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Ford E-150 fuel pump swap view from below
dus777
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Replacing fuel pump in mid-ship tank of 02 E-150. Lowered first, siphoned fuel out, removed mount straps, tipped sideways, removed hoses. Cleaned off, then swapped pump and...
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Ford E-150 fuel tank 1
dus777
427 views
Replacing fuel pump in mid-ship tank of 02 E-150. Lowered first, siphoned fuel out, removed mount straps, tipped sideways, removed hoses. Cleaned off, then swapped pump and...
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VAWT with 1 director, better bearing
dus777
197 views
Back to 1 director. Works well in gusty wind.
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VAWT with improved outer bearing
dus777
278 views
Changed lower blade mount. Changed director lower bearing to be floating, using a bike steering head type system. Could switch back to one director version. The reduction i...
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VAWT with dual director and reversing vane: fail
dus777
184 views
Added vane that could flip so the outer director would not need to turn past 180 degrees. Won't work with a vane large enough to have good solidity.
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Rattlesnake, no head, still moving an hour later
dus777
4,166 views
This rattlesnake was sitting in the doorway. I cut the head off with a shovel. After an hour, I went to cut the rattle off and it tried to bite me. Verdugo mountains near G...
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Vertical wind, VAWT with director/ improved vane
dus777
572 views
Made structural improvements: decreased uprights, added counter weight to vane, lowered vane attach point. adjusted main axle to reduce friction, adjusted director for bett...
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Vertical with director and bottom rail, kinda fail..
dus777
55 views
Added bottom rail for stability and removed most upright plastic. Initialperformance good, but the weight of the director's vane is too much for a single bearing. The devia...
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Vertical wind turbine with director
dus777
355 views
Changed vane on top to better control the director blade that rotates independent of blades. Next, I'll try to improve and tune the parts for better low speed performance. ...
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Vertical wind turbine fail
dus777
4,098 views
Added director to outer assembly. The vane on top was intended to keep the director perendicular to wind direction. The vane wasn't sufficient and limited the outer assembl...
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