunch of stuff to get it road ready and take it down there. Big Ford 460ci (7.5L) passes with flying colors, little 1.3L Sammy, nope. Yeah the carb is working good so far. I'm gonna rotate it 180° but I can't do that till the new throttle cable shows up lol.

@@FixLife119 all good man,

@@andrebaumbach9447 Yeah I definitely got lucky that it bolted right on. I just came inside from making a thermal spacer out of some old plastic sign. I ordered a throttle cable so I can flip the carb 180° if I want (prob will). That cheapy carb seems pretty good so far. I love having the manual choke too. Its just rigged up so it's functional right now, but even in these crazy temps the Samurai seems to like some choke when cold. So weird.

@@FixLife119 the LJ80 doesn't so much need a choke but a full strangle ....

@@andrebaumbach9447 Lmfao, nah man that thing is badass. It looked like it was in good shape in your video but if it's anything like mine (and everyone else I've talked to) the more you uncover, the more work you find that needs to be done. Can't tell you how many times I went to do 1 thing and dug in only to find I had to do 2 or 3 other things first. These are so simple it shouldn't be that way but it is. It's prob best to do like you said and strip it all the way down. At least then you know what all you're dealing with and can figure out a game plan where you aren't taking the same thing apart 6 times like my door panels. I've dropped the windshield 3 times, had the hood off 3 or 4 times. Maybe someday if I can do another Samurai I'll know more so that won't happen as much. How's the body work coming along?

@@FixLife119 hit a big snag as soon as I started in first few of what I thought were minor rust spots ...and basically created some sunlight hole features 😂. I am negotiating with a place to assist with the body whilst I look at doing frame etc . Hopefully will know more this week. Of so will do a big strip of what little trim and fixtures I have on it now

@@luisrvf Yes sir. Hopefully I can do another Samurai someday, it would be easier now that I'm familiar and learned from my mistakes. I did alot of things 2 or 3 times on this one.

@@FixLife119 hahaha it's part of the learning process, it happened to me and i had 0 mechanic background, but once you get it, they it's like a small tank, nothing can stop it, and it always makes me smile when i drive it

@@luisrvf That's awesome! I googled stock manual choke location for an '87 Sammy and hit images, couldn't find a single picture online. Thanks alot for the info, not sure when the carb is gonna show up, it's like it went off grid between Phoenix and here.

@@numbskullskills It's all kinda up in the air right now. If I could do this for a living I totally would, but my channel is way too small for that right now, guess we'll see what happens.

@@FixLife119 you just started, it'll come. Well you better think of something

@@numbskullskills I'm tryin.

@@BorisEkner No, it already had an old coat on it, it was just kinda dull colored.

@@andrebaumbach9447Thanks man. Yeah rust seems to get worse the more you uncover. That's awesome that you're starting on the bodywork yourself! Hopefully it's not too bad. Keep me posted brother.

@@numbskullskills Yes sir, in the daytime it's pretty much invisible.

@@FixLife119 it is in a shop too.

@@numbskullskills $31 so far, so...pretty close.

@@FixLife119 oh hell yeah your kickin butt

2. I bought the first one, had issues so contacted the seller and they sent a replacement. I just wanted to wait till most of the work was done before putting it on so it still looked new when the build was finished. Such a night and day difference between the first one they sent and the replacement. No issues the 2nd time around.

@@P.Trim69 Haha thanks, yeah it kinda feels that way. I'm hoping the new carb makes it run a little smoother, if it ever shows up.

@@BorisEkner Hey thanks Boris!

@@LuisGarcia-wt2kp Thank you Luis. Yeah it's kinda one of those things where even if it sucks in the moment you look back and think it was alot of fun. I was thinking about that the other day. Looking years back there's alot of things that I have fond memories of but prob weren't that pleasant in the moment lol. Thanks again.

@@numbskullskills Thanks buddy.

@@BorisEkner Yeah it would be neat. There would be alot of possibilities with a remote start alarm. Can't do it with carburetor though.

@@BorisEkner The really good brands have very little play in the mechanism so they only round off 50% of nuts and bolts. I think Project Farm did a test on all the different brands. If you've never seen that channel he tests everything.

@@FixLife119 Project Farm is where bad products come to die. 😂 The adjustable wrench many of us use today was invented by Johan Petter Johansson in Sweden in 1892. His company, Bahco, has manufactured more than 100 million of them. Others have made copies of them in the millions. At the time of his death Johanson had 110 patented inovations.

@@BorisEkner 110 patents is pretty impressive. Think how much easier it would have been back then to invent something. Nowadays almost everything has been invented. Occasionally I'll see a new invention that's simple and has a purpose and I'm like dang, why didn't I think of that.

@@FixLife119 Agreed! 😂

@@larry6315 Mine goes away after I squirter some schmuts up in there but it doesn't last more than a month or 2. I need to try to get some grease up in there.

@@FixLife119 silicone spray should last.

@@BA-jr9wr That's cool. I bet you get people asking about it?

Oh yea, especially since it's hooked up as a running light on an older car. The moving lights are cool...just sicks you can only do it on power up.

@@BA-jr9wr Yeah, I'm sure there's a way to make it keep pulsing, like maybe power it through a timer relay that automatically resets, or find a flasher relay that resets every 2 seconds with that load. That would be an interesting experiment because LED's usually draw less power, I wonder how it would react to the flasher relay. You know how when 1 turn signal goes out they flash quicker with less load, might be able to add resistors to get the right load so it resets at the correct time.

@@numbskullskills Well I have 2 of em lol.

@@numbskullskills the undercoating?

@@FixLife119 yeah the undercoating

@@numbskullskills Yup. So if I have to reorder the plates they're gonna make me pay for it. F'in BS.

@@FixLife119 what a joke, they probably didn't send them they just want more money

Lol, that's funny. You know how washing your car is basically like doing a rain dance?... I'm pretty sure working underneath it does the same thing.

Actually no, not particularly. Shitty GM ABS caused the only accident I had in over 20 years at my last job. My coworker started slowing down fast because motorcycle cops pulled into the middle of the intersection with a green light. I had 3x the stopping distance I needed and was braking in light rain over one of those drain grates. My GMC Savana van activated the ABS and it wouldn't stop. I even let completely off and pushed again and ran right into the back of him. Right in front of several cops, they just waved us through the intersection and took off. I was like wtf were they even doing? I thought it was a funeral procession but turns out it was a motorcade for Mike Pence (Trumps VP). Talked to our fleet mechanic and he was telling me about how bad GM's ABS is. I did have it engage a few other times where I was braking over a bumpy surface but never any danger of wrecking.

I've never even heard of that before. I'll have to look it up. I can't believe these X bars (we call em a "4-way") are as strong as they are with the crappy little tack welds they use. I mean I've jumped on them before and never broken one.

In the winter I always had the original phone charging while I recorded. Just used my Milwaukee inverter on a 5AH battery and a Type C to Type C cable. When they started overheating as it got hot out I stopped charging them while I recorded. I want to say they will overheat more while charging but haven't done much testing to verify that.

I got some PB Blaster for that. Got the ole WD too, just never remember to do it cuz we don't usually have rusty stuff to deal with here. Seems like when the chemicals don't work, heat usually does. Or in my case you just accidentally tighten it first, then loosen it lol.

Okay, gotta prioritize. So, first do the ones that look like shit and will kill u (2 birds, 1 stone), then just the ones that will kill u, then the ones that look like shit lol. I always have to think about what I can do and have back together to move mine the same day. Like I need to attack the rust underneath, which means lowering the tank again, sanding/wire wheeling the rust, spraying rust reformer, then after that dries spraying undercoating, but today I didn't have enough time so I didn't even start. If yours is in a spot where u can take it apart and leave it apart that's an advantage, but then again it takes away the urgency so it could sit like that for a while lol.

@@FixLife119 it's very drivable as I have the mechanics going well and I got a new suspension kit installed so it's generally safe and fun to get around with which is part of my own delays . I guess I can pull apart and leave partly disassembled over weeks but I'm paranoid I'll get too far in and then get busy with my day job. Original plan was send for body work and bring home frame to refurb but now I'm just gonna start on undercarriage now - will order a new body mount kit and also start treating the little spots of bubble rust on some panels before it gets worse. That storm looks like the summer storms we get in Sydney , fast and brutal .