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I am severing my ties with AT&T after 22 years. I am looking at T-Mobile and Verizon as the bigger carriers around here, the smaller companies don't have much coverage here. Any comments about the dealings with these two companies are what I'm looking for. The service wasn't the issue here, it was some underhanded dealing they did that I will not tolerate. Any recommendations?
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Any updates on this?
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Believe I’ll smoke a deer ham for Thanksgiving. Between my daughter and me we’ve gotten 5 for the freezer. I’m extra thankful as both kids will be here for the holiday and my 20 y/o daughter still likes to come home to hunt and fish with dad. Can’t beat it. Hope everyone has a great one too.
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The weatherman ushered in some freezing temps just in time for deer season, Friday I was riding in a t shirt, Saturday hunting in the snow. Nights down in the teens. We’ll try to finish filling the freezer in the next couple days before the 60* riding weather comes back by Thanksgiving.
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Look between the front and rear cylinders on the block. The heat exchanger/Twinkie sets there, it looks like a Twinkie earning it that moniker. There are o rings and seals that can let water/oil mix.
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Most common cause is the water pump seal.
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Sitting in the deer blind looking at the dusting of snow we got this morning I can’t help but think how it seems like yesterday I was riding the bike down a sunshiny highway. Wait, it was yesterday, 15 hours before this pic it was t-shirt weather.
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Been adding miles this week, temps in the high 60’s to mid 70’s. In the 60s today riding in a tee shirt, first snow forecast tonight. Gotta love KY weather.
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Welcome back!!!
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Yesterday not today, wife said let’s go to lunch on the bike. 3 hours later we pulled in at Loveless Cafe In Nashville. Got in a little rain on the way home.
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Rest in Peace Gil Fisher
RDawson replied to Freebird's topic in Inspirational, Motivational, Prayer Requests, Etc.
Hate to hear it. Seems to be too often these days, I lost a close friend this week also. -
Some raise the forks in the triple tree.
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I’ve had good luck dissolving ABS plumbing pipe in acetone making a glue or putty. Car stereo shops usually keep ABS sheets that can be cut and formed as patches.
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I wish I could say it is wrinkle free and perfect but it’s not. A big learning curve around the corners left a few small wrinkles. I redid the lid in one piece to make it look better. Overall I’m pretty happy with it. One day soon I’m going to try to do the filter boxes using the vacuum technique on YouTube.
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Points finally arrived today, a couple hours after I finished the new trailer. Got the fuel pump fixed, hooked up the trailer and went on a test ride. My first vinyl wrap results.
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Hannigan uses similar scissor jacks in their shop. I believe front and rear.
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Glad you’re here to talk about it. In my experience things weren’t often good when we pulled out the jaws and tore cars apart.
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Is this worth $350
RDawson replied to CrashRdKing14's topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
@Freebird mentioned 2nd gear, it’s a question of when not if, it’s gonna go. The missing body parts are fairly hard to find in good shape, they’re out there but the abs plastic gets brittle with age and get damaged. The 83’s also have a history of broken frames. If you’re looking for a Venture project I would go with the 86-93 in my opinion. -
Yell at me when you come to Murray, we can grab a cup if there’s time.
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I saw over on the FB side that Dennis passed away, I don’t know his screen name or if we’ve met.
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88 Venture XVZ1300 starter problem
RDawson replied to inthewind60's topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
Be careful of the leaking fuel, sounds like floats are stuck open and can fill the cylinders with gas. Can be catastrophic. Start with checking clutch, sidestand, neutral safety switches for starting. You can short the starter relay to make it turn. -
Put it on the jack🤬🤬🤬. Got the school marm on the back and set out for a long ride, made it 3 miles. Bike quit like it was out of fuel, toggled the kill switch and it fired back up. Got it home and pulled the side cover, points are fried. Looked back and found I replaced them in 2018, new ones ordered again. Been in the low 30’s all week, 80* today and we’re grounded.
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New 2013 Venture S very tempting
RDawson replied to etcswjoe's topic in Links to Classifieds, Craigslist, Ebay, Sales, Etc.
If I could find one at that price it’d be hard to walk away. Been kicking myself for walking away from this 2018 a couple years ago. It was the real deal