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5 hours ago, Frosty said:
Since I’m married, I agree with your rationale Fitzy. I also justify my toys against the gobs of money my wife spends on her hobby, scrapbooking! We are talking about a seemingly endless parade of Amazon, Creative Memories, and other boxes to supply scrapbook albums, custom paper, page protectors, tape, dies, stamps, ink, scissors, ribbon, card, card stock, blah, blah, blah.
Lets just say I get one box for about every 10-50 she gets. Mind you, she has slowed down since we had a basement flood a little while ago. We are still trying to line up contractors to fix things. We had to clear out her scrapbook room in the flood. We ended up renting three 10’ x 10’ storage units to house most of it. Paper is heavy!
Ok, I have seen everything you guys are saying with the guys I know! And I’ve said this before! Man I am one lucky bastard! 48 years of marriage and I can honestly say she has never done any of that! Me on the other hand, not so much so! She hates, I mean hates clutter and dirt! She saves very little that’s not going to be used. She makes a home that anyone could walk into anytime and never find it but perfect, not bragging, this is her not me!
True story! 20 years ago she see’s an add for one room free carpet cleaning. She tells me about it and I say if you want to call them go head. The day they are supposed to come at 1:00, I come home from work at 4:00. I pull in the drive there’s a car, not a van, in the driveway! This can’t be good! I walk in, it’s two guys from Kirby vacuum! They’re trying to sell my wife a Kirby, and of course it can shampoo carpet! Now I’m sorry but you can’t sell my wife anything, she is the ultimate skeptic! She is as sweet as they come, but anything but gullible! They’ve been there an hour, obviously late! Now they’re going to demonstrate how dirty the carpet is! This was hilarious! Where the bag would go he puts a white filter cloth and starts to vacuum! He stops takes the filter cloth off! No change, no dirty, no nothing! Now he goes to the couch, same thing! He turns to me and says, you are a very lucky man! At which I said, I know!
So when she complains to me from time to time, but honestly not very often, I just think, I’m a lucky man! And try to be a little less me the car guy!
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On 8/5/2020 at 5:39 PM, JUSTA6 said:
Hope you get it, I can only dream of a lift.
Copy that buddy no room at the inn! Still I’m pretty happy with pipe stand set up! Gives me 20 inches of clearance under the car which has always been enough get done what I need! And it’s carpeted where the Indian sits and petty well climate controlled year around!
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9 hours ago, Frosty said:Yes, it would and these are my Zambonis -
....and your point is?
No point Frosty! JustA watching your 6 buddy! I don’t want to see you in a nice heated garage and melt!😁!
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2 hours ago, Frosty said:
Dat's good stuff!
Worst things I've had is Tylenol 3 (with codine in it) when I had my wisoom teeth removed. It made the bed spin when I laid down. Okay done with that.
When I was in the hospital 10 years ago in ICU, I asked for a sleep sedative. I have no idea what the hell they gave me but rest was the last thing my mind got. If you ever recall the old Microsoft "Pipes" screensaver you will get the analogy. My sleep/dream was something like that. Only I was "chasing squirrels" up and down thru trees, grass, fences, and yards. Good shit? Probably. Never had it again - for obvious reasons...
Yup! There’s some good shit out there; read that as bad for you! Only been in a hospital 3 times once for a month for pneumonia at 3, almost died, knee surgery at 17 and the car accident in the Z/28 at 26. Always been lucky or healthy depending on your viewpoint, since then!
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22 minutes ago, Frosty said:I can sympathize. I don't have a garage at my house to work on any of my toys either. I am currently looking for real estate or an existing pole barn near my house that I can call my "man cave".
Wouldn’t that be Ice Palace!?
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24 minutes ago, Frosty said:Reality is for people who can't handle drugs dude! Everyone knows that! Just ask Timothy Leary (he's dead I know)!
Tell me about it! When they put my knee back, literally, together from my football injury, there were some drugs! I was in so much pain after 6 hours of surgery, they would come in every 4 hours with morphine and it would be off to la la land!
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10 hours ago, 64 kiwi boni said:
Am home now! What a ride from hell !!!
i thought i was doing ok, but then the first bump on the road woke me up🤢
then the next and the next and the next, 🤢
one hour later when we finally got home i was in sooo much pain.
sooo now tramadol is my friend
Drugs! Who knew!
Really glad you’re home safe n sound! The rest will come given some time!-
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46 minutes ago, Frosty said:All those voices in your head .... and they still don't like you!
Speaking of voices in ones head! Which one told you to change your avatar again?! How can Frosty be a car? Unless it’s an ice cream truck! I know, I know you JustA like to keep us confused! Well that won’t work I was already confused before I got to this forum! So there!
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13 hours ago, Fitzy said:Let's get real - we shall continue to bash the Chinese, especially since the spring compressor I'm considering will be made there. I'm still working (doing my third consecutive overtime stint) and shall crawl under the car upon my return and will then 'assess' the mechanical situation under there. If I reckon I can get a compressor up there without exposing my own flesh & bone, I shall toddle off to the Ying Tong Super Happy Auto Parts Emporium and buy the sturdiest looking compressor I can. Let's also remember that the car will be suspended by my Chinese made jack stands and I will be raising & lowering said vehicle with my Chinese made trolley jack. Maybe my brain is made in China?
No, if your brain was you wouldn’t even be questioning any of this, you know like buy a live bat for lunch! 😳!
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13 hours ago, 64 kiwi boni said:Better still guys, i have had them add a tap
so now i can plug straight into a keg!!! HaHa
Look! It even has a sampling port! Those NZ! What will they think of next!
1 hour ago, 64 kiwi boni said:Guys, how do i get a 4 grand four post lift past the wife?
have found a good second hand one on line and i need one to stack cars on in my shed
Tell her it’s a king size bed frame, but it needs a little work first!
Glad to hear you’re doing well and on the mend mate!
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Welcome! Great looking cars past and present. Love the garage/shop! Since you know Frosty, I’ll JustA say, I feel sorry for you!
Just kidding Frosty, don’t go givin me the cold shoulder now!
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360! Buddy! Well deserved! Congratulations!
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2 hours ago, Fitzy said:
When the compressed spring lets go because my El Cheapo Chinese compressor fell apart and takes my brain out, we'll shovel the remains back into my skull and I'll buy a Corolla and lower that next.
Get the beers ready-Car Injuries 101 comin' up!
Hey I thought we were done the China bashing! I’ll give you a month to stop 😁!
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9 hours ago, Fitzy said:Okay, now that we've bashed the Chinese let's get back to business...
King Springs want $900. EatonDetroit will be about the same, so I'm deciding what to do.
I'll need a spring compressor to get those front springs out. I've never used one but from what I've read you are dicing with death! Any tips on how I might live longer whilst compressing those giant springs, apart from paying someone $100 an hour to do it for me? I've also ordered a front end rebuild kit. I'm going to need a ball joint separator, a pitman arm puller, some biceps...mind you, one hour's professional labour rate will pay for all that. Believe it or not, I bought that car to give me something to do in my spare time. My 'spare time.' Let's all ponder that for a moment. What was I thinking???
Fitzy, sorry we hijaked your thread!
As far as taking out the springs, yah most people are a little unnerved about it when they haven’t done it before! There are many ways to remove them, but for the type of springs you have I would recommend the standard standby. See below this type is fairly inexpensive, not much to store after the fact and when used right very safe!
you simply take out the shock, install the compressor arms through the center of the spring then the treaded shaft installs to them! Using a socket and ratchet tighten, which compresses the spring. Once you’ve done that, you remove the castle nut, but it’s a good idea to break loose the nut first before you take the tension off the Aarm from the spring, but don’t remove the nut.once the spring is compressed you need a, preferable, floor jack under the Aarm. Take the castle nut off, turn it upside down and thread it back onto the ball joint shaft, leaving about an 1/8 of an inch of the nut sticking above the ball joint shaft. At this point, using two hammers, place one hammer on top of the castle nut and hit it with the other, you could also use a chunk of steel in place of the first hammer, but the second hammer, the one you swing should be a good beefy one, two pound short handle sledge would be good! This will release the ball joint shaft from the steering knuckle. Now lower the floor jack slowly. You will need to most likely push the Aarm down further than it will go on it’s own, so make sure you have the car raised up high enough. Now remove the spring! Place the spring, if you can in a vise, side ways to remove the compressor.
To remove the ball joints is fairly easy! All you need is pipe! Get yourself a piece of pipe that fits the outside diameter of the ball joint. This goes on the bottom side of the Aarm, between the Aarm and the ground. It should be as close of a fit as you can get, but the ball joint itself should be able to fall right through it. The top side needs a piece of pipe the fits the top of the ball joint! Again this piece of pipe should fit a body edge of the ball joint, but fall through the hole in the Aarm when the ball joint is out. Placing a flat piece of steel, 1/2 thick or better, on top of the top pipe and using your big hammer, strike the flat plate with good force! This will drive the ball joint out, but it will take multiple hits to do so!
Making the bottom side pipe as solid to the ground and Aarm as possible will make all the difference in transferring the energy to drive the ball joint out easily!
To install the new ball joints put them in the freezer overnight! While keeping the ball joint cold use a burnz-o-matic and heat the hole area where the ball joint goes, about 500 degrees f. Doing this will require almost no press fit, just some light tapping at best, but you must be quick.-
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3 hours ago, JUSTA6 said:Been standing in the same line for many years. Finally have a real President that stands up to the bastards and reset the trade agreement.
Copy that buddy! All the tree huggers and touchy-feely don’t hurt my feelings, so call liberals drove this country straight into the ground! Trump may not be great, but he’s 1000 times better than any democratic in the past 100 years! IMO!
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13 hours ago, Frosty said:
The new circuit board for the back of Lucy’s instrument cluster came tonight. On Saturday I noticed it starting to separate at the main electrical,connector. It’s almost 50 years old.o
Cheap Pontiac parts! 😁
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1 hour ago, Frosty said:Fitzy I started my woring career at AC Spark Plug many many years ago. Even then, counterfeit Chineese knock off products were a problem. I saw fake AC filters that were simply stuffed with old rags. Fake plugs where the eletrodes would separate once you opened the box. I can totally relate to your story about quality parts. Good for you! Makes you wish you could figure out a way to under mine their economy.
Ahh, there is! Don’t buy anything made in China or built in China or parts made there and assembled here! Dah!
Now look what you did! You got me started! Dang!-
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11 hours ago, Frosty said:
Cisco or Crisco?
Typo or dam spellcheck, not sure which now! The second one! Crisco!
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22 hours ago, Frosty said:
I know what you mean Wrongway. I JUSTA don't know where I put my soldering gun when I moved 8 years ago and I've had little need of it since. I usually double crimp and shrink wrap the connection to carry me over.
I might invest in a new one when I get to re-doing the speaker wires.That it going to be a long process for sure.
JustA thought, but I usually hate to destroy OEM stuff in a car if I can see another way to get there! So you could keep your existing wiring, but just deactivate it or tape it to protect it. Than run new wires from the fuse block, coil and ground. Napa even sells some really nice fuse block add-on wire adaptors!
I remember we talked about the hydraulic rams you installed before and I had some questions as to the connection threads. So if you want when you get there take some pictures and see if you can resolve this for good!
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3 hours ago, Frosty said:
I"m still wondering if OLive Oyl got better looking or worse with age. It's still 50-50 in my book.
More like Olive Cisco now!
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19 hours ago, Frosty said:
I worked on Lucy some more yesterday. I totally pulled the instrument cluster out. This was a momentous day. This was the last day she would have her original clock she was born with. I sent this clock off to be quartz enhanced about 20 years ago. It's run great. Now it's time for Lucy to have a tach. So I pulled the clock and installed the tach in it's place. No problem - easy peezy.
I grabbed the new tach wiring harness - that's when the trouble began. The wiring harness and tach don't line up. The wiring harness is looking for a pair of electrical connection whereas the tach is looking for two individual connections. Huh. How about that. Okay ai will just cut the ends off and put new ends on. Wrong - I didn't have any butt connectors so I had to run up to AutoZone. By the time I got back the sun was setting. Agh.
I will try again next weekend.
Last look with the old clock
Old clock and new tach - side by side
Okay I think I ordered the right wiring harness
It looks good .... until
You look at the back of the tach....ouch! There is no way that black connector is going to work.
The red connector goes to the fuse block and the other connector goes to the coil.
The gage fits the dash though right? Are you JustA going to tape up the old wire setup and the do new wiring? If not what?
When you get to the top cylinders and lines take some good pictures and maybe we can help you get where you want to be.
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6 hours ago, 64 kiwi boni said:
yes mate, i thought thats what it is, but where does it hide in the car ???
this was just sitting on the floor🙄
Usually under the back seat, for the old cars like that one.
Like JustA said, looks like you did well!
Do I see a frame off resto in someone’s future?!
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It’s not what I did, JustA what it was! Today, actually the 28th, last Indian turned 20 years old! Wow! How old am I! I owned the “69” Z for 35 years and now the Indian for 20!
I think I need to lie down!
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Yes Siree bob, beautiful!
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Fitzy's GP is back!
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Not a thing wrong with that mate!
All of them are one in a million if you love them! I was JustA saying I can’t complain and I’m lucky for that! She’s kind of use to it because of her dad! He was a famous WWII pilot and post war, race pilot! So she use to get dragged around to racing events and fly-ins and such. So the only think is she really has no desire for car shows or such, but that’s ok as I was never big on car shows either.