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Since I have had good luck with my swap except for a few minor bugs I thought I would spend some time and do a writeup on the subject.
Swap Motor = 2.0 16v Engine Code 9A Passat Motor.
Older Pic that is missing the new intake pipe but good enough. The pipe on there is the plastic 16v stock pipe cut down.
8v parts needed from old motor.
Fuel Injector's
Fuel Pressure Regulator
Knock Sensor
Blue Coolant Sensor ( this is a topic of debate more info below )
Single Sensor Coolant Flange on side of cylinder head
8v Throttle Body
8v Coil
8v Fan After Run Switch
Digi2 Airbox
Vanestyle Air Meter (VAM) (on airbox)
Airbox to Throttle Body Tube
Idle Stabilizer Valve (ISV)
8v Tranny (optional see below)
8v Lower Radiator Hose
8v Heater Core Hoses
All 8v Pulley's
Digi2 Injector Cups
Keep all of the 8v hoses and various bits until your done cause they come in handy for custom stuff.
16v Parts to keep
16v Motor Complete
16v Tranny (optional see below)
16v Alternator
16v Rubber Throttle Body Elbow
16v Brake Booster Vac Hose
16v Throttle Cable (see below)
16v Distributor
16v Plug Wires
16v Upper Radiator Hose
16v Coolant Pipe
16v Sensor's (keep them all for now)
16v Oil Cooler and Filter Flange
16v Exhaust Manifold and Gasket's
Keep all of your 16v Hoses and bits for now too cause you never know.
Things You Have to Buy
The Bentley Manual (optional but highly recommended)
Fuel Rail (Ross or BBM or Homemade whichever works for you)
Fuel Pressure Regulator Mount (usually you can order it with your rail or use an aftermarket regulator)
Replace all non reusable stretch bolts (refer to Bentley)
Clutch Pressure Plate Bolts
Flywheel Bolts
Crank Pulley Bolt (if removing Pulley)
CV Joint Bolts
Cylinder Head Bolts
Connecting Rod Bolts
Things I Recommend You Replace or Buy
Spark Plugs
Plug Wires
Dist. Cap and Rotor
Timing Belt
Timing Belt Tensioner
Sensors (see below) Coolant Temp Sensor, Oil Pressure Sensors
Water Pump
Vacuum Hoses
Fuel Filter
Air Filter
Oil Filter
Fuel Hoses
Injector O-rings
Motor Mounts (which ones you use depends on which brackets you keep, see below)
Clutch Disc
Change Tranny Fluid
New Ground Wires
New Power Wires
O2 Sensor (8v)
Every shifter bushing
Air Fuel gauge
CV Joint Gaskets
CV Joint Grease
Front Subframe Bushings
Steering Rack Bushing
Copper Exhaust Manifold and Cat. Nuts
Magnetic Oil Drain Plug
Oil Drain Plug Seal's
Oil Pump
Digifast Chip from VW_Pilot on the tex
Special Tools
Clutch Disc Centering Tool
Shift Gate Alignment Tool (or print out its picture and make a cardboard one.
8mm 12 Point wrench for CV joints
12 Point Metric Sockets for clutch pressure plate bolts
Timing Belt Tensioner Tool (can use snap ring pliers)
17mm Hex Tool for Tranny Drain Plug
OK just some basic stuff that I think you should do during this swap.
Label all of your electrical connections and where they connect to before you unplug them.
If you do not have the Bentley then draw diagrams of vacuum lines and other hoses.
Replace EVERY corroded connector with a new one or clean them up shiny.
Keep your eyes open for other problems and fix them now while the engine bay is empty and easy to work on.
Shifter bushings replace them all while you can they make a huge difference.
The Info
Depending on your situation you can keep the 8 valve tranny or use the 16v tranny but some of the parts are not compatable. If you Notice any leaking gaskets or seals replace them now while it is easy. You may want to consider doing the Throw out bearing, clutch center plate and retaining ring. If you switch to a 16v Hydro tranny the process is beyond the scope of this write up please refer to the tranny forum for more help
If you are keeping your 8v tranny then you need.
8v Front Motor Mount Bracket
8v Starter
8v Flywheel
8v Tranny Tin/Shields
8v Clutch Disc
16v Pressure Plate
I recomend an air fuel gauge to keep track of the new motor since Digi2 was never meant to run this motor you wouldn't want to ruin it. A new o2 sensor will decrease the chance of this as well as a Digifast chip from VW_Pilot on the tex.
You have to get a fuel rail cause the 8v one will not work. Be sure to replace Injector' O-rings and if you can swing it injector's. Sometimes the studs that hold the upper and lower manifold together stick out a little and interfere with fuel rails so you should grind them down.
Good time to get new fuel lines while you are at it. The BLUE fuel hardline is the return and should go to the FPR.
I am running the stock fuel pressure regulator and it is fine. Definitly replace your fuel filter cause it is cheap.
See pic above for fuel rail and lines.
Pic of the FPR
Throttle Body
The idle and wide open throttle switches on the 16v TB do not plug into the 8v harness without modification.
The 16v throttle body that I had came with the restrictor plate on the butterfly and the vacuum connections were not ideal. There was also no idle adjust screw so I went with the 8v.
When using the 8v TB however you have to modify the throttle cable by cutting it shorter and using a wire nut on it, also a piece of rubber hose over it will decrease chafing on the throttle lever.
See the pic below of my intake tube for the wire nut on the throttle cable.
Vacuum Hoses
Definitly replace all of your vac hoses no point in not doing it now it will only give you trouble later. On the 8v TB there are 2 small ports on front and one on back. The front right port goes to FPR and splits off to the airbox as well. The front left goes to the EVAP Valve and so does the rear one. Refer to the Bentley for specifics.
I replaced the 8v Brake booster hose which runs from the intake mani to the booster in favor of the 16v cause it fit better.
Pic of brake booster vac hose from Passat
You will have to rig something for your intake tube. You can use the 8v rubber one but the fit is not ideal. I used the 16v rubber elbow and a piece of aluminum tube and a silicon turbo style boot to fabricate my own. The aluminum tube came from a turbo volvo for 5 $ I just cut it at one of the bends to give it the correct shape.
Depending on how you run your ISV hoses you may need a port on it but I ran my ISV to the large TB port with a piece of old coolant hose.
Pic of my new intake tube.
As far as I know the 16v and 8v ISV's are not compatable but you can simply swap one for the other and put the 8v one in the stock 16v location and use the same hoses. If I remember right one the hoses was a little big so I had to tighten the hose clamp really good but nothing major.
Here is a pic
This is the hose I used to connect the ISV to the TB, I used the stock 16v plastic pipe and the hose is an old coolant reservoir hose.
Cold Start Injector
I removed mine completely and threaded a large bolt into the hole with some sealant. A block off plate would work too or you could even just leave it there unplugged.
See pic of ISV for the bolt in the cold start injector hole
I used the 8v lower radiator hose with the 16v upper radiator hose and a Passat 16v coolant reservoir hose cause the 8v and 16v hoses were not long enough. I think the metal coolant pipe from the Passat is slightly different which is why. The rest of the hoses were 16v hoses except for the heater core hoses which were from the 8v however I had to cut the hose that goes into the side of the 16v head cause it was too long so maybe the 16v heater core hoses would have worked better.
My crank case breather hose I decided to not reconnect to the intake stream cause I didn't want all that carbon build up in my freshly rebuilt motor so I put a minifilter on the end and capped off the vac lines from the manifold. I don't have much blowby in the new motor so oil spatter out the end of the filter is not a problem however I think there are some advantages in horse power when you create a vacuum in the crankcase so I am researching that further.
You can see the K&N minifilter on my breather hose under the FPR pic above. UPDATE: This etup has proven to be messy even with my windage tray I still get oil vapor. I reccomend either a catch can or piping the crankcase vent hose back into the intake system.
There has been some debate over whether or not to use the stock Digi2 CTS vs. stock 16v CTS and I have run some tests to see for myself. According to the Bentley they are electrically compatable. I took both sensor's and heated them up in water with a thermometer and took readings off both. They gave the same readings as predicted. However if you wish to use the DIgi2 sensor you will have to use the single sensor coolant flange off the side of the 8v head and put it on the 16v head. Mine fit with no modification but I do not have the 16v thermotime switch installed so the hole is plugged and I had plenty of room for the flange.
I also have the stock 16v CTS installed and when I take reading off of them while they are both in the car I get slightly different readings from one to the other which I attribute to there locations. The difference is not substantial and they both fall within the Bentley's specs so It is really up to you but they are compatable.
The Temp sender for the temp gauge on the dash you should use the 16v one and just cut the digi2 connector off and use a spade terminal. The brown wire is ground so connect the other one or test for voltage when the key is on and use that one.
Replace your oil pressure switches cause they are cheap insurance but I recommend moving the low pressure switch to the back of the cylinder head where the oil temp sender is located and moving the temp sender to the oil filter flange. The head will lose oil pressure earlier which is why I moved it.
The radiator fan after run switch is located on a bracket on the back of the 8v valve cover just remove it and put it on the 16v vallve cover above the exhaust manifold.
All the sensor locations including the digi2 single sensor coolant flange.
Radiator fan after run switch mounted above header or exhaust manifold.
Ground Wires
Digi2 is really sensitive to bad grounds so replace all your ground wires and clean up or replace connectors. You should have grounds running from battery to body and then to tranny. I ran one from tranny to cyclinder head as well. There is also a ground from the coil bracket to the valve cover.
O2 Sensor
Digi2 is also sensitive to a failing o2 sensor so replace it atleast every 60k miles. Alot of Digi2 problems can be fixed by replacing the o2 sensor.
Pretty much plug and play, the Digi2 connector plugs right in. I had an issue with a bad Hall sender when I originally did my swap but I think it was just bad so I swapped in the Hall sender from my 8v Dist. . It is possible that this has to be done on all of them cause I have heard other people having to do the same thing but I don't have any hard evidence to back it up.
Fuel Injector Harness
The old harness is not long enough to reach around to the front of the 16v so I soldered ina couple short length's of wire to make it reach. Be sure your connections are waterproof and don't bother with butt connector's cause this is not the place for them. If you do not know how to solder you can buy no crimp butt conector's that solder the wires for you with the help of a lighter. NAPA carries them but so do other auto parts stores.
I chose to keep the plastic loom that covers the injector wires, I split it open and drilled a couple holes through one half of it that would line up with the holes in the bottom of my Ross Fuel Rail and mounted directly to the rail. Looks perfectly factory. Putting the connector's one the injector's can be a real bitch no matter how you do it so be patient.
Here is a pic of how I mounted the injector harness loom to my Ross rail.
The 16v and 8v exhaust manifolds are not compatable, the Passat 16v manifold is different from the GTI 16v manifold as well. The dual downpipe from the GTI 16v is the same as the dual downpipe from the GTI 8v however the Passat 16v dual downpipe is not the same.
According to a few other people here on the tex they have used the Passat manifold and downpipe without any problems.
Another option of course is to use a header which should be for a GTI 16v.
Everything else after the Manifold/Downpipe can be reused from the 8v.
16v and 8v alternator's are not compatable because the mounting brackets are different. Use the 16v one.
Depending on whether or not you have AC determines which pulley set you use. They are completely different. To correctly remove AC you must change the small pulley on the crank, the waterpump pulley, and the alternator pulley and if I remember correctly the power steering pulley as well. The only one that stays the same is the large crank pulley. It is possible to make things work and many people have done it but since my 16v originally came with no AC I had to change them all in order to add it.
Motor Mounts
The motor mounts should all be replaced at this point since the 16v is a more powerful motor any questionable mount from the old 8v will be no good when the 16v starts pulling on it. Which mounts you use depends on the brackets you have. There are hydraulic front and rear mounts or solid mounts and they have different brackets so make sure you order the correct ones.
Tuning is all done to the Digi2 specs so follow the procedure in the Bentley. The 16v does seem to like a slightly higher idle though.
I have been experimenting with tuning the VAM spring but small adjustments really don't seem to make a difference. I am not sure how the idle mixture is or whether it should be asdjusted since I do not have access to smog equipment.
That is all I can think of for the moment but I will be updating pictures soon as I take them.
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Please add anything I have missed.
I am sad to say that I will be moving away from the mkII world. My GTI has reached the end of its life due to rust issues that I simply do not have the time to fix. I have been through a lot with my GTI including a 16v engine build this Digi2 Swap and basically rebuilding the entire car over the course of the last 8 years. I am sad to see it go but I am itching to spend time restoring my 77 Westy that has been in storage for the past 6 years. In order to keep my spirits up during the daily commute I have also purchased myself a little known car called an .:R32 so don't feel too bad for me........
Pic of the ride at the height of its glory.......
I will keep up this FAQ and its pictures as long as I can but if any Vortex admin is willing to take over the maintenance of this FAQ please let me know.
Before I go I just have one last little piece of technical info regarding this swap that I thought would help everyone out in their efforts to better tune their Digi2 swaps....
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"I don't paint things; I only paint the difference between things."
Henri Matisse took up painting while recovering from appendicitis. In 1904 and 1905, he spent summers in the south of France, where the bright sunlight inspired him to create dynamic works of vibrant color, a technique known as Fauvism, setting him on a career-long path that he described as "construction by means of color." In his later years, Matisse reinvigorated his study of color through his cutouts made from brightly painted paper for projects ranging from intimate books to wall-size works, murals, and stained glass.Let Matisse inspire your students to: - Use cut paper to create a design for a stained-glass window. - Paint what they can see from their classroom or bedroom window. - Design fabric with ink, fabric paints, and markers. - Use watercolors to design their own stationary, then write a letter to a friend and mail it. - Create a temporary mural in the classroom using paper cutouts. - Use tissue paper or color transparencies to create a stained-glass window, and then project it onto the wall from the overhead projector.Books for students:Matisse: The King of Color, Laurence AnholtHenri Matisse: Drawing with Scissors, Jessie HartlandGetting to Know the World's Greatest Artists: Henri Matisse, Mike VeneziaArtists in Their Time: Henri Matisse, Jude WeltonWhen Pigasso Met Mootisse, Nina LadenWeb resources:Matisse and Picasso, KERAMatisse Five Facts, Minneapolis Institute of ArtsInside Scoop: Fauves, National Gallery of ArtFind out more from The Museum of Modern Art:Dance (I), gallery label text, publication excerpts, other textsDance (I), audio guidePortrait in Seven Shades: Matisse, jazz music


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Check out this video above, which I discovered thanks to Jennifer Souers of MuseoBlogger. Whether you work in a museum or not, it's sure to bring a little smile to your face– not a warm and cuddly, feel-good smile– but a it's-funny-because-it's-true kind of smile. But this little video gives museum professionals something interesting to think about as well.
Sometimes it takes somebody outside of our niche to show us how our tribe/institution/industry is perceived, and this video can provide some insight for folks working in museums and cultural nonprofit organizations. For better or worse, this video shows us how museums and museum professionals are perceived. We must ask ourselves: is this how we want our professions and institutions to be viewed?
Below are some red-flags that emerged for me while watching the video. I'll call them 'misconceptions,' though it could be argued by some that these are not misconceptions at all. If museums are increasingly becoming places for community, let's make it clear. If we want folks to be sure these things are misconceptions of museum professionals then let's do what we can to prove it.
Misconception #1: Museum professionals are nothing like normal people. Kim the cat says, "Chances are, the museum people who decide what gets to be put in the museum probably don't have anything in common with you." I laughed at this because museum professionals (administrators, scientists, exhibit designers, researchers) often try hard to be accessible to the public, despite their often-vast knowledge of very particular subjects. (High levels of education is what Kim seems to identify as the leading barrier between museum staff and visitor). It's a funny statement, but it also means that museum professionals, despite their efforts, aren't doing their jobs right because their professional backgrounds can create a disconnect. Building upon the growing sense of community that museums are currently nursing may improve this, as well as incorporating accessible and engaging on-site professionals that can tell a personal story or two. Lesson: If museum professionals want their displays to exhibit accessibility, then museum professionals must be accessible themselves.
Misconception #2: Museum professionals think visitors can't handle context. Kim says,"Blank walls are good so that the visitors won't have to deal with too much context or history." There are some valid reasons why museum professionals keep the walls blank. For instance, to draw attention to the formal elements of the art. However, when a visitor comes across an object and little context is provided, it can produce a negative effect. As the video hints, one effect is the notion that museum professionals draw academic boundaries to make themselves and the objects they display inaccessible. Moreover, in the video Kim points out that museums tell the community what to think. In this era of new technologies and social media, some museums are aiming to allow visitors to be their own curators. Lesson: In order to increase accessibility, museum professionals should provide enough context that visitors may draw their own conclusions and connect to the object in a meaningful way on their own.
Misconception #3: Museum professionals fuzzy up concepts such as value and importance in order to appear authoritative. The video does more than hint that it's unclear how museum professionals determine importance and value in regard to museum exhibits (namely, deciding what goes into the museum and what stays out). Perhaps professionals are fuzzy in communicating this process because cultural gatekeeping isn't completely understood on the whole. Kim simply advises museum professionals to use tidy and sharp labels, and only use language that sounds academic, "otherwise, the authority effect won't be so convincing." By including enough context, making scientists and historians personally accessible, and allowing visitors to draw their own conclusions in regard to objects, only some of this misconception could be corrected. Lesson: Museum professionals must be communicative in regards to the exhibit design and creation process by explaining decisions that affect how the 'story' is presented.
Misconception #4: The work of museum professionals is about the objects. This video talks a lot about object-worship, and introduces the museum as a place that houses important things. In some ways, this is true– but museums tend to be fueled by ideas, theories, symbols, and a greater notion of sparking and expanding education, rather than objects themselves. This misconception makes sense: museums take great care to preserve and display objects because of what the objects represent. To call a museum a place of things is right- but also wrong. Museums' missions are most often about ideas, and the objects are meaningful symbols of important stories. Lesson: Museum professionals must emphasize the stories and lessons that objects symbolize or represent– rather than focus on the object itself, as that appears irrelevant (because it's missing context).
Misconception #5: Museum professionals only care about the wealthy. If this isn't a misconception, then it should be. Kim the cat says, "At first I thought there must be some law against having poor people on a museum's Board of Trustees, but then later I found out that actually there isn't any law like this. This is just the way they like to do it." What's missing here is an explanation: the Board often secures significant funding, and the wealthy attract other wealthy folks who can give to the museum and help keep its doors open. But with or without the explanation, it's still a telling and jarringly true statement. Many museums are placing more focus on diversity, and are arguably gearing themselves away from a white, upper-middle class visitor and donor base. There's a lot of work to be done (3 of 17 of the top 25 most visited museums in the US are run by men. Over half have PhDs indicating that many have similar academic backgrounds). Lesson: In order for museums to connect to communities, it may help to have a Board and staff that match the community demographic. Or rather, having an all-wealthy and homogeneous Board can be off-putting for visitors who do not fit that bill.
Misconception #6: Museum professionals are magical masters of time-freeze and corps display. Do museum people fight nature every day, as Kim states in the video? Maybe– and it's probably not a terrible misconception either. Museum professionals certainly go above and beyond to preserve objects that tell important stories about culture and the world around us. However, this time-freezing becomes wrapped up in Kim's little paper, "An illustration of how everything in a museum is something like a corpse." Museums are certainly doing a great many things to remain relevant and to shatter the notion that museums are merely houses for old, irrelevant things. However, the old stereotype lives on. Lesson: Old habits die hard, and despite recent efforts, it will take a lot of collaboration, forward-thinking, and community engagement for museums to break away from past reputations.
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Tomas Rosicky is also in Arsène Wenger's starting XI, replacing Yossi Benayoun who drops to the bench. However, there is no place in the matchday squad for Thierry Henry, who has a calf injury.
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Hundreds of Afghans chanted anti-American slogans to protest the deaths of nine policement who were killed during American offensive actions. According to Abdullah Nasir of the province's government, "coalition forces launched an operation north of Ghazni. Unfortunately, we got reports that second district commander Kamyag along with eight other officers were killed.' The US led force insists they killed insurgents, but an Internet report claimed to see the officers approach coalition forces only to be fired upon.
There are always accidents in any war, but the increasing number of civilians being killed by coalition troops indicates something more complex may be at work. Apparently, there is lack of effective communication between Coalition troops and local Afghan leaders. There is also the factor of placing great dependence on air strikes which invariably result in the death of innocent civilians. This problem cropped up during the Vietnam war which also relied upon air planes to "kill insurgents." Flying thosands of feet in the air while going hundreds of miles per hour invariably results in the death of innocent people.


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Orlando Cadillac Meet July 27!
Hey all this is Travis from the CTS 03-07 forums. I'm setting up a meet for all Cadillac people around Orlando.
So the plan is, as the title states, to have a nice meet on Saturday evening of July 27th in Orlando (Most centralized FL location I can think of). Here's the plan.
Meet at Buffalo Wild Wings at 5 P.M. in Orlando (eat at like 530 or whenever we get around to it). They have a big parking lot and are normally pretty good at accommodating to groups/parties. Info below.
Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar, North Alafaya Trail, Orlando, FL
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Afterwards, we can get a convoy together and cruise over to Bithlo/Orlando Speedworld where you can either enter your car into the street only drag race or just spectate (or head home if your and early bird) The track opens at 8 and you can run as many times as you want for $10 until 1 a.m.
Speed World Dragway
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Orlando, FL 32820
July 27th 1320X Saturday Night Street Drags
Admission only $10.00 Race or Watch
Gates Open at 8:00PM and run till 1:00AM
This series is dedicated to our "STREET ONLY" fans and racers from far and wide; offering a weekly dose of that adrenaline rush you crave, but in a safe and legal environment that's open only to street legal cars and bikes - no race cars.
Entering the event is easy! Just fill out the tech card and proceed to tech (located at main entrance before entering pits). A tech official will give your car a brief safety inspection and assign a number to you! Then you're ready to run!
Ignore the date on poster, they made the same poster for all of these events.
I'm also posting this over in the V, STS, ATS, XTS, 2nd gen, etc forums.
I've also made a facebook page. Join here. https://www.facebook.com/OrlandoAreaCadillacOwners
Got a couple guys already down in the cts 03-07 forums so hope we can get this up and get a pretty decent sized meet going!
- Travis L
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Re: Orlando Cadillac Meet July 27!
Just wanted to get this to the top so everyone can see that the meet is still planned and just over a week away!
Had a small issue with Speed World changing their track dates, so the plan is to hit up a car show down the street at Harley Davidson. RogersV will lead the way for us
We may be able to even go on a little cruise or something depending on what everyone wants to do. Its up to whoever attends.
Looking forward to seeing everyone there. Remember, BWW at 5PM Saturday the 27th
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I wanted to inquire if anyone knew if Bhikkhu Ñanananda was currently accepting students and visitors to discuss the dhamma and, related to this, what the current state of his health is. My interest is in taking dependence and training under him. I have read very conflicting reports about his character - some calling him serene and an embodiment of the Dhamma-Vinaya, while others seem to think he's a narcissistic intellectual with a host of superstitious beliefs and other neuroses to boot.
I read another thread on here, which I cannot find, giving information which is currently three years old, which gave conflicting reports of his status and health. Also, if anybody here has, or known someone who has, recently come into contact with this true Thera, if they could share their experiences. Any information would be greatly appreciated.
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A real growl from a German is not something you just brush off. The sound will light up parts of your brain that remember we humans are tree-dwelling prey types that don't like big fanged predator types.
You can never go wrong consulting a qualified behaviourist! But...there is a differance between a play growl and a get out of my space growl!
I have only heard Rocky's, get out of my space growl twice in 7 years, the first time in 2007 as a 10 month old puppy, when he made it clear that he was not happy with company! And the second time when he deterred a charging dog when I slipped on ice while protecting him!
So for me that's twice in 7 years don't know about other's GSD's but if mine growls he means business!
So by all means consult a therapist but in the mean time...get him off the bed, it's a privilege not a right!
A long shot here.....but many years ago....my first dog was allowed to sleep in the bed from the get go....my other 3 dogs since have been allowed to as well.....but with a different set of "rules" which I applied due to the "education" I was given by my first dog.
My observations would seem to indicate...certain places in the house "belonged" to my first dog...it was simply his and if we shared any of the same places, I came to understand after a year or two that the dog was sharing his place with me....The dog exhibited right of ownership of a couple specific places in the house...the bed being one of these places. I can remember on one occasion that my first dog was already in our bed when I came into the bedroom to lay down...the dog was where I would normally lay in the bed...when I moved the dog, the dog growled and truly looked like he meant business...it really took me by surprise and made me stop moving the dog. I waited a bit and continued the process and the dog repeated the growl and posturing....well, I took control and introduced the dog to the idea that I am sharing MY bed with YOU....not the other way around....it was fairly tense for a short bit but I wasn't about to lose this standoff as I like to sleep in my own bed where I choose...
Anyway, is there any possibility that your dog feels ownership to the bed and couch where he has exhibited this undesirable behavior? If not, sorry to waste your time.
Good luck as I am sure you will figure out the change in behavior.
Nothing says "I love you, let me show my affection" quite like a handful of treats.
Just don't be greedy, I will fight you if you crowd me, that space is reserved for me, air, and anyone close to me, and only if I'm in the right mood. Nothing makes me angrier.
|A real growl from a German is not something you just brush off. The sound will light up parts of your brain that remember we humans are tree-dwelling prey types that don't like big fanged predator types.
My 4 year old boy growls alot. There are no teeth involved, no lip curling. Never any snapping or snipping. But he does grumble, moan and growl. Always when he's being loved on.
A trainer or behaviorist will be able to recognize the difference between a vocal GSD and one that is providing a warning.
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|If there are no medical issues and he is not just being a noisy talker, I find that the "Nothing in Life is Free" method works wonders.
I have a growler. He speaks sometimes in Growl. It has taken sometime to understand what is a real warning and what is his way of talking/grumbling. It is a very touchy subject and behaviorist may very well be in order. My dog has a zone around his body sometimes and he does not want it crossed into. He will tolerate most manipulation and handling then he says that's enough for now. I either just leave him alone (ignore and walk away) or may redirect him into play or obedience with a ball/toy.
The one thing that you need to be very careful about is how hard you correct him. You do not want him to lose the growl as it is a warning and you do not want him to go straight to a nip or bite if you correct the growl out of him. The other concern would be that if over correction occurs, he may decide to take on that fight. That is just not what you want if your lying in bed and he is hackled up over you.
I have a very strong confident dog and he is great with new people, very social, but there is clearly a lot of rank drive in him and we have found a happy place after just understanding who he is.
Good luck.
|Also, some dogs are more receptive to "affection" than others. Hugging a dog, leaning over him, etc. can be seen as an aggressive position, and many dogs just don't welcome it. I'd not force him to put up with something he's uncomfortable with. Human signs of love don't translate the same to a dog.
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Hey guys I'm slip. Just turned 21 and applied for my FOID card a few weeks ago, so I should be getting it soon
I'm still expanding my knowledge in guns and don't exactly know everything, but I know more than average. I will be doing a lot of research so I'm relatively knowledgeable when it comes to firearm safety and all things firearms.
I plan on buying a lot of guns just for fun at the range. I have a few range days under my belt, but nothing extensive.
I'm from the Northwest Suburbs in IL, so if anyone ever wants to get together and shoot off some rounds, shoot me a PM.
Thanks for taking the time to read this. Feel free to point me in any direction you feel I should go for learning.
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Welcome slip from TN, I'm a newbie also.
Welcome from North Central texas.
Hey guys! Thanks for the warm welcomes
edit: How come there are isn't an SVI specific forum? Just curious.
Welcome to the forum!
I grew up in the NW suburbs of Chicago. My advice? If you want to buy a lot of guns, you're in the wrong state.


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Quick update on the swarm I got back in August, I either rolled the queen or she died off of other causes back in early November. After speaking with a guy from the local bee club about getting a queen from him he suggested trying a frame of brood from my other hive to see if they'd raise their own queen.!!!remember to give a frame with eggs ( they stay eggs only for 3 days) or very young larvae - one day old - and it will work.This worked a treat, when I checked it last week it has plenty of bees and visible brood in the bottom box. The first super is fully capped so I added a second one on Saturday.It's looking promising so far, hope it keeps going well. Also added a slotted bottom board to help control the SHB it is getting a lot in the chux wipes trap.The Chux have only been used in SE Qld for a few months as far as I know. I find that they do help with SHB but also trap a few poor bees.
I find that they do help with SHB but also trap a few poor bees.


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2013 Little Three Championship
Date: Sept. 28, 2013
Course: Pine Acres Country Club
Place: Bradford, Pa.
Course Info: Par 72 – 6,717 Yards
The Field: Canisius, Niagara and St. Bonaventure
Format: 36 holes (all played Saturday)
- The Canisius College golf team returns to the course Sept. 28, when the Golden Griffins take part in the annual Little Three Championship at Pine Acres Country Club in Bradford, Pa.
- The Griffs are three-time defending Little Three Champions, having won the team title in 2010, 2011 and 2012.
- This current three-year championship reign is the longest for the Blue and Gold in the tournament's history, which has been played a total of 59 previous times since 1952.
- Last season, Canisius golfer Michael Carrig won the individual championship with his 36-hole score of 140, highlighted by his first-round score of 67.
- That 67 by Carrig in the first round set the course record at Harvest Hill Golf Course in Orchard Park, N.Y.
- Canisius sophomore Hunter Sagar finished sixth in the field last fall, the best finish among Canisius' four returners from the 2012-13 roster.
- The marks the 60th playing of the Little Three Championship, which features Canisius, Niagara and St. Bonaventure.
- This year's event will be held at Pine Acres Country Club in Bradford, Pa. This is the second time Pine Acres has hosted this event since 2006.
- Canisius' team championship in 2010 was the program's first since 1991. St. Bonaventure has won the Little Three Championship event as a team 37 times.
- The winner of the Little Three individual championship earns an automatic berth into the 2014 Porter Cup, which is played in Niagara Falls, N.Y. This marks the fourth year where the individual medalist qualifies for the Porter Cup.
- Canisius traveled east on the New York State Thruway to take part in the Cornell Invitational, which was played at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Course in Ithaca, N.Y.
- The Griffs ended the event in seventh place as a team. Freshman Cory Cullen, playing in just his second college event, was the team's top finisher as he tied for seventh in the field.
- Cullen shot a 54-hole score of 223, highlighted by his final round score of 73, which is his career-low to this point. Sophomore Andrew Romano tied for 12th with his two-day score of 224. Romano now has seven top-20 finishes in 13 career events.
- Canisius will close out the fall season when the team plays in the Binghamton Fall Invitational Oct. 6-7.
- That event will be held at the Links at Hiawatha Landing in Apalachin, N.Y.
- Canisius will be making its first appearance in the Binghamton Fall Invitational, which was first played in the fall of 2012.


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Goals from Ellen White and Rachel Yankey gave England a 2-0 win over Japan on Tuesday and secured top spot in World Cup Group B.
The Arsenal pair found the net either side of half time as Hope Powell's side coasted to victory in Augsburg, Germany.
White opened the scoring with a sublime lob from outside the area on the quarter-hour mark and Yankey, who was introduced as a half-time substitute, made things safe with a neat finish after 66 minutes.
Arsenal and England captain Faye White was rested.
England will now play France in the Quarter-Finals on Saturday.Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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Our home economist came up this tempting dessert that only requires three ingredients. The contrasting layers look lovely in tall, clear glasses.
Recommended: 45 Recipes for Peanut Butter Lovers
- 4 cups heavy whipping cream, divided
- 5 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
- 1/3 cup caramel ice cream topping
- For chocolate mousse, heat 2 cups cream in a small heavy saucepan over medium heat until it begins to simmer, about 180°. Remove from the heat; whisk in chocolate until smooth. Transfer to a bowl; refrigerate until chilled. Beat until soft peaks form.
- For caramel mousse, beat remaining cream in a large bowl until it begins to thicken. Add caramel topping; beat until soft peaks form.
- Spoon 3 tablespoons chocolate mousse into six parfait glasses; top with 3 tablespoons caramel mousse. Repeat layers. Refrigerate until serving. Yield: 6 servings.
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"Wow. Sounds delish, but not for that many cals! Gotta be a way to lighten it up."
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"You have got to be kidding......66 grams of fat per serving. No way, would I make this no matter how tempting it may look. And I love carmel!"


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If you haven't checked your calendar lately, there's less than two weeks until Valentine's Day. I'll be honest. I've never been good at Valentine's Day gifts. I usually do flowers because, well, it's safe. But I've always envied the man who could come up with a Valentine's Day gift that's both romantic and creative.
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Based on my 27 years of interacting with the opposite sex, this is the sort of stuff women go crazy for. It's thoughtful, unique, and "cute." They'll proudly show it off to their girlfriends who will say things like, "I wish Jim was as thoughtful as your husband." You'll then get a phone call that night from Jim cursing you for setting such a high standard for Valentine's Day gifts.
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Posted by George Lawrie on November 18, 2011
Retail is experiencing substantial change because consumers are now empowered by the web with information about price, availability, and merchandise features.
The retail industry is still served by solutions that are too fragmented to adequately balance the asymmetry introduced by radical price transparency. There are solutions for transactions, web site, stores, and so on but little to empower the cross-channel retailer to really meet the consumer's needs.
I've recently been looking at IBM's Smarter Commerce initiative and its portfolio that integrates:
1) Store applications. IBM has well-established high-volume store apps appropriate to high-volume, low-touch retailing but correctly identifies these as inappropriate for fast-growing specialty retail with low-volume "high touch." This is why it acquired the "asset" of Open Genius.
2) Web metrics. IBM acquired Coremetrics in order to bring the discipline of measuring traffic, conversion, and average order to cross-channel retailing. It's only by monitoring such metrics that retail can understand which marketing strategies are really successful and which market segments are most receptive.
3) Direct-to-consumer initiatives. IBM acquired Unica as a platform for integrating automated direct-to-consumer marketing with its cross-channel offering.


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Hi all,
Can anyone verify if this pic is of a screen used costume? Or a fan costume?
Any info is appreciated! :)
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Hi all,
Can anyone verify if this pic is of a screen used costume? Or a fan costume?
Any info is appreciated! :)
I believe that is the shot from the bridge of the star destroyer in ESB when all the bounty hunters are lined up. That would be the real suit.
Yup. Thats the real deal from the star destroyer bridge as Wes mentioned.
Yep "Straight outa ESB!"
Great! Thanks.
Is there more too it?
No, unfortunately, that's the whole image. I ran a Google image search for Boba's shoulders, since the left one is usually partially covered by the cape.
Hold your horses cowboy! Aren't you doing an ROTJ color Scheme?
Remember, although it's subtle, the ESB and ROTJ shoulder deacals are different. Use the search feature to find the thread that shows an example of all the shoulder deacals and their differences.
Man, I love that picture of Boba Fett!
Yeah, I am. But I can't find any pics of the back half of that shoulder bell!!! It's driving me CrAAzzyYy!!Quote:
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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh!! I'm freaking out!!! :lol
Here is the best I could find bro, check them out, I hope it helps:
You rule!!! :thumbsup Thanks man.
Now I can go back to being normal-crazy, instead of hyper-crazy. :lol
After studying & gazing at that cool esb pic, I bet you want to do ESB now right??? :lol


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"an absorbing tale of hope, folly and betrayal" and an "authoritative account of the nation's unraveling."
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"a vivid and intelligent case study of economic tragedy."


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|Sounds a bit eccentric to just get the compass and temp working LOL...I'm one of the lucky ones who has the outside temp :)
|Wow. I guess you did do some studying. Sounds expensive as trying to find a donor with the same eqiptment. Audiphile, traction abs, sync, sun roof, interior lighting, mtx, ...........some of our cars are very unique making this nearly impossible
|Ok, as i told you guys before i would study the electrical manuals for our cars to find out if we can activate the outside temp and compass feature as this thread is all about. I have the definite answer for this whole issue. I have completed my studies on this issue and believe me it took many days and hours of reading and studding to figure this out. Well i have bad news and good news regarding getting these things to work. the bad news is there is no way that you can get the outside temp and compass to work on any 2008 or early 2009. Now the good news. You can make it work in your 2008 or ealry 2009 cars by simply swapping the dash wiring harness, under hood wiring harness and inside harness that runs everything in the inside and trunk. Now if you find a donor car that is a late 2009 after July of 09 and a 2010 car then you can swap all the wiring from one car to your car. It is quite easy to do but just time consuming. I have already taken a dash completely out and it was not hard to do. Now if you get the wiring harnesses out of a donor car you will need to get the instrument cluster, HVAC unit AKA Heater control unit and the whole fuse box/logic unit that all the harness plug into. It is located on the left side under the dash. Can't miss it. Now if you have ABS/traction control you need to get the harness out of a car that has the same. Very important. See, the instrument cluster has the computer in it that runs the compass that from there connects to the inside mirror, and the outside temp is activated by the HVAC unit and then is processed through the computer logic unit to then put the display on the center display unit. If you guys need any other help on adding anything to your car don't hesitate to PM me with any questions. Believe me, i know these cars inside and out now after all my days of studies.
|I just bought an 08 SES and i noticed the display the other day of the out side temp and compass. But they don't light up. I have the program on my computer that is the On Demand or shopkey 5. I have a shop and need to have this to work on certain cars. I have already checked to wiring diagram for the ambient light feature because i would like to add that to my car. I found that to be pretty easy to do, but the temp and compass i think will be a challenge. But it is true that we need to find out where the temp sensor plugs into and the compass module and where it goes or is located on a car that does have it and then figure out the wiring and i think we can make it work.
if anyone has a full subscription to ALLDATA or Mitchell OnDemand they can cross reference the wiring between the focus and lets say an escape of fusion..... they can tell you the location of the sensors and what pins and terminals they connect to.
these sites also are good for figuring out how long a repair job takes and gives you the step by step instructions to do it yourself. i have found this usful in the past to school my dealer and to make sure i wasnt being taken on labor costs.....
|Sorry to revive an old thread, but I did some digging into older threads and re-researched the info here. AFAIK these sensors should plug in somewhere and just be turned on by a tech. And that mirror will not work with those who have Sync because it doesn't house the microphones of which Sync uses. That part number that I got was wrong. (Which makes me mad.) But if we can find someone who was willing to play with their car and has these sensors, we could potentially find out where these sensors are, where they plug into, their part numbers, and how they are enabled.
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I looked at my 2010 fusions stereo with a light and well what do you know, My car can have the readouts too only they arent lit up >_<
It would've been nice if I had those :'(
|And it's not even the one we are talking about! I think if I really wanted a compass that bad I would suck it up and get an old school one with the suction cup mount.
|Dang thats $$
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Glad I saw this. Sportsmans Guide just pushed back the date on my backordered Polish blank another month and a half. I think I'll be calling Nodak Spud on Monday. Anyone know if they are closed on Presidents day?
Did you have luck calling Nodak directly?
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Shawn Carter (a.k.a. Jay-Z) is a highly successful businessman who co-owns The 40/40 Club (a chain of sports bars) and the NBA's New Jersey Nets. He's founded or co-founded a clothing line (Rocawear), Roc-A-Fella Records and Roc Nation (a 360 music management company). He's also a former CEO of Def Jam Recordings.
However, Carter's most successful business endeavor didn't originate from the board room but from the recording studio. Shawn Carter is better known by his stage name Jay-Z.
A Brooklyn native, Jay-Z began his recording career in 1996 with the release of Reasonable Doubt. Since then, Jay-Z has released ten solo studio albums, four collaborations and six compilations.
His 2009 effort, The Blueprint 3, reached number one on the Billboard 200 giving Jay-Z the record for the most chart topping albums by a solo artist. His 11 number one albums are only surpassed by The Beatles and their 19.
While the nation suffered through the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, Jay-Z released The Blueprint, perhaps the greatest hip hop album of all-time. Amazingly, nine of its 15 songs were recorded in two days.
Other major releases in Jay-Z illustrious career include Vol. 2… Hard Knock Life (1998) and The Black Album (2001).
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Well a lot of good stuff was posted already.... Finding a bumper with the right shapes will be fun..
Once you get the chrome off you can cut and weld what you want to add or take out... The good thing is... It's heavy steel,, Easier to weld and work with... I would just build what ever shapes you want to add in... finding a bumper with the right shapes will make it easier,,,
The bumper is really no different then doing custom metal work on the body,, Just different thickness.. I would take in all the stuff that was posted in make what you want... It's really pretty easy once the chrome is off...Take your time and plan it out..
Just remember that if your going to rechrome it,, You will need to get everything as close as you can,, (look's that is).. If not the chrome shop will hit you hard....
Take your time,, And While your building it,, Keep thinking of it as art work and it will come out nice..
If you need anything else, I will do what I can to help you out,, If it was here we would already be done..
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The fun thing about bumpers is.. When doing custom work they can be changed, Filpped, switch front and back,, (on some).. There's no limit's to what can be done.... One thing I like to do is to make them fit tighter to the car,, That's something that most people don't do and some won't even know it was done... But look's so much better,, Some can be trimed down on the side's, The list can go on and on... Just let your mind run wild..
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Thanks Randy, tools make the customizing job easier but, back in the day when this all began some pretty wild customs came out...and many times a wide variety of tools weren't always available to the guy doing the metal work. A lot of the improvisation started by these guys is what got the whole hobby going. Bending sheet metal by hand around a pipe to get the curvature you wanted for that change in the sheet metal on the ride they where building. If you look around, there are all kinds of pipes, straight edges, whatever that you can use to get that custom shape your looking for.
There are tools that I wouldn't want to be without, my blocks and long boards are all made out of aluminum, had them for many years and would be lost without them, my body hammers, dolly's and the list would go on, but when it's custom metal work your doing, it's one off work and whatever you have at your disposal to get the job done is what you often need to get to your end goal.
To the OP, X2 on what Randy said if your your planning on getting your custom made bumper chromed, the better you finish your metal, the less your going to pay your chrome guy for your brushed chrome or whatever plated finish your looking for. If you have welds with a minor pin hole, fill it, if the bumper isn't straight, straighten it, the bumper should look as though there hasn't been any welding done. I'm sure you've heard of show quality chrome and that can get expensive. Often show quality chrome on a bumper means that the entire bumper doesn't have any scratch marks left in it from grinding, front side and even the back side. Re-chromed bumpers for collision replacement are usually finished on a 320 grit or 400 grit wheel before they go through the cleaning, copper and nickle processes to give you your finished product. This is fine for daily drivers and will usually look like an OEM finish. Show quality chrome is finished much finer, depending on the chrome company you use, the metal would be finished in 600 grit, or even finer, front and rear. When done, there will not any visible sand scratches in the finished surface. Very similar to finishing primer on a car before painting, if a car is prepped in 320 grit compared to 600 grit before painting, there is a lot less chance of any sand scratches showing up in the primer finished in 600 grit versus 320 grit. The one major difference in chrome plating is that copper is used as primer for the metal versus a 2K primer for painting.
I hope this helps.
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Thanks again to everyone.
The one challenge with this is that there is a bit of art...Something that I'm definitely not is an artist but, I may have to get my son involved
I've heard conflicting things about grinding welds on something that you are going to get chromed. When I finally found a plater who will do the brushed finish, he said not to grind the welds off as they didn't want to have too much material removed.
BTW, I've already tucked the front bumper and welded the seams on it.
I think I am going to go to the local metal shop and have them take a solid plate, bend the angle in it and then slip roll the edge to match the curve of the bumper.
It sounds like you have it under control. Trust me, any plating shop is going to grind your bumper, especially the welds...that's how they start. If tour bumper has any minor imperfections they hammer the imperfection out from the back then grind it flush on top...then finish it in the grits I mentioned. They do have stationary grinders that help in getting the bumper straight.
As far as being a artist... Not everyone is born with it,,, But with a little work at it,, You can gain it.... I'm a strong believer that YOU can do anything you set your mind to do,, Are you going to mess up,,Most likely yes,,, But you can do it... ''Set No Limit's On Yourself'' DO IT !!!!
Most of the time you will get it done and look back and think,, That wasn't as bad as I thought,,, Then you are more willing to take the next step,,, That is called DRIVE !!!!
People don't look at grinding as a art,,, But it's no different then doing body work... Don't just start grinding the metal off,,, Watch very close when doing it,,, YOU control the grinder, Not the grinder controling you... It's art as well.. Have faith in your self and get it done... Didn't mean to sound like I was coming down on you,,, Just giving you a push to believe in yourself..
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Tools are one of my big limitations. Being in the Army, I have a weight allowance for how much they will move for me. The 80 gallon compressor that I just purchased is definitely going to add up
I've been lucky to find a shop locally that will allow me to use some of their tools so I can build my floors, while they blast and primer the body.
I've definitely learned a lot during my successive projects. My last project I had the fortune of having a full time body guy help me with it, now I'm pretty much on my own. Here is a link for my last project. New 1957 Project - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network
The bumper should be a walk in the park for you....
WOW !!! What a super nice truck.. Great job,, And a good eye for the detail as well.... I think your pulling our leg here,,,
If you can do that to the dash,, You can and will pull it off with the bumper,,,
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Front bumper
OK, looking for the easier thing to do, I went ahead and did some work on my front bumper.
I purchased a piece of 11 gauge sheet metal and had the welding shop put a bend in the center. I cut off the original center bumper mount brackets to make it easier to get the plate lined up and I will either weld these back on after I finish the plate or make some new ones out of angle iron.
My debate now is whether or not to cut the bottom of straight or, put a roll in it.
If you plan on chroming that bumper (I think you mentioned that) finishing off welds down in the corner like that is going to be VERY difficult, like darn near impossible. Butt welding a bumper like that and grinding it flat and prepping for chrome, easy as pie. But something like that would be very difficult to finish off straight and uniform. Even the upper parts that bolt together will be difficult to finish off likely requiring a few passes to fill up the V. Simply butt welding would be much easier.
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I did the welding on the plate behind the bumper due to the challenge with getting them smooth. The plan is to fill in the seam and minor holes by brazing them.
Filling the seam with brass is an idea but getting it smooth is the problem. If your metal is perfectly straight and all you have is the brass you can remove the excess brass with a 3M Roloc "surface conditioning" disc. It's a neat tool and will remove the softer brass while leaving the harder metal untouched.
But welding it is usually going to cause some distortion that needs grinding to true. So what you have now, I don't know.
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text: I should also state that this problem didn't start until I hit the 300 round mark....and that I read the a post on PPS Talk and followed the steps lubing the disconnector and loading ramp. I went through a 50 round box of ammo clearing the gun and chambering each the round. I had 8 failures of 50....too many for me. This also happens whether I am using ammo or dry firing the weapon.