tjc transport Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 most people these days don't know how to put oil in the engine Paul. you expect them to repair a carburetor that was made before they were born? 2 Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/70094-they-are-everywhere/page/2/#findComment-504579 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rubber Duck 006 Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 2 hours ago, tjc transport said: most people these days don't know how to put oil in the engine Paul. you expect them to repair a carburetor that was made before they were born? Amen to that!! Yeah you oughta see the look on some of these younger kids faces when I tell them I was taught how to set timing on an engine by ear because my Grandpa didn't own a timing light hahahaha yeah they flip out. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/70094-they-are-everywhere/page/2/#findComment-504586 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Mack Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 I wonder if there is an App.. that will program a 3-D printer, that will make a carbureator.? Seriously, it is true and sad.. I have to show my O'Rielly parts guys how to look up my parts, for my '77 C-30/ '90 G-20/ and of course my '48 KB-7... Oh well, Jojo Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/70094-they-are-everywhere/page/2/#findComment-504598 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 On 7/27/2022 at 5:57 AM, mike69mackman said: I have a friend with an 70’s station wagon. Needs carb work . Nobody will work on it and tell him we only do fuel injection. Nobody really knows how to fix things just change parts anymore. True that! I can do a little work on older stuff, like changing plugs, putting points in and setting them, and so on. But without a computer thing there's very little you can do with newer stuff. I can change an air filter, that's about it 🤣. I used to have a dwell meter, timing light, distributor wrench, feeler gauges, plug gappers, a big hammer, and a long handled punch, but I lost it in a shed fire. But the shops can hardly fix anything anymore unless the computer tells them what to fix. I took that '91 Dodge pickup to a shop in Concord one time and they told me straight up "that has a carburetor on it, and we don't work on anything that old". Which meant "if we can't plug a computer into it to tell us what's wrong we have no clue". The thing is, it didn't have a carburetor, it was the first year they came out with the throttle body injection. 1 1 3 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/70094-they-are-everywhere/page/2/#findComment-504599 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 This is what the top box of my tool box looked like. I salvaged a few wrenches and things, but not much. Never could get my chain saws started again either. I tried soaking some sockets and other things in white vinegar for about a month, put some pliers, pipe wrenches, and breaker bars in a can of diesel fuel trying to free them up, but nothing worked very good. It was a very intense fire, besides the tools I had several gas cans, oil, and hydraulic fluid in that shed. Almost burned the house down. I was digging through a coffee can full of rusty sockets a while back when I was working on the rust bucket. So the next time I got on Amazon looking for something, before I even typed anything in the search bar, I saw "items on sale" in the suggested items bin. So I clicked on it just out of curiosity and the first thing I saw was this socket set on sale for 55% off. Of couse I clicked "buy now" immediately. They kind of make it too easy to buy stuff. Nice set though, it has 1/4, 3/8, and 1/2 inch drive, regular and deep well, standard and metric sockets, ratchets, extensions, universal joints, everything. I might throw all those rusty ones in the scrap pile. This post belongs here because I was the idiot. The fire was totally my fault. I was smoking a turkey on Thanksgiving day. The smoker was almost touching the shed, about a foot away. And I always raked any leaves away from around it and wet the ground with the garden hose- but I didn't that day. And I wasn't paying as close attention as I should have been, I was inside when the fire started, no doubt from the dry leaves catching fire, and when it spread to the shed it was on. 1 1 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/70094-they-are-everywhere/page/2/#findComment-504626 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Swishy Posted July 28, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 28, 2022 Oh Great Heat Treated LOL cya 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/70094-they-are-everywhere/page/2/#findComment-504634 Share on other sites More sharing options...
davehummell Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 Other dog I know just how it feels I was welding up a new bed for a freshly restored Chevy 3/4 truck and caught the garage on fire lost everything including that truck. 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/70094-they-are-everywhere/page/2/#findComment-504642 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Mack Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 Oh My.. I am so sorry for both of you... I have a fear of loosing everything to a fire.. jojo Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/70094-they-are-everywhere/page/2/#findComment-504651 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 28 minutes ago, Joey Mack said: Oh My.. I am so sorry for both of you... I have a fear of loosing everything to a fire.. jojo Thank you, yes it was a scary situation. I thought the house was a goner. The shed was so close to the house you could spread your arms out and touch both. It was like that when I moved here. 1 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/70094-they-are-everywhere/page/2/#findComment-504654 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Mack Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 God Bless you... I live in a small old house. The only objects that I need to protect is my guns and ammo, and a few guitars, and a tote with photo albums.. I really need to do what I said, and get a couple more small steel safes, and put all of these in my outside building that is built with concrete blocks... jojo Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/70094-they-are-everywhere/page/2/#findComment-504655 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyRebel Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 On 7/28/2022 at 7:59 AM, Joey Mack said: I wonder if there is an App.. that will program a 3-D printer, that will make a carbureator.? Seriously, it is true and sad.. I have to show my O'Rielly parts guys how to look up my parts, for my '77 C-30/ '90 G-20/ and of course my '48 KB-7... Oh well, Jojo Yeah...buying anything I need for the Suburban is a chore. It's a '90. Transmission wasn't offered until '91. Engine didn't come out until '96. Fuel system was obsolete by '87. Spark plugs are sized for the '96, but gapped for a '90. Rear axle is off a much older truck...old style backing plates and the drums have a lower dish than they did by 1990. Nobody knows how to find the right part unless I have them look up the year/make/model of a vehicle than came from the factory with the component I'm trying to fix. Quote When approaching a 4-way stop, the vehicle with the biggest tires has the right of way! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/70094-they-are-everywhere/page/2/#findComment-504818 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyRebel Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 On 7/28/2022 at 3:55 PM, davehummell said: Other dog I know just how it feels I was welding up a new bed for a freshly restored Chevy 3/4 truck and caught the garage on fire lost everything including that truck. I guess I'm lucky...I usually only catch myself on fire when I'm cutting or welding.😱 1 Quote When approaching a 4-way stop, the vehicle with the biggest tires has the right of way! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/70094-they-are-everywhere/page/2/#findComment-504820 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Mack Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 Yeah 'Rowdy' My '77 C-30, is actually C-20 cab on a '78 C-30 frame, (2Wd. dually) the tranny is now a Granny gear 4spd. (Late '70's) it was automatic.. I am re-using the 4-Bolt 350 that was in it... I hopped up a 400, and ran it for a while, but it was too much for it, so I put the stock 350 back in.. Better now, It smells like an old push mower when it runs, but,,,, whatever.. I use it locally,, it's the only 'Ton truck' I have.. You can see it in my profile pics.. She aint pretty.. jojo Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/70094-they-are-everywhere/page/2/#findComment-504826 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mrsmackpaul Posted July 30, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 30, 2022 On 7/28/2022 at 6:47 PM, tjc transport said: most people these days don't know how to put oil in the engine Paul. you expect them to repair a carburetor that was made before they were born? Yes I do, we weren't born with gthe knowledge we have, a lot of our knowledge is learnt from trying work things out we have never seen before How did our pioneers find their way into country they had never seen before, learn to grow food and provide for their families ? They just did it, did what had to be done FFS it's like we all have been brain washed, if you cant Google it you cant do it, what load of B.S. We learn by doing, only so much can be taught, the rest is by the doing, I reckon that's why this world is in such a mess, not enough people doing and to many talking about why they cant do it The only limitations we put on our capabilities are the limitations we create I'll get off my soap box, Sunday morning surman is finished, thats what people used to call it when Mum and Dad were giving us a lecture for been out late and getting up to mischief on Saturday night were I grew up 😆😂 Paul 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/70094-they-are-everywhere/page/2/#findComment-504827 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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