Professur

Why does he not just braze the damn thing like a normal person would?

Frosty .. you have to go see this in person. and then ...

So many bells and whistles going off all at once .. not the least of which is the confession of tampering with the odo.

Does anyone here have the conversion formula to go from kW to Llamathrust?

First link comes up dead. No worries about the keychain .. I've not yet begun to look. Nifty fact .. the last 4 digits of the VIN ... 1998

Oh my ... 4l60E, 3.43 with a posi.

Mostly just looking ... since POCI doesn't have a G in it anywhere I was curious as to how much GMC there was. Only thing I really want at the moment is a GMC keychain. I've so many car keys it's important to help identify which key goes where. And since I keep ALL my keys even after a car's long gone ... that can be important. I've had 4 dodge colts ... 3 of which the keys all look identical. This truck's keys are the same as my old Transport. The olds, the parisienne and my old Celebrity of long ago all have identical keys. Mum's Honda and my daughter's Sentra are easy to divide ... but mum had an earlier Sentra too. I don't have a spare for the missus's Sonic. It's probably something like $400 to get one made.

I'll say this for it. Last week I rented a 2016 F-250 4x4 from U-haul ... This is so much nicer. Honestly ... I stole this thing. I'd expect to see this truck going for $4000 easy. A shop would do all the rust repair for under a grand, add another grand for paint (it's pretty close to british racing green). I said to my son as we drove away from the Firefly ... no way does so many things work against you unless something's pushing. I've learned to listen to that push over the years. It's never steered me wrong so far ... looks like whatever it is, it's still got my back.

Flipping through the POCI store .. not a lot of GMC merchandise in there.

Wait ... you're hinting that I need to join, aren't ya? Drove it to work this morning ... might be a little slipping in first. That would explain the grab in second. I'll have to watch that.

Too much time on your hands. BTW son #1 has already put claim to the truck for when he gets his licence.

No other issues found. A through top to bottom is on the books .. after the roof is dealt with

Ok, got it, got it plated and insured, and got it home. The owner put 20 bucks of gas in it after I test drove it last night. Who does that? He drove me to the licence bureau (his neck of the woods), then his son put the new plate on and installed the tonneau cover while I was on hold with the insurance. Since I was dropping the jeep at the same time as adding this truck, my insurance is now lower that before. But, the gov hit me for $100 gas guzzler penalty for the V8. The olds and parisienne were old age exempt ... this girl isn't. I mentioned a check engine code for an O2 sensor .. it was still there this evening, but miracle of miracles ... it cleared itself during the 45 minute drive home. I've heard legends of check engine lights clearing themselves ... but expected to see a unicorn first. With the exception of a horribly soft brake pedal and rotor warp .. no way would I believe this thing is almost 20 years old. Drives silent and smooth, city and highway. A little grabby shifting between first and second if you're light on the gas. First order of the day is a 4 wheel brake bleed to purge what must be original fluid. I believe it has ABS ... anyone have advice to share before I start cracking bleeders? Pics forthcoming

I doubt the insurance would cover it as I can't prove the age of the shingles. I'd thought they were redone when the last renovations were done and a modification was made to the front peak, but given the clusterfuck that guy left behind, all bets are off. Fortunately it looks like it's only the old ceilings that took damage. Walls are either plank or 1970's era paneling. Floors are 1950 planks with outdoor carpet over it, but the water only made it through in one area. If my math is right, the roof (that side) should be 40x11 or so. I suspect I'm guestimating short, but I just need ballparks at this point. That's 440 sqft. A pack of shingles is supposed to cover 33sqft. Rounding up and leaving a lot of slop around the edges, 15 packs should cover it. (I'd have thought it would need a lot more than that). At $25/pack that's about $375 for shingles. A roll of tar paper, and one of that membrane stuff for the bottom edge to protect against ice dams. It's a straight roof face with no valleys so me and the boys should be able to knock this out in a weekend provided they can stand the height. I'll probably have to take care of the leading edge myself tho.

2 door extended. Seats 6, and it's pretty low, while still having a step. I'd really hoped it was the 3-door, but t'was not. Once I had the ceilings down, it started raining again, and it looked like an upside down Las Vegas fountain. It's an old plank roof, and where it leaked in, it was a solid stream of water. Fortunately as it's planks, they probably won't need to be replaced. Plywood would certainly be blown. The celings were impregnated fibreboard and probably would have survived if not for the insulation holding the water against it instead of it just evaporating. Hey, maybe now's the time to look at skylights.

Well, had to pull a 180 on this. The cottage's roof is pissing. Seems like the entire 40' length of shingles decided to walk off the job over winter. First time up there this weekend was spent pulling down ceilings and bagging wet fibreglass. I need a truck. So, I found one. '98 GMC Sierra 5.0 Some minor rust on the rear cab corners, pulsing brake pedal and the AC needs recharged. And an O2 sensor throwing a code. $1200 cdn. Picking it up tonight. Rental of a similar truck would be about $100/day so it'll pay for itself long before all the repairs are done. Found rotors and pads for $75/kit on Amazon with free shipping if I'm willing to drive to plattsburg to pick it up.

The 200 series benefited greatly with the aftermarket cryo treated parts, both the 200C and the 200-4R. The superlight 200 3sp is highly prized for drag racing once it's been 'built'. GM left a lot of meat on those bones, and the aftermarket is still chewing. One of those 'bigger isn't always better' moments.

Ok, taking opinions. '94 Firebird 3.4 needing a timing chain, or a 87 Sunbird turbo needing a head gasket.

I've stated on any number of occasions a similar lack of belief in their test methods.

And .... epic failure on all cylinders. Get to Uhaul ... they still think my rez is for noon, even though I just corrected it 2 hours ago. And their computers are (supposedly) screwing up. And the truck/trailer that were supposed, according to them, to be picked up 3 hours ago ... nowhere to be found. 45 minutes for them to search, not find, walk around aimlessly some more, then take one of the two out of service trailers and put it back in service (change a flat tire) ... and on top of all that, the contract had the pickup's mileage wrong. Finally get out of there without killing anyone, drive the hour (now in the rush hour traffic I'd planned to beat) to meet the owner at the DMV to transfer ownership. Québec, you might remember, demands it's pound of flesh in the form of an evaluation of the car's value from a "professional evaluator" for anything over 25 years old. Well, the owner only bought it last fall so his evaluation should still be good. Nope. Fuckers changed the law again. Now the evaluation must be in the name of the purchaser. Who the FORD is going to pay for an evaluation on someone else's car? Just one more dick move to make buying old cars more difficult. So we run around his little frat ass farm town looking for a dealership that will do the eval. Nope. FORD it ... let's go fill in a proxy form and I'll get the blaster eval done in the big city. Well guess what. Clown Pants can't find his pink (green here) slip. Can't do a proxy buy without it. Well I can take a hint. I wish him the best of luck with the next potential buyer ... I've spent enough time and money on this venture. Evidently t'was not meant to be.

Sadly, pretty much. Just checked in with U-Haul ... naturally they buggered up the reservation and had me booked for noon when I requested a 3pm pickup. Retards.

Harvest some parts for the olds and send her to the final rest

Don't I always?

Ordered the Uhaul pickup and trailer. All engines ahead full and damn the torpedoes.

G3. 153" T1000. 163" Astra. 176" Fiero 160" Firefly. 141" Looks like we have a winner