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    1980 tx 440 primary help.

    As per title my uncle has a 1980 tx 440 free air that he is in the middle of doing a full engine build for. His primary is the closed basket type,and need's repair. Question, I have read several threads on vintage sled's.com regarding switching it over to a P-85, trouble seem's to be polaris...
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    Name Songs to Avoid Singing When In Prison

    The boy inside the man, red rider.
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    House Shingles

    I've been avoiding some of the sagging fascia tin on the garage for awhile now, decided to get at it and get it fixed. Fascia board on west side of garage was rotten to the bone, FYI, same roofer as house did the garage in 2009. There are 3 reasons why the fascia is rotten and I had to remove...
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    11 police shot, 4 killed at Dallas protest

    So, the only way you can argue with the number's is to compare the USA to third world countries? American police are trained from day one to shoot to kill if they feel they could be in danger. And the citizen death toll draw's a pretty clear picture. Guy shot to death in his car FYI was not a...
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    11 police shot, 4 killed at Dallas protest

    Number's are from Washington post,The Guardian and other places.580 people so far this year, 2015= 1208,2014= 1111, prior to that numbers are not accurate or kept track by anyone.Since 2005 Washington post say's approx 1000 per year, so that's approx 11,000 people shot and killed.Since 2005 65...
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    11 police shot, 4 killed at Dallas protest

    Video camera's have been in the hand's of the general public for a fairly short amount of time and youtube prob. has thousand's of bystander made video's of brutality and even death's of people from power crazy police. And you have to keep in mind only a VERY VERY small amount of...
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    11 police shot, 4 killed at Dallas protest

    Police in the states shoot and kill unarmed people every single day , only a matter of time before some people start getting fed up with it. Didn't police kill 2 unarmed guy's day before yesterday? Not trying to be a D*ck, just sayin. 99% of cop's that kill unarmed people walk away without...
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    stitching plastic

    Ive done that way and other times put flat tip in soldering iron and lightly melted material back together(quad plastics). And also used both way's together. Worked for me.
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    House Shingles

    If you guy's like my previous posted pic's I should go into attic and take a pic. of roof vents. They are approx. 2/3 over the hole that is in the plywood. Apparently tape measures are too high tech. for this guy to operate. Anyone have access to a 2010 National Builder's Ass. Book? I...
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    House Shingles

    Some more pic.s to more easily explain why this guy is a F'n idiot.This guy is a full time roofer, he does this for a living.Could you imagine how many houses in Lloyd he has f'd up. I had a home inspector here the other day, he took pic's of every mistake/ f' up. He wrote me a report of why...
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    (.)(.) Canadian women second only to Americans for biggest breasts in the world

    LOL, every member online is on a big boob thread..................... :perfect10: Show's what kind of guy's we are.
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    Humorous picture thread

    These guy's are running as fast as they can go with no helmet's. OMG there must be multiple casualties at this event with no helmet law to save them (according to the helmet law thread) LOL........................................................ :smiliestirthepot:
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    House Shingles

    I thought maybe he had some lackie's working that day and since he is the owner, he would inspect the work and admit some repair's need to be done.I looked up under the starter strip and seen the felt butt's up to the roof edge trim but does not overlap it.This is 100% not up to code,the...
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    House Shingles

    Contractor was here today and said there is nothing wrong with the sewer stack boot or the way it was installed. He also said there is nothing wrong with the exposed nail's between the row's."it's normal and happen's all of the time" The only thing he is prepared to do is install a drip edge to...
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    House Shingles

    SS-2.4.3 DRIP EDGE FLASHING.1Pre-finished or galvanized sheet metal drip edge flashing shall be installed along roof eaves and rakes. The vertical flange shall be spaced a minimum distance of 6 mm (1/4”) from the fascia face. The deck flange shall extend a minimum distance of 75 mm (3”) on to...
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    House Shingles

    Thank's for the input guy's,A call will be made to the guy tom.and see where it goes from there. If you shingle a roof from the bottom up, I don't understand how you can remove the bottom 2 or 3 row's /slide them all down a tad/then renail? Wouldn't you have to have to fold the above row up to...
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    House Shingles

    Its a separate issue, but here is some of the other work im not impressed with There is about a dozen or so places nail's are exposed like this. This vent boot is the original from when the house was built in 73 The last 2 roofer's just reused it.I'm sure when the shingles were done in the...
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    House Shingles

    https://www.homedepot.ca/en/home/p.drip-flashing-2-x-78-x-38-in---brown-galvanized.1000109769.html Something like this, but 2" tall is too much.But with a job site saw, it could be made to work.
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    House Shingles

    I dont know what the pitch is.But anyone had an idea as to how the problem can be solved now? IMO it's his problem to fix,not mine.I'm going to try to get in touch with a building inspector and find out what some of the codes are. (as far as shingle overhang,drip edge and that fibre cloth stuff...
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