Llama Posted October 14, 2018 Report Share Posted October 14, 2018 Cleared the snow off my new car... Yay shop lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted October 14, 2018 Report Share Posted October 14, 2018 Snow ? It's the first week of fall ! Trees haven't even turned colors yet ! I guess that's life in the great frozen north ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanky Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 20 hours ago, K Cooper said: Go Astros!!! Coop you need to talk to the Houston boys tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 Just made a phone call! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanky Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 1 hour ago, K Cooper said: Just made a phone call! You better make that second call! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 Perhaps my small % ownership doesn’t count 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llama Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 4 hours ago, wdwerker said: Snow ? It's the first week of fall ! Trees haven't even turned colors yet ! I guess that's life in the great frozen north ? In CO now Weather changes every 5 mins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 And you just got a hair cut 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 Hey Mel, you still puttin music together? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pondhockey Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 Went for a Sunday drive (all day, as it turned out!) Hanging valleys and waterfalls indicate the level of the last ice sheet in this glaciated canyon. Leaves were definitely turning. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llama Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 1 hour ago, K Cooper said: Hey Mel, you still puttin music together? With the new job, I don't have time for much anything else lately... well, other than haircuts lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 8 hours ago, Llama said: With the new job, I don't have time for much anything else lately... well, other than haircuts lol Punching a clock again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tom King Posted October 16, 2018 Popular Post Report Share Posted October 16, 2018 Did a little mechanicing this morning. Second set of tie rod ball joints I've worn out in this one ton truck. One good thing about working on a 1-ton truck is most things are easy to get to. I decided to make my own simple alignment jig using a Wixey gauge. I'll post pictures once the parts come. While I was under there, I discovered a slow coolant leak, so tomorrow morning we'll put in the new water pump, and hoses that have been in the Git Home kit in the toolbox on the truck for at least 15 years. I guess after 18 years, and 320,000 miles the old ones don't owe me anything. It'll be better than changing them on the side of the road somewhere. One thing I stumbled on this morning was finally something to be comfortable on the concrete floor while working under something- a big piece of bubble wrap with tight bubbles, and a big roll of paper towels to rest my head on while down there. It was much more comfortable than a creeper. edited to add: Having a good helper makes it a lot easier. Big Mike not only handed me the tools as I called for them, but he remembered the wrench, and socket sizes from the last time we changed them 8 or 9 years ago. It would have taken more than an hour and a half of my time to take it somewhere else to leave it, and get back and forth from home. On the fourth one (second one today), of the four I've done so far, I finally realized it would make it a lot easier to turn the wheel out on that side before starting-slow learner (or figurer out). 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanky Posted October 16, 2018 Report Share Posted October 16, 2018 That has to be a Chevy one ton truck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted October 16, 2018 Report Share Posted October 16, 2018 Yeah. They drive like a car, but require a hundred dollars worth of parts, and an hour and a half of time every 8 or 10 years. I started to order some heavier duty tie rod assemblies for $255, but the hundred buck ones lasted almost ten years, last time, and it does drive good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted October 16, 2018 Report Share Posted October 16, 2018 “Git Home Kit”! Sure beats the heck out of calling a wrecker to take it to a mechanic! Gotta like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted October 16, 2018 Report Share Posted October 16, 2018 One Sunday night, we were coming home from a horse show. I was driving a 3/4 ton gas burner, back then, hauling a horse that didn't like to stand still in a trailer. About 20 miles from home, just before dark, the water pump let go in a spectacular way, spinning the fan into the radiator. I thought the motor had blown from all the coolant on the windshield. I pulled into a farm, but no one was home. It was before NAPA closed, in the nearest town a few miles away. I called them, and asked if they had a radiator for a 93 Chevy. The guy on the phone asked if it had a tranny cooler, or not. I said wait while I checked. It did. Their guy delivered it in their little pickup. I had the water pump in by the time he got there with the radiator, and we went on home. The horse was so tired from the show (Daughter won several classes on him), that he slept in the trailer the whole time while he had to wait on me to fix the truck. He would have been really tired if he had to carry all three of us home from there. I believe in a Git Home kit. While it came in handy to carry a spare water pump then, I came up a little short on radiators. Having the water pump probably saved close to an hour. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llama Posted October 16, 2018 Report Share Posted October 16, 2018 14 hours ago, Chestnut said: Punching a clock again? yep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted October 16, 2018 Report Share Posted October 16, 2018 Coming home from Austin one day with two other vehicles, my wife noticed smoke under the hood at a red light. I raised the hood and saw a small flame coming from the alternator. Being in the fire protection business, I knew what a mess using a fire extinguisher would make so, I grabbed a beer from the cooler and put it out. Luckily there was an auto parts place in a nearby town that was open and we were on our way. The only spare part I carry is a Serpentine belt. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted October 16, 2018 Report Share Posted October 16, 2018 11 minutes ago, K Cooper said: Coming home from Austin one day with two other vehicles, my wife noticed smoke under the hood at a red light. I raised the hood and saw a small flame coming from the alternator. Being in the fire protection business, I knew what a mess using a fire extinguisher would make so, I grabbed a beer from the cooler and put it out. Luckily there was an auto parts place in a nearby town that was open and we were on our way. The only spare part I carry is a Serpentine belt. And beer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted October 16, 2018 Report Share Posted October 16, 2018 Hell, that’s a givin. That and a weapon. Who’s thread did I hj? Sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted October 16, 2018 Report Share Posted October 16, 2018 11 hours ago, K Cooper said: Hell, that’s a givin. That and a weapon. Who’s thread did I hj? Sorry. Ahhh no one's you posted in the right spot for once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted October 21, 2018 Report Share Posted October 21, 2018 ** WARNING this post may contain lead based paint if you would like to lecture please refrain precautions were taken** So really wanted to push the limits of the carbide cutters in the planer. I've had this redwood sitting around for a long time and it was always my intention to strip it and use it for stuff. Well finally have a hepa cyclone and a helical cutter in the planer so i figured what the heck. I have a project comming that was going to use some of it. After a couple nails and quite a few loose knots i got it all planed off and only managed to nick 2 cutters. This is only half the stack there is probably 400 BF of old growth redwood here from the 60s. I also only filled my 35 gallon drum about 2/3 of the way up. I promptly took it to the trash to go to the landfilll i'm about 99% sure this is lead based paint. I also cleaned out my filter stack again just to get the lead out.... hehe.... 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pondhockey Posted October 21, 2018 Report Share Posted October 21, 2018 Wow. With the benefit of hindsight I guess it worked out positively, since you can probably rotate cutters. I use a metal detector on old wood; but I don't do much with painted wood. You're ballsier than me for sure. I'm curious about your DC; 3 or 5 HP? (I think you described it in another thread.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted October 21, 2018 Report Share Posted October 21, 2018 37 minutes ago, Pondhockey said: Wow. With the benefit of hindsight I guess it worked out positively, since you can probably rotate cutters. I use a metal detector on old wood; but I don't do much with painted wood. You're ballsier than me for sure. I'm curious about your DC; 3 or 5 HP? (I think you described it in another thread.) I knew i was going to have to rotate after the paint so the nails were meh just made the last few boards slower. I thought i had removed all of the nails previously guess i missed 1 or 2. I have a 3 hp Oneida gorilla pro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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