Archive for December, 2007

Saturday, December 22nd, 2007

Remote Oil Filter

I have had this project on the back burner for a while.  I just finished installing a lift in my shop (read more here) and was changing the oil on my FJ60.  Standing under the truck gave me a little better view and a different perspective of the project.  I am making a bracket to [...]

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Saturday, December 22nd, 2007

Giving the shop a lift

I have been wanting a lift ever since we built the shop.  Now that I am getting a little more busy and doing a wide variety of repairs (and feeling old as my body creeks getting back up off the floor) I figured it was time to make the investment.  I did a lot of [...]

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Thursday, December 13th, 2007

It’s been a week since the Chehalis Flood

It has been a week since the flooding hit full force in three Western Washington Counties. The water has receded from all major areas. I-5 opened to all traffic last Friday allowing freight and passenger traffic along the West Coasts major north south route. Everything should be getting back to normal, but for many of [...]

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Tuesday, December 4th, 2007

2007 Chehalis Flood

If you haven’t been watching the news, the Pacific Northwest was hit by a big storm system this week. Some areas of the Oregon cost saw wind speeds close to 130 mph. The city of Bremerton received nearly 10 inches of rain in a 24 hour period and several local rivers have reached [...]

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