rhasler Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Has anybody heard from him lately? Quote "Mebbe I'm too ugly and stupid to give up!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 In my dream he bought a Pete and is awaiting a wrecker as we speak.......Rob Quote Plodding along with no job nor practical application for my existence, but still trying to fix what's broke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 In my dream he bought a Pete and is awaiting a wrecker as we speak.......Rob I would call that a NIGHTMARE dreaming about another man. Actually, Rowdy is at Rob's place fueling up all of the Macks so Rob can get down the driveway. mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 I have problems just getting them to start.........Rob Quote Plodding along with no job nor practical application for my existence, but still trying to fix what's broke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyRebel Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Has anybody heard from him lately?Nope. I gave up the interweb for Lent. I'd been wasting too danged much time on it... Quote When approaching a 4-way stop, the vehicle with the biggest tires has the right of way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 My son and daughter in law gave up washing clothes for the same thing till I cleaned out the duct allowing the transducer to once again call for heat.Rob Quote Plodding along with no job nor practical application for my existence, but still trying to fix what's broke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambi80 Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Nope. I gave up the interweb for Lent. I'd been wasting too danged much time on it... Old lady caught you elbow deep in porn, eh? hahaI see So. IL. is fixin to float down the Mississippi...anywhere near that? Quote Ever wonder how a blind person knows when to stop wiping? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyRebel Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Old lady caught you elbow deep in porn, eh? hahaI see So. IL. is fixin to float down the Mississippi...anywhere near that?Not like that at all. It's just that I'd have a long list of things to get done....but I'd check my e-mail and a few message boards before getting started....and before I knew it, the sun was going down and I hadn't got ANYTHING done....so it'd be a mad rush to get the truck greased & hooked back up Sunday night so I'd be ready to run...then I'd have to come inside, get cleaned up, and get my paperwork ready to turn in. By the time I'd be laying down to go to bed, the alarm was going off. Anyway, Mack's in the shop today. Water pump. Sure, I COULD have done it myself...outside...standing ankle deep in water (with more falling from the sky) watching the pretty flashes of light overhead...but sometimes it's worth paying someone else to do the work. I might spend a little more, but I won't be cold, wet, & miserable. They are also checking on a few other issues...still got low power. I bought an infrared thermometer and measured the temp of the exhaust manifold at each cylinder while I was unloading. Started at #1 with 294 degrees. #2 & 3 were about the same at 310 and 315. Then I hit #4 and it jumped to 695. #5 was 712, and #6 was 725 degrees. Possible dead cylinder(s)? Anyway, they are checking fuel pressure and compression, and making sure I don't have a bad injector. Injectors would still be under warranty, since I just had them replaced not too long ago. HOPEFULLY they'll find the problem and it'll be something quick/easy/inexpensive to fix so my truck will once again out-pull the company trucks in the hills. Hell, sun's shining...I prolly COULD have done the job myself today...but with my luck, the severe stuff they are calling for tonight would have been an all-day event had I decided to do the job myself. So far we've been lucky...only damage from the storms so far has been a carport from the produce stand blew onto the railroad tracks and had the gates down for a couple hours until it quit raining enough for me to go out there and drag it off the tracks with the F250 and a chain. I did find another use for a cowboy hat...it started hailing, and I wanted to move the F250 around to the carport just in case the hail got big enough to start denting the hood & roof or breaking windows. Cowboy hat did a dern good job protecting my head while I was outside moving the truck. Lost a few shingles off the rotted shed out back that I use to store trash 'til I run it out to the dump, so I ain't too concerned about it. Most of the SEVERE weather has been splitting up to go around me...either north to Carbondale or South to Cairo. Just a lot of rain 'round here. We've had well over 12" in the last week, and they are calling for a few more inches before it's all said and done. Luckily, I'm on high enough ground that I'm not doing anything more than wading through it when I'm out in the yard or in the driveway. As soon as it lets up for a few hours, the water goes down again to make room for the next round....all that rain has to pass through an 8" culvert that's been mashed on one end. I've seen it higher on 2 occasions here at the house, so I'm not too concerned. It's only weather. But anyway, I got everything caught back up on here...stuff entered into the proper spreadsheets to keep track of loads & fuel & expenses & stuff...computer quit booting up 2 weeks ago, so it got a new motherboard & I got behind on those sorts of things. Time to turn this thing off again and get going. Gotta run to town to see if my settlement report is in the PO Box, then on down to Cape. Want to check in to see if the Ford dealer has come to their senses on an '87 Ranger they have on their lot...177cid V6, 5 speed, 4wd w/ manual lock hubs & manual shift t-case, extended cab, short bed. From a DISTANCE the truck looks great. Up close? It's another story. Top of the bed rails are thrashed...but they put some real nice angled aluminum on there to TRY to hide the damage. The tailgate didn't open....my '92 had that same problem, so I replaced it with a net. Above the rear wheels it had the common rust patches...but not NEARLY as bad as I would have expected on a truck even half it's age. On the back of the cab, there was a fist-sized dent on the upper right hand corner...paint missing, and surface rust. Around to the front, the front right had obviously been in some sort of impact, the fender straightened, and touch up paint applied. From a distance, it looked good...but up close, it was clear the hood didn't quite line up with the fender, which made me look closer, which is when I saw the damage. I hadn't looked underneath to inspect the driveline or exhaust yet when I asked 'em what they were wanting for it. I dern near fell over when they said "$3900". I told 'em they were NUTS to ask that much for a 24 year old ECONOMY pickup truck that probably sold BRAND NEW for $8000. My dad bought the '86 Ranger in my garage off the dealer lot brand new in '86...out the door, tax tag, title included...for $6500 (but it was a 4-banger 5-speed, 2wd, regular cab, long bed). I bought my '92 Ranger 4-1/2 years ago for $1000 (it's got the same engine as the '87 and 5-speed trans...but it's only 2wd, regular cab, long bed). Hell, when I bought my '96 F250 (460cid V8, 5-speed, 4wd w/ manual lock hubs & manual shift t-case, regular cab, long bed) in 2004, I only paid $5000 for it...and it was an 8 year old a full size, 3/4 ton pickup truck. These guys are asking damn near JUST as much for a compact economy pickup nearly 3 times as old. $1000 or less and I would have driven it home right then & there. $2000 and I would have negotiated to get 'em down to $1200-$1500. $3900? Wasn't even worth my time making a counter offer since it was already twice what I was EXPECTING their opening offer to be. Salesman tried to tell me "That's how it works...we start high, you make a low-ball counter offer, and we agree on a price somewhere in the middle." I told him even if I opened up at $0.01 and we met in the middle, it was STILL more than I was willing to pay, so it's not worth my time trying.Also got some tires to pick up at the tire shop to put on later in the week (if it quits raining)...that new compressor I bought is gonna make the job REAL nice. 80 gallon tank, 14 cfm @ 90 psi, 155 psi max pressure in the tank. Built-in regulator. Picked it up at Rural King for $799...and that was out the door. They were having a "sale" where they would discount the sticker price the amount of the sales tax, so that after tax was included you'd pay the amount that the item was marked. I have a 1/2" line coming out the side of the tank unregulated, and a pair of 3/8" lines through the regulator. There's also the 1/4" line that runs through the garage wall out to where the truck parks that is also on the regulator. The regulator is set to the pressure I run the tires at, so airing up a tire during my pretrip is as simple as locking the chuck onto the valve and walking away. 'course I had to clean out the garage to make room for it. One project ALWAYS leads to another. Hell, the infrared thermometer was bought with the money saved because the garage door openers I bought were on sale....and the garage door openers were bought because I finally broke the other one when I opened the garage door during the storm to get a chain to drag the carport roof off the railroad tracks.... Quote When approaching a 4-way stop, the vehicle with the biggest tires has the right of way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambi80 Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Gotta get one of those smart phones so you can mix your work time in with your interweb time...multi-task. I was gonna run a load of crane mats down to Arkansas the other day but instead it was given to someone who actually had 'authori-tah' to run outta state... I would've let you buy dinner at that show-me-hooters place you always talk about. Quote Ever wonder how a blind person knows when to stop wiping? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 reminds me of the last time they had all that rain in southern Illinois. Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyRebel Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Gotta get one of those smart phones so you can mix your work time in with your interweb time...multi-task. I was gonna run a load of crane mats down to Arkansas the other day but instead it was given to someone who actually had 'authori-tah' to run outta state... I would've let you buy dinner at that show-me-hooters place you always talk about.3 dead cylinders. Probably be Thursday before I get it back, but if things go absolutely perfectly, I MIGHT be able to pick it up at (or shortly after) close tomorrow. Most likely Thursday.What was wrong? Something to do with the camshaft and a lifter for an injector pump or something like that...hopefully it'll fix most of the engine-related issues I've been having...low power, jakes, low boost pressure, etc... Time to brace for tonight's storms. Quote When approaching a 4-way stop, the vehicle with the biggest tires has the right of way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 3 dead cylinders. Probably be Thursday before I get it back, but if things go absolutely perfectly, I MIGHT be able to pick it up at (or shortly after) close tomorrow. Most likely Thursday.What was wrong? Something to do with the camshaft and a lifter for an injector pump or something like that...hopefully it'll fix most of the engine-related issues I've been having...low power, jakes, low boost pressure, etc... Time to brace for tonight's storms. 3 dead cylinders? That should take care of it-you'll be blowing those company trucks doors off again Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyRebel Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 3 dead cylinders? That should take care of it-you'll be blowing those company trucks doors off again I was still blowing their doors off....just took me a little while to git'r wound up. Company trucks is cut back to around 63ish. I was still able to run 70-75...if I had the room to get up to speed and there weren't any hills to go up. I don't think they were TOTALLY dead...just not nearly as productive as they SHOULD have been. It'll be nice having 'em all at 100% again. Quote When approaching a 4-way stop, the vehicle with the biggest tires has the right of way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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