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  1. Flyinfool
    You only missed by one generation.........
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    Oh man that sucks! I really hope you can get your $hit together and back where it belongs.... I think that you should just throw your hands up and go out for ice cream.
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    Keep in mind that the write up that I did was for a 1st gen MKII, the same concept will work for you but the connections and wire colors will/may be slightly different. As mentioned, do not waste your money on anything other than a Bi-Xenon light. You will end up being disappointed with the result.
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    We could still use the rain up here. All we are going to get is the cold (Sub zero predicted) with no precip.
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    HA!!! I'm probably the last person to ask for dress advice. Dress code where I work is dress shoes, black pants, white shirt, and a tie. I wear black sneakers, black jeans and polo shirts (at least they have 3 buttons), and I don't even own a white shirt or a tie. Little by little some others, including upper management, are starting to follow my lead.
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    While I have not had any issues with the fuel pump on the bike YET......... In my truck that is also how the pump goes out, the engine simply shuts off like you turned the key off. After replacing a couple pumps at highway robbery rates I now change out fuel pumps as a normal maintenance item rather than waiting for them to leave me stranded. At least on a 2nd gen you can replumb to gravity feed while on the side of the road. My truck and 1st gen that is not an option.
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    I'm running XP Pro and Fire Fox on 2 different computers and neither of them popped anything up. I tried back when this thread started and again just now. I have that site bookmarked.
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    I sure hope this all works out for you. It may have been a good choice to take the car to the interview, after a special that just aired on local news where they interviewed a former HR head, one of the things that is done in the interview is that someone will go out to look at what you drove in. Things like a baby seat in the car can be a big black mark on your interview because it means that you will need time off for child reasons. Motorcycles also got black marks because it could mean expensive medical and time off in the event of a crash. You can't think of anything to keep occupied for 4 hours on those days...........
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    Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.
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    At least it did not require a trip to Radio Shack........
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    I do not know that your putting a resistor inline is making the same connections and circuit that the jumper/resistor in the flasher is making. The jumper/resistor in the flasher is probably connecting across 2 of the pins and has other connections inside of the flasher to both ends of that jumper/resistor to monitor the voltage drop to operate the flasher circuit. Connecting a resistor of greater ohms across those same 2 pins would still have little to no effect because the electricity will take the path of least resistance and ignore your added resistor. If you can see inside of the housing enough see the circuit traces on the PC board you might be able to determine if in fact the jumper/resistor is connected across 2 pins. IF it is connected across 2 pins then you should be able to put your 0.4 ohm resistor across those 2 pins and cut the jumper/resistor where shown and have close enough to the same thing. But not having one of the flashers in hand, this is just my best guess.
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    Did you try to contact the owner of the PO box to get your stuff? I often have to play mail exchange with someone 2 blocks over that has a similar last name and the same house number, different street. He often gets my mail and I often get his. We have both complained to the post office to no avail. At least we are both civil and freely exchange stuff.
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    I have a number of different addresses that I have things shipped to depending on what the item is. I have to have each of the address registered with each of the credit cards that I use AND each of the addresses registered with Pay Pal and each of the addresses Registered with eBay. Many sellers will only ship to the address that comes up on the eBay or PP payment receipt regardless of what you put in the instructions or notes. This is the ONLY way they are covered in the case of a dispute later on. Almost all stolen credit cards will want the order shipped to a non confirmed address. On every purchase I have to make sure that it is calling for the correct address. As far as your package that was delivered to your old PO box, I would send a letter to that PO box, explain the situation, and ask nicely if you can have your package back. Don't forget to give them your name, address, and phone number so that they can get back to you. They may be sitting with an item that they have no idea what to do with and if you do not give them a solution it will end up in the trash, or if it is something cool they will just keep it.
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    I can agree with that. Under inflation can cause a tire to blow out, Max pressure will at worst cause a harsh ride and center tread wear.
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    I would hate to see either.......
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    Max sidewall pressure is not always best. Max sidewall pressure is for if the tire is to be loaded to its max weight carrying ability. If the tire can carry a lot more weight that it will ever see where it is mounted then a lower pressure may be more appropriate. Perfect case in point. Do you run the max sidewall pressure in your MC trailer tires? Have you heard of anyone that thinks it is a good idea to run max pressure in a MC trailer tire?
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    I was afraid that between Bob and I we had your eyes spinning in counter rotating circles..... Funny you mention military cargo, I just got off the phone with a friend that is a load master for every cargo plane the AF has.
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    OK Bob, now stop messin with us. Your colors chart is off by 1 Black is zero not 1 white is 9 not zero. Normally your description of power is correct. But there is more to consider with LEDs. There is no such thing as a 12V LED. What the manufacturers do is to build in whatever resistor is necessary to operate the LED in a 12V system which is really a 14V system with the engine running. As for the current draw, with modern LEDs that are series parallel circuits the 20mA per LED does not apply, you have to check the manufacturers specs. I added 180 LEDs to the back of my bike and the whole batch draws 1 amp at full brightness, that works out to 5.6mA per LED. In this case he is using the resistor to dim the LED, so the resistor is not dropping the full 14v. with the LEDs that I used on my bike the 330 ohm was dropping ~5V so 5 x .02 = .1W so again the 1/2W resistor has plenty of headroom. I think I really cornfused thins now.
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    OK Red Red Yellow would be 220,000 (220K) ohm Orange red yellow would be 320,000 (320K) ohm I'm guessing that yours are Orange orange yellow for 330,000 (330K) ohm You should have orange orange brown, the last band can be any color for this application. RS should have the 330 ohm resistors, good excuse for another ride...... What value trimmer pot did you get? The 47ohm resistors will function, but there will be only a very small difference in brightness. Good thing resistors are cheap.
  20. Flyinfool
    I think there is still a time limit, but that can depend on the particular food item and the particular floor. A dry cookie on a clean floor that has been there a full day could still be good. A steak on that same clean floor would not be good after a full day. Any food dropped on the bathroom floor for any amount of time would not be good.
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    There is you problem. 330K is way to much (330K means 330,000 ohm). It should be 330 ohm resistor. No K and no M after the 330. As was described in the "Original Flasher Modification" thread. There are colored bands on the resistor what are all of the colors on the resistor you are using? The first two bands should be Orange.
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    When I drop food I don't even bother to look down to see where it landed. The dog usually gets it on the way down. Dogs are a lot faster and smarter than cats. If it does hit the floor, it will never last 5 seconds anyhow before the dog has it, even if she is on the opposite side of the house. It is safest to just get out of the way. I find it amazing how the dog can sense falling food, even while sound asleep and still wake up and be there to catch it even from a great distance.
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    The door sticker on my truck calls for 35psi. With the tires that I have on it I run 50 psi. I just changed out the tires after 50K miles and they were worn perfectly flat and even across the thread which means that my load, pressure and alignment was perfect. As everyone else said, forget the door sticker, unless you still have the original factory tires. Even if you get a new set of the same make, model and size of tire. the pressure may need to change a little due to changes in method of manufacture or raw material sources over the years.
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    You said you were going to take pics to document this project. Did you take a pic before you covered it all up in shrink wrap? Maybe we can spot something amiss.
  25. Flyinfool
    Best of luck to you both.
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