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Quote from: TexasRedNeck on October 01, 2020, 10:32:02 PMWas about 1/2 way home and about 65 miles to go when the alternator gave up. Picked up a new one at Napa and drove to a buddies house to install it before it killed the batteries. It was the most brutal alternator install. The bushing that we’re supposed to float in the bracket we’re stuck hard. Finally just took about .030 off the ears of the alternator to get it to slide in and then couldn’t get the bolts to line up to save my life. Finally with a block of wood and a big hammer I got it in. I had to move the compressor out of the way and since I upgraded to the 130amp and it was larger I had to bend the AC pipe coming off the muffler. As careful as I was it seems that may have been a mistake. I now have no AC. Well. Off to the AC shop in the morning. I’m over it for the moment. Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkBigger begat more work and I’m thinking this is how Dons builds normally start.....
Was about 1/2 way home and about 65 miles to go when the alternator gave up. Picked up a new one at Napa and drove to a buddies house to install it before it killed the batteries. It was the most brutal alternator install. The bushing that we’re supposed to float in the bracket we’re stuck hard. Finally just took about .030 off the ears of the alternator to get it to slide in and then couldn’t get the bolts to line up to save my life. Finally with a block of wood and a big hammer I got it in. I had to move the compressor out of the way and since I upgraded to the 130amp and it was larger I had to bend the AC pipe coming off the muffler. As careful as I was it seems that may have been a mistake. I now have no AC. Well. Off to the AC shop in the morning. I’m over it for the moment. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Milled then pressed out this axle tube, basically salvaging a gm king pin 60 that some Toyota knucklehead hacked up......Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
So from the file of “Redneckery”....I was feeling a bit down. I had an alternator failure on the way home, The lift gate struts on the wife’s minivan were bad and the worst was that the keurig coffee machine quit working.Then upon repairing the alternator the AC quit working.....So I decided to just write a check and let the AC guy in my neighborhood fix it. He’s been in the hood for years and is the most honest reasonable mechanic I know (we’ll maybe withe the possible exception of a couple of knucklheads here). I learned that some years ago with my AC quit working and I dropped it off and he had it back that afternoon for $75. He replaced a leaking O ring on the back of the compressor instead of charging me $800 to replace a compressor.So I got up this morning chewing chain and spitting nails from no coffee and set about on doing what had to be done. I worked on the coffee pot, disassembling, cleaning and being on the phone with tech support. Finally got the brewing needle unclogged and it brews like a champ ($300 bill avoided for a replacement)So with my new found attitude adjustment (coffee IV) I set about replacing the struts on the van. Knocked out in 10 minutes.Then cranked up the Bus and headed to the AC shop. Upon arriving at 08:03 Neil was not open yet so as I sat waiting, I remembered that as the alternator failed, I began to take non critical systems off line, cut the AC, radio, and pulled over and pulled the fuse for the lift pump. I had not put the lift pump fuse back in so I popped the hood and pulled the cover and reinserted the fuse. It’s a piggy back fuse holder. As I did that I thought “surely the fuse it’s piggy backing on is not the AC fuse”So I reached in and flipped the AC switch and BOOM the compressor lit.....It’s gonna be a great day. Coffee working, wife glad her secondary ride is fixed, and my favorite truck is working.Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
Quote from: TexasRedNeck on October 02, 2020, 09:30:04 AMSo from the file of “Redneckery”....I was feeling a bit down. I had an alternator failure on the way home, The lift gate struts on the wife’s minivan were bad and the worst was that the keurig coffee machine quit working.Then upon repairing the alternator the AC quit working.....So I decided to just write a check and let the AC guy in my neighborhood fix it. He’s been in the hood for years and is the most honest reasonable mechanic I know (we’ll maybe withe the possible exception of a couple of knucklheads here). I learned that some years ago with my AC quit working and I dropped it off and he had it back that afternoon for $75. He replaced a leaking O ring on the back of the compressor instead of charging me $800 to replace a compressor.So I got up this morning chewing chain and spitting nails from no coffee and set about on doing what had to be done. I worked on the coffee pot, disassembling, cleaning and being on the phone with tech support. Finally got the brewing needle unclogged and it brews like a champ ($300 bill avoided for a replacement)So with my new found attitude adjustment (coffee IV) I set about replacing the struts on the van. Knocked out in 10 minutes.Then cranked up the Bus and headed to the AC shop. Upon arriving at 08:03 Neil was not open yet so as I sat waiting, I remembered that as the alternator failed, I began to take non critical systems off line, cut the AC, radio, and pulled over and pulled the fuse for the lift pump. I had not put the lift pump fuse back in so I popped the hood and pulled the cover and reinserted the fuse. It’s a piggy back fuse holder. As I did that I thought “surely the fuse it’s piggy backing on is not the AC fuse”So I reached in and flipped the AC switch and BOOM the compressor lit.....It’s gonna be a great day. Coffee working, wife glad her secondary ride is fixed, and my favorite truck is working.Sent from my iPad using TapatalkHallelujah!Answered prayerYou were praying, right?Not utterin' things from the opposite course of action were ya?;-)
I might order one or two to point at the neighbors house lol Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I just don't want to wind up missing a digit or limb. I can sometimes get in a hurry to get results.
And yesterday i had to spend 9 hours telling a range safety officer to never touch me again, to get out of my bubble, and to never tell me how to properly (according to them) hold my weapon as part of the conceald handgun permit course. The main instructor/owner is a pretty cool guy and knows how to break it down for all different types of folks. We even had an 75-80year old couple getting it done.
So, Bobby...being the calculating trained warrior NCO that you are. Take the appropriate action, Execute!
your standard grunt level CQB is just putting rounds and rounds on scary stuff till it stops scaring you!
Im not a little guy by any means but if I have Nate telling me to get away you dont have to tell me twice. LOL Sent from my LM-Q730 using Tapatalk
Quote from: Nate on October 03, 2020, 09:39:18 AMAnd yesterday i had to spend 9 hours telling a range safety officer to never touch me again, to get out of my bubble, and to never tell me how to properly (according to them) hold my weapon as part of the conceald handgun permit course. The main instructor/owner is a pretty cool guy and knows how to break it down for all different types of folks. We even had an 75-80year old couple getting it done.A friend is president of a range in the area. They were having a reflexive fire class and I said I'm in. The guy in charge was holding everyone back by their shirts during the walk and shoot but said " I'm not going to bother, you know what you're doing." Sometimes it nice to just have a leave me alone face.
Nate, I prefer the contoured concrete in the first pics. the contoured crete is looks cool and all, but not when your the one that has to cut and edge around it Nine hours huh, I’d have thought you could have conveyed your concerns quicker.... the nine hours is i believe what nebraska requires. Oh believe me....he knew what was up as soon as he did it, then tried to make excuses and justify it instead of just walking away. How is it that a guy in your hugs and feelings day job position needs a handgun? because i have concerns for the future and i am actually in the middle of becoming an nra and state certified firearms instructor Maybe he had partaken in a prior class you instructed and was just trying to show his emotions? not a chance....for some reason i honestly have never been able to forget a face, and his attitude would het him a job with the state. How big is your bubble exactly? well that depends....if i dont know you, then its pretty big....but for you shawn, ill bet i can make you blush!.....lol Yes, I am trying to poke a bear! you have to try harder than that! I was/still am a master at harrassment...
Bobby... grouchy much?
Quote from: KensAuto on October 03, 2020, 06:59:11 PMBobby... grouchy much?Nope, I just have a expressionless face most of the time, at least that's what people tell me. They tend to think I'm mad, but I'm 99% of the time just minding my own business.
Lol. I’ve shot out of those Robinson’s. Today I took a bunch of clients to a ranch and we shot. I broke out the sniper rifle. Made a first round hit on steel at 600 and then let them pile on. Fun times
I turned in my most expensive house bid to date, back to the customer for just under $950k. They own the lot already, Talk about stressful asking someone to spend that kind of money with you Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Quote from: TexasRedNeck on October 07, 2020, 09:30:10 PMLol. I’ve shot out of those Robinson’s. Today I took a bunch of clients to a ranch and we shot. I broke out the sniper rifle. Made a first round hit on steel at 600 and then let them pile on. Fun timesYou keep working hard like that and you're going to get burned out. Tore the new toy apart today. Going to add some insulation since they still don't come with a/c.
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