Midwest TMS'ers General Communication Thread
11/15/08, 04:31 PM
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Beats me. 
Could be about the same. I just ordered another 6K set to replace the Roush foglights. The reason I like the 6K sets are because they are about the color of daylight. The way it works is the 5K sets have more lumens but the 6 and 8k sets project their light better. When Tom and I looked at our lights together on dyno day it was hard to tell them apart. The 6K sets are definitely blue looking also.
Where did you get Santa's little helpers at? I would like to pick up a few of them!!
Could be about the same. I just ordered another 6K set to replace the Roush foglights. The reason I like the 6K sets are because they are about the color of daylight. The way it works is the 5K sets have more lumens but the 6 and 8k sets project their light better. When Tom and I looked at our lights together on dyno day it was hard to tell them apart. The 6K sets are definitely blue looking also.Where did you get Santa's little helpers at? I would like to pick up a few of them!!
I asume you know the kelvin rating on the flat rocks ? ...
11/15/08, 05:39 PM
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Worked on engines all day today. My 20 year old Snow Blower and my 6k watt genarator. Got both working pretty good .. ready for the winter, suppose to get 2" tonight ( no not my wife SNOW)
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Don't drive my stang that much at night, I stay with the stockers
.Don't drive my stang that much at night, I stay with the stockers
11/15/08, 06:54 PM
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dly are you good at snowblowers? i dont know whats wrong with mine.. i got it tuned up and pretty much completely overhauled last winter by some place in mishawaka... and it has not been able to start since... when i have it on full throttle and/or full choke, i can see gas spraying out the exhaust... so its getting so much gas it cant run... i dont know if i wanna take it back to this place to be fixed...
its like a 15ish year old tecumseh
its like a 15ish year old tecumseh
11/15/08, 07:30 PM
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Yup I know him from work
The carb on all those small engines are just a needle valve, a float, and a adjustable idle screw on the bottom of the bowl. Look for the adjust screw on the bottom of the bowl and take it about half way out and then try to start it. Get a can of small engine cleaner by Gumout..best thing I've ever used on a engine. Spray the hell out of the inside and outside of the carb. Be careful if you take the carb apart ... when you take off the bowl, if you move the float, don't lose the little needle valve or you will need to get a rebuilt kit (about 6 or 8 bucks). It's pretty simple.
dly are you good at snowblowers? i dont know whats wrong with mine.. i got it tuned up and pretty much completely overhauled last winter by some place in mishawaka... and it has not been able to start since... when i have it on full throttle and/or full choke, i can see gas spraying out the exhaust... so its getting so much gas it cant run... i dont know if i wanna take it back to this place to be fixed...
its like a 15ish year old tecumseh
its like a 15ish year old tecumseh
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11/16/08, 09:23 AM
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Yes Yes ! 
That is how a real man deals with this crap! I have tuned up 2 leaf blowers in similar fashion....Last summer I tuned up a relatively new self propelled walk behind mower this way only I used a tree in the front yard!....
That is how a real man deals with this crap! I have tuned up 2 leaf blowers in similar fashion....Last summer I tuned up a relatively new self propelled walk behind mower this way only I used a tree in the front yard!....
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11/16/08, 11:27 AM
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A few years ago I dealt with a Kenmore washer in a similar way. Wife tells a story of it doing barrel rolls in the driveway. I don't think it was that bad.
Today the Steeda wheels and Nitto's came off and the stockers are back on.
11/16/08, 11:46 AM
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Beats me. Could be about the same. I just ordered another 6K set to replace the Roush foglights. The reason I like the 6K sets are because they are about the color of daylight. The way it works is the 5K sets have more lumens but the 6 and 8k sets project their light better. When Tom and I looked at our lights together on dyno day it was hard to tell them apart. The 6K sets are definitely blue looking also.
Could be about the same. I just ordered another 6K set to replace the Roush foglights. The reason I like the 6K sets are because they are about the color of daylight. The way it works is the 5K sets have more lumens but the 6 and 8k sets project their light better. When Tom and I looked at our lights together on dyno day it was hard to tell them apart. The 6K sets are definitely blue looking also.Last edited by frdtch05gt; 11/16/08 at 12:29 PM.
11/16/08, 12:32 PM
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Yes Justin that is as close as you can get to the 2008 HID's. I believe they are really 5500K but won't know much difference. Are you going to get the fogs for 100 bucks also or are you going to wait until you see what the headlights are like. That is what I did also.
And you got a great deal. I paid $160 bucks about 6 weeks ago!!!!!!There is flurries around today but nothing like yesterday. Mega big wet snow flakes all day yesterday. If you were out for 5 minutes in them you got soaked. Looks like you are getting rain right now. It is 34 and very windy here now. Winds are like 20-30 mph.
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11/16/08, 12:41 PM
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Sounds good to me then. 
I'll probably just do the headlights, I haven't been using the fogs much because everyone always flashes their brights at me when I have them on. The fogs are bright enough for me anyway, just need a little bit better lighting in the headlights. If I decide to get the fogs later, no big deal. The car is put away for the winter now anyway, won't be driving it at night any time soon.
I'll probably just do the headlights, I haven't been using the fogs much because everyone always flashes their brights at me when I have them on. The fogs are bright enough for me anyway, just need a little bit better lighting in the headlights. If I decide to get the fogs later, no big deal. The car is put away for the winter now anyway, won't be driving it at night any time soon.
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11/16/08, 06:15 PM
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11/16/08, 07:47 PM
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Hi everyone, just checking in....... pretty busy lately. Drove the car today for a few minutes, these low temps = incredible loss of traction.