The Rodding Roundtable
Motorhead Message Central => Rodder's Roundtable => Topic started by: Crosley.In.AZ on January 01, 2020, 09:47:09 AM
New year. New Decade. New thread.. So far for 2020 , the wife and I went out for breakfast. Oh yea, we slept thru the celebration at midnite. :lol:
We slept through it, too. It's sunny here and is supposed to get to around 45* today. Like that better than snow and cold.
Just my luck, I had just got adjusted to writing 2019 and now I have to start all over learning to write 2020
Have a great year.
Started to clean the bench in the shop and found that a lot of the stuff needed to go in the cabinet above the bench. The cabinet above the bench is FULL so pulled it all out and about half of that goes in other cabinets or the garbage. One of the rod runs gives us small bottles of windex (couple of ounces) so I poured the 10 or so bottles I had in one windex bottle. Lunch break and then back out to the shop. Should get the cabinet and bench clean today. Weather says it is 43 out today, and bouncing between blue skies and cloudy.
Happy New Year to all.
Doug
I just finished installing a new rear brake caliper and master cylinder on the DR650. I'm planning on it being warm enough to ride, soon. :) After 18 years corrosion got the rear caliper. I replaced all of it to try and be done the 1st time.
Clean up in the shop today. I threw a bunch of cardboard in the stove and heated it all day on just that. Started on a little project I cut the parts for two years ago, it will be finished tomorrow. Then back to the 54
Worked on the wife's truck with her. She removed the seats and cleaned up the floors. Then she put some paint on them so they would not rust. I had to raise the engine a half inch to clear the steering box and then spent an hour trying to get the mounts lined back up. Box is in and pitman arm is mounted. Next up is cutting a hole for the stereo and speakers so Vickie can prep the dash and doors while I install a power steering pump and hoses.
Interesting day for me.
Have you noticed that as we get older we tend to have some loose skin hanging under our upper arms. It is not fat, or loose muscle, it just unsightly loose skin. Well today I drove over some of my loose arm skin with my creeper.(Of course I was on the creeper) It was painful, but I just keep going. Sometimes I wonder what will happen next. :D
I am not as active as you guys that are retired.
managed to catch the 2nd gopher in my front yard. Usually takes 2 - 4 setting of the trap to get the correct tunnel and then "snap" .
This is the first time I've had 2 active gophers in the same location. I hope the vines they were digging around to eat the roots survive.
Just got back from Calgary. We got a call just before new years eve that my son and his wife were in a car accident and were taken to hospital. We got there the next day and they had been released to home . Spent today driving them around to get things from their car at impound , it is likely a total loss. Got my son new glasses , airbag broke them,filed a police accident report and picked them up a rental car. They are seat belt bruised but otherwise ok although pretty sore. x rays and ct scans say there are no big problems . Other driver made a left turn right in front of them , just lucky my grandson and his other grandma were not in the car this time
CK Glad you family is OK
Mike
Quote from: "WZ JUNK"Interesting day for me.
Have you noticed that as we get older we tend to have some loose skin hanging under our upper arms. It is not fat, or loose muscle, it just unsightly loose skin. Well today I drove over some of my loose arm skin with my creeper.(Of course I was on the creeper) It was painful, but I just keep going. Sometimes I wonder what will happen next. :D
When we were younger it was our hair that got run over in the creeper. I miss those days :(
chimp koose, good to hear your family is all safe.
Dave, I still run over hair with the creeper. :) Today I installed a new front hub on the Dakota. It's almost to 90,000 miles. This one has had slack for a while but in the last year it has become worse. While I was at it, I brought the dr back in and replaced the brake fluid in the front. I don't know why I didn't do that the other day. :) I took pics of the wheels off the 32 and listed them in a few places. If I don't have wheels around, the incentive to build more rods might lessen. :) And so goes the end of the 1st week of 2020. Wow! I still smile when I say that.
Chimp.....Good to hear that your son & his family are OK ...
Bob.. :wink:
C.K. that was good news with the bad for you. The left turn is the kiss of death for cyclists. It's not real healthy for anybody.
CK, so glad your people are alright. Getting that call probably took some minutes off your life, with the worrying and hurrying and being a big help.
You guys are speaking my language. The orange plastic creeper you see in my stall will go ahead and just rip out a hunk of arm even if you're in your thirties. Yow! Got a few bites before I learned. It rolls the skin into between the wheel and the wheel bracket. If ya don't lose a chunk, wicked blood blister.
I was swinging an old skinning hammer head inside the A roof without gloves yesterday (goofy goof) and fileted a hunka right index knuck on the roof frame. Nifffty.
Don't get me started on left turners. I reached for the horn and broke more than glasses. Wouldn't mind a re-break if I could do it on the punk's face. OK whoa... easy IDJ. Think about boobs or something. :wink: :idea:
I had a buddy who once upon a time late at night, working alone under the Jeep in the garage with country and western playing, rolled his great big long hair hopelessly up into a creeper wheel as he rolled out to grab the bottle of Jack. He had reached the bottle but was now pinned to the creeper unable to figure a way to get up. :lol: Onlyest other thing in reach was the pocket knife. Saddest mental picture I ever saw. Way he described it, he lay there, sawing away and sipping... and crying something fierce all night long. Oh, the horror and misfortune! Too bad that was before youtube.
Hey so uh... can I ask this and have it be a "no questions asked" question? :arrow:
Anyone have experience with buying an aftermarket chassis and finding it to have been welded up crooked? :?: :shock: :?:
Matt, I have very limited exp. because I build my own junk but I wouldn't be surprised at why you are asking. My question is do you have something for a point of reference to be sure the measurements are correct? Nothing in my world is absolutely level. It's caused me grief for decades. :)
Quote from: "kb426"Matt, I have very limited exp. because I build my own junk but I wouldn't be surprised at why you are asking. My question is do you have something for a point of reference to be sure the measurements are correct? Nothing in my world is absolutely level. It's caused me grief for decades. :)
I think datum plane is the term. When in doubt, build a moat around it. Water is level. :idea:
No questions, remember? :)
QuoteAnyone have experience with buying an aftermarket chassis and finding it to have been welded up crooked?
Yup, more than once.
Quote from: "enjenjo"QuoteAnyone have experience with buying an aftermarket chassis and finding it to have been welded up crooked?
Yup, more than once.
Any point in contacting the maker?
Quote from: "idrivejunk"Quote from: "enjenjo"QuoteAnyone have experience with buying an aftermarket chassis and finding it to have been welded up crooked?
Yup, more than once.
Any point in contacting the maker?
It depends. I have had vendors that took care of it at no cost to me, including shipping, and one other. a big name, that basically told me to go to hell, they didn't make mistakes. I also had one, a fairly minor problem, that paid me to fix it.
thanks guys , I think the kids should be ok in a while. My son used to ride and mentioned that he always rode through intersections with the clutch in when a left turner was waiting at the light . He caught a piece of separated tire tread under the back wheel of his bike one night while accelerating back on to the highway that sent him into a complete roll over on his 1800 Kawasaki .The ape hanger handlebars and short sissy bar on the bike probably saved him from being crushed . As to the chassis question , anyone can make a mistake , I have heard directly from a known rod builder in our area of a chassis he got from a big name chassis builder that had one motor mount farther back than the other by more than half an inch . He just fixed it as it would have taken more time to get it done any other way .
Quote from: "enjenjo"Quote from: "idrivejunk"Quote from: "enjenjo"QuoteAnyone have experience with buying an aftermarket chassis and finding it to have been welded up crooked?
Yup, more than once.
Any point in contacting the maker?
It depends. I have had vendors that took care of it at no cost to me, including shipping, and one other. a big name, that basically told me to go to hell, they didn't make mistakes. I also had one, a fairly minor problem, that paid me to fix it.
The GTH response is probably safe to anticipate. Thanks. If I can ask another, what served as a suitable measuring reference point or datum plane as proof in these cases and what instrument is the valid measuring device?
I had a man come to my house this morning to get many engine parts. These were upgrade parts for the 32 that didn't get used. I made the guy a deal because there isn't always a buyer. :) The pile is getting smaller. He was right on time after driving 80 miles. That was very nice. :)
RE: Chassis mistakes.. Mistakes happen. Even when this stuff is built in a fixture jig. Fit stuff, check it twice, measure twice or 3 times. These shops likely pay by the "piece" built.
We bought 4 CNC machines 3 yrs ago. 2 mills, 2 lathes. We will have parts out of spec from batch to batch. What whizzes me off is when the CNC lead guy wants to 'not' check problems properly.
In november was the recent 'go round' on a billet piston that was out of spec... I showed the lead CNC guy how the OEM piston fit and our in house billet piston fit. With a WAG I told him it was .005 to .006 too small ID and one step for one of the lip seals was not deep enough.
After many measure tools were re-applied. He agreed.
The older CNC guy that checked parts 100% with a mic , caliper , " Go , No go" tool as needed .. just quit in december. He had not worked on the thm-400 pistons that were tight fit.. LOL
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On your list of retirement reasons. :)
Quote from: "idrivejunk"Quote from: "enjenjo"Quote from: "idrivejunk"Quote from: "enjenjo"QuoteAnyone have experience with buying an aftermarket chassis and finding it to have been welded up crooked?
Yup, more than once.
Any point in contacting the maker?
It depends. I have had vendors that took care of it at no cost to me, including shipping, and one other. a big name, that basically told me to go to hell, they didn't make mistakes. I also had one, a fairly minor problem, that paid me to fix it.
The GTH response is probably safe to anticipate. Thanks. If I can ask another, what served as a suitable measuring reference point or datum plane as proof in these cases and what instrument is the valid measuring device?
A Laser level, a tape measure, and photographs.
Thank you sir. Much obliged. :) Did not find a hood in any pix of the '66 so I made an inquiry.
Hey I did just go get oil change stuff for the blown Pontiac. Thats my car work today. :lol:
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On your list of retirement reasons. :)
chit... I could use a half a roll of paper towels to write out reasons for me to retire now.
As example:
Company has 'finally " started the termination information documentation on a guy they hired back for the 3rd time in 2019.... After 4 of us in the dept told the owner and GM "Do not hire him back"..
2 years ago: his 2nd termination came after a drive shaft fell out of a truck as it drove from the rack after a transmission install. LOL .. That whole job was re-checked. :roll:
He has some "mental issues" that he self medicates with meth and alcohol. This guy has been "mis placing transmission parts" as he tears them down and washes them .. big stuff like: Drums, input shafts, output shafts, valve bodies.
He came in friday morning with his face and left hand burned with blisters. He claimed a bbq accident. We think he over juiced his meth pipe and it blew up in his face. We told him to see a doctor Now.
Sorry: I rambled a bit. :!:
I'm going through some old papers. This invoice is from 1929. My grandfather bought a new model a.
Started the fiberglass work on my trailer air dam. I added weight to the wood with what ever was close. :shock:
Layer of cloth under the wood.. that also runs up the side of the dam about 4 inches. Cloth on top of the wood will happen in a few days.
Then the left side repair.
Quote from: "kb426"I'm going through some old papers. This invoice is from 1929. My grandfather bought a new model a.
My dad got his first new car in 1965. My grandfathers never had a new car.
I started assembling the Jaguar front suspension today. The spindle fits into a taper on the upright and the powder coater sandblasted the taper in the upright. :x So I applied some compound and refitted the spindles. when I was done if you push it in by hand, you have to tap it loose to get it out.
Then I had to make a rig to push the rubber bushings into the control arms. A bolt, some spacers, and a guide tube got them in. After making up the rig, it took about an hour to do all eight bushings.
Quote from: "enjenjo"Quote from: "kb426"I'm going through some old papers. This invoice is from 1929. My grandfather bought a new model a.
My dad got his first new car in 1965. My grandfathers never had a new car.
My Dad's first car that he bought in '56 was a used '53 Chevy 210 2-door. His first new one was a '59 Biscayne 2-door then a new '64 BelAir. He didn't have his first V8 and automatic until he bought a new '68 BelAir 2-door with a 307 w/Powerglide.
Quote from: "kb426"I'm going through some old papers. This invoice is from 1929. My grandfather bought a new model a.
That is cool and minty. 8) Refreshing! :T)
I made a bolt on fixture to attach to the 8.8 Ford Explorer rear axle out of various scrap metal. All the attachment points are loose fit so that it will adjust to the axle when it is attached and made so that the axle is not under stress from the jig. I took the whole assembly to a local racer car fabricating shop and he tig welded the axle tubes to the center section. These rear axles are plug welded at the factory and they have a tendency to slip and rotate the tubes in the housing under heavy load. The idea of the fixture was to be able to hold the axle in place and prevent the movement of the parts due to the heat from the welding process. The tig welding introduces less heat and warping also. When I dissassembled the fixture, I did not detect any misalignment of the housing. The idea was to weld the tubes without taking the rear axle apart.
Just messing around today, no reference, just an old car guy's imagination.
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Interesting mix of parts. :)
I ordered a DRO for my lathe. The same ebay company had them $4 cheaper than the unit I put on the mill last year. It arrived today and appears undamaged. I powered up the head unit and it looks normal. :) The next time it warms up, I will install it. That makes blind old guys able to measure accurately. :)
I installed the DRO on the lathe this afternoon. I may do some more work on the cross slide scale. There wasn't enough space to mount it as I had imagined. There is a real narrow scale available that I have seen pics of. I don't know where to get one at this point. Every design has some drawbacks. I have seen people level the scale with a dial indicator. I may do that on the carriage scale. This is going to make it way easier to achieve a higher level of accuracy. :)
I just saw the 68 Bullitt mustang brought 3.7 million. Wow. :shock:
Yesterday I drove up to Flint Mi and picked up a wreck I bought. When I got home I checked all the trailer tires because I need to haul another car tomorrow. This morning I went out to unload the wreck, and one of the tires on the trailer blew out a sidewall overnight. :shock: It was raining...., hard...., all day long...., and the spare was flat too. So we got the wreck unloaded, and I got a new tire mounted, and I got extremely wet....twice. :cry:
Saturday was the yard work day... trim a few bushes down that had grown too large. Next; 8.3 million tree leaves in the front yard.
Amazingly the smoke cleared on Christmas ever so we started the year watching fireworks across the city and suburbs from my front verandah, was all quite spectacular.
But then, there was some whistling from aone street away and we looked around the end of the street to see a fireworks show almost as big as what most municipalities had put on>
I couldn't believe what I was being as we live a hundred feet away from millions of acres of national park when half the country is on fire! Well not quite that mush but an area about the size of California has already been burned out. Like really how could people living in this area be so stupid? And then there's the fact that it's illegal for unlicensed people to purchase fireworks here and also illegal for people to let them off at home or in an uncontrolled environment. Fortunately as a result of everybody being on edge in respect to fires, the cops were quick to arrive and deal with it.
On New years Day my club The Confederates hosted our 31st Annual New years day Picnic In The Park by the beachfront at Mornington.
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The next day, January 1st I took my houseguests to play on my model train layout.
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After they departed my place I returned to being a retired old bugger where there's six Saturdays and one Sunday in every week and I do what I like whenever the urge strikes me to do it.
Retirement sounds like being the Cisco Kid.
I'm a ute fan. :) Thank you for sharing, Carps. :)
Some very cool cars. Love that white Ford that looks like a cross of a U.S. Mustang and Torino. I imagine a lot of the older cars from the '30's and '40's were imported from the U.S. Do the cars have to be converted to right hand drive or can they stay left hand drive? Is there an Aussie aftermarket to make these conversions? Just curious.
I really like the light colored 54 Ford Ute. The bare metal Ford...when I was a kid delivering newspapers, one of my customers did tht with his 55/56 Ford PU and never painted it. It turned a real nice shade of rusty.
So...everyone keeps saying that down under, the water in the drains swirls in a different direction, you drive on the wrong side of the road, your seasons are backwards, and now I see that you 'drive' your steam engines backwards also. Is all this true? :shock: :lol:
Neat Photos Carps ...Thank You .... );b(
Bob... :wink:
Nifty photos you posted Carps. Thanks.
Wednesday... another day at the grind. ~:)
Quote from: "lofat46"Some very cool cars. Love that white Ford that looks like a cross of a U.S. Mustang and Torino. I imagine a lot of the older cars from the '30's and '40's were imported from the U.S. Do the cars have to be converted to right hand drive or can they stay left hand drive? Is there an Aussie aftermarket to make these conversions? Just curious.
The white coupe is a Ford Falcon, the styling cues are more Torino than Mustang.
Most of the 30's and 40s cars arrived here as a RHD rolling chassis from Canada and the bodies were made locally. Some are very much like the US models like the 35/6 touring sedans. Although the one subtle difference is the swage line on US models kids up where it goes around the corner of the D pillar and over the trundled. The Aussie one just goes straight around.
by the fifties we pressed most of the panels here, but the cars were still unique because our volume dictated the need to carry a model for longer than the US. This our '56 and 8 Fords are a variation of the US 55/6 models.
Ford Australia started making bodies towards the end of Model T. Before that bodies were made by a number of coachbuilders and no two were exactly the same.
The Model 40 is probably the most unique of the Aussie early Ford bodies as it was made using a number of carry over parts from 1932. For example my sedan has '32 rear doors and the entire rear section of the roof is '32 sedan. The front doors are therefore totally unique to Australia and beacause the rear doors are short the body sits atop the chassis like a '32 and there's a spare (unique) spear shaped panel that fills the gap between the lower body and running boards.
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Quote from: "58 Yeoman"So...everyone keeps saying that down under, the water in the drains swirls in a different direction, you drive on the wrong side of the road, your seasons are backwards, and now I see that you 'drive' your steam engines backwards also. Is all this true? :shock: :lol:
depends which way you look at it.
Quote from: "Carps"Quote from: "lofat46"Some very cool cars. Love that white Ford that looks like a cross of a U.S. Mustang and Torino. I imagine a lot of the older cars from the '30's and '40's were imported from the U.S. Do the cars have to be converted to right hand drive or can they stay left hand drive? Is there an Aussie aftermarket to make these conversions? Just curious.
The white coupe is a Ford Falcon, the styling cues are more Torino than Mustang.
Most of the 30's and 40s cars arrived here as a RHD rolling chassis from Canada and the bodies were made locally. Some are very much like the US models like the 35/6 touring sedans. Although the one subtle difference is the swage line on US models kids up where it goes around the corner of the D pillar and over the trundled. The Aussie one just goes straight around.
by the fifties we pressed most of the panels here, but the cars were still unique because our volume dictated the need to carry a model for longer than the US. This our '56 and 8 Fords are a variation of the US 55/6 models.
Ford Australia started making bodies towards the end of Model T. Before that bodies were made by a number of coachbuilders and no two were exactly the same.
The Model 40 is probably the most unique of the Aussie early Ford bodies as it was made using a number of carry over parts from 1932. For example my sedan has '32 rear doors and the entire rear section of the roof is '32 sedan. The front doors are therefore totally unique to Australia and beacause the rear doors are short the body sits atop the chassis like a '32 and there's a spare (unique) spear shaped panel that fills the gap between the lower body and running boards.
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Thank you very much for that explanation.
Yesterday I had to move a bunch of stuff in my back building to get an engine out that was sold. One of the boxes we had to move appeared to be full of rags, and they were in pretty bad shape. So I decided to throw them in the dumpster. Just to be sure, I sorted though it as I was dumping them, and at the bottom I found a spindle I have not been able to find for years now. So now I can get back to that project.
Phone croaked today while making a post. No idea when I'll get another. That will break the longstanding unbroken workdaily pic stream from me.
:D or :cry: whichever suits you. :)
Quote from: "enjenjo"Yesterday I had to move a bunch of stuff in my back building to get an engine out that was sold. One of the boxes we had to move appeared to be full of rags, and they were in pretty bad shape. So I decided to throw them in the dumpster. Just to be sure, I sorted though it as I was dumping them, and at the bottom I found a spindle I have not been able to find for years now. So now I can get back to that project.
How is that Buick Wagon with the cruise control failure doing? ... :wink: ...:wink:
Quote from: "Crosley"Quote from: "enjenjo"Yesterday I had to move a bunch of stuff in my back building to get an engine out that was sold. One of the boxes we had to move appeared to be full of rags, and they were in pretty bad shape. So I decided to throw them in the dumpster. Just to be sure, I sorted though it as I was dumping them, and at the bottom I found a spindle I have not been able to find for years now. So now I can get back to that project.
How is that Buick Wagon with the cruise control failure doing? ... :wink: ...:wink:
My grandson asks the same thing. He is bugging me to let him finish it. If he wants to, a carburetor and a shifter is all it needs. The only problem is he is hip deep in two projects too.
Second day for Bathfitters company here replacing our '79 one piece tub/shower. They had to cut out the old fiberglass tub and remove the "soffitt" above it. It was looking kind of dated anyway and had way too many armrests and soap shelves, making it seem so much smaller. I installed a one piece in the house I had built in '74 at another house, and these don't come out or go in in one piece after the house is finished.
My wife didn't know that you couldn't soak the glue residue from anti-slip stick ons with acetone soaked paper towels. The good part is that I don't have to do it, the bad part is the cost. :shock:
Quote from: "idrivejunk"Quote from: "enjenjo"QuoteAnyone have experience with buying an aftermarket chassis and finding it to have been welded up crooked?
Yup, more than once.
Any point in contacting the maker?
It depends on how bad it is, and if it really makes a difference.
Finally finished a new car painting today, I have been trying portrait/figure painting for a while....I found out this is where I belong! 😄 16" X 24", acrylic on prepped hardboard.
Quote from: "phat46"Finally finished a new car painting today, I have been trying portrait/figure painting for a while....I found out this is where I belong! 😄 16" X 24", acrylic on prepped hardboard.
Looks good... and 2 of the most popular brands of drag cars ever IMHO
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Nice!
I've been checking Barrett Jackson results every morning. I'm trying to form a logical reason for the prices. I tend to believe that the higher prices are paid in the afternoon. The mornings seem weaker and late in the day doesn't seem as strong unless there is a vehicle that someone has been waiting for. Without seeing the vehicles, this is pointless. LOL Obviously, it's winter and I'm not that busy. :)
Yesterday's B-J results had some interesting numbers. I'm surprised at what VW buses bring. There was a couple of AD chevies that brought serious money. The Ferris Bueller ferrari which wasn't real brought $396 grand. High end autos are no different than art. People just look at them. Am I wrong about that? :)
Quote from: "Crosley"Quote from: "phat46"Finally finished a new car painting today, I have been trying portrait/figure painting for a while....I found out this is where I belong! 😄 16" X 24", acrylic on prepped hardboard.
Looks good... and 2 of the most popular brands of drag cars ever IMHO
way back when maybe, nowadays it's a late model mustang and challengers
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I've been checking Barrett Jackson results every morning. I'm trying to form a logical reason for the prices. I tend to believe that the higher prices are paid in the afternoon. The mornings seem weaker and late in the day doesn't seem as strong unless there is a vehicle that someone has been waiting for. Without seeing the vehicles, this is pointless. LOL Obviously, it's winter and I'm not that busy. :)
that's easy! morning= just starting to drink, midday= drunk,late afternoon= passed out
KB my cousin bought a frame off restored 63 vette convertible last year at B-J , has not driven it yet! Garage art . He is doing a 59 vette convertible with modern vette suspension and LS power right now , at home in the garage . He will likely drive the wheels off that one . He lives out on a farm with 6 miles of gravel road out to the first paved road.
Not long home from another Kustom Nationals. despite a bit of smoke haze we had a great turnout of cars and people for the weekend. As usual I had a couple of my trusty image recorders handy so here's a few of my favourite shots.
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Kool pics! Thank you. :)
Nice pictures Peter. I particularly liked your capture of the two lads in the roadster. Just wait a few more years.
On second look I see it's a Phaeton.
I removed the fuel pump from the Ranger gas tank. It needs a little cleaning before I reinstalled it. :D I was surprised. This is the worst looking pump I have ever removed.
I have another one that I plan to modify and use. I will use the mechanical pump on the engine and the tank pump will be removed. Hopefully I can figure a way to use one of those sock filters on the bottom.
John, this is a 7lb. in tank unit if you might want to start fresh and not use a mechanical pump.
https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?pk=9477664&cc=1121780&jsn=8
Quote from: "kb426"John, this is a 7lb. in tank unit if you might want to start fresh and not use a mechanical pump.
https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?pk=9477664&cc=1121780&jsn=8
Interesting. I had not even considered this possibility and I did not know they even made something like this.
The 88 I'm working on has a supply pump in the tank and the efi pump on the frame rail. A few years after this is when it changed to the high pressure pump in the tank. If you would use a simple relay with a key on function, you could use the wiring that goes to the rear in the original harness. I believe your ranger has a CCR unit. The ecu controls all the relays to run the ecu, fuel pump, fan and ac. I found out these pumps are polarity sensitive.
While you're into it,check the float on the tank level sender. I can remember loosing one in an '86 and they must have been a big enough problem that Dorman had replacements. I'm still here, GPster
Nice shots young Carps.
Finally back on the car trailer air dam repair .. Today: Saturday, the Right side is finished minus the trimming of the edges and some paint..
Left side: I glassed the plywood down. I put a layer of cloth under the plywood that runs up the air dam side about 4 inches. Weight added to keep the wood in place. I will add more cloth on top of the wood and up the side of the dam.. maybe sunday. LOL
front wheel cyl and brake hoses on the 65 merc truck today
A post on another board made me remember about this metal spinning project I did about 40 years ago. I made this spinning die to make the top and bottom of an air cleaner. Most of them were made of aluminum but some were made of copper. When I retrieved them today the pieces were covered in dirt and grim. I gave them a very quick dust off before I took a photo.
Brings back memories. My late dad was a metal spinner by trade. Apprenticed back in 1936. The turned wooden former was known as a "chuck". It was amazing to see the different tools/levers that were used in the forming process, plenty of upper body strength was acquired from that trade. Aside to pots and pans we have at home that he made , I have some spun brass car lamps that he made back in the 1980,s that were to go on a project. Will put up a photo when I dust them down.
Here we go. One of the spun brass lamp housings with retainer trim ring and fitted captive seat for a 7" sealed beam bucket.(https://i.postimg.cc/YS5PL9jh/P1270242.jpg)
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Nice. :)
I changed the oil in the lathe this afternoon. The drain plug is on the back side of the headstock. You have to hold a funnel while it drains. Time is of no importance. :)
Eating dinner... my wife walked out to the trash can. She comes back. Says there is smoke coming up behind the neighbor's house across the street. Less than a minute later the fire dept shows up 5 large rigs , 2 crewcab trucks.
Neighbors house was on fire. He was on the roof with a garden hose. Firemen told him to get off the roof, he refused... then they Really TOLD him to get off the roof. Lets just say Gary is an eccentric neighbor.
the next door neighbor to Gary called 911. Even after Gary told her: I got this .. he did not have it.
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Way more excitement than my 'hood. I have barking dogs. :)
I just scooped 3" of snow off the drive. Off to coffee. :)
I just got an email from England. There's a pic of the 32 with the new owner and a big smile. This transaction started November 19. The phrase "slow boat to China" comes to mind. :)
Yesterday I bought two big bundles of walnut slabs at a local sawmill. I hauled them home, and then cut them into firewood for the wood furnace at the shop. I am tired and sore today. They make about 2 rick a bundle and that means that I have enough wood to finish this winter hopefully. At $20 a bundle, that is cheap heat.
We have a winter storm moving in tomorrow with a prediction of measurable show. I got the snow blower out of storage, just in case I will need it. This is to be our first real snow this season. It has been an unusual winter. Some cold, lots of rain, but very little snow.
Cold front moved in here... This wednesday morning it is 32*F at the house. Tuesday's high temp was 58* if I remember correctly
I dont know how.. I ended up with a Coleman Lantern model 200A.. I knew It was bought new by my parents decades ago. I've had it for 30 yrs at least, probably 40 yrs.
Tonight looking at the lantern, also looking online to see if there would be a manufacture date on it and there is: November 1952 it was built. Numbers stamped in the bottom of the tank. The OE box is purty rough shape.
That 11-52 date makes the lantern older than I am.
Quote from: "Crosley"I dont know how.. I ended up with a Coleman Lantern model 200A.. I knew It was bought new by my parents decades ago. I've had it for 30 yrs at least, probably 40 yrs.
Tonight looking at the lantern, also looking online to see if there would be a manufacture date on it and there is: November 1952 it was built. Numbers stamped in the bottom of the tank. The OE box is purty rough shape.
That 11-52 date makes the lantern older than I am.
just as bright too?
Trying to spend more time in the garage. Wiring and installing the tank and controllers for the air suspension. Think I told you I upgraded to the latest RideTech stuff. Interesting, the old setup controlled the hot to run the compressors, but this one pulses the ground and the hot goes direct through a fuse to the battery. There are also fuses on this one on the ground side.
We had an open house tonight for prospective grade 9 students to our school for the next year. I met yet another former student bringing his son to check out the school. I think I have been doing this teaching thing for a while now ! :lol:
Idiot light that looks like a battery in the GTP came on a couple short times last week. I used the owner's manual to translate that to HEI/Q-Jet era speak because thats where I was when "the recession of '08" hit and my underhood days ended. Means alternator light.
Car did good this week but yesterday I grabbed the alternator off my spare engine and put it behind the seat. More good behavior though, until coming home today. Light came on and stayed so halfway across 1 of 3 cities I must travel through, I swapped it in a parking lot and went on. Couple miles from home, light came on again. Then it died at the next light. Runs but dies. Towed home but below freezing out and I can't push it into the garage. Backup car has sat a month needing brakes. Too cold for a 455 with no choke to even think about filling in. So even with 3 cars, I'm commuterless unless I brave the GT. Dammitman. I knew the day would come when I couldn't even sustain the cheapest thing there is... on the day when I bought my first, mandatory, health insurance. Don't know where to start with the car fix, it acted like the fuel pump died (its a couple years old) so may be unrelated. But then why did I see the alt light again?
If nothing else I lived up to my username today. :) Hopefully I can solve it without further damaging credibility by asking for clues.
I want to ask why, of all things, are system voltage and fuel pressure not known to diagnostic tools? If I want to see if the alternator is charging, I have to put a meter to the backside. If I want to know if theres fuel pressure, I have to pocket screwdriver the evap test valve thing. Seems like a crock but no kidding, no voltage even. I don't understand. :?
Quote from: "Crosley"I dont know how.. I ended up with a Coleman Lantern model 200A..
Ahhh...the smell of a Coleman lantern burning in the morning before daylight while my grandpa was frying bacon, eggs & potatoes in deer camp. Great memory!
Quote from: "idrivejunk"Idiot light that looks like a battery in the GTP came on a couple short times last week. I used the owner's manual to translate that to HEI/Q-Jet era speak because thats where I was when "the recession of '08" hit and my underhood days ended. Means alternator light.
Car did good this week but yesterday I grabbed the alternator off my spare engine and put it behind the seat. More good behavior though, until coming home today. Light came on and stayed so halfway across 1 of 3 cities I must travel through, I swapped it in a parking lot and went on. Couple miles from home, light came on again. Then it died at the next light. Runs but dies. Towed home but below freezing out and I can't push it into the garage. Backup car has sat a month needing brakes. Too cold for a 455 with no choke to even think about filling in. So even with 3 cars, I'm commuterless unless I brave the GT. Dammitman. I knew the day would come when I couldn't even sustain the cheapest thing there is... on the day when I bought my first, mandatory, health insurance. Don't know where to start with the car fix, it acted like the fuel pump died (its a couple years old) so may be unrelated. But then why did I see the alt light again?
If nothing else I lived up to my username today. :) Hopefully I can solve it without further damaging credibility by asking for clues.
I want to ask why, of all things, are system voltage and fuel pressure not known to diagnostic tools? If I want to see if the alternator is charging, I have to put a meter to the backside. If I want to know if theres fuel pressure, I have to pocket screwdriver the evap test valve thing. Seems like a crock but no kidding, no voltage even. I don't understand. :?
If you have a bluetooth capable phone, you can get a blue tooth code reader for under $20.00. Once you have the code, use the internet to find what the code means. If the computer is seeing under about 11.5 volts, you may have trouble with it working.
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If you have a bluetooth capable phone, you can get a blue tooth code reader for under $20.00. Once you have the code, use the internet to find what the code means. If the computer is seeing under about 11.5 volts, you may have trouble with it working.
I have a "Cen-Tech" sixty something buck ten year ago "advanced" scan tool. It reads and clears codes but gives no commands. Coulda swore it had a data stream on voltage but nope, couldn't find anything.
I have an OBD2 bluetooth adapter which usually works and use the ancient $4.99 app called "Torque" on a cheapo about five year old tablet. Coulda swore I had a voltage display on that digital dash too.
When I pulled over to change alt, before I killed it I plugged in and turned on. Was taking a long time to scroll and read each data thing looking for voltage. Killed engine, kept looking. Bottom of list, " CPU (last voltage seen) 11.2 ".
That number prompted me to change coats, pop trunk and hood and get busy. And on the way home dash lights were nice and bright. And now it starts reluctantly but consistently but makes only a couple seconds like when some security systems kill fuel thinking its being stolen. Never enough to get it in gear.
I also have the original computer stashed. Using the one from the 02, modded by friend to alter shift times and fans as in stage 1 ZZP canned tune. It wanted a crank sensor relearn when installed. Commanded that with fancier tool at work.
Thats what I know. From what you said, I wonder if disconnecting and charging the battery might correct this. Can't say that I know my charger works, think I had trouble with it last time used. The pure IDJ approach starts with battery cable and alt wiring check. The small wires are teeny tiny. But the alternator swap really changed nothing. Right now its say a prayer for the GT and hit the sack hoping to not lay awake puzzling over it. The thing to do is brakes or whatever the GT needs, first. Second, see about getting one or the other into the blocked empty garage. Maybe just shove junk with more junk, eh? Weekend material.
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Strange how these tiny things are of such epic inconvenience for me now but I still have the bodywork ability. Shameful, even. Somehow, I shall persist. Wheres that Chilton's book? I want to feel like a teenager again. :lol:
Quote from: "purplepickup"Quote from: "Crosley"I dont know how.. I ended up with a Coleman Lantern model 200A..
Ahhh...the smell of a Coleman lantern burning in the morning before daylight while my grandpa was frying bacon, eggs & potatoes in deer camp. Great memory!
Me to George, Ahhh Ahhh
Quote from: "idrivejunk"Quote from: "enjenjo"
If you have a bluetooth capable phone, you can get a blue tooth code reader for under $20.00. Once you have the code, use the internet to find what the code means. If the computer is seeing under about 11.5 volts, you may have trouble with it working.
I have a "Cen-Tech" sixty something buck ten year ago "advanced" scan tool. It reads and clears codes but gives no commands. Coulda swore it had a data stream on voltage but nope, couldn't find anything.
I have an OBD2 bluetooth adapter which usually works and use the ancient $4.99 app called "Torque" on a cheapo about five year old tablet. Coulda swore I had a voltage display on that digital dash too.
When I pulled over to change alt, before I killed it I plugged in and turned on. Was taking a long time to scroll and read each data thing looking for voltage. Killed engine, kept looking. Bottom of list, " CPU (last voltage seen) 11.2 ".
That number prompted me to change coats, pop trunk and hood and get busy. And on the way home dash lights were nice and bright. And now it starts reluctantly but consistently but makes only a couple seconds like when some security systems kill fuel thinking its being stolen. Never enough to get it in gear.
I also have the original computer stashed. Using the one from the 02, modded by friend to alter shift times and fans as in stage 1 ZZP canned tune. It wanted a crank sensor relearn when installed. Commanded that with fancier tool at work.
Thats what I know. From what you said, I wonder if disconnecting and charging the battery might correct this. Can't say that I know my charger works, think I had trouble with it last time used. The pure IDJ approach starts with battery cable and alt wiring check. The small wires are teeny tiny. But the alternator swap really changed nothing. Right now its say a prayer for the GT and hit the sack hoping to not lay awake puzzling over it. The thing to do is brakes or whatever the GT needs, first. Second, see about getting one or the other into the blocked empty garage. Maybe just shove junk with more junk, eh? Weekend material.
:roll:
Strange how these tiny things are of such epic inconvenience for me now but I still have the bodywork ability. Shameful, even. Somehow, I shall persist. Wheres that Chilton's book? I want to feel like a teenager again. :lol:
you try resetting the anti theft? assuming it has one
Hmm. I go fobless and have the chime speaker unplugged. But I had just driven it across town when it stalled.
I used the GT today and discovered that someone ran into it on the street. Busted tail light, big bumper scrape and small quarter dent. I better just unplug the internet hose, I won't be any good for talking now. Next week is bound to go better. :)
I drove 50 miles to the "local" salvage yard and picked up a cylinder head for the engine I've been working on. For those of you that have been following the saga, you will remember that 1 head had a crack in 1 cylinder and I did a temporary fix to conduct the 8 stack exp. I'm done with the 8 stack for now so it's time to turn the engine into a good power plant. The weekend weather is iffy but as soon as it warms up so I can stand it, I will see if I can make the 78 f150 driveable. Once the 300 six is evaluated, I will decide to keep it or install the 5.0 and efi. The head needs thrown in the vat and painted to match the rest of the engine before assembly. The salvage yard wire brushed the chambers and they appear ok. We'll see. LOL
Consarn these dadblasted efi cars. Bent tab 85 on relay 15 to fix my GTP. Running fuel pump in hi speed which according to experienced interweb hearsayers, has no ill effects on these cars. The resistor that went bad was eliminated the next year. :?
Finished a painting today, I'm happy with it. Believe it or not, the background was the most difficult part. It's hard for me to paint that messy! 😄
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Nice!
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KB, this is for you. I know you like a multimedia presentation. Presenting my bucket o bolts-
Quote from: "phat46"Finished a painting today, I'm happy with it. Believe it or not, the background was the most difficult part. It's hard for me to paint that messy! 😄
that brings back memories.. this is one of my favorite photos.. https://i.imgur.com/VxxPQwa.jpg
stuffing it in https://i.imgur.com/Vv09FT1.jpg
bigger than a breadbox https://i.imgur.com/3rwiDO3.jpg
why it came out.. https://i.imgur.com/CVSGgTO.jpg
the fix https://i.imgur.com/C3yZEtx.jpg
You guys might enjoy this: in Kansas we can have antique tags on vehicles. I heard that the patrol was cranking down on street rods with these tags. I sent an email to the tag department at the state and asked " can you have custom wheels with this tag"?. I received an email that said" original equipment only". I have the 78 titled as an antique. I can change from a 6 to a v8 because that was an oem option. The wheels would be a negative. I guess I'll have to decide if I'm a gambler or not. :)
GTP (my daily driver) 's transmission broke today. :(
Quote from: "idrivejunk"GTP (my daily driver) 's transmission broke today. :(
Well that sucks. I suppose it's old enough that no good used parts are available.
Quote from: "enjenjo"Quote from: "idrivejunk"GTP (my daily driver) 's transmission broke today. :(
Well that sucks. I suppose it's old enough that no good used parts are available.
The 4T65E was in use until much later. The GTP's has the HD suffix due to beefier diff carrier and the case has a larger void to accomodate it. Tow truck driver last week said they have one if I needed any parts. 99.9% probability the trans is bad, thats the only thing that kills the cars.
I have the trans that came out of it around 200K but it has sat outdoors for a few years. It just shifted funny two or three times and got yanked because this one was fresh when I flipped the 02. A pro rebuild is at least double the value of the car with a good trans. This is a car type that has negative value only, even free from rust and significant body damage and without salvage/rebuilt title... like mine.
I may have ruined the case by limping it home. A broken band causes no forward movement. I must have broken the 2-3 band but the first and reverse band normally breaks. They may have used a Sonnax part when rebuilt, which lessens the distance one band has to move to grab. My knowledge of transmissions is infantile.
A friend linked me to a manual. Only way I see to put it back on the road is rebuild it at home which I am not equipped for nor can afford. Reckon I'll limp it into the backyard alongside the 72 and it can be a parts car for the GT. Which is where I need to focus attention because the GTP is not within my means to continue with, nor will it be for the foreseeable future. Its totalled again.
Someone posted a picture of a traffic accident on a local FaceBook page today. I looked at the trucks and thought one looked like my '02 Dodge Ram I sold last year. Then I realized it actually was. There's a loop of wires next to the trailer hitch receiver from when I had to extend the wires to tow a trailer in '18. I bought it new in '02 and owned it 17 years, only had 102K on it when I sold it. Sad to see her go, she was a good truck.
Man that looks like a nasty ol wreck, too. :shock:
I am getting my mind around the passing of the GTP but haven't totally digested the facts and made a plan but it looks like brakes on the GT rear is a start. It served well today. Gotta get my Bullitts over onto it. Supposed to warm up a little next couple days enough to tolerate garage a bit.
Quote from: idrivejunkMan that looks like a nasty ol wreck, too. :shock:
witnesses said one guy was out and limping around with a bloody face, another guy was on a stretcher! 😕
Quote from: phat46Quote from: "idrivejunk"Man that looks like a nasty ol wreck, too. :shock:
witnesses said one guy was out and limping around with a bloody face, another guy was on a stretcher! 😕
Boy that was a bad day for those guys and those trucks. Saw a Mopar enthusiast friend this week who was showing me how his shattered kneecap and crooked pinky and right thumb which actually looks worse than mine... are "all healed up" like my wound. From his Ram wreck. With no medical care. Hope the guys in your crash pic made out alright, trucks are not nice in crashes. I sold my 72 Chevelle SS when I discovered a frame rail crack. Pointed it out clearly and advised against driving it before making a repair. Three weeks later I saw it in the buyer's yard with the passenger side of the front end flattened to the firewall. :roll: They weren't too brilliant. I was glad I was only a years worth of attached to it.
I was catching up on news myself this morning and saw that Thursday when I blew my transmission just trying to exit my neighborhood due to speeders then was instantly in a huge traffic jam with no forward, the interstate was closed both ways by a black ice pile up and media was directing traffic my way. Saw an S10 in the article that looked about eight feet long and some were on their lids. I don't reckon anybody died. But yeah, if you bleed from a wreck, its a baddy. I only bled once from it. Driver window was down in my 76 elco when rearended by a Caravan and it shattered. Glass flew up and landed in the armrest and my elbow went there when I ran into the row of used cars.
Traffic is downright violent these days where I hail from. That kinda stuff does take a lot of wind out of a rodder's sails though, don't it. I try to keep wrecks in mind when making parts.
What puzzles me is how theres so many parts stores still around and new ones popping up when in the last few years, everything doubled in price. Sixty and eighty dollar gaskets for things, brake pads now fifty and up... wth? How are they still in business :?
I sold the Honda C70 that I bought last spring. The garage sale continues. :) That was the last of the cycles unless I really decide to downsize. I'm to the point of ebay for most of the rest.
My brother Sam and I went to the Starbird show at Tulsa today. We go about every year for 2 or 3 hours to have a quick look, and visit with friends. Indoor shows never were one of my favorite things. My friend David just finished a nostalgia 60's style Model A that he lace painted. It was one of the featured cars. A good day.
David was born many years after this type of car was popular but I think he captured the style pretty good. He did a lot of research. This car is a driver and is often parked on the street in front of his shop.
I moved to the back of the 54 truck today, started making mods to install a new gas tank. I had to move a crossmember to make some room for the tank, but since that crossmember also supports the rear spring perches I had to build the strength back in. I think I have that. Pictures tomorrow, I forgot the camera out in the shop, and I'm too lazy to go out and get it. :D
I put the snow blower back in the shed today. I'm not too worried. :)
Nice Model A 8)
I have swapped wheelsntars, headlight assemblies, and ventshade over to the GT now, and taken out the passenger seat. Home sweet home, cloned. :) It still has ABS / TCS and auto headlights although no DRLs. And a hundred thousand less miles, more room under the hood and eats mid grade. Hope I can stay out of trouble for a few minutes.
Some yard today (sunday) .... several bushes (6) trimmed (removed) via my truck and strap. All piled at the street for pickup next week by the city.
Couple of vines were trimmed up... then pulled out. I changed my mind. LOL
Quote from: "enjenjo"I moved to the back of the 54 truck today, started making mods to install a new gas tank. I had to move a crossmember to make some room for the tank, but since that crossmember also supports the rear spring perches I had to build the strength back in. I think I have that. Pictures tomorrow, I forgot the camera out in the shop, and I'm too lazy to go out and get it. :D
I never got back on the truck today, my grandson came over with a pair of control arms that had the aluminum hub bolts frozen in the hub. Took me about four hours to get four bolts out without damaging the hub or the control arm.
But on the bright side I found the missing caliper bracket. While Josh was cutting some steel I looked down at the one bracket I had, and wondered to myself what could of happened to the other one. The last thing I remembered doing with it was painting it. So I looked up at the drying rack, and there it was, just above my sight line. :D
And I forgot the camera again. :oops:
The Ranger is back together again. I plan to have the exhaust installed this week and fire the engine. I made an aluminum roll pan for the rear where I eliminated the rear bumper. The list of stuff yet to do is short enough now that I can write it down on a clip board.
Hot Rod Magazine is taking entries starting at 12:00 noon EST this coming Saturday. They expect to have the 400 entries in about 5 minuets. I plan to go to my sons house and have him help me enter, if I make the final decision to enter. It bothers me that I have to pay a $425 entry fee, that is non refundable, to an event that is 6 months from now.
It's turned into winter again. I'm next to a heater. :)
We received the 3-6 they predicted. I just finished cleaning the walks and drive and I'm ready for coffee. Days like this, the real old guys don't come out. The risk of falling is too great for them.
I got the exhaust on the Ranger yesterday and that went well, although like every thing else on this project, it was a tight fit. Today I have a few things to finish up, and then I plan to fire the engine and break in the cam tomorrow. If it all goes well, I should be able to go for a test drive soon. I looking forward to answering the one word qustion that hot rodders ask, "Whatillshedo".
Fired up Vickie's truck last night for the first time in two week. Wiring is all routed correctly and I believe everything is working except the right turn indicator in the dash. I will look at that tonight and start cleaning up the mess in the garage. Then the fun part of putting new knobs, bezels and carpet in the truck. );b(
Quote from: "416Ford"Fired up Vickie's truck last night for the first time in two week. Wiring is all routed correctly and I believe everything is working except the right turn indicator in the dash. I will look at that tonight and start cleaning up the mess in the garage. Then the fun part of putting new knobs, bezels and carpet in the truck. );b(
What kind of seat belts are you looking for? two point or three point?
Three point black if possible. Floor mounted on the inside and something that looks good on the outside. I think floor or b pillar will work on that side.
Getting hard to find stuff that's not attached to the seat or covered in plastic from the floor to the ceiling. Not to mention air bag censors.
I'll take a look. I may have something.
Completed the sale of my larger set of Work tool boxes.. Co Worker bought the boxes, not the tools.
As I wheeled the boxes to his side of the room.. A few folks saw this. they thought I was loading up my tools and leaving, done , quit, retired. Guess I could cept: the boxes will not fit on my motorcycle easily.
Another co worker wants to buy my ratcheting arbor press and bushing driver set... I told him today: Better hurry up with the cash. A second guy has "dibs" if the first does not perform. :lol:
Quote from: "Crosley"Completed the sale of my larger set of Work tool boxes.. Co Worker bought the boxes, not the tools.
As I wheeled the boxes to his side of the room.. A few folks saw this. they thought I was loading up my tools and leaving, done , quit, retired. Guess I could cept: the boxes will not fit on my motorcycle easily.
Another co worker wants to buy my ratcheting arbor press and bushing driver set... I told him today: Better hurry up with the cash. A second guy has "dibs" if the first does not perform. :lol:
when's your last day?
Quote from: "Crosley"Completed the sale of my larger set of Work tool boxes.. Co Worker bought the boxes, not the tools.
As I wheeled the boxes to his side of the room.. A few folks saw this. they thought I was loading up my tools and leaving, done , quit, retired. Guess I could cept: the boxes will not fit on my motorcycle easily.
Another co worker wants to buy my ratcheting arbor press and bushing driver set... I told him today: Better hurry up with the cash. A second guy has "dibs" if the first does not perform. :lol:
My brother is a fisherman, he says "If your hand doesn't smell like fish, you didn't catch him"
Quote from: "tomslik"Quote from: "Crosley"Completed the sale of my larger set of Work tool boxes.. Co Worker bought the boxes, not the tools.
As I wheeled the boxes to his side of the room.. A few folks saw this. they thought I was loading up my tools and leaving, done , quit, retired. Guess I could cept: the boxes will not fit on my motorcycle easily.
Another co worker wants to buy my ratcheting arbor press and bushing driver set... I told him today: Better hurry up with the cash. A second guy has "dibs" if the first does not perform. :lol:
when's your last day?
Not sure when I will check out... retirement will be happening in less than 2 months
As weather guessers predicted: It is raining here again.. So , you folks further east in the country.... the rain may be in your area soon.
~:)
Finished a painting this morning, trying for a dynamic look.
Dynamic look , you NAILED IT ! 8) 8) 8)
I tried to enter Hot Rod Drag Week. They take 400 entries. They got their field in 4 minuets. It took me 6 minuets to fill out the form and submit it. I am on the waiting list. Old slow fat fingers. :D
Quote from: "416Ford"Three point black if possible. Floor mounted on the inside and something that looks good on the outside. I think floor or b pillar will work on that side.
Getting hard to find stuff that's not attached to the seat or covered in plastic from the floor to the ceiling. Not to mention air bag censors.
I have a pair that are medium blue in a Ford van.
Phat46, That's a wonderful hobby you have. I know there are expenses but the satisfaction from the creativity should be wonderful. It;s obvious to me you have talent. :)
Drove up to Detroit today and picked up some 1 by 2 steel tubing. 215 ft for $192 The guy that had it has a ton of interesting stuff. I am negotiating on an old cast iron band saw frame to make a English wheel.
Quote from: "kb426"Phat46, That's a wonderful hobby you have. I know there are expenses but the satisfaction from the creativity should be wonderful. It;s obvious to me you have talent. :)
Actually the expense is minimal, I paint on hardboard, a 4' X 8' sheet at Lowes is about $9, (I used to oil paint landscapes on canvas, But can't get the detail I like on canvas for automotive paintings) I can get 12- 20 painting out of it. I buy cheap acrylic paint at Hobby Lobby for no less than 40% off in the largest tubes they sell. Brushes can be pricey but last a long time, years. The satisfaction is great, and frequent as compared to other things I have done, I average 2-5 paintings a week. Thank you for the compliment also.
Finished this Cobra painting today. Something bothers me about it, but not enough to put anymore time into it. On to another one...😄
Thats a tough car to freehand. I know what you mean. Keep painting. Nice work. :)
Here's something don't happen every day. My cousin had her lungs out today. :shock:
They removed a dozen clots and reinstalled them. Ribs are cut at the backside for this and I certainly had no idea it was possible. They'll keep her coma'ed for a couple days. Ten hour operation, out in CA. Whew. Second cousin is still around fighting lung cancer. Poor gals. Pretty ones always seem to have a rough go of things.
I have been running the 460 engine in the Ranger to break in the cam. I had a few leaks and a couple of changes to make but it has went well. I ordered the radiator cap that Speedway tried to sell me when I bought the inline filler. I will see how theirs is different than what I bought locally. The current one burps and spits out antifreeze when the the thermostat opens. I know that theirs is a Stat brand and it has a higher operating pressure.
There is some winter weather passing through and I will work on other stuff until the roads clear and the temperature comes back up to a more comfort number. I hope to be test driving by next week.
Quote from: "WZ JUNK"I have been running the 460 engine in the Ranger to break in the cam. I had a few leaks and a couple of changes to make but it has went well. I ordered the radiator cap that Speedway tried to sell me when I bought the inline filler. I will see how theirs is different than what I bought locally. The current one burps and spits out antifreeze when the the thermostat opens. I know that theirs is a Stat brand and it has a higher operating pressure.
There is some winter weather passing through and I will work on other stuff until the roads clear and the temperature comes back up to a more comfort number. I hope to be test driving by next week.
I use a Stant brand radiator cap on my 1962 Falcon from SpeedWay Motors... It is 25 pound pressure cap as I recall.
Not sure if I started something. I took my great nephew for his first ever motorcycle ride this evening after he asked if I would. He is 17 yrs old. He received some coaching from his grand father (my brother) on how to not ride on the back.
The lad did real well... I even hit the freeway for a few miles, he got the full experience.
Oh.. his mom is in Connecticut where they live. The lad is out here in AZ for a short vacation.
Thats cool, to provide the first bike experience. Got same at probably 12 riding with Dad on a 60s BMW 550.
Aforementioned cousin was awake and naturally aspirated by this afternoon. Thats gigantic. Might be back to speaking tomorrowish. Hoping for no complications, which puts her out of ICU end of week. :) Remarkable :!:
IDJ that's amazing . Hope everything goes smoothly
I made this tool today. I need to rotate the 460 engine to check the valve lifter setting. There is not enough room to access the bolt in the center of the harmonic balancer. This tool goes into the area between the balancer and the pulleys and fits the 4 bolt flange that the pulley bolt to. Not fancy but it works and I can use it from the top while I am looking at the timing mark and pointer. I added index marks at 90 degree intervals around the balancer. I have drawer full of stuff like this. The problem is that I forget what is in the drawer.
^^^^
I started using a marker to label everything in the "one time" drawer. I seem to have the same problem that several of you have mentioned. :)
Matt, I find your cousin's story way past remarkable. That makes what we do so primitive that I struggle for words. :)
spent this evening welding up my merc gas tank . i had done it with brass but thought otherwise . i cut out the bad section and welded in a patch . i have to do the bottom seam yet and then check for leaks . Filled the tank with water , purged the air space with argon and then waved a torch past the filler neck . No boom so the welding began. New tank is about $400 , the patch was just scrap :)
Pressure test showed 3 pinholes . They are now fixed. I am getting closer to driving this thing .
Quote from: "chimp koose"IDJ that's amazing . Hope everything goes smoothly
So far, so good and thanks. She is to move from ICU tomorrow. :)
On another branch of my extended family, equally distant but dear, another sweet and pretty gal kin of mine but younger...
lost to lung cancer this morning. She was sitting with husband waiting for ambulance to go home in, as no more could be done.
This was a second cousin about my age, a childhood playmate just younger than I. My cousin just had the surgery. Strange emotional cocktail for the week, to both cheer and mourn with no moping about. Neither lady is/was close in adulthood but they are loved ones.
A man just thinks he is growed up until the grey years, then its grow time all over again, ain't it. I sure treasure my folks and bro.
Nothing home wrenchy to report. Doing alright. Thanks. Do look for a new job thread from me, that don't happen every day. There is no prewar anything anywhere in my stall right now (wierd!) and I swept until it shined a little. Tossed an epic stack of patterns. When its time to relax...(thats from an old commercial) :wink: :b-d:
Sorry to hear of your loss of a loved one.
Happy to hear the other one is getting better.
Sorry to read on the loss of a loved one IDJ ... cancer sucks.
A former coworker dropped by thursday.. a short chat. He lost his wife to melanoma cancer a few years back.
Sorry to hear about the loss, but also astonished at the other operation! It is amazing what can be done now!
My sister was to have a very much needed knee replacement in January, while checking her for the operation it was found that she had breast cancer. 😕 Before they could operate on the cancer she got severe kidney stones that needed a separate operation so she could have the cancer operation. After the cancer operation she had another kidney operation to actually remove the stones. That was one kidney, the other kidney will get an operation soon, after the radiation for the cancer. The cancer was caught early and prognosis is very good. After all this she will still need the knee replacement, then the other kneee too! She is actually doing quite well considering all she has been through including her husband passing away, from cancer, four years ago!
Wow, that was a triple dip cone type initial doctor visit for her. :shock: My bodyman cousin got new hips and knees just last year. Before that, Dad got both shoulders, and yet another local friend lady with colon cancer got a hip last year. I think a knee replacement will be like a light sneeze for your sis after all that. Random TMI: I passed over fifty stones in 2011, several about 3/16", all at once after 3 or 5 days of I'm gonna... what... drown internally? Doc did nothing and I thought it was curtains until ah.
Your condolence(s) is (are) appreciated. Might oughta just kept all that to myself but it don't hurt to let on that I'm a real person when life gets thick. :wink: Not just the iffy metal guy with sketchy wit.:)
Most thing on my attention just now is a knot on my thumb from bumping it earlier and not icing it.
Minor investigation and more blue sky fix planning happened today though, for the GTP. Drove the DD GT then cruised the Model J GP briefly a few minutes ago. Hello mild pleasant weekend! :P
IDJ sorry to hear about your cousin's passing. Take care of yourself and family .
Finished today, reflections are my Achilles' tendon, so what do I do....😜 It was fun and still needs a little fussing, (not happy with the coupes rear tire) but overall pleased.
You must have tried hard, thats pretty convincing. 8)
Much obliged, CK :) Likewise, to you.
Kinda took today (saturday) off. My brain is toast and it needed a break today. watch a bit of tv, took a nap. Watch a youtube video , take a nap
Spent the afternoon in my shop working on a buddies harley project . We are getting near the end . I made some bracket pieces that will hold the rear brake caliper in place . Its a sliding bracket that bolts to a mount that needs to be welded to the frame . It will allow for a fair bit of for/aft placement of the rear wheel. I am waiting until the drive belt shows up ,then our welding instructor can TIG it in place. Neat bike , 110" motor that is modern , revtech , but looks like a pan head/ 6speed . New frame that looks hard tail but has shocks under the frame . We did a springer front and it is a work of art with all hidden fasteners . This is the closest thing to anything running in my school shop . It would be a real boost to see something get finished around here . :lol:
After I finished messing with the 78, the cycles all got exercised. It was 65 degrees today. :) I'd like to think that will occur more often in the future but as soon as it warms up, the mess in the yard needs completed. LOL
I'm taking a trip to N Carolina this week. Got my little trailer all loaded up with parts I am taking to a guy down the near where Frank lives.
^^^
Should be less winter there. :)
Got the 65 merc running with the fixed gas tank and all the wiring squared away. Sounds pretty good :) . I think I will put an electric fan in it . Need to adjust the brakes and put the hood back on .
I cut two holes in the Ranger hood. I am starting to make the cowl induction hood scoop. There will be a bubble under the scoop to cover and seal the area where the distributor sticks up through the hood. The air cleaner will be made with a seal to the hood so that all the air that is forced in through the cowl will go to the engine.
I will work some on the buck for the fiberglass scoop tomorrow morning.
My new valve train parts for the engine should arrive tomorrow. I really want to go for my first drive.
John, is there a chance to do a teardrop from the Ford's in the 60's just to be brand sensitive?
Yes to the teardrop scoop . Had one on my 65 fastback. 8)
Quote from: "kb426"John, is there a chance to do a teardrop from the Ford's in the 60's just to be brand sensitive?
I thought about it, and I always liked that style, but I think the cowl induction system will work better.
I went for a drive in the Ranger today for just a couple of miles. I took it into town to have it safety inspected so that I could get the license. It drove fine but it a little stiff. It was ticking when I got back home. My guess is that the cam is going bad. I will investigate that possibility tomorrow. :cry:
Discovered a young, small rabbit is living in the yard. Under the reel box the garden hose is rolled up in.
Explains a few things I have seen in recent weeks. Small holes dug. Bushes with missing foliage. If one of the Horned Owls sees the rabbit out... Poof
was over watching a friend with his countach.. put a new clutch master cylinder on it. the replacement was totally wrong. wrong bore size.. push rod too short by about 3/8" would just barely move the clutch lever..
so rolled the car out.. to await a flat bed to move it from one of his houses to another..
AAA called as usual.. then they called back and they refused. as the value of the car exceeded the insurance the contract AAA tow companies had.. i wonder what the heck happened to spook them.. did they get accused of damaging an exotic..
he just drove it to the other home garage in first gear. got out of the car with the biggest smile on his face.. he did not know you could do that. or that he could do that.
have you guys ever had a weird experience like that.
My experience is quite the opposite ,towing cost usually exceeds the value of the vehicle . :lol:
WZ, fingers crossed for sticky lifter and MMO says the Pontiac enthusiast who knows that feeling.
I am seeing critter holes too. The patch of clover around the loud car is irresistable and in spring theres a bunny sighting many mornings as they turn their ear radiators to face the sun.
Wayne, I drove my blown junk home in first a couple weeks back but wasn't smiling. I am on the last junk.
Oh, and that cousin of mine got out of the hospital. Resting in a hotel a few days before the journey home, and in a few months quality of life should be greatly improved. Just a happy follow up so ya know. :D
Quote from: "idrivejunk"Oh, and that cousin of mine got out of the hospital. Resting in a hotel a few days before the journey home, and in a few months quality of life should be greatly improved. Just a happy follow up so ya know. :D
Glad to hear your cousin is better.
I am in North Carolina Visiting Fatcat and his lovely wife. We came down Tuesday. We got about 10 miles from his house, and the car quit. Battery was dead. I determined it was the alternator, I has a new one installed in January. So I called AAA and had it towed to a AAA location near frank. Wednesday morning I called the shop that installed it for me. it was a brand new one from NAPA with a lifetime parts and labor Warranty. So he sent me a copy of the invoice, which I sent to AAA. To my surprise NAPA did cover the whole bill. A pleasant surprise to me.
Ordering a few parts for the 78. How boring is that. :)
I feel like I dodged a bullet today. During the last year my PSA level has been rising faster than my Dr. was happy about. He sent me to a specialist in January and he thought we should do a biopsy. Last Monday I had that done, a trans rectal ultra sound biopsy, it's as much fun as it sounds. This afternoon the Dr. himself called me to let me know the results were negative! 😃 I'm sure others have been through this, but I feel like I got a reprieve! Now for a shot of good bourbon!
phat46, that's great. We're at the age that that scenario is common and sometimes swift and deadly. I have a friend that hasn't been so fortunate.
Quote from: "kb426"phat46, that's great. We're at the age that that scenario is common and sometimes swift and deadly. I have a friend that hasn't been so fortunate.
That's ecactly why I got the biopsy, my number was still in the normal range, but the PSA velocity was a little high so I got it done. Two of my brothers in law have had it, only one survived. I can't stress enough to all the guys I know how important getting tested is, the PSA, a DRE, and a colonoscopy. Not comfortable but not nearly as "uncomfortable" as cancer......
Pulled my model t trunk lid out of the molasses today . Quick pressure wash and spray air to dry. There is slight discoloration that sands off and NO RUST! There are no rust holes or weak seams ,only slight pitting where the surface rust was thick . One nice dent to fix and the key hole to weld shut and it will be a good panel . Had to remove it from the molasses because the molasses bath was in the back of my merc truck that I am hoping to drive soon . I think that trunk was in there for at least 4 months . I have about 5 gallons of slime and mold that was forming in the molasses to get rid of . I have a neighbor who walks his dogs out to crap behind my back fence all summer :twisted: :twisted: I think I have an idea!!!
Found out my tax return might cover a carry-out trans rebuild. :)
Mowed the back yard this morning... more like a scalp the yard deal. Mower on the lowest cut setting.
One more sighting of the varmint baby rabbit the other evening. I think if the animal hears the leaf blower or the mower running , the rabbit takes off
I had several goals for the day. I took the 76 dash to the vat for paint removal. I recut the headliner from the 76 to use on the 78. The 76 gave up it's life to become a trailer. The wind got up to high to weld outside or I would have finished getting the hitch on. I'm trying to get the left overs from the yard before the growing season starts. :) A friend stopped by with his truck. I did a little work on it while we talked. He left with a smile. :) The mark of a good day.
I drove my 65 merc truck out of the garage today.Still needs the exhaust finished as it ends just back of the cab. Brakes still need adjustment and I will have to do a tune up on it. Runs rich with the idle screws almost seated , like less than 1/2 turn out . I hope to make this the DD soon
The hitch is on the trailer. I spent hours on what I used to do in 1 hour. :) I have the lights left and to look at the rear fuel tank to see if it's good enough to swap into the 78. I have a better set of tires that I will put on this. By the end of the week, it will be ready for the next owner.
I am working on the cowl induction hood scoop. Today I started the process by attaching the foam sides to the hood with glue. Then I made a sheet of fiberglass the size to make the top of the scoop. The fiberglass sheet was made by laying up layers of glass and resin on top of a large piece of plate glass. I will attach it to the foam sides tomorrow. After that glue drives, I will shape the foam and then lay up fiberglass over the foam to make the scoop. I will try to take pictures to show what I am doing and maybe it will make sense later.
I have the lights working on the trailer, the fuel tank removed and the matching set of tires I have on it. The fuel tank doesn't have any leaks but sure has rust in it. :)
Raining here again.. the weather guessers tell us the rain will be around till late thursday evening. :evil:
made straps to hold down my gas tanks in the t coupe . Now need to drill holes in the running board mounts for the bolts . I bead rolled ribs in the straps to make them stiffer and to look pretty . 8) I am telling you this as nobody will ever be able to see the pretty beads once the straps are installed . This must be why it takes me forever to build a car .
I installed the new springs and shocks on the Ranger/460 today. Raised the truck 2" and now the wheels are straight up and down. I will see how much it settles after it is driven a few miles. Actually no real change in how drives. It drove good before and still does. Rides rough as hell.
I worked on the original tailgate from the 78. I thought it might be a better choice for the 78 until I looked it over. The large dent in the top was just some of the problems. I ended up working the dent enough to be able to remove the u bend in the tail gate. It's now on the trailer ready for it's new home.
Quote from: "kb426"The hitch is on the trailer. I spent hours on what I used to do in 1 hour. :) I have the lights left and to look at the rear fuel tank to see if it's good enough to swap into the 78. I have a better set of tires that I will put on this. By the end of the week, it will be ready for the next owner.
Out here in Arizona: 25+ yrs ago. Arizona legislature put in place some laws about truck bed trailers built on OEM frames. As my feeble mind recalls: If there was an OEM frame used under the bed. You needed a dismantle permit for the whole truck where the frame came from. Basically proof the vehicle was not stolen. Some type of paper trail on the vehicle to prove it was not stolen. Of course the fees were higher too.
Only reason I know this: A friend was a truck bed trailer building fool. He would find wrecked trucks, abandoned trucks.. what ever. Build a trailer out of it and part the remainder out.
:!:
Hammer the 460/Ranger lightly today. Blew out the exhaust donut on the drivers side. Limped home making a lot of noise. We always find the weakest part.
I had built a foam plug of the cowl induction hood scoop for the Ranger/460, and today I finished laying up the fiberglass on the plug. I will give it a couple of days to cure and then remove it from the hood. By using the hood as part of the mold, it should be a good fit. I will add some reinforcement ribs to the underneath later. There is a flange around the outside edge and it will be a bolt on affair. The air filter will seal to the bottom of the hood and this will be a truly functional cowl induction hood.
Found a 10' stick of 2 1/2" exhaust tubing so i should be able to finish the exhaust on the 65 merc truck tomorrow. there is a leak at the pass side collector that needs fixing first . I will H pipe it later when I can get it on a hoist.
Exhaust is done with some leaks that i will deal with when i get it on a hoist . I took the 65 merc for a drive today . First drive in a long time . It needs a tune up as it idles fast and i have not tuned it at all yet . The shifter gives very little feel for what gear you are in . I am getting used to non power 4wheel drums again.I also need to lower the seat ,it sits 1 1/2" higher than the original . Definitely a work in progress but at least it drives now .
C.K., where's the metalflake gonna be? LOL
I have been helping Fatcat move into his new house, and I am a bit jealous. His shop is as big as mine, and has two in ground hoists in it. :shock:
A little yard work today... very little. :lol:
Sorting out hand tools and power tools again. Putting some of the "multiples" on eBay. This down sizing thing is a pain in the :twisted:
The weather guessers tell us more rain will happen by tuesday.
KB I have a 10 year old paint job on this truck . Rustoleum 2 tone white and blue , done with a roller and a brush . I hope to have a mini chopper project ready for paint by the end of the school year . It will be a flake job! 8) I am also planning to do flake somewhere on the dash in the t coupe . Was also planning to use that pearl pick guard or drum wrap on the dash as well in a colour that would match the wheels. A buddy of mine wants me to paint the doors of this truck with the cobra logo as though it was a truck from the ford vs ferrari theme.
I bought a minibike to play with at a sale the other day. I went to HF and bought a Predator 6.5hp motor yesterday at their parking lot sale. I guess I needed a small project to work on for a while.
I'd load a pic, but it keeps telling me it's too big. Make it any smaller and you won't see it.
A few years ago a friend was planning on building a strong engne for his '78 Corvette. He's not really a car guy so he asked me what parts to get. I got to pick all the good stuff that I would use to make a strong engine, on his dime! 😃 Well, he has decided to sell the Corvette, it's a beautiful car, and never built the engne. He offered me the parts at a good price so now they are mine. My plans are to build my dream engine, a 383 stroker. I have an extra block, but it's a two bolt main block. I was asking around to see if anyone had a four bolt block. Turns out my nephew, who races a mud truck with a blown 383 that makes 788 h.p. on a dyno, has a whole four bolt engine that he will GIVE me! This is gonna be fun. Any advise on building
a stroker would be welcome.
Take your time and check rod to cam clearance. A home built 383 with GM 5.7" rods will have about 3 rods touch the cam if not clearanced properly. Have fun. Where is this motor going to go ?
We have been told our school system will be closing on Friday . No date set to re open. No word on what I am supposed to do from then until June .
Quote from: "chimp koose"Take your time and check rod to cam clearance. A home built 383 with GM 5.7" rods will have about 3 rods touch the cam if not clearanced properly. Have fun. Where is this motor going to go ?
I think I'm going to have the local machine shop do the short block for me, a very reputable shop that has done many of these. This will replace the basically stock over cammed 350 in my '46 Chevy. I will replace the Turbo 350 trans with, I think, a 4l80E , then there's the rear end....😃
Quote from: "chimp koose"We have been told our school system will be closing on Friday . No date set to re open. No word on what I am supposed to do from then until June .
Our schools were closed starting today, for at least three weeks. Today the governor said all sit down restaurants were to close except for take out only. My wife went to N. Carolina yesterday to watch our grandkids for at least two weeks while their schools are closed. My sister in law came over from Canada today for her knitting group, when she went back across the border to g home they told her she must agree to a two week self quarantine to be allowed back in!
I trimmed the hood scoop today to make it fit the Ranger. It will appear in the photo that I cut off a lot more than I needed, but when the hood is up, it barely clears the windshield and the wipers.
We will be daycare on Monday and Friday for our two youngest grands. I'm hanging out in the shop as usual. Our normal routine is pretty much minimum close contact so we have adjusted without any difficulty. Two sons are in the food business so we have delivery covered. One is a produce department manager and the other is a beer salesman.
I have sufficient whiskey and coke fora fairly long hunker.
Quik note: I retired last week. A couple months earlier than planned. Details not important.
Spend my first week retired trying to source toilet paper. Yippie.
There are no plans at the moment. My wife is 1+ yrs away from retirement
Quote from: "Crosley"Quik note: I retired last week. A couple months earlier than planned. Details not important.
Spend my first week retired trying to source toilet paper. Yippie.
There are no plans at the moment. My wife is 1+ yrs away from retirement
any luck on the buttwipe? :lol:
I spent the morning (sorta) getting stiches out ;)
of my head
Congratulations Tony. You'll love being retired. Tom, what's the deal?
I got a new 22 rifle for my B'day, a couple months early. Tried it out today, can't see the sight at the end of the barrel. Took the scope off the pellet gun and got it zeroed in in just a couple tries.
Quote from: "58 Yeoman"Congratulations Tony. You'll love being retired. Tom, what's the deal?
no big deal, just some cancer I had took off...
I got a new 22 rifle for my B'day, a couple months early. Tried it out today, can't see the sight at the end of the barrel. Took the scope off the pellet gun and got it zeroed in in just a couple tries.
Congratulations Tony. My friend here at work may do the same thing with all the social distancing going on he is being asked to work from home. Planned on retiring in May.
Congrats Tony! I have been retired over 11 years now and haven't found anything I don't like about it yet! 😜😄 Enjoy, I'm sure you earned it! 👍
Quote from: "tomslik"
any luck on the buttwipe? :lol:
Not really. Couple stores opened 1 hour early wednesday for ppl 65 and over.
I drove over to a store near me.. 4:47am , I could not find a place to park. PPL were sitting in the middle of the lanes in their vehicles because no place to park.
Tony I've been retired since 2008. It's THE best job I've ever had
Congratulations, Tony. I know you've spent a couple of years planning and thinking about this. This has been a joke by others before me whose wife was still working. Make sure you're busy when she gets home. :)
Tony, best wishes on your retirement. I've been retired/retarded since 2012. Yogi (street rod parts guy) asked me how I liked it, I said I like everything except the lack of income.
We got home from North Carolina yesterday. I needed milk and Bread, found both at the local store. Today I went a got some more stuff, we are good for several weeks now.
Quote from: "enjenjo"We got home from North Carolina yesterday. I needed milk and Bread, found both at the local store. Today I went a got some more stuff, we are good for several weeks now.
Frank, I'm curious about which way you go to N.C. My daughter moved there 16 years ago and I have tried several routes. Using the Ohio Turnpike over to I-77 is probably the quickest, but most stressful and boring. I tried cutting the corner at Norwalk using Rt. 250 but too many towns and Amish buggies. Now I go to Findlay and down 23 to Columbus to 33 to Ravenswood W.V. About the same time s the Turnpike/expressway and much nicer drive.
It was a warm afternoon here. I did a few small items on the 78 and cleaned up the 51 from the coffee run in the rain on Sunday. The virus closings are changing everything more than 9-11. Everyday is something new and "what are they thinking" around us.
Quote from: "phat46"Quote from: "enjenjo"We got home from North Carolina yesterday. I needed milk and Bread, found both at the local store. Today I went a got some more stuff, we are good for several weeks now.
Frank, I'm curious about which way you go to N.C. My daughter moved there 16 years ago and I have tried several routes. Using the Ohio Turnpike over to I-77 is probably the quickest, but most stressful and boring. I tried cutting the corner at Norwalk using Rt. 250 but too many towns and Amish buggies. Now I go to Findlay and down 23 to Columbus to 33 to Ravenswood W.V. About the same time s the Turnpike/expressway and much nicer drive.
I went the last way 75 to 15 to 23 to 270 to 33 to 77 to 52 to 421 to 40
If my job is shut down for months I will have to figure out a way to get my Coupe home.
Plenty of rain has fallen in the last 36 hours.. You folks east of AZ... it may be hitting you.
Quote from: "enjenjo"Quote from: "phat46"Quote from: "enjenjo"We got home from North Carolina yesterday. I needed milk and Bread, found both at the local store. Today I went a got some more stuff, we are good for several weeks now.
Frank, I'm curious about which way you go to N.C. My daughter moved there 16 years ago and I have tried several routes. Using the Ohio Turnpike over to I-77 is probably the quickest, but most stressful and boring. I tried cutting the corner at Norwalk using Rt. 250 but too many towns and Amish buggies. Now I go to Findlay and down 23 to Columbus to 33 to Ravenswood W.V. About the same time s the Turnpike/expressway and much nicer drive.
I went the last way 75 to 15 to 23 to 270 to 33 to 77 to 52 to 421 to 40
Exactly the route I use. Is 421(business40) open westbound to 52 now? It's been closed the last few times I've gone. I see they are building a by-pass around that. I have also gotten off at Kennersville, short of 52 and taken 66 up to Mt. Airy area. Two lane roads but scenic.
Yes, 421 to 52 is open now. Frank lives in Kernersville now just off exit 28 on 421
Finished a painting, just have to decide what color, if any to make the frame. Also baked a loaf of bread today, the local stores were out the last time I looked. My wife usually bakes our bread, but she's watching grand kids 800 miles away. She coached me through my first loaf, it's delicious!
Quote from: "phat46"Finished a painting...
I like that one a lot! Besides your skills with the brush, your choice of subjects is really cool too.
Bread looks yummy too. At first I thought that was a painting too :lol:
Quote from: "purplepickup"Quote from: "phat46"Finished a painting...
I like that one a lot! Besides your skills with the brush, your choice of subjects is really cool too.
Bread looks yummy too. At first I thought that was a painting too :lol:
Thanks George. I am going to do a series of three of these board trackers. All the same size and colors.
Quote from: "purplepickup"Quote from: "phat46"Finished a painting...
I like that one a lot! Besides your skills with the brush, your choice of subjects is really cool too.
Bread looks yummy too. At first I thought that was a painting too :lol:
I thought so, too. What is your normal job? Should be an artist for sure.
Quote from: "58 Yeoman"Quote from: "purplepickup"Quote from: "phat46"Finished a painting...
I like that one a lot! Besides your skills with the brush, your choice of subjects is really cool too.
Bread looks yummy too. At first I thought that was a painting too :lol:
I thought so, too. What is your normal job? Should be an artist for sure.
Retired, always wanted to be an artist, but really hard to pay bills that way!
phat46 , I think a really neat frame for that picture would be an aged copper with a pattern rolled into it or hammered in.You are really putting out nice stuff! 8)
Quote from: "chimp koose"phat46 , I think a really neat frame for that picture would be an aged copper with a pattern rolled into it or hammered in.You are really putting out nice stuff! 8)
That's amazing...I have some of that "hammered" copper spray paint that I have usedd on a car painting I did in the same sepia tones, it looks great and is what I had decided to try! 😄 Not exactly actual hammered copper, but the same idea!
Guess the computer is all we have left to talk on, so I'll try to post some more.
Working hard on the 32 sedan. Rebuilt the engine, it was a .060 over 350 with 12.5:1 compression, ran it all summer with timing back and premium fuel. It was all in the heads (53 cc), changed the heads, cam, and manifold, now at 9.5:1 compression.
Also replacing the dash with stock steel and a new Dakota gauge set ($$ ouch), complete re wiring and other new parts.
Staying busy as much as an old guy can.
Hope everyone stays well.
The sun is out and the pavement was dry. I took the Ranger out for a test drive. The shifter is still not right but closer to what I want. I will redo that again tomorrow.
I pushed it a little harder on this test. I did a rolling start and then let it shift on its on through the gears which was about 4,000 rpm. It spun a little on the first shot but hooked up good after that and went straight. I am still smilling.
I changed oil, serviced air filter, and mowed the yard. Decapitating weeds, pretty much. :)
Some yard work today.. Smoked some steaks and burgers.
I learned yesterday the local Swap Meet in early April was cancelled.
Likely most of you know a few of the Good-Guys events have been cancelled. the Arizona event was cancelled... tickets will be good for event in November in Arizona.
I finally got the shifter in the 460/Ranger working correctly. I had problems with the length and positioning of the shift arm on the transmission and with the location of the connection on the arm. I can shift through the gears now. So, if the drag strip was open, I could go make a few passes. The reality is that it will be some time before I will going to the drag strip. I will set this project aside and work on other things. There is work to do everywhere here. Stuff that I have put off that hopefully will get done now.
So any guesses what the 460 Ranger will run?
Quote from: "chimp koose"So any guesses what the 460 Ranger will run?
I have no idea. I have not hit it hard at all yet, but just a mild test from a rolling start in drive, it felt good. It drives great and feels like it has something, but the only way to know is with some time slips. Guessing I am going to say 12 second quarters, but I would like to go mid 11's. I do not think that will happen.
put a bottle on it :) . 12's are fun, I had a 63 acadian that went 12's . I hope my T coupe will run in the 12's when its done . Just working on its motor now. 8)
Fun with motors today. I used a dial indicator and a fully degreed balancer to figure out my unmarked cam . .474 lift 235@.050 int 255@ .050 exh 108 lobe separation 108 intake centerline as near as i can figure. Its a solid lifter cam . I have flat top pistons w/.048 deck height . I am using a .015 head gasket . I have tried 4 degrees advance on the cam and a 1.6 rocker w/.015 lash for a total of .490 lift and I am not feeling the love ! No piston to valve clearance . I have patriot freedom heads w/63cc chambers and 2.02 intakes and the valves make contact @10 degrees btdc and @5 degrees atdc . I am going to try a 1.5 rocker but not expecting any big change . If I still dont get what I need then the cam goes in straight up and we try again ! I was hoping to use the 1.6 on the intakes and 1.5 on the exhaust , we will see if that will work. I was kind of surprised that there was no P/V clearance as the last time I did a similar cam .480 230@.050 109 l/c I had lots of P/V room. That was with small chamber factory heads 1.94/1.5 valves . I am sitting right at 10:1 CR with things as they are and do not want to go to a thicker head gasket as I am right at .063 piston to head . I really do not want to start cutting pistons either . Oh yeah I got caught off guard when the intake ports did not come close to lining up . These heads are drilled for both normal and vortec intakes so I thought my eddy performer would work . With intake in place I can still see into the intake ports on the head . Raised intake ports ! I have found another intake to buy that should work but it looks like I will be grinding to port match. Bearings should be in tomorrow and hopefully I can find the P/V room I need as well tomorrow.
Well ,I could not get proper clearance even with the 1.5 rocker . Pulled the head and had a real close look . The edge of the valve is just making contact with the edge of the piston eyebrow. I took a caliper and marked .060 back from the edge of the eyebrow . Took another valve and scribed around the .060 with the valve as a template . After some grinding I now have .130" P/V clearance on the intake without taking the valve relief any deeper , just opening up the radius . Layout blue shows the same issue with the exhaust . I have clearance on the exhaust , just not enough ! Back to the grinder!
I aired the tire and greased the bearings in the wheel barrow wheel. I hate to watch the wife struggle. :D We worked outside today. Warmest day so far I believe.
I am making up a set of plug wires for one of the projects here. I did not have enough plug boots in stock. So I called around at parts stores, and no one within 20 miles of me has any boots in stock. I ended up ordering from Summit, should be here tomorrow.
It got up to 83 degrees here today. :) I took 2 bikes out for a ride. The front main seal on the 88 5.0 has been leaking. I pulled the balancer and found out that the repair sleeve wasn't long enough. It also cut the outer lip on the seal. Once again too cheap is just that. I installed a felpro sleeve and a new seal and I'm confident that is fixed. I've been driving the 78. It runs fine. Do I need to tell anybody how much that 130 hp. six excites me. :) If I don't sell it, the 88 5.0 will probably be installed. The virus has shut down most of non-essential business so selling anything is probably not going to happen for a while. That leaves me with too much time to create new improvements. :)
Finished grinding out the valve clearance on my motor . Still waiting for bearings . I think I am going to un shroud the valves as they are pretty close to the machine work on the chamber . Apparently you could order these heads with the unshrouding done from factory or not . These heads I purchased used and the valves were never un shrouded. I wonder if the PO knew about that and sold these as they were not making the power he wanted . I know the PO went to brodix heads after these . These are barely used at all . My son in law has an identical set of patriots and ONE head is unshrouded , the other not !
Friday morning: light rain falling here (again)
Been cypherin on my 1962 Ford Falcon wire harness. It is 58 yrs old.
I added a 6 circuit separate fuse block years ago when I was drag racing the Falcon. For fuel pump , cooling fan, electric water pump.
Returning the car to mostly street use, I am thinking I need to rewire the car. Upgrade some wire sizes since I have added brighter headlights, electric wipers will be added.
The OEM fuses are attatched the back side of the light switch. I think there is 2 or 3 fuses.
I have this 12 circuit block in stock.. Some GXL wire in stock from Del City
I can see some of the top of the work bench. I spent way too long cleaning the p.s. and a.c. mount for the 88 5.0 engine. I removed the power steering pulley and pump. It had been leaking a real long time. All of the parts that belong with that engine are on it now. Less mess is my goal, again. :)
Quote from: "kb426"I can see some of the top of the work bench. I spent way too long cleaning the p.s. and a.c. mount for the 88 5.0 engine. I removed the power steering pulley and pump. It had been leaking a real long time. All of the parts that belong with that engine are on it now. Less mess is my goal, again. :)
Yes... I was looking at my main work bench the other day. The thought "What The Phart is wrong with you? (me)" I started putting stuff away, throw stuff away..
Still sorting tools out that I brought home from work along with the home tools. Amazing! How many "single" sockets I have. Short, deep , 12 point, 6 point sockets, adapters, reducers. Various Brands of sockets I have no idea where I found them.
I had no idea I had so many 1/4 inch drive sockets, extensions, wobblys.
I put a Milwaukee M12 ratchet (tool only) on eBay, it was 8 months old. In 3 hours I had over 300 views on it. No sale ... So: 2 days later with 700 views: I put a 3.0ah battery and M12 charger with it. Raised the price. Sold!
Other than that, Nothing is selling for me on eBay. A friend in WI says he has been using Facebook market Place to sell misc car parts from his projects.
I have a few Vintage transmission parts on hand..
I pulled out my speedometer gears. Ford, GM stuff shown
There are about 30 Mopar speedometer gears Not Shown.
How many hat seals for TH400 dipstick tubes?
Today I am waiting to hear some hail. The inop GTP is insured for that. If it re-re-re totaled, and my tax return gets here on a day it isn't raining, and the president just hands me $1,200 in a couple months, maybe I can get my crapola blown DD back.
Quote from: "idrivejunk"How many hat seals for TH400 dipstick tubes?
10 or 12 dipstick seal sleeves for the T-400... about the same amount for T-350 , 4L80, Glide
Going to get the Impala out of storage today, should be up to about 50 today and I am tired of not seeing the car. Might have snow again this week, but spring snow and it generally melts away during the day. For the last couple of weeks I have been trying to find some parts for the Oldsmobile. I went out to the parts cars and got a couple off and could not make them work. Found all the missing stuff yesterday and the trunk strut rods are exactly the same as the spares. Guess I have to figure how to put them on correctly.
Well, I WAS rolling a winter's worth of mole runs in the yard until I got too close to the garden and it sucked me in. Oops...
I had to look up Scag. No where in the description does it include off roading in mud. :) That's a pretty nice looking mower. At least it was when it was clean. :)
Installed the 55 one piece floor pan this weekend and put it back on the frame. Now I can move to the rear floor. I want to mini tub it and replace the spare wheel hole with a rigid floor.
Working on the 32 Ford.
Engine and Trans. are ready to go, Engine is now a 360 with 9.5 to 1 compression, should be 325 to 350 HP.
Working on all new wiring and new dash and gauges, etc.
Ken, while you're doing all of this, can I get you excited about EFI? A holley sniper would be a very nice addition. :)
Dave, where's the pics?????:)
No injection now, that's a new 600 CFM Holly.
May consider an Edelbrock Pro-Flo EFI system later, but would need a tank and pump change.
Quote from: "kb426"Dave, where's the pics?????:)
Since Photobucket held all my picture at ransom I have only been using google photos. Here is a link to my album. I am back on Vickie's truck and I think I found the power steering issue. The bracket is not sturdy enough so when it need the extra oomph the bracket is giving and the belt is vibrating/losing grip.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/JrwTuG1akKPI241A3
Looking good Kenny.
Dave, how come the only pic of anyone working is your wife????? :)
She is the only good looking working.
Getting started with teaching machining from a computer at home . Has anyone seen any you tube tutorials they would recommend ? I have seen a number of them that are questionable at best :shock:
Removed the Aux switch panel and fuse block I installed in my 1962 Falcon many years ago. With added electrical items for the drag strip, this panel worked well.
I do not drag race the car any longer since the government closed the track down 6 yrs ago. Travel to Tucson was too long of a drive for a quick race day just for a few runs
Panel was mounted in the radio location. Hard to believe, this 1962 Falcon dash has not been cut up for radio or other added items
My 460 Ford is crying. You can see the tear running down the dust shield just below the oil pan bolt near the rear main. I suspect the freeze plug located in the back of the block is leaking. I tried an additive that I have had really good luck with it in the past, but it is still shedding a tear. I am wondering how much coolant actually circulates in this area of the block? Today I plan to drain the coolant completely by removing the drain plugs in the block and then refilling the whole system. My hope is that I can get more of the additive to the area that is leaking.
I do not think that I can remove the transmission from the truck without removing the engine. This leak is in the absolutely worst possible place. The good news is that I have the time to fix it, if I have to. Its just a big job to remove the engine and transmission. I hate the mess of all the fluids more than anything.
Day eleventeen of cleaning, purging my basement. I have given away a few hundred pounds of stuff and have my truck bed full of landfill donations. I can finally see light at the end of the tunnel, it's a light I forgot I had....I found an old toolbox, that I don't remember, and in it was a tube of Yamaha gasket maker, full, but completely dried out, and a used set of rings for a YZ 250 that I owned in the 80's. There was also a booklet for VW's, it listed every VW dealership in North and Central America, from 1971 I think...🤔😃 I have all day to paint, but haven't picked up a brush in weeks, no motivation I guess....😕
Yesterday evening, I read the book "Cruisin" the Original Woodward Avenue". I found the history of Detroit to be better than the part about the evolution of cruising. I have wanted to visit Detroit for sometime to see the museums and the historical sites. I have been cautioned years ago to be very careful where you go.
Quote from: "kb426"Yesterday evening, I read the book "Cruisin" the Original Woodward Avenue". I found the history of Detroit to be better than the part about the evolution of cruising. I have wanted to visit Detroit for sometime to see the museums and the historical sites. I have been cautioned years ago to be very careful where you go.
It's much better now than it was years ago safetywise. But right now Wayne County, where Detroit is, is a hotbed for the Covid 19 virus, stay away for a while...!
WZJUNK I have had really good success with irontite for stuff like that . I am sure everyone has their favorite go to, that is mine.
Quote from: "WZ JUNK"My 460 Ford is crying. You can see the tear running down the dust shield just below the oil pan bolt near the rear main. I suspect the freeze plug located in the back of the block is leaking. I tried an additive that I have had really good luck with it in the past, but it is still shedding a tear. I am wondering how much coolant actually circulates in this area of the block? Today I plan to drain the coolant completely by removing the drain plugs in the block and then refilling the whole system. My hope is that I can get more of the additive to the area that is leaking.
I do not think that I can remove the transmission from the truck without removing the engine. This leak is in the absolutely worst possible place. The good news is that I have the time to fix it, if I have to. Its just a big job to remove the engine and transmission. I hate the mess of all the fluids more than anything.
John, we both know you need to fix it now. If you don't, you will be at the final race to win your class and she will go! Keep up the good work.
I went out and picked up what i need to keep busy with during quarantine. POR 15 tank sealer ,metal prep and etch primer $181 . Then 2 special wheel bearings for my spindle mount dragster wheels $121 . Jeez it all fits in a shoe box for just over $300! :shock:
I adapted the GPS speedometer to the original Ranger instrument panel. There is a whole lot of stuff that had to go on behind that black panel that it is mounted to. There is a printed circuit panel back there and whole lot of plastic that had to be butchered in order to make it work. I will finish it in the morning.
Sorry about the quality of the photos. Not a good place to take a shot and I was tired. I was just trying to document the progress.
The top photo is the new speedometer and the bottom photo is the original cluster.
I got lucky and sold the front half of the rusty 76 extended cab. A man brought a roll off car hauler and loaded it in short order. I helped him load the doors and hood and small parts. Might have taken 15 minutes. :)
John, the speedo looks good.
I posted my first on line course today. Wow have I taken a leap into using technology !
C.K., an acquaintance of mine who is a college prof said that his on-line teaching was requiring more effort than in class. I think he was surprised at the work he had to do.
KB I would have to agree! I can whip up a demonstration on how to thread on the lathe in minutes . The presentation itself takes most of an hour . I spend the time to visually illustrate concepts during the demo to get the student to understand some of the geometry and critical points .I prefer that they understand what is happening rather than just 'do as I do' The feedback I get from the students sets the pace of the demo.' Monkey see monkey do ' only works until it doesn't. I have spent over 8 hours just reviewing videos of how to thread and have not found one yet that suits my needs . If i were to set up and film one to the caliber and scope of my intended audience it would probably take a day or more with a helper to run the camera . I am new to the computer but have 30 plus years of trade instruction experience . It has taken me half as much time to prepare for the next 3 weeks of online instruction as it takes to plan for a 20 week semester of boots on the floor in shop instruction . This does not count the time I will likely have to spend clarifying concepts from student inquiry through email. I can not wait until I get my kids back in the shop.
Watching a few Youtube videos this sunday morning. Photo via the laptop computer. I think it is the second time I have ever used this camera.
Let me step back....you're too close.
Tony, I think I had both of those rockets on the shelf. I think that the one on the right I had was a 3 stage though. The ceiling of one of my classrooms was filled with rockets, airplanes, and kites. Good memories.
Quote from: "WZ JUNK"Tony, I think I had both of those rockets on the shelf. I think that the one on the right I had was a 3 stage though. The ceiling of one of my classrooms was filled with rockets, airplanes, and kites. Good memories.
John.. the rocket you mention is a 3 stage unit. The Saturn 5 rocket is an original Centuri model that is over 50 yrs olde. I have not flown any of these old rockets in many years. They would probably not survive the launch.
I have a few more old rockets in the closet somewhere. The 50+ year old launch tripod and other bits are here too. It has been difficult to part with them.
It got up to 70 degrees here this afternoon. I did something that I should have done months ago when it was cold. I backed the 78 into the drive and crawled under it on a creeper and washed the whole underside. I had tried several times but wasn't able to get far enough under to get the bottom of the bed. It's clean enough now that you can see shiny paint on the bottom of the bed. Unless I change engines, I should be finished under there. :)
Installed the outer rockers on the 55 and buttoned up the floor everywhere except the front corners. I will leave that till I remover the bracing.
Moving on the back of the car to remove the spare tire holder and do a mini tub. I found a local guy with a coupe gas tank so I can adapt that to the new floor area and get rid of the vertical wagon tank. After that I hope to move on to rear wheel wells. I hung the right hand with a screw to see if they left me enough metal. Looks like I will need bigger tires. :)
https://photos.app.goo.gl/JrwTuG1akKPI241A3
Good progress, Dave.
Quote from: "kb426"Good progress, Dave.
Thank kb, I just need to keep myself going till the parts I have run out. Then it will be a cash flow pace. :)
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Dave, I think I can safely say that we all understand that statement. :) Reality has a way of hurting the fun factor.
I have hinge hid and bear clawed one side of the 51 job.
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Matt, I think that dual headlight grille would be a nice touch. The 67 vette gets me excited. :) Looks like a pic of my friend in Australia's Jeep.
Quote from: "kb426"Matt, I think that dual headlight grille would be a nice touch. The 67 vette gets me excited. :) Looks like a pic of my friend in Australia's Jeep.
Vette would be a 66. :) Hood and louvers are different.
Quote from: "kb426"Matt, I think that dual headlight grille would be a nice touch. The 67 vette gets me excited. :) Looks like a pic of my friend in Australia's Jeep.
Gojeep. The man is a metal magician. http://www.ozrodders.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=20217
Yeah I found that project on AMS and he is currently playing with the grille. We had like a 76 Cherokee with Levi's interior when I was a young'un and always liked the slot over the grille so I put a kindasorta one on the wide Willys as a thought for the guy. Seems like a nice man and them Oz'ers kick out some wild projects. I started off asking about a grinding technique he uses on MIG.
Those Corvettes make me giddy in their presence.
The dual headlights does have potential but not customer interest so I broke pursuit. If it came across as something like GT grille lamps, that would be the look I was after.
By the way, just added a fresh batch of lunchtime pics. Hard to stay retired from posting with all my buddies confined due to the outbreak crisis. Arkansas remains an un-locked-down island and we are holding our ground relatively well currently. :)
It was a fabulous afternoon here. I decided to get industrious and tackled the blue spruce tree in the backyard. It's large and the lower branches were laying on the ground. I trimmed the bottom off so it can be cleaned around. It attacked me a few times so I look like I went to a fight and lost. There's a large pile of branches waiting for spring cleanup and 1 less item on my list of yard items. :)
My wife has been gone over three weeks now, watching grand kid da out of state. I can't go anywhere, so I decided to remove the two overgrown burning bushes we planted out front of the house many years ago. I dug and dug and sawed the roots for a couple hours, then said screw it, got the Ram out, put it in 4wd lock and yanked one of them out. The other one comes out tomorrow if it doesn't storm too much tonight.
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Truck is always stronger than the shovel. I have done the same thing many times. :)
I tried loading pictures from my phone to computer the other day . This teaching on line has me getting more confident at the keyboard . I got them loaded on the computer.....somewhere . When I find them I hope to start posting pictures here. 8) . I am putting in ridiculous hours getting my computer classes figured out.
Long TuesDay. Been awake since 3:40am .. Left the house at 7am for the Surgical Hospital for my wifes knee replacement.. We arrived back home at 7:30pm
yes. I have my wife home from a knee replacement the same day. Everything went so well. She responded to all inputs as needed. Her numbers looked good. She ate enough food and it stayed down.
She was in her room out of recovery by 2pm... The physical therapist by 3:30pm had her in the hallway with her walker device putting some weight on the reworked knee.. Doctor was happy with numbers , so he released her by 6;30pm
Now... tomorrow after all the extra local pain meds wear off is gonna be Rough! I think I heard 30 times Today the warning about the "day after" surgery. My wife's oldest sister had a knee replaced about 7 yrs ago, so we know about the pain factor.
Friday afternoon the PT visits start.. She has a list of PT to do at home starting tomorrow. I have to help her. My wife is a tough , independent gal. This is gonna be interesting.
Make sure she does the physio , even if it hurts . That is the way you get the best mobility after the surgery .
Tony, that sounds very promising. My wife had tuneups done on both knees years ago. When she got home, I found out how unprepared we were. No riser for the toilet seat, no tall chair. :)
Quote from: "kb426"Tony, that sounds very promising. My wife had tuneups done on both knees years ago. When she got home, I found out how unprepared we were. No riser for the toilet seat, no tall chair. :)
My wife ordered all the equipment weeks ago. Walker, toilet riser, other items. Thankfully her oldest sister listed items to think about.
The knee stretch therapy this morning went about as expected. She did them, mostly. I reminded her the PT on friday will be much worse and she knows it. The knee bending is the worse, but we are less than 24 hrs out of surgery.
The breathing exercises were performed on the little plastic gizmo.
I dont think I mentioned this. The surgery was robot assisted. It aligned the leg during surgery. Doctor said xray scans all look good.
At 4:10am this morning, she was explaining to me what she wanted from Whataburger.. the traffic was light. LOL
I have just spent the last 4 1/2 hours dealing with requests, forms , updates etc from higher ups in my job. NOW I get to do the back up prep and planning so I can do my REAL job . This teaching from home is so frustrating . :evil: :evil: :evil: Its not the kids that will drive you nuts. One of my colleagues , another shop teacher has chosen to resign in light of it all .
Hang in there C.K. Any decision made under duress has a tendency to be the wrong one. I hope your colleague doesn't come to regret his decision. Anytime there is a complete change of methods, there will be lots of steps that are left out, screwed up or something worse. I'm pretty sure there was not a real school that was prepared for this. I understand that you are about to have a fit but you could use this as an opportunity to show others how well it can be done. You have appeared to be a very capable and talented person. Because you are faced with new material and there isn't much known about it, does that lead the way for innovation? :)
Another day trimming, raking and hauling to the dumpster. My rear is so low that the caster wheel is under it, again. :)
As mentioned CK.. hang in there. It is just problem solving with the computer and class planning.
With my recent retirement, changes at my wife's work, her surgery and my transfer to full Medicare.. I have needed to copy, down load, email , resize many documents.. I only misplaced a few of the documents somewhere on this computer. Had to redo those lost files
I have to run to the grocery store again.. these gel ice packs are not working well for my wife and her knee is really "barking" at her. Need more real ice cubes.
I just plugged in a small compact fridge and my 1950's Crosley fridge into power. I should have done that last night. I had no idea we would need lots of ice on hand.. The freezer on the fridge is not chilling ice packs fast enough. I need to move some items from it.
I have a lot of maple trees, they drop a lot of branches. Three hours today picking them up. Then I prepared the Jag crossmember to install in the truck. Tomorrow we mow.
My wife and I have been weeding our flower beds for the last four days, for 3 to 4 hours each time. (I know...too many flower beds). We finished the last one today. I have a hilly ditch out by the county road that I have to mow with the Craftsman push mower, as the zero turn can't do it. That old mower gets heavier every year, so today we went to HD to get a battery self propelled mower.
You have to enter at the entrance only, exit at the exits only. My wife and I split up, I to look at the mowers, and she to look for flowers. I went to find her in the garden dept., and thought she went outside, so I went out. They wouldn't let me back in that way, so around the front I go. Well, the mower I wanted wasn't on the shelf, so they had to get a pallet full off the top shelf somewhere. It took them at least 30 minutes. *...those are expensive.
BTW, they are fussy about which doors to go in and out, but once you're in there, it was a different story.
Tonite it is night lite setup. I forgot to deploy them last night. My wife was up without me... I was actually sleeping like a log. Guess I was purty tired.
So... placement of the night lites so she can get around with her walker safer. I barked at her a bit for not waking me up.
We have a few of those lighted switches installed years ago. She thought that was good enough. It was not. Oh well. Day 2 following surgery was edgy for her (pain)..
Consider one of these:
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&ei=5RaPXtOHH8_f-gTFz5S4AQ&q=knee+ice+machine&oq=knee+ice+machine&gs_lcp=CgZwc3ktYWIQAzICCAAyBggAEAcQHjIECAAQQzICCAAyBggAEAcQHjIGCAAQBxAeMgYIABAHEB4yBAgAEEMyBggAEAcQHjIGCAAQBxAeOgQIABBHOgQIABANSgwIFxIIMTAtNjBnODZKCggYEgYxMC01ZzJQkk5YiFhgoFtoAHACeACAAVmIAaIDkgEBNZgBAKABAaoBB2d3cy13aXo&sclient=psy-ab&ved=0ahUKEwiTjv74rdvoAhXPr54KHcUnBRcQ4dUDCAs&uact=5
Additionally, they may be covered by your insurance. Also, if you purchase one, I suggest that you use frozen water bottles; equally effective, & less cleanup. One worked great for me for post knee replacement surgery pain/swelling.
Sold my last four cans of R12 today. I won't be fixing the a/c in the Ford, but am thinking about installing a whole new unit.
I cleaned, prepped, and painted half of the storage container behind my shop. I have had the paint for at least 3 years and the container for maybe 10. It was like painting a elephant with a brush and a roller. :D I will get the other half of it as soon as I recover and the weather cooperates.
Another day of filling in forms :roll: Another day spent fulfilling someone else 's agenda .
Quote from: "Crosley"As mentioned CK.. hang in there. It is just problem solving with the computer and class planning.
With my recent retirement, changes at my wife's work, her surgery and my transfer to full Medicare.. I have needed to copy, down load, email , resize many documents.. I only misplaced a few of the documents somewhere on this computer. Had to redo those lost files
I have to run to the grocery store again.. these gel ice packs are not working well for my wife and her knee is really "barking" at her. Need more real ice cubes.
I just plugged in a small compact fridge and my 1950's Crosley fridge into power. I should have done that last night. I had no idea we would need lots of ice on hand.. The freezer on the fridge is not chilling ice packs fast enough. I need to move some items from it.
For your wife's knee: when my brother-in-law had his knees replaced a couple years ago, the hospital gave him this wrap that had tubes running thru it and the tubes were attached to a small pump/refrigeration unit about the size of a toaster that circulated ice cold water around the knee. No freezer packs or ice cubes to melt. I believe Medicare picked up the tab too. Maybe a medical supply store has them.
Try to play in the garage today, We have another winter storm coming tonight through Sunday. Got good results at yesterdays monthly appointment with my cancer Doc.
Good news, Doug. :)
Quote from: "sirstude"Got good results at yesterdays monthly appointment with my cancer Doc.
Great!! :D
Great news Doug.
Glad to hear that Doug.
I took a small tree out that was too close to the neighbors fence. Then I changed oil in the wife's daily. I do believe it takes longer to remove the lower shield than do the oil change. No fun stuff today. :)
Seems like tree cutting season. I cut an 8" cedar that was all tangled up with another tree, plus being almost dead, another 8" tree that I have no idea what it was, and a dying pine tree, about 6". My wife chips the limbs with the shredder, and now a bare spot in the back yard is nicely covered with chips.
The cedar tree was so tangled, that it couldn't fall, so I just cut through the lower trunk, then hooked up a strap to the 10hp old Cub Cadet and pulled it down. That Cub is really handy.
went to my daughters place , helped get the old ford tractor going
Doug: good news on the cancer.
Our 2013 Civic car turned 100k miles on it. I did a bunch of maintenance on it. Engine, trans oils, Air filter, cabin filter, tire pressures. Will run fresh brake fluid thru the system this week.
Took my wife to her first PT appointment this afternoon. 3 story building, not a little one. I was not allowed to stay in the office, not in the lobby of the building. After she was checked in , paperwork finished: It was basically: "get out".. Go Outside, in your car or leave completely, come back later. On the flip side: the therapist was happy with the knee movement my wife has already. We are only 3 days post op. I doubt the glue has dried yet. LOL
Ice pack , water cooling wise: My wife does not want to be tethered to something. If she needs to get up , she takes the ice pack off, moves along. She thinks the hose connectors would leak or something... I do not push the subject.. She is not on Medicare yet, too young. LOL
I sold the pickup bed trailer that I made from the 76 F150 extended cab today. By the time everything is calculated, I think I have around 20 hours of time in the whole 76 project. I did make some money and it figures out to about $8.75 per hour. Even though I'm not employed, I think I'm being paid what I'm worth. :)
I just made this hypothetical front end for the '51 job so I know its only 800 pixels wide. Its incredibly sloppy but may show the right stuff. Yep, its raining.
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I mowed the lawn today. I found several pairs of rubber gloves lying along the road. That's a first.
Took the coupe out for a ride yesterday since it was 75 degrees. Weather was changing this week. This morning at 5am there was a big crack of thunder and the sky opened up with hail. Some areas in town had golf ball size. Weather now is some light snow. Highs are in the 40"s this week and lows in the lower 20's. Probably have a lot of frost damage as the stuff around here are starting to come alive. Finally found a way to lube a squeaky door hinge. Put the cover back on the car and wait for the time we can do some car shows. Have a book they print with all the car shows in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa and counted about 45 shows that will probably have to be canceled if things don't clear up by June.
Quote from: "idrivejunk"I just made this hypothetical front end for the '51 job so I know its only 800 pixels wide. Its incredibly sloppy but may show the right stuff. Yep, its raining.
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I like that, not sloppy, loose, gives a nice feeling to it. What medium?
Finished a painting last night. I have a friend that drives the Lake freighters. We were talking about the nght sky a while back and he commented about the Northern Lights on Lake Superior. He said they are best when they are off the Keewenaw peninsula, that puts them pretty much in the middle of the Lake. So this one is called "Off the Keewenaw" the ship is the Herbert C. Jackson, I once was lucky enough to get a personal tour of her.
^^^^^
Nice!
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I like that, not sloppy, loose, gives a nice feeling to it. What medium?
Wow, the northern lights. Thats an illustrator's challenge! Looks peaceful. :)
Mine was just an edited pic, digitally altered. Low res web grab pic of 51 with hi-res 56 grille inserted, then tried to make it look at home and the right color. Texted it to the boss, he showed me the guy's other color choice because I was running one behind. Changed color, texted customer, he said he likes the hood nose chrome to be there. Sent him this revision within a few minutes. And he likes it! Now I go into the week with less questions and more answers. :wink:
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Started in on replacing the rear wheel wells on Friday and ran out of weld gas. :(
Pulled the car outside and stripped the right quarter panel of the thickest coating of mud I have seen on a flat surface. The quarter most likely is not perfect but it have at least a 1/16 of an inch on the whole thing. The wheel well area is another story, at least a 1/2". After that I moved on to cutting out some old door handles so I can remove the Kindig door handles. Tonight we go back to welding. :)
Link to my album. https://photos.app.goo.gl/JrwTuG1akKPI241A3
Dave, is that a nomad wheel well or a front fender trimmed to fit?
Quote from: "kb426"Dave, is that a nomad wheel well or a front fender trimmed to fit?
Looks like the stock opening was moved up. Nomad is higher and shaped differently.
The ones that were on there were front fenders and I did not like them. The new ones are aftermarket Nomad wheel wells. The originals handyman wagons would have been a rectangle with radius corners.
Looks good Dave! You are getting a lot more done than I am!
Quote from: "348tripower"Looks good Dave! You are getting a lot more done than I am!
Thanks Don. I think you said you would be driving yours this year..... That puts you way ahead of me.
Tuesday is 1 week post op for my wife full knee replacement surgery.
At the PT on monday morning, the PT gal had my wife sit on a chair.. surgical leg bent at 90 degrees. She asked my wife to slide her foot back as far as she could , bending the knee and ankle further. My wife did that. The PT gal literally said holy crap. My wife has more movement in her knee than the PT gal had seen in 1 week post op for my wifes age group. (over 60).
Win Win
Good to hear Tony. She'll be up and after you in no time.
Crosley , that is great news . Today I installed timing chain and gears , I like to soak a roller chain in oil for a day before installing as I have heard that a roller chain installed dry will likely stretch more on start up until oil gets into the pins than if it has oil already there . Probably overkill but I am not flat rate . I also used the dial indicator and found TDC . I referenced it from oil pan rail to balancer as I need to make or buy a timing marker so I can set it to TDC off my oil pan rail until then . The balancer is an sfi unit , all aluminum fully degreed (innovators west). I brazed the oil pump pickup and went to install the oil pan but had to stop . I have a nice aluminum oil pan but the flanges are as thick as the oil pan bolts are long. I will get allen head fasteners tomorrow and cinch up the pan . I just scored an oval finned (9 fins like my valve covers) air cleaner with element from an ad on kijiji . It is for twin 4bbl but I can make a bottom insert to make it single carb . looks like a K&N filter on it .
Quote from: "chimp koose"I have a nice aluminum oil pan ....
If your T sits low and will be driven much, you may want to reconsider the aluminum pan.
My steel pan has about 4" ground clearance, and TWICE I managed to unscrew the side-mounted drain plug entering driveways.
Bruce the pan is 1" or more above the bottom of the 4 bar mounts I would have to measure but it is up there . Not a low car as it is full fendered . front edge of running board is nearly 6" off the ground.
I needed to run irrigation plumbing under a concrete walk. I prepared a piece of steel pipe by pointing one end and sealing the other end to make a hard surface to pound with a large sledge hammer. I dug a trench to lay the pipe. Where I live there is more rock than there is dirt. Digging any kind of a hole is a job in itself. I drove the pipe through under the concrete. This actually went well and only took about a half hour and a glass of lemonade. Each end of the pipe was sticking out of each side of the concrete walk. I used my sawzall to cut the ends off the pipe. Job done. I got attaboy points on that one.
Then I went to the shop and worked on some hot rod stuff.
A good day even if you are quarantined.
Pretty good for an old guy! :)
Since we bought this Samsung laptop computer 8 yrs ago ... Win 10 ver1 .. I have not been able to adjust the screen brightness. On a/c power the screen was 100% on battery power it would drop to 50% brightness and I could hardly use it at 50% brightness. You move the little slide bar thingy to adjust brightness with little to no results
Last week: the screen went very bright to almost a washed out look.. So I chased down some driver updates like I have done previously. This lack of screen brightness control was a problem discussed on the interweb for years.
BOOM! The updates I recently down loaded and installed actually work!
Finished another painting today. Acrylic on hard board 16" X 24". The Hon. James L. Oberstar, my former neighbor was her Captain for years. This scene is of her coming in off Lake Huron into the St. Clair River, less than a half mile from my house, the bridges connect the U.S. and Canada and are known as the Blue Water bridges.
I don't know what's going on with the fuel sending units in my Chevy. I replaced the original a a year or so ago with one from ebay. Never thought I'd find one for a 58 Chevy wagon. It died last fall. I found another on ebay with a 10 year warranty, September of last year. It failed last month. I may have gotten them from the same place as they look the same, but I can't find the papers for the first one.
The brass float on the first one cracked in three places. I installed the new one, then soldered up the float and kept it. I removed the new one today, and the brass float has also cracked. Last week, I ordered a modified float from ebay that has a different material added to a half brass float. The second unit is also a bit rusty on the sending unit, where the first one isn't. I use Instead-0-lead and Stabil in my two old cars, and the Ford doesn't have any problem. Also, I use premium non-ethanol gas in them.
I'm going to contact the ebay seller, but does anyone have any ideas?
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Quote from: "phat46"Finished another painting today. Acrylic on hard board 16" X 24". The Hon. James L. Oberstar, my former neighbor was her Captain for years. This scene is of her coming in off Lake Huron into the St. Clair River, less than a half mile from my house, the bridges connect the U.S. and Canada and are known as the Blue Water bridges.
Really Neat painting......Your work keeps getting better & better...... );b(
Bob......... :wink: i
My father in law had a place on the St Mary's river near Neebish island We would set and watch those boats come through. They move a lot of water.
I am grinding the chambers on the heads for my T motor . Valves are shrouded as these were ordered without the chambers being finished . PO was running them this way and decided to sell them as he went to a different head . I got a SMOKING deal on these as I could not have bought the hardware for these heads for the price . Grinding heads puts me in some sort of zen thing 8)
Quote from: "enjenjo"My father in law had a place on the St Mary's river near Neebish island We would set and watch those boats come through. They move a lot of water.
Back in the 60's when the Lakes were at an historic low, the ships going up the St. Clair River would pull all the water away from shores where it was shallow, then as the boat passed the water would come back in about a foot higher and finally settle back down. Now the Lakes are so hgh, record highs, that along the flats near Algonac they are speed restricted so homes don't get swamped as they pass.
Yesterday our car club, the Gig Harbor Cruisers did a (socially sanctioned and distanced) group tour of 36 classic cars to bring some smiles to residents and staff of 6 retirement homes and St Anthony's hospital. Somehow King 5 news heard about it and had their news helicopter stationed overhead, with broadcast on the evenimg news. if you look carefully, circled is our 1932 Chevy Piloted by Dave with navigation assistance
I have a couple of cousins that live in Gig. Didn't know any of this group was out there.
Doug
Talking about light trimming bushes.. with a truck. I did that a month ago. I have an olde snatch em strap... strap is about 40 yrs old
i did have some collateral damage that required some minor repairs.
I spent hours cleaning up some left overs from the last 2 projects. I've started taking a bucket and tossing every bolt into the bucket when I disassemble a vehicle. They are sorted into sae and metric. Bolts have become enough of an expense that I don't pitch them if they look good.
I've driven the 78 enough to know that it makes 8 mpg around town. 6 cylinder economy. Where is it hiding. :)
Slowly , I am still adjusting to retirement. the Past 2 weeks it has been hectic with my wifes surgery and recovery.. That has kept my mind off much retirement thinking. I cant go any where if she needs help. Nearly no place is open anyway.
Time for my quarterly complaints on shipping, ebay , etc.. Sorry
Ebay seller listed his location as New York USA. Turns out he is in Canada. Just across the border at Niagara Falls. Still have to deal with the border crossing. So shipping is delayed. Perhaps a better word shipping has been slooowed way down because of the border.
I have noticed the recent 3 weeks my USPS packages are taking 1 to 3 days longer to arrive. All part of the current situation of the virus shut down I think.
Still working on the 32 Ford.
The new dash and gauges are ready for paint, don't look like a weeks work, but it is for old guys.
Ken, do I see 4 power point plugs?
I,m still stuck in this dumb nursing home with no sign of release...... :roll: I have been eating nothing but puréed meals for 5 weeks 'cause they are afraid that I will choke to death on anything else....
All my food is puréed & I am only allowed "Thick Water"......Just think water as thick as 90wt. or maple syrup... :cry:
Has anybody ever tried a puréed grilled cheese sammich?? Don't do it.....Its worse than it sounds.....
With the therapy I am getting,my arms & legs are getting stronger by the day... I can walk about 200 feet now....Hopefully I can Get out sooner than later & have our family Doctor arrange further treatment.....
I am still out here lurking & enjoying what you guys are posting......
Bob..... :wink:
Geez, Bob, that has to be as bad as you described. I guess we need to be more entertaining. :)
Take care Bob . I guess when you get home the last thing you will want is to go for a slurpee .
KB, two are 12 volt and two are USB.
Need many for the boss.
I'm building a steering column. It's based on GM parts. Putting it together I was short one of the screws that hold the turn signal mechanism in place. It was missing when I started. This screw has two diameters on the shank. The top 1/4" is 5/16", and the rest is threaded 12 24. I went through my box of steering column parts, no screw like that. I went through my junk columns, no screw like that. I partly disassembled a couple good columns, no screw like that. I searched the internet, no screws like that. I find it hard to believe I am the only one to need one of these screws.
The local hardware store doesn't stock any 12 24 screws, and neither did the other two hardware stores I checked. Finally I went to Fastenal and they had 12 24 screws, except the wrong length. So I bought a box of one hundred to get one screw.
I went home, cut the screw to the right length, cut a 1/4" piece of 5/16" copper tubing, and finished the job.
So I am 72 years old and this is the first time I have needed a 12 24 screw. Do you think I am going to live long enough to use the other 99 screws?
I can't even use them in another project because I didn't buy any nuts.
12 24 They are the size used for model T door hinges . They are used in a few places on a model T . I bought tapered head with allen head holes instead of the flat head screwdriver slot . Figured i would be less likely to slip and gouge the paint by tightening an allen wrench than by tightening a flat screw driver slot when the time comes to install finished doors on the coupe.
As I recall, that was the size of the screws that held the dash in the 32. I even have a 12-24 tap. :)
Frank, Post on every board you can that there is a shortage of 12-24 screws, the put them on e-bay by the each. Worked with toilet paper.
Quote from: "Ohio Blue Tip"Still working on the 32 Ford.
The new dash and gauges are ready for paint, don't look like a weeks work, but it is for old guys.
Wow that looks really good. Did you make the panel?
Quote from: "sirstude"Frank, Post on every board you can that there is a shortage of 12-24 screws, the put them on e-bay by the each. Worked with toilet paper.
This. You'll make a killing!
Yesterday, my wife and I put 6 gallons of wood stain on the pool deck. I still have more to do but we ran out of daylight and it is going to rain today. It does not matter, I am not going to do much today. I am tired.
Quote from: "WZ JUNK"Quote from: "Ohio Blue Tip"Still working on the 32 Ford.
The new dash and gauges are ready for paint, don't look like a weeks work, but it is for old guys.
Wow that looks really good. Did you make the panel?
I bought the panel from RJays speed shop but had to modify it and cut all the holes.
Frank, I've had pretty good luck finding 12-24 machine screws at Menards. I buy them a little longer than I need so that they might fit more places. I've always called them "Ford" screws.
Quote from: "Ohio Blue Tip"Still working on the 32 Ford.
The new dash and gauges are ready for paint, don't look like a weeks work, but it is for old guys.
You have an awful lot of gadgets in that HOTROD. I am bringing you a gold chain next time I come out there. :)
Keep kicking the doctors and nurses * to get out of there Bob. It builds up leg muscles.
I've been cleaning up the area outside my shop that faces the house, and there is a Rubbermaid shed with my backup HF generator. First off, mothballs don't keep mice away. They got in there and made a real stinky mess. I power washed the plastic shed, dug the huge mouse nest out of the gennie, then power washed it. It still stinks. The two cats kept prowling around it looking for mice.
After it dried a bit, I tried the battery starter, and the drive wouldn't catch. I tried pulling it, and it wouldn't start. I wheeled it into the shop and got the starter off, and oiled the shaft for the starter drive. Hmmm...now that works. Before I oiled it, the drive would fly out and right back to the motor. After oiling, it stays out. I had to take more apart to find why it wouldn't start. The mice had eaten the wire going to the coil. It goes right over the top of the engine. It started right up after I repaired that (still have the fan shroud off). I'll put it all back together tomorrow, I'm tired.
Did I mention that it still stinks? I guess I'll put a bucket trap in the shed after I get it back in there; there may be too many for regular traps.
Hang in there, Bob.
QuoteI guess I'll put a bucket trap in the shed after I get it back in there; there may be too many for regular traps.
I found out bucket traps don't work for chipmunks. They can jump right out when the can spins. I have caught a couple birds in them though.
just emptied my bucket this week 15 mice !
When I moved the shed yesterday, there was a mouse behind it, and ran to the other end. I went around the shed to get it with a shovel, but he went back the other way. This went on three times before he got away. I haven't caught any mice this year in the shop. But, my wifes potting shed is a different story. We caught over two dozen throughout the winter. I'd check it every couple days, and there would be some in it.
Quote from: "kb426"
I've driven the 78 enough to know that it makes 8 mpg around town. 6 cylinder economy. Where is it hiding. :)
That is a secret of the big block Ford 6.. No fuel mileage. LOL Even the EFI units did not get much better MPG than a carb unit
I have almost 2 days in cleaning the dirt out of the shop and going through the storage shed. It's spring clean up here this week and I threw away stuff that I'm sure I will regret in a few weeks or months. The cost of shipping anything that has some weight has put me out of the used parts business. Some of that stuff I've tried to sell for 3 or more years. It's done now. :)
My wife and I cleaned out the shop last year and threw out stuff I would never use or haven't used in years. Some of the smaller stuff I did sell, and we got organized so now I don't spend hours looking for stuff.
Bob, its good to see a post from you. And the food sounds better than what baby birds have to eat. A little. Warm puree, mmm. :roll: Gack! Here lately, dinner has come from a can way too often. You give 'em whut-fer, OK? Found some pretty neat TV westerns, give em a whirl if inclined and able-
https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOZzM8Kp5jhovuIlSdv-mW1jv1qHItIzJ
I got billet 56 model hood hinges working on the 51 today. Be glad you were spared the drama :wink: and see blog for pix.
https://chevroldsmobuiac.blogspot.com/2020/04/20apr.html?m=1
Changed my commute route last week since we never got locked down but traffic is lighter. Partway on a new road. Half the stoplights, same time and distance, and the DD GT is up to 23.5 MPG average.
:)
Quote from: 416FordQuote from: "Ohio Blue Tip"Still working on the 32 Ford.
The new dash and gauges are ready for paint, don't look like a weeks work, but it is for old guys.
You have an awful lot of gadgets in that HOTROD. I am bringing you a gold chain next time I come out there. :)
I like GOLD!
Ken
So I decided to upgrade my alternator to a 150 amp from my 100 amp on the coupe yesterday. Speedway here in town has a power master chrome on on sale do I bought it online and then drove out to Speedway Motors to pick it up curb side since the counter is closed. Got home and it has a bald spot on top where the chrome plating missing some. It would't be a big deal but it is right on top where you would see it when you looked in the engine compartment. Soooo I call them up and ask about exchanging it for a better one since the counter was closed and how to go about that. The nice lady on the phone told me they are not accepting returns right now so I cannot exchange it. Once parts leave the building they are not coming back in at the present time. I could buy another one and then return it the bad one later when the counter opens. I had a gut feeling I should have checked it before I left but she said I couldn't return it even then. Guess i'll just wait till the counter opens up again since there no car shows to go to anyway around here. Hope it will be before July 4th to go the Goodguys show which we plan on going to. My friend actually got a call from Stacy at Goodguys telling him the show was still going on at the present and asked if he was doing good and looking forward to seeing him in July.
bc
IDJ thanks for the link to westerns ! i favourited it ! When I was a young boy I was going to be a cowboy when I grew up . I was devastated to find out at the age of 8 that my high instep would not allow me to wear cowboy boots . I had planned to work on my uncles farm until that ill fated day at the shoe store . Watching westerns is good for the soul .
Theres a pic of me at about eight pushing a wheelbarrow of firewood in my Dan'l Boone coat and cap. :wink: I had the Marshall Dillon type shirt with embroidered star with my name in it, that Grandma made, on under that. Never got to be much of a hatchet thrower myself, but... know what you mean. Theres some real good shows on that list and I like how the host always puts special emphasis on "Enjoy this!". Because you only see them the first time once. They are great tonic for a man in his fifties because they were cheapo reruns on TV after school for us. 8)
Dad called them "shoot-em-ups". My folks still watch Gunsmoke, just like newlyweds. I love black and whites but they never had a b&w TV. They went straight to color, from no TV, around 1965.
Today, me? Noticed this epic glob of wheel bearing grease upside my shiny black Pontiac door. Not mine thank goodness but what a mess. Only on a just-washed week. :roll:
Bought a new toilet today, from Lowes. Will get it installed tomorrow (friday).. It is a long story like always. I am replacing a 10 yr old toilet with same brand, make , model (updated) that cost us 40 dollars less. ?
I may buy some new parts and fix the old toilet I am removing and install into the bathroom I use most of the time.. Yes. The bathroom my wife uses most fo the time will soon be on its 3rd toilet in 21 yrs. LOL I have no further comment.
New toilet installed. Wife happy. Happy life.
On the path to the install. I pulled out a small plastic tackle box , that I use as a misc box for plumbing fittings. Most of them copper, other items in there too.
At that moment I discover more screw drivers. Stubby Craftsman blade and phillips. this is good since during my sorting and selling mostly Snap ON Tools after I retired from Hughes. I sold ALL my stubby screw drivers without thinking about it. LOL
Ah ... to be dumb , stupid and lucky
Went out and cruised the drag last night. Helena had an ordinance to not allow cruising for the last 10 years or so, but it was ok'd. There were at least 200 cars there and everyone was good. In high school I cruised a 65 Impala 327, 4 speed, and 4:11 gears. Last night was my current 65 Impala 502, 5 speed, 3:08s. Deja Vu !!!average age was probably 50 - 60.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/news/helena-valley-timing-association-kicks-it-old-school-by-cruising-the-drag/vi-BB13aELQ
Had the right rear come apart from age on the DD yesterday, going 75 on the interstate. :shock: Took me longer to unpucker my rear from the seat than to change the tire and be on my way. :arrow: Five minute(s) flat. :lol:
I made a fixture to hold a piece of stainless trim so that I could take out a couple of dents. A local shop made the dents when they were trying to instal the trim. A good guy just had bad luck. I need to hold it so that it will not move as I work, and I needed a cut to fit back up dolly made of wood. The area I am working is a compound curve. The length of the area in the photo is about 12 inches. You can see the two small dents. It is the rear window trim for a split window 1963 Corvette. The trim is probably expensive and hard to find. Hopefully I will not screw it up.
Replaced battery in my truck today.
Some landscape work started.... then it got a bit hot here.
I put new wheels and tires on the van today. The old tires were on since 2006.
Working on this, about seven hours in, probably three left, so much detail to do! This is larger than I normally do too, about 24" X 20"
Quote from: "purplepickup"I put new wheels and tires on the van today. The old tires were on since 2006.
You got good service out of the last set. If you are thinking like me, this may be the last set you buy. :D
I got a couple used tires yesterday. To get me by, on the DDGT so I can keep going to work. New ones I wanted were out of stock and I needed tread on my junk.
That painting looks really good. Like a fun painting to do, too. 8)
Quote from: "WZ JUNK"If you are thinking like me, this may be the last set you buy. :D
I look at everything that way.. My wife tells me that I am such a Big P I T A that I will live to be 100
I finished the stainless trim for the Corvette first thing this morning and returned it to the body shop. Then I helped the son-in-law with a diagnostic code on his Chevy truck. I helped the wife some in the flower beds and I just finished getting all the vehicles inside and out of harms way. We have a big blow forecasted for this evening with possibilities of going to the fraidy hole. It is springtime in tornado alley.
I cleaned up around my fish pond and took off the cover . Still 6" of ice in it but the strawberries are all green around it . Hopefully I can get it going in a week or so .
Gonna try posting a today pic like you guys'... 8)
Sounds like its about to be a toad floater here, now. :shock: Glad I got the trash out first. :)
Finished this today. At least as far as I want to go with it. Crappy iPad picture looks foggy.
You are very talented, and getting better.
Quote from: "phat46"Finished this today. At least as far as I want to go with it. Crappy iPad picture looks foggy.
I really like this one! It looks like I could just stroll over there, slide in, unlike the column, turn the switch to ON, push the button and motor away while throwing a small rooster tail out behind.
That's a picture I would frame and move some others to make room for it in my workshop.
Well done.
Quote from: "enjenjo"You are very talented, and getting better.
Thanks Frank, this one was a bit of a struggle, it's larger than my normal stuff and the techniques I use were hard to translate to a bigger scale, but...I learned. About 11 hours into this one over about four days.
Quote from: "Charlie Chops 1940"Quote from: "phat46"Finished this today. At least as far as I want to go with it. Crappy iPad picture looks foggy.
I really like this one! It looks like I could just stroll over there, slide in, unlike the column, turn the switch ti ON, push the button and motor away while throwing a small rooster tail out behind.
That's a picture I would frame and move some others to make room for it in my workshop.
Well done.
Thanks Charlie. It means a lot to an artist that someone would like to own their work. This one might be for sale in the near future. I am going to frame it in a black frame.
I still can't believe that you don't do this commercially. That's very good.
I'll stack another very on that. Beautiful. 8)
Quote from: "58 Yeoman"I still can't believe that you don't do this commercially. That's very good.
Oh, pretty much all my stuff is for sale, I have sold several, and have many for sale in a local Gallery, but there is a very small audience for niche work like this. There is a local guy that cranks out Gramma Moses type folk art and sells tons. He has a much larger audience, I like his style, but it's not mine.
we had a local guy who did a lot of car related stuff . He was a drag racer and hot rodder . He used to get a booth at swap meets and hand out cards . He made out well doing mostly car stuff . His name was Dan Reid , he passed away a few years ago . Nice man , talented artist .
In the back yard , near the patio. I have a small triangle shaped spot about 6 - 7 foot long on the long side. We have granite rocks there, 3 pots with various seasonal flowers in them. WHen I built the yard area, I ran a pvc water pipe to that area for water for drip irrigation to the pots.
Couple years ago, I got the urge to put lights there. Some solar - battery lights did the trick. Easier than trying to run electric low voltage wire over to it.
Water distribution fitting in that small spot took a dump (leak).. So I moved the granite rocks to replace the fitting on the upright just below ground level.
Guess what I found? Another pvc tube with low voltage wire already run thru it. After 16 yrs or so, I forgot I had wire there. LOL ... well it gets better. I hook up a low volt light fixture. It does not work. I take my large compressed air blow gun... Put it in the end of the pvc pipe & air it up. About 25 feet away near the area where 3 more water valve boxes are: The lid blows off the small box.
i will hook up the other end of the low voltage wire tomorrow. See if my new light works tomorrow nite.
Purty exciting times here during lock down sequence.
My wife and I picked up a tiny trailer last weekend to do some camping in. It is a 1962 Serro Scotty Sportsman front kitchen so it is big enough for the two of us and small enough that we can tow it behind her truck. Plans are to refresh the inside this spring and redo the outside next winter. It is in really nice shape for the year and $$$.
Since getting it home we have stripped the doors and counter top out of it and sanded down the old paint. Hope to have the inside painted this weekend. :D
It came with a Schwin also.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/96RyCEuaaHXs7bK56
Phat that is really nice the proportions are spot on. Nice job
Quote from: "416Ford"My wife and I picked up a tiny trailer last weekend to do some camping in. It is a 1962 Serro Scotty Sportsman front kitchen so it is big enough for the two of us and small enough that we can tow it behind her truck. Plans are to refresh the inside this spring and redo the outside next winter. It is in really nice shape for the year and $$$.
Since getting it home we have stripped the doors and counter top out of it and sanded down the old paint. Hope to have the inside painted this weekend. :D
It came with a Schwin also.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/96RyCEuaaHXs7bK56
Altho I am not sure on the same brand. My father worked on road construction sites away from home during the week in the 1960s. Mom & him bought a trailer like that for him to live in during the week. He drove home on weekends
Quote from: "Rochie"Phat that is really nice the proportions are spot on. Nice job
Thanks. I see you're from London, we're practically neighbors, I'm just over the border from Sarnia. I bet we know some of the same rodders from London and St. Thomas.
Phat when all this is over, I have stuff to pick up in Port Huron. I'll let you know when and we can get together and tell some lies.
Quote from: "Rochie"Phat when all this is over, I have stuff to pick up in Port Huron. I'll let you know when and we can get together and tell some lies.
That would be great. If you ever need to have things shipped here for pick up, let me know, I am a shipping pickup point for several guys over there. My fee is "free", quite a bit less than the commercial places! I'm get a package of obvious car parts on my porch and think, I better check my e mail, someone had something sent here for pickup! I am literally within site of the bridges, I can sit here and watch vehicles roll up to the toll booth on this side, easy off, easy on as they say!
I spent the morning doing yard work. The weeds are sprayed, the trees are trimmed and I have no wonderful plan for the front yard that I stripped off last summer. The idea god has forgot where I live again. :)
It must be the day for yard work. I worked with the landscaping crew some on the front flower beds. Then some gutter work. Next I went around back and finished up some odds and ends on the pool deck refinishing project. I blocked sanded the fiberglass scoop I am making for the Ranger project and applied another coat of filler. Then I finished up by painting on the large shipping container I use for storage that is behind the shop. I have to let that paint dry and then finish paint the container tomorrow. I am tired and I am done for the day. It might be time for a ride in a hot rod.
Yard work. Two trailer loads of branches, ect. to the recycler, and another one loaded. Still more trimming to do.
I spent a few hours under the 78 removing grease from the bellhousing and trans. If I had access to a real steam cleaner, it would get a bath. The exhaust side is baked on. Hammer and chisel would have been the correct tool. :) That makes better than 3 grain scoops full of grime.
About got my new backyard landscape design finished. Early 1960's trailer park.
I started my next project by removing the storm windows on two windows, my wife waxed them to bring back the brown color, and I scraped the wood and removed the dried up caulk. Got two window frames painted with 2 coats, re-caulked the frames and reinstalled the storms. Six more to go. When I get those done, I get to remove the window panes and paint them.
Fun times, I tell you.
Bucket washed what I could get to of three sides of the house today and showered twice so far. First weedeat of the season went OK and I push mowed the back section. The 72 GP has pretty much sunk to the control arm, right front. I should scrap it but then I would need it.
First thing, I drew out a hood inner structure for the 51 job. 1" round tubing should do. Oh and shot an email at my trusted trans shop to get the ball rolling on the GTP. That means the other cars and house get nothing this summer. :(
Its sunny, theres gas in the 69 but found the carb gasket wet this week on one corner. I didn't think an EPS 1411 could leak out the bottom. :? But theres enough miles on it to have worn a hole in it. :lol:
Wonder if theres a square bore gasket around town. :roll: :arrow:
I finished painting the shipping container. All those ribs and valleys. I do not want to do another one.
There is a true cruise tonight in town and I think I will drive the Ranger and see who is out breaking the stay at home order. (Tomorrow is the last day of the order in Missouri) The cruise will go around the courthouse square and then out to the boulevard and then back to the square. Just like 1967. I do not intend to stop and visit with anyone, but I sure would enjoy a visit with a gearhead.
Today makes 7 weeks of self quarantine.
My wife reminded me this morning that we were to be in the Swiss Alps today. That was plan before the virus took our trip away.
We have a varied assortment of posts here. I'm glad that you are all going on and doing the best we can. In the foreward of one of Jay Carnine's books, he talked about the magic of the car hobby and how it affects people. For whatever reason, I agree with his assessment. Car people that are active have good lives. :)
My fish pond is ready for the season! Water just has to sit for a day . I also want to see a few nights with a low temp of 5 or higher before I put my finned friends out for a dip. Might be going for water lilies next weekend . Some of my cat tails made it through the winter.
Found a dead gopher in the back yard. Looks like the owls had a go at the rodent.
Last night: killed 6 scorpions.. tonight (tuesday) killed 6 more scorpions in the yards.
Young rabbit was hanging around the front yard this evening. The Horned owls need to handle that.
Late winter prep. Swapped out the rear center section last night and installed 2.75 gears. Not to bad of a job but a hoist would have given me enough room to get under the not have to lift the pig off the ground while laying on my back.
Now I am on to figuring out why my car insist on leaking all over the floor in the winter. Need to replace the front seal in the power steering pump and the engine's front seal is leaking for the second time. Installed a new seal last spring and a sleeve.
Been working in the yard for the last 3 days. Pulled some bushes and their stumps , filled the holes and groomed the area. Took a load of yard waste to the dump. It's good to be outside..
Going to start on a new back door on my swap meet/utility trailer sometime today.
But fist have gotta do a drive by birthday for my Grandson who turns 10 years old today.
I'm doing my part to keep the economy going. I think I ordered enough parts to finish the 78. Time will tell if memory failure occurred or project creep accelerated. :)
KB don't forget the metalflake ! :lol:
Flood Irrigated the yards on wednesday... It has been in the low 100*F here lately. That is 12 to 15 degrees higher than average.
Wife's recovery from knee replacement surgery is going well. She is still ahead of the average recovery in physical therapy. They had a new patient start PT last week. She was really screaming about the pain. My wife said half the building must have heard the ruckus
Tony, it's been dry and warm here. Back in 80 or 81, the 15th day of June it went to about 110 degrees. I'm wondering if we're in for a repeat of that weather pattern.
Finished this today. Acrylic on hardboard, 24" X 20"
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That's KOOL. :)
Quote from: "phat46"Finished this today. Acrylic on hardboard, 24" X 20"
WOW! Fantastic...
Would look good in my shop!@
Great use of light and shadow.
Thanks for the compliments guys. It means a lot! I know this is not the place to sell stuff, but some have expressed an interest in owning one of my pieces. If you want info, contact me off the board.
how was this one done phat46 ? was that charcoal and then erased away to make the image? Great piece !
Quote from: "chimp koose"how was this one done phat46 ? was that charcoal and then erased away to make the image? Great piece !
It is acrylic paint on gessoed hardboard. I improved my acrylic blending techniques on this one. Jerry Yarnell, (the painter) calls it dry brush blending. Would have been easier with oils. 😃
Well, i washed my truck and changed over to summer tires on thursday , so naturally it would have to snow today ! I was planning on mowing the lawn today and maybe putting the fish into the pond . Things change !
I painted the cowl induction hood scoop I made for the Ranger project. I am waiting for the edging material I ordered to arrive, and then I can install the scoop on the hood, and then the hood on the truck.
I fabricated another baffle for the valve cover with the pcv. It had been sucking oil instead of fumes. The truck did not smoke but it was oil foiling the spark plugs. I will know tomorrow if this solved the problem. Then I can fine tune the jets in the carburetor.
Spent this afternoon doing chamber work on the aluminum heads for my T motor. Valves are all relieved ,chambers polished . Now to give them a .020" shave .
Scoop looks good. :)
Past couple years.. I have chased an off idle stumble in my 1962 Falcon with 200 cid inline 6.
Since the drag strip was closed and I adjusted the car to be more street friendly , this stumble came up. Accelerate from a stop or get back on the throttle from a slow down.
Accelerator squirt was weak and I have a Holley 500 cfm 2 barrel carb adapted to the log intake on the engine. I change a few items. Make adjustments. It was better, I give up till: the past week or 2. I got Po'D and it was on. I ordered parts. Squirt nozzels, different cam wedge that move the accelerator linkage. Neither helped.
Today (saturday) I took the carb bowl off again.. Checked it. Changed the bowl to a different one. I installed a new accelerator gasket bellows .. The same result.
I take off the billet Quick Fuel jet mid plate and start air checking passages on it for the accelerator fuel. Well this expensive billet piece I bought 8 yrs ago is defective. I put compressed air into the hole for fuel transfer of the accelerator squirter... Air flows out about 4 different places on the plate. 3 of them are wrong. That explains why the fuel squirt was so weak just off idle and the engine would stumble.
I installed an OEM Holley jet mid plate and ALL is well now. While drag racing the car , the throttle was not used lightly, so this weak accelerator stumble at light throttle was never a problem.
Not a good Mother's day here. My 93yr old mom lives on her own and was in the basement doing some laundry yesterday. She has a stair lift and when she got on it to go back upstairs she got tangled up in the mechanism and it didn't shut off like it's supposed to. She ended up with a compound leg fracture and some head injuries. She said it was terrifying. The fire department had to cut her out.
Doctors tried to fix her leg with rods but her bones are real brittle and her skin is very thin. We'll see how it goes.
It's a good thing she was wearing her medic alert button.
Quote from: "purplepickup"Not a good Mother's day here. My 93yr old mom lives on her own and was in the basement doing some laundry yesterday. She has a stair lift and when she got on it to go back upstairs she got tangled up in the mechanism and it didn't shut off like it's supposed to. She ended up with a compound leg fracture and some head injuries. She said it was terrifying. The fire department had to cut her out.
Doctors tried to fix her leg with rods but her bones are real brittle and her skin is very thin. We'll see how it goes.
It's a good thing she was wearing her medic alert button.
Oh man George! Sorry to hear this, I hope she can recover from this asap. This has to be so traumatic for her, and you! 😕
I'm sorry to hear that George. It's going to be tough We went through a broken hip at 97 with Sharon's father.
Sorry to hear that George . I hope your mother recovers well .
George: sorry to read this about your mother. Best to her on recovery. Very Glad she had the medical alert device.
Stuff to think about: the medical alert device or cell phone near if older folks live alone. My wife's 74 yr old sister lives alone. This week she fell in the bathroom after a shower. It is all foggy on the time line, but she laid there for hours till the 81 yr old sister walked up after no answer to phone calls and heard her sisters calls for help. Door was locked. No body close had a key. EMT & fire dept took the door apart to get in
Please, please : plan ahead, think ahead with older folks that live alone. .
Sorry to hear about your mother, George. Hope she heals quickly.
My 75 year old brother seems to fall now and then, but won't pay for the alerts. I did give him my old cell phone so at least he can call for help if he needs it. IF he carries it with him.
George, that is very sad news. Our thoughts are with you and your mom.
John and Brenda
Best wishes, George. There's not much that can be said . :(
I hope she gets the best possible outcome George. This hits close to home.My mother is about the same age.
I ground down the welds on my T saddle tanks . I will re do the welds on the end pieces before I weld the tops onto the tanks .
Sorry to hear about your Mom George. That must have been terrifying
Thanks for the well wishes for Mom, guys. We'll see how this develops. It will be a while.
Sorry to hear that about your Mom George. Hope thing get better.
Killed 7 scorpions last night... they must be hungry and out looking. ?
Quote from: "Crosley"Killed 7 scorpions last night... they must be hungry and out looking. ?
Aren't scorpions just crawdads with anger management issues? LOL
Spray painted a piece of hardboard flat black and used some white gesso to paint only the reflections on this roadster...oh yeah, a little dab of red paint...
WOW , just WOW ! 8) 8) 8)
Quote from: "phat46"Spray painted a piece of hardboard flat black and used some white gesso to paint only the reflections on this roadster...oh yeah, a little dab of red paint...
Amazing. I really like what you do.
I replaced the power brake unit on the 54 Chevy today. I bought this assembly while I attended the Streetrod Nationals in Louisville last summer. I have been busy I guess. :D
Quote from: "moose"Quote from: "Crosley"Killed 7 scorpions last night... they must be hungry and out looking. ?
Aren't scorpions just crawdads with anger management issues? LOL
Yes. Large anger issues
I just renewed some cd's. I found a special deal for 9 months at 1.42% . Boy am I excited. :) I found a bunch of less than .5%.
Quote from: "kb426"I just renewed some cd's. I found a special deal for 9 months at 1.42% . Boy am I excited. :) I found a bunch of less than .5%.
I keep my cd in plastic case. keeps dust off them.
Quote from: "Crosley"Quote from: "kb426"I just renewed some cd's. I found a special deal for 9 months at 1.42% . Boy am I excited. :) I found a bunch of less than .5%.
I keep my cd in plastic case. keeps dust off them.
:ha) :ha) :ha) :-} :b-d:
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I expected that. LOL
Shhhh. Keep this quiet. I was in Chandler AZ today. Chandler uses many speed monitor cameras , lights, radar warning signs. I try to stay away from there. Wife drove today.. I am near calmed down just from that.
Bought some meat from a local owned butcher shop. Suppose to be real good meat products. At the prices, it had better be. Will be smokin meat by 8:30 am .. thursday
had to pick up a parcel from post office today . I bought a glenwood , finned aluminum timing cover for the T . In talking with the po , it came off his front engine dragster . Now I have the whole finned aluminum set ! Oil pan , valve covers , oval air cleaner , Timing cover and fuel pump block off are all finned aluminum. Now I will have to make spacers for the water pump to clear the timing cover and a plug for the fuel pump drive hole . I will also have to make a timing pointer now as the one I bought a couple weeks ago will be too short ,(besides which I have an idea of a neat one to make ) . The pulleys were not lining up anyways so this may actually help in that regard . Only problem is that with the school I work at shut down I have no access to a milling machine other than getting the phase converter and wire up mine at home .
C.K., where is the pics??????
I thought as retirement hit... would sleep in some. Nope. Awake at 3am usually. Refuse to get out of bed till 4:30 or 5am ... most mornings
Kinda kool here still in the mornings. 68*F right now
Well , i lied. I had the meats smoking by 7am... I fired up both of my smokers. Got the task finished in just over 4 hours. Then the clean up began. LOL
1 T-bone thick cut. 2 Rib eye steak. 4 burgers from ground tri-tip meat. 4 sausages ; Italian with jalapeno and cheddar cheese ground in. Beef rib rack too.
We should be good for about 1 month or so.
I did some more tuning on the 460 engine in the Ranger. The vacuum secondaries are not opening. I have tried different springs and I now have the lightest of the options. I have one more trick to try the next time I do my back road test and tune. I am about ready to go to the dragstrip to answer the question, whatshedo
I was going to do a quick cartoon type painting, maybe an hour or so...two days later, this, I cannot loosen up! 🙄 LOL.
Wow you are really letting loose ! Love the creativity . Was this just something you came up with or did you see something and get inspired?
Quote from: "chimp koose"Wow you are really letting loose ! Love the creativity . Was this just something you came up with or did you see something and get inspired?
This was inspired by a picture in an old Rodders Journal, an unfinished, bare metal project. I took a few (quite a few) liberties with it!
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Good work. I'm thinking 2 days isn't much time if you spend a lot of time seeing where you need to go after each brush stroke. I'm guessing that you can visualize pretty good. :)
Have you ever thought of painting this kind of stuff on a rusty old running board apron or some other part , maybe half of a beat up T or A hood top? It would make for some pretty neat garage art !
Quote from: "chimp koose"Have you ever thought of painting this kind of stuff on a rusty old running board apron or some other part , maybe half of a beat up T or A hood top? It would make for some pretty neat garage art !
Funny you say that. There is an artist on one of the auto art sites I frequent that paints really nice auto art on door skins. I have an old door from my '46 Ford pickup in my shop.....🤔
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tole_painting
I changed out the seat belts in the 54 Chevy. I did not like the ones I originally installed with the airplane style latch. In this application they did not work well. The new ones are much better.
My wife and I went for two long test drives in the Ranger. We were just being lazy and we wanted to go for a ride.
I had not used my sewing machine for nearly a year. It was acting up and making a mess of the sticking. It took me awhile to get the tension on the thread adjusted. All is well now.
A good day.
Installed a new toilet for my brother saturday.. Little different design. Bolt on items not exposed as the basic toilet designs are. Took my time. Got it done. He is my much older , less handy brother. Only brother I have actually.
2nd bathroom has an olde design counter top in it. Narrow edge of counter top extends over the top of the toilet tank. Who ever came up with the counter top design is a #*&@% idiot.
New toilet is also taller as my brother and his wife have leg & hip "issues" getting up from chairs etc..
I bought a diamond type blade for block, concrete , tile to cut this counter top section off. Material is some type of poured material into a mold and cured. Mirror of course sits right on top of the counter edge. LOL . Wish me luck on this...... This 2nd toilet install will be mondays project. And some light switches changed out.
Went out of town with a buddy to pick up a 1970 351 cleveland block and crank . Standard bore , removed from total write off car in 73 or74. Guy had some nice toys , including a 66 mustang fastback with a BOSS 302 swapped into it .
Took my 350 block to the machine shop today. They have a big sign in the front door saying they are restricting walk in traffic due to the "Covid virus from China". You call the number on the sign and talk with Phil, the owner inside. Kinda funny discussing what machine work you want and different options with a guy on the other side of the wall. When you get it all figured out you drive round back into a bay and they unload your truck and wish you a good day. I never left the truck. The new normal? 😜
Couple items checked off the list for my brothers house.
light switch was non operative .. Pull cover plate off. Ground wires not run to switch or outlet. Ground wire was there. Someone had not attached them. There was NO GFCI outlet there. Standard outlet installed some time back.
Cut off the piece of the counter top. Some type of plastic , polymer material or similar.. Stunk to high H as I cut the material. That icky plastic burning smell.
Oh well.. there is more items on the list I need to do for him.
Tony if you are so inclined that plastic countertop can be sanded and polished up just like paint. When they make them, out of polyester resin, they are sanded and polished, as they come out of the mold with a dull finish and parting lines from the multi piece molds.
Helped my soon to be son in law with his 04 chev truck . they bought it to be a farm truck but on the 1 hour drive home he decided it was too nice to trash in the farm yard . It needs rockers and cab corners to be a good driver so we stripped the rockers and cab corners off it today . The new rockers have been fit up ,we need to fit the cab corners and then start welding. Wife and daughter worked on flower beds along the house . Worked hard and loved every minute .
I attached the cowl induction hood scoop and I installed all the parts to the function air intake. It is yard work for me the rest of the day.
Quote from: "enjenjo"Tony if you are so inclined that plastic countertop can be sanded and polished up just like paint. When they make them, out of polyester resin, they are sanded and polished, as they come out of the mold with a dull finish and parting lines from the multi piece molds.
Yea... I was block sanding the area I cut. Flatten the side edge out, roll the top edge over to match. My SiL came in and told me it was not necessary, as she wanted to replace the whole top and vanity. Well: there is a reason I am helping with alll this labor. They dont have the money.
Scoop blends well with the truck. ^^^^^^
Gotta agree with KB on that scoop , now how about some metalflake on there? :lol:
I did a small concrete project. I'm not near as good as I used to be. :)
Quote from: "kb426"I did a small concrete project. I'm not near as good as I used to be. :)
I'm not as good as I once was, but I am good once as I ever was. :D
Quote from: "chimp koose"Gotta agree with KB on that scoop , now how about some metalflake on there? :lol:
Ya.. Some silver metalflake over the black would look beechin.
Yesterday I washed my 40' flagpole to remove the mold and mildew on the north side of the pole. The upper 30' was the hardest part to wash. :wink:
The pole tilts down. :D In late November I tilted it down and place a large lighted star on top. Then in early January I remove the star and wait until May to display the flag again. It is something I usually do with my two young grandsons but this year is different. I will wait to run the flag up when we can all be together. Tradition.
I did yard work and changed the oil on the 51 this morning. Now back to my regular scheduled program. :)
I did some more chores for my brother in his house today (friday) .. Electrical stuff: switches installed, cover plates removed. Why Do people paint over electric outlets and cover plates? Kripes , what a mess
His wife mentioned she wanted the carpet removed. It is awful.. I pulled out my utility knife and BOOM .. Carpet was flying out the front door. Padding under the carpet was removed too. A clean slate for tile.
I installed a 3rd brake light on the 58. Geez, what a job. So much trim to remove just to get to the wiring in the left rear 1/4 panel. Next is the 63. Last year, I was driving the 63 Galaxie uptown, and was stopped to make a left turn, with my signal on. I looked in my rear view mirror and saw a PU truck swerving to his right to avoid hitting me. I had been stopped for quite a while, and if he couldn't see those huge tail lights, how would he see the little 58 Chevy tail light? The Galaxie will be much easier.
Quote from: "58 Yeoman"I installed a 3rd brake light on the 58. Geez, what a job. So much trim to remove just to get to the wiring in the left rear 1/4 panel. Next is the 63. Last year, I was driving the 63 Galaxie uptown, and was stopped to make a left turn, with my signal on. I looked in my rear view mirror and saw a PU truck swerving to his right to avoid hitting me. I had been stopped for quite a while, and if he couldn't see those huge tail lights, how would he see the little 58 Chevy tail light? The Galaxie will be much easier.
Those have been required on new cars for 35 years now.
I replaced the rear gasket on the GT's downpipe yesterday.
Scoop looks tough as nails on your Ranger, John. 8) That little truck is a force to be reckoned with, ain't it? :wink:
Today is our 45th wedding anniversary. Months ago we had planned a special day including a formal dinner at a special restaurant on the St. Clair River, in my wife's hometown. The restaurant had been closed for about three years while undergoing a $3 million renovation, a spectacular place with a million dollar view. It opened early this year. Well Covid has seen to that, so it's porch repairs and a couple steaks on the grill for our special day. Hopefully Queen Gretchen will stop extending our lockdown, yesterday it got extended to mid June, so we can celebrate a special day the way we planned.
Quote from: "phat46"Today is our 45th wedding anniversary. Months ago we had planned a special day including a formal dinner at a special restaurant on the St. Clair River, in my wife's hometown. The restaurant had been closed for about three years while undergoing a $3 million renovation, a spectacular place with a million dollar view. It opened early this year. Well Covid has seen to that, so it's porch repairs and a couple steaks on the grill for our special day. Hopefully Queen Gretchen will stop extending our lockdown, yesterday it got extended to mid June, so we can celebrate a special day the way we planned.
Congratulations on the anniversary.
Our 47th anniversary is monday. Wife usually likes a steak dinner at Outback Steak house. Truth be told: She likes the blooming onion and the ice cream desert. The steak is good, I know what she really wants. LOL
The Outback near us is still on take out service. We tried that a few weeks ago, the food lost something in transport. We will wait for them to open back up to regular service if that ever happens.
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My friend that drives the 1,000 foot freighter was going by today on the way to Duluth. I went over to the river to watch and wave at him passing by. There is a local guy that videos many of the freighters with a drone as they pass into or out of the Lake. Here is a link to todays passing of the Mesabi Miner as she passes out of the St. Clair River into Lake Huron under the Blue Water Bridges. Canada s on the starboard side, U.S. n the port side. The video is faster than actual speed, about double, you can tell as a truck passes over the bridge as the boat goes under. https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FjDUkQVsXey8%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1bHudbPycgX7Ni6c3LzkVDeECq3P-QOgWRWYK83J79AkQmxhWO00QMTWQ&h=AT2Za8_CUqm1hHUZ5laejNBjDFKQ-AogrSYGQEfji872NXcxRAnbaPkilBW0KABn00yTVF3QetW4ymqwqtErb0T6axcn99PpRyUGs2XUafwZ9Eht29PhYi0DjqiOmx9sw4jEExc9Il_cvDUOvdIqmsG40PE
Back to rocker panels on the son in laws truck . We got one on ,just need to weld up the bottom edge now
Strange being home this weekend. Normally we would have been in Indianapolis for Carb Day on Friday and all the activities leading up to the 500. This would have been my wife's 41st consecutive 500 and my 18th consecutive one. At least NBC is playing the 2019 Indy 500 today at 2:00 ET. The 500 has been postponed until August 23rd, hopefully it will happen and our consecutive streaks can continue if fans are allowed. IndyCar has a contingency to postpone it again until October if fans aren't allowed in August. Live IndyCar resumes June 6th with a night race at Texas without fans.
Quote from: "lofat46"Strange being home this weekend. Normally we would have been in Indianapolis for Carb Day on Friday and all the activities leading up to the 500. This would have been my wife's 41st consecutive 500 and my 18th consecutive one. At least NBC is playing the 2019 Indy 500 today at 2:00 ET. The 500 has been postponed until August 23rd, hopefully it will happen and our consecutive streaks can continue if fans are allowed. IndyCar has a contingency to postpone it again until October if fans aren't allowed in August. Live IndyCar resumes June 6th with a night race at Texas without fans.
Indy is a special place and a special race. I have not been able to watch it on tv for many years, because I have been at the Mid America NSRA event at Springfield, MO. I will try to watch some of todays broadcast. Even though it is last years event, it will be new to me.
I bought power steering fluid at a national chain auto parts store yesterday. I asked for power steering fluid to be used in a GM power steering pump. Today I drained and flushed the system and changed out the power steering pump. As I was filling the system I noticed that the fluid was the color of transmission fluid and it was labeled for Dexrtron VI. Years ago I remember using transmission fluid in power steering pumps but I checked online anyway, and sure enough this fluid is not to be used for power steering. They gave me the wrong stuff. I then bought the right stuff and then drained and flushed the system again. Fired the engine and everything is fine except the used pump that I installed has a bent shaft and the pulley wobbles So tomorrow I will drain the fluid and replace the pump again.
The fluid temperatures are still high but not as high as previously. Tomorrow we plan a return road test before I disassemble the system again. That will tell me whether the problem is the steering box.
Happy Holiday :D
The spindle in my old drill press had a less than wonderful fit on the taper where the chuck fits. I disassembled it expecting to find a short adapter in there. Turns out the spindle was one piece. I put it in the lathe and recut the taper. It's all together and much better. :)
Killed 5 scorpions thursday evening.. Had 2 scorpions in the garage earlier in the week. My wife got them with an abrasive action with her shoe
Helped son in law with another rocker panel on his truck . We are getting faster , this one didn't take near as long as the first one . One more cab corner and its done .
Guess where my wife and I are going this evening?
Quote from: "WZ JUNK"Guess where my wife and I are going this evening?
All that because the power steering pump is noisy? GPster
CarMax to see if they'll buy it?
You guys are HARSH :lol: My guess is 12.30 @110 mph . Lets start predictions. Have fun!
RRT version of PASS TIME.
Well I will stop the guessing early on. I was a little disappointed but I did not break anything other than the power steering belt came off. It spun a little off the line but the engine sounded good and it went straight. I will look at the plugs tomorrow, and then mess with fuel jetting, the timming, and see if I can get the tires to hook up. 2 runs at 13.1 each. I think with some improvements 12.5 is possible. Not as good as I had hoped, but still okay for basically a warm street car. We will probably go back to test and tune in a couple of weeks. Stay tuned.
It was a fun night for a guy who will be 71 years old in a couple of days. :D
I'll wish you a Happy Birthday, early. Two days after you, I'll be where you are now. Have fun.
How many mph?
Quote from: "kb426"How many mph?
It was a little over a 100.
I already have a short list of changes to the tune and I plan to move the shift point up and launch harder. This was truly a test and tune. I had not driven it at high speed and I wanted to see how it handle and stopped. Running a DOT tire, and running a stock cast exhaust through mufflers slows it down some.
Curiosity got me doing a little research this morning. In the height of the muscle car area, around 1970, 454 Chevelles, 440 6 pack mopars and other high performance cars ran in the low 13s. At the time, I thought they were fast.
That was what I expected. I misplaced my Moroso slide calculator but from watching for years, 13 flat is around 102 to 105. Any progress on the power steering?
Quote from: "kb426"That was what I expected. I misplaced my Moroso slide calculator but from watching for years, 13 flat is around 102 to 105. Any progress on the power steering?
I have the kit to lower the pressure. I will work on that next.
We watched the Space X rocket launch... I must admit till last wednesday, I was not really up to speed on what Space X had built in recent decade. I saw news reports, just did not pay attention.
My wife made a comment about the new space suits that stuck with me. Plenty of blank material for advertising like Nascar race suits. I see that happening.
Did some testing with 220volt welder Mig on 18 ga metal... Fixing to build the firewall in my 1948 Simca.
Most of the welds look good.. I got one weld a bit off.
Today was the first time I have done any amount of welding in quite some time. And I am using my new welder instead of the old one. It took some time to figure out the settings on this welder, but I think I about have it down. Too many options on the new one, I had to figure out what they do. I went so far as to read the directions. I was happy with what I did today. When I started yesterday I thought maybe I was going to have to get Josh to weld it for me. Very Happy
I am repairing a spot on the 54 pickup where a really bad repair was previously made to the frame.
If you had to read the instructions, thats pretty serious.
Quote from: "idrivejunk"If you had to read the instructions, thats pretty serious.
Yea... Frank said he read the instructions. :T) yikes.
I waited 9 months for this to happen. It's a poor pic. The temp is around 104. :)
I wired in lights in my basement to run off 2 switches. I put the light boxes in 5 years ago . This beats my 8 year basement bathroom project! I have a patient wife . :)
Past weeks: I have been watching some you tube videos about a Ford truck build.
Also: I have watched several old videos of the Johnny Carson show. Short videos , 6 to 8 minutes with Rodney Dangerfield, Buddy Hackett, Drew Carrey
I have doctors appointments the next couple of days. Mostly just followups, but sure takes up time.
I have been watching a couple of uTube shows over the last year of so, pretty interesting. A couple of guys (re)building 100 year old wooden boats. Look up the Sampson Boat Company, and Acorn to Arabela.
Also have been checking out Engels Coach Shop, he is a wheelright from Joliet Montana, a tiny town a couple hundred miles east of me. He built a replica of the 20 mule team borax wagons and the water wagon for them also.
Quote from: "sirstude"I have doctors appointments the next couple of days. Mostly just followups, but sure takes up time.
Wish you the best Doug :D
Quick note: My wife has been released by the Knee surgeon to return to work next week. It has been 12 weeks since surgery
My Wife said it is so weird to look at the x-ray and see this artificial joint in there. She feels so much better now , to walk without the pain.
Quote from: "Crosley"Quick note: My wife has been released by the Knee surgeon to return to work next week. It has been 12 weeks since surgery
My Wife said it is so weird to look at the x-ray and see this artificial joint in there. She feels so much better now , to walk without the pain.
My wife got a broken wrist in a car wreck many years ago. she still has a metal plate over the fractured part. You can see in x rays the sheet metal screws attaching the plate to the bone.
Yard work again today. Working hard and loosing a few pounds. Took the '40 convert up north a ways for pizza night on the deck at a bar on little lake...about an 80 mile round trip. First time out this year...car ran good and I enjoyed an evening with a few old old friends . One of them I've been hanging out with for 50 years now.
Well after getting the lights working on the Jeepster last night I was feeling a little better about it's making it's debut at a "Cruise In" Saturday evening. Not wanting to go that far (5 miles) without trying it out I wanted to take it across the street and drive it around the school parking lot a bit. It started right up and I drove it thru the yard and I stopped it to get out and open the gate and it quit. Trying to start it it would hit and stop like it was out of gas. Checked the tank and plenty of gas but it was lunch time so I left it alone and went in for lunch. After lunch I went back outside and it started right up. Drove it through the gate and across the street and made two circles in the parking lot and it quit again. It did it just like before and it ran just about the same length of time each time. The fuel pump is new, the filter is new, with the dash not working I can't tell anything about the motor but it stops just like it's put of gas. The computer is wired in and working it just acts like the fuel pump is in a timed cycle and shuts off. So it's sitting in the parking lot across the street and when the thunder storm passes (that should cool it off) I'll try to get it home. GPster
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Quote from: "GPster"Well after getting the lights working on the Jeepster last night I was feeling a little better about it's making it's debut at a "Cruise In" Saturday evening. Not wanting to go that far (5 miles) without trying it out I wanted to take it across the street and drive it around the school parking lot a bit. It started right up and I drove it thru the yard and I stopped it to get out and open the gate and it quit. Trying to start it it would hit and stop like it was out of gas. Checked the tank and plenty of gas but it was lunch time so I left it alone and went in for lunch. After lunch I went back outside and it started right up. Drove it through the gate and across the street and made two circles in the parking lot and it quit again. It did it just like before and it ran just about the same length of time each time. The fuel pump is new, the filter is new, with the dash not working I can't tell anything about the motor but it stops just like it's put of gas. The computer is wired in and working it just acts like the fuel pump is in a timed cycle and shuts off. So it's sitting in the parking lot across the street and when the thunder storm passes (that should cool it off) I'll try to get it home. GPster
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any possibility the tank is not vented properly? Try loosing the gas cap if it stalls again.
I pulled a muscle in my right leg Tuesday so I have been taking it easy the last few days. I have to get out and start working it though so it heals.
Eighty degrees here and about 80% humidity. I try to stay indoors as much as possible. I do have the dehumidifier running in the shop, though, so it's around 50%. It seems cooler there.
92° with 52% here. Just watched my blown Pontiac get hauled off to the trans shop. Broke it Feb 13. :roll:
[quote="moose" any possibility the tank is not vented properly? Try loosing the gas cap if it stalls again.[/quote] That's a thought but examining the situation (after it happened) when it quit in my back yard I took off the cap to use my siphon hosr to check the level (no working gauges) before I let it cool down. When it quit across the street I pushed it out of the way and noticed that I hadn't put the cap back on. So it quit both ways.I worried that something like that could happen so it's the stock tank in the stock location with the stock filler neck modified with a couple extra bends to fit around body braces. I'm in the position that I'll listen to and try any suggestion. Thanks for the idea. GPster
gpster any chance there is something floating around in the tank that plugs the pickup? I have seen that before. Or maybe you have a coil going bad?
I am continuing my experients with the brakes on the 54 Chevy. The currently change is a new kind of brake pads and a rigid breaking in procedure. I had to remove the nearly new rotors and have them turned before installing the new pads. The brake engineer that is helping me thinks that I have case hardened the rotors and that I have the wrong type of brake pads. Updates to follow. I am waiting for a friend to turn my rotors.
I spent a couple of hours this afternoon servicing the cbr600rr that my son rides. I changed the fluids and gave it a once over. I have been using water to clean up dot 4 and 3 brake fluid very successfully. I tried to do that on dot 5. That is a silicone based fluid. A slimey mess would be an accurate description. Brake clean took care of the residue that got on the calipers after bleeding. I won't try the water clean up with 5 again. :)
Weird week on eBay... I have some misc transmission parts on eBay. Try to sell them , before they are tossed in scrap pile.
I receive notice my sale from May 3rd has been cancelled and eBay fees credit to me. I check Paypal and the money from the sale is still in my account 1 week after the cancellation. Buyer claims "unauthorized use" of the ebay Account.
Today a new part I ordered 2 days ago on eBay was cancelled. Seller claims to be out of stock now.
2 weeks ago: I had another eBay buyer asking me to visit his facebook page to discuss a "deal" on a transmission part. I declined. He started calling me names in eBay messages. I reported him. I doubt that does anything.
I just read that the Pueblo NSRA event is being rescheduled. No date yet.
A few weeks ago, I rode past a farm with a small tractor in the weeds. I went back today to see if he wanted to sell it. He told me I could have it, as it was on his junk pile. To make a long story short, I gave him $20 and we loaded it on the trailer. I got it home and pushed it into the shop, added a cup of oil and some gas, put a used battery in it and it started up. One rear tire is shot, but it still backed out of the shop, and the blades work. He told me it sat there for 3 years.
It's a Sears GT 18HP with 44" cut and 6 speeds. I've already ordered two new tires for the rear off Amazon. Another fun project to work on. It will be much cheaper than doing a car.
Brake job day. Front brakes on Tacoma 2014 Truck 2 WD. My brothers truck. Flush some fresh fluid thru the lines, etc. I must look the truck over good.
He has talked about these brakes for 1 year. Will be interesting what I find. He thinks maintenance is change the oil & filter. Close the hood. That is a little harsh, but true.
I doubt the coolant has been serviced. Hoses, belts , checked. I wonder if anything can be greased on this unit?
you need to paint flames on the lawn tractor 8) :lol:
To windy to haul rocks here today.
I had ordered two new rear tires for my "new to me" tractor. They came in today, and i've got them mounted. It looks much better with non-flat tires on it. Didn't get a chance to try it out, though. Heavy rains, and I had to go pick up my Tacoma PU from the dealer. They sprayed rust inhibitor on the frame and plugged a few holes in the frame. It's a 2014, and they still haven't figured out to use better steel?
No flames. Yet.
Trans shop said mid afternoon today that my GTP trans is built and going back in. I called them because shortly after picking it up, they called to say it had a bad engine mount. Well they checked them all and they were OK. Secretary said the guy thought he felt the whole engine move. :shock:
Well, yeah... thats what Pontiacs do. Yank hard at light throttle input. :) Hence the current state of affairs. :roll:
May my right foot not leadeth me into temptation on a freshy. :0-0 :0-0
After driving the GT four months, same car no blower... it will seem silly giggle fast to me. ~:) );b(
Today's commute was blissful in the GT though, finally did some good getting the A/C working on that one. It was 94 outside according to the car but I got home dry and relaxed. Ah. Normalcy is coming within range.
I am doing a little you tube experimenting. I will try a link to my wind powered clothes line that I made a few years back. Mostly we use it to dry our swimsuits and beach towels. Another one of my weird wind powered devices.
Quote from: "WZ JUNK"I am doing a little you tube experimenting. I will try a link to my wind powered clothes line that I made a few years back. Mostly we use it to dry our swimsuits and beach towels. Another one of my weird wind powered devices.
Very cool.
In my part of the world, we'd have to have an emergency brake on the clothesline so it wouldn't throw the clothes off or take off in flight. We had a day of winter yesterday. The high was 52 after being in the upper 90's for the last couple of weeks. The wind was upper 40's in gusts and around 30 continuously. Fortunately, it has blown away for another day. :)
Got a call from the machine shop yesterday where my Chevy block is. I was hoping it was all machined....nope, block is no good, it had spun main bearings and messed the journals up beyond where they could be line bored....😕 He did say they had four bolt blocks already machined, ready to go, I mentioned that I had a two bolt block and he said to bring it out and if it's good he would use it as partial payment for a four bolt block. 🙂 I took it out today and have my fingers crossed....
Good luck with the block being good. It happened to me back in the late 70's, IIRC. I had bought a 58 Jeep FC150 dirt cheap, and the engine was bad. I went to the machine shop that I used and asked how much to rebuild. He told me he had that exact same engine sitting under the bench, already rebuilt. The guy never came to pick it up. I paid $200 plus my old engine, and we were both happy.
Latest news on the 2 year project to get better brakes on the 1954 Chevy. New master cylinder, new power brake booster, fresh turned nearly new rotors, and new high dollar brake pads. The result, brakes are worse than they have ever been. The original shoe brake system was far superior to what I have. I would be afraid to drive it on a public road. I am ordering a pressure test tool kit and then I will diagnose the system beginning at the master cylinder. This is by far the hardest problem that I have ever tried to overcome. I have spent so many hours on this one problem that I could have built another car.
Quote from: "WZ JUNK"Latest news on the 2 year project to get better brakes on the 1954 Chevy. New master cylinder, new power brake booster, fresh turned nearly new rotors, and new high dollar brake pads. The result, brakes are worse than they have ever been. The original shoe brake system was far superior to what I have. I would be afraid to drive it on a public road. I am ordering a pressure test tool kit and then I will diagnose the system beginning at the master cylinder. This is by far the hardest problem that I have ever tried to overcome. I have spent so many hours on this one problem that I could have built another car.
Holy sheep dip John... the brakes are worse?. It will be interesting what the pressure tests will show. You may have to back up a couple versions to get the brakes working again
I went out to the airport this afternoon to escape the shop and the brake depression. There was a group of four pilots and planes practicing an air show performance. Our local airport has an FAA designation as an aerobatic practice field. The pilots can call in and close the airport for practice. We get free air shows from time to time. I understand that they were just getting use to flying together but they were a site to see. It amazes me to see such perfection in a very complicated situation.
Got my daily driver back. All good. :)
Killed 4 scorpions wednesday evening... killed 1 that found its way into the bathroom counter top. I was not happy to see that. It was about 3 inches long tip to tail.
We have a jack rabbit problem now. The critters are eating blooms off the new ground shrubs my wife planted. Of course the rabbits live in my neighbors backyard, come over here to feed. Same neighbor where the gophers setup camp and tunnel over to our yard to eat the plants
When I got my '40 Chevy back out late last summer....after a 5 or 6 year major rebuild I had trouble getting the 700R4 properly filled and working right. Turns out it was leaking, again, at the pressure port where my converter lockup was installed. It's a very tight location without much room between the trans and the frame. Hard to get the fittings to point right and stay whole.
So I removed everything and put a plug back in the port. I drove it a bit last fall and then put it away. OBT gave me a plug for the left side of the trans and a copy of instructions to hook up a rocker switch to allow the converter to be locked up, or not. My choice.
So yesterday with a new rocker switch with a light and a home made bracket I mounted the switch and bracket on the floor between the front of the seats. Took it out for about a 80 mile top down round trip for pizza last night and it does exactly what I want. Cruises along locked up in OD at 1750 rpm at 55mph. I had sort of forgotten what a great two lane blacktop cruiser it has always been.
I'm a happy camper again
Going in for another colonoscopy in an hour. You all know what I have been drinking since last night.
This week at my brothers house, I have been spray painting the interior walls. Geez, you do not realize how much surface area there is till you do this. Closets and all were painted. Pop corn ceiling: painted. My bro wanted paint on all of it. Removing the pop corn ceiling was not on the list. No time.
Still not finished. Kitchen and dinning area need to be painted. I've told them twice the stuff on the counters , table, other items sitting around need to GO..
I have sprayed about 17 gallons of paint in 2 days. The exterior needs wood repairs and paint too. yippie. LOL
Quote from: "sirstude"Going in for another colonoscopy in an hour. You all know what I have been drinking since last night.
I feel for you. Good luck
Quote from: "Charlie Chops 1940"I'm a happy camper again
Glad to hear it coming back to it glory days. I still haven't seen this one yet and hope to soon.
Glad it's working for ya Charlie.
Everything went well yesterday, they have a big screen tv so I could watch what was going on. Pretty neat when they cauterize, looks like a lightning storm. Kind of a strange side of me coming out. The last 2 projects I worked on before I retired was the network design for the Radiology suit and the new Oncology suite. Now in the last year I have been a patient in both, and can see why they requested the stuff they did.
Glad it turned out well for you Doug.
Interesting story, Doug. A little gratification to go along with the unpleasant. :)
Quote from: "sirstude"Everything went well yesterday, they have a big screen tv so I could watch what was going on. Pretty neat when they cauterize, looks like a lightning storm. Kind of a strange side of me coming out. The last 2 projects I worked on before I retired was the network design for the Radiology suit and the new Oncology suite. Now in the last year I have been a patient in both, and can see why they requested the stuff they did.
You were awake during the scope? I've always been put out. It would be interesting to watch. Good to know it went well!
I had a kidney/bladder ultra sound on Tuesday, but because of how you lay I couldn't see the screen, I had a heart ultra sound years ago and watched that, pretty cool, she even showed me the valve that Jone Rivers had replaced when she passed away a few weeks earlier. I'm due for a colonoscopy but after the prostate biopsy I had recently I will hold off for a while, let things cool down....😃
Forty years ago I had a Milogram (?) on my back and I watched that and got sick so I don't even want to be awake. My colonoscapies (cant spell that either) are now going to be yearly. They did the procedure to check the back side of my prostate because of high and increasing PSA numbers and it was OK but they went in to check my bladder and found a growth so they biopsied it and it was cancer so that is up to be checked every 3 months. That brought about concern for my kidneys so that is the next check coming. Such is life! GPster
I noticed a small bird flying into the shop this afternoon. I chased it out a couple of times. Then I looked around. It was building a nest in one of the gloves of my sandblasting cabinet. It was a good thing I was sitting still drinking beer or I would never have noticed the bird building the nest. :D
Good to read things are going smoothly (bad choice of words) for you.
We are over due for colon inspections by a few years. With life and family complications.. we put some items off.
Quote from: "WZ JUNK"I noticed a small bird flying into the shop this afternoon. I chased it out a couple of times. Then I looked around. It was building a nest in one of the gloves of my sandblasting cabinet. It was a good thing I was sitting still drinking beer or I would never have noticed the bird building the nest. :D
Hope ya didn't spill your beer! :roll:
Quote from: "Crosley"This week at my brothers house, I have been spray painting the interior walls.
I have sprayed about 17 gallons of paint in 2 days.
Which type of sprayer did you end up using?
Went to a little show last evinig ig the neighboring village of Spring lake. Held in a big church parking lot. Bring what ya got, about 140 cars. There was a little breeze in the air and I stayed til almost dark.
Guess what...no head light. Got home before it was dead dark. Checked fuses - good. Check connections - sloppy terminal on the power feed to the switch but I might have knocked that loose myself. Go out next to the radiator to check the light relays, found a slightly corroded relay blade. That fixed it. This car has been a delight to put about 180,000 mil;es on in the first 35 years or so. Sitting around for 6 more years has proven problematic.
We do have the technology to fix it though. I put the top down Wednesday...I'm gonna see how long I can leave it in the well.
full water change in my fish pond. my foot long butterfly coy died :cry:
Quote from: "Bruce Dorsi"Quote from: "Crosley"This week at my brothers house, I have been spray painting the interior walls.
I have sprayed about 17 gallons of paint in 2 days.
Which type of sprayer did you end up using?
I used an airless sprayer. Large one where the 5 gallon bucket sits under the pump - motor.
My Brother found paint at Phoenix warehouse House Paint supply deal. I think it was 60 dollars per 5 gallon bucket. Purty inexpensive house paint.
The original rear bumper on my 2005 Silverado was falling apart from rust. So I bought a new replacement. I had to torch off every single bolt that held the bumper on. And of course the bolts are special so I will have to modify carriage bolts to work.
It is time to work on the brakes some more. Simple job. Should not take more than a couple more years.
Quote from: "WZ JUNK"It is time to work on the brakes some more. Simple job. Should not take more than a couple more years.
Vickie's Torino was like that.
We sold it. :D
Good Luck, and I hope you find the demon.
I did a couple versions of this painting, I like this one best. It's acrylic on prepped hardboard, 12" X 16".
Quote from: "phat46"I did a couple versions of this painting, I like this one best. It's acrylic on prepped hardboard, 12" X 16".
Great job. I like your work. If I had done this one, (which I can not) I would call it "Sinister"
Hooley brought me a new wall hanger for the shop. I wish it was still on the car instead of hanging on my wall of fame/shame. Its the driver side quarter window from the "Okie Twister". If you look close, you can see the Lady Luck decal that he always has on the race cars. He also carries a lucky horseshoe but it disappeared in the wreck and has not been found.
I received a letter stating that Pueblo has been cancelled for this year. No surprise there. They will refund or transfer the entry to next year.
Quote from: "phat46"I did a couple versions of this painting, I like this one best.
Nice! Reminds me of a scene from a Bat Man movie or Ron Crumb art.
Quote from: "WZ JUNK"Hooley brought me a new wall hanger for the shop.
That's a pretty special wall hanger there John :|
I agree with George, that is a special wall hanging. Nice to remember the car.
+ me on the keepsake and painting. 8) 8)
Interesting tidbit from a coworker today...
Just bought two Model A chassis. Built a canoe out of two '50 Chevy truck hoods as a kid. Plans to flip the canoe over and make a boat tailish "rat rod".
That raised an eyebrow. ~:)
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I haven't seen a chevy used before but several with the older International hoods. There were several of those trucks at the auction I went to last fall. I wonder where they ended up? :)
As a kid, I remember when the state had their own tractors for mowing the weeds along the highways. IIRC, in the early 60's, they went to the local salvage yard and mounted old car hoods on the roll cages of their tractors to keep the sun from beating down on the drivers.
I continue on with repairs to my brothers house. About 3 days a week I go over there.
Still replacing switches and outlets in the house. Near finished. The outlets were so worn out , the plug would fall out easily. Ceiling fans: a few more to install
Interior painting is near finished. I repaired sheet rock in a closet thursday... Wall was opened up to back side of the shower to repair leaks a few years ago. I screwed in some backer boards, sheetrock screwed down. First coat of mud on it. I am slow , but get the job done.
Need to reinstalll some base boards. I removed them after i was told the floors would be ceramic tile or laminate .. Now it will be carpet in the bedrooms.
Buddy of mine that Bought that Studebaker Champ truck 1 year ago.. has the cab in colour. He has the Studie a bit further apart than KB at O&S Repair shop.
It is a light blue with a 2 tone on the cab roof. He says the roof color is Cool Grey.. a bit of purple in the grey.
A bit of "ha ha " here.. I was giving my buddy a bit of chit like we do KB about metal flake paint on the trucks roof. A nice 2 tone effect I told him. :lol: My buddy is not a painter. Has not sprayed any car paint in decades.
That must have started the gears rollin for my buddy. Couple weeks later here we are with a different roof color on the Studie.
Tony, I think your friend is doing fine. I'm sure he knows that flakey people use metalflake. :)
Quote from: "kb426"Tony, I think your friend is doing fine. I'm sure he knows that flakey people use metalflake. :)
Well, yea.. He is Canadian flakey.
He was gonna just paint the ol truck light blue as the main cab is now.. I teased him with the metal flake on the roof for a break up of color. He never told me what he was up to, till he sent the photos. He thinks the bumpers will be the grey colour too.. never say never
Since he is using a step side type bed from a Ford Ranger, he named the truck: Stranger and his neighbor owns a graphix sign company , I anticipate some vinyl graphix on the truck tail gate
Crosley , give your buddy an 'atta boy ' from me ! 8) 8) 8) . I may be a flake but I LOVE 70's paint jobs. :lol:
I modified the pedal arm linkage to the brake unit today. I added to the original arm and drilled two additional holes, one on each side of the original location. The brake engineer wanted me to add to the arm, and I wanted to move the linkage to a shorter ratio. This way we will see which one of us is correct. The heat index is 109 right now, so I will wait until the morning to installed it and see what changes occur.
I'm working on the 54 truck, mounting the front end. I CAD designed some mounting plates, and went looking for some 3/16" plate to make them with.
My grandson brings me steel scraps from the scrap bin at work, so I went through what I had in stock, and found a plate that was exactly, to 1/32" of being just the right length, so I used it. I'll get some pictures up of what I am doing.
Yesterday I changed oil and filter in the Tacoma. I like that the filter is on top, so I changed it first, then drained the oil. Got that done, and was going to change oil and filter in the Subie, but no oil filter. DUH! I picked up a filter today, ran the Subie into the shop and remembered the oil filter on top, so I changed it first. Got down on the floor to drain the oil, and forgot that I was supposed to run the car up on the ramps, as it sits so low.
What to do? Back up the car and get old oil in the new filter, while driving it onto the ramps? No...I crawled under it, slid the pan under and loosened the plug. Yeah, the oil shot past the pan and onto the floor. I hate when that happens.
I also learned something new this week. I have an old Cub Cadet with a starter/generator on it. Everything works fine. I'm replacing it with a newer (89 toy) Craftsman rider and tried putting LED tail lights on it, but they wouldn't work with the headlights. Come to find out that the alternator puts out about 22 volts AC, and uses half of that to run the lights and half to charge the battery. The LED lights wouldn't work on it, so I used incandescent lights instead.
WHY didn't you guys tell me?? :wink:
I installed the brake pedal arm this morning and I tried both positions. The 4.2 to 1 and the 6.2 to 1. The original pedal ratio was 4.88 to 1. The results are consistent. Poor brakes in all three positions. I do not notice any difference between the three ratios.
My old college automotive research teacher alway said that it was just as important to find that something did not work, as it was to find something that did work. I am ready for something that does work, and solve this brake problem.
Back in the 70's I built a Model A Vicky Street rod with independent suspension at both ends with disc brakes, 11" rotors up front and 12" out back. Everything said to use an adjustable valve for bias in the back brake line feed, so I bought one. Not only did it make absolutely no difference from one end of the dial to the other, the rear brakes sucked. It took it out, fixed the gap in the line and ended up with brakes from hell that were almost perfectly balanced. Ya just never know.....
Quote from: "WZ JUNK"I installed the brake pedal arm this morning and I tried both positions. The 4.2 to 1 and the 6.2 to 1. The original pedal ratio was 4.88 to 1. The results are consistent. Poor brakes in all three positions. I do not notice any difference between the three ratios.
My old college automotive research teacher alway said that it was just as important to find that something did not work, as it was to find something that did work. I am ready for something that does work, and solve this brake problem.
A few weeks back you mentioned getting a pressure test kit. ...Did you ever take pressure measurements of the brake circuits?
Quote from: "Bruce Dorsi"Quote from: "WZ JUNK"I installed the brake pedal arm this morning and I tried both positions. The 4.2 to 1 and the 6.2 to 1. The original pedal ratio was 4.88 to 1. The results are consistent. Poor brakes in all three positions. I do not notice any difference between the three ratios.
My old college automotive research teacher alway said that it was just as important to find that something did not work, as it was to find something that did work. I am ready for something that does work, and solve this brake problem.
A few weeks back you mentioned getting a pressure test kit. ...Did you ever take pressure measurements of the brake circuits?
Yes, I did take pressure readings on the master cylinder and one rear wheel. They were not as high as I had hoped but according to the engineer I am working with, they should be high enough.
Thursday a friend was trimming trees in my neighbors yard. I stopped to say hello. He asked if I wanted the wood for firewood. I did not look around to see what he was doing, I just blindly said yes. Free firewood, what's to think about. He was cutting to large oaks that were about 4 foot across at the stump. He brought me 5 large dump truck loads of wood. I have been trying to clean up the mess and move it back out of the way. I will split the firewood later in the fall when it is cooler. I should have enough to heat the shop for the next two winters. This is an example of part of what I have been working on.
*! That's huge. A few years back, I had a guy cut down an oak tree that was dead, about 36" across, and I thought that was big. I was cutting it into slabs and rolling them down a slight incline to my wife, who was splitting them. She got ahead of herself and rolled a slab, and when she got to the bottom, it fell on her leg and pinned her. I couldn't hear her over the noise with my earmuffs on. I finally saw her, and dropped the saw and went to lift off the slab.
She had a pretty good sized hole in her leg and could hardly walk. I took her to the ER, and they cleaned her up and packed a LOT of gauze into that hole. Guess who got to clean and pack/remove that gauze for the next week or so...something that I've never done before and thought I never would be doing it. She's fine now.
Ya... that is way larger tree than I have been dealing with recently.
Just in case anyone needed to know, Salina has been cancelled.
Quote from: "kb426"Just in case anyone needed to know, Salina has been cancelled.
Oddly, I think that the NSRA Southwest at Oklahoma City is still on for this weekend.
HAMB Drags are canceled but there will be some other nostalgia event at the dragstrip on the day originally scheduled for the HAMB Drags. Obviously it was not the drag strip that canceled the event. I guess we know now where the tracks priorities are in relation to safety and money.
Puyallup and Spokane Good Guys were both canceled last week. Seems to be a Washington State issue, not the local areas call.
I received notice the Pomona CA swap is cancelled.. Local swap meets here are all cancelled till October with a review then. Local swap Meets are usually held on County community college property, so we deal with the government.
Crosley National meet was cancelled in Ohio.
Crosley regional meet in Calliefornia was cancelled.
Drove down from the Chicago area yesterday to SE Indiana Lawrenceburg to be exact to watch our oldest Granddaughter graduate from high school today. They were able to hold the commencement exercises in the football stadium. So proud of our girl. Hard to believe we have a granddaughter old enough for college.
Four spectators per graduate allowed in the stadium, lots sitting outside the stadium fences watching. EVERYBODY stood during National Anthem. Social distancing was so-so, masks were suggested, but few wore them.
Quote from: "lofat46"Drove down from the Chicago area yesterday to SE Indiana Lawrenceburg to be exact to watch our oldest Granddaughter graduate from high school today. They were able to hold the commencement exercises in the football stadium. So proud of our girl. Hard to believe we have a granddaughter old enough for college.
Four spectators per graduate allowed in the stadium, lots sitting outside the stadium fences watching. EVERYBODY stood during National Anthem. Social distancing was so-so, masks were suggested, but few wore them.
Good to hear the girl did well and there was a graduation event. Out here there have been various types of graduations for the kids. Drive thru the school parking lots with certificates handed to the student in a vehicle. Small parades inside the school grounds, etc.
Well I went to renew my drivers license yesterday. My wife and I put everything together to get the Federal License (? ) so we had all of the necessary papers with us. They put all the information in their computer and then they had me stand behind the machine to check my eyesight. With only one eye that works I already have a restriction on my license that any vehicle that I drive has to have side mirrors on both sides. That's easy enough to live with but my new license has me restricted from night time driving. The "Cruise In" that I've been working to drive the Jeepster to lately is on the 18th of this month. It will be held on a Saturday from 4:00PM to 8:00PM so I'd be safe to drive home. I'm lucky that my current license is good til August 1 in case The Jeepster would break down on the way home. I can start drinking in the evening because I'll have to have a designated driver. GPster
did rear brakes on my 65 merc 1/2 ton while a buddy tried to figure out wiring the 78 column to the 65 harness . I need to bend the shift arm on the column as it has been bent forward so does not move a large enough arc to get park and low gear . my front end parts came so I will do that soon. Might have a DD out of this truck yet . It was my DD for 5 or6 years but has sat the last 5 or so.
I've been offered a temporary job by my former employer. For various reasons they find themselves in a pickle with few qualified HP transmission workers. The shop owner called me last week , asked if I would sit down (at a distance) and discuss details, hours, days worked.
Actually: short story is they made some decisions and moved personnel around. They knew it might whiz off some folks. They did not anticipate 2 guys walking out. Businesses make unpopular decisions every day. It is part of life.
I planned on some travel this summer after I retired. Then the virus hit, shut downs hit. My wife did not want me traveling much because of the virus risk. So here I sit doing various things around the house, helping my brother, etc.
The job would only last 60 to 90 days.. of course it has been 110*F and higher here lately. The shop only has evap swamp coolers.
Tony, doesn't sound like a fun time to me. My work called once after I retired...I didn't even ask how much...just said I couldn't leave my new pastime - building hor rods and having fun.
Funny how valuable you become when you leave a job. A friend of mine retired from a manufacturing shop where he worked for about 40 years, they begged him to come back temporarily the next summer. He named a price and they didn't flinch, he worked about three months, in the Winter. After I left my job they called me six years later and wanted me to go to China and try to straighten out a shop they couldn't. I went, made a lot of money and got the trip of a lifetime! 😄
Rainy here today off and on . Had to install an axle seal . got it done and took the rear rims in to paint them . truck is back on 4 wheels and they are all the same colour. Need to put on a new brake line to ds front . Too nasty to do in the driveway today.
I needed to change the circuit breaker box in the shop, I needed more circuits. The electrician started at 11 am, left at 2pm. done! It would have taken me a week to do it.
I rarely do commission pieces, but this sounded interesting. All finished except the lettering on the front plate and the doors. The client picked the colors, for his wife, I wasn't sure they would work but I like them now. It's an anniversary gift for his wife, she drives semis. It's acrylic on hardboard, 20" X 16"
Quote from: "phat46"I rarely do commission pieces, but this sounded interesting. All finished except the lettering on the front plate and the doors. The client picked the colors, for his wife, I wasn't sure they would work but I like them now. It's an anniversary gift for his wife, she drives semis. It's acrylic on hardboard, 20" X 16"
NICE !! ....I zoomed in on your painting and showed it to my wife. ...She thought it was a photo of a real truck!
I've also enjoyed your other paintings which you shared with us. ...Keep up the good work!
I took a second four bolt main SBC block to the machine shop, the first had the main journal pounded out too far. I had taken a two bolt block out there a while back, it is good and they will credit me some money for that block toward the work on the four bolt block. I guess the blocks are getting harder to find, I have a friend that has parts to build some SBC engines, just needs blocks. Keeping my fingers crossed that this second block is good.
I see that Hot Rod Drag Week and the Hot Rod Power Tour are both canceled. I had already decided not to participate in the Hot Rod Drag Week but I would like to have watched them on the computer. The summer of discontent.
I discovered a source for a product that may solve my brake problem. It is a copper conical washer that fits between a double flare and the connector. It takes up the space left from a bad flare or a bad connection. In my case I found two AN fittings that were poorly made. Tomorrow morning I will instal them and we will see what happens.
4 scorpions killed this evening in the back yard.
1 gopher was trapped.. Plants are still growing.
Yard work for half the day. I replaced the new light switch in the 78 with an old unit I had. The shaft kept pulling out of the switch. The clearance is too large for it to stay latched into position. I'm glad I save some of this old stuff. :)
Sunday: Front yard work this morning before it is 175*F ..
Saturday I did a thing with my bolt bin shelves. I've had these shelves since the early 1980s. I set them on 2 HF wheel dollys.. That puts 8 wheels under the heavy bins.
I bolted the sides and corners of the 3 sections of the bolt bins together with aluminum. The dollys have plywood glued and screwed on them to create a 1 piece unit.
I still need to bolt the bins to the dollys.. likely use some angle metal on the ends from the bins to the wood of the dolly
It rolls "ok" .. the wheels are 2.5 inches diameter. Kinda need to be 4 inch diameter , I think.
Since we are moving in early 2021 , I wanted this on wheels to ease the move a little bit.
I've spent the day cleaning dirt out of the shop. I do that after every project. It's never clean, just cleaner. :)
Well this is interesting and it starts and stops just an hour an a half from me. https://bangshift.com/general-news/drag-week-2020-is-cancelled-but-will-something-else-pop-stay-tuned-racers/
Finished a painting today, 24" X 18". Some of it got lost resizing to fit here....
That turned out Willy Willy nice ! :lol: 8)
I spent sat at my daughter's acreage helping put up electric fence for the horses . I also mowed acres of lawn. She brought her horses home from boarding today , this has been a dream of hers since she was a child to have horses of her own at a place of her own . Big day for her , we got her first horse 10 years ago last may . She has 3 horses now.
I was working in the shop with the doors open, and my wife yells at me to come quickly to the house. A three inch section of cpvc 1/2" pipe had blown out near an outside faucet connection. I shut off the water in the small room where the leak was and looked at the broken pipe. That section was original to the house, as far as I know (built in '79). Why it went is beyond me. Luckily we were home and it's in a small room where we store a lot of cardboard boxes for shipping on ebay. Not much else worth anything was damaged.
I cut the pipe and glued on a male fitting, then installed a Stainless Steel braided hose that I had extra in my plumbing drawer. It must've had some kind of stress on it, but waiting 41 years to blow? Also, that room is one of only two floor drains in the basement, so we were lucky there also.
I'm back on the yard for a while. I rented a trencher and dug as much as I could reach. There's hand work in half of the corners. When I'm digging, I'm aware that I'm not young anymore. LOL.
Lawn sprinklers?
I know what you mean about not being young anymore. I trenched my back yard years ago, but now I need to do more behind the house. I called a young guy starting up a landscape company to come with a small backhoe to dig out next to my trench and put in more rock. He supposed to come this Thursday, and if he doesn't, I'll have to find someone else. This would be the third time he's rescheduled.
We also have a younger guy coming to cut down a 50' pine tree. He does this on the side from his normal job working for the power company. He keeps getting rained out, not his fault. He was supposed to come tonight, but it's raining. He'll come next Tuesday if the weather is okay.
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Yes, sprinklers, not automated but has to be better to get new grass started. :)
Quote from: "kb426"I'm back on the yard for a while. I rented a trencher and dug as much as I could reach. There's hand work in half of the corners. When I'm digging, I'm aware that I'm not young anymore. LOL.
I see your problem. You have a rock shortage. Come to my place and I will supply you with a couple of dump truck loads. When I spray Roundup to kill weeds and grass around something, all that is left is rock. I do not know how any grass grows in my yard.
Thanks, John but no thanks. The ground is hard enough for me to dig that I don't believe I need to "rocks on". :)
straightened my front bumper on the 65 merc 1/2 ton with a c clamp then a floor jack then a bodywork hydraulic ram then a precision ball peen :lol: . Looks better but far from perfect . It will look awesome from 30MPH 8) . Started rattle canning the inside in a sand colour of rustoleum to match the seat from the donor truck. Found out that my signal switch is dead on the left side so need to buy one. This truck will hopefully be my daily driver beater truck when finished . I have owned it for 15 years next month
Rims, interior and bumper all painted . Ordered a signal light switch from rock auto . It will be here next week.
Well...the engine machine shop guy called yesterday...my second four bolt block is junk too, cracked right by the mounting boss...😕 So it looks like I'm going to buy one of his blocks, already machined, just needs to be honed, I am taking the crank and a rod/piston out to him so he can clearance the block for the stroker crank. I keep telling myself, it's only money! 😀
Whoever thought good SBC blocks and cranks and such would get scarce...but the last ones put in cars was 23/24 years ago.
Yesterday I hauled this free Ranger home. Well it was nearly free. I had to haul it home and then switch out the tires and wheels to a friends truck. He bought it for the wheels and tires. It runs and drives but it needs a water pump and a radiator. It came with a title, so I could build another hot rod out of it, and I may.
While shucking it down looking for treasures, I found a hockey mask. I added a ppe mask to it and propped it up for a photo op. I know, I have a weird sense of humor.
Quote from: "Charlie Chops 1940"Whoever thought good SBC blocks and cranks and such would get scarce...but the last ones put in cars was 23/24 years ago.
Yeah, kinda makes me wish I had picked up some of the blocks that were common as fleas a few years ago, but the market for them is drying up too, thanks to the LS engine. The machinist is giving me $120 credit for my two bolt block! I saw a 6 liter LS with the trans and harness and ECU online for asking price od $2100... I have WAY more than that in my parts, without a block so far.....but, it won't be an LS...😉
I had a guy take down a 50' pine tree in my yard on Friday. We're cutting it up today, because it wasn't hot enough yesterday.
painting the house, including rebuilding some of the soffit.
To complete my sprinkler project, I need 8 heads that nobody had. The factory said they would ship them right out. My version of right out might be a little bit different. :) The yard is 90% backfilled and waiting. This morning, I removed an oil filter adapter off a chevy front wheel drive and replaced a gasket. It wasn't as bad as I expected. It was plenty oily, though. I try to avoid working on fwd's , period.
It was hot here today, by Michigan standards, over 90 and humid so I powerwashed the garage/shop before 9 this morning and spent most of the rest of the day in the AC painting. I finished this one, an exercise in chrome and reflections. A weak point of mine, but it's the only way to get better. Fairly happy with the results.
Always amazed at your work.
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I see some form of improvement in almost every painting you post.
It just did a little bit of rain here. Some of the front yard is under water. I won't have to worry about water packing anymore. :)
Latest shipping debacle with USPS happened to my wife. Product ordered on July 10th. From New Jersey.
it took 8 days to arrive at the Los Angeles CA distribution center. Then 6 days to arrive at Carson CA... then 1 day back to Los Angeles Distribution Center..
Then July 25th , it arrived at the Phoenix AZ Distribution center.. I received an email telling me today (26th) the package was in transit and arriving late. LOL
Also: I ordered 2 chainsaw chains on eBay.. Estimated to arrive in 7 days from Utah? I was not given a tracking number, so I knew I was screwed. After package arrived 21 days later, I had a tracking number on the package from new Jersey..... After 2 days the package arrived at DHL, where it was held for 10 days before it was tracked again coming across the USA ...
Currently I am in a dispute with a seller on eBay again.. Not sure how that will end up. 10 weeks, no product, no refund. Seller keeps offering to ship another product, I keep asking for a full refund. Ebay says it will decide on July 30th on who wins?
For the time being: I have removed all my items from eBay. Will not purchase any more items on eBay.. I guess if I can not buy it local in front of me, not going to make a purchase. My wife thinks I am over reacting.
We have plenty of toilet paper and paper towels for now.
Just sticking head in door to say howdy. Howdy. Nothing to report. Theres been a little activity on the 59 job. Haven't noticed anything new on the '30 and I am still on the '51 cab but new bed and fenders are in. Recently did small jobs on a couple other vehicles. My cars all work but theres no A/C among them. If no news is good news, I'm all set! :)
Shipping is turning into a nightmare. I bought a couple things from a guy in Denver, CO. He shipped on the 17th from a Denver area satellite office and it got to the Denver distribution center on the 25th and left there the 25th, arrived in Pittsburgh today and left today. Common sense has left the room.
I have a package that sat 24 days in the distribution center in Oak Park Il, and has now Been in the distribution center in Allen Park Mi for a week.
Quote from: "enjenjo"I have a package that sat 24 days in the distribution center in Oak Park Il, and has now Been in the distribution center in Allen Park Mi for a week.
You win...that's appalling! USPS needs to get a road atlas or something. What
What is a good landmark on Ohio 2 near the airport to meet a guy coming from Philly to get a deck lid from me? Trying to set something up.
Baymont Inn & Suites by Wyndham Swanton/Toledo Airport
10753 Airport Hwy, Swanton, Ohio 43558 +1-419-491-3369
Just off exit 52
what day are you coming?
I had around 3" of rain yesterday evening. It just cut loose again. Water packing by mother nature in force.
Quote from: "enjenjo"Baymont Inn & Suites by Wyndham Swanton/Toledo Airport
10753 Airport Hwy, Swanton, Ohio 43558 +1-419-491-3369
Just off exit 52
what day are you coming?
Not sure yet. He is checking on borrowing a truck or SUV to carry a '40 Ford coupe deck lid. He's got til Wednesday to sort that out. I'm thinking Friday or Saturday at this stage. I'll keep you posted.
Frank, the plan now is to meet him between 1 & 2 on Saturday at the Baymont parking lot. What's a good time to swing bybyour ranch?
Any time saturday would be fine. No plans here. You want to see Shelby?
Quote from: "enjenjo"Any time saturday would be fine. No plans here. You want to see Shelby?
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We will stop by your place around the noon hour. Our meet time at Baymont is between 1 & 2. Then I have to swing up to Livonia for a BMW bumper cover....if the guy ever messages me back.
Would love to see Shelby and her kids but she needn't make a special trip out of it.
Hi.. It has been an interesting 3 weeks back at my former employer. I am working 4 days a week , 6 to 7 hours a day. Altho I worked 5.5 hours today (friday) with a lunch in there.
Plenty of work load to deal with. One fellow got po'd at the bizness owner on wednesday and quit thursday morning. It was not a great loss to be honest.
I am trying to take things easy.. not stress out on stuff. ALtho I have been given several problem transmissions that required sorting out..
Howdy gang, just figured I'd pop by and say Gidday.
Nuthin much happening at all down this a ways. We're in the third week of our second wave lockdown, the first was bad enough but that's to a bunch of inconsiderate mindless morons the thing has taken off again and we've got three or four times the problem and death rate that we had first go around.
For me it's like solitary confinement. No visitors allowed only reason to be out in public is gathering food, headed to work, helping the needy/elderly or exercise. Must wear a mask if outside and cannot venture out of your postal code area.
Been no car guy activities here since March.
Charlie Chops stopped by today , and we had a good conversation. Shelby came by to see him too.
That was fun Frank and Shelby....it's always nice the see one of my extended family grand daughters. And to chat with Frank. Always something interesting going on in Frank's shop. Gt a bit if a Jaguar independent front suspension seminar.
I read the internet site Bangshift each morning. (right after I check in on the rrt) https://bangshift.com/. It is the latest news in the automotive aftermarket world along with a lot of general auto information and links to video of events. This morning they are featuring my ad to sell the Ranger truck that I built over the last winter. I was pleasantly surprised and thankful for the attention.
Cool. Now have another website to visit daily. Thanks.
I had 3 Rangers, all with the 4.0L V6, never saw an inline 6. LOL.
"This beast, however, is something else altogether. The biggest engine offered at the time was the 4.0L inline-six, an updated version of the Cologne V6 that had been in use since 1962."
Gave the coupe a once over today, topped off the gas and getting it ready to head to Louisville on Wednesday. Going to feel good hitting the road for a long overdue road trip.
Quote from: "Carps"Howdy gang, just figured I'd pop by and say Gidday.
Nuthin much happening at all down this a ways. We're in the third week of our second wave lockdown, the first was bad enough but that's to a bunch of inconsiderate mindless morons the thing has taken off again and we've got three or four times the problem and death rate that we had first go around.
For me it's like solitary confinement. No visitors allowed only reason to be out in public is gathering food, headed to work, helping the needy/elderly or exercise. Must wear a mask if outside and cannot venture out of your postal code area.
Been no car guy activities here since March.
Nice to hear from you Peter. Glad you are doing well. Although we have some restrictions it's not insurmountable if one is careful. I will say though, I don't like being in the target group.
Last thursday I drove up to the Detroit area and picked up a bunch of Jag parts and several sets of wheels. My younger brother went with me, he new nothing about Jaguars when we left his house, by the time I dropped him off on the way back he had bought both a front end and a rear end from me, both from an XJ6.
So I brought the truck and trailer home and unloaded all but the stuff he bought. So sunday afternoon I hauled them over to his house. On the way there I came to his street, turned the corner and saw the rear end fall off the trailer. I hit the brakes and the front end came over the trailer between the trailer and the truck. Fortunately several people stopped to help me get them reloaded and in five minutes I was on my way for the last half mile. Both the hold down straps I had on them were still there, but both were broken. :x
Even when I am not trying I get drama. :D
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Shall we put orange safety cones around you? :)
Swapped a fender on a 2020 F350 yesterday, took about 3 hrs. I thought I had gotten out of collision work in time to avoid ever touching an aluminum truck but one found me.
This morning I planted and rolled the yard. After lunch I watered. It's about time to get back to something more enjoyable. :)
More shipping SNAFU stuff..
My wife had a UPS package she was waiting on. Tracking indicated delivered. Nothing was here and since my wife still works at home, that seemed odd.
She called the vendor. Another item shipped No charge. That package arrived fine. Thursday my wife receives a phone call from a neighbor on the next street west of us. She has the first package. It was incorrectly delivered to her house a week ago and she never paid attention to it, never opened it, never read the label till thursday morning.
Chatting with some friends , they all have stories on shipping mistakes. :!:
My daughter is getting married today (saturday) I will be busy with the wedding . :D
Quote from: "chimp koose"My daughter is getting married today (saturday) I will be busy with the wedding . :D
Congratulations, always a memorable day.😀
Quote from: "chimp koose"My daughter is getting married today (saturday) I will be busy with the wedding . :D
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A great day for sure. Have fun.
Finished this today. Acrylic on hardboard, 18" X 24".
This should take you to the live stream by Seldom Seen Slim live from Bonneville and Speedweek. https://www.meridix.com/event/169850
I finished building a T5 today, and tore down another one. Then I finally got the engine out of a 2006 Subaru. I have been working on it off and on all week. It was ready to come out last sunday, but the block was stuck to the transmission. I got a couple thin putty knives in it monday, lots of PB blaster, tuesday I got a couple thicker scrapers, more room to get PB blaster in the slot. A little more each day until it finally came loose today. This car is a wreck, the engine is going into another car. I still have some more parts to take off before it goes to scrap.
The wedding was a great time . Done in front of their 100 yr old barn at the acreage . My daughters 3 horses hitched to their post on one side and hubby's modified dirt car on the other side . All her dogs walked down the aisle with the wedding party ,sat with the groomsmen and were perfectly behaved all through the service . These two are quite a pair , quads ,dirtbikes ,stock cars,fishing , shooting all common interests . Grooms father described my girl as "a Keith (husband)with indoor plumbing".
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The new heart and the transplant patient. Just remembered I need to get main cap bolts....🙄
I am taking the day off today. A paid holiday. (Everyday is a paid holiday these days). 50 years I have lived with this woman as of today. We are going for a drive and a picnic. I spare no expense. :D
Quote from: "WZ JUNK"I am taking the day off today. A paid holiday. (Everyday is a paid holiday these days). 50 years I have lived with this woman as of today. We are going for a drive and a picnic. I spare no expense. :D
Congratulations, sometimes those things have more value than spending a bunch of money.
Congrats, John. 50 is a milestone. :)
I have been married to my milstone for 52 years.
Congratulations, John. You too, Frank, although we must have missed that milestone. :lol:
Congratulations To you John and Frank. Linda and I will be married 53 years in October. Now a days people get married with the idea that they could always get out of it and they celebrate after 5 years like they have accomplished something. I think it's great that she has put up with me (and kept me alive) for soooo long. GPster
In a couple weeks it will be 57 years for Sharon and me. We'll probably do something.....
Congratulation to all the Long haulers. My wife and I are only on 27 years but we have so many things we both enjoy. Hope to join the 50 year club in the future.
Hung eight of these today, my first experience with the Spirolok wristpin keepers, there is a definite learning curve, the first one took me twenty minutes, just to get one Spirolok in. The last was three minutes for the entire assembly. Just as I got the hang of it, I ran out of Pistons! 😃
I got educated with spirolocks in 1976 with a boss 336 pro stock engine. Now, they're an annoyance instead of a PITA. :) However, I've never heard of one popping out like snap rings under detonation. :)
I will listen to the live stream from Bonneville this morning. George Poteet is going to try a really fast pass first thing this morning.
Quote from: "kb426"I got educated with spirolocks in 1976 with a boss 336 pro stock engine. Now, they're an annoyance instead of a PITA. :) However, I've never heard of one popping out like snap rings under detonation. :)
I agree, and not really that hard to put in, once you figure it out. And, if installed properly, they are not coming out on their own! Mine were the double wrap style, just for added fun. 😄 I didn't know they went back that far, it's been a while since I put a motor together but when I did it was the snap ring style I used. Still waiting for maincap bolts to arrive, they were supposed to be here yesterday, then the real fun begins.
Still painting the garage, we got the house done last week. The west side of the garage is just beat up, especially the fascia which is cedar. We have about a half mile of open field on that side and the wind really runs hard.
Looks like the nats north at Kalamazoo has been canceled. I know that is home to a lot of you on the board. I have enjoyed this event in the past and I am sorry you will not have it this year.
Quote from: "WZ JUNK"Looks like the nats north at Kalamazoo has been canceled. I know that is home to a lot of you on the board. I have enjoyed this event in the past and I am sorry you will not have it this year.
I had a feeling that was going to happen with the governor they have. I didn't register, but I did reserve a motel room
My wife came home from the food store last weekend... she tells me the Halloween supplies from food to displays are in stock. Seems early.
I am continuing work on the brakes on my 54 chevy with 4 wheel power disc. I have narrowed the problem to the rear calipers. When I isolate the calipers there is a 400 psi pressure difference. When the calipers are in the system, the pressure is about 700 psi and when I isolate them, by taking a reading at the point where they connect to brake lines, I get a reading of near 1100 psi. I have tried lots of different bleeding methods, even removing the caliper and rotating it into different position in hopes of removing any trapped air. At least I have it narrowed down to the calipers. Time for more pondering. :?
Motel canceled. No one mentioned my misspelling of Milestone in my last post here :D
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We were being nice to you. :)
Quote from: "WZ JUNK"I will listen to the live stream from Bonneville this morning. George Poteet is going to try a really fast pass first thing this morning.
I read that the Speed Demon ran an average around 470 mph with his AA engine .. with a back door speed of 481 mph.
Purty dang amazing
Quote from: "enjenjo"Motel canceled. No one mentioned my misspelling of Milestone in my last post here :D
I thought you intentionally meant 'millstone.' Sorry. :shock:
Quote from: "kb426"Congrats, John. 50 is a milestone. :)
My folks hit 58 this week. :)
Quote from: "WZ JUNK"I am continuing work on the brakes on my 54 chevy with 4 wheel power disc. I have narrowed the problem to the rear calipers. When I isolate the calipers there is a 400 psi pressure difference. When the calipers are in the system, the pressure is about 700 psi and when I isolate them, by taking a reading at the point where they connect to brake lines, I get a reading of near 1100 psi. I have tried lots of different bleeding methods, even removing the caliper and rotating it into different position in hopes of removing any trapped air. At least I have it narrowed down to the calipers. Time for more pondering. :?
Is it a flow (volume) problem or a pressure problem, John?
Is it possible the master cylinder is not displacing enough fluid (volume) to satisfy the caliper volumes when the pistons are extended?
It seems to me the pressure is high when pumping against a "dead head," but as the pistons extend, the increased volume of the system is not being supplied by the m/c, thereby causing the pressure to drop.
Of course, I may be totally mistaken and F.O.S.!
Is it possible to isolate ONLY ONE rear caliper and re-test?
Quote from: "Bruce Dorsi"Quote from: "WZ JUNK"I am continuing work on the brakes on my 54 chevy with 4 wheel power disc. I have narrowed the problem to the rear calipers. When I isolate the calipers there is a 400 psi pressure difference. When the calipers are in the system, the pressure is about 700 psi and when I isolate them, by taking a reading at the point where they connect to brake lines, I get a reading of near 1100 psi. I have tried lots of different bleeding methods, even removing the caliper and rotating it into different position in hopes of removing any trapped air. At least I have it narrowed down to the calipers. Time for more pondering. :?
Is it a flow (volume) problem or a pressure problem, John?
Is it possible the master cylinder is not displacing enough fluid (volume) to satisfy the caliper volumes when the pistons are extended?
It seems to me the pressure is high when pumping against a "dead head," but as the pistons extend, the increased volume of the system is not being supplied by the m/c, thereby causing the pressure to drop.
Of course, I may be totally mistaken and F.O.S.!
Is it possible to isolate ONLY ONE rear caliper and re-test?
I have tested each of the rear calipers individually and both of them have pressure drops. One has a little more than the other. Since I have full pressure to the point where the fluid enters the caliper, and I have the caliper bled, I would think that the master cylinder could supply the needed pressure through the caliper. However, if I knew the answer, I would not be asking for help. I have another experiment it the works and I will give it a try soon. Thanks
phat 46 , I can remember machining piston pin buttons many years ago (30+) for a blown alcohol donovan for a friends tractor puller . He was losing the pin retainers . I will be resizing and shortening some titanium valves for him soon . The pin buttons worked but were heavy .
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I have tested each of the rear calipers individually and both of them have pressure drops. One has a little more than the other. Since I have full pressure to the point where the fluid enters the caliper, and I have the caliper bled, I would think that the master cylinder could supply the needed pressure through the caliper. However, if I knew the answer, I would not be asking for help. I have another experiment it the works and I will give it a try soon. Thanks
I rarely have answers, John, but I always have questions! ...We don't usually learn from jobs we've done 100 times before, so these unusual problems allow us to learn something new and challenge our brain. ....I am here to learn.
My understanding is that pressure is created by resistance to flow. ...Conversely, when resistance is decreased, pressure decreases as flow increases.
The brake circuit is closed, flow is created at the master cylinder. ....This flow is what moves the pistons in the calipers. ....Pressure does not significantly increase until the pads contact the rotors and the pistons can not move any further.
If the pistons in the calipers are clamped in the retracted position, the pressure inside the calipers should be close to the 1100 psi reading. ....As the pistons extend, the pressure reading will drop until piston travel stops. ....If volume of fluid available is insufficient to clamp the rotors, pressure will not build to the 1100 psi.
One way I can think of to test this would be to vary the limit of travel of the pistons to see how pressure reading is affected.
Are the calipers correct for the thickness of your rotors or vice-versa?
Please keep us informed as you work on your braking problem. ....It gives us a chance to learn with you.
Quote from: "WZ JUNK"I have tested each of the rear calipers individually and both of them have pressure drops. One has a little more than the other. Since I have full pressure to the point where the fluid enters the caliper, and I have the caliper bled, I would think that the master cylinder could supply the needed pressure through the caliper. However, if I knew the answer, I would not be asking for help. I have another experiment it the works and I will give it a try soon. Thanks
Integrated parking brake calipers? Friend of mine had huge problems with his Seville rear calipers till he went wild man on the adjusting - parking arm of the calipers to get the clearance of the pads tight
Many years ago I tried to get those calipers and parking brakes to work. I gave up and put a pair of like sized front calipers on and they worked just fine .Don't remember what I change to adapt them but it wasn't a big deal as I recall. Don't like not having a parking brake though. Since I've just used the Ford 11" drum brakes in the rear.
Road trip today... thru Show Low , Payson , Snowflake, Pine Top Arizona... Looking at property, houses, ect.
We drove down the AZ State RT 87 from Payson.. That is the area where wild fires burned thousands of acres of land in the mountains along the highway weeks ago. They had to replace thousands of feet of guard rail that burned down along the roadway.
When you see the burned land in person , it brings it home. We have seen the burned land before on previous fires over the years ... The view of the burned land really stays with you.
I tried another brake experiment this morning on the 54 Chevy. I flip/flopped the brake lines on the master cylinder to see if that would make a difference. It did not. I am going to set the car aside for the time being and come back to it at a later date. I have had enough disappointment and frustration for the time being.
Having fun today, I forgot how much fun ths can be! BTW, yes, that piston is out of the hole, .0165 to be exact, I'll need a .060 gasket to get the quench in the ballpark.
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What ring combination do you have? What comp. ratio are you supposed to end up with? To get a thick head gasket, is solid copper the only option?
I drove to Lasalle In today, about 80 miles one way, to pick up some parts. Two S10 transmissions, three bell housings, and a shifter. It was a good deal.
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What ring combination do you have? What comp. ratio are you supposed to end up with? To get a thick head gasket, is solid copper the only option?
The rings are what came with the Wiseco Pistons, the compression ratio should be 10.2 with the 62 cc heads I have. It looks like there is a variety of gaskets, some are composite. And they are NOT cheap! 😮
Why not take the pistons out and face them down .010" . Then they would sit .005 proud of the deck, you could get a cheap fel pro gasket .045 thick and have .040 piston to head , perfect quench . I think you may have a higher CR than you think . Each cyl swept vol is 47.833" ( 2.015x2.015x3.14159x3.75=47.833"), 62cc=3.783"(2.54x2.54x2.54=16.387cc/cu in)(62/16.387=3.783") , head gsk @ .040 x 4.100 dia =.528"(2.05x2.05x3.14159x.040=.528") those work out to 52.144" at bdc . Vol at tdc = 4.311 . 52.144/4.311=12.09:1CR That is a little much for pump gas . I did not calculate the difference of the piston head dia sitting in the last .005" of head gskt . That would be a piston head dia of roughly 3.990 sitting in a head gasket of 4.100dia at a depth of .005"
Quote from: "chimp koose"Why not take the pistons out and face them down .010" . Then they would sit .005 proud of the deck, you could get a cheap fel pro gasket .045 thick and have .040 piston to head , perfect quench . I think you may have a higher CR than you think . Each cyl swept vol is 47.833" ( 2.015x2.015x3.14159x3.75=47.833"), 62cc=3.783"(2.54x2.54x2.54=16.387cc/cu in)(62/16.387=3.783") , head gsk @ .040 x 4.100 dia =.528"(2.05x2.05x3.14159x.040=.528") those work out to 52.144" at bdc . Vol at tdc = 4.311 . 52.144/4.311=12.09:1CR That is a little much for pump gas . I did not calculate the difference of the piston head dia sitting in the last .005" of head gskt . That would be a piston head dia of roughly 3.990 sitting in a head gasket of 4.100dia at a depth of .005"
You're right I may have a little more compression, but that may not be a problem, I have been building this to run e85, that seems to run best about 13-1. I thought about milling the pistons too, just seems like a lot of work and expense to buy cheaper gaskets.
I was wondering if you were considering e85 as you mentioned your relative running it with success. 12:1 would be easy on e85 I would think .
Whatever you do be sure to clay check the clearance... don't even ask how I know....
When Hooley wrecked the Henry J gasser last month "The Okie Twister", the engine survived but the the blower belt drive guard was bent and ruined. Today Hooley stopped by the shop and gave me this ball point pen that he hand made from one of the left over spacers from that belt drive. A great gift, a memory of a fun car, and a good friend. It is a keeper.
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That rates a place on the "more unusual" ink pens list. :)
Lowered the seat in my 65 merc as it was 1 3/4" higher than it should have been. Installed larger idle air bleeds in the carb and got a lot better idle mixture adjustment . 18" of vacuum with the cam 4 degrees advanced . Reinstalled the steering wheel to on centre. I took it out for a drive and it runs pretty good! Sure feels comfortable with the seat at a proper height . I had cobbled up a seat mount originally to get the seat from my 84 f150 into the merc , but today I broke out the welder and made it right. I took my wife to the dairy queen and did a nice burnout on the way home :lol:
Visit to local home improvement store. its been a while. 15+ items from charcoal, drip irrigation parts to toilet repair - install parts.. Got off easy ; 130 dollars out the door............. hope I do not mix the parts up.
Helping my brother again with a few items for his house....
multiple records broken here for high temperatures ... Daily records broken. Long term heat records broken.. record high "low" temp records broken.
Power utility companies asking us to raise our thermostat up in our houses.. Of course we are asking why the electric company asks for more raises in rates to prepare for future demand of power .. then we hear about record profits for the utility company. Weird.
Recovering from a quick trip to Springfield, Mo. for the swap meet. was cancelled & then resumed. Was about 1/4 its normal size, didn't buy anything, 8 hours drive each way. Whew!!
Quote from: "papastoyss"Recovering from a quick trip to Springfield, Mo. for the swap meet. was cancelled & then resumed. Was about 1/4 its normal size, didn't buy anything, 8 hours drive each way. Whew!!
I was there in the car corral on Saturday. We could have had a meet and greet. It was my first venture out in public. I stayed away from people most of the day. The small crowd at the swap meet made that easier.
Quote from: "WZ JUNK"Quote from: "papastoyss"Recovering from a quick trip to Springfield, Mo. for the swap meet. was cancelled & then resumed. Was about 1/4 its normal size, didn't buy anything, 8 hours drive each way. Whew!!
I was there in the car corral on Saturday. We could have had a meet and greet. It was my first venture out in public. I stayed away from people most of the day. The small crowd at the swap meet made that easier.
Fri evening I had enjoyed all I could stand, we headed for home first thing sat., sorry we missed you.
I decided to build a truck bed trailer out of one of the junk Ford Ranger trucks. I took it apart today. Note the clever way I carefully removed the cab from the frame.
Now if I can just remember the proportion of the rear axle to hitch so that it will tow correctly.
Hi all, it's my birthday today and last Monday I got a new hip.
I'm doing pretty well, although they broke the robot fixing me.
I asked if when I heeled up, I could run again? They said yes, which is very good because I never could run!
Hope to see most of you at the car shows soon.
Quote from: "Ohio Blue Tip"Hi all, it's my birthday today and last Monday I got a new hip.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!
Hip, hip, hooray!
hip hip hooray :lol: :lol:
Aren't we clever today. LOL
I made an arm for the bucket of my little Kubota tractor from scrap metal. It slips in place onto the bucket without bolts or fasteners. It will help me pick up lighter things. The length of the arm is shorter than it appears in the photo. I know it will have limitations but there is a lot that I can do with it to save my back. The little tractor is really handy. Like so many of the tools we buy, I can not imagine getting by without the tractor, now that I have it.
did my first ever engine pull with the bucket of the tractor , I was 12 at the time :lol: it was a 52 chev 6cyl,and the engine was going to go in my model T ( back half of a T touring that had been turned into a horse drawn sleigh .)
Quote from: "Ohio Blue Tip"Hi all, it's my birthday today and last Monday I got a new hip.
I'm doing pretty well, although they broke the robot fixing me.
I asked if when I heeled up, I could run again? They said yes, which is very good because I never could run!
Hope to see most of you at the car shows soon.
Happy Belated Kenny. Can you out run Lorain yet? :D
News in my related family is wacky and unexpected. DNA testing and genealogy searches.
About a month ago, my wife's oldest sister (82) received a phone call from her great grand daughter. A 33 yr olde gal had contacted her about the GG daughter's deceased uncle John being her bio father. John died in 2000 from cancer at age 43.
This gal had found a DNA match to the GG daughter's grandmother Cheryl (deceased in 2017) and the gal was looking for living relatives.
1 or 2 days later: A 39 yr olde guy contacts my wifes same sister (82 yr olde) .. about John being his bio father from an adoption placement when he was born 39 yrs ago.
My wife's sister being a bit leary of this 2nd contact , called her son Bob... She asks Bob if he ever heard of an adoption child placement from his brother John.. "Yes" was his answer. No body had ever told mom about this. LOL
Mom (82 yr olde) asks her son Bob "Is there anything else you or your brothers want to tell me now?" .... Bob tells his mom: "I have no surprises, but you should call Gary" ... so yes , there is another story. Not sure where that will go. Nothing conclusive there yet. Gary was told he had a son from a gal 20 yrs ago.. Nothing ever proved by the gal's claims.
There is a large amount of information that has come out now. Things have been verified. The 82 yr old grandma now has 2 more grand kids and 2 more great grand kids.
Played some more with my new toy, a JD X738. Finished up making a bracket for the back to hold a hitch ball/pintle hook setup that I had on my smaller tractor. Mounted the snow plow and garden plow to the older Cub Cadet for photo ops for CL and FB. Have two small tractors to get rid of, and a third is already sold, awaiting the buyer from IA.
I want a tractor like John's. That would be wonderful moving vehicles up my sloping driveway. :)
Nearly finished with this painting, after I took the picture I realized I needed a few more details, like plug wires, but you get the idea anyway. This is a local car that I took a picture of at a cruise night this summer.
Very nice job. The proportions are spot on.
I was up by Dexter yesterday chasing parts, so I stopped by Don's to check out the Divco, and tell lies, most of which were the truth. This will be another feature worthy build.
I spent the day replacing the heater core on my dakota. The dealer wanted $800 to do this. I have lots of cuts and bruises but the total expenditure is a $35 heater core and freon and some new orings for the lines I disconnected. My time usually isn't worth much. I got paid a little more today. :)
Quote from: "enjenjo"Very nice job. The proportions are spot on.
I was up by Dexter yesterday chasing parts, so I stopped by Don's to check out the Divco, and tell lies, most of which were the truth. This will be another feature worthy build.
You make me blush my friend. :oops:
I set the 327 and powerglide back into my 1948 Simca this week... Build out the tunnel, floor and firewall for it soon. I hope. Maybe.
I also moved the 1959 Triumph out from its storage home to a spot near the driveway to load it on my trailer. Time for a new Home for it.
I made the 1st real road trip since last fall. I went across Kansas and picked up a Mark 8 irs. Alum center section, a-arms and disc brakes. The only item missing is it's not a posi. It looks to be low mileage. The cv joint boots are all good and the brakes have either been redone or it's a low mileage unit. It was a beautiful summer day with fall in the air.
I am watching Rocky Mountain Race Week 2.0 on YouTube. Today is day one from Tulsa just an hour and a half from here. From what I have seen so far, the Ranger truck I built for this event, and Hot Rod Drag Week, would be very competitive. I hope I get to participate in these events someday. This virus is a real bummer. :evil:
i hauled all my fish indoors to the big tank. It is starting to get cold in the mornings and they needed to come in from the pond. Also took in 10 fish from a co worker's pond as he has nowhere to put them indoors at his home.
I installed a new line and accumulator on the dakota. I have ac again. I pulled apart some of the mark 8 irs. The rotors spent the day in the rust vat. They look good. The hubs are pressed out of the assembly and ready for the bolt pattern to be changed. I found very little on the rear that didn't look good. This one wasn't rusty. It came apart easily. :)
I loaded 38 tires and wheels on my trailer. Went to my neighbors shop, who has a tire machine. Separated the tires from the wheels and reloaded the whole mess. Tomorrow I will haul the tires to the Indian recycling center. They are doing a free tire drop off. This load of tire represents many years of me dumping tires and wheels behind the shop thinking I will use them for something someday. Today was payback for me being a hoarder. I am now hot, tired, and dirty.
WZJUNK has a new exercise program. LOL.
O&S turned a simple job into something more lengthy. :) I needed a 39/64's drill bit to make this easy. Not to be found in my town. My friend at the machine shop and I have lots of unusual tooling. Not this time. I had drilled the hubs to 9/16's. I used the boring bar to remove the rest. The studs are pressed in and the hubs are reinstalled. I'm waiting on caliper kits and short of changing oil, the rear is ready for whatever I find to put it in. :)
I burned a brush pile today. It's not legal unless you are a farmer here, but I live next to a farm, close enough.
Going in to the surgery center in an hour to get my first cataract done. Next Thursday for the other.
Things went well today, vision is pretty good so far, but NO close vision, so readers it is.
Quote from: "sirstude"Things went well today, vision is pretty good so far, but NO close vision, so readers it is.
i had mine done last year ,was told you will have distance but will need readers ,well i have close up but need distance glass's
it's amazing what they can do 8) 8)
Doug, glad it turned out well. My wife had both eyes done a couple years ago. She's been nearsighted all her life, and they asked her if she wanted to stay near or go to far. She took farsighted. OOPS! Big mistake. Now she can't put on her makeup without a magnifying mirror. Something she never thought of when they asked.
good to hear things went well 8)
I'm in the western end of the U.P. doing some work
at deer camp. It was 27* here last night, with a heavy frost. Winter is coming! The trees are changing color, some is spectacular already!
Thanks guys for the support, next Thursday for the other eye. That means another covid test today so they will let me in the surgery center.
We spent a couple days up north in Show Low AZ. Much kooler weather there. looked at some houses with large RV garage. Very nice setups. They were Out side of Show Low city limits a bit.
We still have our vacant land with utilities up there. Trying to decide to build a house or buy an existing house.
As feared, my blog became useless. Been doing much job art of late. Attempting to attach two resized images. Been busy. Not stuck up. Gave up on daily updates. Just wanted to share some art. I have been learning to use the "gradient fill" feature on my pic hacking program and will continue until the computer craps one day.
When you read the emblem say F one five oh. Not F150 ;) It is a 51F150. :D I'm proud of that. Unless I saw it somewhere before.
Anyway, contrary to interweb findings, my finding is that a 56 grille has to be cut down to go in a 51. Hacking a new grille too. Taking out about a headlight width in total. The cab lacks pan and firewall final install but otherwise it behaves like a bank vault that you can blow the door shut on. All parties satisfied and stoked!
Anything Model A or Catalina comes up, you'll see. But as I progress with my art efforts, not having to post a bunch of updates is mighty helpful day to day.
Take good care of yourselves, gents.
I like the hood mods, Matt. If a guy put naca ducts in the rear fenders and a Dodge viper top reveal on the truck, it would change it alot. The area where the front bumper is blacked out would make a good opening for an intercooler. :) Where does the new hood come from?
Don't know what you mean by Viper reveal ( is it the 78 Z-28-like triangular hood opening? ) but the ducts did blip my radar. I told him this evening that I would like to echo the vent shape somehow at the tails. A new F150's embossed tailgate script may find it's way onto this. (shhh) I been dying to leak that idea and may start a rear rendering before bed.
Theres a bunch of places selling all probably the same hood and if I had to guess, Mac's. The A stuff came from there. Whoever is cheapest and can get it here unscarred.
It has a liquid intercooler under the blower and thats a slot with imaginary black mesh in the valance. No bumpers. We ballparked 335 rubber out back. 700HP so yeah. And plan to tub it using the old rear fenders. It is a plan in progress, evolving. Poor guy has not had much luck with all the places who claim to make custom instrument clusters and that has been a frustration. Got the money but can't have the thing, y'know. ;)
The top of the viper coupe has a wind diverter reveal on it. https://www.ebay.com/i/382249904158?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&itemid=382249904158&targetid=934800884336&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=9024507&poi=&campaignid=10900797491&mkgroupid=109964863169&rlsatarget=pla-934800884336&abcId=9300403&merchantid=6591274&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIuev5oZv56wIVD9vACh2EXgisEAQYBSABEgIwC_D_BwE
Oh I get it, the ditch in the middle of the roof. Yessir that would change the look. It seems unusual but he has stuck to the stock door handles with no chop all along and for me that kind of limits the slippery / racy looks thing. But he is quite open to radical body mods it seems. Interesting input, Bill. I hadn't considered speedway looks really. But I do like the look of conservative chin spoilers on stuff and maybe this. It is strange, certain elements he has chosen via Pfaff Designs since the beginning. On other things, we toss ideas around. We stood at my box watching a sketch appear Friday and I said "I am no car designer, but..." and he blurted "Oh, yes you are!".
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Its a shame about the blog. Now theres no way for me to post pics with sufficient detail to distinguish a slot from a blackout on a bumper. Pic shown is less than a sixth the size of the original.
The roof ditch sounds nutty but I knew there was genuine thought behind it so I tried it. Glad I did because sure enough, it looks aggressive. Just an ever so tiny flat strip in the middle. Not sure if I would want it or if he would pick it but the F1 man will see that in some form. Thank you, Bill. :)
Also glad because the F150s with embossed tailgate script are of course aluminum. Dang on that, never mind.
Once I plowed the furrow down the roof, poof that kicked in the idea pump. Saying aloud with a raised brow: He's got something there!
Made a plain line drawing last night showing the discussed roll pan treatment and fell asleep trying to imagine tail lights and wanting to tie in somehow somewhere, the new shapes in the hood.
Started sketching a day one idea of mine about using bent tubing to extend bed rail ends around the corner, and the billboard of a blank smooth handle-on-inside tailgate was just staring up at me as I ran through shape theories and lamp choices trying to think up something dramatic. Then it hit me.
Forget tail lights for now. I came up with more ideas for those while doing this. But this is where I stopped. Artists hate stopping, at least this one do. But this is progress that I feel good about.
I got the cab bolted to the frame today too. :) And chopped the front bumper horns off the frame. He was thinking bumper when he ordered it.
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I emptied the shop of everything that had wheels and some stuff that did not. Then I vacuumed and washed everything that I could get to. I try to do this a couple of times a year. Having wheels on a lot of my stuff helps a lot.
Over here in the land of really boring, the parts for the brake calipers on the mark 8 rear arrived so it is completed. I had a problem with the heater in the shop for sometime. I took some time yesterday and figured out what was wrong. It now works as it should. I have done a bunch of small items to take my mind of of trying to find the next project. I borrowed a tool bit grinder and sharpened around 50 lathe tool bits and a few end mills. I exercised all the cycles in the last 2 days. I really miss that level of performance. :) I'm working on being more interesting in the future. LOL.
Matt, back in 2013 when I was starting on my 51, I wanted to incorporate styling cues from the 96 mustang gt that was the donor vehicle. My mind went blank and I decided to give up on that and just build a clean truck with good underpinnings. At the end of 2013, Gene Simmons showed "snakebit" at the sema show. I liked what they did with the truck but it was just a beginning. If your customer is up to it, you and your shop have the chance to do something very striking. :)
I went in today and had some cysts removed. Fun times.The Dermatologist is from Kansas, and went to school in Pittsburg. Her husband raced at MoKan.
Quote from: "enjenjo"I went in today and had some cysts removed. Fun times.The Dermatologist is from Kansas, and went to school in Pittsburg. Her husband raced at MoKan.
I knew we ran them out of this part of the country, I just did not know where they ended up. :D
Small world isn't it.
I hope the cuts all heal well.
I am recovering from the shop cleaning today.
I installed a complete new entry door the other day (took me about 3 days). Then we decided that maybe we should paint the inside of the two car attached garage. Most of it hadn't been painted, just plain drywall. Being that I'm not fussy, I just decided to mud the joints and a few holes, one coat and not the smoothest. Got about 1/3 done today with two coats of paint. Yeah, the nails will probably show rust spots where I didn't cover them, but that's the way it goes.
Still a long way to go.
Quote from: "kb426"Matt, back in 2013 when I was starting on my 51, I wanted to incorporate styling cues from the 96 mustang gt that was the donor vehicle. My mind went blank and I decided to give up on that and just build a clean truck with good underpinnings. At the end of 2013, Gene Simmons showed "snakebit" at the sema show. I liked what they did with the truck but it was just a beginning. If your customer is up to it, you and your shop have the chance to do something very striking. :)
That has occurred to me and it is why my last several weekends, and more, have been donated to the cause. I bet I have created a hundred images but had only one favorable response. Not unlike foruming. That one where I did good is the one I showed here and all it was is a straight front view that mirrors the pro rendering. So technically I am still at zero and frantically trying to depict things that have been described.Things I would not vote for.
Two things are obvious: He and I don't like the same things. Model A guy and me pretty much do. F1 man is willing to do radical but retreats to just keeping that part stock if nothing appealing is presented. Very nice guy and he humors me. During that last visit, I caught the drift. Anything not presented in painstaking accurate detail and absolutely to taste is cast aside.
My enthusiasm for this type of thing will wane shortly, I can see that too. Either that or it will go the other way. I have two or three different oh can I call them mod bundles, for a tail end view of the truck. Decent stuff to park next to any other custom, I believe. What I don't think anyone could believe is the hours invested in creating images. A nontechnical sketch is one thing. Several minutes. The simplest rendering starts with scouring the web for a pic that can work and hoping to not end up in jail for using it to work with. This often ís not possible but takes several search sessions to the limit of patience to find that out. A decent rendering means I've lost at least one night's sleep. I have a full time job and theres no other way to come up with enough hours.
I still don't know exactly what part of the Viper roof you were saying what about. It has a visor and wings out the back also. My interpretive logic is that the word reveal means the first part you see when it tops a hill. So I assume its the rooftop ditch. That snakebit truck, I had a look at it. To me it looks silly but I get it and yeah thats about as Mustang as you can make one. In my isolation, caring nothing about big time show cars, sometimes I come up with unheard of things. Junk or joke or jewelry depending on who you ask. I have no shortage of ideas now and could sketch them all in a half hour but that does not seem to be a negotiable format.
I intend to find out just how striking he is up for. So that if he ends up with less of that than he imagined, it won't be because of an idea shortage on my end. I wish I could show you the variety of ideas I scribbled out just tonight. Bet you'd dig some of them. I just really need a weekend to not mess with it for my own good but I know the only way out is to follow through, please the guy and build it first. If I don't let up, my hand troubles may stop me cold. Then nobody will get anything! If I produce something solid, I will run it by you guys.
I have the pan and firewall out for epoxy dude and was laying out the slot on the gravel guard panel below the grille area at quitting time.
Gosh I hate it when I flap gums too much and run everybody off. I made it around to the first rear image today. Rendered from scratch but began with a tracing of a pic. I am starting off gently and will work up to the Viper thing.
like the F100 tail lights 8) I really liked the other rendering where you put those "fins" into the end gate , kinda 60 impala ish 8)
Matt, I like both of those. Be interesting to hear the customer's response. :)
I just made one per his response but it is after 10PM so not going to send him that yet. He saw that and another one where I put the tips in the fenders like we discussed in person. He liked the gate tie-in with the hood but I haven't put the nose on one yet. That consists of using an 18x14" section of the center rear of old hood and he has not seen that sketch. Guys at work went wild about that half sketch, everybody likes the tip in it and the gate top mods. I have 3 versions of that part. If he goes for fins... ditch is next.
What did I just render at his request? Plain billet 4.5" oval tails. He wanted to see the f100s horizontal but they hide behind stake pocket too much. I had already gone there. Anyway with billet ovals he wants exh tips twice their size but same shape. So he gets it. Tomorrow on that and it does look like 1950s rocket ship. Sent him one with the tall ford gate letters too. Wanting to try the 60s econoline front turn signals on it. And I did get reference shots for the gate fins but that is a wierd deal to explain/imagine/render.
And yes, of course I pointed him at 57 Pontiac tails. Imagine 61-3 f100 tails being lazy laying down in the shade of fins. I was working on a black image and some devil faces appear if you arrange things just right, backwards at 78 speed.
Today I found the way to upload pics on my blog again so I may dedicate a page so "he" can just visit the site to see all. ;)
Here is a nice priced LED oval tail light, about 6" by 2" and it frenchs into a fender real nice. You don't need the rubber around it, and it's a sealed unit with waterproof wiring.
Yep, that style is the main one in search results for oval tail lights. To me it screams trailer. Wrecker, utility bed, etc. I keep wanting to repeat the shape of the hood nose trim. What he showed me was an actual oval. 625 TL 1910 at Jegs. 5 1/2" wide and mind blowing expensive. I am having to beat down my urge to suggest more tail light but thats par for me. I thought the 64-6 bezels could serve at the lamps, exh tips, and hood vent inlets. They want something fancy there but don't care if theres a hole. :?
Here is the page I will put new ones on. Making them all a thousand pixels wide for easy viewing but I work on them at three times that size.
http://chevroldsmobuiac.blogspot.com/2020/09/51-f-1-50-art.html?m=1
I started some work on the old truck today. I am going to change some wiring and the plug for the harness on the front for the headlight and turn signals. The transmission is being removed and rebuilt. The front is placed on a fixture with wheels so that I can move it around when I need to.
During the winter I plan to reskin the top to repair the damaged metal. A few years ago some of the paint popped loose on the top and it immediately damaged the metal beyond repair. I think water wicked through the skim coat of bondo and caused rust damage very quickly. It may get a new paint job. I have been thinking about changing the color and doing some scallops instead of flames.
The truck was built about 30 years ago. I thought I would go back after I started driving it and finish all the things that were left undone but so far I have not. Maybe it is time.
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If I was close, I'd be over to help. This has project creep lurking, :)
Hey I may be creepy but I'm not lurking, I'm posting! :)
Oh, wait... :oops:
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I am afraid I might get awful sentimental sanding off my old flame job, John. :cry:
But! If you'd like some freebie renderings I need a new practice subject. ~:) I build excitement, haha. Being a Pontiac guy and all.
F1 man might have settled on a single scoop cup of vanilla ice cream type treatment. The last pic on the blog yesterday may have made him queasy. :lol:
I started cutting in and welding the louvered panels from my original hood sides onto the hood sides I made for the car . I am going to use a 3 pc hood with removeable sides so I can go full hood or without sides
Quote from: "chimp koose"I started cutting in and welding the louvered panels from my original hood sides onto the hood sides I made for the car . I am going to use a 3 pc hood with removeable sides so I can go full hood or without sides
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If I was close, I'd be over to help. This has project creep lurking, :)
It has already started. I may have to remove the engine/transmission together to get the transmission out. I thought that I had removed the transmission once years ago but now I am not sure. It is starting to look like everything was in place before I installed the cab. :roll: I do not know what the idiot was thinking when he built this piece of junk.
HA! Glad I'm not the only one who can't remember if I did something or not. :lol:
Well I managed to get a twist in one hood side that will "pop" back to straight if I push it . I will have to beat and grind on this thing a bunch . I am thinking I may have to slice it from the back edge to the louvers and see if that will take the twist out . That is the side with warpage .
In order to remove the transmission from the WZ JUNK truck, I had to saw the crossmember in two near the right side. Today I built a fixture to align the two halves. I cut out an oval shaped flange and welded it in place to be able to bolt the two halves back together. Now I can reinstall the transmission crossmember a piece at a time. I think the reason I was unable to remove it as one unit is that I had installed it originally before the cab was on the chassis. That, and other pieces, were put on the truck that made it difficult to remove.
I had just enough room to side slip the transmission out from under the truck. It was a blessing that there was enough room. It could have turned out just that much not enough very easily. That is the way thing usually go for me.
Finshed this today, been an off and on project for about two weeks. Acrylic paints on prepped wood panel. 27.5" high by 25.5" wide. Probably 10-12 hrs in it.
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Nice!
WOW! Looks like you took a picture of that Caddy. That's really nice.
It's hard to believe that's not a photo!
GREAT job on the reflections!
Compliments to you, Joe!
I bought these several years ago. They are not the genuine versions. They had seen their better days. I striped the coating and checked for cracks. A couple of days ago, when cleaning out the shop, I decided to apply black wrinkle and bring them back to life. I sanded off the ribs this morning and will carefully find a storage place for them for time being.
That painting is fantastic. 8)
The art that is the car ain't too shabby either. :wink:
Nor is the impromptu valve cover re-vamp. :)
Here is my contribution. 50 Lincoln tail lights. Those are tough to argue against, look good, and require little mod.
Owner was "impressed" but I don't know by what... choices or images. :?
Matt, the taillight choice would be good. Is that the exhaust outlet in the fender?
I replaced the hydrant in the front yard this afternoon. This one was done correctly with rock around the bottom 10 inches for drainage. It also made it difficult to dig out. I ended up using a small 3 tine yard tool and laying on my stomach so my arm would reach the bottom of the hole. I removed the rocks a few at a time. Just a little exercise. :)
I had to do that armpit deep lay reach dig thing in recent years. New places to be sore. :roll:
Yep that is exhaust. One of the ideas the owner brought to the table which I like. The looks of. Another is the simple gate treatment based on a late model. Finding a "safe" (not literally) lamp choice was a stumbling block since you need them to make a complete picture. The Lincoln's shape, as far as I can tell from here, should be the cure to the angle conflict of wanting a lamp to point rearward while the fender rounds off. There ought to be a sweet spot for mounting them is what I am figuring.
Love the caddy painting. the chrome looks real enough to burn you in the sun! Guys , when you are removing rocks do as a friend taught me . Use the shop vac! he had posts in the ground that he needed to be removable so he dug in a square tube and filled in the last 6" with rocks . Whenever he needed to pull the posts he would shop vac the rocks out and the post pulled easily. 8)
Thank you all for the kind words on the painting, I am happy with it, the photo I posted looks washed out on the left fin/tail light area, it is crisp on the painting. The chrome was a challenge, but so were other aspects of it, making the tail lights look transparent was a new one for me. In other news I believe I have the valve train geometry correct on my engine build. I have the witness marks from the roller rockers in the center of the valve stem, using stock length pushrods, just lucky. 😃
It was cool and calm today, so I burned brush. I have one more small pile to do.
I went to a extended family funeral this morning. My son's mother in law. A lovely lady.
I spent part of the day removing tires from the original 17" wheels from my Dakota RT. They have been in the shed for close to 17 years. A few years ago, I noticed that they were selling on ebay and bringing around $150 each. Once I get them boxed and weighted, I may give it a try. :)
Glory be. The long-lost carb that was on my 455 when I got it came back to me yesterday. My cousin got it back from his boy who has had it on the Monte that was mine for a year. Long storyish. Loan something, looking the guy in the eye saying this is not a gift but you can borrow it doesn't work on youngers. Same as what I have, only manual choke instead.
Almost every mile of my 20 years of 69GP travel has been on one me-tuned-by-seat-of-pants reman eddy 750. 100K+ :shock: I got it off a 454 endowed short square Chevy that I had last century.
This one probably has less than 20K on it. :)
I got kinda giddy thinking about plopping it on until opened the box and saw how nasty it is. Then I realized no... theres no way anyplace in town will have a couple new gaskets (I run a plastic spacer), a rebuild kit, and carb cleaner. That I can snag on the way home. Not in this century. Mail ordering everything just to replace a carb is just a BS turn-off and me having that opinion is a big part of my lost rodding spirit.
But I'll try to get it on there soon, she needs it bad.
Finally found some freeway worthy dog goggles for Lucy
(https://people.ucalgary.ca/~mdsiewer/GoDogGo.JPG)
:ha) Photo of the year!
Quote from: "Cword"Finally found some freeway worthy dog goggles for Lucy
(https://people.ucalgary.ca/~mdsiewer/GoDogGo.JPG)
Best copilot picture ever.
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That's a hoot! :)
Very small project this afternoon. One of my friends that runs a parts store was kind enough to give me an outdated display rack that had caster wheels. I always game for more caster wheels. :) Today, some of the parts became a roll around base for my band saw. One of the pics is of the inside of chinese tubing. :)
KB I made a roll around rack for my band saw but I made a tray so that any lost coolant would run into it instead of on the floor. I also throw my small saw scraps in there so I can sift through them before getting something bigger from the metal rack.
Got some filler necks yesterday so today I made adapters to put the stant sealed flap gas cap inside the filler neck so an old chrome gas cap can cover it . I need the stant ones as the filler neck is at the back of my saddle tanks but they look too new and kinda ugly so the chrome gas caps are there to hide the ugly. :lol:
Yesterday I finished up cab and the new hood came in.
My neighbor subdivided a field to the west of my place. The road that connects these building lots makes a T intersection on the west side of my house. We have a problem with drunks sometimes in the night, ending up on our street instead of the through street to the north of us. I needed to protect our house and our propane tank.
I rented a Bobcat with a 12"auger and made the 4, 12" holes 3' deep. Because of the amount of rocks that I have in the ground in my yard the auger did not drill the holes true. I had to go back and do a lot of hand work with a manual post hole digger to get the holes true. I used 6" pipe 6' long. Then of course I had to get everything plumb, and spaced. Big job for an old guy. I am tired but the end result was worth the effort.
I will dress the tops of the pipes and paint them in the near future.
I repainted the hood on the 78 F150. It had some flaws that were bothering me. I finally decided that I couldn't sell it in good conscious with the flaws in it. The weatherman said I had a couple more warm days so I attacked. Mission accomplished. :)
Quote from: "kb426"I repainted the hood on the 78 F150. It had some flaws that were bothering me. I finally decided that I couldn't sell it in good conscious with the flaws in it. The weatherman said I had a couple more warm days so I attacked. Mission accomplished. :)
What a guy. :)
Mission: Grape- also accomplished today. Changed that carb, works great but need to swap over old primary jets n rods to get back where I was. This carb gave me an inch of mercury I had not seen the 455 do before. I just never tried it until um... yikes... twelve years later.
Seems like I recall this happening before, more than once... I make a post then everyone else stops for days. Like the other times but without asking first... I'll assume I haven't hurt the forum or it's members somehow and pretend it is not odd.
I would show the narrowed 56 grille but pics are fairly pointless at the uploadable size. I am unable to make my pics into anything worth posting. The last ones would even make crappy thumbnails.
Those things are nothing new. Whats new is my 69 has been down all week. One jet came out fine, the other stuck and I let the tool slip so can't change to those jets nor stick the old carb back on.
But the last time I drove it, Sunday, it felt good. Perhaps even %110. Made it about a mile and then it made a sound like a compression brake. Does that at a certain throttle position, won't idle or accelerate but I was fortunate enough to u-turn immediately and make it home without a wrecker. Each evening since, I have raced home to get a half hour of daylight with it but have not touched the problem.
Never heard any gas engine make jake brake sound before. :?
Don't know if it is going to be fuel related or not. You would not care to read further explanation of what I have been doing but my ride is down. Bummer.
Matt, is there a chance that an ignition wire is getting pinched in the throttle linkage somewhere? 1st choice is lack of fuel delivery.
Matt, you've killed the whole internet. I just got mine up and running today since your last post!
Just kidding. It's a coincidence that no one has posted after your posts. Nothing much interesting going on on my end so far. Waiting for bearings to come in for my 'new to me' Husqvarna mower.
Sounds like fuel Matt. Quadrajet???
Hey, hey! Theres people. :) I never know if I've busted the dadgum interweb all to smithereens.
Its an EPS 750 and probably dirty or in need of new needles and seats. Fortunately for you all, I have not yet exhausted my mental resources. As indicated, I was out to shake her down with changes. First couple things I tried were backtracking on those and had no effect on the issue. I just slapped it on and ran it and was still in the midst of marveling at the wonders I have been missing with a miled out carb when it occurred to me...
I only touched the 455's carb to remove and stash. That was in '09. To best of memory the cool cat I stole it offa said it was built at least 15 years prior. The top had probably never even been off it since new and is over a quarter century old. I knew it was a time bomb needing rebuild but plopped it on and wow. Now, I'll need to go back in and do right. Rodding style, yes? (the slop lazy kind)
And on second thought I don't believe the jet I messed up is so bad that it won't serve. Third thought is that perhaps I can swap baseplates and keep the calibration by using the old body. Theres just no play time on weekdays but dang it has been some perfect evenings for a ride. While its warm out, I can't be missing no whole bunch of Pontiac driving therapy. Just working on it doesn't hold the same thrill for me that it do for some of ya. ;)
Just returned from the U.P. getting camp ready for deer season. It was like being in the twilight zone....first after I replaced the waterpump on our '39 Allis Chalmers the radiator started leaking, badly, before I could even fill it all the way before starting the tractor. It had a very minor seep that we could live with before removing it. Then, we were putting a new entrance service line from the box on the pole to the trailer. Quick easy job. Took the old wire off, put the new #2 wire up, connected to the mains in the breaker box and voila, several circuits had 240 volts. Hmm, simple hookup, two lugs at each end of the wire plus the grounds. Fought with it till dark, then decided to put the old wire back on, but just laying on the ground. Everything was fine, normal. The next day we drove about 50 miles, each way, to get a new wire, came back put the new wire on, laying it on the ground to test and it worked perfect. O.K. string it up the pole through the insulator, over to the trailer, through the insulators on the trailer, in the pipe to the panel inside and it has 240 volts on several circuits. Fought with it for hours, took it back out of the box, off the insulators on the trailer, back into the panel with that end of the wire on the ground....it works fine. 🤔 I raised it off the ground to the level of the insulator and tied it off and it's working. Completely baffled by this as was the guy doing the actual hook up, not his first rodeo and he was frustrated, to say the least. Then the propane delivery truck arrived, drove past our place on our two track "driveway"promptly got stuck, buried, in the muddy soil that had just gotten a few inches of rain on it. Took about an hour for the tow truck to get him out. BTW there is nothing past our camp, the grid ends at our place, we have no idea why this driver went past us, we are the only building on that "road" you have to come through our gate to get there. Since I got home I have talked to a couple guys about the electric situation and they look at me like I'm crazy......
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Murphy's law is always watching ALL of us. :)
Quotethey look at me like I'm crazy......
Just so you know, you only need two wires for 240V. If the wire in has 110 on each wire, and you have no neutral you will get 240V as long as the two hot wires are different phases. You don't need a third Neutral wire, if the power is 110V on each wire and they are out of phase, they will act as the neutral for the other wire when it's off phase.
I hope My explanation didn't confuse you. I worked in a shop one time that had really dodgy wiring. Am electrician came in to wire on a new compressor. There were only two wires to it so he wired it as a 110V circuit. I explained that both wires had to be hooked to power with no neutral, and he swore it wouldn't work, but it did. I'm thinking you may have a similar problem out at the pole., or your fuse box is wired wrong. And what you think is a power and a neutral are both power wires.
Quote from: "enjenjo"Quotethey look at me like I'm crazy......
Just so you know, you only need two wires for 240V. If the wire in has 110 on each wire, and you have no neutral you will get 240V as long as the two hot wires are different phases. You don't need a third Neutral wire, if the power is 110V on each wire and they are out of phase, they will act as the neutral for the other wire when it's off phase.
I hope My explanation didn't confuse you. I worked in a shop one time that had really dodgy wiring. Am electrician came in to wire on a new compressor. There were only two wires to it so he wired it as a 110V circuit. I explained that both wires had to be hooked to power with no neutral, and he swore it wouldn't work, but it did. I'm thinking you may have a similar problem out at the pole., or your fuse box is wired wrong. And what you think is a power and a neutral are both power wires.
I understand that Frank, but not the case here. We very simply replaced the wire that was there. two wires, each 120, coming from the electric companies line, into our disconnect at the pole,one wire on each lug in the box, one wire showed 119 volts, the other 120. That power passes through two buss fuses in our disconnect box to two lugs, our wire , now 8/2 w/ ground is attached to those lugs, runs to the trailer where each wire is attached to our main breaker, one wire on each lug. That shows 119 on one lug, 120 on the other, same as at the disconnect box on the pole. It was previously wired that way, I did it myself when we moved the trailer on the property. The problem is that two different things are happening when wired this way. It f the wire is temporaried, by just laying it across the ground it works, when it is raised off the ground and through the insulators on the pole and trailer it starts putting 240 volts on some circuits that should be 120.... we did this twice, with two different wires. The only difference between the two situations is that the wire is moved off the ground, the connections are exactly the same.
Over here in the land of boring, I changed out the oil in the gear box in the Grizzly mill and trammeled the head. I got the spindle to a half thou. That's over a 6" distance from center. After several attempts, I realized that unless I came up with a tool to tilt the headstock in minute increments, that I was done. I locked it down and moved on. :)
So KB , that means you have a depression in the middle of a 12" swath of .00025 over 12" :D . Sometimes when using a large Dia face mill it is an advantage to "hollow mill" especially when you are using a heavier feed rate as the back side of the cutter will not touch the work . I try to do a slight bit of that when milling a cyl head or anything that has a fussy finish so the back side of the cutter does not touch the work. I made a head milling cutter out of an old flywheel and because the cutter was so large(and limited amount of table travel) i could not pass the entire cutter all the way over the heads .With a slight hollow mill i just had to clear the opposite end of the head with the leading edge of the cutter. When covid hit I lost access to my mill and had to get my heads milled locally. I am not happy with the finish , and as it happened I got limited access to my shop right after picking up my heads. I have seen a setup that has a bar with 2 dial indicators equidistant from the centre . Bring the quill down and zero each indicator , spin it 180 and it shows how far off you are . Nice thing is it shows you how much closer you are getting as you tilt the head. My quill is not at the center of rotation of the head so gain/loss is not linear . That dial indicator gizmo would make tramming the head a bit less time consuming .
I hurried home to tend to my carb yesterday and put the one that was on it back just like it was. Cranked her up, went for a spin. Normal. Slowly, about two miles in, the new issue returned and again I limped it home. I have no idea what can cause this. Trying to stay off the gas it starts popping like a rice burner. Give it a little more throttle and normal. I don't dare punch it. I dread both asking for ideas and taking off the distributor cap to look there. But the car is dead scrap if I don't embark on a full in-depth fault finding mission. I should never have touched it and should have written off the cousin carb.
Matt, is there an egr valve that is under the carb on that car?
Quote from: "kb426"Matt, is there an egr valve that is under the carb on that car?
No. But I have a theory or two to chase now. Time to literally climb under the hood. Don't waste your mental energy. :)
I must correct myself on two counts :roll:
Back to my earlier statement about swapping baseplates. No, not on the Eddy, fool. Thats Q- Jets. :lol:
Oh, thats rich. :wink:
Pretty bad when my personalities have to crack wise at one another. The Pontiac V8 aisle in my mind is sparse and mostly expired.
The performer intake on the 455 is W/EGR but has block off. It was the 400 the P4B was on, that didn't have that. Waking up now...
The block off gasket sure could have sprung a leak, especially with the new inch of vacuum. Alright then! 8) I see a valid theory. Thanks. :)
Lean backfire ? pushing the throttle enriches with pump shot to clear it up a bit ? when it happens wit 2 carbs thats probably not the carbs fault . Something happened during the carb swap that changing back didnt fix . Since it takes a while for the problem to surface it must be a temperature related vacuum leak. I think KB has the right idea or it could be a temp controlled manifold vacuum switch.
Thanks for the tips, guys! It was that EGR block off leaking. Seems fixed. :) Letting it cool down before going back to the better carb. In as-recieved configuration but a little cleaner. :) I just might get me that big smirk off of this after all, before the day is out. :D :arrow:
:lol: :lol: :lol: Boy howdy. I tell you what. Both of those are complete sentences, in Texas BTW.
I put better carb back on, sounded like half the holes were missing. :roll: :roll: :roll: No idle.
So, put the trusty one back on and gave it whut-fer. Dreamsville again. I come away from this experiment with the knowledge that the EPS750 #2 needs kit and soak, one jet that will never leave home, and a fixed leak although I'd have swore its exhaust behind that EGR port, not manifold vacuum.
Whatever. Don't have to understand everything, just need my Loud One. I held up long enough to get back where I was and had an adwrenchure. :?
Should be good to go for the standard sanity preservation outing here in a bit. :0-0 Believe I'll toss the the today tool pile onboard just in case. :wink:
My belt sander was close to the last tool without wheels under it. It had a wood stand that I made around 30 years ago. I collected an assortment of left over pieces of tubing and removed the caster wheels off from my old cart that was made from wood. A few hours of prep and welding and I have something useful. The next warm day will see it get some rattle can paint sprayed on it. I may enclose the base for storage for sanding belts.
Good job on the belt sander stand. I worked on a stand for my compact bender. Hopeful it will be done in the morning.
I got a compact bender the other day to help me bend some radius and other fabricating stuff. I built a post to attach the bender and mount it to the floor of my shop. I have tie downs built into the floor of my shop that are left over from my wreck rebuilding days. The post for the bender interlocks into one of keyhole slots of the tie down fitting. This way I can store the tool out of the way when it is not needed. You can see another one of the tie downs that is uncovered on the floor to the right of the post near the chair. These fittings in the floor have a round steel cover that is in place when they are not in use.
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Very good!
Very simple and quick. Now all the belts are in one place.
KB That is one slick unit . Everything right where you need it.
I believe KB is a fairly slick unit himself. :) Going by the work normally shown. 8)
Tie rod ends can be like USB ports.
I changed one on the GTP Sunday evening, drove like crap yesterday with lots of new bump steer. Made hydroplaning into a new adventure. So last night I eyeballed and guessed which way but was too bushed to go drive. This morning it was like a USB port... third time being the charm. ;) I tried again at lunch and ah wow yeaaah. Car drives good again! :) I had bought the part for the GT several years ago after the suspension hit but this car had a ripped boot when I got it. Finally noticed it nibbling away both corners of the tread when I did pads other day.
Thats all mighty heavy duty wrenching for a bodyman. :D
Latest F-1 high jinks: Bumperettes, beige, and bagger tails. :? Color schemes in the Siamese cat to butterscotch cookie range.:-o I have been very busy cranking out renderings lately. Its a disproportionate amount of work to do, but when I design something bizarre off the top of my head on a Sunday then get a trigger pull from powers that be on Monday... and start building in metal on Tuesday... I digress... that is pretty dang fun. :lol:
Bagger tails? Elaborate , please.
Made a block off plate for the fuel injection pump drive hole in my sbc finned timing cover yesterday. I have been in a serious amount of pain lately and have not been able to fiddle in the shop . It was nice to get back to it! :)
Quote from: "kb426"Bagger tails? Elaborate , please.
As in saddlebags.
https://viciouscycleworks.us/Item/bladelights
I "rendered" them onto fenders and stake pockets. Sounded crazy but there is potential. Boss idea. Swimming in an ocean of other ideas. :)
The Cosmopolitan tails are still holding first place as far as I know. But I just sketched up possibly a trump card tail light option. Hopefully. Making front bumperettes now at work and also just sketched two options for the gate, pan, matching bumper treatment out back. Neat stuff to be involved in and eventually probably show to you guys one way or another. Past few weeks there just ain't no time. Art takes awhile but I enjoy. I need sleep, pain will have to wait.
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Just finishing report cards for my first 'QUINT' as we are doing 5 semesters this year to reduce the students' exposure to each other . 2 extended classes a day instead of 5 . I had a really neat group and I can say I will miss them. I used to teach extended classes as my night class assignment and it was quite the same , you get to know the students better in an extended class.
I have some good news today. My wife who has been in the ICU for the last ten days had a successful double heart bypass today, and is recovering well. I am a happy camper.
Excellent news! Hope the recovery goes very well. :)
Glad to hear that your wife is doing better . I wish her a full and speedy recovery
Very good news, Frank. Hope she recovers quickly.
Frank: Best wishes to your wife for a speedy recovery!
Quote from: "enjenjo"I have some good news today. My wife who has been in the ICU for the last ten days had a successful double heart bypass today, and is recovering well. I am a happy camper.
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Glad to hear it was a success. I am sure both of you are feeling a lot less stress today.
My thoughts and prayers to you both. GPster
Great news Frank! Glad to hear she's on the mend!
Great news Frank.
Great News, All my best to the two of you.
Great news Frank! maybe this year you will let her inside sooner!
I told her nurse today that I wanted her out of the hospital soon because I had gotten a Lexus for her. I said it was a pretty good trade. Cheryl, groaned, the nurse laughed.
:ha) Humor returns. :D
Have a bumperette to celebrate :arrow:
(http://www.roddingroundtable.com/forums/files/resizer_16039942163030_172.jpg)
That's great news. I wish her a speedy recovery.
Tom
Good news Frank, hopefully recovery goes well and is fast!
That is certainly good news. No need to trade now!
Good to read Cheryl is doing well. :!: Lexus would be a nice trade by golly. :shock:
Matt, the bumperette is interesting. It will be fun to see what the final rendering of the truck will be.
Quote from: "kb426"Matt, the bumperette is interesting. It will be fun to see what the final rendering of the truck will be.
Been trying to trap another gopher that was eating the roots of my front yard plants... deed is done. Me: 1 , gopher : 0
Weather was much kooler in recent days. It is warming up here again. Winter has come n gone.
I sold my original Dakota Rt wheels on ebay last night. Today I added the shipping labels and delivered then to the pickup point. They have been in the shed for around 18 years. I'm pretty sure I'm not going to need them. :)
I was looking for some information tonight and stumbled on this. I was unaware that I received some attention. :)
https://m.roadkillcustoms.com/1951-ford-f1-pickup-truck-restomod-build/
KB thats pretty neat!
Quote from: "kb426"I was looking for some information tonight and stumbled on this. I was unaware that I received some attention. :)
https://m.roadkillcustoms.com/1951-ford-f1-pickup-truck-restomod-build/
Kool , you received some media attention. I know the Mustang parts had some "issues"... I enjoyed reading about the process of the build.
On the wheels storage for 18 yrs.. funny you mention the timeline. I am looking at most items in the shop and house like that for about 2 yrs now. I just tossed out about 40 used OEM type lug nutz from 2 coffee cans. IF I have used 3 lug nutz out of those cans in the last 10 yrs it would surprise me.
Wife and I cleared out a basic metal storage cabinet in the garage 3 weeks ago. The ol beige double door 6 foot high cabinet. Stuff in the cabinet had us both saying "how many years has that been in there? " :shock:
trying to fix my heater in the 65 merc today. Got it figured out to no power at the fuse panel. go to take the panel off and it is secured by 2 screws that go through the firewall into the ds front wheel well . The screws are about 2" or longer at least with an inch or more out in the wheel well. Rust sprayed them and tried but they are still fighting back so I sprayed them again and will let them sit for a day . The last thing I want to do is strip out a screw up under the dash!
Quote from: "kb426"I was looking for some information tonight and stumbled on this. I was unaware that I received some attention. :)
https://m.roadkillcustoms.com/1951-ford-f1-pickup-truck-restomod-build/
Slap five! :) 8) Koolio.
Happy IDJ finally figured out it was a vacuum advance diaphragm that gave out. During carb tuning. On the trusty and noble 455. That other carb still has a definite problem. I reckon thats OK. Things have to get super obvious for me to diagnose. Only resorted to foruming to share that joy. And to put off going to the garage now to cut squealers off rear pads on the DDGTP.
Was going to post up a fresh page of renderings but the files are eluding me. Strange. Oh well gotta find overdrive gumption next couple hours doing chores to prep for the week. Probably only have room to squeeze in one western tonight. Ugh I better get crackalackin'. :roll:
Didn't have it in me to jack up the GTP in the "cold" so another squealy day. But I found the image I was hunting. It shows a matching rear bumperette treatment. In my web travels, happened across stock 51 F1 tail lights and omigosh can't see a reason those wouldn't be good too. So I also made a version of that which uses the lamp housings as bumper ends, halfway tucked into notched bed sill corners.
Bless his heart, the owner is perpetually exhausted from running his business 7 days a week. And after many hours of my own work at home... we are no closer to having a decision on anything back there really. But I know how it is... yourself is hardest to choose for on big things plus when concentration is elusive, deciding not to choose is the wise choice.
So I didn't press too hard but now vertical tail lights are on the table although he didn't like the tiny bagger lights. F1 lamps with dots installed are but a hop skip jump from the Cosmopolitans visually, to me anyhow. We can make bezels and lenses so its really a too many choices issue. It will be interesting to see what flies.
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I like what you've done. I haven't seen anything exactly like that before. As many of these are out there, coming up with something different is an accomplishment.
Quote from: "kb426"^^^^
I like what you've done. I haven't seen anything exactly like that before. As many of these are out there, coming up with something different is an accomplishment.
Thank you sir :)
Surely, like anything else, any new idea is at best an assemblage of accumulated subconscious tidbits. It helps that I don't go to shows. Maybe. Dig the hood latch panel and hood nose mods/merge. With custom molding. Hot off the weary press. Heres my version A of F1 tails in conjunction with a bumper. And a new shot at parking lights. :idea: :arrow: :?
It looks every bit as kool as a Kindig design. Well done, Matt!
That latest rear image is spot on ! Really like the front too . 8)
Kind words to start the day. :) Thanks, guys.
Is it just me, or the color, or... :?: I keep wanting to see 3M woodgrain vinyl on the bumpers. Teak, perhaps. :lol:
Quote from: "idrivejunk"Kind words to start the day. :) Thanks, guys.
Is it just me, or the color, or... :?: I keep wanting to see 3M woodgrain vinyl on the bumpers. Teak, perhaps. :lol:
Brushed stainless.
Yes to brushed stainless . How would you do the bumpers though? It would give it just a touch of refined difference from the others. I really like the white as it does not overpower all the subtle differences with a blast of distracting colour. I would think silver would be another colour choice , again as it would not take the eye away from what body mods have been done . 8) This truck is a RARE case where metalflake would be a distraction :shock:
I know thats heavy if flake runs and hides. But now pearl, thats another matter entire. Any squirt job not using mica is just passing up a good chance!
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Frank, I was gonna say you must have been at a hospital recently. :lol: and those bypasses are serious but in my experience with folks they are wonderful for a patient's life quality after healing. I hope it is and stays smooth sailing on her recovery.
You guys are right, it would be classy. It may be possible to wrap the 'ettes in SS for all I know. But that finish with the type of colors shown would sure give a refined look to it. However the front is already reality in plain mild.
Something spiked my temper after work so my wit is dry at the moment. Shushing now. :roll:
Pearl is often a very understated look ....especially in white . Candy can be a bit too showy but great for a car with few mods and perfect body panels. Metalflake is the circus come to town! 8) I really like pearl or candy on something like a 54 chevy as there is not a flat panel anywhere on the car . Sorry ,,, starting to drift off topic :oops:
This front turn signals you have in the bumper are dead ringers for 63 to 69 AMC parking lights.
Quote from: "enjenjo"This front turn signals you have in the bumper are dead ringers for 63 to 69 AMC parking lights.
Ha. Those were totally imaginary conjurations but see there how the subconscious rodding file system of the mind works? ;)
This is the shape he sent that I can't stand, looks too walmarty to my eye. He also sent some rectangulars and some lady fun part shaped ones. All baggers. I wish we had a pair of stockers, bet I could sell that idea. But I figure if the rear lighting is this much hassle to pick, we better get started picking fronts too. :idea:
Finished a painting of my brothers '67 Mustang he had back in the early '70's when he was in the Air Force. He doesn't know about it, it will show up in Alabama soon! 😄
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Once again, very nice!
I had a 65 fastback . I wish my brother could paint ! 8) 8) 8)
Quote from: "chimp koose"I had a 65 fastback . I wish my brother could paint ! 8) 8) 8)
Maybe he does too. :D
I finally tossed rear pads on the GTP yesterday, got rid of the noise and got whoa back. I had managed to wear out pads at all four corners simultaneously and the brake fluid in the reservoir got so low the brake warning light would come on when punching the gas. Which was wierd because the 69 does the same thing but because of the parking brake pedal being zip-tied up. :roll:
But! Got a rebuild kit, accelerator pump plunger and carb cleaner yesterday for the fresher EPS carb for the 455. The vacuum advance unit, I think I have one on another distributor... so, I plan to use this afternoon playing maintainence rodder. :)
Built a drive shaft tunnel panel for the 1948 Simca drag race car. Second attempt , the piece fit. That is a 33 1/3 % improvement on my skill level. Usually took 3 pieces for a correct fitment. :lol:
Weather actually kooled off here. Windy. Weather guessers say chance for rain this evening.
I needed to switch places of my two hot rods side to side so the one getting the engine swap this winter will be on the proper side. Neither one runs right now so it was all pushing and pulling out of the shop, they are at the front of a 42' X 24' wide shop. It took about six hours. Most of it was cleaning off the frame table, dismantling it and storing it, plus moving all the accumulated crap that surrounded the cars. Finally got them back inside, now I just have to find better places for all the crap...😄
We just got told to stay home tomorrow! Snow day for schools !
snow day again . I wonder how long until i am back to online teaching? 190 new covid cases yesterday in a province of 1 million. Record high for new cases here
Record high temperature here today, 78 F
Quote from: "enjenjo"Record high temperature here today, 78 F
A friend in Wisconsin said his high temperature was 10 degrees higher than Phoenix AZ on monday. We have been in the low to mid 60s in recent days..
I have been being junky again. I built an awing to cover the area where I stand when I tend the outside furnace at the shop. I will not have to stand in the rain and snow now. It was made from junk of course. I cut the very top off of an old camper shell, and the tubing frame was made from some reclaimed steel. My only expense was a couple of sacks of redimix concrete. It actually is square and level although the photo makes it look askew. I had trouble editing this photo to post it to this message. It really came out odd but it is the best I can do today.
Over here in the shallow end of the rodding pool:
Didn't get very deep into the carb inspection last weekend before time ran out but did find a bent metering rod and straightened it. Assuming I bent it myself although I don't see how. I am leery about that and always check for free piston travel before sliding the cover back into position.
There is another thing that don't seem right... one rod / piston assembly won't come out of the bore until the cover screw is almost out and the piston can tip a little. And I have had rods in and out dozens of times on my EPS750s but this one has taken too much fiddling with the rod to get into the jet on one side. Just seems to take more stabs. I figure that is likely a cause or effect of the bent rod. On initial disassembly, one rod retaining spring was slightly out of place which is probably a clue but I didn't catch a bent rod then, and using rod / piston assemblies from the other carb changed nothing about the crappy running issue.
I have checked just after running with the issue present and not found either piston stuck. Needle valves look alright. Seats are out, idle screws out, carb cleanered but not blown out yet and there won't be no soaking in dip. I am a little scared to try to remove jets since boogering a stuck one up on the existing carb. So it is time to go continue that quest. Have not cracked open the rebuild kit yet but memory says theres a check ball that should fall out the pump bore when carb body is inverted. Nothing fell out though.
So I have that piddly theraputic garage project to resume. I did manage to maintain pecking order last week though so the GTP was stoppy not squealy and that was nice all week. New ceramic brake pads all around now and no more brown wheels but man I have always had to force myself to wrench on the FWD'ers because it feels like work. :roll:
The vacuum advance thing is huge though, on my big GP. Its a princess and the pea scenario... lots of guys might be satisfied with how it runs with no vacuum advance but I notice more throttle opening required at cruise and it drinks gas that way. Alas, I have always operated with smog era compression and thats how that is. Advance, to the moon. I went to my distributor stash, opened the box marked 2 worn out SBC HEIs and found a good advance can there, then literally clumb under the hood and replaced that without a hitch. Runs beautiful as always, drove it to work 3 days in a row while the weather held up. But this other carb excites me still. With it, idle sounds like a stock cam but as-is, she sounds like a RamAir cam or something until operating temp. :?
So off I go to enjoy some legit old car person time, under strong light with a magnifying glass and high hopes. :) Sometimes writing it out then rereading that helps me spot stuff. That is probably due to having spent more time foruming than underhooding in recent times because Pontiacs are just good cars. But it also gives opportunity for any of the group who may have encountered the exact same thing to pipe up too. :idea: :wink: :arrow:
Inspirational sign of the week, seen at a storage place:
"Whatever you are, be a good one." :D I like to say even if you collect trash, be a man and collect the hell out of it. :lol:
+go to tunedbylars.com great article on tuning a q jet!
http://www.corvettefaq.com/c3/QJetTuningPaper.doc there it is
Quote from: "chimp koose"+go to tunedbylars.com great article on tuning a q jet!
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Heh. Its an EPS. With a problem, not involving tuning (yet). Much obliged though and sorry if I threw ya off. I sure couldn't say what carb is on your Merc.
And I must have edited that last post half a dozen times now but am done now. Better reread. I start slow on weekends. :wink:
I probably didn't read it too well . My merc has a holley knock off on it QFT slayer . Out of the box a very rich idle circuit . Went 10 steps larger on the idle air bleed to get decent idle mixture adjustment .
Wow, that does sound like a lot of change. Long as it's within the range of adjustment, eh.
I took off the rose colored glasses and went farther into the carb project today, didn't spend much time on it after realizing wow there is more soot in these venturis than I have ever seen. :shock: The stubborn kind that carb cleaner don't spray away. :( I have some 20 year old cleanup thinner. :idea:
What works for you guys? Oh wait, I know... dip. :roll:
It has a partially blocked pump jet and a bunch of grit stuck to the walls in one spot. So far. I figured it best to secure everything in a couple boxes and put drops of 3in1on each jet. Then come back to it. At least thats an indoor project except for the fumey parts. :)
Cars are doing OK. The world sure went cold and dark on us though. Yep, theres a nip in the air and the leaves are about all down. Still fairly mild temps. Seems like opening week of rifle season is durn near always short sleeves. Meaning like 60s in mid November. I ought to get a pair of new daily tires soon. Blah blah blah
This is completely non-car related. Twenty seven years ago, after my motorcycle mishap, I had some plastic surgery done Only half of my face works so they tied my left lips to the movement of my left jaw so that my mouth would open and close. It was a procedure like they do for people with Bells Palsy. I had to have the procedure redone eleven years ago ago because I had started to slur again and people could not understand by talking and food was starting to seep out of the corner of my mouth when I was chewing (also made it hard to siphon gas). Well it was time to have it done again so that is what happened yesterday. It's strange what you don't remember when you get old. The last time I was restless in the recovery and I stratched my cornea with one of my fingernails and I remember that rather than ant discomfort from the surgery. Because this was done "out patient" I had no misgivings. When I woke up I had some discomfort in my left eye But I took that from my eye being taped shut. when the were taking me to my room the nurse noticed some bleeding so she called the doctor and he dame and re-bandaged me so now I look line a male lion. I can't get my glasses on and I can't get my hearing aid in. I also can't sleep on a flat surface so I have about 12 hours the recliner in our couch in front of the TV that I can't see or hear. Must be time for a nap. GPster
Good luck with that Joe.
Cheryl came home monday, and there are more appointments every day this week. We had one this morning at the hospital she started out in. And I told them I didn't want to hear the word "admit" :evil:
I am now doing online teaching as part of my daily assignment . we are down to splitting each of my classes in half , teaching one half one day then the other half the next day . The ones at home are to do online study which is what I am now tasked with providing as part of my day. So teach all of my normal classes to half of my students each day , all day , then do the online component . The kids are quite disappointed that they can not go to school each day. They did not want to go back to online learning.
Joe, I hope your recovery goes well. Frank, I hope your wife has no complications. C.K. , I'm sympathetic to your situation and the kids. Not a day goes by that I'm not aware of how fortunate I've been. Best wishes to all.
I have a bit of a story to share. Both the son and d.i.l. were exposed to covid. We have been keeping the grandkids for 13 days. The girl is 4 and a live wire. It's been warm here in the afternoons the last couple of days. She goes with me to walk at the golf course / sanitation lake. It's 1.2 miles around which she does easily. Today when we were almost finished, the local vet pulled up beside us in his kart and told me that my friend John, who had moved to Texas, had his house burn down while he was on vacation. It got it all. His srt challenger that had a blower and other mods. His wife's scat pack and all their belongings. They will have to start from scratch. I have no idea if he had enough insurance to cover the loss or not. Heck of a way to end your vacation.
My wife was admitted to the hospital Tuesday evening. She has a problem with degeneration of the muscles supposedly caused by a arthritis drug she had taken for years. This led to use of a walker and a poor quality of life. I noticed that she was having issues, like she couldn't speak very loudly, she was forgetting things and the TV remote was a big challenge. The doctors determined she was very dehydrated which led to a lot of the problems. She always had a bottle of water with her but was forgetting to drink it. They ruled out a stroke and did all the test CT,MRI, checked the arteries in her neck and found a valve problem in her heart. Now the neurologist and the cardiologist have to meet and determine a plan of action and if they can even do anything because of the muscle condition. God * golden years. :(
So sorry to hear this Don. Vickie and I hope everything get better. Let Kathy know were pulling for her. :(
Don I feel for you, I know what you are going through.
sorry to hear the news about your wife . Hope things turn out for the better.
Sorry to hear that, Don. Years ago, a woman who was a character said the only thing golden about her golden years was her urine. :) I know that will be true for most of us if we live long enough. Best wishes, Don.
Sorry to hear that Don. Good luck and let us know if you need anything,
Ken
My wife had major back surgery last December (four fused discs in her lower back). She was also having problems in her neck and shoulders but the back doctor said ordinarily that would work there first but her lower back was so bad that the upper back would have to wait. With the virus closing gyms down any theropy has been hard so she has been living with what she thought was arthritis but finally went to our family doctor to see if she could get something for the pain. He sent her for some blood tests and with-in an hour they called and told her to go to the emergency room. The cardioligist said she was having mini heart attacks and the next morning she had two stints installed. And the Jeepster is in the driveway and I was hoping to drive it some more before bad weather. It's supposed and I can'i even drive it to the back yard. GPster
I'm sorry to hear about all the wear and tear and age related issues in our ranks, but it sounds like some mending is going on too. Hang in there guys.
Me, too. I just never know what to say. It is tough to hear things my folks endure and I know its probably that way for your kids. We care, and carry a different burden. Helplessness. Being the resident whippersnapper here however I'll have you know I ripped a smoky burnout on all your behalves at work this morning. Pretty day. Sit in the sun every chance you get. :)
Sorry to read this Don... we wish her the best outcome. Dehydration can sneak up on a person and you are in worse trouble if you are already ill. Gettin olde is not for sissies.
ya... the golden years. :shock:
As the other guys mention: problems here too. Mine are mostly structural - joint problems. Mostly my own fault. I have beat my body to death for decades. No wonder my back , knee, elbows and hands offer up so much pain some days... as I sit here with an Indian corn filled heating pad on my worse hand. LOL
My thoughts are with all of you. It is difficult to put into words our feelings during these times of trouble. It is overwhelming at times. I live in an older neighborhood and it is changing daily as we deal with the problems of the aging population.
Let us all be tough and look ahead to better times.
Quote from: "348tripower"My wife was admitted to the hospital Tuesday evening. She has a problem with degeneration of the muscles ...... God * golden years. :(
Don, I don't have words that seem appropriate but you and 'the princess' are in my thoughts and hopefully the doctors will come up with a treatment that will help Kathy's condition.
Frank and Joe, your wives are also in my thoughts.
2020 is proving to be quite a year.
Quote from: "348tripower"My wife was admitted to the hospital Tuesday evening. God * golden years. :(
You both are in our thoughts...holler if you need an ear or shoulder etc...
Primo vibes to all. 8)
Put new rear pads on the GT today since I need to use it and it was in line first. No 455 carb doins this week other than did find a bud with dip today. Sweet. Will that stuff hurt the carb finish? The common kinda medium shiny plain Eddy kind. If the dip is a bit dirty / old? I expect chasing with carb cleaner while wet with dip is the SOP?
Why would I report working on the GT, the backup and NA twin of the DD? Right front hub went bad Friday. Same corner as that tie rod end which was last thing I went in for. I figure one thing's wear-out contributed to the other but also suspect that the few blocks of brick streets I have been detoured onto for a couple months now was a contributor dadgum it. But the 3 year warranty bearing lived past 3 years. Only trouble is, I usually do those at work and borrow the big socket. This hub went from yes to no but didn't catch fire or lock up and I ain't real curious how it will do for another trip. So I'll see if I can't do this one at home. Sure am glad I figured out years ago that a man like me can't have a car worth four grand. Two two grands is tolerated by the all though, and that gets me by. Glad to be able to just shuffle rides and its good motivation to maintain. :)
Been up in the U.p. hunting the last ten days, lots of interesting things to see and do up there. There was s the remains of a car way back in the woods that the locals dragged out there somehow, probably 50 years ago, and dynamited...several times. I knew of it and had seen it a few times, but this year I went to look at it and realized it was newer than I had thought. I was thinking it was about a 53-54 Ford, hard to tell because there is not much left. I noticed the rear end this time, it was a 9". Hmmmm, looked closer and the car is a '58. I told my hunting buddy I was going to get that rear end next year, thinks I could use a battery powered Sawzall. We went back and looked at it and found there are no springs on it, shocks were busted off and the only thing holding it to the frame was one parking brake cable. We found a way to get that loose, ( only had to sacrifice one screwdriver) and put it in the trailer we haul behind our woods tractor, a '39/41 Allis Chalmers. Now it's home, just need to find some muscle to get it out of my track. Here's a pic of the '58 before I scavenged the rear end.
How did you identify it as a '58? Not much left there.
Quote from: "58 Yeoman"How did you identify it as a '58? Not much left there.
LOL, For years Inthought it was 53-54, going by the glovebox emblem and a little piece of what I thought was grille. When I saw the 9" I looked closer, found a front turn signal lense, and part of the front bumper, looked at the dash closer and started Googling Fords built after '56. The give away was the dash and the lense plus the round emblem holder that was once part of the grille.
Narrowest of the 9" you have there . I put one in a '63 Acadian I once owned . Had to shorten the wheelbase 1" to get the driveshaft to fit.
Quote from: "chimp koose"Narrowest of the 9" you have there . I put one in a '63 Acadian I once owned . Had to shorten the wheelbase 1" to get the driveshaft to fit.
Yup, one of the reasons I wanted to get it, I believe the narrow ones are '57-'59? I want to use it under my '46 Chevy to replace the G.M. Ten bolt under there now when I put the stroker motor in.
Usually some pretty nice gear ratios in those ones too! 8)
Another argument with an eBay seller about incorrect product.. Seller is Based in China. I ordered some .035 mig welding wire.. I received .030 wire from a warehouse in Callifornia ..
These China based folks selll so much stuff in the USA on eBay.. You would think they would have a person able to communicate in English with some type of sentence structure so you dont need to re-read the messages 5 times to cypher it out.
Once the person figured out I was not accepting the smaller wire when I paid for the .035 wire... I already have a spool of .030 wire, I dont need 2 spools.
After near 5 days, I received a refund. oh well, moving on.
Tony, in the last few years, I have noticed the same. They warehouse in Cali, Hebron Ky. , New Jersey and Texas to name a few. Seldom is the communication clear and complete. When I was looking for the DRO for the mill, I was told about the Shenzhen marketplace. Buyers go and buy just like a swap meet. Ebay, Alibaba or something similar is their method of a store front. You can get low prices but it's not without some grief.
A very unusual Thanksgiving Day. We went for a walk in the park this afternoon. Just the two of us for the most part today. We did not cancel Thanksgiving, we just delayed it until after we are all vaccinated.
Quote from: "kb426"Tony, in the last few years, I have noticed the same. They warehouse in Cali, Hebron Ky. , New Jersey and Texas to name a few. Seldom is the communication clear and complete. When I was looking for the DRO for the mill, I was told about the Shenzhen marketplace. Buyers go and buy just like a swap meet. Ebay, Alibaba or something similar is their method of a store front. You can get low prices but it's not without some grief.
I sort of view this crap as risk management anymore... Earlier this year 2020 I ordered some solar charged lights that fit mason jars. They were cheap. Shipped From China. I knew it was at least 30 days for delivery.
After near 3 months I started demanding the solar lights or a full refund. After 8 messages of excuses thru eBay system , I filed a complaint with eBay. Within 5 hours I received a full refund.
I have really been watching seller feedback and locations of the seller and shipment locations. Perhaps now I will no longer purchase any product unless I can verify a USA seller and shipment location.
I actually paid a bit more for the Mig wire with a higher rated seller and USA ship location..
It still eludes me how lowest prices are consistently had only by shipping individual items from extremely far away, even overseas. Something is wrong with that picture. It shouldn't be that way. I guess it got that way because the world's population allowed it to begin and continues to support it with many complaints. Except this guy.
Speaking of guy, got an email from Wayne P other day. Sounded like maybe he is still at the fixing hard things but with more limited mobility.
Put a space heater in the garage just now to warm up the slab where my GTP hub job awaits. I will probably have to go buy the big socket, left work on 4 minutes notice so didn't grab the impact, and can't say that I have provisions for knocking the ball joint loose here, been doing tie rods with claw hammer backed with hatchet. Plus one thing I recall is, at least to do the job without taking knuckle off strut... last time I only had one socket / extension / ratchet, 1/4"... that can unbolt the hub. Chances are good I'll get halfway in, fight, retreat, and have to figure out how to get it to the shop to do it there. Both major deals. So I shall give it a shot.
Keep walking past the 455 carb but we are already into prime-carb-first-or-kill-battery temps now. So pfft, it runs. Primary objective is to hit next week rested. Been getting lots of pain from left thumb and dying to find out if rest can help it. So far, not much.
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Haven't painted much lately, busy and no inspiration. An Internet friend posted this car pic on his page. The car was at a car show surrounded by others, but I pictured it sitting on a beach at sunset. He gave me permission to use his photo for reference and I got this done in about five hours, a relative quicky. It's acrylic on hardboard, 16" X 24"
Nice painting. I like that a lot!!
Quote from: "rumrumm"Nice painting. I like that a lot!!
Thanks, the pic I posted looks washed out, the reflections on the car are too light, they actually are closer to the sky color.
Five hours later, I would still be setting up the easel.
I put up minimal Christmas decorations today. A steel sleigh that we bought at Menards a couple years ago, with t large Pink Panter sitting in it with a santa hat on. I strung lights all around it so it would show up at night. Wife hung wreaths and other yard stuff for the season.
Hub replacement experience had IDJ all over it but the GTP is back on the road. :)
What I don't like about sealed bearings: One day you hear a faint scraping noise but car drives same. With bearing split in half. :roll:
Lost two tenths of an average MPG starting within the last couple weeks before so I knew something was imperfect. That might have been it. :?
Oh yeah the ball joint don't gotta come loose. And OE axle nuts are 35MM some cars with washer under nut, replacements are 34 / deep socket and washer if ya got one. And my nut was found not tight, however the bearing was broken in half. More bygones, can't wonder why just throw away buy new..
If inclination strikes, a possibility exists that I may do carb stuff on the day left. Probably rather do artwork now. Today was six or seven hours and three store trips (imagine doing that buying from an overseas auction) and I had the part already. Got frustrated but not angry though. I better yep stick to sheetmetal as much as possible. :wink: :arrow:
Wish I had me some paints, that picture ^^^ looks like more fun. :D
I have been playing again with some wind spinners. I needed a pointer. So I made this one out of 3/16" steel rod. My shoe toe gives you and idea of the size of the hand. I had to make some unusual wire formers in order to make this simple little project. Just something fun to do while I am cooped up here in isolation. (Come on Vaccine)
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I thought that was a bathroom finder for old people.
Good job!
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I thought that was a bathroom finder for old people.
Good job!
I was afraid you were going to say that it was a sign showing the way to the proctologist's office. :D
I replaced the battery in the 51 today. I was a little annoyed because I thought it was 4 years old. When I dug out the invoice, it turns out it's 6 years old. I'm not near as annoyed now. :) Because the battery is under the bed, it takes a while to change it. After I added the bed cover and the wood floor that holds the jack and spare tire in place, it takes better than an hour to change. I hope this one lasts 6 years also. :)
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I thought that was a bathroom finder for old people.
Good job!
I was afraid you were going to say that it was a sign showing the way to the proctologist's office. :D
Funny stuff... Tuesday somehow the subject of a conversation I had with a co-worker was about prostate gland and his 51st birthday was coming up. I mentioned a few common items about the prostate gland and aging in men. He said he was unaware of those items and from the look on his face he was telling me the truth. :shock:
Packing up getting ready to head to the Tampa airport to head home to Illinois. Just spent 8 glorious, almost normal days on St. Pete Beach. Came down to surprise our brother-in-law on his 70th birthday on Thanksgiving day. He and my sister-in-law come down here every Thanksgiving. Up until yesterday temps were in the high 70's-low 80's and sunny. This morning it's 48 degrees. It will be about 35 when we land at O'Hare in Chicago. People will be critical of us traveling, but we stayed safe, distanced (most of the time). Bars and restaurants here are at 100% capacity. It was so great to hear (other people's) kids running an laughing and playing around the pools and on the beach.
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I thought that was a bathroom finder for old people.
Good job!
I was afraid you were going to say that it was a sign showing the way to the proctologist's office. :D
Funny stuff... Tuesday somehow the subject of a conversation I had with a co-worker was about prostate gland and his 51st birthday was coming up. I mentioned a few common items about the prostate gland and aging in men. He said he was unaware of those items and from the look on his face he was telling me the truth. :shock:
Hopefully, he learned something and will follow through. Problems can be found and treated successfully if found early. I know so many guys that are reluctant to get checked. I tell them if they think a prostate exam seems uncomfortable or embarrassing wait till they have prostate cancer. I had a biopsy done last January, uncomfortable? Yes, embarrassing? No, peace of mind? Priceless. I have lost too many family members and friends to this preventable condition.
Quote from: "phat46"Hopefully, he learned something and will follow through. Problems can be found and treated successfully if found early. I know so many guys that are reluctant to get checked. I tell them if they think a prostate exam seems uncomfortable or embarrassing wait till they have prostate cancer. I had a biopsy done last January, uncomfortable? Yes, embarrassing? No, peace of mind? Priceless. I have lost too many family members and friends to this preventable condition.
I agree. I hope that my comment did not offend anyone. It was just a quick thought on my part. What we thought was funny in the past is not so much anymore.
If you are so inclined: Harbor Freight has a 25% discount coupon for this weekend December 4th thru 6th. There is the usual list of exclusions
Rotated GTP tires yesterday, front to rear. Way overdue, I been hydroplaning on a Dixie cup's worth of puddle. Never have figured out how single people are supposed to work logistics for tires and recalls. Call a cab, really? Both FWDs have a pending recall that means if one burns down my house from out in the garage, insurance won't pay. Theres just not a dealer in walking distance. Been handling tires by bringing in pairs with the other car during lunches. Now I want and can afford a set of tires and an alignment. But work full time. So maypops and expired crackly used mismatches it is. Don't need much car these days anyhow. If that sounds bleak, well the tire rotation at shop suprise opportunity by mistake that happened... ate the only this week time window for 455 use in the foreseeable future. Not gonna force her to operate when a full half minute of cranking is required, but that doesn't make me cheerful. :(
I could use a HF run too but am awful discouraged about that these days. Recent purchases have been so incredibly unsuccessful; tool quality so poor as to be of no use at all, that I am reconsidering my "But you can buy ten of these... TEN... use until fail, and throw them all in the trash... before ever getting to touch the trigger of the next higher quality tool" strategy. And yet poor quality still can bite there.
At the gathering now, not a mask in sight but kids loose.
BUT! Here in central time zone at 5 PM Saturday...
Mecum aution on a big screen and a familiar 41 Ford pickup appeared in the lineup. Somebody turned up the TV and we all heard a nice live comment. :D They said something about six figures.
Somebody watching that tell me how it goes. I'll probably split before it hits the auction block.
Matt, the truck brought 206,250. :) I normally don't have much to add to this because it's easy for me to avoid most contact. I have a new neighbor south of me. They moved in about 2 months ago. I took the trash out an hour ago and counted 12 cars. From the sounds, I think they are all inside the house having a gathering. My town is very active with covid right now. Many have no fear.
My wife took me for a ride in the 460/ Ranger late this afternoon. She took us up the rural road that runs along the river to the north. Nice to have a wife that likes to drive or ride in hot rods.
As a side note. When we drove through town they were lining up for the Christmas parade. Not a mask in site. We are scheduled to drive the 54 in a small town parade next Saturday night. I am trying to come up with a mask to hang on the grille. It needs to be about 12" by 24" to cover the center of the grille. I have a few days to come up with something.
Quote from: "kb426"Matt, the truck brought 206,250. :) I normally don't have much to add to this because it's easy for me to avoid most contact. I have a new neighbor south of me. They moved in about 2 months ago. I took the trash out an hour ago and counted 12 cars. From the sounds, I think they are all inside the house having a gathering. My town is very active with covid right now. Many have no fear.
They sure don't. Boy howdy I feel like theres cooties all over me since I got home. Boss thought it stopped at 187K. We may or may not be spreading disease like dogs but our tails are wagging for the moment. :)
WZ JUNK, how about an old pillow case for a mask?
Last night we watched the StarLink satellites fly over our place. There was 18 to 20 all in a row. Just before they showed up, we saw the International Space Station fly over. We watched the satellites fly over again tonight, but this time there were about 40. We came back into the house and saw that the ISS was going to be flying over again, so we went out again, but missed it. One of the astronauts in the ISS is an alumni of U of I college at Champaign, IL, and they were supposed to by flying over it.
Finished this piece this morning. It's a commission for local guy. He runs a local FB page promoting cruising, like the old days, in our town. I posted a painting on the page and he asked about doing his car....now there is a line forming for commissions! Plus a guy came into the Gallery where I have several pieces and wants to commission two motorcycle pieces for next Christmas! Oh, there's also the book cover, the fourth one, for a local friend/author. I should be busy this Winter! ! 😄
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That's a great way to end a dismal year! :)
O&S is getting around to a project that requires some more learning. I removed the seat form the 72 that came from a 1990 F150. It was worn when I bought it. I ordered some black material a few weeks ago and removed it today. I have the bottom disassembled. It had lumbar supports which proved to not be difficult to disconnect. It had some listing wires which I expected. Then I found what I would call industrial strength velcro. :) There will be a lot of measuring before cutting material. This is a simple geometry project. I'll see how complicated I can make it. :)
You can get rolls of Velcro from McMaster Carr.
Frank, I usually keep rolls of velcro for interior work. Usually to hold door panels and other trim panels on. :)
I didn't make much progress today. The bottom is cut apart and I have weights on part of it to flatten it out to make pattern making easier. It takes quite a while to retrieve all of the articles for sewing and put them in place. :)
Tile install on my block fence. I started this process about 16 yrs ago. I am just now finishing the last pillar that is next to the house wall.
I actually finished 10 other pillars 16 yrs ago... this last one is mostly out of sight unless you go looking for it.
It is a PITA to do. One tile at a time so far. I cut the support plywood down each time I need to set another tile.
then on to the front porch cover roof repair. Rotted woood and new rolled roof material will be installed.
When do i get to retire?
Tony, you think you're busy now, just wait until you DO retire. You'll wonder how you ever found time to do things while you were working. :shock:
My wife and I made a mask for grille of the 54 to be used where social distancing would not be possible. We plan to drive in a Christmas parade Saturday night.
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I LIKE IT !!! There should be an award for the largest mask somewhere. :)
I'm finished with the seat bottom. There are some wrinkles on the side panels that I hope relax with a little warm weather. I'm putting the seat back together and installing it in the truck. I disassembled the back to see how it's done. I got to the point of disassembling the arm rest assembly and decided to quit for now. I need some time to think about what will need to be done to replace it. :)
Light rain falling here this morning. I was outside about 3:15am , it was already wet then.. Local news folks will be all giddy and whiz their collective pants since we have rain here... Its been a while since last rain
... and at the top left of sunny mild Arkansas today, it is 73 degrees at noon thirty. :shock:
Finished another commission today. A local guys Ramcharger. Still have a line waiting! Acrylic on hardboard, 16" X 20".
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Very nice!
I put the seat back in the 72 and took it back over to my son's garage. We have cold weather coming in tomorrow. The seat back could take several days to do so It will wait for better weather.
The Ramcharger painting has the lifelike spark to it and that is some lovely use of color.
Very nice! X2
So FB is it. For making buy / sell / trade money. Sigh. Yep. Anti FB ex user here. Pace yourself easy to maintain that demand. :wink:
Nothing wrong with getting a little paid for enjoyable tasks. If your bag and your gig jive, man thats groovy! Dig? :lol: 8)
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Very nice!
Qouting your post because the post reply button kept taking me to the forum index. :?
Never mind that and I'll leave typos be too right now.
You... oh, what... four guys here who don't ignore me as a rule, and know who you are...
to those kind tolerators- Old habits and wounds, instants of frustration and self preservation, wishing one could do more while having done too much, etc... are in my mind. I was composing, about 15 minutes deep into the upload to blog then post on RRT ritual. Hoping to get it done in a jif on the phone before bathing and eating. The tolerators know my posting background and may have retained bits and pieces of why I am like I am and to those of you I gotta tell ya...
Can't feel real good, too much tools in hands too long and well, I closed the RRT tab by accident. I wish I had a nickel... :roll:
But man it fired my disorder. Immediately, I hosed down the runaway furrowed brow flare-up and yelling in excited profsne tones inmy house was minimal. Rekativeky.
It made me think, not having had these scenarios arise much lately. Since I started back posting, and only here now, and only at my true will and in truly spare minutes. I had forgotten in my peaceful posting bliss, about those sudden and severe unblameable, soul killing little events that take and take and aren't believable to others.
So pffft... Today I workec up a nice little show n tell. Just don't ask me to prove it, I need each of my devices and might hurl obe. If it seems like I am slinging angry gravel donuts at you guys trying to chip paint, no. Half to vent, half for the yeehaw is why my gravel is in the air. You all are innocent spectators and while I may have got my britches in a wad for a moment and abandoned hope for updating tonight... its all me, friends. Just stand clear when you hear the noise. It used to be tgeraputic but I sho nuf csn't be having what happened, no more if I can help it. Mighty bad for me.
No malignant proclaimations or snark. As usual, if anything doesn't make sense try saying it in Festus. I've bathed and eaten and am calm and cozy and still want to share, just it'll help me to know that I've told yoy. Soft keys are my arch enemy but I am afraid a new desktop surely by now has had it's gender bent so far to tge mobile sex that pfft might as well just use the phone. :x
FWIW I have gotten better about backspacing it all away after writing something like tgat. This one can stsy, its not bad. Thanks for letting me bend your ear. :)
Mmm, corn on the cob. :? I must need more supper if writing ear makes me hungry. :lol: :roll: Steady as she goes, lads.
Quote from: "idrivejunk"The Ramcharger painting has the lifelike spark to it and that is some lovely use of color.
Very nice! X2
So FB is it. For making buy / sell / trade money. Sigh. Yep. Anti FB ex user here. Pace yourself easy to maintain that demand. :wink:
Nothing wrong with getting a little paid for enjoyable tasks. If your bag and your gig jive, man thats groovy! Dig? :lol: 8)
Thank you. The photo I was working from was a different background with a plain blue sky. I thought it would "pop" with more color. I worked today at the Gallery where I have some pieces and the guy that was working before me is a nationally known artist, he just sold a piece to someone in Denmark. I aspire to be half as good as him. He asked what I had been working on so I showed him this picture. He sincerely complimented the use of the color...made. my. day! 😋
At daylight, it will be time to get the snow blower out, again. The morning exercise plan. :)
We got a dusting as well, so far. Shouldn't stick around but I am glad I put my most treadly tires up front on the 'P last week. Of course the crappy bestys were low by Friday. Black ice got me in the wallet last winter. I need a set but most of all I dread taking the improvised Pontiac center caps out of the Bullitts. Plus whatever else goes wrong. Like no brands available I ever heard of, different from last year's brand. They can't be in town and can't be round and yeah heck no they don't touch the car just the wheels.
Also glad I took the 455 out for a hoot and holler Thursday PM. And had a brief parent visit Friday :)
And now, chores. :roll: Monday is coming in hot, so to speak. :arrow:
Nothing can match the acceleration of time that occurs when clocking out Friday. Zoom, gone! yippie
I must be getting smarter with old age. I bought a new camera a month ago and last night I finally figured out how it worked.
Friday I was out in the shop, I turned on the Piranha and it killed half the lights in the shop. I just had a new breaker panel installed, I checked the breakers and all were on. The Piranha doesn't run through the new panel, It's on a sub-panel, so I went to the main switch. It had one of the fuses blown in it. Darn cheap parts. It's only been in there since 1978, and it was used when I installed it. I bought two new ones, $22 each. Come to find out that a single set of lights was the only lights on that leg of the 220 in. The rest of the breakers on that leg were utility outlets :D
Dug out about 20 feet of dirt trench this weekend. I moved and added some sprinkler heads to front yard area. Grass has not grown well there for years. Now I decided to make changes. We had a big rain laast week, so the dirt was a little easier to dig for an old guy.
there was 1 sprinkler head there.. I changed it to 3 sprinkler heads. Previously I had tried a few different designs of sprinklers to avoid the digging.
Not something most folks do in december
Tank of Gas, set of Tires on the GTP today. If I top off the Oil, would that make her a GTO? Heh. :) Don't get to say that one often. Poof, weeks pay gone but needed it, and how. Probably a good thing I rotated the maypops a week ago. Caught a nail so very on the corner of the tread that it was running up the sidewall. This must be the fifth or sixth left front half-flat ruined tire on this car, for me.
just recalling this nightmare
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i have just been hiding out
welcome back! 8)
Took this JT3 chuck off my drill press this evening... many teeth are missing in action to tighten the chuck.
It did not want to come off. Bearing puller solved that problem.
The red area is where the teeth are gone for the chuck key... I just got tired of dealing with it.
Will purchase a new chuck.. Likely an import brand at a budget price.
My son's 2015 charger was making valve train noise. With a little research, I found that roller rocker failure is somewhat common. I could hear one click. I called a dealer and he told me they only replace the one that is defective. I replaced the failing one and reassembled everything thing. There is a slight amount of noise will all the rest. I think I will be replacing all of them in the future. I ordered the tools that lock the timing gears to facilitate removal of the cams to do all of them. I don't think this will be an immediate repair but I have no way of knowing if I'm correct or full of dodo. :) At least it's an inline engine instead of transverse. :)
If you dont watch much news about shipping problems with the holiday season..
Some small items I ordered off eBay 10 days ago have not arrived to me yet. Both items are inside the USA 48 states. USPS Tracking on one item went blank for 4 days.
My wife sent her brother a Christmas card, post marked 12-03 ... he received it on wednesday 12-16 in Sierra Madre Callifornia near LA. Small amount of irony or something is he worked for 40+ yrs for the post office.
A card from my niece in CT arrived in 3 days to us in Aridzona yesterday
My neighbor across the street sent me a text message recently that took several days to go across the street. I think I may need to string up some tin cans for communication.
We order a lot of stuff off Amazon. I ordered some solar Christmas lights, wire ties, and a wire tie tool late Thursday. They arrived today(Saturday) will the regular mail. Amazon service has been incredible these last few months. It would be much harder for us to be here at home in lock down without Amazon, Walmart, and Sams Club with their online shopping.
Yesterday I made these tiny scribbles as holiday greetings / cheerups for my "patron". Posting them because woohoo, they were done sans reference and I normally trace when accuracy matters.
It got up to 53 in the sun yesterday, took the 455 for a spin. Had to prime carb and top off oil, brakes, and steering then ignore the rest. Looks like now is another chance for a ride.
But I have bombed on gifts for family through birthdays this year and like every year, Christmas gifts are a stumper and impending doom is the prevailing mood. However I did sieze a few minutes to tack some scraps at work into a rusty metal picture frame Mom has been hinting at. Needs more work but I need more sleep. Favorite snacks and cash are sounding more and more like IDJ style gifts. Giving is wonderful but guessing at gifts and having them go directly to garage sale table later just don't seem right. :roll:
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Quote from: "idrivejunk"Yesterday I made these tiny scribbles as holiday greetings / cheerups for my "patron". Posting them because woohoo, they were done sans reference and I normally trace when accuracy matters.
It got up to 53 in the sun yesterday, took the 455 for a spin. Had to prime carb and top off oil, brakes, and steering then ignore the rest. Looks like now is another chance for a ride.
But I have bombed on gifts for family through birthdays this year and like every year, Christmas gifts are a stumper and impending doom is the prevailing mood. However I did sieze a few minutes to tack some scraps at work into a rusty metal picture frame Mom has been hinting at. Needs more work but I need more sleep. Favorite snacks and cash are sounding more and more like IDJ style gifts. Giving is wonderful but guessing at gifts and having them go directly to garage sale table later just don't seem right. :roll:
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Nice sketches, sometimes it's fun just to go at it and not worry about it!
Yessir, thats what the artist is in it for. At least this one. If blank page syndrome is not present, just sitting down to draw is strong medicine. I intend to do some of that today after groceries and a rip snort off the Pontiac.
FWIW, I know several people talented enough to at least do as good as I with a pencil but I guess it seems like work to some of them. By the way, with high hopes and inspiration I dug out my old paints and supplies yesterday. In doing so I recalled gouache was my favoritest favorite. Cut my teeth on watercolor. Liked acrylics but oils seemed a much finer choice for working opaque. Very limited experience with oils but plenty with the rest. Gifted boxes of colored pencils are plenty at my house but after digging around I realized / remembered that mostly car models filled my art hiatus and therefore...
there ain't a good brush in the house. So I'll make that a chore... getting some. Think I'll pick up an inexpensive medium size set of acrylics while I am there. My inner child is thrilled to have art in my world again. World just gets in the way sometimes. :wink: Picking up a pencil is how easy it is.
Quote from: "idrivejunk"Yessir, thats what the artist is in it for. At least this one. If blank page syndrome is not present, just sitting down to draw is strong medicine. I intend to do some of that today after groceries and a rip snort off the Pontiac.
FWIW, I know several people talented enough to at least do as good as I with a pencil but I guess it seems like work to some of them. By the way, with high hopes and inspiration I dug out my old paints and supplies yesterday. In doing so I recalled gouache was my favoritest favorite. Cut my teeth on watercolor. Liked acrylics but oils seemed a much finer choice for working opaque. Very limited experience with oils but plenty with the rest. Gifted boxes of colored pencils are plenty at my house but after digging around I realized / remembered that mostly car models filled my art hiatus and therefore...
there ain't a good brush in the house. So I'll make that a chore... getting some. Think I'll pick up an inexpensive medium size set of acrylics while I am there. My inner child is thrilled to have art in my world again. World just gets in the way sometimes. :wink: Picking up a pencil is how easy it is.
Many, many talented people in the car art world. I am on several automotive art sites on FB, and am simply astounded at the talent. I just stumble along, doing what I like and being happy about it, but wonder how I could ever get as good as some. I just finished a commission that I am actually happy with. A '69 Fairlane GT, for a local young man, hope he likes it.
That is a sharp car, it has my preferred luxo coupe shape. 8) I believe you did it justice. Nice effect down the side of the car. );b(
Failed to achieve the brush chore today but did barely remember to give the GTP a vigorous garden-hosing just before dark, rinsing off the underside and behind the rocker claddings and what-not because of snow and ice last week. And the monster mud glove print over the wheel on the left fender from tire shop during the muck. Taco run to dry. Plus knocked the bird gift off the trunk of the 69 which served GG duty, leaving the GT cold in street this week. Yes I disconnected the hose.:wink:
There IS a painting to post, if I get to it here shortly, that is my favorite one. Found during art supply excavations. I think its from the 90s and know I did it during a long art drought. Has some patina at this point but I figure if I'm gonna do the file transfer anyway I can punch it up a bit to compensate for fade. You might dig it. :)
Heres something I rarely can say: I will be doing the project switcheroo in the morning...
to a blasted n epoxied square Bronco on a roto with front pans done but fiberglass rust repair artistry present on the remainder. FYI in shop talk, that is a break. :? I'll be the guy singing the "Ford country! Looka them boots...." jingle while the family guy in the next stall does carols on earbuds fixing a Chevy and Pontiac.
Here it is. Just an imaginary spot I'd like to be. :)
Quote from: "idrivejunk"Here it is. Just an imaginary spot I'd like to be. :)
Nice panting, watercolor?
I think so, probably kiddie cakes even. Its on sketchbook paper. Looks like I may have used something else for the yellow in one spot:? Slept since then. :wink: :)
Interesting, the USPS is so far behind in deliveries, here in Mich there is a huge backlog sitting at a distribution center in Allen Park, trucks are lined up waiting, up to 20 hrs, to UNLOAD. They have said to expect not to have packages by Christmas, we are waiting for two, from N.C. that our daughter sent, about ten days ago. She messaged today and said the tracking showed them not moving for days. On the other hand, I ordered ignition parts, a distributor and wires, from Jegs Sunday night, about 11:30 p.m. and they were dropped off here, on Tuesday, about 9:30 a.m.....34 hours later, during the Chrstmas rush...by Fed Ex! 🙄😃
I ordered a 4 piece coffee table set from Wayfair on Dec. 15, it arrived the 17th by FedEx. Wow, that was quick, as it wasn't supposed to be here until the 21st. On the other hand, I sold an oil filter on ebay on Nov.12 and sent it out on that same day, on its' way to Florida. It never left Peoria, IL. According to the PO, it's in limbo-land somewhere. Gave a refund to the buyer, but I"m out the money, as I sent it First Class, and there is no postal insurance on FC.
Quote from: "58 Yeoman"I ordered a 4 piece coffee table set from Wayfair on Dec. 15, it arrived the 17th by FedEx. Wow, that was quick, as it wasn't supposed to be here until the 21st. On the other hand, I sold an oil filter on ebay on Nov.12 and sent it out on that same day, on its' way to Florida. It never left Peoria, IL. According to the PO, it's in limbo-land somewhere. Gave a refund to the buyer, but I"m out the money, as I sent it First Class, and there is no postal insurance on FC.
Seems like the USPS is on the verge of collapse, Covid seems to have hit them hard. Their prices have also greatly increased, I sent a package to my brother in southern Alabama a few weeks ago, it weighed under four pounds, it cost $55 !!!!!!!! That was the cheapest rate they offered. A week later I sent a package to our daughter in Raleigh N.C., it was just under 20 pounds, the box was actually larger than the one I sent to Alabama. That cost $22....by UPS. The one going to Ala. took eight days, it was supposed to take four. The one to Raleigh took three.
I was supposed to get a package of 4 bolts and 6 nuts today. All 14mm stuff. The bolts were short, so a little package or padded envelope. I was going to do some machine work to the bolts tonight... No delivery, so no machining. My best laid plans, down the tubes with the USPS.
It seems my family thinks I am a good negotiator when purchasing new cars. I had to go with my sister-in-law to make a deal. We went to the local dealer so she could just check out a model and trim level. They only had 1 in the trim level. She test drove and liked it. I was ready to move to another big dealer to make the cheapest purchase. NO, she liked that one. This place has a good day if they sell 3 cars, so overhead is higher. The other place is the #1 dealer in the country, so moves a lot of cars and the prices reflect that. GM currently has an "employee pricing" for everyone. Plus the GM rebate adds out. I did the best I could and think I saved her some pretty big money. I think I got that dealership as low as they could go on the sale. She's happy, so I guess I should be too. She didn't want to take the time to do more shopping. I guess she has more money than time. I'm tight, so it takes me days to negotiate a purchase when I buy for myself.
Beck, I used to take up to 2 weeks. In 2019, my wife traded for a new unit. 3 days of swapping emails and and 2 phone calls to close the deal. Then I drove 150 miles to swap vehicles and sign paper work and give them the check. That was the largest check we had written except for buying a house which was from the loan company to the seller. :) In 1986, my son needed to use a restroom. I pulled into a dealership that I had done business with many times. The owner caught me and asked what I needed. I told him just the bathroom. In less than 15 minutes I traded pickups. Short expensive bathroom break. It wasn't much money back then. :)
Seems like there are some actual good deals on new vehicles right now. My brother has been looking to replace his Ram truck with a newer one. He has been looking at used ones because the new ones are so pricey. Then he started seeing deals on new ones, hmmmm, his son is an Engineer at FCA so he gets the employee deal. That along with the big discounts got him $13,500 off a new one, plus 0% financing. He picks it up today! 😃
Today I am painting the insides of my saddle gas tanks before I weld the tops on . A call to the POR15 tech line said that If I wanted to recoat the gas tank when the top was welded on I should spray on some POR15 etching primer along the edge of the paint where it will overlap when I paint after welding the top on. I have painted to within 1" of where the top will be welded on . I will fill the tank with water and gas weld the top . Well I just hit the paint that has been setting up for an hour , with POR15 etch primer and it is eating through the gas tank sealer . It was supposed to just tack up and blend in which was supposed to be better than sanding it and priming it when it is dry . I am some P!$$ed off ! :twisted: I will probably have to sand all of this off again . Might be less work to just build new tanks ! :twisted: :twisted:
I have been wondering how popular this post would be. We are averaging about 19 posts a week. I'm glad to see this.
This is my most read thread. It's the first one I read when I come here, just haven't been doing too much lately. We've been buying new furniture for the house, and have someone coming tonight to buy the cedar chest we were using for a table in the family room. Going to grill steaks tonight for dinner. Yumm.
Some of the news I see on shipping is like most you folks have heard... backlogs everywhere.
USPS seems to be the worse for backlogs. I receive an email notice on daily mail delivery to my house. Comes with a few photos of scanned mail. There has been a warning in those emails for over a week about delays in delivery.
items my wife bought for her sisters weeks ago, the last one arrived today. It was scheduled for delivery 1 week ago.
Finshed this painting today, just for fun, not a commission, although I would sell it. 16" X 24", acrylic on hardboard.
I like that, primer with a little tinge of rust.
Quote from: "enjenjo"I like that, primer with a little tinge of rust.
Thanks Frank. The reference I used was a bare metal car, black and white photo, but I wanted an unfinished, first ride look, hence the black decklid. I may do this again, with a shiney black body with red wheels with trim rings and small caps.
That there is a great painting ! You are right , it captures the 'just got it running ' excitement and some of the reasons we do this . A finished , painted car would leave that emotion behind .
Over the weekend we got the new air compressor moved into the shop and the old one loaded in fatcat's trailer along with a newer compressor head for him to take to North Carolina. I'm waiting for fittings and oil for the compressor, and it seems everything I do needs air.
Do you have any friends or family that use internet online tech daily , yet are ignorant about tech stuff and the internet?
Situation with a friend on his chevy car, yr 2014. Check engine light comes on , engine runs ruff a bit, often it happens after a gas fill up. We run codes. Emissions code P0496.
Supposedly he looked into it. Tells me nothing really explains it. I search online, in 45 seconds it comes back as a common emissions purge valve failure on chevy Cruze and Sonic cars. These are both cars he has codes on and ruff running at times. He tells me he did not find that. How did he not find it online?
I do know. Maybe I expect too much. My brother is the same as my friend. My brother wondered about a close buddy he grew up with. The guy had an uncommon name. I told my brother to search online with Bing or Google.. Weeks later my brother says he found nothing.
in 15 minutes searching I found obituary notices for the guy and his brother online from 10 to 15 years ago. I learned the guy had a son from the obit and i showed my brother a location and even a Facebook profile for the son. After that I left further contact to my brother.
weird. Maybe they are afraid of the internet and online stuff?
Tony, my thought is that it takes logic to determine the choice of words to search with. I know people exactly as you described. The cruze code is so common most owners know it by memory.:)
I have trouble diagnosing technology problems because I do not know the correct terms when asking questions. I also have problems with the logic of some of the methods that computer technology uses.
I am particularly frustrated when I do not get an operating manual with something that I purchase.
QuoteI am particularly frustrated when I do not get an operating manual with something that I purchase.
Just enter " brand model xyz service/owners manual" and nine times out of ten it will come up. For parts same format except "parts breakdown".
I must have thought Matt was having too much fun at work so I thought I might share some. This is in my yard:
Possible ramp truck??? Solid cab corners!!
Our anniversary today. 31 years and going strong. :D
Congratulations, C.K. No to the ramp truck. I'm removing the cab and front clip.
Quote from: "kb426"No to the ramp truck. I'm removing the cab and front clip.
Same here: Congratulations C.K.
No ramp truck... OK. On with the prep for gold metal flake on the roof. At least. :shock:
Quote from: "phat46"Finshed this painting today, just for fun, not a commission, although I would sell it. 16" X 24", acrylic on hardboard.
Another very nice one 8)
Quote from: "kb426"I must have thought Matt was having too much fun at work so I thought I might share some. This is in my yard:
In my most accusatory, startling tone and with furrowed brow:
WHAT DID YOU DO? :shock:
:lol: Big grin :D You rascal.
I couldn't believe you'd held still as long as you have. But figured you was plotting something.
Any action on who gets first rubber? I have a head start but we are both us, soooo.... :?: :arrow:
(congrats, thats an F-what?)
F6. This appears to be a deluxe cab, though. It has a locking glove box, 2 exterior door locks and different door panels. The cutout for the radio looks original.
Just for the record....Im with Crosley on the flake !!! :lol: 8)
This is the same car I posted a few days ago in first ride condition. This is what I envision the owner ended up doing, in 1953.
Wow, thats slick! Dad used Standard Oil red on his back then. Grandpa had the gas station and paint. :wink:
CK, I failed to say congrats on your anni. So congrats on that. Grape and I had our 21st anni on the 20th. And I put a sketch just for you on the F1 thread, be sure to take a peek. Something that would look right at home in flake. :)
That F6 cab looks nice. If course theres a poked stretched spot on the back panel. :roll: No barfbag required though, nice hunting. It has the giant wheel openings but... some folks might be real intrigued by that fairly optimal patina.
Oh, I've gone and done it now. Uh-oh! Said that word! :shock: Ducking and covering. :) Only put in about an hour and a quarter at work today. Very not worth the drive.
Happy end of 2020 to all of you and your kin and may the road ahead be a little smoother.
Phat46, that's real good. :) Matt, no patina in my world. Probably no flake , either. :)
Today on january 1 2021 likely I will sort a bit more stuff out in my shop for moving or add stuff to the "for sale" pile. Seems like it never ends?
I have all my wall hanging stuff , signs , what nots taken down off the walls. Sorry to say it , but retirement seems like a pain. I do not like change , especially big change.
Quote from: "phat46"This is the same car I posted a few days ago in first ride condition. This is what I envision the owner ended up doing, in 1953.
I love it but I wonder if they had "peep" mirrors back then....don't remember seeing them until sometime in the 70's. The had door edge mount mirrors but they were meant to mount on the vertical edge. Some one will clear this up and prove me wrong ...by the wonders of the web....probably Tony.
Quote from: "Charlie Chops 1940"Quote from: "phat46"This is the same car I posted a few days ago in first ride condition. This is what I envision the owner ended up doing, in 1953.
I love it but I wonder if they had "peep" mirrors back then....don't remember seeing them until sometime in the 70's. The had door edge mount mirrors but they were meant to mount on the vertical edge. Some one will clear this up and prove me wrong ...by the wonders of the web....probably Tony.
The reference photo had that mirror in it and I thought the same thing, then I thought, "naw, nobody will ever notice that" 😃😄👍
Going to close this thread down... 8)