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« on: September 19, 2018, 04:48:21 PM »
Now that I'm concerned w/ all things oil related, please explain what that is and what it does?
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« on: September 19, 2018, 12:02:50 PM »
TY gents
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« on: September 19, 2018, 10:44:11 AM »
Thanks guys, all those suggestions are now in play. I neglected to mention that my co-worker is a ase certified mechanic with his own business licensed and bonded that his father in law manages. He agrees the motor is most likely OK and on paper, he's doing all the work. What I still don't know is who I should send the oil off to for analysis?
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« on: September 18, 2018, 06:01:17 PM »
Sorry, late to the party. Is the motor actually damaged or just the pickup plugged? Or you don?t know yet?
I think JR hit it on the head in his earlier post and the pickup is clogged from debris. we'll know hopefully this weekend, but it went from no pressure, and pretty healthy lifter clack, to some oil pressure and barely noticeable tick after 2 days of sitting at the shop. I'm leaning metal is not from my motor and probably still salvageable. we'll drop the pan and mechanically clean the pickup and inspect the o ring as well as run some seafoam and new, known clean oil through it and see what happens.
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« on: September 18, 2018, 04:30:15 PM »
tate, have you spoken with any sort of legal professional about this?
Negative. I haven't gone there yet. right now I'm working on getting it off their "authorized mechanic's" lot, since he's unable or unwilling to make a definitive statement either way. (doesn't want to rock the boat and upset his steady work supplier) and my co worker and I are going to try to get the pan dropped and do a real inspection possibly this weekend. I need a vehicle, so I may have to settle with getting it fixed and going after them after the fact because I'm sure a their tactic would be to drag their heels until I go away.
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« on: September 18, 2018, 01:25:57 PM »
I?d keep a sample of that oil and have an analysis done. Might be handy as evidence.
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So they are fighting me on this. "Well you know Mr Hudson, that vehicle DOES have a lot of miles on it and when engine components fail there is a lot of fire and metal there that could make the oil look dirty, and the oil pan plug and filter were tight and the oil level was full so I'm failing to see where we are at fault here". Before I let him know what I thought of his assessment, and his assumptions of me as a consumer, and the fact that I have been in the automotive industry for nearly 20 years, I let him know I would be sending the oil in for analysis. Where do you guys suggest I turn for this? a scant molecule of diesel oil and I would think I could prove my theory of them using waste oil in my Yukon.
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« on: September 13, 2018, 10:27:44 AM »
Maybe just get it fixed (need the car right?) and hand them the bill. With what you have in hand it would be a slam dunk in small claims.
Depending on their response today or tomorrow that is probably going to be the plan. Right now, my mechanic friends and the shop it's sitting at think the metal is most likely from the waste oil and likely what clogged up the pickup tube. especially since the day after arriving at the shop he started it in the morning and the ticking was very light and oil pressure was fluctuating again, since gravity likely allowed some of the sludge to fall from the pickup tube screen. all very hopeful things, I know.
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« on: September 12, 2018, 04:31:15 PM »
My bet is accidentally pumped waste oil in, metal clogged my pickup. I'm not paying a dime until I get confirmation they're going to make it right. until then, I have the pint of garbage oil and my attorney at the ready.
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« on: September 12, 2018, 02:01:45 PM »
Jiffy Lube re-cap/update
Date of service, 8/17/18.
Date of failure, 8/24/18 w/ 75 miles. (oil pressure sensor starts fluctuating up and down with RPM and setting off warning bells.)
Parked until I could get a look at it sunday when I saw black oil dripping down the side of the filter. Thinking it may be a double gasket scenario they tell her to bring it by on Wed to look at it. halfway there, (less than 6 miles) oil pressure drops to zero and alarms are going off, but she keeps driving because, well, she was told to. they get it on the rack, check the filter and dipstick and send her down the street to their authorized mech. he throws a known good filter on it and has fluctuating pressure issues as before, so we schedule to get it on the rack and drop the oil pan to inspect which JL is already fighting to pay for. He starts with draining the oil and then calls me and sends me these pics. total less than 85 miles and 8 days of active driving since the oil was changed and it looks like used diesel oil... I'm waiting on a call back from the district manager today, and I would say wish me luck, but at this point I should probably add him to the prayer list for hearing damage...
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« on: September 11, 2018, 06:13:09 PM »
Calm down Mike, count, one, two, three...
Then swing and connect..... 
Hey, it works on the range.
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« on: September 10, 2018, 01:07:49 PM »
So I tried a new technique.
Put lump charcoal in the chimney. Get it roaring hot down to red hot coals.
Set the steaks on the grill and place the chimney ON TOP like a salamander and go exactly 90 seconds. Flip steak. 90 more seconds. This time while the 90 seconds is going put another grate on top of the chimney.
After the second 90 seconds lift the chimney and place the steak on top of the chimney on the aforementioned grate. Cover with metal bowl. Set timer for 1 minute. After one minute flip and cover again for one minute.
Remove and tent with foil and let rest. Perfect medium rare with any 1 1/2 inch steak
And yes. Those are unicorn paper plates with matching napkins.
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That sounds like some Alton Brown tech. Great looking steak!
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« on: September 10, 2018, 12:52:54 PM »
YES!! 
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« on: August 31, 2018, 05:23:48 PM »
Tate, you guys up there don't have too much for setback rules I take it.
Grandfathered in on the setback from the bulkhead, and the previous owners bought back the easement from the county on the road when parking became scarce. a few feet off the fog line, and I'm still 15' off the crown of the road and would fit a big enough garage for the Yukon or the boat and possibly a little extra mother in law apartment up above. height restrictions are 35" and under for us. But first I need a running truck, and my contractor money back. baby steps
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« on: August 31, 2018, 04:45:54 PM »
Yeah, not having a garage has been trying lately...
Is there a plan for that? As capable as you are & thinking long term surely there were considerations when you guys purchased that beautiful view?
We were supposed to have had remodeled the boat house/enclosed carport already into two bedrooms and have been working on the garage but now I'm spending my time serving papers on my former contractor to get my $$ back and maintain the permits I had pending while trying to find another contractor to fill in... 1st pic shows where the roof line will carry to the right with scissor trusses converting the long flat roof to the additional bedrooms. second pic shows the space along side the fence to the fog line that we own the rights too where the garage would go.
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« on: August 31, 2018, 04:28:11 PM »
corner joint in the foreground.
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« on: August 31, 2018, 04:27:18 PM »
Yeah, not having a garage has been trying lately...
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« on: August 31, 2018, 01:51:07 PM »
I think it was supposed to be "Rodham"...
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« on: August 31, 2018, 10:02:21 AM »
OK I'll play. Friday before last the wife takes the Yukon to Jiffy lube for an oil change. 4 days later, my oil pressure drops to nil, and only comes up under acceleration. she makes it home, but is starting to get lifter clack. Oil level is good, but there's black oil dripping from the filter, so I'm thinking they didn't change the filter out and it's clogged/collapsed, double gasketed and sucking air, any number of things that would be throwing off oil pressure. we live 5 min away so she drives it in yesterday and they send her down the street to their authorized repair facility, (a shop I sell parts to) and they tell her this is the 2nd rig from them in 2 weeks with the same issues and the motor will likely have damage. For an 04 Yukon Denali 6.0L w/ 198K on it, a failed sensor or even oil pump is not outside the realm of possibility, but prior to the oil change 40psi on startup and 35 avg after coming to temp consistent as the rising sun, then 4 days later zero? C'mon man I was born at night but not last night. Of course J.L. is preemptively denying any fault and tried to pin it on my wife by telling her she did the damage for driving after the light came on, but she traveled a very short distance and didn't drive it at all until they told her to bring it in as it was "most likely just a sensor". Course, this is all via text message while I'm cooking at the pub last night...
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« on: August 29, 2018, 04:17:13 PM »
"snap a pichur of yo sef!" "It's time to take off tha leash!"
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« on: August 29, 2018, 11:52:28 AM »
Wait, is this about the bugs?
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« on: August 28, 2018, 10:34:21 AM »
Yes, all of that. Running quick while cresting a good size swell and the back end exits for just a second or comes close to the surface and cavitates. I trim after getting up on plane, nose up a couple degrees helps w/ speed and control, and prevents the nose from dipping below the swell lines when it drops back down.
Side note; I might just leave the trim tab and fin thing alone with that information. (for me, not you JR). with smaller sections of wood being suspect, I don't want to strain the transom more than I have to. We really try not to run in bad weather anyhow.
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« on: August 27, 2018, 04:28:43 PM »
I don?t disagree with her being on her own. I think here are more cons to her being as close as she is. The talk of home for dinner has already had to be squashed twice
I just know that it will be a continual battle to keep her being self sufficient otherwise our house will be a crutch not a sufficient learning experience
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Or when she rolls up to "visit" while momma does her laundry and loads her pantry.
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« on: August 27, 2018, 01:01:31 PM »
I am trying to keep the $$ to the basics, haven't really cleaned it up yet.
Nice is the fixes are easy so far and I have been around boats enough to hopefully keep out of trouble.
To be continued, still feels like the first day,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 
I did some research and I have the same prop. Same motor, same outdrive. I'm 19' and 18" wider. with 4 adults and 4 kids on board I have two moms and two kids up front, dad and two kids in the back and me in the middle. trim all the way down, 3/4 throttle hole shot and I'm up on plane in about 5-10 seconds depending on wind and current. couldn't be happier with it, but I'd like to be able to plane w/ less throttle, and have thought about fin, but think trim tabs that don't weaken the outdrive structure might be better suited, especially for me in the heavy chop sometimes. it's no fun when the back end crests a dip at full throttle and RPMs scream at you for that split second.
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« on: August 23, 2018, 11:02:48 AM »
Don, Sophie and I have a cup together on the weekends too. mostly milk and chocolate syrup, but she does like here little coffee here and there. I got her fishing with me the other night and boy did I open a can of worms, (figuratively). I didn't have a rod for here so I broke out my light tackle trout rod/spinning real combo and she figured out how to cast with the bale correctly in 3 tries. the surf perch were all over the place, so we started catch and release for about 2 hrs. she casts straight, and about 30 yards consistently. So I bought her 1st rod and reel combo, a bunch of salmon gear and we have a date Saturday and Sunday morning on the little boat. Hopefully the smoke clears so it's not so nasty out. Looking forward to coffee and fishing with my daughter until soapbox comes around again.
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« on: August 22, 2018, 04:18:56 PM »
It was magnetic to the kids, so I'm assuming he'd have hit it dead center
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« on: August 22, 2018, 01:56:53 PM »
More..
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« on: August 22, 2018, 01:56:19 PM »
Last weekend was a brutal two days of Soapbox Derby Rally racing. It's a points building race, and you can gather enough to go to nationals in OH, but in reality it's just off season practice driving for 90% of the attendees. We had kids come all the way up from OR and CA though, so the draw was there. Sophie made 3 heats in the primary before she went down to consolation and then was throttled by her 1st competitor. We had a great time though and all the driving paid off because she took 3rd on Sunday.
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« on: August 22, 2018, 11:12:12 AM »
I hate you.
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« on: August 21, 2018, 10:56:24 AM »
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« on: August 21, 2018, 10:24:00 AM »
Cordless, sawzall, insurance policy. Check.
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« on: August 20, 2018, 04:03:17 PM »
Just left the hospital. My wife has a painful lump under her nipple so she just had a mammogram/ultra sound. Radiologists said "we see nothing concerning" so still no answer to what is going on.
Glad for the good news....frustrated by the not knowing what is going on.
Day two of rain...need to haul home some drywall for the bathroom project...can't get into my shop due to roof repairs stalled due to rain. As Mondays go....not all that productive
Cyndie had one like that Norm. Scary for sure, but turned out to be a clogged duct or something totally innocuous. Hope you find the same results.
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« on: August 20, 2018, 10:56:26 AM »
Looks good there Jon. I was just going to comment on the diamond plate too; I assume this is NOT in mama's kitchen.
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« on: August 17, 2018, 06:19:19 PM »
I have a 4 blade, trim ALL the way down to get started when I've got 4+adults, def cuts top end a little, but I'm in rougher saltwater too.
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« on: August 15, 2018, 01:53:22 PM »
That is just so COOL!!!
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« on: August 15, 2018, 01:21:49 PM »
clean the MAF sensor, inline between the filter box and the hose. 1st, unplug while idling and check for changes, should jump up. use electrical parts cleaner, or MAF cleaner specifically. if that doesn't fix it, you can check resistance to it with an OHM meter, but I'm not the guy to walk you through that one. Ken?
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« on: August 14, 2018, 06:05:50 PM »
Tate, I sent you an email let me know what you can do please.
I got you.
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« on: August 14, 2018, 05:56:25 PM »
Enjoy Sam!
Tator, you have a 4.6? as in a Ford v-8?
Nope! Just type too fast without proof reading. 4.3 gm Mercruiser like JR's.
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« on: August 14, 2018, 11:02:32 AM »
welcome to the family
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« on: August 14, 2018, 10:17:07 AM »
Glad you are getting better Dave. That is never fun but we all have gone through it.
Nice score Ken, more toys are always better.
Ryan, I have been lucky on that. Mine have always been near home before a trip. Last few have been free via costco warranty.
Speaking of toys, this followed me home today. I have decided to sell both the XR600 and the TH. We just don't use the TH and the honda needs lots of work still. Then the 1500 sub goes and I may have a buyer.
This is an 1993 Chapparal with a 4.3 V6 with a looks to be a carter carb. 18ft open bow in great shape. Advertised as a 91 for $4800, I paid 4300. Hopefully try it out on tuesday since school starts thrursday.
It is burning everywhere in this state. this is over the hill from my house, out now thank god.
That basically IS my boat JR. 19' Larsen w/ the 4.6 and alpha outdrive. Have fun!
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« on: August 14, 2018, 10:11:05 AM »
The real travesty here is the use of Genocide as a verb... I'm sure this is some creative artwork, considering her face looks like it's about 3" forward of her head, but funny either way. I also wouldn't be surprised if the quote was accurate though.
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« on: August 10, 2018, 05:34:32 PM »
I think something along that line was stated when he was building the darned thing; hard to steer, shift, and reload, why not take one out of the equation. I was just thinking out loud, as I know we're promoting the heck out of the Zumbrota side of the company after the acquisition. Write ups make for good marketing:-)
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« on: August 10, 2018, 12:54:35 PM »
I know a really smart, good lookin' fella who's company just so happens to reman some of the best manual transmissions out there...  Feelin like a drive out to MN? Don't we have some members out there? anyone near Rochester?
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« on: August 10, 2018, 11:16:11 AM »
Gotta be a training exercise. Old dogs messing with the new pups with a trick door stopper. Srg is just sitting in the line of fire in the truck sipping coffee?
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« on: August 09, 2018, 12:56:56 PM »
It wasn't part of the merit badge, but when I was working at the Boy Scout camp during the summers, our range director, an amazing Vietnam Navy vet, would teach us how to cast lead balls, bullets, and drop shot. we eventually got in trouble because we had been using the wooden fort tower to drop the shot, and kids being kids, missed the bucket and scorched the side of the tower. Real cool and fun before it ended though.
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« on: August 09, 2018, 12:05:16 PM »
Fixed it. I completely concur. but as I move further north away from the city I seem to get some much needed space from those invaders, but then I run into the Can-Asians, (read china, korea, japan, india, full tour busses 6-10 at a time on a busy weekend) that come down from Vancouver to shop at the outlet malls on their way to ride the ducks in seattle and f-up traffic.
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« on: August 07, 2018, 01:57:53 PM »
bias ply tires accept plugs very well. steel belted radials chew them up a bit and tend to work loose. just rasp it good and jam the thickest one you can get in there. it's a temporary fix at best though and will lose air over time.
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« on: July 26, 2018, 06:27:07 PM »
Oh snap! Tater is developing quite the track record
Let us not forget that
* He made many things happen on SquareD
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« on: July 26, 2018, 02:49:14 PM »
Yeesh, that looks painful!
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« on: July 26, 2018, 02:43:58 PM »
Shawn, Thanks for the shameless plug.
Nate, like JR in Kali I might live here, but I don't represent the short bus folks that run the place. And when there's a massive die off of the tide pod eating droolers out this way I'll have one of the prettiest pieces of America to myself right?
Tex, them's fightin' words. you're either badmouthing my team or my boat and either one of them could land you a fat lip!
Bob, you get the ambulance ready for when Tex knocks me flat...
I still love you tate, and that's why when ever I need something from randys I call your direct extension or just hit you on the cell....lol
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