2023: What are you doing today?

[kb426]

O&S was yard man in the morning and then worked on the harness some this afternoon. I have a few things left to be certain that I'm not modifying the wrong wire and I will be ready to add the o2 wiring and the relays. 

[WZ JUNK]

I added wheels to my yard art of the AD truck cab and bed.  Now I can move it a foot or two every day or turn it around and have it going the opposite direction.  My grandson and I might make a stop motion movie by taking a photo and then moving it slightly and then taking the next photo.  I have done so many odd things over the years that they neighbors are not surprised at me anymore.  Kinda takes the fun out of it.

[Crosley.In.AZ]

Final load moved today, from east side of the valley to the Sun City ver 1.0  we live in now. 

The round trip daily from our home base to the storage yard to pickup the car trailer, drive to east side storage, load up, drive to west side storage, take trailer back to storage lot, then drive back home is : 168 miles.

  

I have bad luck with traffic and road construction often.. East side storage on Power road... Asphalt was being chewed up and resurface happening Right in front of the storage location. Roads closed or reduced.  We had to drive 4 mile loop to get on the road correctly to turn into the storage place. Yippie ! not

I think it was 99*F here today.  We forgot about spring weather again

  

[kb426]

O&S made some progress on the wiring harness today. I had a little brain power. All of the unneeded wires have been removed. The right side o2 sensor has been added. The 4 relays have been added. There are wires left for oil and temp gauges. I have wires for the VSS that are doubled. This will allow the connection to the trans as well as to the speedo. Some of the loose wires are for the obd2 plug. I will look it over one more time but I think I'm ready to install it on the engine. I can then install the upper intake manifold.

[kb426]

O&S is aware that there isn't always a female when you need one. I was going to connect the diagnostic port today. I knew I had a obd2 connector in my assortment of stuff. I remembered putting it with the obd2 battery connector that allows you to keep the ecu memory alive when changing batteries. I looked for an hour. The anger meter was starting to climb. I found the container with all of those things before I became really angry about no memory. When I pulled the connector out, it was a male. I needed a female. LOL. I went back to the scrap yard and removed one from a late model car. It was one from the newer can buss series.  I'm getting more exp. at depinning and changing wire positions. Not better, just more exp. I got the wires all moved and connected to the ecu. Some of the wires I removed from the harness were close in color to make it better for the future. I have the relay connections ready to go to the power and ground sources. I installed the harness on the engine and installed the upper intake manifold. Less mess in the shop.

[Crosley.In.AZ]

Today I installed a vent cover on the RV bathroom vent.

The work is: I have to hook onto the RV and move it forward so I can get inside to the bathroom vent to open the vent.

There is a steel post for the parking cover that blocks my RV entry door. The neighbor RV to our 5th wheel parking.. he was gone which makes this stuff easier too.   

[sirstude]

Vonnie and I are headed over to Spokane for the weekend, indoor car show, and Spaghetti Factory,

[Crosley.In.AZ]

We visited the Pima Air - Space Museum in Tucson AZ.  Last visit was in 2004 I think?

It has grown a huge amount.  Probably triple the size and several large hangers have been added. They offer 2 day passes at reduced rate.  I doubt you could look at most of the items in 2 days. Its very interesting to me

THey had the SR-71 there in 2004... It was in outside storage then. This new hanger is huge and there are many planes inside, engines, other memorabilia too.

     

[idrivejunk]

Today I burnt some rubber with the 455 singing like a song bird.

This week I got rust panels fitted on the right side of the 68 Chevy cab job. Inner and outer rockers, cab corner patch (see lumpy prior fix above it), and partial pan brace sections plus one small square pan patch. Feeling right at home. Other side gets a pan but cab corner is straight. It will eat the 3 weeks just getting brown bottom parts on the cab. Our resident parts librarian did not come up with hinge to cab bolts so I haven't fitted a door yet. So far, so good and the Pontiacs are holding steady. Real nice weather pattern here now. 

[WZ JUNK]

I placed the ad on Marketplace this evening for the yard art I made out of the old AD truck parts.  I have had a lot of fun with the messages.  Some people just do not get it, or do not have a sense of humor (actually I do not think they have any sense at all). The response has been crazy and I think I have a serious customer or two.  We will see how it all plays out.

[Crosley.In.AZ]

John , I agree on lack of sense or something in people..  This "RV park" we currently live in during the winter has "patio sales" one time a month from october thru april.

I had a few items out for sale that are mostly RV - camping stuff. A 17 inch griddle , propane powered caught several ppl attention. It was then I learned that NONE of them had a clue how - what - where that griddle worked.  Its just kinda interesting hearing questions , thoughts on stuff that ppl have No clue on.   

It is about the same as my experiences at automotive swap meets over the decades. People look at parts for sale and have zero clue if it what they need or will fit the old car they have.

 

[Crosley.In.AZ]

Simple project for a sunday on the F-350 tailgate opening. Rubber bumper stops for the tailgate. If you rub against these 2 as you climb in the bed or out... the rubber bumper stop falls off.  Simple push pin attachment like the plastic covers under the hoods of modern cars.

The hole for the push pin is near 5/16 thread diameter.  I run a 5/16-24 tap in the hole (aluminum bed material).. I used stainless button head bolt and stainless washer with 609 loctite to retain the bolt threads in the aluminum.

    I hope these rubber stops stay on longer.  I lost 1 rubber stop and bought a pair of them (left and right are different)

[416Ford]

Worked on the door for for my handyman hard top project yesterday. Had to rebuild the vent window frames and make a pattern for the new door glass. I will need to make new vent glass also when I get the glass on order. I don't have the weatherstrip in at this time.

[WZ JUNK]

I delivered the yard art I made from the old AD truck parts.  Very nice fellow that has lots of stuff.  I shopped on the way home for some stuff to make another.  I would like 53 to 56 Ford truck parts.  I was offered some square body Chevy stuff for free and I may do one of those.

[Crosley.In.AZ]

Engine oil change on the F350 diesel engine.. 13 quarts of oil.. I collected a sample of the oil. Its on the way to BlackStone Labs for testing