The Rodding Roundtable
Motorhead Message Central => Rodder's Roundtable => Topic started by: enjenjo on December 31, 2017, 03:15:02 PM
We need a new one, here it is. :D
I started the year off by going outside and starting the 51 to take to coffee. It's 5 below this morning. It started but turned over about a dozen revolutions when normal is about 4. BURRRR!
Woke up to -13* actual temperature. Humidistat says humidity is 40%, but there's a lot of condensation on the windows. May have to dial back the humidifier a bit. Think I'll stay inside today, unless I need a bit more wood for the wood stove in the downstairs family room.
-10 this morning, and have to move a bunch of snow today where the city plowed us in.
Went out and fired the truck up. I keep all running - driving vehicles inside.
63*F inside the work shop. 40*F outside
Wife & I went to local Jack In the Box.. I ate a couple tacos for first 2018 breakfast.
Not out of bed yet, old guy!
Finished out my 2017 budget, lined out my 2018 budget. Scheduled some bill payments.
Skipped the traditional Black Eyed peas and had Totinos Pizza snacks instead.
I made many trips to the dumpster. I cleared out some more of the last couple of years magazine collections. I suppose I'm ready to start collecting this year's now. :) I believe the high was 15 degrees.
messed with the 1962 Morris chassis. Upside down to weld stuff I can not get at as it sits right side up.
While grinding some steel plate on the edge on my 16 inch diameter sander disc... the disc caught the steel & pulled it in , also pulled my glove in too. Pulled the glove half off my hand, no damage to my thumb.
It was a beautiful day in the Pacific Northwest. One of the local clubs runs a Food for the Hungry car show Jan 1 cars showed up! The hot dog vendor packed up and went home by 11:30 because he was sold out already.
First day back at work for 2018 after a week of enjoying the heated slab in my garage.
That cold snap was much easier to handle while working on the roadster.
I (stupidly?) agreed to let my car appear in the local World of Wheels show coming up in February. I think Christmas spirits were the culprits, so during the break I started attacking the 30 years of wear on the car. Now I'm trying to strategise where to draw the line on this clean up.
Mike
Happy New Year. It was a balmy 10 above this morning! Now about 20, highest temps in a couple weeks. We spent Christmas in Raleigh NC where it was near 70 right before Christmas then dropped to 30's for daytime highs, still MUCH warmer than back home in Mi. Stay warm, only about one more week of the real cold.
Quote from: "Cword"Now I'm trying to strategise where to draw the line on this clean up.
Mike
Just draw the line somewhere that still allows this kind of stuff. I know you will. :) Your willingness to drive the roadster in most any conditions is admirable. 8)
I notice that antifreeze is puddling under the 51. Remember that I'm old and blind and it's about 20 degrees so my eyes are watering. I'm pretty sure the intake manifold has failed. I believe where the alum. crossover mates to the plastic there is a problem. I think I'll find corrosion has ruined the alum. Rather than attempt to repair it, I believe it's time for a new intake. There's a reason Dorman sells these. :)
Today I messed with the rear section of tunnel on the 59, peeked at some old wreck damage on a shiny 71 Chevelle, and fixed a newer Yukon driver's door gap where the fender got pushed back.Yesterday I was about to top off the GTP steering fluid but the hood would not unlatch so I didn't.
You folks may not want me to talk about the weather here in the Valley of the Sun Arizona.
Just remember how hot it gets here in the summer. A new report out today. 2017 was the warmest average temp for Phoenix AZ on record. I believe it.
Quote from: "Crosley"You folks may not want me to talk about the weather here in the Valley of the Sun Arizona.
You may be right about that. It's still snowing here in West Michigan. We won't see the grass again till March or April at this pace. And it's a balmy 14 today, regular heat wave. :)
A buddy asked me to come over and help him with a welding project. Did not tell me it was on the 63 Impala of his that just came back from the painter this fall.
Seems the car had a crack in the paint and every time you closed the right door you could feel the metal move at the spot just behind the right quarter glass. He want me to weld it were the brazing was and I told him It would need to get a lot of paint remove due to the heat. So I started off by tracking the crack to see what was there, could not see anything on the inside since he installed body panel adhesive to the area.
Ended up being a 1/4" deep split in the steel filled with bondo. It did not hold...
Welded it up last night and I will go back tonight and grind some of the weld out and tap some more of the dent out.
Matt, I don't know how you deal with the rework junk all the time. Someone should have had there hand cut off to prevent them from doing this type of stuff again.
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Quote from: "purplepickup"Quote from: "Cword"Now I'm trying to strategise where to draw the line on this clean up.
Mike
Just draw the line somewhere that still allows this kind of stuff. I know you will. :) Your willingness to drive the roadster in most any conditions is admirable. 8)
That's exactly what will save my sanity. Thanks George.
My first pass under the car really put me off. I think I'll wait a week or so for the roads to clear up and then take it to the car wash. In the mean time I can "shine up" the top half and touch up rock chips.
Maybe I'll make up a time line poster board of all the places it's been.
Fun Fact, I don't need magnets to prove it's a steel car anymore. It's rusting in all the standard Model A places. :-)
Quote from: "416Ford"A buddy asked me to come over and help him with a welding project. Did not tell me it was on the 63 Impala of his that just came back from the painter this fall.
Seems the car had a crack in the paint and every time you closed the right door you could feel the metal move at the spot just behind the right quarter glass. He want me to weld it were the brazing was and I told him It would need to get a lot of paint remove due to the heat. So I started off by tracking the crack to see what was there, could not see anything on the inside since he installed body panel adhesive to the area.
Ended up being a 1/4" deep split in the steel filled with bondo. It did not hold...
Welded it up last night and I will go back tonight and grind some of the weld out and tap some more of the dent out.
Matt, I don't know how you deal with the rework junk all the time. Someone should have had there hand cut off to prevent them from doing this type of stuff again.
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I have fixed that exact thing on two cars but only on one side on each if I recall correctly. Hope it goes likewise for you. They usually have brazing rod gobbing up the works by the time somebody gets interested in a proper fix. :roll:
Mess fixing puts chow in my belly and it does feel good to straighten them out. But I may have developed a unique skill set, eh?
:lol: I always say heck... even if you're gonna collect trash... collect the hell out of it!
The yellow 71 Chevelle needs a fender, maybe a wheelhouse. Might have been a poor pick of salvage fender somewhere in life because the rest of the car has very little rust repair on it (musta been a 307 Malibu) while the right fender has been crunched and has rust hiding.
Quote from: "Cword"Quote from: "purplepickup"Quote from: "Cword"Now I'm trying to strategise where to draw the line on this clean up.
Mike
Just draw the line somewhere that still allows this kind of stuff. I know you will. :) Your willingness to drive the roadster in most any conditions is admirable. 8)
That's exactly what will save my sanity. Thanks George.
My first pass under the car really put me off. I think I'll wait a week or so for the roads to clear up and then take it to the car wash. In the mean time I can "shine up" the top half and touch up rock chips.
Maybe I'll make up a time line poster board of all the places it's been.
Fun Fact, I don't need magnets to prove it's a steel car anymore. It's rusting in all the standard Model A places. :-)
If it means anything to you, I walk right past minty fresh show cars and find the ones showing plenty of gentle use most intriguing. Don't knock yourself out unless you're trophy hunting. After all they are cars and if they don't provide ttransportation... well thats artsy fartsy. :) Drivers at shows should have a special section marked "actual vehicles only please". :arrow:
WOW :!: :!: That other place was REALLY scary.... :roll: Nobody there.. :? Worse than the powder room.. I turned off the lights when I left .... 8)
Bob.. :wink:
First team smart meeting :P
The new intake manifold arrived for the 51 so tomorrow I guess I'll be pretending to be a mechanic. The original intake is 11 years old. If it had to fail, I wish it would have started leaking when the front fenders were off. :)
that's the intake from the mustang right ? :P
C.K., that's the original on the 06 crown vic engine. I still have the mustang intake if you're interested. :)
Just before Christmas the driver's door on the woodie finally reached a point where it would not latch at all. After studying things for a couple of cups of hot cider I decided that the various finger joints, butt joints and rusted wood screws had reached a point of disrepair that I could no longer ignore.
Removed the door and found that all of the fasteners that pin the tenon joints had rusted to a point that they were completely loose in the holes causing all of the joints to be floppy loose.
I'm ordering stainless steel boat hardware, West System Epoxy, clamps etc to start the repairs but the first thing that has to happen is it get warm enough that the epoxy will cure properly. I can heat the garage using portable propane heaters but I refuse to leave them running at night when I'm snug in my bed so I'll just have to sit in front of the fireplace and read until this cold snap is finally over.
41woodie, it would be nice if you would post pics of the repairs. There are some of us that don't know much about wood repairs and it be enlightening. :) I have the intake off the 51 and I'm taking a break. Bending over the fenders is not great fun. :)
A little after 2pm, I finished the intake manifold swap. There were 2 bolts that didn't line up properly. All I can say now is it's running and so far there's no coolant leaking. :) Leaning over the fenders was a little painful but the rest was just time consuming.
Quote from: "kb426"41woodie, it would be nice if you would post pics of the repairs. There are some of us that don't know much about wood repairs and it be enlightening. :) I have the intake off the 51 and I'm taking a break. Bending over the fenders is not great fun. :)
Can't imagine anyone would be interested but glad to do it. My supplies are arriving the first of the week and we're looking at a gradual warmup in temps so I'll be putting more time into it. So far I've been gluing up some broken pieces but I'll start taking photos to document the joys of owning a woodie.
My first project this year is to give my 5x9 utility/swap meet trailer some fixes and upgrades. I've had it about 16 years and it spends its nonproductive life on a cement pad in the back yard. The floor and 36" tall sides and rear doors are all done with decking boards. Have always covered the top with a variety of plastic tarps which wear out quickly and take a lot of time to rig. The wiring and tail lights have also taken a beating. Have probably pulled it a couple thousand miles a year and put it away wet every time.
I've mounted new LED tail/brake lights and moved the top three of 6 side boards down a total of about a half inch to close some air gaps. Made new 4" tall upper boards and rounded off the front cross board to provide a crowned top contour. I've cut some spare chunks of 1" marine grade plywood into hinged barn doors. I'll take a stroll through Lowes or Menards today to get hinges and some closure/locking hardware. Tomorrow I'll visit the boat shop that did the blue tonneau covers for my track roadster and see if they will build a snap on tarp for the trailer.
Sometimes it takes a number of years to figure out how to make something work better for ya. I'll see about a couple pictures later today.
Charlie, I redid my 5x8 landscape trailer last year. I had a can of bedliner left over from the 41 Pontiac that I never used and painted it, as the 'powder coat' was coming off in sheets. I installed all new led lighting and wiring, new chains on the hitch, cut some osb sheets to cover the screen on the floor when I need to haul gravel, dirt or sand, and installed the spare tire on the ramp. I should be good to go for another 7 years before needing to do it again. Oh, and new tires and rims.
QuoteTomorrow I'll visit the boat shop that did the blue tonneau covers for my track roadster and see if they will build a snap on tarp for the trailer.
I have used a local truck tarp shop to make covers for my trailers. So far none have cost me over $100. And they wear like iron.
Hi ber nating
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I bet so! Winter is not many of us's friend. :)
Quote from: "kb426"41woodie, it would be nice if you would post pics of the repairs. There are some of us that don't know much about wood repairs and it be enlightening. :) I have the intake off the 51 and I'm taking a break. Bending over the fenders is not great fun. :)
Well kb426 remember you asked for it. I'm still waiting for supplies to arrive next week but thought I'd post a few photos of the damaged areas I plan on repairing. The structural wood is Maple and hard as a rock except for where there is dry rot present. In those areas the wood is quite soft and pulpy.
I'm using Minwax Wood Hardener (no it won't help with your personal problem). According to their website the product soaks into side grain and works up end grain by capillary action and when cured returns most of the structural strength to the dried out wood. I don't know if I believe the hype but I can't see where it would hurt anything to try it.
The area I'm working on is the hinge post on the drivers door. The factory hardware had pretty much rusted away over the years and when I removed the remnants the joints simply pulled apart. I believe the factory used hide glue to make all of the finger and lap joints and 75 years of being pounded down the road has taken it's toll.
In the photos you can see that the finger joints have deteriorated badly but the broken pieces were still in place so I'm starting out by gluing everything back together. The tenon joints have dried out and shrunken badly so it will require a lot of West Marine Epoxy to renew these joints.
We made the early morning trip to the west side of metro Phoenix . A monthly swap meet. Last attended this one a few months ago
I took a pile of small misc crap to sell. A few larger items like tires, olde kerosene lizard heater, a Miller arc welder I bought new 40 yrs ago. Sold many items at 1 to 5 dollars just to get rid of it. Sold an olde hand crank combo can & bottle opener for 1 dollar & listened to the story of how the guy is gonna carry it in his car
Usual stuff: meet some long time friends, BS, listen to storys from strangers about their projects.
My truck has a small load of scrap parts I am taking in
Saturday afternoon I was uptown, and I lost my 4 wheel drive on my 2001 GMC (Service 4WD message). Managed to get it home in the snow/ice/slush and parked it. Did some looking on the net and it shows that the dash switch is bad. Not one to be found in town when I checked the parts houses online. Sunday, I looked it up on Amazon and got a part number. Checked with CARQUEST and they did have that number. 15 minutes to closing and I head out of the garage with the Wife's van and get stuck at the end of the alley. High centered on the snow that had been plowed off the main street. Anyway, got the van loose and headed uptown and one of the other parts houses had the switch. Changed it out in 15 minutes and I have 4WD again.
I have had some success with my homemade shrinking disc removing the oil can damage in my 54 Chevy hood. I feel that I might be able to finish it out better if I had the commercial shrinking disc and I ordered one this morning. It should be here in a couple of days.
It took me a few hours to learn the method but I do have some confidence now. I joined the metal shapers site on the internet and I have spent a lot of time reading and I have watched a lot of videos. I have determined that I started with a very small problem, and then I made it much worse into a big problem. Then I was forced to learn how to fix the mess I made. Now with what I know I could fix the original problem quickly and easily. I am tiring of learning new skills but I am glad that I can.
John
John, I'm glad you're doing that. When you're finished, you can be my teacher. :)
Quote from: "WZ JUNK"I am tiring of learning new skills but I am glad that I can.
I have amended the old adage to, "You're never too old to learn, but sometimes you're too old to remember!"
41woody, thanks for posting the pics of the wood restoration project you're getting into. I don't know how far you're going with this but I'm sure there are a few of us interested in following along. If you want, we could move your post to a separate new thread where you could post progress and issues that pop up. Things can get lost pretty quick in this "what are you doing today" thread. Regardless, I find it interesting. It's amazing the work some people have done restoring woodies.
By the way, I have used Minwax Wood Hardener and it does what it says. It can't perform miracles if the wood is really rotten but it does soak in and harden punky, dried out wood. You might want to experiment on some scrap wood to see how it absorbs the liquid. Once it hardens it won't absorb much more.
'41 Woody, I'm watching your progress too. I've got a top bow in the convertible top of my JEEPSTER that was bowed backwards from time/weight of leaves from years of being in a field before I got it. I've checked around here to see if any Amish buggies might have a replacement but they all seem to be wider side-to-side. I am thinking if I could get something to add strength to the bow I could force it back into shape and treat it with some kind of epoxy so that it could retain that shape, Then I'd have to find some kind of filler to fill the tack strip where the canvas top was nailed to the top of the bow because the years in the field also rusted out the original tack-strip. With the JEEPSTER's top being chopped 2 1/2" and shortened about 6" trying to find a reproduction of an original part doesn't make sense to me and the top on this thing may end up being more like a Baja top with-out side curtains and a back window and I'm cheap enough to try to use what I nave. GPster
It got into the 60's here today. After work I hosed off the 51 and took it for a spin to get all the water out of the cracks. I took 2 bikes for a ride. Both had to be boosted. I'm really not keeping up with my world as good as I used to. :)
I have started making a swing down type bracket for an under dash master cyl mount .It is being mounted to the back of the steering column mount behind the dash , and to the square tube reinforcement around the firewall . I have walked away from fitting the T doors for a while to focus on something I can get results on in a reasonable amount of time . I had a reasonable date in mind for completion of the doors with bearclaw latches and it has long passed with completion nowhere in sight .Got too bogged down with the doors and need to feel more like I am making progress on the car . This 90 degree m/c set up will use a remote reservoir mounted under the original gas filler door on the cowl . I will also be using the cowl door for venting the cab , so it will be boxed in and screened , with some sort of drain to get rid of trapped moisture and some way of opening it from inside the cab .
C.K., most of us know that feeling. :)
Moved the steering column in the Morris Minor 1 inch. To the left as you sit in the seat. More straight as it points to the seat..
I had it angled slightly to the right so there was plenty of clearance for elbow room between the door and left elbow.
An inch makes me happy and still plenty of room for the elbow
Shaved 68 firewall in primer-
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Another procedure on my nose today. Plastic surgeon closed it up with about 30 stitches. If any of you were a lot younger, I'd tell you to stay out of the sun if you are light skinned, blond and blue eyed with an easter European ancestry. Wish someone had told me years ago.
Matt, sure looks better.
Phil, stick to doctor's orders and don't forget to massage the skin there for a long time after stitches come out. I am of British descent and wish someone would have beat that into my head 30 years ago. Even now, it helps greatly. I know how the period of not wanting to show yourself in public can affect a guy. :cry: It will pass.
KB and gang, looking forward at work I see the Coyote powered Model A and 2nd gen Corvette with LT4 (new crate engine, 650 / 650) and eight speed auto being the next noteworthy builds by us... so stay tuned for those. While "traditional" rod building greys gracefully at the temples, this trend of saving interesting but weary old car bodies and perching them atop all fresh goodies... is strong and good. Safe to call that an industry now, I reckon. Genuine rodding nostalgia is priceless and has no substitute and I personally applaud loudest for stuff like Lets clean out the Garage... but this new modernizing trend is producing some rides that need no excuses and show no mercy. I can dig both. 8)
I spent way too much time making a project video today. After I receive a reply from the originator of the back ground music I used, I'll post it and you can tell me if I missed the mark. :)
OK, I just got up at 0 dark 30 to go to the Derby Drivers License Office at 7am to get my license renewed for the next 4yrs, Then off to the Derby Walmart to get party supplies for my Birthday Party. Then I napped until 5pm so I can get up and watch B-J auction.
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I turned in my official retirement letter yesterday afternoon. August 17 is my last official day. The actual last day will probably be Aug 14 and then a trip to Good Guys in Spokane for the last days of the week. I did let them talk me into staying 6 more months than I originally planned.
Getting my computer fixed..been at the expert(I know NOTHING) for 2 days now.
Last time I used it I put in an old 3 Stooges dvd. Several days ago. Hasn't worked since :lol: The computer expert has NO IDEA what is wrong with it.
Windows won't even start :?:
Better half can't stop laughing :lol: :lol: :lol:
Quote from: "Arnold"Getting my computer fixed..been at the expert(I know NOTHING) for 2 days now.
Last time I used it I put in an old 3 Stooges dvd. Several days ago. Hasn't worked since :lol: The computer expert has NO IDEA what is wrong with it.
Windows won't even start :?:
Better half can't stop laughing :lol: :lol: :lol:
Did you try giving it a well placed slap to the forehead :?:
Is it making a "nyuk-nyuk-nyuk" noise :?:
Just trying to help..... :lol:
Bob.. :wink:
Quote from: "Arnold"Getting my computer fixed..
Last time I used it I put in an old 3 Stooges dvd.
Have you considered a stooge got loose in there?
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Fixed a flat on my Dakota. Not my idea of a good time. :) Parts came in for my son's dishwasher so I assembled the lower assembly. It's ready to go back together.
Quote from: "sirstude"I turned in my official retirement letter yesterday afternoon. August 17 is my last official day. The actual last day will probably be Aug 14 and then a trip to Good Guys in Spokane for the last days of the week. I did let them talk me into staying 6 more months than I originally planned.
Hey Doug...you'll like retirement. Early congratulations.
Quote from: "purplepickup"Quote from: "Arnold"Getting my computer fixed..
Last time I used it I put in an old 3 Stooges dvd.
Have you considered a stooge got loose in there?
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Quote from: "Arnold"Getting my computer fixed..been at the expert(I know NOTHING) for 2 days now.
Last time I used it I put in an old 3 Stooges dvd. Several days ago. Hasn't worked since :lol: The computer expert has NO IDEA what is wrong with it.
Windows won't even start :?:
Better half can't stop laughing :lol: :lol: :lol:
THANKS :!: For the laugh's guys :D TRUE story. Computer(laptop) lived a good life! Served me VERY WELL! Done now :shock:
I wanted a new,larger laptop anyway :twisted: Picking that up this afternoon.
Maybe I will break it in on a 3 Stooges dvd :twisted:
We climbed out of the deep freeze this afternoon. It got up to 70 degrees. I drove the garage project to work. Watching peoples expressions was a hoot. I'm going to install some sound dampner tomorrow. It's really loud inside it. I think I'll put some on the underneath side of the roof and the back of the cab in a few places. I'll try to pick spots that won't hinder any kind of coating for the future. A set of tail pipes would be great also. :)
KB you know what they say about if its too loud... :lol:
Men, you are not hallucinating :shock: nor have you warped to deep space... this is my new objet d'art :arrow: Look away if you have not had your meds.
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Seriously, thats leak pan slurry from under my GTP. She was in for her annual heater hose elbow party today. :roll:
Quote from: "idrivejunk"KB you know what they say about if its too loud... :lol:
Men, you are not hallucinating :shock: nor have you warped to deep space... this is my new objet d'art :arrow: Look away if you have not had your meds.
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Seriously, thats leak pan slurry from under my GTP. She was in for her annual heater hose elbow party today. :roll:
Gee ... I took one glance & thought you finally went after the stupid dogs .... :roll: :lol:
Bob.. :wink:
Print that out 24" by 36" on canvas , name it " mans inhumanity to man and it will sell for big money.
Groovy, ain't it? ~:) :P>
Somehow yesterday I found just the right spot to stop in my parking spot of nigh onta 20 year... to sink my 69 GP. Thawing clay and bald tires said smush, nope. Was just out there shuffling the smushy mud to see about getting it loose before the rain comes.
Aaaand ummm... got the news last night that another uncle passed away around noon yesterday. Down to one uncle now. Ugh. Aunts and folks are doing alright but the last couple years we lost some good old boys.
Oh and Bob... I did buy new front tires last year :roll: Not much help in mud but I'm gaining on it. And unfortunately the dog already got yelled at this morning around 8:30 but it was outside having barking fits at 2:30 and 4:00 AM today and does it at dusk every day. Barks a lot real loud between the time I get home and go to bed, then from the time I wake up until time to leave. Puts me in a great mood especially for driving. Saw the dog with head and shoulders above the fence other day, they have set something up for the dog to climb up on directly across from my bedroom so it can bark over the fence. I don't like it and I believe its intentional. The guy over there is on parole, I don't know what for but my patience is under attack.
QuoteThe guy over there is on parole, I don't know what for but my patience is under attack.
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And there is no need for you to find out .....
Bob... :wink:
Quote from: "UGLY OLDS"QuoteThe guy over there is on parole, I don't know what for but my patience is under attack.
And there is no need for you to find out .....
Bob... :wink:[/quote]
I had no desire to find out that much, his PO called me. I can wonder, thats all. Strong wind is helping with my mud bog. :) Sure could use a cruise 8)
Hello;
Been out in my garage formulating a plan of attack on my 57. I have quite a few things I ordered and am carefully going through to find out fit or NO fit. So far the valve covers will fit the engine but the baffles sent with the covers don't fit the covers, at least not without some grinding. Then the top of the air cleaner I bought fits my 14" air filter but the rod from the carb is too short!! And I certainly don't want to use a rusty faster on top.
I know i have to take the front motor mounts off the engine (have welded side mounts) just trying to guess the best way to start that so the new front runner bracket can get mounted. Then it's deciding how to wire the new alternator and hoping my AC hoses make it to the new Compressor. as well as hope that my power steering lines connect to the new PS pump.
But before I go through all of those headaches, I have to drain my radiator, remove the hoses, pull the water pump and give the block a good bath. as well as a good flushing!
I plan on taking before and after photos of this event. As well as myself as I am sure I won't come through this without any harm!
So I have planned to move my compressor up near the front of the garage as I plan to use some air tools to be removing and installing bolts and nuts of all kinds!!
Planning to up date the cars barking system with a complete Wilwood kit I found from Pirate Jack! Instead of Disc Front and Drums rear, I will have a complete disc system with emergency brakes and drilled and slotted calipers! Im thinking I might have the brakes done by someone else with more patience than I as it includes all new lines from front to back.
Also gonna try to put a shine on my Torque Thrust polished aluminum wheels as they look kind of rough!! Tried a couple things, not too happy yet! Got a Power Ball coming so we will see how that does! WOW!! heard a knock on the door and it was the power ball delivered by Amazon ON A SUNDAY!!
Bruce
Bruce, we harass everyone else so "where's the pics"? If you need info to help posting, there will be plenty of info. :)
ordered a master cyl. from rock auto for the coupe . 82 rampage manual master cyl , 7/8 bore remote reservoir . I will begin making my 90 degree under dash set up when it shows up . Also ordered a shock to replace one on the front , aldan American 11 adjustments for rebound . When it shows up I can put my car on springs for the first time . It has been sitting on metal spacers for ride height for years . After all that is done I will start looking at door alignment again . That stress has now subsided . I have tried to get things in order to lighten my work load so that I can spend some time on my car again . I am hoping to have it ready to start body work by the summer . If I take the body home , I can work on it at home while my chassis stays at my school shop . That way I can alternate from body work to finish welding and painting the chassis if one or the other gets too frustrating . I have most of the parts to freshen the drivetrain and hopefully I will have it running about this time next year . The motor was a good running 350 when I pulled it years ago , I will change cam , heads and intake while the motor is out for chassis work . .505 lift solid cam , patriot 187cc intake 64cc chamber aluminum heads , edelbrock performer , 750 quadrajet , windage tray , lifter valley baffle (because I forgot to install it in my last 2 motors ). With steel shim gaskets I should be at or near 10:1 . Aluminum water pump , 9 fin valve covers and finned oil pan . I have a Mallory dual point distributor that I want to put a pertronix kit in . I have had this car for 15 years this may , and have been poking away at it for the past 5 . I want to have it finished by june of 2020 , for a possible 40 year high school reunion . I have wanted this car since grade 9 .
Chimp.....You really want to put a solid lifter cam in a street motor ??? That's nothing more than additional maintenance ....
Oh ...With .505 lift & steel shim gaskets, don't forget to check the valve to piston clearance ...It's prolly going to be close ....
Bob.. :wink:
Quote from: "UGLY OLDS"Quote from: "idrivejunk"KB you know what they say about if its too loud... :lol:
Men, you are not hallucinating :shock: nor have you warped to deep space... this is my new objet d'art :arrow: Look away if you have not had your meds.
Seriously, thats leak pan slurry from under my GTP. She was in for her annual heater hose elbow party today. :roll:
Gee ... I took one glance & thought you finally went after the stupid dogs .... :roll: :lol:
Bob.. :wink:
I've seen metal elbows in some of the parts stores....
Bob , the solid cam is one I have had and not used for many years . Yes I want to use it as I kinda like the sound of solids and its not a really aggressive one so should be easy to look after . I am used to maintaining solid roller valve trains with nearly twice that lift . I have run .480 lift cams with gobs of clearance and have notched pistons with a .525 lift , both on stock piston flat top motors with steel shim H/G . Besides that the only other cam I have in the garage is a reduced base circle .660 lift roller .
Bob, C.K.: I vote for the solid cam. I like the sound of it and the extra rpm that it provides. I realize you probably won't get to do it very often, but the sound of a healthy v8 running through the rpm range is pretty nice music. By using posi locks on the rockers, shouldn't you be able to run 10-15 thousand miles without attention?
A good friend died this morning after a long illness. Steve was only 51 yrs old.
He had helped me on several car projects over the past 30+ years I have known him
He always had a positive attitude, even the recent years with mini strokes taking his eye sight, loss of his balance, then the lost of right side movement of his limbs.
RIP buddy
Quote from: "Crosley"A good friend died this morning after a long illness. Steve was only 51 yrs old.
He had helped me on several car projects over the past 30+ years I have known him
He always had a positive attitude, even the recent years with mini strokes taking his eye sight, loss of his balance, then the lost of right side movement of his limbs.
RIP buddy
sounds like a great guy Tony, Sorry for your and his loved ones loss.
Digger
It always hurts to lose a long time friend, you have my sympathy Tony.
Quote from: "tomslik"Quote from: "UGLY OLDS"Quote from: "idrivejunk"KB you know what they say about if its too loud... :lol:
Men, you are not hallucinating :shock: nor have you warped to deep space... this is my new objet d'art :arrow: Look away if you have not had your meds.
Seriously, thats leak pan slurry from under my GTP. She was in for her annual heater hose elbow party today. :roll:
Gee ... I took one glance & thought you finally went after the stupid dogs .... :roll: :lol:
Bob.. :wink:
I've seen metal elbows in some of the parts stores....
Like those in the pic?
I have used the aluminum ones mostly but used plastic GM ones before that. No matter what, they only make a couple winters, tops. The aluminum ones won't crack or rip like plastic but can damage the O ring bores or crack the timing cover, intake, or alternator bracket upon removal if stuck and pried on.
Quote from: "Crosley"A good friend died this morning after a long illness. Steve was only 51 yrs old.
He had helped me on several car projects over the past 30+ years I have known him
He always had a positive attitude, even the recent years with mini strokes taking his eye sight, loss of his balance, then the lost of right side movement of his limbs.
RIP buddy
Thats is a rough one to take. I have had three local friends around that age encounter strokes in recent times, all very positive minded, hard working car guys like your friend and one is gone but the others carry on. Peace and comfort to you and his kin.
Sorry to hear about your friend, Tony. My condolences.
Sorry to hear about your friend Tony ...I'm sure that he is in a much better place now ....Our thoughts & prayers are with you & his family ....
Bob.... :(
sorry for your loss . Good buddies are like family .
KB I like where you are going with the winding it out comment ! I have not had a snotty street car since 82 , and I parked my dragster after the 97 season . I plan on bracket racing the coupe occasionally , and disrupting the neighborhood frequently . If that doesn't get it out of my system it will be front engine dragster #3 for me ! I want a hot rod !
Short day at work I hope. Then getting ready to take off tomorrow morning and drive down to the Roadster Show in Pomona. Will have more time on the road than down there. This is another one of those "we aren't doing anything this weekend, let's go". Kind of like the first time I ever went to Bonneville. That trip was with Odie also.
Sorry to hear-- I lost one from the club 5 weeks ago after losing his leg to sugar. Sad
Tony my condolences to you. 30 years is wonderful. :cry:
trying a picture
HOLY S#@! I GOT IT !!!! Ten years and this is my first successful picture ! Thanks youtube !
More pics I hope
more
dash
diff at a weird angle 28" wide . Home made pinion park brake from a snowmobile caliper .
Look out boys ,here they come
1 more
ok just one more . engine 5" behind spindle to first spark plug . used a wheel barrel to move firewall back . You can still see the orange wheel barrel in the interior picture
Sold this car 5 years ago to start my T
Quote from: "chimp koose"Sold this car 5 years ago to start my T
So, does that mean we'll have to wait 5 years to see pics of your "T" ?? :lol:
I am using pictures that are loaded on my computer . No T pics there yet . Do you want to see my last front engine dragster chassis ? It just won NE1 at the last hot rod reunion in Bakersfield last fall .
Somebody found a new toy. You know you can post more than one picture per post?
Baby steps.......Baby steps . :lol:
Congratulations, C.K. :)
Applause :!: Welcome to the picture world, CK! :shock: :lol: 8) :-o :D Looks like you have plenty of metal fun and that tiny race car looks mean. So yeah... you know we are going to be on you like a hen on a junebug about T pics. :P
Quote from: "idrivejunk"you know we are going to be on you like a hen on a junebug about T pics. :P
I don't think that's RRT material......
Quote from: "Crosley"A good friend died this morning after a long illness. Steve was only 51 yrs old.
He had helped me on several car projects over the past 30+ years I have known him
He always had a positive attitude, even the recent years with mini strokes taking his eye sight, loss of his balance, then the lost of right side movement of his limbs.
RIP buddy
Sorry for your loss..losing friends is tough. One picks one's friends.
Thanks for the kind words on my friend Steve.
Steve was always a positive , happy guy. Life just kicked him till the very end.
In the hospital Steve was unconscious for a couple days, then unresponsive to any stimulus for a day or so... then he had another stroke in his brain stem area where the body organ functions are controlled. So , we knew it was over for sure. No further hope.
I looked at a mess of pics from The Roadster show. Something for everyone again. Fabulous time to be alive. :)
Last week SWMBO got a new TV for our anniversary. By saturday she had determined that most of the old furniture had to go because it was not right with the new TV. So sunday we went a bought some new furniture, From Sauders outlet store. It all came unassembled. :roll: So I have spent the last two days assembling furniture. I have 1 1/2 pieces to go yet. She is worth it though, she has put up with me for 50 years. We are retiring a coffee table that we got used 48 years ago. I doubt the new stuff will last that long.
The weather was real nice this afternoon so I drove the rollin dumpster to work. It's fun to drive. The engine is very torquey which makes it a hoot around town. It needs tail pipes and sound deadener but if you think about your 1st hot rod which might have been a death trap, you can remember the magic of stripped down vehicles. :) I think the next owner will have fun with this whether it gets painted or not. :)
Finally got the 428 FE in the 64 Galaxie.
https://i.imgur.com/TZKZ6GC.jpg
its only been to the muffler shop so far.
kinda dusty from sitting.. but the semi gloss black on the inner fenders and firewall is actually VHT Brake caliper paint.
Just got home from the Grand National Roadster Show. What a great time, except my camera is having fits and only got about half the pictures I shot that were good. A friend of mine took his unrestored 1969 Boss 429 to be in the show and there was a guy next to him from Colorado with a completely restored 1970 Boss 429. The guy with the 70 drove it up to Helena last summer for the International Mustang meet and then he drove it last week to Pomona, my kind of guy. Anyway had a great time.
I am bracing for the cold today . Weather could go down to -40 with the wind chill . Not going to view the spectacular moon tonight ... too cold . were supposed to get a super blue blood moon tonight , three phenomenon at once , lunar eclipse , blue moon and super moon as it is at its epigee of orbit . Ill watch it on the news from my living room , much warmer .
CK, I think you missed it. We watched it this am, but it was a bit cloudy. We could see the eclipse, but not the blood moon. Actually, we watched most of the eclipse, as the moon disappeared below the horizon. Seems anytime we have a special moon, it's cloudy in our area.
We saw the "Blue Moon" this AM .....Then realised that it was our neighbor :shock: :shock: :-o :? :roll: :oops: :lol:
Bob... :wink:
All I saw was clouds at 5am when I left the house. It was very bright and 47 degrees. By 8am, the clouds were gone and the sun was rising. The temp had gone down to 34 degrees. So once again, I missed the once in a lifetime opportunity. :)
Quote from: "wayne petty"Finally got the 428 FE in the 64 Galaxie.
https://i.imgur.com/TZKZ6GC.jpg
its only been to the muffler shop so far.
kinda dusty from sitting.. but the semi gloss black on the inner fenders and firewall is actually VHT Brake caliper paint.
Nice going! I know that one has been a long row to hoe. Looks like it grew there and like its up to a cruise... and really 8) to boot.
Why are idrivejunk's posts so wide in his body work threads? I have to reduce the page sideways so much I can't read the thing. I;ve quit looking at them because of it.
Charlie
Quote from: "Charlie Chops 1940"Why are idrivejunk's posts so wide in his body work threads? I have to reduce the page sideways so much I can't read the thing. I;ve quit looking at them because of it.
Charlie
Depending on the device used, it does suck scrolling over to read or view, but you ain't missed much anyhow.
I asked for opinions on this here when I started the blog where I post pics. I like detail, and chose a resolution setting at about half the camera's capacity and post those full size so folks can see whats going on. But I have asked for input more than once about picture size and heard only echoes. You may have better luck viewing the blog directly, it does a fine job of fitting images to a screen. The text in posts here runs the width of the picture and the forum does not resize them. Words are just blah blah blah anyway, most just want more pics and less 'junk. My intent is to provide the highest quality posts, with greatest detail and thickest skin, for the group here at RRT. It is by far the most sincere pumpkin patch on the web, and thats a Peanuts halloween reference. :D
Link to pic page:
http://chevroldsmobuiac.blogspot.com/
I find it behaves best, when using what qualifies as a mobile device (tablet, laptop, phone) to be sure and use the mobile version of the site. Some devices / browsers may request the desktop version of the site. Usually not phones but bigger mobile devices. Check settings, try different browser, etc... your mileage may vary.
:)
Boss says Grant Cox is coming to shoot features on three rides done at the shack where I work, tomorrow. They picked out a warehouse downtown as a setting and hope to do underneath shots on the rack too. The red 69 Camaro got full cut n buff underneath when we did that one. Others are the grey 68 el Camino and 73 Firebird. Woot for the crew! My involvement in those jobs was not terribly significant. I saw a couple new awards (they light up :shock: :!: 8) ) on our glory shelf today too, from that latest show in Wichita. That reminds me I need to catch up on RRT's recent car show pic posts, I have fallen behind. Thought it was off season and that shows how much attention I pay to shows. But I dig the endless variety and appreciate everyones efforts on those posts.
I started on a 71 Chevelle job today, getting gaps all around on a fairly cream puff specimen with a new right fender and headlight panel. I hope it doesn't fight like that red 68 Mustang. It looks ready to shoot, by the way.
To others who might be bothered by pic size but not saying anything- we can work it out but only if I know theres a problem. Thanks.
Is this better? Try it out and see if it suits. Click on the image, then when the image comes up, click on the image in the new window. It will come up near full screen.
I reckon I could just hit enter every so
often, when I type. That would probably
work, like this. Pics would still be monstrous
but reading might be easier.
You want to know how to do it, no magic?
Me? Do what? I prefer magic if possible. :)
I want to know :D
Quote from: "enjenjo"You want to know how to do it, no magic?
Interesting. How's it done?
I have a mouse that I can move the screen side to side , so I can read the posts with the large photos
Something magic happened in my yard this week. You all probably know all about the barking dog over my back yard fence. :roll: Well I haven't heard the dog this week. Last week about now, I moved the Bark Genie to a different spot. Miraculously, the desired result occurred. I don't understand it nor do I expect it to last, but the daily double dose of anger is fading. Still, when I think of home I think of dog and rage but that too will fade given time. Has before. It may be awhile before I am confident enough to remove the sound blocking provisions from my windows and allow sunlight and fresh air to enter. This has been an epic mental adventure and I certainly hope it is drawing near to an end. Thanks for listening and not suggesting I hate dogs.
I am also delighted to say that (this is rare) that our current crew at the shop is possibly the best it has ever been, in my opinion. Scrambling to find half a dozen dudes with the right overlapping skill sets and genuine passion across the board has been worth it. We are finally going to get some feature articles on cars not trucks, and to top it all off my recent ventures in metal work have not gone unappreciated... in a useful, ongoing way that begins to make life slightly less scary.
The blog, by default, resizes anything I upload to "medium". I change each pic to fullsize, creating an extra step to provide full clarity. If you guys can choose the size you want, I can make them thst from here on out if you wish. Here are examples of the sizes:
Full size
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Extra large
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Large
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Medium
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Small
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Just now when I hit preview they are all the same size. Now I am :? but posting anyway, in case it takes a few minutes for changes to appear.
I wish I'd known about the dog barking thingie when I had my house before this one. The neighbor lady had a dog in her back yard that belonged to her son that live 15 miles away. The dog would bark incessantly during the night. The son finally took the dog to his house.
Quote from: "58 Yeoman"I wish I'd known about the dog barking thingie when I had my house before this one. The neighbor lady had a dog in her back yard that belonged to her son that live 15 miles away. The dog would bark incessantly during the night. The son finally took the dog to his house.
Well in my case (as cautioned on package) it INcreased barking. That did not deter me from using the device, just let me know the dog wanted to do it the hard way. My strategy after the fiasco on Labor Day was to gather video evidence, try not to yell inside my house... and wait for it to come to a head. Last couple weeks before, they had gone back to leaving it out night and day and I was getting uneasy about my ability to continue tolerating. Whew! Birds and squirrels are returning. :)
OK, it must be magic... pics on blog are smaller but same size here. Boyoboy. :roll:
I must have missed the barking dog eradicator ... :roll:
Paint adhesion problems on the hood :?: :?:
Bob... :wink:
Quote from: "UGLY OLDS"I must have missed the barking dog eradicator ... :roll:
Paint adhesion problems on the hood :?: :?:
Bob... :wink:
Howdy Bob. Young ones are stripping it with a razor blade scraper.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/First-Alert-Bark-Genie-1-0-CT/34581094
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I use irfanview http://www.irfanview.com/ to resize photos.
To do so, open irfanview, select open, and select the file the photo is in. Once you have that open, you can load any photo in that file into irfanview. Once you have a photo loaded, you you go to open again, and scroll down to "batch conversion/rename", click on that and it will open a new window. There will be thumbnails of all the photos in that file at the top of the window. On the upper left select "batch conversion, rename result files". Below that select "advanced settings". There will be a box next to that labeled "Advanced", click on that. in that window select " set new size as % of the original". I use 50% but it's up to you. Below that select" preserve aspect ratio", and "use resample function". At the lower right select " apply changes to all pages. Also at the lower right select save settings, and close that window.
For "name pattern", select the format for the new name of the image. In "output directory for result files".
To resize, go to each photo you want, click on it, while holding the select key so they are all highlighted. Then click on Add below that. Your file names should appear in the field at the bottom. Go to the lower left, and click on start batch. In a few seconds they should be done, and the image should be in the file you selected. At that point you can load the copy to the RRT. Once it is loaded to the post, a single click should open it full size.
Quote from: "enjenjo"I use irfanview http://www.irfanview.com/ to resize photos.
To do so, open irfanview, select open, and select the file the photo is in. Once you have that open, you can load any photo in that file into irfanview. Once you have a photo loaded, you you go to open again, and scroll down to "batch conversion/rename", click on that and it will open a new window. There will be thumbnails of all the photos in that file at the top of the window. On the upper left select "batch conversion, rename result files". Below that select "advanced settings". There will be a box next to that labeled "Advanced", click on that. in that window select " set new size as % of the original". I use 50% but it's up to you. Below that select" preserve aspect ratio", and "use resample function". At the lower right select " apply changes to all pages. Also at the lower right select save settings, and close that window.
For "name pattern", select the format for the new name of the image. In "output directory for result files".
To resize, go to each photo you want, click on it, while holding the select key so they are all highlighted. Then click on Add below that. Your file names should appear in the field at the bottom. Go to the lower left, and click on start batch. In a few seconds they should be done, and the image should be in the file you selected. At that point you can load the copy to the RRT. Once it is loaded to the post, a single click should open it full size.
I can load a max size of 640 x 480 photo onto the RRT.
Max 120 mp pixel , as I recall
I used Irfanview to shrink pics for the green and yellow Camaros, the 33, and the Biscayne. Then came lightning and now I post from a 4" screen. Resizing with Irfanview is a great deal of extra effort even though it does batches, and with the phone I would only be looking to reduce steps. Most evenings are already over half messing with pics and posting. Ever try cut and paste with soft keys? Ugh. Typing is a cruel joke that way, I can't fathom how it has come to be the accepted standard. Big data transfers are a snap, memory and space wise but the interface is as bad as that dog!
I don't understand how small pics on the blog showed up full size here today, that has never happened before. I would upload here but have the idea that theres a data limit of some sort on the site that I would murder instantly if I did. Correct me if I am wrong. In past tries, the file size allowed for upload here is so tiny that the pictures would only really serve as documentation of work done, lacking enough detail to do what I want to do... show how. I could just take smaller pics too but don't for the same reason. I find myself more and more, telling people I like that what I offer is what I can give. Many think stuff like too giant pics or too many iffy attempts at comedy are things I have neglected to consider. Not so. If the collective here can establish a desired pixel width, I can possibly make that change. Until then I will just continue. Maybe we ought to use the poll feature and allow time for those with opinions to speak? I am all for making my content what you guys want it to be, its just rare to hear input. :idea: :arrow: :D
I check a few sites of interest each day and Bangshift is one. Today they feature a video of gassers from a nostalgia meet a Tulsa. Hooley makes more than one pass in the "Okie Twister" Orange Henry J. https://bangshift.com/bangshift1320/gassers-tulsa-let-old-school-show-thing-two/
John
Quote from: "WZ JUNK"I check a few sites of interest each day and Bangshift is one. Today they feature a video of gassers from a nostalgia meet a Tulsa.
Hooley makes more than one pass in the "Okie Twister" Orange Henry J. https://bangshift.com/bangshift1320/gassers-tulsa-let-old-school-show-thing-two/
John
Thanks John. That warms my heart on a wintery Michigan day. :0-0
The video was fun. That's the 1st look at the new tower they built years ago that I have seen. When I raced there it was the original. To get a 270"wb. car around, we had to fire way back and do several reverses to got on the track.
got a notice in the mail about a package waiting at the post office . Must be the master cyl for the coupe . I guess ill be working on the T again real soon .
Quote from: "WZ JUNK"I check a few sites of interest each day and Bangshift is one. Today they feature a video of gassers from a nostalgia meet a Tulsa. Hooley makes more than one pass in the "Okie Twister" Orange Henry J. https://bangshift.com/bangshift1320/gassers-tulsa-let-old-school-show-thing-two/
John
Delicious soul food :D I was entranced :shock: Could not hardly recognize the place. Been at least a decade since I went to a TnT. That looked like some solid racing action and boy howdy them old rods sure haul the mail. );b( :0-0
The Chevelle job is growing like a beanstalk just like the 68 Mustang did, and when I get time to cull pics I'll try again for a more reasonable size. The Mustang got red with wide white stripes down the middle today. Insert sleepy smiley with hammer in one hand, wrench in the other here. :)
Harbor Freight flash lite. Many other labels & places sell the same design in different colors
The lite end Slides open for 2nd set of led lites.
I slid mine open last week. It made some mild crunchin noise like plastic bits were breaking.
After I opened it up : the plastic guides did break. It is now a non-slide open regular flash lite.
Quote from: "idrivejunk"Quote from: "58 Yeoman"I wish I'd known about the dog barking thingie when I had my house before this one. The neighbor lady had a dog in her back yard that belonged to her son that live 15 miles away. The dog would bark incessantly during the night. The son finally took the dog to his house.
Well in my case (as cautioned on package) it INcreased barking. That did not deter me from using the device, just let me know the dog wanted to do it the hard way. My strategy after the fiasco on Labor Day was to gather video evidence, try not to yell inside my house... and wait for it to come to a head. Last couple weeks before, they had gone back to leaving it out night and day and I was getting uneasy about my ability to continue tolerating. Whew! Birds and squirrels are returning. :)
Boy howdy did I speak too soon. Got threatening voicemail from neigh. And they called cops saying I had put a camera outside the window where they breastfeed. It was the bark genie still hanging in yard. I don't want to go out there anymore. Two calls, one to neigh, one to police... and I still haven't done wrong. Total BS. Angry as hell. But I was right, the dog is gone. Life ruiners over there, trying hard to scare me. But I got back on the 59 job today. Worked on the 53 truck, yella Shevella, and ah... my Cat job. Mood is tanked though, no billboards today.
Nifty flashlight :idea: :?:
I am standing on my head trying to weld through bifocals under the dash area of the coupe . I will be a pro grinder soon ! Any attempt to put light on the situation makes the auto dimmer welding helmet go dark . What I really need is 2 extra vertebrae in my neck so I can bend my head back far enough to see . Left the reading glasses at home :x . Did you know it only takes one spark to get shop coats to burn freely ? I am trying to protect painted areas and a chrome steering column , I guess I will look for the leather welding bib . I wonder if this is how the special effect smoked paint got its start ? Maybe I can just shoot clear over it and forget carpet ! That would leave me no choice but to leave the in sides of the doors as metal and shoot them with metalflake ! Maybe I should just go home and get my reading glasses ? :lol:
C.K., I'm just going to be quiet. :)
CK.... Have you given any thought to an exercise club :?: Maybe a visit to the gym once a week or so :idea: :?: Maybe the health club :?:
Sound like it would be safer & more economical....... :idea:
Oh....Something that the Old Guys taught me .. When working upside down with bifocals, turn your glass's over.....It makes a HUGE difference ... :idea: :? 8)
Back to hiding under the bed ....According to the weather people, the world as we know it ends tomorrow....... :shock: :? :roll:
Hey Tony ...Do you have a safe place to hide :?: All stocked up on water,milk,bread,all the other staples :?: :?: :lol:
Bob....
I tried the glasses upside down but they wont stay centered . That view reminds me of the 70s !
QuoteQuote from: chimp kooseI tried the glasses upside down but they wont stay centered
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Maybe need to also turn nose over :?: :?: :idea: :roll:
Bob..
Quote from: "UGLY OLDS"CK.... Have you given any thought to an exercise club :?: Maybe a visit to the gym once a week or so :idea: :?: Maybe the health club :?:
Sound like it would be safer & more economical....... :idea:
Oh....Something that the Old Guys taught me .. When working upside down with bifocals, turn your glass's over.....It makes a HUGE difference ... :idea: :? 8)
Back to hiding under the bed ....According to the weather people, the world as we know it ends tomorrow....... :shock: :? :roll:
Hey Tony ...Do you have a safe place to hide :?: All stocked up on water,milk,bread,all the other staples :?: :?: :lol:
Bob....
Aren't staples a bit too crunchy?
Everything is fine again in IDJ land. Personality anomalies are due to subside. Now I gotta try upside down bifocals for kicks on Saturday night. :idea:
I just wear reading glasses when I weld, otherwise I couldn't see anything.
I only see with one eye and hear with one ear. If I was trying to lay on my back and weld something above me I'd electrocute myself or catch myself on fire. Con't you have a kid in one of your classes that seems to weld pretty good ? It might be an "Extra Credit"job. GPster
bought the welding instructor lunch , he welded it for me . Just have to endure the old man comments for a while :lol:
Bob , about the fitness thing . I already adhere to a strict semi occasional workout routine , when I remember !
I'm in better shape than most guys TWICE my age !
Quote from: "chimp koose"I'm in better shape than most guys TWICE my age !
I am beginning to wonder what I look like. The mirror shows an old coot. But; geez..... I've had some guys that look like they are in their mid to late 50's.. hold open doors for me lately
Quote from: "Crosley"Quote from: "chimp koose"I'm in better shape than most guys TWICE my age !
I am beginning to wonder what I look like. The mirror shows an old coot. But; geez..... I've had some guys that look like they are in their mid to late 50's.. hold open doors for me lately
Yeah, I'm thinking that I look good for my age, but have to wonder when I get the senior discount without asking for it. :wink:
Quote from: "58 Yeoman"Quote from: "Crosley"Quote from: "chimp koose"I'm in better shape than most guys TWICE my age !
I am beginning to wonder what I look like. The mirror shows an old coot. But; geez..... I've had some guys that look like they are in their mid to late 50's.. hold open doors for me lately
Yeah, I'm thinking that I look good for my age, but have to wonder when I get the senior discount without asking for it. :wink:
LOL :!:
Some yrs back when Speed Week at Bonneville was rained out. We ended up in Flagstaff AZ fast food place. As we eat, I noticed the senior discount (not asked for) on the receipt ... I point this out to my wife. She chuckles & says : see you get the discount automatically
Then: I tell her "you ordered the food"
:lol: :T)
Quote from: "chimp koose"I'm in better shape than most guys TWICE my age !
Of course, they're all dead.
This went to pot real quick! I love the humor. Thanks to all who contributed. :)
I filed income taxes today. :)
Quote from: "kb426"I filed income taxes today. :)
How far down did you file 'em? Boy I wish I'd known you could do that a long time ago. I'm packin me a big flat bastard when I go see the tax lady this year. :lol:
Where can I file for income? :? :idea: :?:
Matt, air file. :)
Oh. Well I ain't toting my compressor over there. :(
I am waiting on a phone call to tell us when our first grandchild is born ! Today is the day we become grandparents !
Quote from: "chimp koose"I am waiting on a phone call to tell us when our first grandchild is born ! Today is the day we become grandparents !
Congrats, you're going to love it!
I'm waiting on my third great grand child, the first girl.
What an experience to hold a grandchild ! The new little family is doing well . My wife and I are just overwhelmed with joy .
I forgot to say , there is a new little man in the family !
Congrats C.K. Try to wait a while before corrupting the new member. :)
Congrats MR. & Mrs. C.K . 8) See ..This is proof that there IS a reward for not disowning your teenagers :!: :!: :!:
Bob... :wink:
Quote from: "chimp koose"What an experience to hold a grandchild ! The new little family is doing well . My wife and I are just overwhelmed with joy .
Applause :!: :D :D :D );b(
Thanks guys ! :D :D :D
So are you going to spoil him? It's fun.
Spoil is not the proper word . I asked my son to let me know when he needs a pedal car . I already have that mini chopper and my son says they will do 2 wheel time . Someone needs a metalflake stroller ! I have also seen those pedal airplanes that have a spinning propeller , we have an aviation program at my school and all the tools .
This Is what I built for my first grandchild. He still has it and going on 30 years old. He plans to give it to his son.
nice !
I have been unable to post photos but I was able to get that option fixed today. My computer had updated and my iPhone had updated and then I could no longer get the photos from my phone to the computer. I can not tell you how I did it, but it is working and that is the important part. I wish I could stop the updates. However I wanted to post a photo with this note and now I can not find the photo. Just visualize some photo in your mind. Not a pink * though.
I fixed the hood on my 54 Chevy with a shrinking disc. I learned a lot and if I had owned one when the original problem came up, it would have been easy to fix with the disc.
The hood was painted yesterday and I will install it on the car early next week. The 54 will be all one color again, at least on the outside.
When we bought the car, 16 years ago, it came with new upholstery that had never been installed. It was a hideous color and style. I wanted something in the car until we get the new upholstery done. Last week I tried dyeing the upholstery black with Rit dye. The color is good but now a powder black dust comes off of it when you touch any of the material I dyed. A big mess.
John
John, thanks for the warning. Years ago I asked my wife about dyeing some material. We decided not to. Might have turned out to be a good decision. I agree on the updates. :)
I once dyed a car carpet in the bath tub ,.... that was during my first marriage .
Oh gee, I've done a lot of vinyl/leather/fabric/carpet dying almost from day one of my life with cars. Dyed the seats in my Model A Coupe 50+ years ago right up to the PT Cruiser seats I put in my 40 Ford a few years ago using SEM products.
(http://carnut.com/iown/1940/40-160.jpg)
Heh, heh I've even dyed my distressed brown bomber jacket to distressed black.
(http://carnut.com/bio/jacket.jpg)
Quote from: "Carnut"
Heh, heh I've even dyed my distressed brown bomber jacket to distressed black.
George, I've got a similar brown distressed jacket I'd like to dye black. How did you do it? Soak, spray, or some other way? What kind of dye? Does it run when it gets wet?
Quote from: "purplepickup"Quote from: "Carnut"
Heh, heh I've even dyed my distressed brown bomber jacket to distressed black.
George, I've got a similar brown distressed jacket I'd like to dye black. How did you do it? Soak, spray, or some other way? What kind of dye? Does it run when it gets wet?
Oh gee, that jacket is a lot blacker than the photo, guess the flash made it brighter.
I sprayed it with SEM Color Coat Black. Quite easy to do. No running just soaked in on mine. I've even used Armorall leather care on it long after dying with no problem.
https://www.semproducts.com/product/color-coattm-aerosols/aerosols
I got a visit from the Police at 4:30 am today. Somebody tried to drive through my office building. Fortunately they failed. They hit the corner without enough speed to do much damage. What a way to start the day. :)
Woke up with another great grand child today. Shelby had a little girl early this morning.
Quote from: "enjenjo"Woke up with another great grand child today. Shelby had a little girl early this morning.
Congrats on that :D
Congratulations to all!
WOW :!: :!: Congrats to everybody.. 8)
Bob.. :wink:
Congratulations Frank.
I went to the Starbird Show at Tulsa today and this guy was set up displaying a salt flat car. It may look familiar to some of you.
John
congrats enjenjo!
KB, wow! :shock: That sucks. :(
Frank, congrats :!: :D
John, good eye. );b(
I spent the day with my family, starting with a suprise celebration for my bodyman cousin who is regaining mobility after new hips and knees and years of life sans knee cartlidge. He took me for my first ride in a musclecar way back when. I don't have my own family but the family who has me really makes me proud of them. :)
Congratulations Frank!!!
Congratulations Frank.
Phil, I got curious. The comment about the Hyfrecator 2000. I googled that. Now I understand. :)
Yeah, they've used it on me a couple times, at least. Never ending battle for a "never sitting in the sun worshipper." But, the Hyfrecator 2000 is easier than the surgeries that take care of the bigger stuff.
Chevy is all one color for the first time in years. Now we concentrate on the interior.
Looking good!
Looks good John. Now get the interior done.
Looks real good John, now get out in the garage and get
some work done!
Looks Great :!: :!: What happened to the "Gold Tooth" :?: 8) :lol:
Bob.. :wink:
QuoteWhat happened to the "Gold Tooth" :?: 8) :lol:
Bob.. :wink:
It comes and goes with the whim of the owner. It just slips over any one of the grille teeth. I also have a black one to make it look like there is a tooth missing.
John
I had forgot about the tooth. LOL
World of Wheels weekend here in Cowtown, I did some errands and stopped for a few pictures on the way down.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4759/39718205274_656571b5e8_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/23vLbEE)P1040657 (https://flic.kr/p/23vLbEE) by Mike Siewert (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mdsiewer/), on Flickr
^^^^^
Great pic! BBRRRRRRR! :)
Quote from: "WZ JUNK"QuoteWhat happened to the "Gold Tooth" :?: 8) :lol:
Bob.. :wink:
It comes and goes with the whim of the owner. It just slips over any one of the grille teeth. I also have a black one to make it look like there is a tooth missing.
John
Not only does the fresh red look great, but the car has an attitude setting on the grille so friends know what kind of day you two are having. I am jelly like donuts. :D
Quote from: "kb426"^^^^^
Great pic! BBRRRRRRR! :)
X2! Thats an outstanding pic, Cword. );b(
I drove down to Columbus Oh today and bought a 392 Hemi for an Australian buddy. Machine work done, $2000. When I got down there we got it loaded up, and one of the trailer tires was low. When I tried to put air in it, the valve stem broke off, and then it was flat. Fortunately he had a tire machine, and a new valve stem so we were able to fix it on the spot.
I too like that photo Cword ...... 8) looks GREAT :!: );b(
Bob... :wink:
Thanks guys, That photo sure makes the old car look good. I got really lucky with the sunlight and my move in time for the show. World of Wheels in Calgary takes place in the convention center just on the other side of the Saddledome in the picture. My move in was at 12, and this stop was 11:30, I couldn't have planned for the lighting to turn out better.
Mike
working on the T brakes today . Have my 90 degree master cyl bracket almost done . In order to make the movement go from back and forth to a sideways motion I have made a rocker assembly . The rocker is made of a 1/2 "x 3 1/2 " long shaft with 1" x 3/8" thick arms at either end , holes 2 1/2" c to c . One end will be welded to the shaft but the other end must be removable to service the shaft bushings . This is where my problem is . The 1/2" shaft requires a 1/8" keyway and I have already milled it as well as broaching the key slot in the rocker arm . I am just wondering if that 1/8" key will be sufficiently strong to drive the setup when braking . I am probably worrying about nothing but with a 6:1 pedal and say 100 lbs at the pedal in a panic stop I sure wouldn't want a failure when 600 ft/lbs of torque hits it . I could just weld it on , but then I could not remove the shaft if a bushing wears out .Opinions please ! I could look it up in an engineering manual , but that might take a long time .
Well, today the Jeepster backed out of my garage under it's own power. It's a memorably occasion but it was done so I would be sure I could get it to higher ground. The Ohio river (two blocks away) was in flood stage two weeks ago and that didn't create anything but worry but with the rain that's been coming the initial prediction for the river put it higher than both 2004 and 2005 both of which put water in my garage (3' and 1'). The scare has lessened but there's more days of rain coming so I'm working to be ready. I check this site as much as ever but I don't take time to comment. GPster
Went to look at a 59 Ford Retractable today. The seller has too many projects, is getting old and is needing a new shoulder put in next month. It ran 5 or 6 years ago, after he rebuilt the brakes. Looks to be in good condition, but it needs more than I want to put into it for $8k. It's all there, but all that's there needs everything done to it; chrome, interior, bumpers, paint, windshield, etc. I had to pass.
It got up to 70 degrees this afternoon. After work I installed a new battery in the dr650 and took 2 bikes for a spin. I fired up some of the other stuff cluttering the yard and I'm all ready for winter in the morning again. Every warm day is one less cold day. :)
We were near 60*, so my wife washed and waxed her car, I washed my truck, burned up some brush, and we picked up large rocks in the ditch by the road. She puts them around her flower beds. The county is going to replace the whistle under my driveway this spring, and all those rocks would get hauled away anyway. I've got someone to do the landscaping after the county is done. C'mon spring...
I had the 'roto-rooter' procedure done to my prostate this morning. I've had better days, but I suppose the plumbing will work better in the long run.
George, I had a few friends that have had that done. They said you have to re-learn but everything ended well. Best wishes to you. :)
George: Things will go well for you. Couple friends had the roto rooter program.
About 1 year ago: I went in for my 2 times a year blood work. Told the doc something was different in the prostate area. No pain. Mild discomfort at times, things just felt: 'different". A full check out proceeded and results were all good.
My doc is an older guy. At my last doctor visit on this subject: We ended up talking about our grand son's and how far they can pee at age 7. LOL
more work on the T brake set up . Getting near done.
Yesterday we drove to Tulsa and bought the materials to upholster the 54 Chevy. I moved the sewing machine out into the shop and set up a large table. The headliner and carpet were done last spring. Now it is time for the seats and door panels. The fun begins next week.
John
This rooter thing, think a friend had that and described a corkscrew lookin tool. In 2011 I passed over 50 stones in about 20 seconds and I am reminded of the showerhead in the CLR commercial daily. Reckon if I knew what that treatment was really called I could study up. :idea:
I just replaced all 3 OEM 17yrs old windshield wipers on my 02 PT Cruiser. It was a bit of a learning experience for this old codger.
I ordered a set of cheap ANCO's at about $1.50 ea and a set of more expensive TRICO's at about $4.50 ea.
ANCO's showed up first and got installed all around. Guess the quality difference must be in the rubber by all appearances they were identical to my OEM's.
Guess I'll have the TRICO's as backups.
Things tend to last a bit longer on my rides since they are all very infrequently driven and are kept in a somewhat climate controlled environment.
Yesterday I helped a good friend cut the entire top off his 57 Ford and put a top on off a donor car. A, B and C posts were rotted bad. And it was rusted all along the drip rail. The car spent allot of its life in Florida. Salt mist did it I guess. Started at 10:00am and were across the street eating tacos and having a beer at 3:00 pm. He had all the reference measurements done and the inside of the car all braced with tubing before hand.
He had me do the cutting, fitting and welding. I had a great time. My friend is about 14 years older than me and he has been doing this stuff all his life. I learned allot.
Mike
Mike, that's a good story. :) I spent a lot of yesterday washing vehicles. I crawled under the 32 for a look see and discovered an ac hose leaking on a crimped fitting. I thought the ac hoses would outlast me. :) It got up to 80 degrees yesterday. In a couple of days we'll be back in the freezer.
Kitchen sink faucet replacement today. Bought new faucet 4 yrs ago. Single stalk , pull out hose deal. We have used them before.
2 yrs ago , the pull out hose sprung a leak, replaced under warranty. yesterday, the hose sprung another leak.
Today , we bought a non pull out hose design. It seems all these hoses last now are 1 - 2 yrs from what I have learned. So: I am done with them.
Quote from: "Crosley"Kitchen sink faucet replacement today. Bought new faucet 4 yrs ago. Single stalk , pull out hose deal. We have used them before.
2 yrs ago , the pull out hose sprung a leak, replaced under warranty. yesterday, the hose sprung another leak.
Today , we bought a non pull out hose design. It seems all these hoses last now are 1 - 2 yrs from what I have learned. So: I am done with them.
My wife no longer allows me to work under the kitchen sink. The language I used to describe the engineer who designs plumbing fittings upsets her. :shock:
John
^^^^^^
LOL!
Quote from: "WZ JUNK"Quote from: "Crosley"Kitchen sink faucet replacement today. Bought new faucet 4 yrs ago. Single stalk , pull out hose deal. We have used them before.
2 yrs ago , the pull out hose sprung a leak, replaced under warranty. yesterday, the hose sprung another leak.
Today , we bought a non pull out hose design. It seems all these hoses last now are 1 - 2 yrs from what I have learned. So: I am done with them.
My wife no longer allows me to work under the kitchen sink. The language I used to describe the engineer who designs plumbing fittings upsets her. :shock:
John
When I was finished. My wife commented that I was kinda quiet , so it must have gone well. It did. Easiest faucet install I have ever done. If the garbage disposal was not there, would been easier.
:T)
Of course, we leave the cabinet empty for a few days , watching for leaks to appear.
:!:
Today I took down the layers of cardboard, quilts, towels, metal signs, etc that made my bedroom a dungeon for the better part of the last year. It has taken me a couple weeks of no dog and no threats to mentally recover somewhat from the barking drama and convince myself it will not hail lead. Sure is pleasant to see the yard and hear birds. And breathe fresh air again! :D
Unfortunately the end of one nightmare just marks the beginning of the next. Health insurance hike this year put me out of business, can't make the bills now. Knew this since November and now its here. I know how to sleep at least, thank goodness, during brokeness. Anybody need a 99 GP GT?
I tore down a T56 today that would not stay in 6th gear. There is a plastic spacer that holds the gear in place that disintegrated, allowing the gear to move forward out of reach to the synchronizer. It must be a common problem because the aftermarket has a steel replacement for it. I am also custom building two T5 transmissions. One for shipping to Australia, and one for California.
Quote from: "Crosley"
Of course, we leave the cabinet empty for a few days , watching for leaks to appear.
:!:
i do the same :roll: then i put a leak frog under the sink
gave one to a sister for their laundry area, saved them a bunch of money/time
later jim
Frank, do they make better parts for a t5 to upgrade the capacity?
Quote from: "kb426"Frank, do they make better parts for a t5 to upgrade the capacity?
Yes, but they start running into money. Even the stock, and stock replacement parts are getting expensive. I just bought a set of high strength gears, not even the tool steel gears, and a rebuild kit with the good carbon fiber syncros, and that cost me close enough to $1000, you would have to eat dinner at Micky Ds.
^^^^
Thank you. I'll remove that thought from the possibles. :)
This big cat was laying on the big Cat this morning. My buddy thought of me when he found it in the corner of a barn. Verifiable by scent. Thats gotta make it worth a ton, right?
He thought Pontiac. I thought yeah but also maybe Exxon... any of you guys know? :?:
Apologies for the bigness, I figure it will be at bottom of this page. :roll:
(http://www.roddingroundtable.com/forums/files/purrrrrrformance1_581.jpg)
That logo seems to be a stumper.
Theres a problem with the forum. It has already cost me an hour or two of post composition by not allowing me to post. I won't make another attempt until I can be assured that won't happen. Now I'll hit submit and hope this post posts.
Quote from: "idrivejunk"That logo seems to be a stumper.
Theres a problem with the forum. It has already cost me an hour or two of post composition by not allowing me to post. I won't make another attempt until I can be assured that won't happen. Now I'll hit submit and hope this post posts.
I think it's fixed.
Quote from: "enjenjo"Quote from: "idrivejunk"That logo seems to be a stumper.
Theres a problem with the forum. It has already cost me an hour or two of post composition by not allowing me to post. I won't make another attempt until I can be assured that won't happen. Now I'll hit submit and hope this post posts.
I think it's fixed.
Thanks :)
Quote from: "idrivejunk"That logo seems to be a stumper.
Purrrrrformance was a marketing thing for Hedman Husler Hedders about 50 years ago but I don't know about the tiger..
(http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL89/167432/4404976/413803043.jpg)
I did run across that while searching for the answer. 5 r's but no cigar. I know what it's from now, found it on a fluke after a browser crash. It is less kool than hedders and probably a bit older than it looks. I am thoroughly enjoying holding the answer :lol: so nobody needs to think too hard about it. :wink:
Cool ad, by the way. 8)
Quote from: "river1"Quote from: "Crosley"
Of course, we leave the cabinet empty for a few days , watching for leaks to appear.
:!:
i do the same :roll: then i put a leak frog under the sink
gave one to a sister for their laundry area, saved them a bunch of money/time
later jim
I guess it would get my wife's attention. I can not hear the noise the frog thingy makes.
Asked the wife to watch the short vid. She says it is high pitched beeping. Many areas of the upper frequencies are gone from my hearing.
8)
I'll be headed down I15 to Temecula during the week of 19 March.
driving a truckload of band equipment so the kids can compete in some winter competitions in San Bernadino and San Diego.
This week I'm building frames so I can double stack Marimbas and Vibraphones, its the only way this whole load is going to fit in one truck.
(http://people.ucalgary.ca/~mdsiewer/IMG_3472.JPG)
I think we have the bugs worked out of the sewing machine and we will try to cover the kick panels today. A big part of the complications was old thread. Another one of the problems with my machine is that it is a production commercial machine and it is designed to sew very fast. My wife and I on the other hand require it to run very slow. I modified it again with changes to the bell cranks and an adjustable pedal stop to regulate the speed. It is not perfect but it is useable now. Newer machines have electronic speed controls but ours is all mechanical and since we will only use it for this job, I am not going to change it over.
John
Quote from: "Cword"I'll be headed down I15 to Temecula during the week of 19 March.
driving a truckload of band equipment so the kids can compete in some winter competitions in San Bernadino and San Diego.
This week I'm building frames so I can double stack Marimbas and Vibraphones, its the only way this whole load is going to fit in one truck.
(http://people.ucalgary.ca/~mdsiewer/IMG_3472.JPG)
Gee....Isn't that going to be a kinda-noisey ride :?:
Good on you for helpin' out the kids .... );b( );b( );b(
Bob.. :wink:
Warning: Fussy whining, no smileys, and gigantic photo in this post.
Previously shown fender blanket with tiger on it represents Fisk Tire.
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Just bought oil change stuff for my Grand Prixs. Theres 3. Cost a hundred seventeen bucks even. Filled up yesterday at over three bucks a gallon. How can anyone do anything but putt to their job and back in the least valuable car available? I can't. :?: Degrading my life quality fast as I can isn't enough anymore. Work, brush teeth, go to bed. Repeat. Wears a guy smooth eventually.
At least I am not the guy working on this job. Don't that look like some fun mud work? Thats the Bronco a tree fell on that I put floors in.
(http://www.roddingroundtable.com/forums/files/under_roof1_427.jpg)
Guy who is doing it (stall next to me) heard me gripe about being a couple days short on chow this week came to my house with bags of groceries. I don't understand... I've worked hard all my life. Reckon I should just appreciate the fact I'm not doing upside down bondo and be :D
Quote from: "Cword"I'll be headed down I15 to Temecula during the week of 19 March.
driving a truckload of band equipment so the kids can compete in some winter competitions in San Bernadino and San Diego.
This week I'm building frames so I can double stack Marimbas and Vibraphones, its the only way this whole load is going to fit in one truck.
Have a good trip. Are you going to be chaperoning, too? That could put a twist in your tail. I was the music department's only student roadie during my sophomore and junior years in high school, and we kids could get downright rowdy sometimes.
Quote from: idrivejunkWarning: Fussy whining, no smileys, and gigantic photo in this post.
Previously shown fender blanket with tiger on it represents Fisk Tire.
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/AdQAAOSwUaNZxbhI/s-l300.jpg)
Fisk tires, do they still make them? My Dad used to buy them because they sold them at K Mart...and they were cheap. He put a set on our '64 Dodge wagon that was used as a second family car. I drove the wagon to high school in 1970. It was a 318 with three n the tree, pretty easy to break the right rear loose and impress the guys at school. About six months after he put the Fisks on it the rears were bald...right one was really smooth. My Dad saw that and was grumbling about the * cheap Fisk tires" only last six months.....😬 The car did hook a lot better with "slicks" on it....
I figured somebody out there might have worked somewhere that sold them but nobody remembers them. I am told the Fisk brand is actually currently sold once again. It's history is spotty but over a century long. :!:
Thanks to whoever fixed the pic. :)
Changed GTP oil just now, been like 5,500 miles. :roll: Replaced a splash shield screw that fell out. It holds the whole front corner of the body still if its there! :idea:
Last weekend I listed a few things on ebay. They all sold so I thought I'd try a few more. Might not be lucky two weeks in a row. :)
Trying to figure a way to make one of my roller cabinets higher..from the bottom. I want to add some extra drawers UNDER it.
Sure..just take off the casters and make a base to sit it on..
AHHhh..NOW I remember :idea: all the swivel casters DO NOT come off the bottom of this one :evil: and they don't lock
I'll just make up some sort of plate for the casters to sit on..where I can secure the casters
-10C working inside unheated barn :lol:
Quote from: "Arnold"-10C working inside unheated barn :lol:
Next project should be getting heat. :)
Got my brake pedal arm almost finished , 6:1 ratio , 7/8 bore and the pedal stroke goes the full distance of m/c piston travel , stopping 1/2" from where the carpet will be on the floor and firewall . Sitting in the drivers seat , the pedal seems to be in a comfortable spot . Just need to figure out a pedal pad now . return spring and brake switch to do yet too .
I just put the snow blower in storage. I haven't used it the last 2 years. :) It was 80 degrees here today. This might be the 1st time I've been warm since last fall.
Had to call 911 last night. At 3:30AM I woke up to the dog barking and someone hollering outside. I saw what looked like a strong flashlight shining behind the garage. I couldn't see the source of the light, just the beam moving around. The lady at 911 said she would keep me on the line until an officer came. After 1/2 hour we sort of ran out of things to say and the cops hadn't shown up yet. Finally she said that the guy had been located and there was a separate matter that didn't involve me...just go back to sleep. Ya, right. I went out to check things and everything was still locked up and untouched.
This morning I walked out in the yard and there were car tracks in the grass going into the back yard. The lights I saw were car lights. On the ground I found a baseball cap, a blonde wig, a sock, and a milk jug. I walked up to the back door and found another baseball cap (flat billed) right next to the back door. Called the cops and they came out and got the stuff but wouldn't tell me much about what happened.
A little while later a neighbor called to tell me the newspaper website had a story. The guy at my house had offered his girlfriend for sex to a guy half mile down the road in return for gas money. It got all screwy and a shotgun was pulled instead of money exchanged. The pimp guy escaped and left his woman with the guy with the gun who raped her anyway. I guess pimp guy was looking for someone to help him when he came here. Anyway everyone was arrested and things are peaceful again.
I have no idea what the two baseball caps and blond wig were all about.
Quote from: "purplepickup"Had to call 911 last night. At 3:30AM I woke up to the dog barking and someone hollering outside. I saw what looked like a strong flashlight shining behind the garage. I couldn't see the source of the light, just the beam moving around. The lady at 911 said she would keep me on the line until an officer came. After 1/2 hour we sort of ran out of things to say and the cops hadn't shown up yet. Finally she said that the guy had been located and there was a separate matter that didn't involve me...just go back to sleep. Ya, right. I went out to check things and everything was still locked up and untouched.
This morning I walked out in the yard and there were car tracks in the grass going into the back yard. The lights I saw were car lights. On the ground I found a baseball cap, a blonde wig, a sock, and a milk jug. I walked up to the back door and found another baseball cap (flat billed) right next to the back door. Called the cops and they came out and got the stuff but wouldn't tell me much about what happened.
A little while later a neighbor called to tell me the newspaper website had a story. The guy at my house had offered his girlfriend for sex to a guy half mile down the road in return for gas money. It got all screwy and a shotgun was pulled instead of money exchanged. The pimp guy escaped and left his woman with the guy with the gun who raped her anyway. I guess pimp guy was looking for someone to help him when he came here. Anyway everyone was arrested and things are peaceful again.
I have no idea what the two baseball caps and blond wig were all about.
I hope your in BC and not up north.
Quote from: "purplepickup"Had to call 911 last night. At 3:30AM I woke up to the dog barking and someone hollering outside. I saw what looked like a strong flashlight shining behind the garage. I couldn't see the source of the light, just the beam moving around. The lady at 911 said she would keep me on the line until an officer came. After 1/2 hour we sort of ran out of things to say and the cops hadn't shown up yet. Finally she said that the guy had been located and there was a separate matter that didn't involve me...just go back to sleep. Ya, right. I went out to check things and everything was still locked up and untouched.
This morning I walked out in the yard and there were car tracks in the grass going into the back yard. The lights I saw were car lights. On the ground I found a baseball cap, a blonde wig, a sock, and a milk jug. I walked up to the back door and found another baseball cap (flat billed) right next to the back door. Called the cops and they came out and got the stuff but wouldn't tell me much about what happened.
A little while later a neighbor called to tell me the newspaper website had a story. The guy at my house had offered his girlfriend for sex to a guy half mile down the road in return for gas money. It got all screwy and a shotgun was pulled instead of money exchanged. The pimp guy escaped and left his woman with the guy with the gun who raped her anyway. I guess pimp guy was looking for someone to help him when he came here. Anyway everyone was arrested and things are peaceful again.
I have no idea what the two baseball caps and blond wig were all about.
Wow, that is not cool! :shock:
I changed oil in the 455 this weekend, thats about it. Two down, one to go.
Been ill this week. Some how (stuburn) I did not miss work, actually worked over time on saturday. Wife thinks I have the flu. Most of the guys in the dept have been ill the last 2+ weeks, so I knew my turn was coming. They all have or had the hacking, coughing up crud, running nose, sneezing .... you guys know the list.
it has been a miserable 2018 so far for us... I am ready for 2019 or something. I guess.
So after getting the wagon on the road and listening to the noisy power steering pump I went about fixing it. I had talked to the company I got the tank from and they sent me another one. Something about a hole in the wrong place causing aeration. Nope that didn't work. So lets buy another seventy five dollar GM type II pump. Nope that didn't work. In the end I bought a Mopar pump from Bouchillion performance. A bolt on unit with the tank and all. I swapped that baby out yesterday and WOW :D I can't even tell it has a power steering pump. So quiet and it was only $475.00 :shock:
So i'm off to change the timing set in a 2008 Acadia. Need to pay for that one!
Well I needed this in the garage like Bob needs another set of fenders :) I found the 55 Chevy I have been looking for and we were able to get it home yesterday. It is a Handyman wagon with a back seat and two piece tailgate.
This is my next car that I have always know how it would be built and what I want it to look like. Special thanks to my loving wife Vickie for letting me do the crazy things I do.
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That wagon is going to be NICE . Always liked the sedan deliveries . A friend has a 64 falcon sedan delivery , kinda rare bird .
PPsssstttt.......Hey Dave ..... :? That's NOT a Ford...... :oops: :lol: Do you have tools that will fit :?:
Bob... :wink:
Quote from: "UGLY OLDS"PPsssstttt.......Hey Dave ..... :? That's NOT a Ford...... :oops: :lol: Do you have tools that will fit :?:
Bob... :wink:
I have a hammer, vice grips and channel locks. I should be good.
I wish I had the cash to put a 427 "Cammer" in it just freak out the Chevy guys when I said it had a 427. :)
Well I read here every day but I've been keeping my mouth shut because with flood scares this last month most of what I've done has not been car related. The first flood scare had us worried about a flooded basement so most of the basement stuff took residence in my garage. That flood didn't happen but there was a high point to it. I got the Jeepster off the jack stands and backed it out of the garage under it's own power. The next flood scare would not only filled our basement but would also have put water in my garage. So Tables had to be made and every thing (basement and garage stuff) got moved off the floor. Then the scare was made worse. They were predicting 47' which would have put the basement full, 4' in the garage and probably 18" in our house. That was bad but with the Jeepster able to run and move I could have gotten it to higher ground. today the sun was out and I started the Jeepster up, drove it around in the back yard so I could back it in to the garage. I still need to get the rear end up so I can pull the axles to change the backing plates and rebuild the brakes. It still has to stay outside because my garage is still a basement storage area so my garage door was still pulled closed. Without a rear view mirror I had to slide around to see where I was backing. I gave it a little gas and when I got close to the door I went for the brake. I hit my 12' metal roll-up door and pushed it in about 3'. It went far enough to knock over two tables of basement stuff and just missed hitting an old Ford radiator that I was going to try to sell at a swap meet this weekend. Well I got the door back into it's track and I think I'll just give-up for the rest of the day. GPster
You guys have been way more interesting than me. I'm going to go back to the corner and be quiet. :)
I finished up a T5 transmission today, the last part I needed finally came in. I returned the wrong parts they sent for the TR 6060 I am doing, and ordered the parts for the next T5 I have to build. This part situation is getting stupid.
just got back in to town from my sons wedding today . Small civil service at their home . 20 people , great company and a wonderful time . I got a great daughter in law out of the deal . My grandson is growing like a weed .
A couple days ago, we were cutting down more trees and splitting the wood. I needed the Cub Cadet to haul it, so I removed the snow blade and put it behind the shop. Today, I have to clear the snow from our biggest storm of the year. Can't get to the blade, and the snow is probably too wet for the snow blower. It will be an interesting day.
Found out the snow wasn't too bad for the snowblower. A few really wet spots, and I found out that if I push it, it will usually throw out the wet stuff. Took about an hour. Time to cool down. It's tough working up a sweat in 30* weather.
Quote from: "58 Yeoman"Found out the snow wasn't too bad for the snowblower. A few really wet spots, and I found out that if I push it, it will usually throw out the wet stuff. Took about an hour. Time to cool down. It's tough working up a sweat in 30* weather.
HEY :!: Ain't you gettin' kinda old for that :?: It's going to be melted by Friday anyway.... :roll:
Bob.. :wink:
Yeah, the wife said to leave it, it'll melt by Tuesday. We had 6" on the driveway...a bit much to leave.
I cut - fitted - welded 4 bars in to the Morris Cage.
I realized that a triangulation needed to happen at the 4 corners of the cage to frame attachment.
This car will be slow : may run low 12's on the quarter mile if that. safety first , I guess
picked up my steel rear fenders for the T coupe today . I bought them months ago . while I was there I asked about T door hinges and got a pair . one is good the other repairable . I will still finish the ones I machined out of a steel block as they will make a better hinge , these will be back up parts if the need arises
Quote from: "chimp koose"picked up my steel rear fenders for the T coupe today
That's OK Matt ...I'll get you a samich or somethin'....Maybe some soup too..... :( :lol: :lol:
Bob... :wink
Quote from: "UGLY OLDS"Quote from: "chimp koose"picked up my steel rear fenders for the T coupe today
That's OK Matt ...I'll get you a samich or somethin'....Maybe some soup too..... :( :lol: :lol:
Bob... :wink
All that, plus a bag o chips. :!: I want twenty bucks worth of whatever you're on. :lol:
Hey, the Catalina owner is due to stop by shortly. :) Just in time, I have tank braces blasted and some pans laying in place, and its at a good stage to assess whats left. Which is building around stuff we don't have yet mostly. :roll: This visit should be motivational, we have never seen the guy. :shock:
That visit went fine. 8) Glad to know our hero isn't seven feet tall, that should make seats easier. :idea:
Even better idea... how bout lets open an international kiosk-based T fender exchange franchise so all of us can get in on this action. :lol: That could be a reason to keep your shady spot all day at the events plus play panelbeater to look cool and attract attention. :wink:
I'm finishing loading my trailer today for a garden tractor pull in Waterloo IA on Fri and Sat. It is scheduled to be a painful weekend for me for 2 reasons.
1) I messed up a knee again on Sat. Been to the Dr. I got the typical aging/arthritis answer. He says the meniscus is torn, but arthritis is the #1 issue. My tractor doesn't have reverse so I have to push it backward. The turning radius is big so each turn is pull forward, get off and push backward.
2) I have been getting spanked pretty badly at the competitions. I keep stepping up my game. Hopefully I will eventually catch up. It's been 2 months since the last pull and I have done a lot of updates. The competition is fierce.
If I hadn't have been working on it so much I would have stayed home this weekend. Being Easter weekend I need to drive home on Sat after the event. It will be early Easter before I get back.
I would really like it if you would do some detail shots of that tractor. It look very interesting.
Wow...that's quite a haul for you. No pulls closer?
Nice tractor, btw.
Quote from: "58 Yeoman"Wow...that's quite a haul for you. No pulls closer?
Nothing in IL. I travel to IA, KY, TN, IN. Most of the guys with these are willing to make the drive for the competitions.
There will be guys in Iowa from Canada and Colorado. Several from TN and KY making the drive too.
Enjenjo, Is there anything in particular you want to see? Or just some general shots?
The next one is getting that 4 cylinder I have been posting about for a couple of years. It is still a work in progress.
QuoteEnjenjo, Is there anything in particular you want to see? Or just some general shots?
I want to see every thing! :D What ever you think is interesting. I like to see how problems are solved.
The garden tractor class always interested me. I want details also. :)
I will try to get some pics at the pull this weekend - before I brake it.
There are lots of ideas I would like to pass along to everyone here on the RRT, and ask advice..... but I don't want my competition seeing it...haaaaa.
There are a lot of new things being experimented with in this class. It isn't a cookie cutter class.
kb426, your probably familiar with the "50 cube class". Their motors are based on the 16 hp Kohler singles. They are all aftermarket parts now, even the blocks. Motor prices are approaching $10k. Another class that is coming on strong is the V-twin class. Those are based on the newer Kohler twins. Both these classes still look like garden tractors and use the Cub Cadet chassis and transaxles. There is a billet "Kohler V-twin" that runs against the big motorcycle motors like mine. It is tough! It's said there is $16k in that motor. There are many lesser classes than these that are very affordable. They will all be pulled this weekend. There are already over 300 pre-entries.
We are continuing work on the upholstery for the 54 Chevy. Unfortunately not only are we learning upholstery, but also how to operate and repair an upholstery sewing machine. I now know a whole lot more about these machines than I wanted to learn. The first seat back cover went on late this afternoon. Tomorrow we will tighten it up a little more, and then sew up the bottom cover.
Both bucket seats are symmetrical. Not only the right and left seat side panels but the seat covers are the same for the right and left seats. I was very pleasantly surprised to find that I did not need to make a lot of patterns. The top and bottom center sections are rectangular. All the panels are notched at the seams with witness marks. All of these features helped a lot.
John
That upholstery looks real nice, John.
I used to enjoy watching tractor pulls and even had a friend into riding mower racing way back when... but I did not know little pull tractors are a thing. Its awesome! I need some vids to watch so I can get an earful.
Honda fan at work slapped the turbo stuff on his RSX's DC5 finally last weekend and is babying it until he can trailer it a couple hours each way for a $700 tune. :shock: It sounds better already! :wink:
Quote from: "idrivejunk"I need some vids to watch so I can get an earful.
This is the 1250# class that doesn't allow auto style engines. The Wisconsin boys like there 2 stroke snowmobile motors. This was at the Iowa State Fair grounds. It is a VERY short track. It isn't as good of a show to watch as the standard length tracks. This event has been moved to Waterloo, IA this year. That is the one I'm headed to. I run with the guy at the 2:50 time. That is a 1000cc Kawasaki. He just retired that chassis. The motor will be in a fresh one this weekend. The tractor at the 8:16 mark is the 2 cylinder billet Kohler motor I spoke of earlier.
This is the 1350# class. Now the car motors are mixed into the class. The sled operator had the sled a little heavy making it really tough to get a good run. The end tractors have run prior in this class. There were 2 heats to qualify for the finals. That is their finals runs. 4:10 is a blown VW, 4:17 is my buddy again on his other tractor, a turbo 1400 Kawasaki. HP isn't everything because he makes a bunch, 7:25 and 7:55 is that billet Kohler V-twin again, 5:50 & 7:59 is a Busa, 6:09 is a little 600cc, 5:35 and 6:18 are both 2300 Fords, 5:20 is a 750 cc Suzuki.
My tractor has a Hayabusa motor on it. The factory rev limiter is set at 11500. Mine has just gotten bumped another 500. Some of the guys in this event were running 750cc motors. Those have 14500 rev limiters that have been bumped up. We do spend time on the rev limiter. I don't know how many rpm those 2 strokes are running. The car motors seem to be really low rpm after listening to the motorcycles. Most of the car motors are turning at or near 8000 rpm.
Just found another from the same club. I have never been to this one. You can see what a longer track does.
Man :!: :shock: Those things are ferocious! Thanks for posting. To me it looks like all the elements for big fun are there, minus perhaps some pure awe that the big ones strike. The cost of participating must be much less than those but boyoboy yeah, no slack on competition. Sure, I'd rather see long track with only a few full pulls but indoors makes it all season and you get to watch from closer.
Enjoyed the vids, I cranked speakers. );b(
WOW :shock: :shock: Those are unreal :!: talk about a "balzillion " RPM... :!: :shock:
What is the lifespan on those engines :?:
Imagine the feeling when you need to slow down or stop as a few guys did so you don't go too far ... 8) 8) :lol:
Bob... :wink:
Just got home from having a cyst removed from my back. No pain yet, but probably coming soon.
I broke a tooth last week. I had it pulled today. Next step is a bridge.
Quote from: "enjenjo"Next step is a bridge.
I have a bridge to sell you. It's in Brooklyn.
George to the rescue! LOL.
John, the seat is looking good. What happened to the sewing machine?
Beck, the video's were a hoot! I have a history with 2 strokes so I'm more than a passing fan. Why did the pilots lean way back at the full pull line? Weight transfer?
Hope you 2 with health issues are doing well.
Tomorrow is Good Friday. Here's hoping it is to all the members. :)
Quote from: "purplepickup"Quote from: "enjenjo"Next step is a bridge.
I have a bridge to sell you. It's in Brooklyn.
It's too small. I have a big mouth because I have to fit my foot in it so much.
Quote from: "kb426"
John, the seat is looking good. What happened to the sewing machine?
The short answer is a problem with the thread tension. It is changing each time we install a new bobbin and the tension needs frequent adjusting. The last couple of days it has improved and needs little adjusting. I hope our luck with that continues.
Yesterday I worked on a method and pattern to cover the sun visors.
Next I will cut the material for the other front seat.
John
The 1st class of the day is over for me. I didn't qualify for the finals. It's a sandy track. Very little traction. I ran with less weight on the front than I ever had before. I should have moved all the weights to the rear. I was chicken.
The next class is 100 lb heavier. I plan to put 80 lb of that in back.
It doesn't matter how much I spend or how hard I work on the tractor, the driver doesn't get better.
Passenger seat is done and in the car. We have patterns for the drivers seat and we will cut out the material for it on Monday morning. Our goal for next week is to make the drivers seat cover, sun shades, and start on the door panels. We are saving the rear seat for last.
John
Looks good, John. :)
You should be in the upholstery business. That looks better than factory.
It appears Harbor Freight has dropped - discontinued or something: the budget sheet metal bead roller.
I need to roll some beads sheet metal for the floor in my 1948 Simca drag race car.
Guess I will look at Summit Race or similar places for a bead roller at my price point. Cheap!
Quote from: "WZ JUNK"
The short answer is a problem with the thread tension. It is changing each time we install a new bobbin and the tension needs frequent adjusting. The last couple of days it has improved and needs little adjusting. I hope our luck with that continues.
John
My wife has owned a Nakajima industrial sew machine for 30 yrs. It is a clutch type motor, not servo motor.
We had thread tension problems with it about 15 yrs ago. Finally took it in for repair. the tech guy showed my wife a few items on it for adjustment. he had the thread tension so much tighter than she had ever set it.
The machine still sews great. I have thought about a servo motor conversion on it. We hear the servo motors work well.
I drove the Chevy to Mount Vernon, Mo to meet the SWMO Hot Rod 100 at Hot Shoe Hot Rod Shop . There were over 200 cars traveling as a group. It makes for some interesting and colorful traffic jams.
http://hotshoehotrods.com/index.html They are a sub contractor for some of the bigger suppliers of hot rod stuff. A very interesting shop.
John
Tony, I can testify that the servo is a very useful upgrade. John, I have seen that name many times. Did you get the driver's seat finished or are you using the 5 gallon bucket? :)
Friday evening I drove the Jeepster (without backing into my garage door again) to the neighbor's garage to put it on his lift and getting it up into the air. I had hired his grandson to pull the rear axles and change the brake backing plates on the rear end. With take accomplished we installed new brake cylinders, new steel lines, new brake shoes, new hardware and new emergency brake cables. I had wanted to have it up in the air so I could see everything better for eliminating the automatic brake adjusters and the ABS sensors. This rear end came out of a 4WD, 4dr. S10 but it must have had some special rear end package (Highway Patrol?) because nothing was the same as standard. Now everything is new and standard. Drove it home and now it's just waiting for me to bleed the brakes and adjust them. I had to put the tarp back over it because there's rain/snow in the forecast and it probably won't be back in it's garage until after the contractor installs the new garage door. With friends from California staying for four days an Airb*b guest with 2 dogs staying for four days, a friend's dog and parakeets staying for two weeks and the work on the Jeepster I'm tired. GPster
Final, quick update on my weekend pull.
My results in the 2nd class on Fri were improved but still not up to my expectations. I went up a gear and ran pretty light on the front, but neither corrections were enough.
Sat was a repeat of the 2nd Fri event. Everyone was getting better. I went for broke and put a bigger gear yet in. I put all the weights that would fit in the rear of the tractor there. I still carried about 45# on the front, just because they wouldn't fit in front. Never would I have dreamed to try this before. After a * start the tractor hooked, and I was flying. I knew I had a good hook going. UNTIL 15 ft from the end. The motor stopped so fast I though I broke it big time. Turns out the throttle cable came off the bracket at the injectors and the butterflies slammed shut. I would have qualified for the finals easily. The sled operator came up to me later and said I had his attention. I was moving!
That was 3 hooks on a new set of tires. They are pretty torn up. I guess I need to send them off to be resharpened already.
Next hook is May 19.
Beck, glad to hear it was minor. Is this a place that Morse style quick release ball and socket could be used?
No, this is the factory motorcycle cable. There are nuts on each side of the bracket. I must not have had them right enough. The design is fine.
Where's your next pull?
Saltillo, TN is my next one, on May 19.
There will be much better traction there.
All dirt is not created the same.
The reasonable spring weather left for a few days. Low of 15 tonight. No outside activities planned. :) Parts are arriving for the F100 rust bucket. I hope the cold doesn't ruin them . LOL
KB if you're gonna call it that we are gonna need to see the actual bucket, full. Because rust two thirds of a bucket exceeds the number of Scrabble points allowable in a build title and this would be your second recent offense that I know of, on that.
Today I just played Pontiac Cat builder and Pontiac driver as usual then helped Dad play with the furnace and Mom with the new cat. Man if it ain't dogs its Cats. :roll: :lol:
Pontiac :D
I woke to 17 degrees and snow this am. No outside plans today. I guess I can always start doing rust repair on fenders. :)
We finished the drivers seat and we have started on the door panels. I made the first pattern panel yesterday. The bare panels are about the same color as the vinyl we are using. We plan a simple design that uses the same pattern as the seats. I actually have the pattern drawn on the panel but it is so light it is not visible in the picture. The bottom of the door panel will have carpet.
John
Looks good, John. :)
NSRA mini nats at OKC this weekend. I think the forecasted weather calls for below freezing temperatures until nearly noon. I have attended this show in the past when the weather was marginal but not this bad. I wonder how many showed up?
John
Bare with me: I need to put this out there. A few folks here know this already. We have kept this close and off social media. My wife is taking this hard and I am there with her.
In early February 2018 we received word from an investigator for the Santa Clara medical examiner in San Jose Ca, they are looking for next of kin of a person with: Our son's full name is listed. Of all places: this message was to my wife thru Facebook. The message was 2 weeks old, my wife does not do much Facebook stuff.
Short version of a long troubled story is : our son was found dead on december 19, 2017. He was 44 yrs old. December 19 also happens to be his birthday. I was officially notified on February 5th, 2018 of his death. Our son had no contact info on him for his children or us. I accepted responsibility for his body and proceeded to hire a funeral company in San Jose for direct cremation. The Coroner wanted 1600 dollars storage fees. Funeral director got that waved per the Coroner's own rules: I (father) was just officially notified & accepted responsibility for the remains 24 hours earlier. It was not my fault there was a 7+ week delay in this.
My son had stopped communicating with his children and us in late August 2017. In a bit over 3 months, he had become homeless, living on the street. He died along side a busy express roadway in San Jose. Apparently he was sleeping in the landscaping.
When he was here at our house July 2017. He was the happiest we have seen in 10 years. His divorce was near final. He was finishing one IT Programing job contract, on the hunt for another. He had mapped out some plans for the next year on stuff. Then: 6 weeks later; he stopped answering email , text msg, phone calls from us and his children.
I requested & received autopsy & toxicology reports on my son. The autopsy report takes a strong stomach to read. It is very dry, descriptive & clinical to read. His hypertension had taken it's toll on his body. Many organs were damaged from high blood pressure. He often told me he had his BP under control. This autopsy report tells a different story. There is a reason hypertension is called the silent killer. It is.
Sorry to hear that, Tony. You have my condolences.
My sister died in 2013 (we weren't close), and we didn't know about it until about a month later when her first ex called us to say that he saw a notice in a small paper. She had a couple 'friends' that became her executors, and they didn't notify us, but had her change her will so they got everything. We were lucky that they gave us the family photo's.
Tony (Thats my brother's name, too)...
Thank you sir for having the guts to post that. What a reality check. There are times when a clean break is merciful, I suppose. Poor guy. You have my utmost sympathy as does your family.
Tony, Sorry for your loss. The worst I have been through is the loss of my father, but at 90 with a good life I could cope. I cannot imagine the loss of a child.
Tony, I am sorry hear this, my condolences. It would be difficult to lose a child under any circumstances, these are just heart breaking.
Tony ....Our thoughts & Prayers are with you & your family .....Losing a child is the worst possible thing we can have happen......
Bob.. :(
Sorry to hear that Tony. He was about the same age as my younger son. I can imagine how I would feel.
:( :cry: :cry: :(
Tony , sorry for your loss . take care of yourself . I can not imagine how I would deal with the situation if it were me .
Sorry for your loss.
Mike
Sorry for your loss Tony, may he rest in peace.
So sorry for your loss. Our son is a 2 time cancer survivor, you're not supposed to have to bury your kids.
Guys: Thanks for the comments. It has been a rough road for us.
Our son's separation & divorce from his wife was long and ugly. He left her 3+ yrs ago because she was addicted to opioid pain killers. She spent all the money on doctor shopping, buying pills: They lost the house, furniture, every thing. They had all their stuff in a U-Haul truck. That was stolen and cleaned out.
My son was not paying proper attention to what was happening at home. That is on him. He was lying to us on what the problem was after he found out. We suspected drug use by his wife. We did not know the depth of the problems.
The older girls (21 & 19) are taking their mother's side of all this mess. So , they are not interested in talking to us (grand parents). That makes this all more difficult. There are 3 younger children, we hope to see them all again some day.
I explained the whole story on my son's death, he was homeless, wondering the streets I am sure. Often when I see a homeless person living under blue tarps or begging for money. I wonder what the "back side" story is. What is the reason they are living like they are.
Thanks again. We are adjusting to our new normal here. With all the people around you , just remember there may be more going on in that person's life than you know.
Wow Tony. That's a rough tale, I'm sorry to hear of your loss and the heartache your family is going through.
35 years is all I got out of the coil overs in my roadster. One started peeing oil in February so this past weekend I pulled them in anticipation of the arrival of a brown truck delivering the new set.
Once I had them out I took the springs off and ran outside to take some spring pictures in our garden.
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Mike
Gee Mike .... I don't know what you are growing in that garden, but this years crop seems to be very bountiful..... :shock:
All those plants & flowers seem to be the same color .... :?
Or is white the prefered color this year :?: :?: :lol: :lol:
Bob... :wink:
Quote from: "Cword"spring pictures in our garden.
That's a good one Mike. :)
When you brought them back in, was that considered spring clean up? :)
Quote from: "416Ford"Quote from: "Cword"spring pictures in our garden.
That's a good one Mike. :)
When you brought them back in, was that considered spring clean up? :)
Yes! Spring Cleaning was a big part of that afternoon. I tried tossing them in the air for a Spring is in the air picture, but my phone puts too much priority on focusing and I couldn't get the shot.
I also took them to the front garden for this "Shifting into Spring" picture.
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Nice to see you haven't let winter freeze your sense of humor! :)
I think I see what he did there ...^^^^^^^^^^^ :? Maybe ...Kinda.... :? ~:) ~:) :(D) :(D)
Maybe it's time for meds again..... :shock:
Now where did they put that little bus.... :roll: :roll:
Bob.. :wink:
Drivers door is done. I will start on the passenger door in the morning.
John
Tony -a please accept our condolences on the passing of your son. Now, take care of you and your wife. I hope you have good luck reaching out to the grandchildren. We went through a son's divorce almost 5 years ago and it took close to 4 years for us to all heal and function as a family again.
Charlie
John ...That interior is lookin' GOOD :!:
Bob... :wink:
John: careful. That car may be finished soon.
Well then: you have to sell it. :wink:
Quote from: "Crosley"John: careful. That car may be finished soon.
Well then: you have to sell it. :wink:
I was looking at this steering wheel I had on the shelf in the back room the other day. I may have to start another car. :D
John
I just bought a telescoping gantry crane. I've had enough of the PITA of removing body parts with what I had. I have had to borrow a fork lift and a boom truck on occasion. I'm trying not to use up my friends. :)
Quote from: "kb426"I just bought a telescoping gantry crane. I've had enough of the PITA of removing body parts with what I had. I have had to borrow a fork lift and a boom truck on occasion. I'm trying not to use up my friends. :)
Does the bird from Gantry find his friends with the telescope then bring them home to fly your truck parts to and fro? That is nifty. I bet storks can haul more of them babies than cranes any day. Are there not storks in the dessert? Why, back in my day... :shock: :lol: :roll: :arrow:
:lol:
Seriously that sounds like a wise purchase to me. :) Be real handy.
Ordered some new back tires for the 69 GP today so I don't "Ugly" it up. :wink: Been a long long time since I drove it with small ones. :0-0
John, I'm likin' that interior.
I had a slag ball melt into a fingernail yesterday, that was a new one on me. Shook my hand but it stayed there. That hurt for a minute.
Hello;
Now you know why I never learned welding!
On another note THOSE DARN NEW HEADERS are living up to problems. When I purchased them, I thought that I hope they would clear the steering box, which the drivers side fit terrific, but I wasn't home safe!! Now for the passengers side, First the darn things hit the Pitman mounting bolt, turned the bolt around, problem solved! then they are hitting the starter! *!
Now I got to try to either replace the starter or "clock" the starter in a different position (180) to see if that works!
Fixing this 57 chevy is turning into "fixing" a lot of things that should of been fixed a long time ago.
So far the Wiwood brakes are looking quite fine, Stainless lines for the front are pretty much ran! (had to take the power steering pump off} but up grading to serpentine system, looks like sooner than later!
Bruce
Quote from: "idrivejunk"I had a slag ball melt into a fingernail yesterday, that was a new one on me. Shook my hand but it stayed there. That hurt for a minute.
Ouch, hurt for a minute huh? It will feel better when it stops hurting! 😄
I clipped my left thumbnail for the first time in 11 1/2 months, I pulled it off the end of last April loading my just purchased motorcycle onto a carrier. I gabbed the bottom of the lower leg of the forks and stuck my thumb through a window on the brake rotor, when the wheel landed it rotated and pulled the nail off ....from the cuticle end! My brother who is a firefighter, EMT looked at it and said...that looks like it hurts! Gotta love brothers!
I got real lucky, it was a small slag ball and didn't get through. It did hurt for a second minute then it quit. Nothing like when I bounced a jigsaw off one, or when a bit broke and I drilled it, or when half the Cat body sat on it while I waited for help. Blood, sweat, and tears are car passion.
Serviced GTP air filter yesterday :roll: It was too cold for me to want to practice launches on new skinny GP rubber but I did get some in before the storm front came through.
The front interior of the car is nearly done except for repainting the console. The rear side panels are done except for the arm rest. I am struggling with a design for the rear seat that mimics the pattern in the front seats.
John
Picture your bucket seats as one. Could you make the same pattern for the rear, but have a slightly wider center "stripe" for a better word? Do the same on the ends?
It's really looking good, John.
Quote from: "58 Yeoman"Picture your bucket seats as one. Could you make the same pattern for the rear, but have a slightly wider center "stripe" for a better word? Do the same on the ends?
It's really looking good, John.
I think I agree with you. Here is a rough draft of what I have in mind. Only the horizontal and vertical lines will be on the new cover.
John
John ..That's lookin' better & better ...And the back seat idea looks PERFECT 8)
Just make sure that the panels on the upper & lower cushions line up vertically after installation ..... :idea:
(Don't ask me how I know that ....... :oops: :lol: )
Go for it :!: :!:
Bob.. :wink:
I swapped parts I was not going to use , for an nhra super comp 27T roadster chassis that was rolled , last cert expired 2010 . I will have to repair the chassis and go from there . Will work on this when the coupe has me bothered . I have quite a few parts left over from my front engine dragster days that are just sitting around , now I will have a use for them . I guess ill have to buy a rule book again :lol:
Left the lights on in Grape last Friday :roll: discovered on Monday, charged on Tues, Wed, and at 80% charged and half hour til dark I primed the carb and took her to the all you can eat a time or two. That tach needle spins like a tetherball in first with the teeny tires and my smirk was pretty tough to wipe off. Ain't that what its all about? Finding a spot and opening it up just enough to get a giggle from yourself. :0-0 );b(
Just hearing about it makes it warmer here in Michigan. Bring on the summer temps.
:0-0 );b(
I buttoned up another T5 today. I had to do some machine work to get the parts to play nicely together, but now shifts great.
it is saturday, 5am , AZ time.. Need to head in to work. Very busy there. 6am till noon today.
went to a swap meet . Found a timing chain and gears and a heater for the T .
Things finally dried up enough that I could get the Impala out of storage yesterday. This morning it is snowing again, and tomorrow is predicted to be 67 degrees. Welcome to Montana.
Made a box for under the cowl door on the T . Now I will be able to duct the air coming in through the open cowl vent . It also has two holes in the bottom for the filler caps for my under dash master cyl . The box is made to be flush to the top of the master cyl reservoir so the fill caps can be removed when the vent door is open . I am happy with it , its kind of slick ! Now I am looking for an actuator so I can open and close the cowl door from inside the car .
Quote from: "chimp koose"Made a box for under the cowl door on the T . Now I will be able to duct the air coming in through the open cowl vent . It also has two holes in the bottom for the filler caps for my under dash master cyl . The box is made to be flush to the top of the master cyl reservoir so the fill caps can be removed when the vent door is open . I am happy with it , its kind of slick ! Now I am looking for an actuator so I can open and close the cowl door from inside the car .
Rear side window actuator for a Dodge Caravan.
THANKS
Roger t-vicky and I changed out the trans fluid, fliter and new pan with a drain plug on my PT Cruiser Convertible. 135K mi on it so I think it was time.
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Killed a scorpion in the bathroom this morning.
Killed 7 scorpions outside tonite. 4 near the house outer wall.
Quote from: "Crosley"Killed a scorpion in the bathroom this morning.
Killed 7 scorpions outside tonite. 4 near the house outer wall.
How did they taste? Hot and spicy I bet.
John :lol:
*, Tony, that's getting too close for comfort! I've heard it said that you're never more than 8 feet from a spider, but I'd rather be near a spider than a scorpion.
Gee Tony ....I thought you had the little devils trained to stay out of the house :?: :?: :roll:
Are they at least paying their rent on time :?: :? :roll: :shock:
Bob... :wink:
Quote from: "UGLY OLDS"Gee Tony ....I thought you had the little devils trained to stay out of the house :?: :?: :roll:
Are they at least paying their rent on time :?: :? :roll: :shock:
Bob... :wink:
Not trained , it appears.
Out here in Arizona the scorpion are on the news as the season starts for them. When it warms up at night, the scorpions come out to feed. That is why you need the UV light to see them in the dark.
The liquid and granules are expansive, but they work very well on the scorps. I have started spreading and spraying ... should be under control soon.
I started 'restoring' a traffic light that the plant manager gave me back in 2014 before I retired. It's only two lights, stop and go that were used for in plant rail traffic. I have two of them, and finally got some time to start on at least one. I'm not totally restoring it, just making it look better. The building had been painted a number of times, and they really messed them up, as they didn't care if they painted them or not, as they were no longer in use.
Continuing work on the upholstery. We have finished the back seat back and now we are working on the back seat bottom. There continues to be mistakes and we have again lowered our standards some more. Overall the project is going okay.
John
^^^^^^
John is my friend. We think in similar ways. :)
With the work he has been doing on his interior, John is very soon going to be my new ,closest, bestest ,super close friend EVER :!: :!: :shock: 8) 8)
Bob... :wink:
More Power, this time outside the shop. Panels went up yesterday, electrical inspection is Monday.
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This has been a big project for two old people who have had back surgery but we are on the home stretch now. The back seat is done. Last is the refinish of the console and the sun visors.
John
Looks very professional.
Quote from: "WZ JUNK"The back seat is done.
John
Hard to believe you had to lower your standards to end up with such a great looking job. :shock:
Looks good, Mr. and Mrs. John. :) You have 3 seat belts. Who is small enough to sit in the middle?
Quote from: "kb426"Looks good, Mr. and Mrs. John. :) You have 3 seat belts. Who is small enough to sit in the middle?
3 grandchildren will sit in the backseat for trips to the Dairy Queen.
Thanks guys for the ataboys. You gain a lot of respect for a trade or a skill when you do a little of it yourself. I will look at an upholstery job a lot differently in the future.
I wanted to build one car that I did all the work myself and although I had a little help on this one, we did almost everything.
Today there is a Nostalgia Funny Car meet at the local dragstrip. There is also a gasser show. One of my friends is doing a gasser match race. The "Outhouse Mouse" 32 Chevy coupe and "Poison Gas", Model A. I will build some concrete forms this morning for a little job at the house, and then take the afternoon off to go to the dragstrip.
http://www.mokandragway.com/event_info/funny_car_chaos.html
John
Quote from: "WZ JUNK"
I wanted to build one car that I did all the work myself and although I had a little help on this one, we did almost everything.
John
I did that with my 58 Chevy, except for the interior. The interior was all vinyl, and was crispy from sitting in the OK sun. I took what was left to a local upholsterer and let him do his thing. I installed it all myself. I think he did a great job. He had some Car Craft magazines that he said he did the upholstery on the cover cars. His name was Ray Zwicka; don't know if anyone here has heard of him.
John, I understand your statement about doing it all. When people ask about who did my stuff, I say, "I did it, that's why it's not very good". :) Are you going to let the grandkids eat in the back seat??? :)
Quote from: "kb426"John, I understand your statement about doing it all. When people ask about who did my stuff, I say, "I did it, that's why it's not very good". :) Are you going to let the grandkids eat in the back seat??? :)
This car is a driver, not a show car. We plan to take trips with it, and use this car for daily use. We are going to eat ice cream,and eat hamburgers, but no tacos. It is supposed to be a no stress vehicle.
John
John ..That looks professional enough for me ..... );b( I am now going to appoint you as my newest , bestest, friend ... 8)
Let me know when you are ready for my seats .....I can drop the off on my way to Bills with my fenders .. :idea: :idea:
( He thinks that I forgot.... :lol: :lol: :lol: ) ....
Bob.. :wink:
I saw a recommendation in the latest "AARP--Old Timers" special summer edition...
They suggested having a bar in your shower for safety as you age ....I figured that I better get prepared ... :roll:
What do you think :?: :?:
Bob... :wink:
^^^^^
LOL
Quote from: "UGLY OLDS"I saw a recommendation in the latest "AARP--Old Timers" special summer edition...
They suggested having a bar in your shower for safety as you age ....I figured that I better get prepared ... :roll:
What do you think :?: :?:
Bob... :wink:
Shouldn't there be at least one bottle on the floor? For when you fall and can't get up? 😄
I may need some assistence to ID a Ford 429 engine. I am waiting on photos and we need to get the casting numbers off the parts. I have read a bit online about casting numbers. I have Not seen the engine yet
this a fresh long block build 30 yrs ago. Never finished, never fired. It is part of the estate of my buddy Steve that passed away earlier this yr.
Steve had a way to stumble upon deals. This engine may have factory Cobra Jet parts & heads.
The family already sold his 1970 Torino. That had a Clevland 351 4v with a hi-po C6 trans and factory 8 bolt hi stall converter. The 429 was slated for the Torino 30 yrs ago. But life got in Steve's way.
I dont know if it means any thing... the guy that bought the Torino.. His health suddenly took a chit. Weird.
Tony, I suppose you have seen this: http://www.castingnumbers.info/site/browse/m/Ford
Quote from: "kb426"Tony, I suppose you have seen this: http://www.castingnumbers.info/site/browse/m/Ford
yes, I've seen it, thanks. I gathered some info from there last nite.
Received a couple photos of the 429 Phord . I have not seen the engine yet. It is 45 miles from me.
Of course the valve cover is sitting over the area where the casting numbers on the head should be.
Looks like 460 cast on the front of the block. Although the 460 appears backwards?
From my reading: the 429 & 460 share the same basic block & heads
I'm mowing the yard for the 1st time of the season. I'm excited that it's "that" time of the year. :)
Quote from: "kb426"I'm mowing the yard for the 1st time of the season. I'm excited that it's "that" time of the year. :)
HUH :?: Here: I've mowed the yards a few times already.
Quote from: "kb426"I'm mowing the yard for the 1st time of the season. I'm excited that it's "that" time of the year. :)
Are you mowing the yard "Frank's Way " :?: :?: :shock: :shock: :lol: :lol:
Bob... :wink:
Quote from: "UGLY OLDS"Quote from: "kb426"I'm mowing the yard for the 1st time of the season. I'm excited that it's "that" time of the year. :)
Are you mowing the yard "Frank's Way " :?: :?: :shock: :shock: :lol: :lol:
Bob... :wink:
No , No. I would never try to deliver a view :arrow: like Frank does on the mower.
I did 4 car events in 24 hours with my brother and that included the Stray Kat 500. Fun for old hot rodders.
John
Taking the 63 to JCWhitney car show tomorrow in LaSalle. My buddy is taking his 55 Austin (super hot car).
Also got my traffic light finished the other day.
yard work . one more day and it should be all done.
I gave the 51 and the 32 a bath. I attacked the Dakota rt daily and cleaned it pretty good. I've put the Taco mini bike in the 32 for a show next week. That's enough cleaning for 1 day. :)
I bought a new TIG machine this week. It's a Lincoln Square Wave 200. I wanted it for well over a year. The desire was still strong after that long, so I gave in. I used the following job for the excuse.
I cut the splined center out of a transmission planet. I welded that portion to a sprocket. I am attempting to drive a planetary set with the sprocket. The sprocket center was pretty soft steel. The hub I cut from the planetary wasn't that hard but was quite different steel.
I clamped it well and made 4 tacks. After cooling I filled in between the tacks. I let it cool again and welded the other side. I added several more passes allowing it to cool between them. I wanted a strong weld so I decided to make a pass over the TIG welds with my MIG.
The outside of the weld on the opposite side of the MIG weld pulled off of the harder hub metal. I went back around that side with the TIG trying to tie it back together. The hub cracked in a couple of places.... JUNK.
I wish I would have stopped before adding the MIG weld. I think it would have held. It is going to see 150 hp at 1500 rpm.
I need to re-engineer this job. I just ordered more parts to start over.
Today I set the 1962 Morris Minor body back on to the tube chassis. I took the body off the chassis several months ago. I aligned them up from the marks I had put in place when I took the body loose & then off.
kinda felt good to get something accomplished in the shop. Since february , for the most part: I have not given 2 chits if anything happened in the shop.
I bought a cheapy sheet metal bead roller. Need to run some beads for strength in the firewall & floors metal I will install in the Morris & the 1948 Simca car. I think beads make the metal look a bit better, maybe a little more sturdy.
The Morris is a build I started around 2005: buying parts & pieces. I doubt I ever finish this car. I just piddle with it, gives me something to do when I need it.
Quote from: "Crosley"Received a couple photos of the 429 Phord . I have not seen the engine yet. It is 45 miles from me.
Of course the valve cover is sitting over the area where the casting numbers on the head should be.
Looks like 460 cast on the front of the block. Although the 460 appears backwards?
From my reading: the 429 & 460 share the same basic block & heads
I received casting numbers off this engine. It is the common stuff.
Basic 460 block & heads with 429 crank & pistons in it. I told the brother of Steve; since the long block had sit for decades it would all need to come apart for inspection. If humidity , insects or what ever got into it, there could be a mess at hand.
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Quote from: "58 Yeoman"Taking the 63 to JCWhitney car show tomorrow in LaSalle. My buddy is taking his 55 Austin (super hot car).
Also got my traffic light finished the other day.
That is a very bright yellow paint you found Phil. Looks good
Hey guys, the Biscayne will be at Goodguys Nashville, along with other friends' cars. Look for it if you go, and you liked the build. 8)
A frame for a Model A job came in today. :) And theres a convertible first gen Barracuda out back, looks like in for paint job.
The black '69 SS396 Chevelle from awhile ago is back for the standard post-assembly paint primping. If you dig Chevelles, it is candy-like in person. :shock: Will get pics when opportunity knocks. :wink: :arrow:
Had small dramas with each of my 3 GPs last week (GP-J fried an alt wire, GT had Monday AM flat, GTP puked coolant Wed or Thurs after work) but alls well this week so far. I like this warm weather. :D
Good to see your projects and progress :!:
ordered brake hoses for my 65 merc 1/2 ton . wiper control module for 92 chev 1/2 ton all from rock auto . I also started making the windshield frame for t coupe . 3/4" x 3/4" doubled over on the back edge . I will make a 3/4" plywood pattern to fill the window opening so I can weld the frame pieces together while clamped to it (thanks IDJ , great idea ). there is a little bit of a ledge in the window opening so if I need to go more than 3/4" back I can slide the frame in a bit . I am planning on making supports that come up from the cowl bracing to weld to the bottom edge of the window frame for added support of the glass weight as the lip in the stock window opening is narrow .
Tony,
Aluminum heads would save you 60 lb. Replacing a cast iron intake with aluminum saves some more.
Stroker kits are available.
I have some iron heads here, but they would need a cleanup and valve job. Shipping would be big $$. They have an extra hole in front of them but a freeze plug solves that problem. Their factory Mercruiser 3.7 heads, same as the 460.
If you want people scratching their heads put some Mercruiser 3.7 aluminum valve covers on it.
Quote from: "Crosley"Quote from: "58 Yeoman"Taking the 63 to JCWhitney car show tomorrow in LaSalle. My buddy is taking his 55 Austin (super hot car).
Also got my traffic light finished the other day.
That is a very bright yellow paint you found Phil. Looks good
It just about matches the insides of the lights, but then, the outsides were faded before being painted white.
Did I ever post pix of my buddies '55 Austin that he turned into a pro-street? Is that what you're planning with your Morris?
I met a semi hauling gravel yesterday afternoon. Gravel was raining out the back off the truck. Broke the new windshield in the 54 Chevy and damaged the paint all across the front. I followed him for 45 miles while he damaged other vehicles, and I was taking pictures and talking to the police on my cell phone. I remained calm through the ordeal. We will see how this drama plays out. The car will fix, hopefully the trucking company or their insurance will pay the bill.
John
Quote from: "WZ JUNK"I met a semi hauling gravel yesterday afternoon. Gravel was raining out the back off the truck. Broke the new windshield in the 54 Chevy and damaged the paint all across the front. I followed him for 45 miles while he damaged other vehicles, and I was taking pictures and talking to the police on my cell phone. I remained calm through the ordeal. We will see how this drama plays out. The car will fix, hopefully the trucking company or their insurance will pay the bill.
John
That sucks John.
I had this happen once also to a daily and the gravel company sent the glass people to my shop and had the windshield installed. My incident did not damage the paint.
Years ago, I met a dump truck coming towards me (from a local paving company), and he was dropping gravel. Broke both headlights and the windshield on my Ford van. I turned around and followed him to the site, and talked with the owner of the company, whom I knew. He asked me how I knew it was his truck that did the damage. I said because I followed him here. His insurance paid the damages.
Five or six years ago, I met a township dump truck, and his truck was dropping rocks. Broke the w/s of my Ranger. I followed him till he came to a stop sign. I got in front of him and told him about the rocks. He tried to deny it was him, until he looked at the back of his truck, and saw the small pile of gravel on the road, from a hole in the bed. He gave me his phone number (he was the road commisioner). He said to have the w/s fixed and send them the bill.
I had a local place replace the w/s while it was parked at work. That was a Thursday. The following Saturday, I met a car that kicked up a rock and chipped the w/s again. I sold the truck last year with the chip still in it. I would think that they will fix your car, and I hope you can find another w/s.
Quote from: "WZ JUNK"I met a semi hauling gravel yesterday afternoon. Gravel was raining out the back off the truck. Broke the new windshield in the 54 Chevy and damaged the paint all across the front. I followed him for 45 miles while he damaged other vehicles, and I was taking pictures and talking to the police on my cell phone. I remained calm through the ordeal. We will see how this drama plays out. The car will fix, hopefully the trucking company or their insurance will pay the bill.
John
This is awful, you have my sympathy. Hope they do more than point at the "stay back, not responsible..." sign. This is why we can't have nice things. :( What color is the mood tooth now (grille)? :lol: :cry: :x
Hang in there John....While not good news , you guys are OK ...I know that the original painter was pretty good at what he does, BUT, he is kinda expensive .... :idea: :idea: :idea:
Bob... :wink:
Sorry to hear that , John. They don't stay new in my part of the world either. We have tremendous truck traffic because of the ag and cattle industries.
We have a lot of quarry and recycling facility traffic out by work. Many hazards. I watched a bolt fall off a truck once and divoted the then-new windshield on Ptour. Watching it hit square in front of my face and leave a little spray of glass powder was the injurious part and the insult was watching the drop of oil run up the glass.
So John, is it time for a flame job :idea: :?:
I welded up a hole in my H pipe at lunch today and the air deflector finally broke in half so I ripped it off. Better quit looking at my ride because theres a fix needed everywhere you can look. :lol: :roll:
Quote from: "58 Yeoman"
Did I ever post pix of my buddies '55 Austin that he turned into a pro-street? Is that what you're planning with your Morris?
More of an Altered type car. Gasser look. Straight axle under the front.
I tried a Mustang II front suspension many yrs ago. I did not like the way the narrowed up Mustang II suspension looked or operated.
I got two estimates of $4,900 to repair the damage to my car. All the panels on the front have chips and the grille and front bumper are chipped. Since it is single stage paint, it is difficult to repair and blend so the estimates are to repaint the complete panels. I have no experience with a claim like this. Updates to follow.
John
Paint has gotten out of sight in the last few years.
Losing my memory. Turns out it's a '53 Austin with a 400hp 350 auto. Pretty cool car, but definitely a 2 seater.
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Today I Built a stand for my bead roller. Looks like it will work well.
Scrap metal bits I had laying around.
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Quote from: "Crosley"Today I Built a stand for my bead roller. Looks like it will work well.
Scrap metal bits I had laying around.
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Looks good Tony. I replaced the hand crank on mine with a old steering wheel. It made it much easier for me to use. It seemed like the handle was always in the most awkward position when I was ready to work. A larger wheel also gives more leverage.
John
A gasser that Hooley often competes against had a catastrophic failure during his burnout this weekend at Tulsa. This car is painted into the tornado graphic on the side of Hooley's "Okie Twister" That have had long on going rivalry that I am sure will continue.
John
OUCH! One comment was that he may have broke an axle, causing it to turn? Glad he's okay.
Quote from: "WZ JUNK"Quote from: "Crosley"Today I Built a stand for my bead roller. Looks like it will work well.
Scrap metal bits I had laying around.
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Looks good Tony. I replaced the hand crank on mine with a old steering wheel. It made it much easier for me to use. It seemed like the handle was always in the most awkward position when I was ready to work. A larger wheel also gives more leverage.
John
I also put a steering wheel on mine. It's off an old bus, 24" diameter.
I have a buddy with a Jeep that did almost the same thing when he broke an axle. He didn't end up back on his wheels.
Hooley had nearly the same thing happen at Denton, Texas. His turned the other direction towards the starter. His incident was caused by water on the track ahead of the water box. One wheel hooked up and the other did not. http://www.texpic.net/p184370373/h5f9de9ad#h5f9de9f5
John
I watched the video. My thought is broken axle. He had high wheel speed so anything that happened was probably beyond saving. Short wheelbase cars with suspension scare me. Anything that happens gives very little time to compensate.
Quote from: "WZ JUNK"A gasser that Hooley often competes against had a catastrophic failure during his burnout this weekend at Tulsa. This car is painted into the tornado graphic on the side of Hooley's "Okie Twister" That have had long on going rivalry that I am sure will continue.
John
Video looked to me like there was indeed an isolated twister which swept up the car. Thats tornado damage. :lol: It's fate was sealed when the Okie Twister was painted. :wink: :idea:
Glad the car ain't hurt real bad. :)
crosley how is your bead roller for rigidity ? we had to weld a plate on ours at work to keep the top and bottom rollers aligned . they would walk apart side to side on big stuff. I like the steering wheel idea .
Quote from: "WZ JUNK"Quote from: "Crosley"Today I Built a stand for my bead roller. Looks like it will work well.
Scrap metal bits I had laying around.
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Looks good Tony. I replaced the hand crank on mine with a old steering wheel. It made it much easier for me to use. It seemed like the handle was always in the most awkward position when I was ready to work. A larger wheel also gives more leverage.
John
I have this wheel in mind. Do not have the time to get it finished yet...
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Quote from: "chimp koose"crosley how is your bead roller for rigidity ? we had to weld a plate on ours at work to keep the top and bottom rollers aligned . they would walk apart side to side on big stuff. I like the steering wheel idea .
No problems yet. I have only run some tests on 20 & 18 gauge sheet metal. Right now I just need some straight beads run to take the "wiggle" out of the floor metal.
If I was doing some more elaborate stuff. I would buy a nice one like the member Glen Bolz had. It was a 24 inch deep , motorized unit. Billet aluminum.
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Quote from: "Crosley"Quote from: "chimp koose"crosley how is your bead roller for rigidity ? we had to weld a plate on ours at work to keep the top and bottom rollers aligned . they would walk apart side to side on big stuff. I like the steering wheel idea .
No problems yet. I have only run some tests on 20 & 18 gauge sheet metal. Right now I just need some straight beads run to take the "wiggle" out of the floor metal.
If I was doing some more elaborate stuff. I would buy a nice one like the member Glen Bolz had. It was a 24 inch deep , motorized unit. Billet aluminum.
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Have you seen/talked to Glen lately :?: Just curious how he is doing & when he will be back..
His posts when he was building his race car were really something to look forward to ... 8)
Bob.. :wink:
Quote from: "UGLY OLDS"
Have you seen/talked to Glen lately :?:
Bob.. :wink:
Nope. Nothing on Glen.
Killed 3 scorpions 1 week ago... 3 more scorps killed this evening (tuesday)
Rolled the tube to build a wheel for the sheet metal bead roller tonite.
A bit larger diameter than the other wheel I had
Tony, that appears to be a H.F. roller. Did you have to modify it to get it to work properly?
Spent some time this weekend with a good friend "Ohio Blue Tip" at the NSRA Mid America Nats. Hot and humid but fun.
Car count was down, vendor count was down, and giveaway was less.
John
John, do you think there is a reason for the car count other than economics and the weather? I hear lost of reports about car numbers but I wonder if it's temporary or the wave of the future????
Quote from: "kb426"John, do you think there is a reason for the car count other than economics and the weather? I hear lost of reports about car numbers but I wonder if it's temporary or the wave of the future????
There are not as many old people as there was in the past.
Our hobby is slowly dieing but the pace is picking up. We have been very lucky to have the life and the experiences we have had. The generations that have followed us do not share the same intrest and passions.
John
Welded up this wheel for the bead roller. Not perfect , a little side wiggle in it. :lol:
Saturday: we had a steak dinner out... 45th wedding anniversary celebration
Sunday: at breakfast we are chatting. She wears a ring I bought her for the 40th anniversary. She had that ring at the jeweler on saturday for a cleaning & check up deal. Then she tells me she bought a necklace with the type of stones that our son liked. All I said was : that is nice. Interesting how wisdom kicks in and you know to not ask stupid questions like the price on the necklace.
Quote from: "kb426"Tony, that appears to be a H.F. roller. Did you have to modify it to get it to work properly?
It is a Harbor freight rolller. I added shims to the roller axles to keep the rollers in alignment with each other.
Is there something else I need to modify? I have used it 3 times is all.
I have looked at SWAG tools parts they produce for this roller
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There are not as many old people as there was in the past.
Our hobby is slowly dieing but the pace is picking up. We have been very lucky to have the life and the experiences we have had. The generations that have followed us do not share the same intrest and passions.
John
I agree. The car hobby we know is shrinking.
Drag racing attendance out here is way down for years. The spectator count is very small any more. Although the NHRA event still draws a large crowd, even with the large ticket price and parking cost
Tony, I made a brace out of 2 x 2" square tubing for one side of mine. I rolled 16 gauge for the tailgate and sides on a 32. Without the braces, the rollers shifted because of the increase in load pressure. That took care of that situation. Most of what I had done was the tin work on dragsters using .050" alum. The original design was fine for that. Mine is a Lowbuck tools that I bought sometime in the early 80's.
Quote from: "WZ JUNK"Spent some time this weekend with a good friend "Ohio Blue Tip" at the NSRA Mid America Nats. Hot and humid but fun.
Car count was down, vendor count was down, and giveaway was less.
John
This explains how the Bicayne did up there :(
Went to Memorial Day services in Garden City. I think the spectator count might have been up from the past year. That is encouraging. Very nice weather for the trip and services. :)
Thursday evening. Killed 6 scorpions out in the yard tonite.
I took some boxes to the burn barrel out by the tool shed. Walked past a couple shrubs, came back into the house to find a tick on my leg. I've heard it's going to be a bad year for them.
A little after 5:30 am at McDonalds this morning, a Dodge 1 ton dually rolls in with a trailer. One the trailer is a car I can't make out in the darkness. An older man comes in and I ask if it's his project. He said it was someone elses about 40 years ago. While he gets his order I walk outside to have a look see. It appeared to be a 1956 Studebaker Champion 4 door sedan with the back cut out. It had some kind of a 40"s truck cab rear attached to the front half on the top ranchero style. Behind the rear wheel wells, the rear had been replaced with a 56 chevy rear. No tail gate seen. I came back inside and asked the owner about this. He lives in Alabama. He came up here to get that deal just for the engine. He said he has lots of cars and he's " old and gonna die" so he's been down sizing because he has more than he can do. He went out the door and I commented that he must be from a small town because he left his truck running and the driver's door wide open. It's a shame he didn't stay awhile. I bet it would have been interesting. :)
Quote from: "58 Yeoman"...came back into the house to find a tick on my leg. I've heard it's going to be a bad year for them.
It shouldn't be so, Phil. There is still an abundance of legs around! :roll:
Or, did you mean a bad year for legs? :D
It's going to be a bad year for legs, hands, eyes, ears and headaches. Same as last year. :lol:
Left hearing aid died yesterday, but Costco fixed it on the spot. Seems the reciever went bad. Going to University of Iowa on Tuesday for my semi-annual eye checkup making sure that that melanoma isn't coming back. I didn't sign up for this...
Oh yeah, I forgot. A couple little spots of skin cancer are showing up on my face...one where they'd already done surgery. Have fun out there, but stay out of the sun.
The "Red Devil" with "Dracula" today.
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Did you get to go for a ride?
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Did you get to go for a ride?
That biplane is a real hot rod and a single seater. I am not sure I would want to ride with him anyway, but he is a lot of fun. He had 3 of his planes out today at his hanger and he had been practicing before it got hot. That big old radial blows a lot of heat back on him.
http://www.franklinairshow.com/
John
I've ran across that name before, John. To me, this is an example of "always surround yourself with the best and brightest " because of the outcome. :)
spent some time doing up a heater for the T . The one I got at the swap meet had a bum heater core and a replacement was $200 . I had a good core from a chevette or a ranger , cant remember which , so I made a heater box and a mount for the fan and then I sectioned the body of the old heater to slide over this one . Now I have an old heater with all new guts .
Tomorrow I start my 4 day a week work schedule. I mowed the yard so I can play hot rod for the next couple of days. :) A 3 day weekend in the summer is a gift from the summer god to me. :)
Friday evening... I killed 11 scorpions in the yard. One had babies on it's back.
I'm re-arranging the storage shed this morning. My reason for the last 2 projects was to get rid of the spare sets of wheels and tires. I just threw out the boxes I was keeping in case I sold the wheels by themselves. :) I have a set of steelies with trim rings left. I'm not to strong on the current steel wheel trend so they're buried in the corner. :) Work space in the garage will be a tiny bit better when I finish. :)
Quote from: "Crosley"Friday evening... I killed 11 scorpions in the yard. One had babies on it's back.
Can't remember the last time I saw a scorpion here....with or without babies....
I heard them on the radio Friday. :lol:
KB theres another set of cheap Bullitts with tires on CL here now. :-o :lol: I'd get them for the GT if I could.
This morning was already unusual, I saw a fresh and messy wreck scene next restaurant over from Braum's. Gals at the drive thru said both drivers high tailed it on foot and one SUV was loaded with beer cans. Northwest Arkansas drivers are out to kill, simple as that. I've completely lost my driving nerve.
Yesterday the neighbor lady finally got my message about not throwing grass on my GP when she mows. The conversation just happened to lead into an opportunity to bring it up so I showed her the picture from last year with grass piled on my hood, belt molding, and drip rail, and covering a wheel up to the hub. She had done it again last week so I siezed the opportunity. All is well but if she tells anybody else its for sale I will shout in her face until she is thoroughly ashamed!
Thinking of setting up a makeshift apparatus in the back yard today to see if I can maybe start knocking down that dead tree over the fence. :?
Went to a rod run here yesterday and a guy had purchased this RMR recently. Says there is a soft record that they are going after (145 now). Fun to look at.
Weeks ago: a few cabinet doors in the kitchen needed hinges replaced. I found some correct ones online. Soft closing too!
You guys know the story. The wife really likes the soft closing hinges. SO: this morning I retro fitted the remainder of the kitchen cabinet doors with soft close hinges. One per door does the job.
I spent the day with Hooley at a nostalgia drag race. Hooley went out in the 3rd round. He was ahead but lifted at the end and lost. It was a fun day but a very hot day.
The old chevy made the trip without any problems.
John
I spoke to soon. Took the "Lil Red Devil" out for a drive today. It died on the road with me 4 times in just a few miles. I had anouther shock when I went to roll up the drivers door window and found that the glass is broke. It is haunted.
John
Wow, John. I don't know what you're doing but I hope it doesn't spread. :)
John , this is just a hunch but are there any of KB's mustang parts in there?
Quote from: "chimp koose"John , this is just a hunch but are there any of KB's mustang parts in there?
Hey KB...You just might be on to something there .... :roll: :roll: :? :lol:
Bob... :wink:
TRYING to repair a pretty much not repairable COMPLETELY ROTTED gas tank flap. Not even sure where I will start. Me thinks some sort of fiberglass sandwich..with the rot in the middle :lol:
Chevy 2.8 EFI V6 engine... in scrap metal dumpster. I am cleaning out my shop. This is sorta , Kinda, prep work for retirement. Need to reduce the pile of stuff I have.
got back on a mini chopper project with my students this week . we may get it running next week. a bunch of little stuff to do and its a runner . it has languished in the shop for quite a while as the chopper shows on tv died off and so did student interest in the bike . I told myself I was not going to build it by myself . if we get it finished I will likely take it to the salt flats next summer as I am not going there this year.
Tony, I'm not much of a older v6 fan so that appears to be necessary. :)
Quote from: "kb426"Tony, I'm not much of a older v6 fan so that appears to be necessary. :)
The small V6 was for this 1959 Triumph car... A project that never really got started.
The car may go to the scrap yard too. I've got too much stuff to move, I need to clear out stuff.
Tony, if you were closer, I'd take that Triumph off your hands for yard art.
Put the tires n wheels on the Morris , 1962 car.. Front axle is tack welded onto spring brackets. I gave it 5.5 degrees of caster.
Not a roller yet, unless you count the roller cart under the back end. LOL
Quote from: "Crosley"Quote from: "kb426"Tony, I'm not much of a older v6 fan so that appears to be necessary. :)
The small V6 was for this 1959 Triumph car... A project that never really got started.
The car may go to the scrap yard too. I've got too much stuff to move, I need to clear out stuff.
That looks like a perfect place to plug in a complete FWD drivetrain / frame from a junkyard with an efi gas tank. Is it skinnier than a Civic, for example?
I know trying to sell thngs like that is sometimes futile it just sucks. No, I'm not interested. :lol: Prolly full of scorps anyhow. :roll:
last day of classes today before exams . I sat each of my students behind the wheel of the t coupe and we pushed each other for a lap around the parking lot for a "drive". it was my first time steering the car too . Good bunch of kids and they enjoyed their "drive"
C.K., there should be some video of that. :)
The mental image is entertainment enough! :lol:
last lap of the parking lot we came upon the driver ed instructor with a student driver , he was quietly amused :roll:
A quik lap around the back yard saturday eve: I killed 3 scorpions.
Monday evening : killed one gopher.
After over a year and a half, a lot of money and time, and over 10,000 miles, the engine in my 54 Chevy is running as it should. During this time I have replace nearly every component once and some of them multiple times. It has had poor performance, misfires, and sometimes the engine would die when you decelerated or stopped at a stop sign. A $5.00 can of Berryman's Fuel Injector cleaner has apparently solved whatever problem it had and I have no idea what it was. I have always used, and been a fan of a similar product called Seafoam fuel injection cleaner, but it did not work in this case. A friend told me to try Berryman's and it was an overnight sensation. Many times I wanted to remove the throttle body injection and replace it with a carburetor but I did not give in. It would have been easier and cheaper but I just could not give up. Mine is every piece a factory system and I knew that some little defect was causing the problem.
This last week I recieved the check for the damage that the gravel truck did to the car. Now I can start to repair that damage. However, tomorow I intend to get the old truck out, do its yearly service, then take it out for a couple of white knuckle launches. I want to put some fun into driving agian.
John
John, I understand everything you didn't say. :) I'm giving the 32 the once over in preparation for the Pueblo jaunt. I was thinking about taking the 51 but for those of us that remember when NSRA was pre 49, it makes a little sense to take the oldie. Am I wrong in my sentiment? :)
Quote from: "kb426"John, I understand everything you didn't say. :) I'm giving the 32 the once over in preparation for the Pueblo jaunt. I was thinking about taking the 51 but for those of us that remember when NSRA was pre 49, it makes a little sense to take the oldie. Am I wrong in my sentiment? :)
I understand. I have had issues myself driving the 54 to an NSRA event. I was really upset when they changed the rules and allowed the newer entries. I have adjusted but I am not happy about the change.
Some of my friends left for Pueblo this morning. I want to go someday soon but this was not the year. Salina is on my list too.
John
I was gonna drive the 69 today but it was dripping gas on the grass so I passed. Weekend undercar drudgery ahead. :roll:
Oh and I had a friend in the 90s who was at Berryman in the DFW area, he swore it will do stuff others won't but I never believed it much. Until now.
The car started to misfire again today after I added 4 gallons of gas to the tank. I gave it 4 ounces of Berrymans and sent it to timeout. We will see how it does tomorrow. I knew it could not be fixed.
John
John, I sympathize with any thing that is a sporadic problem. Are you aiming towards electrical or something mechanical?
Welp,,, doggone it. Nagging problems just nag, thats what they do. :cry: Dang them.
I fixed my junk. Fuel pump inlet hose swollen. So soon? Too much corn in her diet, hose got fat quick! :shock: But I had more. Hose. All dry now, back in V8 Pontiaction. 8) :0-0
Replaced the 9 year old battery in the old truck. Walmart stuff is just junk. They would not prorate me a new battery. Even charged me more for the new one than they did for the original 9 years ago. This new stuff does not last long and the customer service today is terrible. :lol:
John
9 year old battery???and you're whining....I sense your tongue in cheek attitude, although you're right about batteries and customer service in general.
I picked up my abused Drag racing roadster chassis today. This one hit a retaining wall 60' off the starting line and flipped upside down . I need to do a front half chassis on it as it is bent forward of the engine mid plate . Solid front axle and 4 link rear 125" wheel base . Still have not decided what body to put on it but that will be a long time from now . My T coupe is still the priority but this is a project to go to when I get frustrated with the coupe
I replaced the windshield and then I spent another day chasing gremlins in the 54. Dead on the road once, and twice I coasted into the shop. I know that my latest problem has to do with ignition. I switch out the coil with another I had in reserve, but that was not the problem. Tomorrow I will test the pick up coil in the distributor.
John
John, by the process of elimination, you should be getting closer. Especially if the problem grows and it won't run until you find it. Best wishes. :)
Quote from: "WZ JUNK"Replaced the 9 year old battery in the old truck. Walmart stuff is just junk. They would not prorate me a new battery. Even charged me more for the new one than they did for the original 9 years ago. This new stuff does not last long and the customer service today is terrible. :lol:
John
Nice goin' John....My 2 year old Walmart battery saw what yours did & gave up at a show yesterday ... :shock:
During an NSRA safety inspection no less.. :oops:
Start the car please ....Click..Click..Click...Boy does my neutral safety switch work good or what :!: :shock: :oops:
Ahhh...Turn on the wipers please...Ahhh...Well ,see, that requires the engine to be running...... :roll: :roll:
Start the car please....Click..Click..Click... :oops: :oops: :?
We boosted the battery & all went well.....The car passed .... 8)
Took the battery to Wally-World today expecting the worst as the receipt was lost during our "Off Road" adventure last year ..... :(
The nice lady verified the purchase ,tested the battery, charged the battery, re-connected the charger/tester to the correct terminals,
tested it again & then advised me to please go get another battery as mine was not working properly ..... :roll:
No muss-No fuss-No problem ..... :lol:
Bob... :wink:
See, Bob. Everyone likes you! :)
Back at work after 5 days at Disneyland with my kids and grandkids. What a great time.
Engine runs flawlessly in the 54 at this very minuet. I replaced the ignition module with a "AC Delco unit this morning". The former unit was a "Standard" brand module. Another new part had failed. We will see if it is finally fixed as I drive it the next few days. I am optimistic and hopeful.
John
John, when I was testing the 32 10 years ago, I had trouble with the tfi ignition module. The experts told me that only a motorcraft unit would work. I had several of various brands and had trouble. I bought a used Motorcraft and installed it. That was 28,000 miles ago. :)
I am measuring up the twisted roadster chassis for cutting and a new front half . I am going to change the way the front axle is mounted . it was welded solid so no caster adjustment . I have an idea .
Yesterday evening, the 51 carried my wife and I 50 miles away for supper. It was the 1st time to try the ac when it was 100 degrees and 30 mph wind. I never had the ac turned up all the way and it was almost cold in the truck. When we got there, I noticed my wife had her shoes off resting her feet on the floor. It wasn't hot. It has "wife" approval again on the next level. :)
Couple items;
If you have items with Duracell batterys in them. Check for leakage on the battery ends. I did my usual check of flash lites in vehicles. AAA batterys about 1 yr olde... listed good till 2023. Had a couple with white goo on the ends.
2nd item: I had to add 134a freon to my wife's 2013 Civic. System only holds 15oz.. I added about 4.5 oz to it per my little postal scale as I weighed the can as I filled the car. Wife is happier now. Wife now realize that the past weeks, she was turning the a/c down further and fan higher as the unit was not cooling as it should.
A buddy mentioned his 2012 CRV Honda a/c gets low every 2 yrs. No leaks have been found. He just had the a/c serviced , evac , re-fill, leak checked
Quote from: "Crosley"Couple items;
If you have items with Duracell batterys in them. Check for leakage on the battery ends. I did my usual check of flash lites in vehicles. AAA batterys about 1 yr olde... listed good till 2023. Had a couple with white goo on the ends.
2nd item: I had to add 134a freon to my wife's 2013 Civic. System only holds 15oz.. I added about 4.5 oz to it per my little postal scale as I weighed the can as I filled the car. Wife is happier now. Wife now realize that the past weeks, she was turning the a/c down further and fan higher as the unit was not cooling as it should.
A buddy mentioned his 2012 CRV Honda a/c gets low every 2 yrs. No leaks have been found. He just had the a/c serviced , evac , re-fill, leak checked
Just tried the air con in my 16 year old Dodge truck today, finally got hot enough, 94*, to use it. Works great, probably the strongest AC of any vehicle I have seen. I've been crossing my fingers the last 6-8 years every Summer when I try it for the first time, never had to do a thing to it! (Probably just jinxed myself...😕)
Hey Bob, have you seen the new Street scene mag page 65 yet, is that your better 3/4?
Quote from: "416Ford"Hey Bob, have you seen the new Street scene mag page 65 yet, is that your better 3/4?
YEOW. :!: The BOSS is famous 😄 :!: :!:
Bob........ :wink:
Sunday morning I was grinding on some brackets. I should have went to church. I had metal removed from my eye today.
Why is it that lose metal always heads for my eyeball?
John
John, it must be the magnetism created by the extra strong brain waves. Just ask your wife. :)
I've noticed that only happens if you're wearing glasses. :?
Allow me to relate the latest IDJ-ism and blow things out of proportion as usual... pretty huffed right now.
I had a BD. Worked per usual then had obligatory cake with folks. Made it home late, find internet dead. Dang, I had a post to post.
A crew from another internet provider new to the area left notice last week that they would be working in city easements.
Yep, that part of the yard again. :roll: The dog barking cop calling threatener with dead tree and just had new cable after lightning corner.
I looked out back. Yep, four holes in the yard covered with chipboard. So I call my provider and begin the process of telling them their competitor cut my line. Took at least an hour of calling and texting past bedtime.
I re-watched a couple westerns on DVD to simmer down and crash out.
Did I mention that my privacy fence's gate was left wide open?
Leaving for work today, I meet the digging crew and locate one who understands a little english. Internet, muerto. Big eyes. :shock:
Got home today, gate is partially ripped loose. I kept it in long enough to check modem lights. Good, I was all set to go ballistic meltdown.
Got out a ratchet and tried to keep the cussing to a dull roar as I unbolt the gate and use the halves to prop up in the yard in order to obscure my 72 Grand Prix from sight from the street.
Now that I'm cooling off and sharing with friends by writing it out, I realize * off ratcheting of the gate bolts bought me a heaping helping of pain in my bum wrist. And I am working the fourth of July.
Quote from: "WZ JUNK"Sunday morning I was grinding on some brackets. I should have went to church. I had metal removed from my eye today.
Why is it that lose metal always heads for my eyeball?
John
I wear regular eye glasses to see, so they cover my eyes some what... and when I am grinding / cutting stuff at home I wear a full face shield. Stuff will still bounce around and hit me in my face.
Hey guys, a friend who has a Road Runner was telling me about a new Acme Surplus swap kit that fits a Coyote engine into it. Can't find any info on the web. Have y'all heard of them?
My daughter is restoring an 1800's Victorian house. We were fixing up her first floor bathroom that had water damage from the water lines above it. We Put new drywall on the damaged ceiling fixed the walls and took out a big "box" that was added over the tub. Then....a local historian guy had purchased a huge Victorian house that had been a restaurant for years. He wanted a more modern bathroom, so he put the old claw foot cast iron tub that was original to the house up for sale. Well, long story short, my daughter bought it, at a bargain price, and today we had to haul it out of the house, through doorways, around corners and down two flights of stairs! Luckily, I had my brother, a friend, and two young strong nephews to help. I would guess the weight close to 300 lbs! It had a casting date on the bottom...3-1-96, that's 1896, the year the house was built. Now, all I have to do is get the modern tub out of my daughters house, tile the floors and wall with era correct tile, then install the "new" tub...😃
Since I had some help today, we moved some cars and trailers around and did some cleanup outside. Looks a lot better now.
Quote from: "Crosley"Couple items;
If you have items with Duracell batterys in them. Check for leakage on the battery ends. I did my usual check of flash lites in vehicles. AAA batterys about 1 yr olde... listed good till 2023. Had a couple with white goo on the ends.
2nd item: I had to add 134a freon to my wife's 2013 Civic. System only holds 15oz.. I added about 4.5 oz to it per my little postal scale as I weighed the can as I filled the car. Wife is happier now. Wife now realize that the past weeks, she was turning the a/c down further and fan higher as the unit was not cooling as it should.
A buddy mentioned his 2012 CRV Honda a/c gets low every 2 yrs. No leaks have been found. He just had the a/c serviced , evac , re-fill, leak checked
Several yrs ago I asked a Vintage Air rep how to prevent overcharging a custom a/c system. He said to get a thermometer like used for checking meat temp while cooking, insert in an a/c vent & charge until the vent temp stops dropping, then stop. You would be surprized at how fast the vent temp will rise w/just a" little more gas for good measure"
I've spent the morning pretending to be Enjenjo without help. Lots less junk, grass mowed, tress trimmed, etc.
Quote from: "kb426"I've spent the morning pretending to be Enjenjo without help. Lots less junk, grass mowed, tresses trimmed, etc.
So you cut your hair too.:roll:
Today we had a cook out with all the family here, five generations. Fat Cat smoked ribs, pork loins, brisket, chicken *, and polish sausage. Plus we had fresh Ohio corn on the cob, and coleslaw. It was fun day.
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Welcome to "typos are us". :)
Quote from: "kb426"^^^^^
Welcome to "typos are us". :)
Do we discriminate against other blood types? :?: :? :shock: :(
:lol: :D
Charging up the 69's battery... again. :roll: Ever since they made it law to have headlights on if you might need wipers, that happens. Other day it was raining only the first few blocks of my outing so dadgum. Did it again. Hate that. Its not reflex to check before walking away from the old car because I normally just leave it be when lights and wipers are needed.
Quote from: "enjenjo"Quote from: "kb426"I've spent the morning pretending to be Enjenjo without help. Lots less junk, grass mowed, tresses trimmed, etc.
So you cut your hair too.:roll:
Today we had a cook out with all the family here, five generations. Fat Cat smoked ribs, pork loins, brisket, chicken *, and polish sausage. Plus we had fresh Ohio corn on the cob, and coleslaw. It was fun day.
I read this post at lunch and that was okay because there was a sandwich in my hand. Now its suppertime and there it is again. Mmm-eats. Corn on cob is one thing I'll miss when I die. I know if'n I don't find me some vittles here directly my belt buckle and backbone are gonna have a meeting in the middle. :arrow:
Quote from: "Crosley"Couple items;
If you have items with Duracell batterys in them. Check for leakage on the battery ends. I did my usual check of flash lites in vehicles. AAA batterys about 1 yr olde... listed good till 2023. Had a couple with white goo on the ends.
2nd item: I had to add 134a freon to my wife's 2013 Civic. System only holds 15oz.. I added about 4.5 oz to it per my little postal scale as I weighed the can as I filled the car. Wife is happier now. Wife now realize that the past weeks, she was turning the a/c down further and fan higher as the unit was not cooling as it should.
A buddy mentioned his 2012 CRV Honda a/c gets low every 2 yrs. No leaks have been found. He just had the a/c serviced , evac , re-fill, leak checked
The leaking battery thing I remember as a kid. I had not seen it for a very long time. THOUGHT it was gone :D
It is BACK :evil: I have seen it a LOT. To the point as: Stuff I don't use often. Use it take the batteries out. Different brands(including button batteries). Come to think of it those $store D cells which seem to be the very best in D cell batteries I don't think I have seen one of them leak.
I dunno..I don't think I have seen any leak at the ends? White goo? The leaks I see seem to be on the side seams and clear acidy stuff.
I am continuing with the rebuild of my just nearly finished 54 Chevy. Sometimes it seems that I am building a whole new car one piece at a time. I replace a relatively new part with another new part. This week it is the rear brakes. I have replaced nearly everything in the braking system and I still do not have rear brakes. I will continue working on this system. I am a master brake bleeder. :D
John
Quote from: "WZ JUNK"I am continuing with the rebuild of my just nearly finished 54 Chevy. Sometimes it seems that I am building a whole new car one piece at a time. I replace a relatively new part with another new part. This week it is the rear brakes. I have replaced nearly everything in the braking system and I still do not have rear brakes. I will continue working on this system. I am a master brake bleeder. :D
John
Gee Wizz John....At the rate you are going with parts replacement on your Chevy, people are going to start thinking that you started with a Mustang parts car .... :shock: :? :roll: :roll: :lol:
Bob... :wink:
Well I have been tearing engines apart for a few days now. My 302 decided to pick up a bottom end noise and crush my hopes for a pleasant car cruising summer.
A buddy of mine came threw with a free engine he had in the garage for few years so I ran out and picked it up on Wednesday, by Wednesday night I found out it had a cracked head and the water had ruined the cylinder.
The same buddy said "Well I have more engines" so I picked up the second free engine on Thursday and found it to be a 87 302 roller engine with clean oil and no gunk in the engine. I told him we were good to go so I started pulling the engine out of mine for the swap. Before heading in for the night I remembered to pull one of the mains to check wear and that was the end of that engine swap.
So it now Monday and we are planning on getting an engine built for the 46. Wish me luck for a quick turnaround.
Oh and I have been working on the power disc brake conversion in Vickie's Torino parts car for over a month now and we are still having issue with that one. Someone PLEASE tell me why Ford put two proportioning valves on the brake system.
Well, blow me down. :shock: Article with names! :D
https://www.hotrod.com/articles/brutal-1973-trans-designed-eat-supercars-alive/
Congrats Matt for the ink, but how did you let that car out of the shop with Mustang parts on it?
Quote from: "416Ford"Congrats Matt for the ink, but how did you let that car out of the shop with Mustang parts on it?
The hood hinges are made from trunk hinges of the 40th anniversary Grand Prix GTP coupe that I flipped over and destroyed, does that count? :lol:
Matt, now the authorities know where you guys have been hiding! :) Congrats.
416ford, I had a 69 torino gt with front discs. It only had 1 valve. Elaborate on what you have and what is happening.
We have no front brake on the car. I took the main proportioning valve apart and it was stuck at one end. When I reinstalled it the brake light was not on but we still could not pump up the brakes. Now the light is back on and no front brakes still.
Now I need to try and repair the round cylinder type one. This one is new to me and seems like it may be a pain to get it apart.
I used to be certified in brakes when I restored Mustangs and Corvettes so the older brakes should be no problem......Yea right.
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416ford, I found this. I haven't read it so I can't vouch for accuracy: http://fixingthetruckagain.blogspot.com/2017/03/1969-ford-mustang-bizarre-braking.html
Quote from: "WZ JUNK"I am continuing with the rebuild of my just nearly finished 54 Chevy. Sometimes it seems that I am building a whole new car one piece at a time. I replace a relatively new part with another new part. This week it is the rear brakes. I have replaced nearly everything in the braking system and I still do not have rear brakes. I will continue working on this system. I am a master brake bleeder. :D
John
Have you had to resort to pumping brake fluid BACK through the bleeders. I still have the old oil can and hose I have used.
Quote from: "kb426"416ford, I had a 69 torino gt with front discs. It only had 1 valve. Elaborate on what you have and what is happening.
I had a 68 Torino GT (front disc). 1 valve too. There used to be(maybe still around?) a little tool thinggy that held the valve in position. Rear brake lockup was so common on those systems I actually didn't find much difference when they added them. Those valves were around before discs. Biggest problem I found was that by the time that type of brake work was needed that moisture had gotten in and the little thingy was rusted/stuck with a nasty rusty mixture of brake fluid and water. The valves would stick..keep moving around as you tried to bleed. Those things were 1 piece availablilty and pretty much guaranteed line problems if you touched it. In frustration I plumbed around a few of them. Didn't make a huge difference.
Same with abs systems. We get icy roads here from..sometimes October to end of May. Always..November to April. Lots of vehicles are just the same braking with the abs fuse pulled. GM trucks 2001-6 are renowned for the abs sensors in the wheel bearings going. Can become unsafe..hard pedal..delayed brake reaction. NO codes. Erratic signals BUT not erratic enough to set off a code. 2 of those trucks in our lane right now :roll: One of mine..fuse pull. Brakes are the same. Been like that for a long time.But the dash is all lit up pretty now :lol: Better half doesn't like that :lol: Hey..my truck :lol:
Best thing I found were crappy old Police Cruisers :lol: The front springs were so strong that they couldn't nose dive and practically lift the rear wheels off the road during braking..causing lots of those problems in the first place. My .02
Quote from: "kb426"416ford, I found this. I haven't read it so I can't vouch for accuracy: http://fixingthetruckagain.blogspot.com/2017/03/1969-ford-mustang-bizarre-braking.html
Does not cover the issue we are having. Car stop straight just has rear brake. Does not cover the second valve in the article.
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Dave ....Lookit your PM's ...
Bob .. :wink:
That is a check valve. Are you sure it's installed in the right direction?
I think that I have my brake problem fixed. But I have to wait for a thunderstorm to pass before I road test. I believe it was the rubber flex hose from the frame to the rear end assembly. I had front brakes but no rear. I had fluid to the rear and the calipers were working, but not enough to stop the wheel. I think the hose was defective and was ballooning when you applied the brakes. It was acting much like air trapped in the lines. The expanding hose was absorbing the brake fluid pressure. No way to tell, but now I have rear brakes.
John
Glad to hear it John, now it's my turn to get it figured out. I am trying the items mentioned. First item was the proportioning valve, removed the broken brake light switch that I did not remove last time.
Once I got it removed I removed the block and freed up the slide some more and installed the bad switch with a nail inserted were the contact used to be.
The check valve seams to be fine, I can blow air in one end and the brake fluid dues not go in the other end when poured in that end.
Tomorrow we blead brakes AGAIN.
416ford, is there a reason besides plumbing that you don't remove the oem valve and put one of those universal valves in and move forward? The logic being that simpler is usually better. :)
I am finishing up a home improvement project I started last summer . Aught to have this one done in under 2 years ! :lol:
Quote from: "kb426"416ford, is there a reason besides plumbing that you don't remove the oem valve and put one of those universal valves in and move forward? The logic being that simpler is usually better. :)
Stubborn. We tried the pin in the valve and still not working correctly. We gave up and sent it to the local shop this morning.
On the bright side my engine guy called yesterday and said he made room to get me in. I get my engine back tomorrow and we will be trashing all weekend to get the engine built and back in the car so we may be able to drive it to the Nationals. Now I have to rush and get the rear pig out and get that looked at also. Anyone have a set of 2.75 gears still sitting on the shelf? :)
I went to a school auction this morning. They sold a nearly new 3 axis computer controlled router for $750. I think it had been used one time. It was missing the operating computer.
Speaking of computers. They were selling pallets of computers that had been removed from computer labs. Monitor, keyboard, computer, and all cords were going for $12.50 when I left and they were getting cheaper. They had pallets of them left. They were working computers but they all have older operating systems. I needed to get home and get to work. It is not a bargain if you do need them.
Back to work on the Chevy.
John
I finished a painting, "The how job", I had given up on it, and was talking to local real artist, he said just go crazy with it, ya got nothing to use. So I did, I saved the painting, although I don't like it, and it's not the painting I had set out to do. But, it's done, moving on....😃
It looks GREAT to me ...... 8) I like it .... );b(
Bob.. :wink:
nothing wrong with that one . I used to do oil painting when I was very young . one of my paintings has about 4 horses under the viewable surface . I can draw horses pretty well but not so much with the paint . My daughter has that painting now and loves it , I can hardly look at it . I think I see a failed attempt when I see it while others don't know the story behind it .
Quote from: "chimp koose"nothing wrong with that one . I used to do oil painting when I was very young . one of my paintings has about 4 horses under the viewable surface . I can draw horses pretty well but not so much with the paint . My daughter has that painting now and loves it , I can hardly look at it . I think I see a failed attempt when I see it while others don't know the story behind it .
Pretty much the same with that one, it's not what I set out to do, but I finished it by going another way. People compliment it, but all I see are the technical shortcomings. I finished another one today, that I kept simpler, much happier with it! 😀
have you ever thought of doing a painting on something like an old bent rusty running board apron ? Not painting the entire surface but just enough to folk art it up a bit . might make for a neat wall hanger
Quote from: "chimp koose"have you ever thought of doing a painting on something like an old bent rusty running board apron ? Not painting the entire surface but just enough to folk art it up a bit . might make for a neat wall hanger
Hadn't thought of that, but I did this awhile back, thought someone would like it for a country house or cabin, I put it on the local swap sites, but no bites, still sitting in my basement. 😃
Had a mower belt jump saturday. Looks a little ruff. Replaced both belts a couple yrs ago. Other belt looks great, this one puked.
Checked local home improvemennt stores... they do not carry these large belts any longer. They do not even have much for evap cooler repair parts. Sometimes the cooler belts are the large ones.
Ordered a belt off the AMazon dot com site.
Spent all day Saturday leaning how to assemble an engine from a bare block on up. I have assemble many engine from a short block on up but this was the first one for installing mains crank and filing rings.
Unfortunately, the piston were junk so I spent an entire day assembling an engine that we ended up pulling the pistons back out of it on Sunday morning. Then machine shop friend came out Sunday morning to look at what I explained to him as a tight assemble, ended up being that the pin boar in the pistons was machined out of square on three pistons and they were binding up on the crank.
New piston today and back at it again tonight. :(
Speaking of engine rebuilds
Sometime around 72 or 73 I had a friend let me know about a deal he had in his backyard. It was a 57 Chevy Convertible minus drivetrain, with some butchering, to drop in some other substantial type power but never completed. He also had a 65 Chevelle 283 with a 3spd stick sitting with it that he had intended to put in the 57. He wanted $150 for the car and $50 for the 283. Now in 72/73 $200 was a bit more money than it is now a days, but it was still a pretty good deal for the 57, especially since it had a good title and a one piece 'california' front bumper, so I offered $150 for all of it and he took it.
Now, I never really had anything in mind with what to do with the car, just didn't like the idea of a 57 Chevy Convertible going to waste. Then for some really odd reason I thought it might be a nice 'first car' for my brother. So, being the frugal/cheapskate/skinflint person that I am, I decided to do a 'J.C. Whitney' restoration on the car and give it to my brother.
The car had had the original rear side mounts torched out and the front crossmember cutout where the stock mounts had been. The underdash wiring and engine compartment wiring was all gone. The floorboards were both rusted out and butchered up. So, I welded up the front crossmember, and 'cloths hanger' welded new floorboard repairs into the car. Since the car had an Xmember chassis and the stick trans out of the 65 Chevelle had a rear mount pad, I just bolted in a plate to the Xmember for the trans mount.
Got out my J.C. Whitney and ordered a 'rebuild' kit for the 283, a new clutch and pressure plate and a replacement convertible top kit for the car. Had the 3spd trans gone thru by a local shop.
The car had been a factory auto, so I had to scare up a clutch pedal and linkage which I actually seem to recall I had 'in stock'. Went to local 'yard' for a drive shaft and did a J.C. Whitney brake job and front suspension rebuild, pretty much had it all set to go.
Did the main bearings on the engine while having the block laying on it's back and then bolted the flywheel to the crank and set the block up on the tailgate of my El Camino to install the pistons. Kinda neat, just spinning the block around on the crank as I tapped the reringed pistons and rods into place.
Somewhere down the line after most of the pistons had tapped in rather easily, using one hand to guide the rod bolts past the crank and tapping with the other, one of the pistons was a bit more difficult and after some hand manipulation and some loss of patience I realized it needed some harder tapping/banging.
Soon afterwards I discovered a rod bolt firmly jammed into the crank journal. Upon further inspection I also found a nice little half moon crescent indent in the rod journal. This caused much consternation and confusion on my part as to how to resolve this possible problem. Then with my evil genius/mad mechanic mode kicking in 'heck it's just for my brother', I decided that the rod journal had holes in it anyway, I'll just make sure there's no protruding deformation metal and go ahead and use as is. I filed, sanded and crocus clothed the spot until I was sure it was smooth and went ahead and finished the job.
Just like when my 56 Chevy 265 lost oil pressure I was curious as to how this was gonna work out.
Anyhow, after rewiring the car, without a kit, and installing the top kit and a J.C. Whitney exhaust system I got the car done. A little shabby, but driveable. In a prevous era it probably woulda been considered a 'jalopy' but now it was just an old car for my brother to drive to High School.
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I got the car out for a test drive on a sunny day and went ahead and drove it over to my brothers High School and cruised into the parking lot and parked in a prominent spot so he couldn't miss it.
So, when the 3:30 bell rang and the kids started coming out the car did it's share of attention and finally my brother came out and found me sitting on the passenger side with the keys in the ignition and I told him to get in and drive, it's his.
This for the kid who wiped the paint off the side of my Coupe.
Brother still has the car and it still has the same 283 in it. He says he's never had any problems with the engine. He actually drove the car from Wichita to Colo Springs and to the top of Pikes Peak with no trouble.
If I had that engine I'm sure the bearing would have spun in the first week.
Guess he really musta liked the car, he has only had 3 or 4 wrecks with the car since then, t-boned someone pulling out in front of him, so the car got a new station wagon front clip. Twice at a drivein theater, where he worked, he backed up with the door opened and tangled with a speaker post, replaced both doors. He also got side swiped in an intersection smashing up a rear quarter pretty good. Porta powered that back into shape and found a good used quarter replacement.
Brother still has the car, must be for the memories or something.
Crooked pin bores on 3 of 8? My goodness why would any slugmaker toss those in a box with their name on it? :? Sad.
I may have managed to simultaneously nuke my battery, alternator, and battery charger all at once on the 69. Currently doing that dance and thats one I don't do well with... electrons and what-not. Left headlights on and ran her down twice, now I got problems but the battery tested OK. :roll:
Quote from: "416Ford"ended up being that the pin boar in the pistons was machined out of square on three pistons and they were binding up on the crank.. :(
After further inspection, the pistons were straight and it was the rods. Kinda worried but we are moving forward with new rods. I damaged one bearing while messing with this on Sunday and found that last night when I installed the #2 piston and she tightened right up again. Ran back into town and he hooked me up with another bearing.
As of 10:30 last night, the bottom end is assemble and I can turn it over with less then 25 F/lb of pressure. Tonight I will start on the top end.
I am getting ready to swap a 351w into my 65 merc 1/2 ton . I can put it in with an auto trans or I can use the 4 speed that is in it now . currently has a tired 300 6/ 4 speed . I have a flywheel from a 95 5l mustang . will this flywheel work or do I need something else ? will the clutch from the 300 work on that flywheel ? thanks for any help
Quote from: "chimp koose"I am getting ready to swap a 351w into my 65 merc 1/2 ton . I can put it in with an auto trans or I can use the 4 speed that is in it now . currently has a tired 300 6/ 4 speed . I have a flywheel from a 95 5l mustang . will this flywheel work or do I need something else ? will the clutch from the 300 work on that flywheel ? thanks for any help
It depends on the year of the 351. I think 1981 was the year they changed the balance weight on the flywheel from 28 oz to 50 oz. The clutch and bell housing will work.
84 for the 351
a/c quit in the house last night. About 8pm.. Been a bit hot here in town. A/c unit on the Ground does a lot of buzzing, no compressor, no cooling fan action. I checked main voltages & fuses .. all good.
The failure was expected on this 4 yr olde unit. Last inspection months ago. Near 400 dollars worth of "pre-maintenance" repair suggested on this 4 yr olde unit.
One item : the run - fan capacitor was weak. 145 dollars installed. If it failed: under warranty ie: no charge. Other suggested upgrades: were about 250 dollars
Of course I asked why would I pay to replace a part that is warrantied ? but yet the company will not replace it since it is weak and will fail soon... But it is working at this time: not replaced under warranty till it fails. I do understand that. At the time : Kinda between a rock and hard spot. Now it is broke.
I have never seen a 351W that was 50oz. balance. Only the newer 5.0's had 50oz. I'm not 100% sure but I haven't run across one. :)
C.K. the 95 flywheel will be 50oz balance. I believe it will have the metric pressure plate pins. There is a chance it will have more than 1 bolt pattern so the clutch might work. Those came with a 10.5" clutch.
Did you know...
1968-1980 302 engines were built with a 28 oz imbalance factor.
1981-2001 302 engines were built with a 50 oz imbalance factor.
1969-1997 351W engines were built with a 28 oz imbalance factor.
1970-1974 351C engines were built with a 28 oz imbalance factor.
NOTE: Severe engine damage will result if you use the wrong flywheel or damper on your engine.
I pirated the balance notes from the Ford website.
found similar info while searching last night . Thanks guys .
Friday morning I'm headed to Salina. I'm excited to meet new people! Some of which, you may recognize. :) I should have some pics and a story about a car that you might find interesting. I was told it will be there. I've had enough work, it's play time. LOL
house a/c was repaired wednesday evening. 2 capacitors were needed.
Lawn tractor is operational. New belt. Mowed the back yard this evening
Killed 7 scorpions tonite. I used the abrasive procedure with my boot.
One king snake near a scorpion. It was about 14 inches long.
Oddly enough: my wife was very interested in where "exactly" the snake was at in the yard. LOL The snake was out at the back end of the yard.
Brief trip report from Salina. Had 2 really good days. I spent two afternoons with WZ JUNK and company. Very enjoyable. :) The 32 is cleaned and put back in the storage shed. During my de-briefing with the wife, I'm telling her about telling a story to Don Garllts. She says "the Don Garlits?". I said yes. I asked if he remembered a business transaction we had in 1980. It was a short visit but I left him with a smile on his face. :) Good weather, good show, great people. What more can you ask for? :)
Don Garllts display (http://carnut.com/show/18/kkoa/koa068.jpg) (http://carnut.com/show/18/kkoa/kkoap1.html)
Great trip to Salina to the KKOA show. KB426 and I visited a lot and we had a great time. I always enjoy my time with the members of the RRT.
My Chevy has a loud, irritating, noise in the drivetrain that sounds like a bad wheel bearing. I have not been able to isolate it. My brother and I got out of bed at 4:00 AM this morning to try to find what was wrong and fix the problem. We were unable to find the source of the noise and we drove home with the noise but at least it did not increase. I will work on that item more later this week. I will find it, or I will buy a larger more powerful speaker for my music.
John
Figured since I was carpet posting all the threads I'd update to say I got a new battery and spent the last two and a half days making up for lost second gear scratches. Drove snot out of it, by my standards anyhow. All is well, in other words. So you don't need to fumble for the IDJ decoder ring right this moment. I always say why use just one perfectly good sentence if half a dozen will do? :)
We had our grandkids here for a while so no painting for several days, just a lot of shenanigans, but I was able to finish this one today. It's Gar Woods U 10 boat, Gar Woods lived downriver from us in the same county.
NEAT :!: :!: You have a hidden talent that is slowly sneaking out .... 8)
Any thought of putting up a small rack on the table displaying some of your work for sale at K-Zoo :?:
I bet you would not take many home ..... 8)
Bob.. :wink:
What Bob said...
Quote from: "UGLY OLDS"NEAT :!: :!: You have a hidden talent that is slowly sneaking out .... 8)
Any thought of putting up a small rack on the table displaying some of your work for sale at K-Zoo :?:
I bet you would not take many home ..... 8)
Bob.. :wink:
Thanks, I really have a hard time parting with these, but they are just laying around here. I took some to a local gallery that gives local artist space in exchange for working at the gallery a few hours a week. I am going to talk with the owner Weds. I told them that I would have to price them at the "You gotta love it more than me" price. I don't know if I'll be at K Zoo this year.
Quote from: "phat46"I really have a hard time parting with these, but they are just laying around here. I took some to a local gallery that gives local artist space in exchange for working at the gallery a few hours a week. I am going to talk with the owner Weds. I told them that I would have to price them at the "You gotta love it more than me" price. I don't know if I'll be at K Zoo this year.
If you are painting for your own enjoyment and like the subject matter, then keep the paintings. ....Display them at car shows for others to enjoy with a "Not for sale" notice. ....Anyone who appreciates your work and really wants one will make you a handsome offer, which you can accept, reject, or counter.
If you are painting for profit, you should not get "attached" to your work, but price it according to the time and materials. ....It may take the joy out of painting if it becomes a business!
Like others, I have enjoyed your paintings posted here. ...Thanks for sharing them!
I just sent out e-mails to all the vendors that I work with telling them I am retiring next month. Sure felt good. Counting today, 11 actual work days left.
Doug
It's raining here. Not really noteworthy, but this is the first rain at my house in 7 weeks. It has rained within a half mile in any direction, but it is the first rain here since the first part of June. I have not mowed the grass in over a month, there was no need. Last week I hooked up to city water, the contractor had a trench over 5 ft deep, and the sand at the bottom was as dry as the surface. My yard will take some time to recover.
Quote from: "enjenjo"It's raining here. Not really noteworthy, but this is the first rain at my house in 7 weeks. It has rained within a half mile in any direction, but it is the first rain here since the first part of June. I have not mowed the grass in over a month, there was no need. Last week I hooked up to city water, the contractor had a trench over 5 ft deep, and the sand at the bottom was as dry as the surface. My yard will take some time to recover.
The city finally caught up to you :?: :?: :shock: :shock: That's too bad....
Before long, you'll prolly need to get 'lectric lights & all that other fancy new stuff ....:roll:
Bob.. :wink:
I am replacing the left rear wheel axle bearing today. I replaced the right rear axle bearing while at the nats north last fall. That bearing lasted 5,000 miles and this one about 11,000 miles. I ordered this one from NAPA. It is a SKF made in China. They are a sealed bearing. The rear end grease is kept from the bearing by an axle seal. Another new part that has failed long before its time.
John
Quote from: "WZ JUNK"I am replacing the left rear wheel axle bearing today. I replaced the right rear axle bearing while at the nats north last fall. That bearing lasted 5,000 miles and this one about 11,000 miles. I ordered this one from NAPA. It is a SKF made in China. They are a sealed bearing. The rear end grease is kept from the bearing by an axle seal. Another new part that has failed long before its time.
John
John...Check to verify that your axle housing is not bent ...The 9" in my Kid's Dodge ATE rear axle bearings until we found out the housing was .250 out of plumb.....There was enough play in the side gears to allow the axle to be easily installed ..No forcing or hammering ..It slid right in every time ....It was straightened about 35K miles ago with no further issues .....
Bob... :wink:
The new rear wheel bearing went in easily and that noise is gone. I will test drive it a little more today as I run some errands. I plan to organize so that I can bleed the whole brake system tomorrow beginning with a bench bleed of the master cylinder.
John
I was off to a roaring start this morning. Mowed the yard early and hopped in the 32 to run an errand. After the 1st stop sign, the clutch pedal hit the floor. I found a place to do a u-turn and drove home. I found the piston rod had unscrewed from the piston on the slave. I got my new spare that I carry in the truck and installed it. I realized that I didn't have enough tools in the truck to do that. I will rectify that. It sure was better changing that in the drive instead of the side of the road. I'm off on a trip after lunch so the f100 will be lonely for a while. :)
Glad to report that the 455 fired up most eagerly after sitting most of a week. :D
The GTP gave me a soaring engine temp scare yesterday. I detoured to keep moving and checked it over once it cooled and it did fine today so I guess re-re-replace thermostat time is here. :roll:
The neighbor's old cat who frequents my porch may have given me a gift, there was a dead bird neatly centered in front of the garage door when I got home today. There was also a bunny under the 69GP as usual. I did not suspect the bunny because a tasty patch of clover wraps around the car and they hang out there. At least thats what I've always assumed but now that I think about it, its probably not the clover its just they want to be around other fast things. :idea:
I see what he did there ...^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Bob... :wink:
Quote from: "UGLY OLDS"I see what he did there ...^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Bob... :wink:
That paragraph is sorta written like a bible chapter. If you caught the Etta reference, those decoding points go toward your team status. :wink: :lol:
I am lucky to have my Grand Prix. :0-0 And I wuvz it. :oops: :mrgreen:
I finished the rebuild of a 39 Ford transmission today. It had a broken cluster gear. I replaced the whole gear set with one out of a 40 Ford with new bearings and seals. I also converted it to modern syncros.
Saturday I went and brought the Marlin home on my trailer. I went to get it out of storage and it was not getting any fuel. I still have to check it out. I believe the fuel pump is more than likely the problem. It's only 28 years old.
I also found it has a serious leak on the differential. I am not sure how much I want to invest fixing it as I am considering a new wider rear end, and smaller tires.
I replaced the 1 1/8" master cylinder with a 1" bore master cylinder in the 54 Chevy. I was hoping for more pressure and better brakes. I can not tell if there is any change at all. The car stops in a reasonable distance but you can not lock up the brakes.
John
John , pedal ratio ? the smaller bore m/c would affect the same thing though so :?
Danny Thompson went 446. MPH an hour or so ago at Bonneville. He will need to repeat this speed for a record, first thing tomorrow morning. He is top speed so far. You can listen to live streaming at https://www.meridix.com/channel/?liveid=Landracing#/
Hooley is helping Don Martin with his Studebaker # 709
John
Going to have to get internet in the garage, stuck here in the back room listening to Bonneville instead of working in the garage.
Waaaaayyyyyy back in the 60's & 70's, I was into VW Bugs, and later bought and sold a bunch of 'em. Anyway, I would buy any foreign car magazine that I could find, sometimes even if it didn't have a Bug in it. We were cleaning some boxes out in the basement, and I ran across January '73 issue of Popular Imported Cars. Don't know why I still had it, as I've been out of VW's for many years.
My wife put it on ebay for $4.99, and it sold today. Cool. She sent it out in the mail this morning. This afternoon, she gets contacted through ebay, from the buyer thanking her for sending the magazine out so quickly. She also said that she is the woman on the cover of the magazine, but of course, a few years older. Wow...what are the odds of her finding the magazine with her on the cover?
John, have you heard anything from Hooley about the actual conditions. Sounds pretty good, but one never knows for sure.
I checked yesterday's Bonneville results and saw that one of my friends, Ed Renck has qualified for a record. I believe he will be 76 this year. :)
Hooley called and left a message that said Don went 239 mph late this afternoon.
I am amazed that there is no waiting to make a run later in the day.
John
Here's a video of Thompson's run today.
I heard Don's run
Poteet just want 452.255 on his 'A" record of 416. 464.246 out the back door, they are just flying.
Rick Yaccucci backed up an 'E" streamliner record with a 384 or so average this morning also.
Intake gaskets on my 4l 98 ranger . I should have just driven it into a post !
Just walked out the door for the last time from work! Officially retired Friday afternoon, but will be at Good-Guys starting tomorrow.
Doug
Congratulations, Doug! :)
Congratulations
Last day of work is a great feeling! Congrats!
Congrats :!: :!: Welcome to never finding enough time to accomplish anything ..... :roll: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Bob... :wink:
that last walk out the door is a great feeling
everyday is saturday
Congrats
later jim
:-} I am envious of you Doug. I think I have a lifetime of work yet before I get to that point.
Congratulations on your retirement . Now you will be so busy you will not have time to sit down ,as most of my retired friends have stated
Worked on my 1948 Simca... little bit here n there this week. New firewall will be built. I did not like what I built 2 yrs ago. So.... nothing happened in that time frame.
I may open the hole up larger , to close it in. Will see how that goes.
Congratulations on your retirement, Doug. It's great to not have to go to work for someone else every day.
Congrats on the retirement Doug.
I am about 15 months away from it myself. Not sure retirement is for me. I hear some folks make the change easy, others do not.
I spent yesterday at the HAMB Drags with my brother and a bunch of old friends. A great day at the dragstrip. The opening ceremonies were a tribute to Bob K that ended with a special pass of a front engine dragster in Bob's honor. I kept expecting to see Bob all day. He will be missed for a long time.
My brother and I had our annual match race. He put on a good show running on street tires and he was competitive. It was not a fair fight though.
A photo of our pit along with Hooley's Okie Twister Henry J, David's 32 Chevy, Don Martin's Bonneville Studebaker. Don and his crew stopped at the drags on their way home from the salt. They spent the day talking with hundreds of people about the salt flats and giving away free sample of Bonneville salt.
A great day to have a hot rod.
John
John, what were the et's? Inquiring minds, you know. :)
Quote from: "kb426"John, what were the et's? Inquiring minds, you know. :)
I shifted short of my redline because my tach is unreliable and I will need to replace it soon. After 17 years the truck is slowing down and so is the driver. et was 14.1 and that is the slowest I have ever ran. It was still fun, even if you can nearly eat a ham sandwich while making a pass.
John
I fired up my ranger today , no leaks so intake must be sealing . now to fix the shifter
Quote from: "Crosley"Congrats on the retirement Doug.
I am about 15 months away from it myself. Not sure retirement is for me. I hear some folks make the change easy, others do not.
It's really easy, Tony. At first you feel like you're just on a vacation...but, you never go back to work.
Wrapped up the front sway bar mod and spring cushions this weekend so I installed the radiator air deflector in the 46 last night. Then I checked the brakes on Vickie's car and did a tire rotation on the DD. Still had some energy after that so I pulled the front sheet metal off the 55 so see what we have to work with.
Fender are as nice as I thought they were.
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Quote from: "58 Yeoman"Quote from: "Crosley"Congrats on the retirement Doug.
I am about 15 months away from it myself. Not sure retirement is for me. I hear some folks make the change easy, others do not.
It's really easy, Tony. At first you feel like you're just on a vacation...but, you never go back to work.
It's been ten years for me and so far I haven't found anything about retirement that I don't like. 😀
Quote from: "416Ford"Wrapped up the front sway bar mod and spring cushions this weekend so I installed the radiator air deflector in the 46 last night. Then I checked the brakes on Vickie's car and did a tire rotation on the DD. Still had some energy after that so I pulled the front sheet metal off the 55 so see what we have to work with.
Fender are as nice as I thought they were.
What was the resolution with the brakes on Vickie's car :?: :?:
Bob... :wink:
Quote from: "UGLY OLDS"What was the resolution with the brakes on Vickie's car :?: :?:
Bob... :wink:
I did not check the rod on the second master cylinder, new rear brake hose and someone else working on it.
We took it Saturday and the left rear brake was smoking. I had to pull the drum and back the brakes off. Thar made it even better, it was so tight that it wanted to put you threw the windshield.
I was able to enlist the help of my future assistant also.
Vickie and I's nephew at the age of 4.
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That is a great pic! :D Let's hope he will fondly recall internal combustion. :lol:
Quote from: "416Ford"Quote from: "UGLY OLDS"What was the resolution with the brakes on Vickie's car :?: :?:
Bob... :wink:
I did not check the rod on the second master cylinder, new rear brake hose and someone else working on it.
We took it Saturday and the left rear brake was smoking. I had to pull the drum and back the brakes off. Thar made it even better, it was so tight that it wanted to put you threw the windshield.
I was able to enlist the help of my future assistant also.
Vickie and I's nephew at the age of 4.
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Oh ...I see that you brought in a professional tech to get it resolved ...... :roll: What's his hourly rate :?: :lol: :lol: :lol: 8)
Bob.. :wink:
Josh came over today and changed the fuel Pump on the Marlin with some pointers from me on getting the push rod right. Started right up. The bad news is the right rocker cover is leaking, and it won't come off unless you remove the motor mount on that side to drop the engine down to get the cover to clear the heater box. :roll: So now it's leaking oil on both ends.
Quote from: "enjenjo"Josh came over today and changed the fuel Pump on the Marlin with some pointers from me on getting the push rod right. Started right up. The bad news is the right rocker cover is leaking, and it won't come off unless you remove the motor mount on that side to drop the engine down to get the cover to clear the heater box. :roll: So now it's leaking oil on both ends.
I can see if my nephew can come down and help fix it. He like fish....
I forgot to mention that last week at the Spokane Good Guys I was in the first group of winners on the pick. First 2 guys took the buffing kits, so that left the Lizzard Skin for me. They happened to have a booth there this year and I was able to just pick it up right then and not pay any freight. Gave me a pretty good deal on 4 more gallons.
Doug
It's 105 degrees in the shop this evening. I have some stuff ready for in the morning. :)
Took friday off. 4 day long weekend. I call it my practice for retirement.
It was 108*F on the ride home from work on the Goldwing
If you are in need of a tool from Harbor Freight... they have their usual 25% discount coupon on Labor day Monday. Of course many exceptions to the coupon. Read the small print. LOL
Quote from: "Crosley"If you are in need of a tool from Harbor Freight... they have their usual 25% discount coupon on Labor day Monday. Of course many exceptions to the coupon. Read the small print. LOL
Can I use the coupon to get a magnifying glass so I can read the fine print :?: :shock: :? :oops:
Bob... :wink:
I was at a garage sale yesterday, and there was a Craftsman 19+Volt reciprocating saw, battery and charger for $40. The woman said it had only been used once. I got it for $30. The two blades hadn't been used. I looked online, and the saw goes for around $60 and the battery/charger goes for about $80. It will come in handy for small jobs where I don't want to string the wire for the Milwaukee saw.
Quote from: "58 Yeoman"I was at a garage sale yesterday, and there was a Craftsman 19+Volt reciprocating saw, battery and charger for $40. The woman said it had only been used once. I got it for $30. The two blades hadn't been used. I looked online, and the saw goes for around $60 and the battery/charger goes for about $80. It will come in handy for small jobs where I don't want to string the wire for the Milwaukee saw.
They are also handy when you are standing on a ladder and are trimming tree branches. GPster
Good idea, GPster...
Guess I will mention that 5 scorpions have been smashed this week. 2 in the house. 3 were out back along the fence, where they like to live.
The battery powered reciprocating saws are handy for tree trimming up on a ladder. I have a gas powered 2 stroke pole chain saw I use too.
Returned from Alaska last night. We have now visited all of the National Parks in north America. This includes the 8 in Alaska and the 2 in Hawaii. That means we have two left, 1 in the Virgin Islands that is currently closed, and 1 on American Samoa in the south Pacific.
Alaska is a tough place to have a hot rod, but there are some there. We met a very interesting car guy in the little town of Skagway. I would have enjoyed spending more time with him.
John
Sprayed the front door screen and front porch with permethrin this morning. For some reason, hundreds of mosquitoes decided to occupy my front porch. Also sprayed around the foudation and eaves with Spectracide to combat all the spiders making webs. 91% humidity this am...will be a high of 86* today. Good day to stay in.
John, that sounds cool. We bought the seniors pass last year, but I know we'll never get to all of them. Just hope to hit a few.
summer is over here, taking my fish in to the aquarium from the pond .
Started to clean up my front fender liners for the '69 C10 stepside. They are real solid considering that they are originals. Lots of surface rust on the passenger side under the battery but it will clean up. I spent all afternoon on the drivers side yesterday including doing some hammer and dolly work on both of them so they would fit right.
Tom
Off to see the hookers. Hooker Ok. 1 day car show. It has been a good day in the past.
Just discovered another round of hail dents on my 69 Pontiac. Thats three times now.
Just spent the weekend with some great friends in KZoo.
I ran 2 gallons of brake fluid through the old chevy today. I pressure bled the system and it took two gallons to get every bubble out. I am still not happy with the brakes but I have done all I can.
I have never worked so much, with so little success.
It has stock Mustang ll front brakes. I plan to update to bigger rotors and calipers this winter but I want to drive it to Colorado next weekend and I need good brakes. The pedal feels good and you can stop the car but not as quickly as I would like. You can not lock up the brakes on asphalt, no matter how hard you push. I know the chevy is heavier than a Mustang or Pinto but shouldn't I be able to lock up the brakes.
I need some advise.
John
Quote from: "416Ford"Just spent the weekend with some great friends in KZoo.
It was a great week-end with great people
WZ JUNK , I once had a set of crappy brake pads on a mini van that would not lock up . They would make a bunch of brake dust but no spectacular stopping . Changed out the pads and braking went back to normal . they were white box parts . wonder if someone bought 2 sets and put the cheap ones back in the name brand box for a refund
Quote from: "WZ JUNK"I ran 2 gallons of brake fluid through the old chevy today. I pressure bled the system and it took two gallons to get every bubble out. I am still not happy with the brakes but I have done all I can.
I have never worked so much, with so little success.
It has stock Mustang ll front brakes. I plan to update to bigger rotors and calipers this winter but I want to drive it to Colorado next weekend and I need good brakes. The pedal feels good and you can stop the car but not as quickly as I would like. You can not lock up the brakes on asphalt, no matter how hard you push. I know the chevy is heavier than a Mustang or Pinto but shouldn't I be able to lock up the brakes.
I need some advise.
John
John is this something new or has it been a persistent problem? Not stopping well reminds me of the problem I had with the cpe when I went to an aftermarket booster. After having 2 boosters act the same way I used a junkyard Astro Van booster and have been happy ever since, 75K mi later
After reading what Phat Rat said, I remember that that's the same problem I had with an '88 Chevy K1500 that I bought with 15,000 miles on it in '89. After doing all kinds of work to the brakes, I finally found out that Chevy had installed the wrong booster in it from the factory. It cost me $100 for a replacement, although it was their fault. I haven't owned a newer Chevy since.
Another brake update. After running all that brake fluid through the system on Sunday, I went for a test drive. During the test drive and several test panic stops, I heard a loud pop noise in the front of the car. After the run I notice a very slight leak at a fitting. I could not stop the leak, so Monday I replaced the line, and then I bleed the rear brakes again, but it was a simple job this time. This morning I drove the car again and I noticed the steering was not right and the steering wheel was not centered. I opened the hood and the left upper A arm had slipped out of alignment. (That was the pop that I heard) So in about an hour it goes to the alignment shop. Mustang ll upper arms are a poor design. After this alignment, I plan to witness mark the upper adjusters so that I can put it back in place should this happed out on the road somewhere.
John
A nice couple visited the shop yesterday to look at the 59 and 30 jobs. They are in the Pontiac club and the lady was pushing the sales pitch SO hard that I had to blurt some truth at her so she would stop shoveling business cards over me and telling me how many Fiero girls they have. She just kept saying event after event and expecting an "OK" to pass my lips. Finally I had no choice but to say in front of my boss that I work in a rod shop so theres no money. Not for maintainence, repair, gas, nothing. In parting she assured me if I just show up at something, we'd get that old Pontiac going for sure.
Remember guy with turbo? That snail degraded his personality to an intolerable point. By his own admission, he does not come to work to work, its to disrupt old people and get paid for it. Yesterday his mouth exceeded his own previous best efforts. "Old school muscle is TRASH!"
That just about tears it, folks. For me. I can solve nearly every problem in my life by just quitting and junking the car. Trouble is, besides my family thats the only two things I love. Selfishness is the only reason I must have clung to them both this long, but in the last decade everything I enjoy has been stricken down by infrastructure or made a crime. Now its time for me to comply or be destroyed also. I ain't got it in me to swallow any more garbage, there has to be a nearby warehouse I can sweep or something.
I finally got some free time to finish a painting. Been way too busy being retired lately, but Winter is coming.
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Remember guy with turbo? That snail degraded his personality to an intolerable point. By his own admission, he does not come to work to work, its to disrupt old people and get paid for it. Yesterday his mouth exceeded his own previous best efforts. "Old school muscle is TRASH!"
That just about tears it, folks. For me. I can solve nearly every problem in my life by just quitting and junking the car. Trouble is, besides my family thats the only two things I love. Selfishness is the only reason I must have clung to them both this long, but in the last decade everything I enjoy has been stricken down by infrastructure or made a crime. Now its time for me to comply or be destroyed also. I ain't got it in me to swallow any more garbage, there has to be a nearby warehouse I can sweep or something.
I dont let the nipple twirlers bother me much. Or: I find a way to point out how stupid they are in a less than obvious way. I did this with a young twit girl we have in front office just yesterday. She made a comment to a fellow transmission builder that "everybody is replaceable" When he mentioned he was really not happy with a new pending policy at work.... I looked at him & her and said: Yeah, that has worked so well with the last 5 transmission builders that have been thru here... my buddy and I laughed our b***s off at her.
Dealing with the daily crud can be a challenge.. few months back, I down loaded an app on my fone for a local radio station. Older classic rock music. I now use a streaming device to send the music to my hearing aids. So : I listen to music while I work. People think I am not listening to them (true) and they leave me the H alone. A Win Win in my book.
Thanks, Tony. Problem dude is part time thankfully. Last time he pulled into the parking lot I made sure he saw me putting earplugs in. This helped. Instantly I was able to concentrate. The music stays so loud that with earplugs the volume is more like where I would want it, but the important thing was it nearly muted his constant voice. Next time he saw me without earplugs he asked me "If humans can't see air, can fish see water?". If theres no conversation available, he will google stuff about old people to ask. Says he does not come there to work but to pester old people. If I rattled off a string of quotes, you would be shocked. Extremely anti-America and extremely pro-Japan. Earplugs give me a headache. I really want to vote him out, none of us need or want him there. He stopped doing the work as well as he knows how. I usually just wait those guys out, but this one even got re-hired so theres just no help for it unless I quit.
Off that, and back to a previous discussion I have new questions about... my wrong wheel drive junk got hot enough to turn the temp light on once this week, at random.
Do you drill a robertshaw thermostat?
Does the need for tstat drilling depend on the engine and vehicle?
When drilling a thermostat, is it the poppet or the housing?
What determines hole size and quantity?
Heres the one that I can't figure... Why would GM add extra cost by putting a bleeder on the thermostat housing of a 3800 V6, along with a Warning special coolant fill procedure required, engine damage can result sticker...on millions of cars that only need a single 1/8" hole in the tstat to avoid all that? Anyone care to speculate?
By the way, my "good gas" rant from awhile back has had a recent development that makes me happy. By random chance I found a Sunoco station up by work that hates ethanol. Their 91 premium keeps the GTP almost sorta kinda running like it would on the 93 it was designed for, but at a lower price than the Shell premium with ethanol. Those two fuels are the only ones I have found that do not cause lean surge that is inherent in the stock tune and occurs when humidity is high. It just pulls the hill instead of surging or stumbling. As far as the 455 goes, I feed it rot gut 91 from near the house and am getting better at making sure Lucas stays in business, and it runs smoother on a shot of their treatment.
My brother and I drove the 54 to Central City, Colorado and attended the Hot Rod Hill Climb. It was a great weekend in the mountains. The Reliability Run was worth the trip. It was a great trip out and back and a great weekend.
John
Went to the VA today to see the audiologist. One hearing aid died yesterday, but she had her techs fix it. She fitted me for new aids which will be here in about 2 weeks. I passed on the blue tooth, as it would only go into one ear. I also passed on the rechargeable aids; I'll stick with batteries. Get to keep the old ones as backup.
This Torino is going to get the better of me.
We were coming home from the local car show on Saturday and made it about one mile before the left front brake caliper locked up on Vickie. I had to remove the wheel and pry the caliper loose so I could take out the outer pad.
I pulled the wheel back off last night and checked to see if the caliper was locked up and it came out with me pushing on the brake pedal a few times. I used a C clamp and pushed it back in.
Caliper is new with maybe 100 miles on it. What can be doing that? Right front wheel spins with no problem.
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Do you drill a robertshaw thermostat?
I have never had the need to drill a Robertshaw.
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Do you drill a robertshaw thermostat?
I have never had the need to drill a Robertshaw.
Thanks. The 3800 fans say using the bleeder procedure is un-necessary with a 1/8" hole. Maybe they come with one.
Here is what happens a couple of years after the sprinkler installer nicks the 100 amp underground service to the garage. The small mark is where he hit it, and the other one is what happens to the wire after time. All fixed now.
Quote from: "416Ford"This Torino is going to get the better of me.
We were coming home from the local car show on Saturday and made it about one mile before the left front brake caliper locked up on Vickie. I had to remove the wheel and pry the caliper loose so I could take out the outer pad.
I pulled the wheel back off last night and checked to see if the caliper was locked up and it came out with me pushing on the brake pedal a few times. I used a C clamp and pushed it back in.
Caliper is new with maybe 100 miles on it. What can be doing that? Right front wheel spins with no problem.
Could be a collapsed flex line, I've had that happen , some times you cannot see it but he old lines are collapsing inside.
Quote from: "Ohio Blue Tip"Quote from: "416Ford"This Torino is going to get the better of me.
We were coming home from the local car show on Saturday and made it about one mile before the left front brake caliper locked up on Vickie. I had to remove the wheel and pry the caliper loose so I could take out the outer pad.
I pulled the wheel back off last night and checked to see if the caliper was locked up and it came out with me pushing on the brake pedal a few times. I used a C clamp and pushed it back in.
Caliper is new with maybe 100 miles on it. What can be doing that? Right front wheel spins with no problem.
Could be a collapsed flex line, I've had that happen , some times you cannot see it but he old lines are collapsing inside.
Same here, had a caliper dragging to the point of smoking, replaced the caliper and it still did it...then it dawned on me! I replaced the line and no more dragging.
The master cylinder, booster, calipers, rotors, hoses (front and rear) and all the lines in front are new. The only old part is the steel line running to the back of the car.
Caliper is from Rock Auto.
A-1 CARDONE 184013 {#C80Z2B121A} Remanufactured; Includes: Hardware Info One of our most popular parts
Front Left; with Metal Piston
Now days, some NEW parts are bad when you get them?????
Good luck.
Quote from: "416Ford"This Torino is going to get the better of me.
We were coming home from the local car show on Saturday and made it about one mile before the left front brake caliper locked up on Vickie.
Could a pebble have gotten lodged in there somewhere?
Quote from: "purplepickup"Could a pebble have gotten lodged in there somewhere?
Anything is possible. I did a roadside fix so I don't know.
I will put it all back together and see what happens in the garage. I will have not get Vickie to drive it with these parts thou.
Bob mentioned something that reminded me. There was not a pebble in between shoe and the rotor.
When I took the wheel off the car, had both a tire iron and a screw drive trying to get the caliper open and the caliper was locked up pretty tight. I had room for it to go in but I had to pry the caliper up to get it off. I could not get it to close up until I used the C clamp on it.
It sounds like the piston was cocked in the bore & would not return..That's why I was questioning exactly what type of caliper was being used & if ALL the correct hardware was there ...If you look close at the way the caliper mounts to the bracket, there is nothing for the caliper to physically "attach" too like there is on a GM caliper..No "through" bolts fo the caliper to slide on ...The Ford type caliper just sits in the bracket, with the bolts going into the rubber bushings....There is nothing to secure the outboard part of the caliper to the mounting bracket .....To prove this, retract the piston in the bore & give the caliper a "wiggle"...You will see that it moves all over the place ......That's what the big triangular stamped steel clip is for ...It "holds" the caliper in a fixed position on the bracket .....
Put it all back together, push the piston back into the bore & wiggle the caliper around ...You will see the movement ....
Have Vickie make repeated brake applications while you are watching the caliper ...You need to verify that the piston retracts ...Every time ...
Bob... :wink:
Sounds logical Bob. How did you come up with it? :)
We give it a try tonight if the mosquito will let us in the pole barn.
I agree with the piston retraction. I usually check with air before fluid but if the piston doesn't work on low pressure, it won't work on high pressure.
It's been a while since I've posted here. I thought I would drop a note.
I rode shotgun with a buddy to buy an '80 Monza Spider today. It was a pretty rough car, but the price reflected it.
I must have lost touch with what things sell for... I would not have paid what he did, yet he has plans to flip it to make a buck. That's not my thing either.
I have been shopping for a motor home. Lots of big coaches out there but the 24' size is hard to find locally. There seem to be more Ford than Chevy chassis out there. Naturally I would prefer the Chevy, since it is harder to locate. The same guy I went with today has one with the 8100 motor. He is impressed with it towing his drag car/open trailer.
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I have been shopping for a motor home. Lots of big coaches out there but the 24' size is hard to find locally. There seem to be more Ford than Chevy chassis out there. Naturally I would prefer the Chevy, since it is harder to locate. The same guy I went with today has one with the 8100 motor. He is impressed with it towing his drag car/open trailer.
I understand that there are some bargains on RVs in places like south Texas and Florida. I know that a long time ago my parents bought a motorhome in south Texas and they felt they saved a lot. It seems that they end up there when the owners no longer want to return them back north after their last season in the south.
We really had a lot of fun and we made some great memories in that motorhome. As a side note, I worked on it in every state that we visited. From the top of the Rockies, to Padre Island, to the Everglades of Florida.
John
I think it is a good time to purchase a motor home in the mid-west now. The owners that have been considering selling don't want to pay storage over the winter to sell in the spring.
I would think spring would be the time to buy in TX and FL. The snowbirds don't want to drive them back north.
I hadn't considered to search in those areas. It may be worth the trip.
We got snow yesterday so it was time to put in the new heater fan in my 92 chev 1/2 ton . I really appreciate who ever decided to make the fan about 1/2" smaller in diameter than the original . It went in far easier than the old one came out .
Quote from: "chimp koose"We got snow yesterday so it was time to put in the new heater fan in my 92 chev 1/2 ton . I really appreciate who ever decided to make the fan about 1/2" smaller in diameter than the original . It went in far easier than the old one came out .
SNOW?!?!?!? Crap it's way to early for that. I couldn't take living there.
Quote from: "Beck"I think it is a good time to purchase a motor home in the mid-west now. The owners that have been considering selling don't want to pay storage over the winter to sell in the spring.
I would think spring would be the time to buy in TX and FL. The snowbirds don't want to drive them back north.
I hadn't considered to search in those areas. It may be worth the trip.
In the cooler months here (under 100*F) november thru may... there is a bunch of RV sale events. Phoenix area, Tucson , Snottsdale , Yuma AZ.. Snow birds arrive here. Trade in RV stuff. Sell out right. Some snow birds die here, the family sell the RV on CONsignment.
We have a stadium out on west side of the valley. Looks like a Jiffy Pop popcorn bag. It has been joked about the place being a RV store rather than real football stadium. I dont follow football. There are many RV sales events there in the cooler months.
We have been searching for RV stuff. Settled on a 5th wheel trailer design.. No purchase yet. I have a couple yrs till I retire (if I ever retire)
ya weird weather the last couple of years . this snow is early and likely will not stay . I think I would prefer snow over floods that some of you get . At least we can pile up our snow and get on with things . Never had an earth quake , tornadoes are very rare . We get snow , lots , and its usually here in some amount for about 5 months give or take . We also get longer sunshine days through the summer and short ones in winter .
Saturday afternoon... wife says she wants to go out for dinner. Texas Roadhouse steak place. Its good food for the money. Never been disappointed.
We get in her Civic.... the starter barely cliks. We had just been to Costco 3 hours earlier. OK, we pile in the truck. GO eat dinner.
Come home. I put the volt meter on the battery. 12.2 volts. I pop the caps off the battery. The water inside lookes like the silver anti-sieze stuff with chunks floating around. Off to Wally World for a battery.
This is the 2nd OEM Honda battery in the car. Original batt lasted near 3 yrs... I had a coupon for 100 dollars plus tax for the Honda Store "installed" OEM battery in 2016 .. that was 2 yrs and 1 week ago.
I hope the Wally World battery lasts longer. I've had good luck with Wally batterys... so far. :lol:
Tony, the roadhouse is probably my favorite. The one on the west side of Wichita is the highest performing store in the chain. I've never had a bad meal in all the years of going there. The bad news is it's 4 hours away. :)
Went to Wichita yesterday to see Johnny Rivers "farewell" concert. He's 75 years old. Good show, good trip. :)
The right rear wheel bearing in the 54 Chevy is making a lot of noise and vibration. This will be the 3rd bearing on this axle that I have replaced in about 13,000 miles. I installed a new one when I built the car and then this is the 2nd time I replaced a bad bearing on this axle. This one made it about 6,000 miles. It was the side I replaced while at the NSRA North last year at Kalamazoo. During the winter I plan to remove the housing and use Hooley's rear axle jig to check the housing for straightness.
I replaced the left axle bearing last month. That was number 2 for that side.
John
QuoteI plan to remove the housing and use Hooley's rear axle jig to check the housing for straightness.
I replaced the left axle bearing last month. That was number 2 for that side.
John
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Same problem with my Kidd's '37 Dodge .....3--9" Ford R/R axle bearings in 4800 miles .....Axle housing was .275 to the front & .350 up...Side gears were worn enough to allow the axle to go in without any issue .. :shock: Had it straightened & Walaa.....No more bearing issues ..... :idea:
Will need to do my 8" housing before long ..... :idea: :?
Bob... :wink:
Quote from: "WZ JUNK"The right rear wheel bearing in the 54 Chevy is making a lot of noise and vibration. This will be the 3rd bearing on this axle that I have replaced in about 13,000 miles. I installed a new one when I built the car and then this is the 2nd time I replaced a bad bearing on this axle. This one made it about 6,000 miles. It was the side I replaced while at the NSRA North last year at Kalamazoo. During the winter I plan to remove the housing and use Hooley's rear axle jig to check the housing for straightness.
I replaced the left axle bearing last month. That was number 2 for that side.
John
I have 2 thoughts, #1 like you, something's bent, #2 Junk bearings.
A couple years ago I took my wife's daily (FWD) to the shop with a bad rear hub bearing. I told them to just change both sides. They convinced me not to because they said they were having problems with the new bearings failing.
Quote from: "Crosley"
In the cooler months here (under 100*F) november thru may... there is a bunch of RV sale events. Phoenix area, Tucson , Snottsdale , Yuma AZ.. Snow birds arrive here. Trade in RV stuff. Sell out right. Some snow birds die here, the family sell the RV on CONsignment.
We have a stadium out on west side of the valley. Looks like a Jiffy Pop popcorn bag. It has been joked about the place being a RV store rather than real football stadium. I dont follow football. There are many RV sales events there in the cooler months.
We have been searching for RV stuff. Settled on a 5th wheel trailer design.. No purchase yet. I have a couple yrs till I retire (if I ever retire)
I was 180 out on the timing. I thought the snowbirds would want to live in their RV's there during the winter so sales would be down. I will have to Google those sales. I might have to make a trip there this winter. Of course I may stay a month or so if I buy one.
Are these true auctions or consignment sales?
Quote from: "WZ JUNK"The right rear wheel bearing in the 54 Chevy is making a lot of noise and vibration. This will be the 3rd bearing on this axle that I have replaced in about 13,000 miles. I installed a new one when I built the car and then this is the 2nd time I replaced a bad bearing on this axle. This one made it about 6,000 miles. It was the side I replaced while at the NSRA North last year at Kalamazoo. During the winter I plan to remove the housing and use Hooley's rear axle jig to check the housing for straightness.
I replaced the left axle bearing last month. That was number 2 for that side.
John
Update
This afternoon I placed the rear axle on jackstands on a level concrete area. I used a 2' level to check the wheels top to bottom and they were both out at the top or in at the bottom about 1/16 to 1/8 of an inch. Later when I lowered the car down on to the concrete I checked again and they were out again the other direction about the same amount. I would think this would be within tolerance considering the distance out from center where I was measuring.
Next I set a modified toe in gauge to check the front to rear measurements. They are nearly dead on. I even rotated the wheels and took more measurements and the distances were the same each time front to back at about the center line of the rear axle.
I know these are crude measurements but both front to back and top to bottom measurements seem to indicate the rear axle is nearly straight. I know that when I change out the bearings, it is not hard to line up and incert the new bearing and axle. So I am thinking the axle is straight enough.
Tomorrow I am going to a bearing supply business and see if I can buy a more precisionly made bearing. I want to rule out the bearings being the problem.
John
John, is the same person pressing the bearing on? Is there something about how this is being done that is stressing the bearing to cause early failure?????
Tried to install the caliper on our Torino the other night and realized the piston will not retract past the point of where it seized up. I can get it to go out and retract with the C clamp but it sticks out almost a 1/4" from being flush. Looks like I get tho send another part back to Rock Auto. Not worth the savings I have to keep sending parts back. First the Booster now this.
Quote from: "kb426"John, is the same person pressing the bearing on? Is there something about how this is being done that is stressing the bearing to cause early failure?????
I plan to have this one pressed on at another facility, but the way the bearing and axle go together, I do not think that this is a problem.
John
What we need is a whole new marketing paradigm...maybe the consumer orders the part, the supplier ships it to the consumer who inspects it or tries it out. If it's still working in 30 days the consumer sends payment. If the supplier wants it back he issues a pickup tag.
Sure, the supplier says how can I trust you? Well obviously we can't trust the supplier to do a good job so lets swap ends and see if the supplier learns anything from the exercise.
How many bad alternators or starters need to be taken back to NAPA before someone at headquarters recognizes a problem?
QuoteHow many bad alternators or starters need to be taken back to NAPA before someone at headquarters recognizes a problem?
The system is working as designed ....It gets you back in the store ,correct :?: :idea: With some retailers, that is the MOST important part of the sale ..... :roll: :roll:
Bob... :wink:
Quote from: "UGLY OLDS"QuoteHow many bad alternators or starters need to be taken back to NAPA before someone at headquarters recognizes a problem?
The system is working as designed ....It gets you back in the store ,correct :?: :idea: With some retailers, that is the MOST important part of the sale ..... :roll: :roll:
Bob... :wink:
Yeah, it does that but I doubt that is their marketing plan...although maybe some people keep buying the same broken chit from the same guys expecting a better outcome....sounds like the classic definition of insanity, doesn't it?
Quote from: "Charlie Chops 1940"Quote from: "UGLY OLDS"QuoteHow many bad alternators or starters need to be taken back to NAPA before someone at headquarters recognizes a problem?
The system is working as designed ....It gets you back in the store ,correct :?: :idea: With some retailers, that is the MOST important part of the sale ..... :roll: :roll:
Bob... :wink:
Yeah, it does that but I doubt that is their marketing plan...although maybe some people keep buying the same broken chit from the same guys expecting a better outcome....sounds like the classic definition of insanity, doesn't it?
Actually.....The plan is to get you back in the store so you can be sold "other things" that might resolve the problem .... :?
How do you think the "We check check engine lights for free" program works ...
How many O2 sensors or EGR valves are sold due to a code found in the "computer"....
Ever notice that a certain parts stores can't clear codes unless parts are purchased :?: :shock: :shock: :? :roll:
NEAT marketing program... :!: :roll: :roll:
Bob.. :wink:
My original plan was to run to Goodland Ks. for the last car show of the season. It was 39 degrees and rainy this morning. I was going to make a quick trip and return to work. It didn't start to warm up until after lunch so it would have been way cool.
The wife and I went out to dinner this evening and later for ice cream. I let her drive her car. You know the one I built and maintain but she is the owner. It was a great fall evening for a ride on a two lane curvy road.
John
Quote from: "UGLY OLDS"QuoteHow many bad alternators or starters need to be taken back to NAPA before someone at headquarters recognizes a problem?
The system is working as designed ....It gets you back in the store ,correct :?: :idea: With some retailers, that is the MOST important part of the sale ..... :roll: :roll:
Bob... :wink:
Back in the 1980's... a friend worked at Auto Zone here. The Zone was kinda new in town. After several "rebuilt" starters that did not work at all.. Gary pulled one apart in the back room. None of the internal wires were connected.
Details , details.. :D
Quote from: "Crosley"Quote from: "UGLY OLDS"QuoteHow many bad alternators or starters need to be taken back to NAPA before someone at headquarters recognizes a problem?
The system is working as designed ....It gets you back in the store ,correct :?: :idea: With some retailers, that is the MOST important part of the sale ..... :roll: :roll:
Bob... :wink:
Back in the 1980's... a friend worked at Auto Zone here. The Zone was kinda new in town. After several "rebuilt" starters that did not work at all.. Gary pulled one apart in the back room. None of the internal wires were connected.
Details , details.. :D
Tony, the starters were supposed to be for the trailer queen cars that never get driven. The customer is supposed to specify if the car is actually going to be driven on the street, or pushed onto a trailer. :roll:
Quote from: "58 Yeoman"Quote from: "Crosley"Quote from: "UGLY OLDS"QuoteHow many bad alternators or starters need to be taken back to NAPA before someone at headquarters recognizes a problem?
The system is working as designed ....It gets you back in the store ,correct :?: :idea: With some retailers, that is the MOST important part of the sale ..... :roll: :roll:
Bob... :wink:
Back in the 1980's... a friend worked at Auto Zone here. The Zone was kinda new in town. After several "rebuilt" starters that did not work at all.. Gary pulled one apart in the back room. None of the internal wires were connected.
Details , details.. :D
Tony, the starters were supposed to be for the trailer queen cars that never get driven. The customer is supposed to specify if the car is actually going to be driven on the street, or pushed onto a trailer. :roll:
:lol: :lol: :lol:
Currently in the shop is my last wiring job. I had promised that I would do this for a friend many years ago. The car is now ready for wiring. It features a engine that is more one of a kind parts than factory and it is a marine engine block. It is injected, turbo charged and intercooled. It uses 460 Ford rods and pistons and a 460 head but everything is either one of a kind made or highly modified. I am amazed at the fabrication but I have been amazed by the work of the owner for over 40 years now.
John
After weeks and weeks, months actually we brought the 1896 cast iron bathtub into my daughters Victorian house. It took four of us to carry this thing. This project went from a simple paint job, ceiling repair and making a small wall even smaller to a complete gut job, new floors, with mosaic tile, new drywall, subway wall tile, new trim, new electric , new plumbing, vent fan through the wall etc, etc. when she was able to acquire this tub for a VERY good price. Glad it's in, now just have to tile the rest of the room and reinstall the fixtures. The picture is only the tub alcove, the rest of the bathroom is about double that size.
I had a tub similar to that in my first house (built in 1905). The hot water will stay hot longer than in newer stamped steel tubs . Its like the cast iron gets warm and just holds the heat longer , must be why they call them soaker tubs , you can just lay there and soak in warm water for a long time . Nice job on the bathroom !
Quote from: "chimp koose"I had a tub similar to that in my first house (built in 1905). The hot water will stay hot longer than in newer stamped steel tubs . Its like the cast iron gets warm and just holds the heat longer , must be why they call them soaker tubs , you can just lay there and soak in warm water for a long time . Nice job on the bathroom !
Thanks. Today we went to get stops for it, my daughter bought the nice chrome fill pipes that go from 8" at the floor to 3 1/4" apart at the taps. We needed 1/2" compression fitting stops......they are not made anymore....the master plumber at our HD is a friend of mine and he said they clearanced them all about three years ago, they were obsolete, only 3/8" fill pipe now......he called the local commercial plumbing supply place for us and even they don't carry them. They have nice ones online at the same place she got the nice fill pipes from....for about $26 each. I'm going to try the local old hardware store to see if they have any left over.
Phat46, Brasscraft lists both in line and 90 degree with 1/2 compression on both ends. There are available from Home Depot if you don't have a local source.
Quote from: "kb426"Phat46, Brasscraft lists both in line and 90 degree with 1/2 compression on both ends. There are available from Home Depot if you don't have a local source.
That's where we were today, my friend is the master plumber at HD, he also runs his own company. As soon as he saw the pipe my daughter was carrying he shook his head and said " claw foot tub? We clearanced all that stuff three years ago." Our Lowes had some old stuff, but it was all angle stops, we need straight. All the stuff we saw marked 1/2" compression was too big, this is apparently specific to this type of pipe. 3/8" is too small, 1/2" too big, but they call it 1/2", although it will go inside 1/2" copper pipe, I assume it is 1/2" O.D.
This is the item link online:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/BrassCraft-1-2-in-Nominal-Compression-Inlet-x-1-2-in-O-D-Compression-Outlet-Multi-Turn-Straight-Valve-OCR34X-C1/202047034
Quote from: "WZ JUNK"Currently in the shop is my last wiring job. I had promised that I would do this for a friend many years ago. The car is now ready for wiring. It features a engine that is more one of a kind parts than factory and it is a marine engine block. It is injected, turbo charged and intercooled. It uses 460 Ford rods and pistons and a 460 head but everything is either one of a kind made or highly modified. I am amazed at the fabrication but I have been amazed by the work of the owner for over 40 years now.
John
Wow! :!: :shock: 8)
Quote from: "kb426"This is the item link online:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/BrassCraft-1-2-in-Nominal-Compression-Inlet-x-1-2-in-O-D-Compression-Outlet-Multi-Turn-Straight-Valve-OCR34X-C1/202047034
Yup, had one of those in my hand from a different source. If you notice one 1/2" end is larger than the other, one is 1/2" nominal, which Is 1/2" I.D. ( 5/8" O.D.) The other end is what we need 1/2" o.d. We may have found a way around it, it seems Menards has some stuff. Part of the problem s that the stop sits on top of a bell that covers the hole in the floor. We need a small enough Diameter line to fit through the bell...1/2" copper is too big. What would be perfect is a stop with the 1/2" O.D compression on the top and female 3/8 thread on the bottom, we could screw a male end flex line on the bottom and be on our way..
Phat 46 , I thought in the 1800s they boiled well water to fill the tub . Just need to convince your daughter that its the 'period correct' way to do it :lol: We actually did it that way into the 1970s at my uncles farm . Then they got a dugout and water pump for running water. Baths were done in a feeder trough dragged into the kitchen or out on the porch in summer . 8)
Sorry, Phat 46, I didn't read far enough. Is there enough space to sweat 2 copper fittings together to make an adapter to go in the floor?
QuoteWhat would be perfect is a stop with the 1/2" O.D compression on the top and female 3/8 thread on the bottom,
Eaton Weatherhead part number 66x6 brass
Anderson metals part number 7000666-0806 nickel plated brass
Brass Craft OCR34 Straight Stop
Put the stop valve on top of the adapter.
Got it solved, thanks to Menards, found a straight stop, 1/2" o.d. compression, that will take a 3/8 brass or galvanized nipple on the inlet, thread a flex line onto the other end of the nipple and run that to a 1/2" male threaded to 1/2" copper Shark Bite, voila, done....
Quote from: "chimp koose"Phat 46 , I thought in the 1800s they boiled well water to fill the tub . Just need to convince your daughter that its the 'period correct' way to do it :lol: We actually did it that way into the 1970s at my uncles farm . Then they got a dugout and water pump for running water. Baths were done in a feeder trough dragged into the kitchen or out on the porch in summer . 8)
My grand parents, in Grand Rapids Mi. Never had a water heater, cooked water on the stove and dumped it in the tub. They also had a hand pump on the kitchen sink that pumped from a cistern. My Dad alway told us not to use the pump as his whole family got typhoid from it when they were kids! Luckily they also had City water by the time I came along.
Ah yes the old red hand pump . The farm house ended up with running water but never a flush toilet . Had a 'honey pail' in the room off the porch and an outhouse 10 steps from the porch . Home was occupied that way until the 1980 move to town.
I'm block sanding in the drive. It's 96 degrees. Tomorrows high might be 55. :) Last warm day so I'm doing my best to take advantage of it. I had to stop to wipe the sweat off. :)
Quote from: "phat46"My grand parents, in Grand Rapids Mi. Never had a water heater, cooked water on the stove and dumped it in the tub. They also had a hand pump on the kitchen sink ....
Sounds like life here at hermitland. No electricity, hand pump, & outhouse. It's really very nice.
Quote from: "purplepickup"Quote from: "phat46"My grand parents, in Grand Rapids Mi. Never had a water heater, cooked water on the stove and dumped it in the tub. They also had a hand pump on the kitchen sink ....
Sounds like life here at hermitland. No electricity, hand pump, & outhouse. It's really very nice.
George, you're living my dream.... :)
today (saturday) was the "work on the wife's daily driver" day ... general maintenance.
80k miles on the ol Civic Honda. Eng oil & filter, dropped the trans oil, rotated the tires, Cabin air filter, engine air filter , serp belt. checked the brakes, checked the CV boots.
I bought many of the parts & oil a few weeks ago. THe air filter I bought on eBay.. wrong one. It was dang close, not sure what happened there. I bought the last air filter on eBay too. Road trip to Auto Zone.. bought the air filter... decided to buy a serp belt too. I was gonna wait on belt replacement, changed my mind.
Quote from: "Crosley"today (saturday) was the "work on the wife's daily driver" day ... general maintenance.
80k miles on the ol Civic Honda. Eng oil & filter, dropped the trans oil, rotated the tires, Cabin air filter, engine air filter , serp belt. checked the brakes, checked the CV boots.
I bought many of the parts & oil a few weeks ago. THe air filter I bought on eBay.. wrong one. It was dang close, not sure what happened there. I bought the last air filter on eBay too. Road trip to Auto Zone.. bought the air filter... decided to buy a serp belt too. I was gonna wait on belt replacement, changed my mind.
After some research: some guy (me) bought an air filter for a CNG Honda Civic on eBay, not the regular gasoline Civic air filter. Oh well. An $8.50 mistake. Likely my lowest cost mistake this year.
:shock:
I mowed the spare lot for what should be the last time this year. The forecast for tomorrow is up to 3" of snow and cold. :)
I left home early this morning and I drove the 54 Chevy to Fairland, Oklahoma for a hot rod breakfast that a friend of mine host every month. After breakfast I drove home to pick up the wife and then off to Mt. Vernon, Mo to a car show, and Apple Butter Making Days festival. From there we drove north to pick up historic route 66 and we headed west. We stopped at a really neat restaurant just of the old highway called the Hanger Kafe. It is located on a small but busy airport and it was a fun, good, place to eat. Highly recommended by me. From there we continued west on 66 to Baxter Springs, Kansas and the opening of a new car museum on the route. Three states in one day and some time on the old highway. A great day to be out in an old car.
John
John, you had way more fun than me. We needed a new couch in the basement tv room, as the old one was about 20 years old and worn out. We had to cut up the old one, as my wife isn't strong enough to help carry it up the stairs. We pulled all the stuffing out, then cut the wood in half and hauled it up the stairs. We had to bring the new one in the front door, as it's the only one that is 36" wide, then stand it up to turn it through a doorway into the kitchen. We had moved the fridge, so we could slide it to the basement stairway, then slide it down. We made it.
We did have to remove both wooden handrails on the basement stairs. Anyway, the faux leather looks good down there, and we didn't rip anything moving it down. :wink:
Nice road trip John ... It rained all day here. Actually started a light rain friday late evening.
Hello;
Where do I start?
OK! the darn mustang Im working on (complete re-wire) is coming along, until last night! This car has had lots of brain dead folks working on it way before me, so a simple re wire turns into a nightmare!!! (does it ever!!!!!)
Then, on the 24th of last month, my wife calls me and it's kind of not like her but she says, "I just hit the bus!". Well lucky for her, I was near where she was! And yes, she did hit the * end of a metro bus! WITH OUR (her) NEW JAGUAR!!!!! Thing is heavily damaged!! Then as if I don't have enough bad luck, our insurance (Progressive) informs us that they won't pay the claim because my wife is listed as an "excluded" driver!!! The policy I updated in December of 2017 to insure our cars on I told that agent that I and my wife would be driving these cars!!! The exclusion was from 2015 when My aunt, Now Decesed, had done that!
So now Im in a battle to right that bunch of BS!
Finding a shop to do the work on the new car has turned into an ugly battle also!!!!! Parts are in the thousands of dollars!!!! The headlights are $2500 Each!!!! As well as trying to find a shop that is "Jaguar" aluminum certified here in Calif. Im betting the cost to be 13-16 K!!!!!! I did find a parts place and shop in Knoxville Tenn! Certified parts and repairs with up to 20% off!!! Thinking of having the car shipped there, get it fixed and drive it back home!!! Im not partial to the tax base here in Calif. eithor!! :twisted:
Right now, Im just waiting the next blow to the skull!!!!
Bruce
Wow, Bruce. Thats a mess deluxe. Good luck with that mess.
Started working on the crashed / bent drag race roadster chassis today . I machined up a bunch of 3/4" metal plates bored to fit the tubes of the chassis and split them . They are all exactly the same height . I leveled my welding table and then roughly squared the chassis with the table . I am now shimming the plates to level the back half of the chasis and will weld them and the chasis tubes to the table when all is well . I will be cutting off the front half of the chassis and building a new one . Nothing like a little side project to stall out work on the model T eh !
Hello!
UPDATE ON MY JAGUAR!!!!!
Progressive has decided to cover our car for the accident!!!! Good!! The bill is looking like near 20K!!! :shock:
and the * car isn't really damaged that much, just in the front!!!
Attended a local show of about 500 cars yesterday. I got rid of a 20+ year collection of Street Rodder magazine by giving them away. I thought I would go back to them and reread articles, but I never did.
Today is a smaller event at a really nice place overlooking a lake.
Next week is the rescheduled fall nostalgia drag race and that should end the season for me.
John
^^^^^
That's probably what will happen to my collection, also. Several years ago I gave away the cycle mag collection. You hate to through something away that you saved for years put there comes a point of uselessness. :)
The car show I attended today is hosted by the Rebels Car Club of Miami, Ok. It was their 30th show and I have attended most of them. I did not know until I registered that this was the last show. Most of the members are to old to promote and host the show, so this was the last one. Sad to see this one end as it has always been a great finish to the car season.
Times are changing.
John
Quote from: "WZ JUNK"
Times are changing.
John
boy howdy... times are changing.
I too have given away or thrown away many magazines in recent yrs. The only mags that people bought were old club magazines from clubs I belonged to many years ago. I still have my Crosley club magazines and the Micro Car club magazines.
I dropped out of the Crosley Club... the Micro Car Club kinda folded up when the main club guy developed serious home - family problems. he had no time for the club operations
A few years ago the car show at Hugoton Ks. folded. I believe the last year was 25. The man that did most of the work tried for 2 years to get someone else in the club or another group to take it over. There's a lot of shows in my area that are in there 30's. It would only take 1 little pitfall and they could be gone. I had this discussion with Titus before Salina. He said his daughter might try to continue it. Just a statement of our times. I'm so thankful to have lived when I have. :)
I too had many boxes of older car magazines that I intended to use for reference or ideas. It got to the point that they took up valuable garage space so I put a "free" ad on CL. I got an immediate response and an older gent and his wife came to get them. They were in an old rusty mini van and he was not in good shape. He said he was an old hot rodder but couldn't do it anymore and was nearly house bound. His wife was thankful to the point of tears that he could sit and go through those magazines. He looked over my cars in the shop and seemed to perk up and told some stories. It made me happy that such a simple thing could make someone's day. Then about six months later I found another full box, wish I could get them to the old guy.
Quote from: "WZ JUNK"Attended a local show of about 500 cars yesterday. I got rid of a 20+ year collection of Street Rodder magazine by giving them away. I thought I would go back to them and reread articles, but I never did.
Today is a smaller event at a really nice place overlooking a lake.
Next week is the rescheduled fall nostalgia drag race and that should end the season for me.
John
My collection of car magazines,manuals goes back to about 1968. Many years ago I made crates..and shelves to give them a nice home :D The ONLY ones I ever got rid of were manuals..that I had not owned those vehicles. The ONLY thought regarding their leaving me..is whoever deals with my estate :twisted:
As my school goes to computer file storage we have an abundance of file cabinets that go to scrap . I have four 4 drawer ones full of magazines in my basement . At one time they were separated by title , now I would have to go in and clean that up . If you are wondering what to do with your magazines why not try to give them to an old folks home . They have libraries full of books that women want to read , men , not so much . Also there has become a proliferation of ol skool barber shops as opposed to hair salons as of the last few years . I would imagine they would entertain taking your magazines as waiting room reading material .
Today my roadster chassis is sitting in 2 pieces . I have a call in to my NHRA tech director to get the last word on how he wants the sleeve for the frame rails done .
I am installing a new ring and pinion into a C4 Vette rear end. The installation kit I bought is from Richmond gear. I was installing the ring gear on the carrier tonight, and used the new ring gear bolts that came with the kit. When the first bolt I torqued stripped, I gave it the benefit of the doubt, and unholstered a different torque wrench. I stripped the next bolt with that one. :evil: So I got out the old reliable beam torque wrench, and stripped the third one before I got to 60 ftlb. :evil: So I dug out the old bolts, cleaned them up, and wonder of wonder they torqued fine at 80 ftlb. :D
Frank, I expect all of us to have that story in the future. Do they appear to be soft or slightly undersized so thread engagement is a problem?
Quote from: "kb426"Frank, I expect all of us to have that story in the future. Do they appear to be soft or slightly undersized so thread engagement is a problem?
Soft, the threads just gently peeled off. The rest of the kit was top quality, Timken bearing, National seals.
Quote from: "enjenjo"Quote from: "kb426"Frank, I expect all of us to have that story in the future. Do they appear to be soft or slightly undersized so thread engagement is a problem?
Soft, the threads just gently peeled off. The rest of the kit was top quality, Timken bearing, National seals.
I wonder if this is a vendor supplier problem, it may a random incident on soft bolts.
At my work place : We transmittin builders have mentioned a fitment problem with bushings and thrust washers for a few years. It graudually got worse to the point a few bushings I could push by hand through the bore where they should be a press fit. So management looked into it finally. We have a new vendor coming online with us
I purchased another 9 inch Lincoln Versailles rear end for a spare. This one is an uncut original and it was relatively cheap $200. It measures 58 1/8 " flange to flange. I may switch the one I have in the car with this one but if I do not, I will have a spare narrow rear assembly to use on something.
John
Well the shop is clear for a little bit so I am tackling the tail panel on Vickies Torino. Off with the old and ... on with a different old. The other car was only good on this side so the other side will be need to be bent up and fabricated.
Let the welding begin.
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I've never understood why that model Torino was not more popular. They were attractive and popular when new.
I always thought that that model,(especially the fastback), felt "bigger" than it really was, compared to the '66/67 that it replaced ...
I remember that at lot of people did NOT like the almost horizontal rear window & longer front end ...
My pick would still be the '66/67 body style ....Why didn't Ford put the SCJ 428 in THAT body style :?:
They would have sold a million of them ..... :idea: :roll:
HHHMMMMMMMM.....Between KB ,IDY & now Dave, I better sweep the floor again to keep from falling too far behind. :roll: :roll: :lol:
Bob.... :wink:
Quote from: "UGLY OLDS"My pick would still be the '66/67 body style
HHHMMMMMMMM.....Between KB ,IDY & now Dave, I better sweep the floor again to keep from falling too far behind. :roll: :roll: :lol:
Bob.... :wink:
You must be talking about the Fairlane, this is the first year for the Torino.
I saw Kenny's project a few weeks ago. I am not saying that he is working on it, but at least his is on a frame. You have a lot of catching up to do. :)
Quote from: "416Ford"Quote from: "UGLY OLDS"My pick would still be the '66/67 body style
HHHMMMMMMMM.....Between KB ,IDY & now Dave, I better sweep the floor again to keep from falling too far behind. :roll: :roll: :lol:
Bob.... :wink:
You must be talking about the Fairlane, this is the first year for the Torino.
I saw Kenny's project a few weeks ago. I am not saying that he is working on it, but at least his is on a frame. You have a lot of catching up to do. :)
Dave ..In 1968, the "Torino" was a trim level on the "Fairlane" body style ..The base car was a "Fairlane"..The trim levels went up from there ....
They all shared the same basic sheet metal depending on roof design..( "Formal Roof" or "Fastback" )...
Here's some pictures of "Fairlanes"
www.cars-on-line.com/72556.html
https://classiccars.com/listings/find/1968/ford/fairlane
This explains the model breakouts fairly accurately...
www.hemmings.com/magazine/mus/2006/10/1968--69-Ford-Torino-GT/1350546.html
I was a certified "Ford Nut" when these cars came out.... :roll:
I was street racing a series of "Beater" Galaxies with various FE power & "fragile" drivelines, ending up with a '65 Falcon that finally ran 11:50's with street tires & mufflers... 8)
It also ate engines,transmissions & rear ends like you would not believe..... :(
Again, I was loyal to the blue oval but could not keep a driveline in anything ...
I couldn't afford to get into any of the Ford "muscle cars" because of cost, so I had to build them....
We were still driving the Falcon after getting married ..After we found out that we had a munchkin on the way, my father INSISTED that I get into some kind of a "family" car...At least something with a back seat..... :roll: :lol:
We looked everywhere for some kind of a big block Ford intermediate but found nothing except the same weak driveline cars ....
We came home a week later with a 69 1/2 440-6 pack Roadrunner ...Hemi four speed & a Dana 60 rear axle ..... :roll: :shock:
But that's a whole nother story ...
Bob.. :wink:
Bob, it's nice to know that most of us shared the same "disease". :) My future fatherinlaw was not happy that I owned a dragster. My future wife told him that I sold the dragster, the 38 chevy street rod and a Triumph motorcycle. His reply was"GOOD!" Then she told him we were leaving for California on saturday to pick up the new to me top fuel car. That was the end of the happy face. :)
Hello;
Never been in this situation!!! The end of last year my wife came into some money, wanted a new car. So she settled on a 2018 Jaguar F-Pace! She just loves that car!! (like I like my old cars) Until the 24th of last month, she was involved in an accident which slammed her into the rear end of a public bus! Well, needles to say the Jag took it hard!! Man I cant believe that much damage happened.
Well yesterday I was contacted by the insurance adjuster and our Jag is being TOTALED!!!! it would cost almost 40K to repair everything!! Wouldn't be so bad but Jaguar has made this SUV sitting on an Aluminum Frame!! Unfortunately, the frame is bent!
(why didn't they make it out of rubber?)
My wife is upset, she wants me (?) to have the car fixed JHC!!! I told her this is like a guy driving a Model T trying to fix a "space Ship!" The best I could do is "negotiate" with the insurance co to make sure we get enough $$$ to replace it. The car had less than 3000 miles on it!!! With the new 6 cylinder Supercharged engine! (340 Horses!!)
I hope I can convince the insurance co that the $$ need to be right! (at least as far as we are concerned!!!
Bruce
yeah , it is interesting on how the 'inlaws' can react to the 'outsider' coming into the family with daddy's little girl. I had the same type of resistance from my wife's dad. She was 15 & I was 17 yrs olde when we started dating.
here we are 47 yrs later. Our marriage is the only one that stayed in one piece of the 4 children in my wife's family.
Bruce: the Jag crash is a numbers game. The insurance will go by the numbers of value , damage - repair costs. Good luck on this
Luckily I had no problem with my daughters boyfriends. The one my younger daughter married drove a mid 90's Firebird with duals on it, sounded good. His Dad owned a garage in town that he had worked at since high school and later bought it. Was nice to have a shop to go to and use the hoist. 😄 That young man became a lawyer and a partner in a law firm at 32, he wants a Tesla now....!
Spent 1.5 hrs this morning finish the removal of a wall paper decorative border up where the ceiling & wall meet in the kitchen.. about 5 foot remained... She removed the other areas, could not reach this location for some reason....
10+ yrs ago , I came home and the wife had installed this border. I dislike them. I kept my mouth shut. Oh... there is a border in the main bathroom too
My wife did a great job installing this kitchen border, stuck very well. It was a PITA to remove. The last bit was in the corner, above the cabinets. Ceiling is 9' 4 inches high. I had a short step ladder on the counter top with little room for a mistake or slip up. Another reason women live longer than us men. :lol:
I finally got time to finish a painting. This has been in the works for a month. I named this one "Sneaking a peek" j
NEAT ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I LIKE IT :!: :!: );b( :b-d:
Bob.. :wink:
Quote from: "Crosley"yeah , it is interesting on how the 'inlaws' can react to the 'outsider' coming into the family with daddy's little girl. I had the same type of resistance from my wife's dad. She was 15 & I was 17 yrs olde when we started dating.
here we are 47 yrs later. Our marriage is the only one that stayed in one piece of the 4 children in my wife's family.
Bruce: the Jag crash is a numbers game. The insurance will go by the numbers of value , damage - repair costs. Good luck on this
They will also figure in what $ the car will bring as salvage. We used to buy & rebuild totals, you would be amazed at what wrecked cars bring at salvage auctions.
phat46, nice painting. Describe your mindset when coming up with a concept for a painting please.
I spent time on the drag chassis on saturday . Getting close to putting my parts together .
Trivia: I'm comparing the pedal hangers on the 72 F100 and the 07 crown vic. The F100 ratio is 6-1. The crown vic is around 3.25-1. The F100 was amanual brakes and the C.V. has that large booster. The C.V. master is .125" larger bore.
Quote from: "kb426"phat46, nice painting. Describe your mindset when coming up with a concept for a painting please.
Thanks, I like looking at pictures of old cars, hot rods and race cars mostly, online. I will see one that I like, the car, the setting, or some detail in the picture and it will give me a story. I imagine what is going on, or could be going on, in the picture. This painting came from a picture of a similar car, but it was not moving, the driver had turned to smile at the photographer and that made me think of a driver sneaking a peek over his shoulder at the competition. I used the picture for reference, changing things to put the car at speed, and putting a helmeted driver in it looking back. There is a story behind all my paintings that I have made up, that makes it more than just a technical exercise for me.
Quote from: "kb426"Trivia: I'm comparing the pedal hangers on the 72 F100 and the 07 crown vic. The F100 ratio is 6-1. The crown vic is around 3.25-1. The F100 was amanual brakes and the C.V. has that large booster. The C.V. master is .125" larger bore.
The C-V also has QTU brake calipers, hench the need for the big master cyl...... :idea:
Bob... :wink:
I ran my old truck at the dragstrip today. This is the 19th year I have raced the truck. I drive it to the track and drive it home. I am not fast but I am consistent. I helped Hooley run the Henry J. (I fill the fuel tank each round and listen to him when he figures out the dial in) This is the 12th year for the Henry J.
A good day to have a hot rod.
John
Following my nose, today I found that the dab of power steering fluid jug in my trunk had slung out of it's staying spot and deposited said dab into trunk carpet. :roll: No more trunk carpet or liquids back there now. :idea:
Quote from: "WZ JUNK"I ran my old truck at the dragstrip today. This is the 19th year I have raced the truck. I drive it to the track and drive it home. I am not fast but I am consistent. I helped Hooley run the Henry J. (I fill the fuel tank each round and listen to him when he figures out the dial in) This is the 12th year for the Henry J.
A good day to have a hot rod.
John
Sound like you had a great day John. No mention of fixing anything. :)
Sunday: helped a buddy load up a Studebaker pickup he bought. Near Tucson AZ... in Oro Valley area. 1962 Studie as I recall. I will scare up a photo or 2 of it.
This one has the Studie bed on it , not the Dodge bed with Studebaker tail gate
It is time for the annual fall ritual. The harvesting of the leaves. No pay but plenty of work.
John
took apart a thm 350 trans.. washed it up. Going to used as a set up case in Studebaker Champ pick up.
Photos of my parts washer... before and after the thm350 case visited the parts washer for about 20 minutes
Quote from: "Crosley"Sunday: helped a buddy load up a Studebaker pickup he bought. Near Tucson AZ... in Oro Valley area. 1962 Studie as I recall. I will scare up a photo or 2 of it.
This one has the Studie bed on it , not the Dodge bed with Studebaker tail gate
Photos of my buddy's Studebaker Champ truck he bought..
He is gonna install a Ford Ranger step side bed on it. Fits well from what I seen photos on the internet.. He is looking at a 8.8 Ford rear differential for it too. Power will be 283 chevy.
I have suggested he remove the front Studie bumper. Find one or modify a bumper that fits the sheet metal better than Studebaker did from the factory
Trans case looks good, Tony. I think his original bumper would look better if he raised it up a bit.
spent some time machining a harley rim today for a friends chopper build . I also fit up 2 diagonal braces on the roadster chassis .
He is going to want one of the wider 8.8s, the stock rear end in a Champ is about 62" wide. Mustang should work. I put a full size Chevy rear in mine, and still had room for L 60 15 tires on 8" wheels.
Of course with a ranger bed, an Explorer rear should be about the right width.
I also used a Studebaker Lark front bumper on mine, it fit perfectly.
Mine had a variety of engines in it, studebaker flat head six, 200 Ford six, 327 Chevy, 427 Chevy, and a 430 Buick.
Quote from: "enjenjo"He is going to want one of the wider 8.8s, the stock rear end in a Champ is about 62" wide. Mustang should work. I put a full size Chevy rear in mine, and still had room for L 60 15 tires on 8" wheels.
Of course with a ranger bed, an Explorer rear should be about the right width.
I also used a Studebaker Lark front bumper on mine, it fit perfectly.
Mine had a variety of engines in it, studebaker flat head six, 200 Ford six, 327 Chevy, 427 Chevy, and a 430 Buick.
He is looking for a Lark bumper... Already bought a Ranger bed. He found a fellow in Marana AZ that has Studie parts. Bought some truck doors and related parts. this Champ truck has piles of bondo in it from what I saw when we loaded it.
He wants better brakes on the front axle... would like power steering too.
he does not let grass grow under his feet on projects... He has a modified heart (by-pass (5) , with a new valve ) & does not let it slow him down.... much
8)
Quote from: "Crosley"
He is looking for a Lark bumper... Already bought a Ranger bed. He found a fellow in Marana AZ that has Studie parts. Bought some truck doors and related parts. this Champ truck has piles of bondo in it from what I saw when we loaded it.
He wants better brakes on the front axle... would like power steering too.
he does not let grass grow under his feet on projects... He has a modified heart (by-pass (5) , with a new valve ) & does not let it slow him down.... much
8)
Before I changed out the straight axle for a Volare front suspension I converted mine to disc brakes using 69 Ford rotors and calipers. I think I may have the caliper brackets around here yet. If I were to do one today I would do it differently. I would use the stock hub and machine it to use a common rotor of the desired size, and redrill the bolt pattern in the hub to the rear axle bolt pattern. Crown Vic might be a place to look. Then adapt the Crown Vic caliper and bracket to the spindle. The Crown Vic caliper slides in the bracket, and the bracket bolts solid to the spindle. Mustang would work too, they use a similar setup, but a bit smaller diameter. If GM calipers are wanted, I have Laser cut blank plates for GM calipers I would sell for $50 a pair shipped
All Lark sheet metal for a four door sedan interchanges with the truck parts except the cab back, that is a unique part. The grill panel fits, but must be notched for the truck frame unless you bob the frame rails. Last I knew NOS painted grilles were still available for that truck.
The running gear under that T model truck was the same as the 49 to 59 R models. All they did was make new front axles 9" narrower for the T model cab.
This is speculation, for power steering the Speedway motors 500 series box for 57 Chevys is close, or may be a bolt in.
more bike and roadster work .
2 friends and i went to the king of the wing at irwindale sat nihgt..
somebody else posted the heat races..
14 second lap times on the 1/2 mile asphalt.
you can see the back of my head in some of the frames.. black hat black shirt far left middle of the front row of seating.
hopefully the 40 lap main will be posted soon..
My younger brother was crew chief for Mike Beale for many years in the dirt sprints. His dad was Rollie Beale, 1973 USAC sprint car champ, and later Chief steward for USAC sprints.
Quote from: "enjenjo"Quote from: "Crosley"
He is looking for a Lark bumper... Already bought a Ranger bed. He found a fellow in Marana AZ that has Studie parts. Bought some truck doors and related parts. this Champ truck has piles of bondo in it from what I saw when we loaded it.
He wants better brakes on the front axle... would like power steering too.
he does not let grass grow under his feet on projects... He has a modified heart (by-pass (5) , with a new valve ) & does not let it slow him down.... much
8)
This is speculation, for power steering the Speedway motors 500 series box for 57 Chevys is close, or may be a bolt in.
My buddy has been told by Studebaker people... a Steering box for mid 70's Ford trucks is a good fit. He is gonna check on that.
I gave him a thm350 empty transmittin case monday for setup use in the Champ truck.
:!:
Since many Explorer rear ends have 3.70 or 4.10 gear ratio, he is still exploring rear end options. He does not want an over drive transmittin in this truck. He already has the truck built in his mind.
:shock:
Worked on the Torino tail panel last night. Now it stitch stitch stitch time.
For those of us who don't know ANYTHING about the Buick Frank. Whats up with the next project? Inquiring minds want to know. :)
Finished modifying the Harley rim last night , now back to the roadster .
Quote from: "416Ford"Worked on the Torino tail panel last night. Now it stitch stitch stitch time.
For those of us who don't know ANYTHING about the Buick Frank. Whats up with the next project? Inquiring minds want to know. :)
I can't find the pictures of mine right now, but it is a 1965 Buick Skylark Sportwagon. A no rust Arizona car originally from the Tucson area. It has the raised roof and windows like a Olds Vista Cruiser. It has a fresh rebuilt 300 cube Buick engine, a fresh 200R4 transmission, 3.42 rear axle ratio. The AC has been converted to modern orifice tube control, modern compressor, and R134 refrigerant. The engine is set up with GM TBI injection using a Painless wiring kit. I may change that to a FI Teck TBI system. The cam is reground to Buick GN specs to take advantage of the Fuel injection. It also has GN spec pistons.
I converted the front end to disc brakes using 72 A body parts. Since I have the parts I may do a tall spindle conversion to 12" discs, and sell the setup that is on it now. I also switched to a dual chamber master cylinder.
I am installing power bucket seats with the original upholstery pattern, and a console with a floor shift. It has a 70s van tilt column with no shifter. It is the original Astro Blue with the top painted in silver metalflake. I did not like the Skylark side trim, or the funky portholes that it had, so I modified Buick Special trim to fit, shortening quarter trim to fit the front fenders, and stretching the rear door trim 4" to fit the longer wagon rear doors. I may install 50 Buick Portholes if I can find a good set.
If I can figure out a way, I would like to fot Skylark Sedan tail lights but I have not gotten too far into that.
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Did you say silver FLAKE ! :D :D :D
Quote from: "chimp koose"Did you say silver FLAKE ! :D :D :D
Yes I did!
Enjenjo , you sir , have STYLE ! 8) 8) 8)
Pics or it doesn't exist!!!! :)
Quote from: "kb426"Pics or it doesn't exist!!!! :)
I agree %100.
What he said ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 8)
Bob...
as clint eastwood said "go ahead , FLAKE my day ".
Remember the car well, glad to see you are back on it.
Well, it's been off the road now for 14 years. It's about time I got back on it.
Quote from: "enjenjo"Well, it's been off the road now for 14 years. It's about time I got back on it.
Man, that was a quick 14 years. :shock: Doesn't seem anywheres near that long.
Cool wagon, Frank. 8)
Dropped the striker washer while working on the A today. Only luck was seeing where it went. I will never understand how it went into a weld gap on the rocker tubing and would not fit through the same slit to come out. Had to cut out a chunk of rocker. :roll:
I helped the grandsons build stilts yesterday. Then I demonstrated how to walk on stilts. Then I taught them to use the stilts. A good day for an old man.
John
Saturday: Installed new LED tail lights on my car trailer.. OEM lights were new in 1990. Discovered the 7 pin RV trailer plug is bad. Connections inside it , must be loose. There are some hot spots (bubbles) on the plastic.
The tires are junk. Newest tire is from 2005. So, I think some new tires are due. The spare tire for the trailer is in worse shape.. I imagine the hub bearings should be repacked with grease... see what shape the brakes are in when I take the hub & drums off.
I have not used this trailer in about 3 yrs.
Yesterday was our first cold snap of the winter. It was about 13 degrees. I banked a fire in my outside shop furnace the night before. I went out to the shop at first light and put in 3 sticks of firewood and turned on the automatic furnace controls and them I went back to the house for breakfast. About an hour later I went out to add more wood and check on things. It was 90 degrees in the shop! My furnace controls had malfunctioned and did not shut off the automatic draft for the fire. I opened the shop doors to cool it down. I bet the neighbors were wondering why I had the shop doors open. Later I ordered a new furnace controller.
John
We'll be hauling 3 refrigerators and 3 stoves 165 miles to my stepsons apartment building. We've been getting great deals on used appliances here, and he's refurbing his apartments. Nice day for a drive, but geez, it's cold out there; 20* right now.
Quote from: "WZ JUNK"Yesterday was our first cold snap of the winter. It was about 13 degrees. I banked a fire in my outside shop furnace the night before. I went out to the shop at first light and put in 3 sticks of firewood and turned on the automatic furnace controls and them I went back to the house for breakfast. About an hour later I went out to add more wood and check on things. It was 90 degrees in the shop! My furnace controls had malfunctioned and did not shut off the automatic draft for the fire. I opened the shop doors to cool it down. I bet the neighbors were wondering why I had the shop doors open. Later I ordered a new furnace controller.
John
Cold in Michigan also! Stay warm John.
Still chasing leaves between the snow flakes.
I had a hernia repaired on Monday. Getting around okay but on restricted duty for a couple weeks at least. 10# weight limit.I'm gonna try to catch up on paperwork in the shop.
Quote from: "Charlie Chops 1940"I had a hernia repaired on Monday. Getting around okay but on restricted duty for a couple weeks at least. 10# weight limit.I'm gonna try to catch up on paperwork in the shop.
You can come over to my place and do body work if you want Charlie. That would be less then 10#. :)
A week ago, I visited my buddy house to look n see the progress on the Studebaker truck. He had the interior cleaned out. Doors off. General clean up of the debris mess.
As we chat, I look at the engine. There are rat turds sitting on the engine. I question my buddy about the clean up and he says he may have missed a few. Well... there are little turds every where. I tell him there must be a varmint still living in the truck. Likely a packrat varmint.
Flash forward a week: my buddy has seen the rat. It was a moment where he was walking around his shop building and the rat was coming at him a "Doh" moment! My buddy has set out traps, glue stick boards, small wire cage trap. A few items set off, no varmint caught yet.
A packrat is about the size of a hamster. Looks like a large field mouse. Also known as: packrat, woodrat, desertrat.. They gather up stuff to build nest where they live.
A number check on the truck: shows it started life as a 6 cyl 170 cid engine, 3 on the tree. My buddy has not cleaned off the engine block area yet to find a number on it for the size of this Y block
Tony, we get mice in the house that go into the cabinet drawer to get shreds of toilet paper for their nest. I use the kind of trap where the mouse has to go inside, like a little cave. I put the peanut butter in the bait cup, then a few shreds of TP. I've caught a couple that were after the TP.
There was a packrat living in the 58 Ford that I brought to town last year for the rolling dumpster project. When he finally looked over the bellhousing at me while I was removing the short block and trans, I don't know who was more surprised. :)
I have that pail - antifreeze trap in my shop . It works :twisted:
Quote from: "58 Yeoman"Tony, we get mice in the house that go into the cabinet drawer to get shreds of toilet paper for their nest. I use the kind of trap where the mouse has to go inside, like a little cave. I put the peanut butter in the bait cup, then a few shreds of TP. I've caught a couple that were after the TP.
the packrats out here in the southwest must be tough buggers. They gather cactus bits, needles & all for nest. A person wonders how the heck they live and sleep in the stuff they gather in the desert.
We did a quik clean out the truck before loading on to the trailer in Tucson. With the common yellow leather gloves on, the needles were sticking our fingers thru the leather.. all while we were being careful.
I found a rabbit with the head chewed off out next to my large Pontiac yesterday. This weekend I did oil change and pair of tires on the small Pontiac. Thats huge in my world. :)
I started welding the roadster chassis together today . I put in an extra cross member and diagonal in front of engine out to the front axle . The chassis previously was open on the bottom from the rear trans mount out to the front axle on a 125" wheelbase car . Probably about a 70" long span with no cross members or diagonals .Hopefully I will have the top rails in tomorrow .
top rails , front axle and diagonals and uprights in and tracked in place tonight . Maybe finish welding tomorrow , then cut it off the table and finish the welds that need doing from the bottom .
tomorrow I flip the car and weld from the bottom
Took my 2013 Goldwing motorcycle in for the airbag safety recall. Honda America was getting insistent with me that I have this done. First notice I received was in january 2018.
So... as with many things in my life: if it can go wrong , it will. Repair Appointment was made 3 weeks ago. Airbag kit was shipped in from Honda. The box was never opened for inspection. After 45+ yrs in auto repair field. I learned many yrs ago: open the box, check the new part over. New parts arrive damaged, broke, wrong ... you name it.
The bike was disassembled, the part came out of the box with bent mounting bracket. Another airbag kit should arrive today (wednesday) over nite shipped. I hope. I took tuesday off work to get this handled. And: it was not finished. Not the dealer's fault.
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Were YOU supposed to go there & open/inspect the box :?: :?: :roll: :lol:
Bob.. :wink:
Yeah, Tony, we know about checking the boxes. The rear springs for my Galaxie came in, and ended up being for a Mustang. Glad the guy on the phone was the one who made the order and not me. I told him Galaxie. When I called, the woman on the phone said that they don't even sell springs for Galaxies.
Ordered rear spring bushings at NAPA day before yesterday, as it seems all the available (affordable) ones are hard to get. I asked if she could get the 8 that I needed. She said yes. Cool, then order me 4 boxes, as there are two to a box. Went to get them yesterday, and find TWO boxes. Someone at the warehouse thought we only wanted FOUR bushings. Picked up the other two boxes this am.
Quote from: "Crosley"Took my 2013 Goldwing motorcycle in for the airbag safety recall. Honda America was getting insistent with me that I have this done. First notice I received was in january 2018.
So... as with many things in my life: if it can go wrong , it will. Repair Appointment was made 3 weeks ago. Airbag kit was shipped in from Honda. The box was never opened for inspection. After 45+ yrs in auto repair field. I learned many yrs ago: open the box, check the new part over. New parts arrive damaged, broke, wrong ... you name it.
The bike was disassembled, the part came out of the box with bent mounting bracket. Another airbag kit should arrive today (wednesday) over nite shipped. I hope. I took tuesday off work to get this handled. And: it was not finished. Not the dealer's fault.
I get nag postcards for my 99 Pontiacs' engine fire recall. Its the third or fourth solution they have done, replacing valve cover now but when they were just removing the harness shield I took the GT in and ended up going back because they had somehow cut a brand new plug wire almost in half. And I used to work with that tech so I thought I could trust him. It just about got me in trouble the first time it sputtered and of course the dealer had to stick a six foot plug wire where an 18" one was then clear the misfire code. Recalls, pfft.
And theres airbags on bikes? Oh my, without shoulder belts how can...
Airbags sure are a frequently recalled item, aren't they? As someone who reached out and touched one and had bones break, I say they are like unto throwing your parachute over a grenade. A different solution to supplemental restraints is needed.
Quote from: "idrivejunk"
And theres airbags on bikes? Oh my, without shoulder belts how can...
Only Honda Goldwings are offered with Airbags.. since late 2006. Top of the line Goldwing comes with all the other add-ons:
ABS, traction control, Sirrus XM, Nav with weather and traffic reports, surround sound, new 7 speed DCT.
If you have heard of the video online place YouTube, several videos of Honda test bikes with & without airbags run into the sides of vehicles.
Quote from: "Crosley"Quote from: "idrivejunk"
And theres airbags on bikes? Oh my, without shoulder belts how can...
Only Honda Goldwings are offered with Airbags.. since late 2006. Top of the line Goldwing comes with all the other add-ons:
ABS, traction control, Sirrus XM, Nav with weather and traffic reports, surround sound, new 7 speed DCT.
If you have heard of the video online place YouTube, several videos of Honda test bikes with & without airbags run into the sides of vehicles.
Interesting. Looks like a neck snapper either way, but less skull crushing. Curious if it can be switched off. I would take most interest in seeing just how light or unusual of an impact sets it off. Thats where I got bit, a situation where injury and property damage was created where there could have been no injury. I just didn't realize airbags had made it onto bikes. Back under my rock to watch nothing but westerns. On youtube. :roll:
Quote from: "chimp koose"tomorrow I flip the car and weld from the bottom
I wish I were that far along :roll:
Hey whats this :?: :idea: :arrow:
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8) love the early ranchero !
Quote from: "chimp koose"8) love the early ranchero !
I think I forgot to add wheelbase again. Actually not much changed from the last attempt.
Resume posting, gents... and I'll resume sticking to my job thread. );b(
If you were to change anything , I would look at using fordor doors as they are shorter and adding a little to the wheelbase . This is a '25 or earlier model , the 26/27 has a one piece windshield . Oh and can you make it a nice shade of METALFLAKE :lol:
Air line pipes under my work bench were olde, leaking , PVC pipe. I installed some copper lines today. 1/2 inch pipe.
For those with sharpe eyeballs. Yes the pipe running under the bench length wise is wiggly .. that pipe is the soft copper pipe that comes rolled up. It was left over from another project.
Quote from: "chimp koose"If you were to change anything , I would look at using fordor doors as they are shorter and adding a little to the wheelbase . This is a '25 or earlier model , the 26/27 has a one piece windshield . Oh and can you make it a nice shade of METALFLAKE :lol:
I posted a new version on the Nova Camino thread for you yesterday, check that out. I took liberties. );b(
Cleaned up leaves in the yard. Not good but way better than it was. It got dark and I quit. :)
I bought a Harbor Freight Vulcan Omnipro 220 welder. I opened it up today, from the looks of things, it appears to be pretty good quality. I have not welded with it yet. It is supposed to do stick Mig and tig DC. I'll let you know how it works.
I got to work on the roadster chassis tonight . Working on mounting the steering rack . I will finish that tomorrow .
Storms came through last night, knocked down a couple sections of privacy fence out back, on the east side. On the west end, high wind also finally broke the top of the dead tree off, thats the one over the fence at the dog neighbor. Lady-who-piles-cut-grass-on-my-ride-'s shed caught the falling tree and its smashed. Imagine that. All these years, she pleaded with cities (tree on boundary line, in easement) and the guy-across-the-fence-who-nearly-drove-me-mad-with-a-dog-and-police-calls... to cut it down. Now I have not seen her in weeks and her shed is smashed wide open just as she said it would be. Glad it didn't fall in my yard but dang. :(
Daily driver may have blown a gasket too, leaking coolant. One bad thing about 3800s, you can't make it through the briar patch to touch or see the actual engine. I would guess LIM gasket by where its wet but last time it was wet there, it was the rad cap leaking. As usual, I'll just gave to drive it until a complete failure so the problem is obvious enough and hope it happens somewhere safe.
It would be a good day to climb back into bed but somebody's super loud dog two houses down is ruining the day. Theres one of those to the east and west now. :roll:
Quote from: "idrivejunk"Storms came through last night, knocked down a couple sections of privacy fence out back, on the east side. On the west end, high wind also finally broke the top of the dead tree off, thats the one over the fence at the dog neighbor. Lady-who-piles-cut-grass-on-my-ride-'s shed caught the falling tree and its smashed. Imagine that. All these years, she pleaded with cities (tree on boundary line, in easement) and the guy-across-the-fence-who-nearly-drove-me-mad-with-a-dog-and-police-calls... to cut it down. Now I have not seen her in weeks and her shed is smashed wide open just as she said it would be. Glad it didn't fall in my yard but dang. :(
Daily driver may have blown a gasket too, leaking coolant. One bad thing about 3800s, you can't make it through the briar patch to touch or see the actual engine. I would guess LIM gasket by where its wet but last time it was wet there, it was the rad cap leaking. As usual, I'll just gave to drive it until a complete failure so the problem is obvious enough and hope it happens somewhere safe.
It would be a good day to climb back into bed but somebody's super loud dog two houses down is ruining the day. Theres one of those to the east and west now. :roll:
Those 3800 have plastic heater hose connectors in the water pump and block. They will fail around the o ring and leak. There a aluminum aftermarket connectors made to fix the problem. If you haven't replaced them check closely. It will look like the intake is leaking.
We did a bunch of trimming of the bushes in front yard. Keeps the olde people a bit more limber.. End of the year deal.
The a/c service company was out for yearly tune up check. A good report, although they always try to sell you something. This years deal is a surge protector for the condensing unit on the ground. In the past decades, I have never been told I need a surge protector on my a/c :?:
cut the roadster off the table and finished all the welding . Weld the spindle bosses on the axle tomorrow . Just need some 1 5/8 x .120DOM to make the front halo bar that was ground down when the car went down the track upside down .
Quote from: "348tripower"Quote from: "idrivejunk"Daily driver may have blown a gasket too, leaking coolant. One bad thing about 3800s, you can't make it through the briar patch to touch or see the actual engine. I would guess LIM gasket by where its wet but last time it was wet there, it was the rad cap leaking. As usual, I'll just gave to drive it until a complete failure so the problem is obvious enough and hope it happens somewhere safe.
Those 3800 have plastic heater hose connectors in the water pump and block. They will fail around the o ring and leak. There a aluminum aftermarket connectors made to fix the problem. If you haven't replaced them check closely. It will look like the intake is leaking.
Yep, I just replaced them. Now, today. Metal, Dormans. It has become almost a bi-annual ritual. Replaced these last ones which were Napa just a few months ago. I have been driving 3800 Grand Prixs since July of '09 and have done the job probably a half dozen times or more. No solution available, crap only. :roll: The first few times, I used plastic. The only difference is if they break off at the O-ring groove. Mine don't stay in long enough to rot, the O-rings just don't fit the car. The ones I got today had a couple of the o-rings twisted. But the whole setup is a joke, with that gigantic flow-through cast alternator bracket. Worst design point on the whole car, or close to it.
33 years ago, I bought my mill. It's an Enco bench mill that allowed me to do way more than before. Almost a month ago, Grizzly Tools had a sale. I had watched them and Precision Matthews for at least a year and they didn't have sales on mills. With the new tariffs, the price would go up $200 every time I checked in the last 6 months. Grizzly has 1 that I was watching that was $200 off. I was starting to get interested when I saw that they had a variable speed model that was out of what I was willing to spend and it was discounted $1300. It now sits in my shop. The pics are of the mill fresh from the crate and covered in cosmoline and the hoist blocked up to get it high enough to get the mill out of my truck. :) This weighs 700 lbs and my Dakota was turned into a low rider as the crate was all the way to the back. The truck probably went up 6" after unloading. :)
Looks like Santa came early. I have several Grizzly tools, but then the Grizzly store is close to me. I have been to their tent sale and I bought a few things. There are some real bargains or at least there was the times I went. The tent sale is usually in June.
John
I got my induma mill 3 or more years ago and have not hooked it up yet . I have 3 mills at work 2 miles from home . My lathe has sat for longer ,again i have 14 lathes in my shop at work . When i retire in about 5 years i will have to fire these machines up . I will probably wonder then why i waited so long to get them going . Congrats on the new mill . Its funny that you call your shop old and slow when you do enough work to wear out a mill !
I have about the same mill and a 12" lathe to match. Had them for several years and they have worked very well.
C.K., the mill isn't near as wore as the operator. :)
After 2 hours of cleaning, the Grizzly is mostly cosmoline free. I installed the table drive and it seems to be working properly. It's ready for the swap to the mounting stand.
Gee Guys ....I asked Cathy if I too could get a new mill... She asked what was wrong with the one that I have .... :roll:
Bob... :wink:
Quote from: "UGLY OLDS"Gee Guys ....I asked Cathy if I too could get a new mill... She asked what was wrong with the one that I have .... :roll:
Bob... :wink:
Nice one Bob. I'll have to file that one away for future use. :lol:
Been building air conditioning lines inside the car, and to run under the fender. Just put the fender back on to make those under fender lines. Haven't seen a front fender on it in several years. These barrier lines are sure big around, first time I have used it.
Quote from: "sirstude"Been building air conditioning lines inside the car, and to run under the fender. Just put the fender back on to make those under fender lines. Haven't seen a front fender on it in several years. These barrier lines are sure big around, first time I have used it.
But that's why GM made our front fenders the size that they did .... :idea: That's where mine are too.... :lol: :lol: 8)
Bob.. :wink:
Sirstude, I just purchased a crimper for reduced barrier hoses for the f100. If it warms up in a week or so, I'll post a report on how it went. I bought the hose and fittings from Yogi's. The no. 10 hose sure is easier to bend then the full barrier hose. :)
The new mill is on it's stand and leveled. I ran out of energy to hook power to it. This was the warmest day we will have for a while so I was as busy as I can be. :)
Quote from: "kb426"Sirstude, I just purchased a crimper for reduced barrier hoses for the f100. If it warms up in a week or so, I'll post a report on how it went. I bought the hose and fittings from Yogi's. The no. 10 hose sure is easier to bend then the full barrier hose. :)
The new mill is on it's stand and leveled. I ran out of energy to hook power to it. This was the warmest day we will have for a while so I was as busy as I can be. :)
I have thought up several many mill wisecracks but all mere wordplay, KB. Congratulations. Mill things like wild, to your heart's content. What a great thing to have for hobby use. This is me - :mrgreen: Envious but more intrigued by what you'll create.
I am still adding dabs of coolant as the GTP burps out, it usually takes a week after getting air in the cooling system no matter what I do. Last night I removed the passenger side blend door actuator and unstuck the door. Left the actuator off, cranked the door to heat with pliers. Ah. Heat with no puddles, fresh oil, fulla gas, two new tires wow! I can't even see over the cotton, squattin'.
I'm in the process of building a stand for a bench top bead blaster. I am using scraps and leftovers from other projects. I finished welding it today and burned a hole in one of my air hoses. Was it one of the hoses I have had for 10 to 20 years? Of course not, it was the new one. I got it painted tonight, I'll assemble it saturday and take a picture. Next project is a welder cart.
I have power to the new mill and ran the break in procedure so I'm ready to use it as the need arises. :)
I thought I'd post a screen shot of my laptop used in the shop. Laptop is about 14 yrs olde, on Windoze XP
Quote from: kb426Sirstude, I just purchased a crimper for reduced barrier hoses for the f100. If it warms up in a week or so, I'll post a report on how it went. I bought the hose and fittings from Yogi's. The no. 10 hose sure is easier to bend then the full barrier hose. :)
How big is the outside diameter of that hose? I am debating possibly trying it if small enough.
Thanks
Doug
Sirstude, I would call it 3/4" It's slightly egg shaped from being rolled up some there is a large and small measurement. It's within a few thousandths of .750.
Made some steering arms with the correct ackerman for the roadster chassis .Originals were out 7/8" per side . In other words there was no ackerman in the system . Made a fixture to hold the original T front frame brackets in their original position on my new frame for welding on .They originally mounted the fender , rad , and lower cross member together. Mine will locate the rad and fender irons . I figured it would be worth the trouble as I don't see much ability to adjust fender height after they are welded in .
Quote from: "Crosley"I thought I'd post a screen shot of my laptop used in the shop. Laptop is about 14 yrs olde, on Windoze XP
LOL, That artwork! 🙄😄
I got some pictures of the bead blaster stand. There are still some modifications I want to do to the cabinet.
I know somebody will say something so it might as well be me. Nice shoe pic. :)
Quote from: "kb426"I know somebody will say something so it might as well be me. Nice shoe pic. :)
who you talkin bout Willis? I did not know there were velcro strap tennis shoes still in the wild.
We had heavy fog on saturday morning.. Photo looking north on my street. About 200 foot of visibility.
Sunday morning there is some patches of fog around us. Not a common site to see , especially since I stopped drinking alcohol 25 yrs ago.
Quote from: "Crosley"Quote from: "kb426"I know somebody will say something so it might as well be me. Nice shoe pic. :)
who you talkin bout Willis? I did not know there were velcro strap tennis shoes still in the wild.
They are actually Velcro strap work shoes. From Amazon. Yesterday my great grandson was here "helping" me in the shop, and his boot came untied. He was surprised I could tie it. :D
I am going to tell my wife that I need some more new tools. After all, "Everyone else is doing it". :D
John
John, let me send her some pics so she gets the "right" ones. :)
I just finished changing oil on my wife's car. It was overdue. I believe you guys know why. :) Sirstude, there is adequate info about reduced barrier hose in Yogis catalog on page 134-135. This is a link to one like I purchased that is $10 less. :)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/71500-A-C-Hydraulic-Hose-Crimper-Tool-Kit-Hand-Tool-Crimping-Set-Hose-Fittings/263793014112?epid=0&hash=item3d6b49f560:g:94wAAOSwFXdbpJzW:rk:8:pf:0
Heater blower switch gave out on the purple car today. Cheapo toggle switch. Caught it leaking some coolant, too. But it served me well despite those things. :)
Thanks on the hose info, I ordered a catalog yesterday and it looks like the reduced is about a quarter inch smaller on the #10 stuff. For sure going to use it in the engine compartment and in front of the core support.
OUTSIDE in the cold,snow..fixing my 3..THREE...(IF you have 3..THREE 4x4 daily driver trucks ALL in really good shape you will always have ONE to depend on right :?: Saves spending big bucks on a new or something newer right :?: )
Last Thursday,Friday,Saturday had problems with EACH of them 8)
I have lots of tools :twisted:
I cleaned up my old mill to get it ready to sell. :)
Friday morning it was 37*F at the house... the truck temperature display was offering ICE again.. I have never found the dispenser for the ICE in the truck.
Saturday morning it is 45*F here.
Quote from: "Crosley"Friday morning it was 37*F at the house... the truck temperature display was offering ICE again.. I have never found the dispenser for the ICE in the truck.
Saturday morning it is 45*F here.
Here too, it was a balmy 37* this morning, gotta love this global warming! Guys still riding their motorcycles.
You guyz... Do you have some olde spray cans of paint? You keep them around for that quik , small job?
Recently I used a can of silver paint that I bought decades ago. I looked at the label. Price tag is from Yellow Front store here in AZ... Yellow Front stores closed up in the early 1990's.... and the price tag looks older than the 1990's
Does it work? I've read online that if you have a can of paint that seems to be clogged inside, to warm it in a pan of hot water, then shake it up.
Quote from: "Crosley"You guyz... Do you have some olde spray cans of paint? You keep them around for that quik , small job?
Recently I used a can of silver paint that I bought decades ago. I looked at the label. Price tag is from Yellow Front store here in AZ... Yellow Front stores closed up in the early 1990's.... and the price tag looks older than the 1990's
"Some" old cans of spray paint :?: :roll: :oops: At least they are ALL in the same place NOW. Decades? Ya some of mine go back to the early 1970's.
I recently figured out that oil based paints in cans will keep pretty much forever..through repeated heat/freeze cycles. Believe me I had lots. However..put the sealed cans in a very,very damp but not freezing environment..a year or two of that and they end up at the recycling depot. Could not even get the lids off! Except for some 'Orange" ("Safety Orange") urethane construction paint.
If they don't work..switch the nozzle. Soak the nozzle.
Bent up the halo bar for the roadster roll bar today . Just need to cut off the old one , fit this one and burn it on . Then back to the T coupe !
I sold my old bench mill this evening. The space in the shop just grew proportionately. :)
I spent the evening cleaning up the work bench. The 72 is far enough along that the left over parts went into a small box. All the rest of the mess is gone. I used to clean up as I went. With age, that has changed. :)
Took front tires and wheels off my 1961 Bugeye Sprite... Tires are olde, from the late 1970's. Plenty of tread on them. Valve stems had rotted away and blown out.
Installed new valve stems, aired them up to about 15 psi. Still holding air after 8 hours. At least, I can roll the car around now.
Almost got to work place this morning.. phone rings. My wife says: can not get the garage door open. Opener tries to open it, then stops. She pulled the disconnect cord. Can not raise the door.
I turn around, go home. One of The torsion springs had broken over nite.. Dang door is heavy to lift with little help from the springs.
Ordered new springs online... I learned there are 2 basic reasons the local places do not carry the springs. Too many variations of spring sizes and too much liability exposure from DIY people getting hurt.
Quote from: "Crosley"Almost got to work place this morning.. phone rings. My wife says: can not get the garage door open. Opener tries to open it, then stops. She pulled the disconnect cord. Can not raise the door.
I turn around, go home. One of The torsion springs had broken over nite.. Dang door is heavy to lift with little help from the springs.
Ordered new springs online... I learned there are 2 basic reasons the local places do not carry the springs. Too many variations of spring sizes and too much liability exposure from DIY people getting hurt.
The last one I replaced on my door I got at Menards, the one before I got from the dealer where I originally bought the door. Around here they always break during the coldest, usually around zero, weather, makes it a lot more fun replacing them. I have replaced enough for myself and others that I have a set of dedicated windings bars! 😄
I have two sets of winding bars. 7/16" for the old ones and 10 mm for the new ones. Both made of stainless steel. I had trouble setting up the new door on my shop a couple years ago. My tracks are almost 10 ft vertical so the springs that came with the door would not work. I bought three sets of springs, and pulleys and none of them were right. I called a guy I found on line in Chicago. After telling him the height of the track, and the weight of the door, he sent me springs and pulleys, and how told me many turns to wind it, and it worked first try.
When I backed the Jeepster into my old garage door I galled a professional to check it. He gave me a price and I had him install a new door with an opener. If it fails I know who to call to fix it i've been working on this vehicle since 1993 and my confidence level is getting low so trying new jobs is a scary thought. GPster
Woke up to a little bit of a blizzard. The wind is tapering down as time advances. I'll probably have a hot date with a snow blower in an hour.
Quote from: "kb426"Woke up to a little bit of a blizzard. The wind is tapering down as time advances. I'll probably have a hot date with a snow blower in an hour.
That is kind of crazy. I am basically across the state from you and it is 60 degrees here today, although it is going to cool down tonight. Winter weather gives us something to talk about.
John
John, it's 27 degrees and 29 mph wind. It took almost 2 hours to run the snow blower. It's usually a 1 hour job. The snow drifts are tough to bust through.
Quote from: "kb426"John, it's 27 degrees and 29 mph wind. It took almost 2 hours to run the snow blower. It's usually a 1 hour job. The snow drifts are tough to bust through.
Weather guessers say it will be low 30's here friday morning. It was 38*F when I left the house this morning. it's been windy.
I have about 4.2 million leaves to deal with in the front yard. That will happen next weekend, after new years.. The leaves never blow away.. neighbors leaves blow into my yard. Just lucky I guess
Up here, north of 49, it's +6C. Or about 40F. No snow yet this year.
But we had a heck of a wind storm almost 2 weeks ago. There are still some places with no power.
Big trees knocked down taking wires and poles with them.
I got lucky. Power stayed on.
We were nearly 56 degrees today, the Detroit t.v. stations were showing that Detroit was warmer than Las Vegas! 😃
That's all about to come to an end, back to seasonable 20's tonight.
A new computer today. We are know nearly all Apple. I have one microsoft computer at the shop but everything else is Apple including the phones.
So far so good.
John
It was 27*F here at the house this morning.. My weather app said it was 5*F at the retirement property. I may need to be a snowbird in my own state. Move to warmer ground in the winter.
celebrating our 29th anniversary today . Had lunch with our travel couple friends.
Quote from: "chimp koose"celebrating our 29th anniversary today . Had lunch with our travel couple friends.
HEY ..... Congrats 8) 8)
Bob.. :wink:
Shelby was ecstatic yesterday. Her and her husband finished installing the new engine in her car, and it fired on the first crank.
I just became unemployed! By choice. :) I walked out the door for the last time after 33.5 years at this job. Now my job will be watching the mailbox waiting on retirement checks to arrive. LOL
Quote from: "kb426"I just became unemployed! By choice. :) I walked out the door for the last time after 33.5 years at this job. Now my job will be watching the mailbox waiting on retirement checks to arrive. LOL
Great way to start the new year. Enjoy your retirement, I still haven't found anything I don't like about it! 😃
Congratulations! You'll really like it.
What day is it?
Quote from: "kb426"I just became unemployed! By choice. :) I walked out the door for the last time after 33.5 years at this job.
Congratulations! Maybe now you can find some time for your projects. :shock:
Quote from: "kb426"I just became unemployed! By choice. :) I walked out the door for the last time after 33.5 years at this job. Now my job will be watching the mailbox waiting on retirement checks to arrive. LOL
Congrats :!: :!:
Maybe you will be able to find time for a hobby :idea: :?: :roll:
Is access to the "stripping tank" a retirement benefit :?: :?:
Bob... :wink:
Quote from: "kb426"I just became unemployed! By choice. :) I walked out the door for the last time after 33.5 years at this job. Now my job will be watching the mailbox waiting on retirement checks to arrive. LOL
Congratulations. I know you will be glad you made the move.
Now that you do not have a job, I will start making you a list of stuff you can do for me. :D
John
You will love it, I do. Don't miss work at all. Although every few months I call my old boss and tell him I won't be in.
Quote from: "kb426"I just became unemployed! By choice. :) I walked out the door for the last time after 33.5 years at this job. Now my job will be watching the mailbox waiting on retirement checks to arrive. LOL
Yer gonna have to do seriously smoky burnouts to and from the mailbox eating candy in order to utilize that stream of tire-mint checks. At least the path will be clearly marked. :lol:
Seriously, I'd venture a guess you earned the heck out of it and that we have only begun to see what you're capable of. Nap to your heart's content. If life is a journey, you may now exit the interstate to explore two lane attractions. Congrats, KB.
Jeez KB with all the builds you get done I thought you already WERE retired ! :shock: :shock: :shock: NOW you will have time for Bobs fenders ! :lol: :lol: Enjoy your retirement . I am sure you will !
Congratulations KB, can't wait to see what you build with all you spare time. :)