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Update coming soon. We had a quick fire scare around the 10th. High heat, nonexistent humidity, and high winds were spelling out for disaster. Despite the power shutdowns in the area, a near by park burned directly east of me. Lead to very poor air quality, but they were able to get it under control in a reasonable time.  There were also several large files along the mountain range, which added to the grey sky.  I missed the red sun, but when we woke up our entire bedroom was bathed in deep orange/red light. It was freaky.  Made for some fun lighting.  While the smoke was killing my motivation I started to remove the remaining wiring from old lights/stereo from the truck. I even found a boost gauge hiding under the dash. Literally shoved up by the column.  And since I'm trying to be financially responsible, I pulled the old stereo components out to see if I wanted to reuse any of the amps. Not pictured: Reconnecting the rear speakers (no amp).  The kid who dropped off the stock 17" Efini wheels I have on my white car now stopped by. He could not get his car restarted after rubbing through the wiring harness.   I ended up removing the terrible alarm, de-flooding it, and starting it up.  As a thank you, he gave me the Tein Flex's that were on the car before bagging it.  Would you believe this is the Red RHD with the ugly black bumper I worked on three years ago? Kid bought it from the owners and repainted it. Quite the change. Trailer refurb progress: I've made some good progress. Lights will get here today and I'll get it bolted back together soon. I wire wheeled and sanded the frame with 80 grit. Everything got a coat of XORUST primer and I let it cure for the weekend.   My dad found a good deal on some blemished 5/8 sheets of MDO, which is what the trailer had before. I sanded, primed, and painted them with porch floor enamel.   I'll note that despite having decent success rolling on industrial enamel previously, this did not work as well as I had hoped. I purchased a quart of XORUST paint and I will not be buying this brand again. It coated poorly, even when properly thinned. After two days of dry time, I can still indent it with my finger nail. It has scratched when test fitting boards. After doing some research I see this is a common complaint and dry time is nearly a week in some cases. I'll go back to Rustoleum Industrial Enamel.   Once the smoke cleared we got a decent sunset.  Here I was planning on showing you photos of my first successful long-distance test drive (trip?) with the F250. I needed/wanted to take over a load of firewood to our families beach house. I even went and got the plates/registration done by waking up at the crack of dawn to wait in line for the DMV (vs awaiting my appointment). Instead, let me share with you the reason we were stranded along the road for 6 hours. On our trip over just after leaving the mountain range heading to the coast, the truck cut out. I managed to get on a side road, where a mile down the road the truck died and I was able to coast to a pull off next to the stop sign. After checking the fuel pump, ICP sensor and IPR wiring and my generic car scan app it restarted. I thought I might have a short/bad wire and drove to our destination. Looking back, it was 9PM at night and we would have been screwed had it failed again. Powershift had the great idea to check the PCM ground, which commonly fails/is missing. And to no surprise on this abused truck, mine was completely gone. Not even a bolt holding it in.  Now I brought tools with me, but no crimps. So I did what I could with what I had. The PO had ran 14awg THHN under the bed for rear-facing lights and I did not remove it as part of my earlier in the week cleanup. I cut a section out from under the cab and found a dead ring terminal. A couple of NASA inspired loops and some electrical tape - ta-da! Ghetto ground.  I found an old power drill in the shed our uncle must have left here and I had a step bit in the bottom of my electricians bag. Quickly made a hole to pass the new ground through.    After this the truck started right up and idled. With the repair in place I decided to head into town to the closest auto parts store (20 mile drive down HWY 101) to buy spare sensors. I made it about 6 blocks. The truck died and restarted. So we kept going and made it an impressive 14 miles. It died three more times, each time leaving me stranded in the road or along the road -further and further away from home. The second time, it left me in a zero-reception area where I had to walk along the highway to find cell signal. I checked everything I could with the tools I had on hand and finally gave up. I enlisted my friend to come save me, just a 2.5 hour drive for him... After an hour, it started. I was able to drive to the next costal town and into a garage door companies driveway before conking out for the final time. I had my multimeter out, checking shorts and OHM readings of sensors. After a frustrating hour, it finally struck me to check the CPS. I was getting no bump of the tach needle or RPM reading on my basic ELK OBD2 scanner when cranking. I tried Forscan again and bam - CPS sensor codes. I had installed a new OEM sensor - but after googling, this is super common. Thankfully I had a moving blanket and socket set with me. It was cooked per the MM readings. I called the local NAPA to see if they had one and delivered like so many of the stores in town do. They had it, but did not deliver. I had no way to get to the local parts store outside of hitch hiking, which would have left my family in the truck for god knows how long. The local NAPA would close before my friend could make it over the pass. So I called my friend and had him turn around to pickup the closest in stock sensor - thankfully he was only 20 minutes away from the closest store that had one in stock. When he arrived I tossed the new sensor in and the truck has ran great since. He followed us around to ensure there wasn't another issue and I filled his truck with Diesel as a thank you. 500 miles old and failed.... thanks Ford!  Like many 7.3 owners, I will be switching to the dark blue/grey sensor and keeping a spare in the truck with a 10mm. I'll also be carrying a spare ICP/IPR sensor, because I saved them from the last engine. I should also replace the ground terminals, as despite being clean and tight - both have broken bodies and could have impacted grounding. Needless to say, my confidence in the truck is shook a bit. But what can I do but add road side assistance to my insurance and keep going. At 22 years old, it owes me nothing compared to the $1,500 payment my buddies making on his 2022 7.3 Gas F350. 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lol at paying 1500 a month oh my god
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Introducing yet another unnecessary home improvement project with minor automotive content. But before that, here's the trailer with panels mocked up. I like it.  DI-WHY interruption: Reminder I am not an electrician, plumber, or licensed in any way shape or form. Here's the quick backstory. This is my grandmothers house. Back in 2008, my aunt convinced her she needed a water softener. A local fly-by-night company installed it and promptly disappeared. A short time later, it stopped working and they realized the lack of a pre-filter ruined the resin rather quickly, so another company installed the bag filter housing pictured.  This resulted in this lovely mess of PEX-A, CPVC, and PEX-B.  Softer was refilled with new resin and we mostly forgot about it, except for filter changes. This lasted until ~2012. I've mentioned servicing the well in posts over the years. This was due to a failing pressure tank. The old 1950's pressure tank relied on an ingenious valve system that would suck air into pipe after the pump shut off (and the water column fell) and then push the air into the pressure tank. Another valve on the tank controlled the air level in the tank, maintaining the "air bladder" which is responsible for delivering a relatively constant flow throughout the system and ensuring the pump runs for minutes, not seconds. You would charge the tank, just like with a bladder tank and check it yearly. But when these valves fail, the tank no longer can self regulate the air bladder and the pump starts short cycling. For giggles one day, I tossed a 24" pipe wrench and a 4ft cheater on the tank valve and it just laughed at me. Without being able to service the valve, the entire tank needed replacement. Combine that with the pumps unknown age (1956-1990 best we know) and the common use of galvanized pipe... we've been operating on rocky ground for years. But due to Grandma's age, the family put off fixing it "correctly" as we could limp it by. 10 years later, Grandma is 101 and still kicking. I haven't even covered how damaging this is for the pump, as it short cycles, slamming the contractor on/off/on/off/on/off - eventually wearing both the controller and pump out. Due to missing several manual recharges over the years, the pump controller burnt out 3 times in the last 10 years. This summer, several family members had extended live-in visits, taxing the well and causing yet another contractor failure. Shortly after Grandma had significant medical/life event, and I was able to convince the family to replace this once and for all. The last thing you need is a water outage when taking care of an elderly family member. So, a plan was formed. The well pump, piping, and pressure tank would be replaced. Before the well pump could be done the pressure tank and pump controls needed to be moved inside the house. The well company doing the pump requested we have all of this completed before a new pump is installed, at least if we wanted a warranty. I'll also note that the well pit seen here is no longer allowed and thankfully the casing extends 12" above ground, meeting code. I'll be filling it the pit once the well company removes the old tank. For those following along, two years ago I ran new electrical to the well, as the old feeder failed. I also put a 1.5" line in from the house to the well pit, just in case we ever tackled this project. It was tucked just inside the crawl space, along side the electrical. This project started Wednesday when I did my "site visit" to gather info. Terrible diagram of what I had planned out.  I packed my truck Thursday evening and arrived* Friday morning after visiting the local supply house. $2600 later... I had almost* everything needed. *Automotive content interruption! When stopping in town at the local true value for the gallon of primer I left at home, the power steering *something* failed. I ended up strong-arming it back to her house a few miles away, but the truck was stuck until I could figure it out.   My uncle and dad volunteered to help with this project and am I ever grateful - it was a monster. I did not take detailed photos, but you can piece together the important bits. Backer boards needed primed, measured. Electrical installed. Crawlspace work. I would have needed two clones to get this all done. Friday was prep-day. I wanted to try to limit the water outage to 2-3 hours.      We did an initial "under the house survey" and found that the original 1 1/4 plastic line at some point closer to the house turned into a 3/4" copper supply line. The water softener company cut it and crimped on a CPVC fitting, then converted it to PEX-A. Just odd. We decided to cut it off and direct connect it to our PVC pipe work. This was the theory we went into Saturday at least. With my dad's help Friday night, I tore apart the trucks engine bay, dumped in a quart of fluid, and started the truck. We found the high pressure power steering hoses fitting spewing fluid. Apparently a common issue on these PSD's. A new one was $33, in stock the following day at the local auto parts store.  Saturday was a whirlwind of work. Initially it went well. At the well head, I temporarily connected to the 1 1/2 supply line I previously ran. The gods were on my side, as the union broke with just a 24" pipe wrench, allowing me to abandon the old tank/controls in the pit. I even reconnected the sprinklers/outdoor faucets (1" line off the tee). It cleaned up nicely once the controller was no longer just hanging out in the pit.   The house was a different story.  Once the water was off and we cut the PEX-A/CPVC out, we discovered the holes were not even CLOSE to straight. I have no idea how they drilled them. But PVC would not snake through them. I left my larger hammer drill bits at home, so I ended up drilling two new holes a 1/2" at a time. I ended up having to chisel them out, but it worked. It just ate up time. Everything went together well except two fittings that fought us on the house input plumbing. I would have ran PEX if I had the tools and knowledge - just due to the flexibility. As far as layout goes, it worked out fairly well. I did decide to change how the pressure tank stepped from 1.5" to 1.25" - to make accessing the union for removal easier in the future. This required an emergency trip by my brother who lived near the supply house, as without it I could not finalize the manifold placement. The wiring was the easiest part, as I already had ran new 10gauge THHN with a spare wire for the motor start/run.  Our total outage was from 1:30-6:30PM. Not bad, just longer than expected. We pressure tested, inspected every joint, and called it a night. I ended up driving the FD back down today (sunday) , after having my wife ferry me from home/job site the last two days.  All in all, I am happy with the results. I can nit pick the half dozen problems we had, like placing the control box near the laundry taps or undersizing a pipe or two that caused less than ideal angles - but we are not professionals. I have a lot of respect for the guys and gals in the trades who do this every day.   Today I picked up my tools and drove both the truck and the FD home. Our daughter came along for the ride in the FD, stealing my phone along the way to snap pics.   Needless to say, I am exhausted and despite how much fun we hand - none of us want to do it again, nor likely will we have the opportunity. I will come clean, we could have hired it out. Grandma can afford it. I chose to take it on for a simple reason, my grandfather built this house. He taught me nearly every skill I used, and those he did not - my father and my aunts/uncles taught me. Because of this, my grandma only has ever trusted us to make repairs on her house. It's a silly, sentimental reason. I don't have the time for my own projects - like finishing those drat windows - but for her, I dropped it all. At 101, I won't have many more opportunities like this. But I know she will think of this as she watches her sprinklers turn on tomorrow morning and that's all I need. That and some cookies. Stay tuned for Tuesday when the pump is replaced. the spyder fucked around with this message at 04:56 on Sep 26, 2022 |
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Sep 26, 2022 03:30
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You're an inspiration for us all. Seriously.
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Great work mate, it turned out nice and neat in the end. Keep helping the oldies, we only get a limited time with them 
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XtaC posted:Great work mate, it turned out nice and neat in the end. Boy ain't that the truth, on both accounts. Love the kid-selfie
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Thank you. This project was really difficult with the persistent brain fog following my bought with covid earlier this month. I have a semi-photographic memory and I couldn't build the layout in my head like I'm used to. The pieces just weren't there. It took several planning trips, parts runs, and re-do's to get it where it is. In fact I need a single 1" 90 and nipple for the last piece of electrical. But otherwise I'm done and my memory has greatly improved after doing this. Not 100%, but getting better. 40-80% improvement. Pump install: I had to leave half way through for an appointment, but I was able to capture the removal. Early in the morning I stopped by the well company doing the work (also the supply house) to grab parts for the irrigation circuit and the well guy caught me. He had driven by the property for another job and saw the power lines. I had completely forgot about the high voltage transmission lines (115k I think) that ran over the property. When I got onsite, I called him to let him know they were indeed, exactly above the well. How they drilled this (lines are older than the house) I have no idea. But a boom truck was out of the question.  So they brought a pull-a-pump. Which arguably was a cooler way to do this. The machine uses a traction wheel system to lift the pipe and allow the old galvanized pipe to be cut ever 10ft. After the pit walls were knocked down, we used some 4x4's we had laying around to support the machine. A tripod with crank is setup to lift the pipe up enough for the drive wheels to be locked around the pipe. Now here's where it got sketchy - to power the machine, the control box in the house was hot-wired to pass 240v (no start/run caps) and little clips connected to the bare wires at the junction box after we disconnected the old pump. Worked great, but nothing makes you jump back like water spewing out of a pipe being cut and spraying those connections. Weekly occurrence apparently..... Pictured: All my temporary piping cut out from this weekend and the walls knocked down.      Even the pump passed right through the drive wheels. It was really fun to watch and if I have time later I'll embed a video I took.  The old pump was a 1990(s) Goulds Brass/Bronze impeller unit, powered by a Franklin Electric 2HP motor. It weighs a TON compared to my little 1HP I have at home.    Pump Tag  When pulling the pipes, it was clear the sniftner valve was leaking. The pipe above the valve was clean.  Check out the growth on the pipes. It chipped off, so it's years of buildup.  The last thing I was there for was the install of a pitiless adaptor. Instead of the pipe coming out the top of the well, it comes out the side of the casing.  Not pictured, their brand new Dewalt 1/2" corded drill burning up.   After I left they finished the install. Here's some interesting info. 2HP - 25GPM TTI Pump SCH120 PVC pipe with Stainless couplers 37FT Water Level 83FT Pump Set Depth 96FT Well Depth The 1 1/4" TEE and valve is for the irrigation. Now they left the electrical for me to finish - that will come later as I still had some work to do, so ignore the loose wires.  Cost? $4850. Cheaper than I expected, but the well depth was shallower than expected. The last thing I had to do was plumb in the irrigation. I came back the next day to do this, as I was burnt from the last few days. Grandma's sprinklers last about 3 years before the integrated filter in the heads clog. I decided I was tired of digging up heads and installed a filter. This will be drained in the winter. The 6x6 will be supported by the back fill, but it's pretty sold with the bracing I added.   Rain was in the forecast, so I ran down after work last night and cleaned up the wiring/installed the little shed that covers the pit.  Figure you guys will appreciate the SPARTA ratchet and THORSEN socket I found while rummaging through grandpa's old tools.   So that's it for now. The last thing to do is fill in the pit. I'm not sure when I'll get to it, but I'll add a picture. the spyder fucked around with this message at 23:08 on Sep 29, 2022 |
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It's time for some ACTUAL ROTARY CONTENT. Even better. 20B CONTENT! For those who remember, test fitting the Nissan CD00A (370Z 6SPD) was a failure. With how far back I moved the engine, there was just no way to make it fit without a new tunnel being formed. Something way too far past where my original "bolt in kit" goal was. So earlier this year I ordered a QuickTime T56/20B+13B Bell Housing. Rob at Pineapple found me a F-Body mockup trans. Originally the website showed a 30 day lead time, but it became clear that was a lie. Every month I checked my order status and every month, Holley would move the lead time another 30 days. Much to my surprise, this week a shipping notice appeared in my inbox and this baby arrived yesterday.   I got too drat excited and had to see if the T56 combo would fit. Keep in mind, I had no measurements or intentions of ever putting one in here. I emptied the shop and dragged the spider-infested shell out from storage. You guys have seen the in/out enough. It fit*.  This photo is deceiving - only because I had to slot my motor mount holes .250" - which may not seem like much, but when everything was machined for .250" tolerances... The pan now hits the rack.  And as expected the transmission hits the tunnel in several fun areas.    Thankfully previous me took notes on measurements and trans/pinion angles on this handy stick.   Only one thing to do...  Please don't ever let my machinist see this.  Now I've "clearanced" this tunnel before, so just a bit more hammer therapy.  Originally I was going to "clearance" the chassis brace point the same way.... but I got lazy.  Like.A.Glove     Engine is still tucked beautifully behind the rack.   Transmission Clearance - After.   Good enough for me.    And the icing on the cake, check out this shifter placement. It's like I planned it this way. Total mistake.  With all of that done, I pushed it back outside and proceeded to stay up all night planning what to do next. Which is pointless, because I need to get OTHER projects done first. But I'm back on track and can now finish the subframe fab. Now that both the stock trans (with shifter relocation) and T56 fit, I'm going to take pictures and release the kit on Rob's site. Two years late... but better than never  .
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Thank you for this inspiration. Need to get back on my old 7.
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I'm working on the "order of operations" on what to do next on the 20B. I think I sadly need to wait for yet another part, but hopefully the vendor has it in stock this time. With the engine in, I can fab the trans mount and then move forwards. The turbo manifold is going to determine how the entire cooling sandwich will fit. I had not decided if I wanted a traditional 60mm or the new Electric 60MM or straight blade Electric 50MM gate, so I'll start doing some research. The cooling sandwich will be its own challenge, I *should* at least have everything needed. Then we get into the plumbing...  Unrelated I drove up to Seattle last weekend. Originally it was going to be some huge ordeal with multiple stops and deliveries, towing the trailer for the first time with the F250. I just had enough and said no thanks. Cleaned up the FD and drove it instead.   I did stay the night at my friends house in Seattle. I got suckered into replacing the starter on his $400 X5 he bought from his neighbor. It started right up, buuuut the trans is shot. No gears. Bad whine.   Just random pictures from this week:     My friends cousin stopped by to show me his Chinese electric dirt bike he bought off Alibaba. He's been living the van life and loving it, which is great to see him happy and doing what he wants. Not sure on the color scheme, but he loves it. The bike was interesting. Everything you expect from someone building a bike with the cheapest components possible. The grips are sticky/melty rubber, like you would find at harbor freight. The tires smell the same as a HF store too. But is so drat torquey. Like pull itself out from under you torquey. I'll see if I can grab the video from him of my friend flipping it. But watching him ride down our hill and back, but hearing nothing but a 3ph inverter whine was really cool. It's got a trials style gear box and gear set "for the torque". Anyways, neat bike, but we're all taking bets on how long it lasts.    Yesterday a friend called me and asked if I wanted to check out his Mini (kinda a first right of refusal thing we joked about for years.) It's a 94, titled as a 72? He had the smaller wheels, brakes, suspension overhauled. It's clean. It drives like a go-kart. But I hate to say I don't think it's right for us. Also, my feet don't fit the pedal box. And my knees wedge between the wheel and shifter.       Safety princess decided to clean my tool boxes. I think she just wanted an excuse to use the spray away. 
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Omg please tell me about this mini, such as how much he wants for it. I’d text you but, uhh, it’s late.
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Just saw this come across cars and bids https://carsandbids.com/auctions/rJ2D84jE/1993-mazda-rx-7-r1
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mattfl posted:Just saw this come across cars and bids Oof. $30K
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ooof. That price is going north.
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Oct 17, 2022 22:09
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31,5. Over under on 75k?
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We were watching this Canadian car go today- despite the mileage and condition, it barely crossed $30k. Was it the market cooling? The Canadian ->US import? Just a bad Monday? Who knows, but it concerns me that the market is dropping and I'm just about to list a car... https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1993-mazda-rx-7-208/
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Canadian stuff usually doesn’t bring super strong results on BAT people don’t seem to want to mess with it
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sharkytm posted:31,5. Over under on 75k? 48K now.
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Darchangel posted:48K now. Didn't meet reserve. Interesting, I thought it would go higher. Couple of dings on the CarFax don't help, but it's super rare.
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With the mileage and accident history, I think $48k is a fair price. Probably not the $60+ the seller wanted, but it’s clear the market has cooled. At 74k, you’re looking at tons of maintenance as I’ve shown here over the years.
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Time for a pre-weekend update. First up: Farm Truck. The passenger rear window rolled down one day and never went back up. I decided to tear down the switch and clean it before ordering a replacement.     It worked great, so I decided to clean the other switches in the assembly.  Man I love this stuff.  Back to work it went, it hauls two yards of gravel no sweat. I'm going to call the well project done for now. Pit is nearly filled in, wiring done, everything is still leak free after three weeks.  I ordered a $97 USA made rubber bed mat. I really like how it hides the torn up bed liner.  I recently remember I had this little red wagon from my neighbors estate sale. It's been invaluable the last week as we finished filling the wood shed and cleaning up around the property.  The trailer is done and tucked away for now.  The weather has been this odd mix of sun, fog, sprinkles, and 84F days in October, which is unheard of.    Last weekend I made a trip to see my friend Rob @ Pineapple Racing. He's been jabbing me about all the engines I've left there. I thought he was kidding, but we found 11! I gave him a 13B-MSP complete core, two partial REW cores, S5 NA partial core, and a S5 TII complete core for his own projects. But that still left me with the following engines that need built. 13B-RE, 20B-RE, Two 13B-REW's, and a S5 TII core. The last engine was a S5 NA I just bought and brought with me, so it barely counts (except I left it there.... lol).  Here's Rob and our friend Derek (his FC above).  Found this great old school CorkSport oil cap while cleaning.  So on to that S5 NA core I mentioned. I bought it for $500, mainly for the rotors and a good plate or two. It was painted red, which was a huge warning flag... but I bought it anyways. Initially it looked clean.   But it quickly went down hill upon disassembly. Example: Wrong generation tension bolts. These are the weaker S4/13B-GSLSE bolts.   It was 100% junk. Clearly this was a "Hayes" rebuild. The rotors I was after had been machined to use the early GSLSE 3mm apex seals. Poorly at that. The irons, badly ported. Rotor housings, junk.      Complete write off. I'll find a first gen guy who wants a 13b and make them a good deal. But at this point, I'll just be happy to get my money back. It's a good reminder that ~35 year old engines are a gamble at this point. Before I left Robs, he sent me home with the brake rotors I left there this spring. All freshly ground. At least now I have spares for the white fd and fresh rotors for the CYM. If I ever get back to it...  The last thing I'll add is a last minute project. I did not have time for this, but I really wanted to get paint on the well tower pictured in many of my photos backgrounds. People have asked if it's a wind mill, hunting stand, all types of things over the years. It was built with the property and 1890, and despite repair over the years it's been showing that age as of late. Not knowing that rain was forecasted, I decided to tackle this overly ambitious task. I'd deal with the repairs in the spring. This required a ton of ladder work, which absolutely wore me out. I finished the presure washing Saturday and let it dry for two days in~75F+ weather. It was right after finishing that I learned that rain was forecasted for Friday.   After pressure washing revealed more extensive damage than expected, I called in reinforcements. Our drove down to help on Wednesday and got the majority of the worst rot replaced with wood I salvaged from my neighbors old summer building we took down a few years back.    My house-painter neighbor hooked me up with a primer/adhesion promoter and my brother loaned me his recently purchased house sprayer. I was able to prime Wednesday and paint Thursday afternoon.   And here it is, after hours of work every night it came out better than I expected. I walked out this morning and I was excited - it was dry to the touch around the base.  And then the rain came today (Friday) around lunch... Even with ~24 hours of dry time (which my pro painter neighbor and store said would be fine...) the paint started to wash off...  I am a bit defeated. While I could just not post this, its a good example that I'm both human and that the best laid plans don't always work out. And by best laid, I mean hastily rushed. We'll see how much paint is still on it after the rain the next several days... I'm not optimistic, but at least it's more than was there when I started. the spyder fucked around with this message at 02:55 on Oct 22, 2022 |
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Oof, still looks better than it did and you got some much needed repairs done as well. Thanks for the reminder I'm almost out of DeoxIT.
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Thankfully the rain stopped and the remaining paint dried. The primer/bond agent is a sealer, so the building is water resistant. I can't call it water tight, because there's still a ton of work to do. If I'm lucky, we'll get a dry week of ~45-50F weather and I can toss another coat on. Otherwise, it's going to wait until spring. This weekend I got suckered into helping my buddy in Seattle (Black 95 FD/S65). He heats his house with wood pellets and no one in the area was offering delivery for the amount he needed. He talked me into towing 3 tons of pellets just over 650 miles round trip, along with several side stops. Oddly enough, this was cheaper that JUST the pellets locally, even with fuel and food accounted for. Came in right at $1k delivered for 3Ton. I did not take any pictures, but some jackass took my stinger/2" ball and 7pin plug+play ford harness. Likely when I was broken down at the coast or while it sat for two years... who knows. I tried every store in the greater PDX area, no one had anything. I ended up having to cut the factory wiring and installing a universal. Other than that, the truck ran great. I really need to order the drag link/swaybar end links, the bumps along the i5 down town Seattle corridor just threw us all over the road. I dragged my son along for the trip. He actually helped out and had fun, so that was a plus.  My buddy has had this Toyota truck since I met him. I swear he uses this thing harder than I ever would and puts it away wet each time, but it just keeps ticking. Some day it will get a overhaul, new paint/fenders. It's the one car he'd keep if he had nothing. That and the FD.  On the return trip, I stopped by my parents and picked up the 65 Internation Travelall my dad's been working on since this spring. It's ready to head to their new house in Eastern Oregon. We decided to trailer it since I had the empty trailer headed back down this way, plus I'm not sure we trust it to drive ~500 miles just yet.     Home, safe and ready to head to Eastern Oregon to live out it's life hauling their Airstream and the grand kids fishing/swimming.  11MPG loaded, not bad...  Otherwise the rain is offically here and it's taken off the overwhelming burden of rushing to finish outdoor projects. There's general upkeep that will happen over the winter, but I'm no longer planning roof repairs, painting, or foundation work until next spring. Hopefully I can now focus on family and getting caught up on car projects. the spyder fucked around with this message at 19:25 on Oct 24, 2022 |
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sharkytm posted:Yes. Not an empty quote. Every time I see this FD, I once again am drowning in regret over the RX-7 ownership choices I have made.
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Amazing amount of work! Beautiful pictures. I am amazed at how much you get done.. I feel so lazy after seeing your posts! Those rx7 shots are pure hotness.
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Any updates on the 20B FD?
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Happy 4th! I’m taking the year off posting to focus on family and reset the direction I want to take going forwards. Lots is happening as always, but it’s also time to change things up. 
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Well it's been a year. Last December a friend of mine in the car world passed unexpectedly following a far too late stage-4 cancer diagnosis. Their loss rippled through the local rotary community and knocked the steam out of many of us. This was just a few weeks after having covid for the first time, which took almost 6 months to shake the brain fog that set in. I decided it was time for a break and unplugged from most forum/social media. This year was focused on my family, with cars and house projects coming second. Between our oldest struggling with mental health/freshman year of HS and my dad retiring, it was a busy time. It was only looking back through these photos I realized how much I managed to get done. We're all doing pretty good right now and we're looking forward to getting out of the house more in 2024. So, for your holiday-break viewing pleasure - I present a Year in a Dump. ~600 photos. I'm still not caught up yet. But I made a ton of progress this year, despite several annoying setbacks as displayed. (I'm looking at you garage door and exploded oil cooler.) Over the next week I'll add descriptions.                              
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