"Man up and pull it." 

Surely the Quote Of The Year! Come on, we've all been there.

Don't call him Shirley.

 

Gimme a vector, Victor!!  Hilarious movie.

Rick

3 hours ago, B52bombardier1 said:

Gimme a vector, Victor!!  Hilarious movie.

Rick

roger roger 

11 hours ago, B52bombardier1 said:

Gimme a vector, Victor!!  Hilarious movie.

Rick

 

Does anybody happen to know the torque specs for the 10 nuts holding the pumpkin to the housing? The book has everything listed except that.

Well, the pumpkin came out and went back in a lot easier than I thought it would. I ran the bolts down snug but did not torque them since I have not found torque specs yet. None of the gears had any chips or cracks that I could find during or after cleaning. Axels are back in and bolted. The only thing left is to put the brakes back together. I did a quick prime and paint to the calipers and about the time I sat down to install them it started raining. Rain for the next 3 days so I'll get pics of those when they get installed. I also found that brass piece from the sludge pump in the bottom of the housing.

well done mate !!! 

i have the same shop manual and i cant find the setting either, justA tight mate !!! i would go , 40-50 max and like any flat surface do it staggered like you would a wheel, new gasket with silicon !! justa cause you dont want it to leak 

at least you know its in good nick !!! and all clean inside ! these diffs are soooooo strong !!

i so dont envy you working on your car in the drive ! and the weather stuffs eveything up !!! 

Hello Wrongway...

Is there a kit for the rear disk brakes? 

Glad to see you are making progress in your GP, can't wait to have mine in driving condition again.... 

Hey bro, this guy sells a kit, and he was really easy to work with. I used a lot of stuff from him when putting together my brake system. I do also have the list now of donor cars you can get the parts from.

www.ebay.com/itm/333289058045

9 minutes ago, Wrongway said:

Hey bro, this guy sells a kit, and he was really easy to work with. I used a lot of stuff from him when putting together my brake system. I do also have the list now of donor cars you can get the parts from.

www.ebay.com/itm/333289058045

Thank you! 

Well, the pumpkin got torqued down to 50lb and filled up today. Also got the brakes and wheels on and the car back on the ground. Still have to get emergency brake adjusted. But that's going to have to wait. I have to leave for Missioui tomorrow and not exactly sure how long I will have to be there yet. 

Your car is getting there!!

Rick

lokking wayyyyy cool Mate 

The energency brake will have to wait...

Does anybody else see a problem with this? 🤣

No emergency brake for a while?   Do you park in steeply inclined areas where an e-brake might be helpful?

Rick

 

I know we don't normally get too personal on here, but I justa feel the need to share what all has happened this past month. So, as I told you I had to leave for Missouri, I had gotten a phone call from one of my great aunts telling me that my grandmother had fallen a few days earlier and had to go to the hospital. While on the floor my grandma managed to call her sister who lives next door. Her sister was unable to get my grandmas front door open and called her daughter. Her daughter got the door opened and my grandma's sister called 911. The hospital sent grandma to the nursing home for physical therapy. I spoke with grandma a couple of times, and she was telling me that she was doing good in therapy and what great progress she was making. Told me that her sister's daughter was visiting everyday (we will call this lady D). By the end of that week, I got a call telling me that grandma was taken out of the nursing home and was staying at D's apartment and D was going to be taking care of her. I talked to D a couple of times as did my wife and my sister. I justa had a feeling that there was more going on than we were being told. All phone calls from the time my grandma got to D's apartment were put on speaker and the text messages didn't have the correct words being used as far as I was concerned. My grandma is 89 years old and still uses old words and correct grammar. So, I grabbed my son and I left for Missouri. My grandmother helped raise me and as such we have always been extremely close. When I got to D's apartment in Missouri, I found my grandma sleeping on a loveseat that reclined in the middle of the living room. Talking to grandma she was very guarded with what she said. I asked what happened at the nursing home and was told by D that her time was up, and grandma couldn't take care of herself anymore. That night my son and I slept at my grandma's apartment, my grandma's sister (which is D's mother) and another of her daughters (one of D's sisters) came over and told me how they had been telling D to take grandma back to the nursing home. That she needed medical attention. The next day while visiting grandma she kept telling me how great D is, how everybody was against her and D. How nobody loves her except me and D, and how everybody was mad because D was helping her. I told grandma that I had called my sister, and she was coming for a visit. D got visibly angry. (My sister can be quite outspoken). When I asked why she was getting mad she said it was because she was tired of everybody being mean to her and grandma which made no sense. The next day it was more of the same, D was great, and everybody hates us, this time she also kept telling me not to have my sister come down and if she did make sure she's nice to D. When my sister got there, I tasked her with staying with D and grandma so I could get some answers. I grabbed a cousin who is another one of D's sisters and has been in nursing for over 30 years and now runs a nursing home company with over 75 facilities in the U.S. We started trying to get grandma into another nursing home. The first thing we found out was that on the first day grandma was in the nursing home D tried to get power of attorney. She got it on the second day, had two of her friends as witnesses and a third friend that was a notary fill it out. We also found out that grandma and D had been banned from that nursing home and none of the other three in town would take her in because of that. We were told that D would show up, demand things, yell at staff, take videos of grandma and other residents while in PT which she was asked not to do because its illegal and they could lose their license and the final straw was when D found out that grandma's social security would go to the nursing home and not into her bank account D got mad, tore up the paperwork and thru it at the directors face. Later that day we had also found out that D had been put on my grandma's bank acct and had grandma's sister removed. I spent the next week trying to get grandma into a nursing home with no luck before returning to the original nursing home for a meeting with the director again. We were told that if they had a guarantee that D would not be allowed back, they would readmit grandma. With that info being kept secret until my sister and I could talk I went back to talk to D and grandma about D's power of attorney. I was told by D that SHE had power of attorney, and she didn't MIND me being on it under her, but SHE was not letting my sister on it! WTF, that's not how that works. I finally had enough playing Mr. nice guy. I told her that I was contacting an attorney friend of mine. She started apologizing and saying that wasn't what she wanted. So, the next morning my cell phone and my sisters started blowing up. We had to go get grandma, she kicked her out. I grabbed my sister and cousin and went to get grandma. When we got their and D was nowhere around, her friend was sitting with grandma waiting on us. My sister was sitting on one side of grandma and me on the other and grandma put her head on my sister's shoulder and actually said "I can't believe I'm free". This was on a Friday and the nursing home couldn't get her in till Monday. We took grandma to the ER to get medical clearance for the nursing home and found she had bed sores and pressure ulcers. Once we got grandma back to her apartment, we were told that she was not allowed to leave D's or even get up except to use the bathroom, had not had a bath since she had been there, and that D would get down in her face and scream at her. D had her convinced that everybody was mad at grandma, that everybody including my sister hated grandma, I was the only person she could not convince grandma was mad or hated her. Looking at all of grandma's paperwork we had found that D had already taken out over $6000 in cash in justa ten days. The next morning, I had D's power of attorney revoked and myself, my sister and my cousin who lives local put on the new PoA. Grandma goes into nursing home Monday. I filed for a restraining order. Restraining order denied until a court date 10 days away. The day after I filed for the restraining order that idiot D sends some big dude over to my grandma's apartment to try and intimidate me, didn't work! From the couch I see this guy looking, looking at me thru the screen door, just a pissed off look on his face. Then he's gone, out of my line of sight. He stayed out of my line of sight the walk up from the sidewalk to the door. The next time I see him is when he steps in front of the door and he tries to snatch the screen door open only to find it locked, then he noticed the .45 held behind my leg and said, "my bad, I must be in the wrong place, I was told the guy I'm looking for is in apartment 1". I replied this is apartment 1 and you are in the wrong place. He takes a few steps away and then starts running, he's gone. So, by the day of court, I had already contacted the state office for elder services and abuse hotline and met with and investigator. D showed up with two big guys this time. I had paperwork and the recording of our interview and the interview with grandma. The judge would not let me speak for grandma, stating that if he allowed me to speak for her that he was giving me permission to practice law in the state of Mo and it was for my protection. He then told D she had two choices, she could consent to signing the restraining order or postpone the hearing and get an attorney. She said she would consent as long as there was not a plea entered and there would be no investigation from the time grandma left the nursing home. The judge told her that a plea of no contest would be entered not a plea of guilt and there was no investigation that he knew of pending. She signed the restraining order, and the judge did not know of the open investigations because I was not allowed to speak. My son and I got our paperwork and sitting in the truck while I called my wife D and friends walked out of the courthouse. One of the guys stood in front of my truck looking at us as the other walked D to her car. The bigger of the two walked back and they exchanged words while looking at us and then they went to their truck, and they all drove off. Grandma is back in the nursing home now, and getting the medical attention she needs, but her pressure ulcers are extremely bad, and she now has a Kennedy ulcer which is fatal and uncurable, as a direct result of the time she spent at D's apartment. Hospice has come in and the doctors are now saying it is a matter of weeks not months before grandma is gone. The last week and a half I spent with grandma were pretty uneventful as far as drama with D went, with the exception of reports of her or her friends driving by 4-5 times a day. There is a restraining order in affect for 1yr, an open investigation by the state for psychological and metal abuse, another for financial exploitation and another for caretaker abuse and neglect. Medicare or Medicaid, I always get them confused, needed to know where the money went in order to approve her to get her into the nursing home, so they knew she was not hiding money. They will also be investigating D for the missing money. This woman was my grandmother's niece whom she had only met for the first time two months ago when she moved back to Missouri from Florida. It's crazy to think about how fast things can happen. My son and I are back home and safe now. 

Yall take care of the ones you love, maybe reach out to those you don't talk to enough and justa check on them.

Take care, be safe.

32 minutes ago, Wrongway said:

I know we don't normally get too personal on here, but I justa feel the need to share what all has happened this past month. So, as I told you I had to leave for Missouri, I had gotten a phone call from one of my great aunts telling me that my grandmother had fallen a few days earlier and had to go to the hospital. While on the floor my grandma managed to call her sister who lives next door. Her sister was unable to get my grandmas front door open and called her daughter. Her daughter got the door opened and my grandma's sister called 911. The hospital sent grandma to the nursing home for physical therapy. I spoke with grandma a couple of times, and she was telling me that she was doing good in therapy and what great progress she was making. Told me that her sister's daughter was visiting everyday (we will call this lady D). By the end of that week, I got a call telling me that grandma was taken out of the nursing home and was staying at D's apartment and D was going to be taking care of her. I talked to D a couple of times as did my wife and my sister. I justa had a feeling that there was more going on than we were being told. All phone calls from the time my grandma got to D's apartment were put on speaker and the text messages didn't have the correct words being used as far as I was concerned. My grandma is 89 years old and still uses old words and correct grammar. So, I grabbed my son and I left for Missouri. My grandmother helped raise me and as such we have always been extremely close. When I got to D's apartment in Missouri, I found my grandma sleeping on a loveseat that reclined in the middle of the living room. Talking to grandma she was very guarded with what she said. I asked what happened at the nursing home and was told by D that her time was up, and grandma couldn't take care of herself anymore. That night my son and I slept at my grandma's apartment, my grandma's sister (which is D's mother) and another of her daughters (one of D's sisters) came over and told me how they had been telling D to take grandma back to the nursing home. That she needed medical attention. The next day while visiting grandma she kept telling me how great D is, how everybody was against her and D. How nobody loves her except me and D, and how everybody was mad because D was helping her. I told grandma that I had called my sister, and she was coming for a visit. D got visibly angry. (My sister can be quite outspoken). When I asked why she was getting mad she said it was because she was tired of everybody being mean to her and grandma which made no sense. The next day it was more of the same, D was great, and everybody hates us, this time she also kept telling me not to have my sister come down and if she did make sure she's nice to D. When my sister got there, I tasked her with staying with D and grandma so I could get some answers. I grabbed a cousin who is another one of D's sisters and has been in nursing for over 30 years and now runs a nursing home company with over 75 facilities in the U.S. We started trying to get grandma into another nursing home. The first thing we found out was that on the first day grandma was in the nursing home D tried to get power of attorney. She got it on the second day, had two of her friends as witnesses and a third friend that was a notary fill it out. We also found out that grandma and D had been banned from that nursing home and none of the other three in town would take her in because of that. We were told that D would show up, demand things, yell at staff, take videos of grandma and other residents while in PT which she was asked not to do because its illegal and they could lose their license and the final straw was when D found out that grandma's social security would go to the nursing home and not into her bank account D got mad, tore up the paperwork and thru it at the directors face. Later that day we had also found out that D had been put on my grandma's bank acct and had grandma's sister removed. I spent the next week trying to get grandma into a nursing home with no luck before returning to the original nursing home for a meeting with the director again. We were told that if they had a guarantee that D would not be allowed back, they would readmit grandma. With that info being kept secret until my sister and I could talk I went back to talk to D and grandma about D's power of attorney. I was told by D that SHE had power of attorney, and she didn't MIND me being on it under her, but SHE was not letting my sister on it! WTF, that's not how that works. I finally had enough playing Mr. nice guy. I told her that I was contacting an attorney friend of mine. She started apologizing and saying that wasn't what she wanted. So, the next morning my cell phone and my sisters started blowing up. We had to go get grandma, she kicked her out. I grabbed my sister and cousin and went to get grandma. When we got their and D was nowhere around, her friend was sitting with grandma waiting on us. My sister was sitting on one side of grandma and me on the other and grandma put her head on my sister's shoulder and actually said "I can't believe I'm free". This was on a Friday and the nursing home couldn't get her in till Monday. We took grandma to the ER to get medical clearance for the nursing home and found she had bed sores and pressure ulcers. Once we got grandma back to her apartment, we were told that she was not allowed to leave D's or even get up except to use the bathroom, had not had a bath since she had been there, and that D would get down in her face and scream at her. D had her convinced that everybody was mad at grandma, that everybody including my sister hated grandma, I was the only person she could not convince grandma was mad or hated her. Looking at all of grandma's paperwork we had found that D had already taken out over $6000 in cash in justa ten days. The next morning, I had D's power of attorney revoked and myself, my sister and my cousin who lives local put on the new PoA. Grandma goes into nursing home Monday. I filed for a restraining order. Restraining order denied until a court date 10 days away. The day after I filed for the restraining order that idiot D sends some big dude over to my grandma's apartment to try and intimidate me, didn't work! From the couch I see this guy looking, looking at me thru the screen door, just a pissed off look on his face. Then he's gone, out of my line of sight. He stayed out of my line of sight the walk up from the sidewalk to the door. The next time I see him is when he steps in front of the door and he tries to snatch the screen door open only to find it locked, then he noticed the .45 held behind my leg and said, "my bad, I must be in the wrong place, I was told the guy I'm looking for is in apartment 1". I replied this is apartment 1 and you are in the wrong place. He takes a few steps away and then starts running, he's gone. So, by the day of court, I had already contacted the state office for elder services and abuse hotline and met with and investigator. D showed up with two big guys this time. I had paperwork and the recording of our interview and the interview with grandma. The judge would not let me speak for grandma, stating that if he allowed me to speak for her that he was giving me permission to practice law in the state of Mo and it was for my protection. He then told D she had two choices, she could consent to signing the restraining order or postpone the hearing and get an attorney. She said she would consent as long as there was not a plea entered and there would be no investigation from the time grandma left the nursing home. The judge told her that a plea of no contest would be entered not a plea of guilt and there was no investigation that he knew of pending. She signed the restraining order, and the judge did not know of the open investigations because I was not allowed to speak. My son and I got our paperwork and sitting in the truck while I called my wife D and friends walked out of the courthouse. One of the guys stood in front of my truck looking at us as the other walked D to her car. The bigger of the two walked back and they exchanged words while looking at us and then they went to their truck, and they all drove off. Grandma is back in the nursing home now, and getting the medical attention she needs, but her pressure ulcers are extremely bad, and she now has a Kennedy ulcer which is fatal and uncurable, as a direct result of the time she spent at D's apartment. Hospice has come in and the doctors are now saying it is a matter of weeks not months before grandma is gone. The last week and a half I spent with grandma were pretty uneventful as far as drama with D went, with the exception of reports of her or her friends driving by 4-5 times a day. There is a restraining order in affect for 1yr, an open investigation by the state for psychological and metal abuse, another for financial exploitation and another for caretaker abuse and neglect. Medicare or Medicaid, I always get them confused, needed to know where the money went in order to approve her to get her into the nursing home, so they knew she was not hiding money. They will also be investigating D for the missing money. This woman was my grandmother's niece whom she had only met for the first time two months ago when she moved back to Missouri from Florida. It's crazy to think about how fast things can happen. My son and I are back home and safe now. 

Yall take care of the ones you love, maybe reach out to those you don't talk to enough and justa check on them.

Take care, be safe.

Wrongway,

Sorry to hear that this has happened to your Grandma. I hope she gets better.  What is wrong with the world today, it is all about easy money 90% of people don't want to work they think they are entitled to free money!!!! There is nothing wrong with money if you make it the honest way...but this is so wrong!!! people don't even respect family anymore... I hope she gets caught and goes to jail

 

Mate!!!! 

i was wondering why you where gone for so long ! 

First thing i want to say to you is ....THANK YOU . its family like you that makes all the differance !!!! without your love and care your grandma would have had a tearable end at the hands of this nuckle draging woman, she will get whats coming to her !!! i truley beleave in karma !!!!!

Well done on getting her the care she needs too !! she maybe at lifes end but by gees you know she is in the best place !!!

Years will pass and you will reflect on your actions to help grandma and you just be sooo proud mate !!! your son will remeber all this too !!!!

Edited May 21, 20242 yr by 64 kiwi boni

Thanks guys, we've turned copies of all our paperwork over to investigators along with all of our contact info including the contact info and statements from other family members such as her own mother and sisters. I know it was a hard month for my son, only being 15 and seeing what all we had to go through. I'm hoping that he'll grow to fully understand everything that happened and realize that no matter how the world turns out or what people say it is ok to stand up for yourself and the people you love.

Thanks again for your support and letting me share what happened.

You do know that doing the right thing is showing your son, how to do the right thing when it's his turn to help you out.  Terrible, but whatta life lesson.  Best wishes for all involved.

Hi Wrongway, just flew home from work and am catching up now. Like Kiwi I also wondered at your absence. Man - what a story. You did the right thing and I agree with JustA- that bitch needs jail time. I cannot believe anyone could act like that all in the pursuit of money. Give her hell. Welcome back.

So just a quick update on Grandma.

After a couple of more trips back and forth to Missouri since I was on here last. I got a call while I was in Michigan getting ready to head back home, it was the nursing home telling me that my grandmother had passed away. Through conversations with the administrator and nursing staff they made it clear that her passing was due to the wounds she had from the neglect and abuse grandma received while in the care of D. I reached out the people investigating D and was told there were now 5 open investigations against D. The ones I reported, and a couple other possible cases in Ohio and Florida. They said the case was ongoing and they couldn't tell more anymore as of now.

 

7 minutes ago, Wrongway said:

So just a quick update on Grandma.

After a couple of more trips back and forth to Missouri since I was on here last. I got a call while I was in Michigan getting ready to head back home, it was the nursing home telling me that my grandmother had passed away. Through conversations with the administrator and nursing staff they made it clear that her passing was due to the wounds she had from the neglect and abuse grandma received while in the care of D. I reached out the people investigating D and was told there were now 5 open investigations against D. The ones I reported, and a couple other possible cases in Ohio and Florida. They said the case was ongoing and they couldn't tell more anymore as of now.

 

Do you beleave in Karma mate ? 

4 hours ago, Wrongway said:

So just a quick update on Grandma.

After a couple of more trips back and forth to Missouri since I was on here last. I got a call while I was in Michigan getting ready to head back home, it was the nursing home telling me that my grandmother had passed away. Through conversations with the administrator and nursing staff they made it clear that her passing was due to the wounds she had from the neglect and abuse grandma received while in the care of D. I reached out the people investigating D and was told there were now 5 open investigations against D. The ones I reported, and a couple other possible cases in Ohio and Florida. They said the case was ongoing and they couldn't tell more anymore as of now.

 

I'm so sorry for your loss. Hope this 'lady" D gets what she deserves!!!!