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Good to hear you got it running!

Made some progress today, got the new crank seal and installed it with the proper sealant in the proper locations, and torqued down the rear main cap. I also installed the oil pump and drive shaft, and then the oil pan with a new Fel-Pro one piece silicone gasket. I might have been able to reuse...

Well, I got it out, actually came out pretty easily. I only had a problem with the shifter lever catching on a crossmember as it came forward. As I pulled it forward, the plug in the rear of the trans caught and popped out, lost about a quart of trans oil on the floor and floor jack before I...

Not really, it's just easier to pull them together so I can mate them up before I reinstall them. Or, I may pull the trans first to make it easier to pull the engine. Putting the trans back in after installing the engine isn't too bad if you have a trans jack, I've done it many times, especially...

Oreos are my second cookie of choice after chocolate chip. But there again, I limit myself to 3 or 4 a day. That helps too, because by the time I eat the last ones in the package, they're getting stale. You skinny, high metabolism guys piss me off. If I take in more than 1500-2000 calories a...

I could never stand coffee, probably haven't drank an entire cup in my whole life. When I worked on construction in the 70s, sometimes people would bring us coffee at break time in the cold months, and I just had to thank them, but politely decline it. I would, however, take an ice cold Coke or...

Yeah, I had to stop at Martin's this evening to get a new supply of chocolate chip cookies, I was out of them. I do however, limit myself to two cookies per day.

Made progress today, worked for about three hours getting the engine and trans ready to come out. When I installed them, the fenders and inner fenders weren't on and I had much better access to things. Some cable clamps and brackets for the ignition and other wiring were bolted to the rear of...

I have Clara the goat for stress relief when things go bad.

Yep, nothing like putting in all that time, money and labor into a project and still having leaks. Gives you a lot f confidence in your mechanical abilities. Reminds me of an old aircraft mechanic talking about radial engines that leaked oil, he said "if a radial engine stops leaking, it's out...

I thought it was kind of scary how he used only one bolt at the front and rear of the intake to attach the chain, especially with no flat washers to keep the bolts from pulling through the links. That just set off my OCD. I have a plate that I use most of the time that uses the four carb bolts...

Automatic transmissions are pretty intimidating to those who don't know much about them. I had a similar thing with an '81 Lincoln Town Car many years ago. One day it refused to go forward, would go in reverse, but not forward. After a lot of research and thinking that if those monkeys in a...

The stock sleeper look was kind of what I was going for, and I think I have pretty well accomplished that. As for the frame connectors, I actually have a set, but was torn on whether to install them or not. While it's up in the air, I might get them down and take a look to see how they might...

I had to mow the yard today, or get a visit from the lawn police. :) After I finished, I got the Nova up on jackstands and pulled the cover on the bellhousing to take a look at the crank seal area. As the pictures show, there is no room to see where you need to apply sealant, let alone be able...

I have an app called Out of Milk on my phone, which I enter what ever I need at the grocery store. Works great for me.

I don't have an answer for you, but interestingly I just watched at video by Practical Engineering. You might give it a look.

Well, so much for the no leak report from Friday. Sunday morning I took the car into town for breakfast, runs great, sounds good, and has plenty of power. (Sorry, no smokey burnout videos!) Came back and parked it in the shop and did a few other things for an hour or so. When I glanced under...

Thanks for the info, I'm still looking for a Tahoe, just haven't found the right combination of year, mileage and color yet. I'm not in any hurry to get one, so I'm only going to buy just what I want.

Reminds me of the call I made to my local insurance agent. I dialed the regular number, and knew I wasn't going to be happy about this call, as the name was changed, as they had been acquired by a large insurance agency called EPIC, but the recording assured me the I would receive the same...

So you're complaining about nothing?

Is there room to get a ball joint removal tool, or pickle for in between the yoke and housing and put some pressure on it?

Did you see the hand at the bottom of the box, holding on to it?

I tinkered with the car today, fixed a few little items. The clutch pedal cover wouldn't stay on, so I scuffed up pedal and then applied some black weather strip adhesive to the pedal cover and put it back on. I'll let is set for a day or so, but that should keep it on, I hope. Next was to...

Back in 1970 when I was a student at Purdue, I had not attended the physics class lectures all week, but decided to go, for some reason on Friday. Walked in and sat down to be informed that today was the mid-semester exam. Took it cold and still got a 92%.

Years ago, I had a friend who's wife badgered him for years to get a horse. He finally relented and she bought a horse and boarded it at a place several miles away. After a couple of years, all the tack, grooming, stable and vet fees got to be a drag on their finances, but she wouldn't sell the...

So after over 2 weeks, I finally have my Nova back. The glass installer did a great job with the glass and the new trim, looks like new. Driving it back to the house from his shop was the first time I had driven it on the road in over 13 years. The engine runs great, trans shifts really...

The building in the background at the end of the video is the Virginian, built in 1911. I stopped there on a trip to Wyoming back in 2005. Very interesting place, still has velvet wallpaper on some of the walls and claw foot tubs. Virginian Hotel (Medicine Bow, Wyoming) - Wikipedia

Mine too. I ask them if they are going to help me or do I need to get a manager involved. Personally, I think phone use should not be allowed when an employee is on duty. It's really getting out of hand these days.

Sounds like all the Notre Dame crap aired around here during football season. I couldn't give a furry rat's behind for any collegiate or professional sports. After all, it's all about the money, period.

Or, the unsubscribe link either doesn't work or takes you to their web site where you have to sign up in order to change your email options. Grrrrrr. They get away with it, even though it violates the CAN-SPAM Act passed in 2003.

Personally, I miss Calvin and Hobbes.

Thanks! The vinyl top really changed it's looks . AFTER I drilled the holes in the sail panels for the trim that goes at the bottom of the vinyl top, I looked at it and thought, maybe I should have just left it without the top. Too late now. When I took it to the top installer, he looked at the...

Do you have a wiring diagram? If not, here it is.

Some of those old SWs are over 70 years old and still in use.

There are people that can't even back up a car, let alone a truck and trailer.

Sorry guys, I should have posted an update. I got the vinyl top put on on Monday the 16th, and it looks great. Sorry, I forgot to take some pictures, but it was hotter than Hades, and after I got it loaded up on the trailer, I just wanted to get in the truck in the A/C. I called the glass...

I bought my 430 in 1993 with ~200 hours on it. I've used it for mowing and snow removal ever since, still has only ~1100 hours on it. I pulled all the metal off a couple of years ago and had it blasted and powder coated JD green, also had the hood painted and new decals all around. Since I...

I will simply relate that a plasma cutter will not cut worth a damn if the ground cable isn't clamped to the piece you're trying to cut.

I think you're mistaken, Joe doesn't run, nor in any way control what the USPS does. Louis DeJoy, a Trump appointee does. According to a friend that works there, he doesn't do a very good job.

A Big Boy in his working clothes.

In a different vein, you know you're old when the guy in front of you in a line has his long hair wadded up in a "man bun" on top of his head, and all you can think of is that you wish you had a pair of scissors to cut it off. Seemed like a nice guy when he talked to the counter lady, just has...

I have an '06 F150 and an '04 Town Car, and am seriously replacing them with a '15-'19 Tahoe. I rarely drive the Town Car, and don't have to haul truck parts and tires around since the trucks are gone. The Tahoe would allow me to take up to five passengers, would be comfortable on trips, get...

Why do they feel the need to accompany videos with the most annoying, loud music?

Here's a picture out of the parts manual.

Well, when the vinyl top installer said he could do it the weekend after the 4th, he meant the weekend after the 4th of July weekend. I'll try again next weekend. Or give up and install it myself.

Seems to be a problem to get a good powder coat job on wheels. I wouldn't think new wheels would give a problem, as long as they get all the grit out of the crevices. As long as it isn't raining tomorrow, the Nova goes to get the vinyl top installed. Outlook is pretty iffy....

That's an interesting looking rig. I would guess the front trailer is some kind of workshop, and the rear trailer has material needed for the next job. Never saw a short stepdeck trailer like that with a beaver tail.

Still waiting on the vinyl top installer, tentatively going to do it this weekend. Of course, it's supposed to rain Friday and Saturday and I have to haul the car on an open trailer, so we'll see what happens. I talked to the window installer who is taking over for the gentleman that passed away...

When you see them hauling a stack of them to the factories around here, they wave around like wet noodles. The wood structure is most of the strength once their built.

I wonder what size the loader is that feeds the conveyor, and how many bucket loads it takes to fill the ship.

I've been by there a couple of times and always stopped and looked it over. Those were amazing pieces of machinery. If I remember correctly, that one had over a million miles on it when it was retired.

Edd China, previously on Wheeler Dealers, has a video of using a Narran Laser to take rust and paint off an Land Rover frame.

At one of our class reunions, a girl that had always been flat chested showed up with a really nice rack. Another classmate said she had married a plastic surgeon.

Yesterday, I addressed some more little niggling items on the car. One was that the passenger door dome light switch didn't work. I took it loose, and I could tell the wire wasn't attached to it. Without taking the kick panel out there is very little space to get int that cavity, but with a...

Did anyone else remember when you grandparents told your parents to not let a cat sleep with a baby, because it could suck the breath out of them, asphyxiating them?

Not sure I appreciate your taste in accessories, I'm of the more subtle, don't show all your cards kind of guy. ;) I tried to find some 434 emblems to replace the 350 emblems, but no one makes them. I guess 427 ones would be a little more honest, but then everyone would think it had a big...

Yes, once it's finished. I'm going to get it re-appraised and re-insure for actual value.

Still pecking away at wrapping up some of the last tasks on the Nova. Since I have it on the wheels now, I moved it around and discovered the brakes are still a little soft, and the brake warning light comes on when you hit the brakes. A couple of weeks ago Brian and I had bled all the brakes...

I repeat my contention that some people are idiots, and this proves it. Should have called the health department.

Not as long as Libre Office is around.

I watch the Mecum auctions on the Motor Trend channel occasionally, and it's interesting how much the price of classic cars can fluctuate. It all depends on the people bidding on them. I've seen some restored or resto-mod cars that have sold for outrageous prices, and some go for a fraction of...

Thanks for the compliment. Yesterday, I tries to find where the fluid on the floor came from. It was either brake fluid or antifreeze, as both feel and taste similar, but I couldn't find any place that it might have come from. All the brake lines on that side were dry, as were the heater hoses...

Copy the files from One Drive back to your HD, maybe even make another copy on an external HD, different partion on your HD or another folder, then you need to go into the Apps section in the Settings menu and delete the One Drive application. Another reason I refuse to upgrade from Win7.

Thanks a lot. Finding a classic muscle car that isn't really expensive or isn't a rusted out pile of junk is getting tough, but good deals can still be found. Most important is to check it out thoroughly to make sure it isn't hiding problems the seller isn't disclosing. When I bought my Nova, I...

Thanks. Fortunately, I'm a pretty patient person, so I don't try to rush things. Sometimes I get wrapped up in the task at hand and I forget to do a related step, and have to backtrack and start over. The black vinyl top and stripes will completely change to looks of the car. Here's what the...

Next task is the vinyl roof, then the front and rear glass, cowl panel, and window trim. I'm also thinking about putting black racing stripes on the hood and trunk lid. I had them use stick on weights, picked them up this afternoon, and when I got them home, the weights on one of the front...

I believe these wheels were also called Magnum 500s. I think Chevy called them Super Sport wheels. Several cars uase the the same basic wheels with different trim rings and center caps.

I was thinking about that, going to ask if the tire shop can use the stick on weights. So it's been over six weeks of waiting just for the rims to be finished up. Guess I should have gotten started on them earlier in the process, but I didn't imagine I would have all this trouble.

FINALLY got the wheels painted and ready to get the tires mounted on them. After the powder coat shop wasn't able to coat them without bubbles, Brian said he would paint them for me, as he had a supply of single stage argent silver. He had some personal issues that came up in the mean time, so...

Thanks! I'm thinking of putting an R12T type filter on it that has a transparent water trap on the bottom, and has 3/8" NPT ports. It should be less restrictive to flow than the inline filter. R12T Filter Assembly

Thanks! Link to the pump: 12 Volt Submersible Pump There a bunch of identical pumps listed: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=12+volt+submersible+fuel+pump&i=automotive&crid=10L4CBMS8BE5W&sprefix=12+volt+submersible+fuel+%2Cautomotive%2C156&ref=nb_sb_ss_fb_4_25 I don't have a drain on it, as I was...

I hate using 5 or 6 gallon diesle fuel containers to fuel my JD and Kubota tractors, so I've been looking for a 15 or 20 gallons barrel to make a portable fuel caddy. I mentioned it to a friend, and he gave me a plastic 15 gallon barrel that he had no use for. I rinsed it put with water, then...

Because they are petty, nosey, jackasses.

... you could buy a school cafeteria lunch card good for 5 lunches and milk, for $.75.

A man in Mishawaka, IN is lucky to be alive, after his car was hit by not one, but two trains. He had only minor injuries and was able to get out of the car after being hit by the first train, before the second one hit it. Some idiots evade the Darwin award. Man walks away after train hits...

A few years ago, one of my trucks delivered a load of bagged salt to a HD. The forklift operator picked up a pallet almots as high as it would go, then turned quickly, tipping the forklift over onto the trailer and scattering salt all over. They got the forklift set back up, cleaned up the...

...when you had to go out and turn the TV antenna pole until dad yelled "that's good!"

I had a Betamax machine, the video quality was better than JVC's VHS, but Sony's Betamax licensing was expensive and the VHS format was basically open, so Betamax lost out.

If either one of the tailgate cables break, it'll get really ugly fast.

That would require one thinking about the possible consequences of one's irresponsible actions or inaction, which is a rather rare occurrence today.

Yep, there are times when I just want to let things stay broken, or let someone else fix them for a change. And there are times when it seems everything breaks at once. Just yesterday I replaced the battery in a friends Norelco rechargeable shaver. I swear some day I'm going to get a hat that...

I see that here in Indiana. Most likely because they have no driver's license.

Most likely it's cheaper to ship to Duluth by ship, then on rail from Duluth to Canada. Could be that the problems with lack of rain in the Panama Canal area, forcing long delays was a deciding factor. The skinny ends of the blades rest in a saddle that will allow them to move fore and aft to...

For quite a while, when working on something while sitting on a roll around mechanics seat, I have wanted a small caddy or cart that is only two feet high to hold tools and/or parts. I have never been able to find any commercially made cart like this, so I decided to make my own. A couple of...

I had that problem with my BX a whiles back. Took the starter off, took the solenoid apart and found a little tit of copper had grown on one of the contacts. Used a Dremel to remove it, cleaned up the contact plate and both contacts, put it together and put it back on. Started right up. The...

So what are the 16 rectangular items laid out near the tracks? Generator houses for the turbines?

We need to stop having so many babies, or it's going to get ugly in a few decades. Like George Carlin once said, " the Earth is doing just fine, but we're effed." Interesting report by The World Population Report. How Many People Can the Earth Support 2024

That's what I had heard way back when the song was released. Warren was a bit of a egomaniac.

I can still hear dad saying that. He meant it too. I think I turned out pretty well for it. Some kids today are a bunch of wimps. That's why they're so screwed up, and parents are to blame, a total lack of respect and responsibility.

Those look like 50 foot flat cars, so probably about 150 foot long blades.

Yeah, they don't make those types of parts easy to repair without special tools.

I rarely use Locktite for that very reason, especially in aluminum. If you have a problem with bolts loosening in aluminum, I prefer to drill the heads and safety wire them. Are you talking about the actuators in a hydraulic steering system with a cylinder attached to the tie rod?

Gee, I still get Discover, Scientific American, Astronomy, Sky and Telescope, Hemmings Muscle Machines and Trains in the mail every month. I got Hot Rod magazine for many years, until they stopped publishing a couple of years ago.

Only had that happen once, way back in the 70s. Was westbound on Indiana Route 2 west of South Bend on a foggy morning. Was driving a semi pulling a dump trailer loaded with sand headed for Chicago. I was in the right lane when out of the fog came a car going the wrong direction in the left lane...

Got the hood lip trim installed today, makes it look a lot better with that on. Couldn't find the correct speed nuts anywhere today, to I took some 3/16" ones and swaged them out a little with a tapered punch. Then they worked just fine. I found some 1" tall spacers and put them between the rear...

I remember when operators placed all your calls. Pick up the phone, wait for the operator, give her the number you wanted to cal, and she'd connect you. One of my aunts was an operator back in the 50s.

Anyone remember Alta Vista?

After sleeping on the hood alignment problem, I came up with the probable cause and a fix. It seems that The subframe must be slightly offset to the left side, causing the radiator support to also be offset to the left also. The error is only about 1/4" or 5/16" at the radiator support. Solution...

When I bought my Nova, I knew it had some rust holes in the driver's side floor, but figured I could fix that. Three years later, I decided to get it fixed, so I pulled the seats and carpet and found holes in the passenger side too, from the leaking heater. Some more checking, and I found sloppy...

Sound like you have a lot of work to do on your vehicles. But, when it's done, you can truly say I did that. At least in Texas you don't have to problems we have with salt that eats up anything on the roads.

Sure, but just how often are those capabilities actually used? Most of the people that buy those option loaded, over priced trucks rarely use it for anything other than to impress the neighbors and haul the kids to soccer or gymnastics practice. I love to laugh at those guys loading 8, 10 or 12...

Had a little help yesterday, when my neighbor Rusty and mt friend Brian stopped over in the afternoon, so I had them give me a hand setting the hood on the Nova. No problem getting it bolted to the hinges, but there are definitely some alignment issues. First thing was the fenders were too close...

I kinda miss the good old days when it took a real computer nerd to keep them working.

And all that on an 8 bit card.

Same thing happened to my local JD dealer a few years ago. They'd been a JD dealer since the '40s, but I guess loyalty means nothing to the big corporate monopoly JD has become in the last couple of decades.

Not ancient history on a human scale, but how many of us were blown away with the speed you could get logging onto a dial-up BBS at 1200bps? My first computer was a Radio Shack Model 1, with a 300 baud modem. An now people whine like babies if they can get gigabit fiber connections.

Everyone has their own set of talents.

I used to have to go over to dad's place a couple of times a week to get his TV and DirecTV back on the correct channels. Even though I locked out every channel on the TV except for 3, the channel the DirecTV used, somehow he would get it switched to a different input or would turn the DirecTV...

I couldn't convert the HTML web page to something that showed up properly here, so here is a link to the schedule. Union Pacific Steam Schedule

Haven't been making much progress on the Nova lately, too many other things to do and work on, like my Troy-Bilt string trimmer that ran for 30 seconds and died, to run no more, and resurrecting a Snapper push mower that has sat in my garage unused for 7 years. I also replaced three of the...

After dad had back surgery and lost a lot of his flexibility, and after mom passed, I had to cut his toenails. The worst part was that he also had nail fungus. I finally got him to go to the doctor and get a prescription that got rid of it, about two month before he passed.

Doesn't look too thrilled about all the attention.

Those were the auxiliary engines off the B-36 bombers. The shutters around the inlets in one of the pictures were the tip off.

Bought a plain Jane GE fridge in 1995, and it's still humming along.

You know you're old when it seems like yesterday was Sunday, but tomorrow is Saturday.

I had a couple of pennies that were flattened by the Freedom Train when we saw it in Florida back in the 70s, but lost track of them a few years ago.

My fall back plan is to do that if they can't get the powder coating right. He said that usually recoating them works a lot better, as anything om the crevices gets baked out the first time. I'll wait and see. Also, The color really isn't what Argent Silver is supposed to look like, too bright...

Got a call from the powder coat shop, said they had a problem with the wheels, and would like me to take a look at them. It seems that sometimes when they powder coat welded rims like these are, they sometimes get bubbling at the seam, and that's what happened. If it would have been on the back...

I'm a lefty, when I first learned to write, I wrote right to left, but eventually the teacher got me to write left to right. I shoot a pistol left handed, but shoot long guns right handed. When I was really small, we lived with my paternal grandfather for a couple of years, and when I would do...

Apparently, they could afford a probably several hundred dollar fridge, but not a couple of $10 ratchet straps.

This weekend, I pulled the X-pipe out of the car and turned it over hoping that would raise the pipe enough, but not too much. But, with it turned over and all the pipes connected, it was right up against the drive shaft. Took it back off and made some cuts in the short pipes ahead of the X so...

I started working in the local restaurant as a bus boy in 1964, on Mother's Day. After the rush was over, I got to wash all the pots and pans. Made $.80/hr. I did a lot of food prep for the weekend crowds, flowering chicken and fish, making cole slaw and wrapping baking potatoes in foil. After...

Dropped the wheels off at the powder coat shop today, he thought they'd have them done end of next week. They can't do two colors, so I'll just paint the black areas. Took some time and cleaned the bench off this afternoon. Also went to the electrical supply in town and bought three 8 foot LED...

After the wife and kids left, and it was only me eating at home most of the time, and the dishwasher broke, I have washed everything by hand.

No, I think it's the original , kinda floral design.

I'm still using Corelle dishes I bought in the mid 70s, and they still look brand new. Never have broken one either.

Yes, down on the south side of town, but I have had some bad service there, so I'm not going back. Prices are higher than McMaster-Carr, too.

I have a couple of bottoming taps, but not a 1/4"-28, of course.

I thought about that, but then I would still have to buy a new tap, so I just figured I'd get the proper tap to begin with. I have other things to do until the tap gets here. Of course, when I order from McMaster-Carr I usually get the parts the next day or so, since they come out of Chicago...

I loved her in Scrooged, especially when she hit Bill Murray with a toaster.

I finally have the parking brakes nearly finished up. I have all the cables installed and routed, just waiting on a 1/4"-28 bottoming tap to show up so I can finish tapping the set screw holes in the block I am using to connect the left and right cables together, similar to the factory setup. I...

I'm not sure how far back the arrangement was used, but the EMD E series of locomotives also used A1A-A1A wheel arrangements, as the were basically the power trains of two F series units on one longer chassis. Advancements in the power ratings of traction motors using AC technology has allowed a...

I'm still running WIN7, and have had to help so many friends with trying to get rid of all the spyware and bloatware in WIN10 and WIN11, I will migrate to a distro of Linux before I install them on one of my machines. I have a drive in my computer that I regularly image my C: drive to, just in...

The lead locomotive is an General Electric ES44C4, which rides on three axle trucks, but only the leading and trailing axles are powered, making it an A1A-A1A wheel arrangement. Couldn't make out the unit number on the trailing locomotive, but it has a different radiator, so it is probably a...

When we were running a fleet of semi-dumps and a few PTO shafts and pumps got destroyed, we put rather loud beeper alarms in all the trucks using a pressure switch in the airline to the PTO. That pretty much eliminated PTO and pump problems.

She mustn't have known you could unscrew the mouthpiece and take the microphone element out, so there would be no background noise to give her away. Don't ask how I came to know this little party line secret. ;)

Well, I finally got the exhaust finished up. The new tailpipes sort of fit, well, not really. The end that attaches to the outlet of the muffler, extended too far forward, so I had to cut ~3 inchesoff and reswage the pipes. I had bought a tail pipe expander a while back and I used it to swage...

Yep, the local shoe store on Main Street had one when I was a kid. They were really a bad device, exposing the operators to a large dose of X-rays.

Not me, I go to the Wranglers web site, order the ones I like, and a couple of days later the UPS guy delivers them. No more searching piles of jeans for the size and style I want.

Don't see too many older cars with roller bearing conversion on journal type trucks,

You're welcome! ;)

The Fazoli's brownies are probably the best I've had, full of chocolate chunks. :devilish:

Me too! Everyone wants you to install their app so they can pummel you with "special" offers and ads, in addition to compiling every bit of data they can from your buying habits and which ads you look at, and then sell that personal info to data brokers. I only have one app on my phone...

A crow foot wrench works well, too.

I buried a run of plain old RG-6 coax from the house to my shop when I built it in '83 so I could watch SAT TV if I wanted to. Never used it until a couple of years ago when I wanted to have internet access in the shop. was going to run direct burial CAT6 cable, in fact I bought it, but...

A while back, I bought a bunch of the flip top storage bins and spent an entire day sorting all the "stuff" into them and labeling each one denoting the contents. One is entirely full of boxes of screws and nails, and must weigh ~50lbs. Electrical wiring supplies, painting, tiling and plumbing...

I built one for my BX2230, out of parts and material I had on hand. Works great.

None. Channel locks do the job for me.

And they weren't the crew! Nowadays, most of the passengers look and smell worse than refugees, and behave like two year old children.

Writing practice paper in grade school.

Remember the Uniroyal Tiger Paw tire commercials?

Will do, Moss.

When I get it on the road, I'll have to drop by so you can drool on it. ;)

Chevy, Chrysler and Ford all used variations of the Magnum wheel.

Yes, the tops can trap water and lead to rust issues, but that was mainly on older cars like mine that weren't built with any longevity in mind. Newer, and replacement tops can be installed and sealed much better than they were from the factory back in the 70s and 80s, so I don't have any...

I still had some spray-on undercoating left in a can, so I shot a bunch of it into the bottom of the rear quarter panels for rust prevention. I still have a couple of other places I want to seal up, but I'm going to have to order another can as this one is just about empty. I had bolted the rear...

May 2nd is the first local cruise-in here, don't think I'll make it by then.

It didn't look that great when I took it, but with the work light hanging over the column and the phone's flash, I was surprised how well it came out. Yep, it didn't take that long to do the job this time, and I knew every tool I needed to do it, so fewer trips to the tool box. But, it's not a...

I have a couple of different ones, but have had limited success. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't. Small traces are really difficult to use them on, as the solder will cool so quick that by the time you remove the iron and apply the sucker, it has cooled too much to get sucked out. The...

Not tractor related, but I just bought a Hakko FR-3010-03 de-soldering gun. I have a couple of electronic repair projects that require removing through hole components from PC boards, and I have used flux/solder/de-soldering wick with limited success. Tried the Hakko for the first time tonight...

The Battle Of The Bulge. :cool:

When you are 20 years older than the car you are restoring and the car is considered an antique.

Actually, I've kept the car registered and insured all these years as I didn't know just when I'd get it back on the road and I didn' want to lose my vanity plate, so as long as the plate is on it, I'm good to go. I have a 1970 plate a friend gave me, and I can take it and my "Seventy" plate...

Still getting some things done on the Nova. I repainted the black part of the rear trim plate, then spent an hour laying out the four mounting holes. Measure six times and drill once. Came out very close, only had to file a couple holes out a 32nd of an inch or so to get it to fit snugly against...

On the local news this evening, they had a spot about the Joseph L Block being the first ship through the Soo locks this season.

It also shows that many young people are more interested in what the latest scandal is going around on social media than learning life skills. You can't force kids to learn anything, well, at least today you can't. When I was in high school there were two kids in my class that has been held back...

As long as the company selling those devices doesn't go titsup and they can't talk to the servers in the cloud, like some have done.

I didn't go to a Catholic school, but when I was in elementary school, we did have an old retired minister that came around every week and gave us Bible lessons, for which we had to buy a workbook from him. Quite a sweet deal for him. It kind of planted the seeds of doubt in my young mind about...

The older I get, the less time I will take to suffer idiots.

We used to drive to Ohio to buy fireworks, not beer. Couldn't stand that vile tasting stuff. In fact, a few years ago on a trip to Ohio, we stopped at the same store, still there over 50 years later, being run by a daughter of the originals owners.

So does the school I went to. It usually had a total of 450-500 students in K-12th grade. My graduating class in 1968 was 31 kids, and the last I knew 11 had passed.

We did get the bumper on today. Initially I had the rear bracket bolts in the wrong holes in the subframe and couldn't get it positioned correctly, but I figured that out. It HAS been over a decade since I took it apart. I went over to Brian's place this afternoon to help him get his '70 Charger...

Remember when a place like this was the hot spot to hang out at on Friday and Saturday nights? Lots of hot cars and hot women riding in them. Most of the car hops were pretty nice too.

I pulled the alternator off and took it apart to see if I had messed something up when I reclocked the back cover, but it looked okay to me. I took it back to the shop that had fixed it last fall, it had a bad a bad regulator, and the tech spent over an hour trying to get it to work. It had him...

I have four of those in my shop, and I use them a lot.

I leave the MMM on my BX2230 when I push snow, neever had a problem with it. I just clean the snow off it before I put it back in the shop.

It is a very efficient way to move cargo, but with rare exceptions it will still need to be moved by train or truck on each end of the shipment.

I'll bet that booster made a big splash when it hit the water going supersonic! I hope one of the tracking planes got some video of it hitting.

Been using Marvel Mystery Oil for 50 years. Never had a problem with any of my air tools.

I didn't know that chickens could tell time.

My paternal grandfather had one of those that mounted to the front of his John Deere tractor. I remember my dad and him going the the woods and cutting firewood and stacking it on a hay wagon.

A mini-fridge and microwave oven.

A year ago last Thanksgiving, I drove my sister and I ~1300 miles from northern Indiana to Sarasota, FL, non-stop, other than stopping for potty breaks, gas and eats. 20 hours door to door. Never even got sleepy, thanks to a couple of 20oz. Diet Cokes. Slept about 4 hours and was up and ready to...

Got it fired up for the first time in almost 2 years. It started immediately, on the first revolution, I think. Love the EFI for cold starts. Only had one water leak, I forgot to tighten the clamps on the heater shutoff valve. Holds good oil pressure, doesn't make any strange noises, and water...

I see those little cars are limited to 220K GVW, and carry 175K payload. Interesting dump mechanism on the side, too.

I'm getting close to starting it up. Today, I painted the front of the radiator core with Eastwood radiator paint, so you can't see the aluminum core from the front, got it set in place, the top plate bolted down on it, put the fan shroud in place, bolted up, got the new radiator hoses trimmed...

Yep!

Remember when gas tank fill pipes were behind the license plate?

I got the steering column back in the car and buttoned up today, but not without a couple of challenges. Brian got it painted for me and dropped it and the front bumper brackets off on Saturday. I started putting it back together and discovered that you have to leave the turn signal switch out...

I have actually thought about the very same thing. Only thing is, the nearest power for shop lights is up 16 feet on the rafters, and the Nova is where I would have to place a ladder. But it is on my list of to dos. One other thing is an opener for the overhead door. And a Bridgeport mill.

That's certainly what it seems like on any vehicle I ever worked on. My friend Brian has a 2010 Challenger too, in B5 blue with the 5.7 Hemi and six speed Tremec. Cool, fast car. Also has a 70 Charger R/T 440 with FI-TECH EFI and a 4L60E that I installed for him.

Thanks for the kind words. When I first started the restoration project, it was just to repair a rusty floor on the driver's side, bur once I pulled the carpet, I found the passenger side was full of pin holes too. I knew there was some rust popping out around the rear wheel openings, but once...

So, did you ever feel like you were going backwards on a project? That's how it's been feeling lately. As I said, I had to pull the instrument cluster out to get to the cable from the EFI to the hand controller, which meant I had to remove the radio, drop the steering column down, which meant I...

For many people a cell phone is a tool, however many people that have cell phones are tools, annoying ones.

And it's best not to argue with the wife. Yes dear, whatever you say dear.

For the last 25 years or so, my watch of choice has been a Seiko titanium watch, as they are much lighter.

I only wear shirts with pockets, especially tee shirts in the summer, and I always have a pen in the the pocket. I think somewhere in my stuff, I have a pocket protector from . my days at Purdue, where I carried pens and drafting pencils, like all proper nerds did back then. I still also wear a...

I've seen the same thing with people buying cases of beer on Fridays at grocery and liquor stores.

I have a 2006 F150 standard cab, long bed I use for everything except trips. Recently used it to haul lumber, furniture and household goods (for a friend who's moving) and pull a 14' utility trailer for moving more furniture. I actually prefer driving it to driving my 04 Town Car.