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    Post up your M416 Tailgates please

    I used aluminum diamond plate & made my to hinge with the side opening
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    AA1PR’s Yukon Long Term Build & Adventure Videos 56K

    thanks its only one coat, I need to buy another gallon & get more on it when its a bit cooler out the heat from what everyone is telling me is what caused the problem we encountered, go figure
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    AA1PR’s Yukon Long Term Build & Adventure Videos 56K

    OK I got my son Mikie to help out today as promised I started to tape things off while he started the sanding process, more of that with the 3M pad Mostaliner included & the one I bought it was worthless, too much clear coat on my rig so we started at at 100grit & that still didnt look right...
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    Expedition Overland - 2015 Season

    adore the episodes and all they do however the commercialization is becoming a bit too much for the viewer ...though it pays the bills
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    Personal Emergency Experience Last Night

    Back then I didnt have HF in my rig early 90's no it was a regular net on the Killington 146.880 repeater back then a county sheriff finally came by & called a tow truck for us, got towed into town, called family & hours later we where safely home
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    Personal Emergency Experience Last Night

    glad all was well I broke down years ago in the green mtn national forest broke into a net asking for help, they told me to wait until after the net, thought OK I cant go anywhere net control closed net & everyone disappeared, no one would answer my call for assistant never understood the...
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    tablet and gps questions

    if you download your topo maps from ~ http://store.usgs.gov/b2c_usgs/usgs/maplocator/%28ctype=areaDetails&xcm=r3standardpitrex_prd&carea=%24ROOT&layout=6_1_61_48&uiarea=2%29/.do & use avenza pdf maps it works well on andriod ~ http://www.avenza.com/pdf-maps I find it very time consuming like...
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    AA1PR’s Yukon Long Term Build & Adventure Videos 56K

    Mikie (Jr) spent the night last night, it was nice to have him back home so today as he promised he got the exhaust on for me old system was one in 2 out once upon a time, but was modded for that 2 back into one long before I bought it had to run the muffler back down to NAPA, the inlet was...
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    AA1PR’s Yukon Long Term Build & Adventure Videos 56K

    me & mariah gave the rig an oil change, NAPA had the oil on sale till the end of the month for $1.99 per qt & opted for the napa gold filter, dang thing was $11, not sure if its really worth it but we'll see sanded down the final coat of marglass, some small imperfections left, but hopefully...
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    AA1PR's M416 Trailer Build Thread..

    July 11 2015 M416 discovered that the tire carrier I built is nothing but problems, I did my math wrong...back to the drawing board on that one had to remove the tire from there before we left any way we got to finally use it this summer, looks good back there ! odd looks & questions from...
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    AA1PR’s Yukon Long Term Build & Adventure Videos 56K

    me & the kids decided we needed to go camping once this summer & at least use our trailer to justify its existence somehow in rushing to get on the road I either forget to lock down the ball or the pin disappeared, hit a big bump & the trailer came smashing into the rear bumper: thankfully the...
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    AA1PR’s Yukon Long Term Build & Adventure Videos 56K

    with the help of my daughter we tackled the passenger side rocker it was no where as bad as the drivers side I probably cut out too much, but wanted to be safe all possible cancer was removed covered interior of cavity with chassis saver , cut our metal, tacked, riveted, marglassed etc she...
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    Random RIG Shots

    met trailmagic ever so briefly in lake george today, admired his rig & trailer
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    AA1PR’s Yukon Long Term Build & Adventure Videos 56K

    I was napping when VTS10 aka VTBlazer called to see if I could back him up in case he got stuck, he wanted to try out his new 33's so I met him down at willie bowl or maybe its bow, either way its a soupy mess there & the mud literally stinks & after he finished the video of how well his rig...
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    AA1PR’s Yukon Long Term Build & Adventure Videos 56K

    I agree, its the new slurry the state has been using on the roads, its really corrosive today... with the help of my daughter & the great weather we decided it was time to get these finished, rain in the near future got a layer of Marglass over the seams on both sides sanded those down with...
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    AA1PR’s Yukon Long Term Build & Adventure Videos 56K

    my son had to work today so instead my dad & kids gave me a hand all day got the front new calipers on & new ceramic pads, bleed out the system so now it stops on a dime also got one coat of chassis saver on the front frame sections while we were there, my dad doesnt understand why we had to...
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    AA1PR’s Yukon Long Term Build & Adventure Videos 56K

    got some new ceramic front brake pads to install today & one rotor since the passenger side was never replaced last time I did these, drivers side still looks perfect however I'm not able nor my dad to loosen the caliper bolts, I'm assuming that shop I had problems with in March severely over...
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    AA1PR’s Yukon Long Term Build & Adventure Videos 56K

    finally got a response from Monstaliner, Hi ML covers 60 sq ft per gallon in 2 coats Regards Eric Rosenthal President & Technical Director so I now have some measuring to do, might just order 2 gallons & go over it several times decisions, decisions...
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    AA1PR’s Yukon Long Term Build & Adventure Videos 56K

    discovered a hole in my muffler, decided its best to replace most of it just in case, I hate things half fast & mufflers never separate from the pipes as you want another job for my kid just ordered my exhaust from the cat back from my local napa intermediate pipe $43.30 muffler...
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    AA1PR’s Yukon Long Term Build & Adventure Videos 56K

    Thanks good idea, I should have an old floor mat kicking around its a losing proposition; vehicles that is when you live in the salt belt
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