2023: What are you doing today?

[kb426]

This afternoon was oil change in the Dakota. I leaked down the 5.0 I bought yesterday. 7 cylinders at 10%. 1 at 60% leakage. A high mileage engine leaking 10% is pretty good from what I've seen. One spark plug was crudded up from oil consumption. The question is why. Valves, rings or a combination of both. I could hear some air coming from both the intake and exhaust but not like a bent valve. I found mice nests under the alternator bracket so I think the vehicle had been sitting before it went to the salvage yard. 

[kb426]

Today's humor.

[idrivejunk]

Recently I posted that I had seen Mars hiding behind the moon. That was the only explanation found for what I saw at the time. Did not have my phone to take a pic with right then. But some popular events of this week provide a much more plausible theory to explain what eye witnessed that day.

[idrivejunk]

lol    Bill

You got that right!

[Crosley.In.AZ]

New flowers on my mother's grave today.  This month she has been gone 48 years.

[kb426]

The salvage yard was unsympathetic to my request of changing the status of the explorer engine from good to core. I then proceeded to remove both cylinder heads. I don't think the engine has ever been apart. It isn't sludged up. There was plenty of evidence of oil consumption but I don't see any signs of damage in the cylinder walls. I'm cautiously optimistic of having a good engine to rebuild.

[idrivejunk]

Ah! Oh    I used a welder today. Glory be. Broke out of sandpaper jail. Probably get caught soon though.    Replacing a perforated lower hinge pocket piece on the 56 Chevy truck job. Mock up, one piece window conversion are next and a smooth dash filler is for after more decisions. The frequency of my mojo vibes has been knocked mighty low but this is a temporary proverbial shot in the sore  arm. Perhaps the buzzkill posts can subside. Two much younger overtime-hungry California chassis and cage builder type bodymen outgunned my 30 hour a week and it hurts... butt. A guy who hadn't been in yet this week took over sanding the last 56 fender.

And what does this gas tank look like CK and KB is this a crossbreeding experiment? Putting a Ford in a Pontiac this time?

Ugh. I am tore up from the floor up from stressing over that job. Being nobody takes getting used to.

[chimp koose]

grade 8 night at school tonight . Got to explain my program to parents and their gr 8 kids . They have to pick a high school to attend for next year . Lots of interest shown , kinda feels good .

[enjenjo]

I thought maybe you were finally graduating.

[chimp koose]

  Ya I have been going to high school for 38 years now ! probably going to graduate in another 2 or 3 years !

[Crosley.In.AZ]

Started helping my brother packing , moving stuff from the house he is in.  Its a long messy story I have been in fear of for a few years now...  and here we are. He is older than me (76 yrs soon), not in good health.

He is bit of a hoarder. Has many ideas for projects of all types that seldom are finished, only partially started with purchase of supplies that sit and rot away.

I will likely take my car trailer over and load up a shat load of usable stuff he does not use or need...  Load up some trash too.  He has trouble throwing away stuff unless pressured to do so.

[Crosley.In.AZ]

Talked to local Ford dealer this friday morning...  there is a several months old recall on wiper blade arms for many F series trucks... my F-350 included.  The arms can come loose, detach , stop working.

Ford still has no parts for regular replacement.  Altho: if the arms breaks, the dealer can contact the headquarters and get replacements.  Service writer used the words:  GO thru the red tape and get new arms.

My driver side arm seems looser than the passenger side arm.  I hope they do not go flying off while on the road?

[Crosley.In.AZ]

Fired up the wood pellet grill on sunday. Ground tri-tip burgers and baby back ribs.

We ate 2 burgers sunday evening , very good.  I started to marinate the ribs overnite, then I add some dry rub for a few hours before the bbq cooking.  I buy pre-formed tri-tip burgers from Walmart. Then I add seasoning and sarachi sauce, mix that all in. Then I re-form the burgers.  Couple burgers have red sarachi sauce on them, it was the end of the bottle so I just put the last bit on top. 

Also: my record is intact on the super bowl football thing, I have never watched the game.     

[enjenjo]

I disassembled some antique lawn chairs for restoration. They date from the 1920s I have to fabricate new arm rests for one of the chairs, but fortunately the ones on the other chair are intact. I am planning on making a multi piece hammer form to make them.

I also cut the old spring perches off a Camaro rear end so I can install  new ones to install it in an old Chevy truck.

[idrivejunk]

Heres a fix I did thats in paint now which I walked past today. Toyota with a ZZ6. Nomad job is back in for final sanding. Just getting started on power one piece glass conversion for the 56 truck doors today.