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Tomarse posted:Have I mentioned yet how much of a loving nightmare it currently is trying to get hold of fiat Panda engine parts and how poo poo it is driving a 0.9l 2 cylinder turbo engine without a working turbo I've honestly no complaints about the 1.2 FIRE or whatever I've got, they've like 14 moving parts and a replacement engine is £100 from a yard, often with a free car. big dong wanter posted:just hook up a wet shot to it imo Lol love it. Wouldn't complain about another 10hp though
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Just heard from my Florida-living cousin. His wife had a bowel obstruction and they spent 2 days in the ER because the hospital was filled with covid patients. I can't do anything but shake my head anymore.
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For those of you with some money and interest in Mad Max, here's a sale for you: https://www.whichcar.com.au/news/mad-max-fury-road-cars-trucks-for-sale
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:that 0.9L 2 cyl turbo is pretty dreadful, the FIRE engines are much nicer to drive I disagree, I really like the 0.9 twinair engine. It likes being thrashed and makes fun noises, and will happily sit at 75 on the motorway all day and get 55mpg whilst costing me gently caress all to insure and no tax here (low emissions and tiny engine). My engine has 135k miles on which is pretty high for a little fiat and hasnt actually broken atall since i bought it 70k miles ago. I just dislike how the wastegate has broken on mine and how a) brexit and covid have hosed up both prices and shipping in the UK b) demand for turbos for twinairs is apparently high enough that some of the turbo rebuilders here don't do core exchange charges anymore so i have to strip it down first.
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Update on the tortoise, turned out to be a lost pet and my son found the owner! Happy ending!
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I have couple that I was close friends with a few years back, who are losing their minds over COVID. They're strong anti-vac and have lost 6 friends aged 20-40 in the past month. They can't figure out why bad stuff is happening to good people. I have nothing constructive to say that they will hear, so I'm keeping my mouth shut.
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Pigsfeet on Rye posted:For those of you with some money and interest in Mad Max, here's a sale for you: The timing here is too coincidental.
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STR posted:Today has been loving poo poo, and I'll leave it at that for now (some possible legal poo poo coming up, though my dashcam very likely saved my rear end). Already replied on the FB, but: I don't *need* it, but I'm never one to turn down a free thank that could be useful. IF you happen to like it, though, you're welcome to it. It may be better than what I have though, which was also a free thing.  cursedshitbox posted:Donkey is dead. Long live donkey. Aw, maaaaaaaaaan. So much effort into making that thing tough as nails and even somewhat pretty. Entropy is a bitch. Pigsfeet on Rye posted:For those of you with some money and interest in Mad Max, here's a sale for you: Mother of God... what a time to not be a millionaire.
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Applebees Appetizer posted:Update on the tortoise, turned out to be a lost pet and my son found the owner! Happy ending! "We don't know what happened, we let him off his leash and *poof* three hours later he was gone!"
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cursedshitbox posted:The timing here is too coincidental. Please... do the needful.
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cursedshitbox posted:The timing here is too coincidental. You need to be cruising about in the War Rig. Goober Peas posted:I have couple that I was close friends with a few years back, who are losing their minds over COVID. They're strong anti-vac and have lost 6 friends aged 20-40 in the past month. They can't figure out why bad stuff is happening to good people. Do they also wonder why they get wet when they dive into a swimming pool? Jesus, the ability of some people to not draw conclusions is amazing.
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I've not driven a twinair but they do make fun noises. I get similar 54mpg@70mph figures but mine honestly can't get it of its own way with more than just the driver in. Momentum is the key.cursedshitbox posted:The timing here is too coincidental. Sadly only available as a set, so it's a group buy?
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Pigsfeet on Rye posted:For those of you with some money and interest in Mad Max, here's a sale for you: Actual llyods site here: https://www.lloydsauctions.com.au/madmax/ Hopefully somebody with Jay Leno funds can buy this. Also interesting to see what condition those vehicles are in now, I don't see any current photos. Movie cars get used and abused. Smart money would be a casino owner buys the lot, then ships them to Las Vegas for a Mad Max Museum. People would pay to see these.
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cursedshitbox posted:Donkey is dead. Long live donkey. This is the crappest news of the week. RIP in piece.
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Darchangel posted:Jesus Nailed it  Evidently the narrative is circulating that the virus only infects "bad" people. We've heard that one before, almost 40 years ago to the day.
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Somewhat Heroic posted:This is the crappest news of the week. RIP in piece.
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Goober Peas posted:Nailed it <arewethebaddies.jpg> When it turns out they are the “bad” people it suddenly becomes not a virus from God but a virus engineered in a lab to only hurt certain people. I’ve actually heard “It’s amazing how they engineered this virus to only kill the people who didn’t get the jab!”
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Advent Horizon posted:I’ve actually heard “It’s amazing how they engineered this virus to only kill the people who didn’t get the jab!” If only they could take the next logical step but that requires that learnin those liberal Democrats be havin.
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New puppy acquired Standard Poodle/Griffon Wirehaired pointer mix. He looks like an old man but he's 10 weeks old.
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To whoever posted that PDF with the rally cars for coloringa couple of years back, thank you! My son is finally at that age where coloring is fun, and he found them, and I quote, MEGA COOL. As some of you know, I spent a year in the late 90s as an exchange student on the Michigan/Wisconsin border. Here's a pic of my '89 Escort with porn maroon interior I had at the time:  Well, my host family was a dude, single, in his late 40s at the time, and about as gay as the ocean is wide (but not out, for obvious reasons.) He was cool in the beginning, albeit a bit of a drama queen, but after about six months he kicked me out in the snow (because I got a girlfriend.) Anyways, I just made the mistake of finding his FB profile yesterday, and holy gently caress. For the past 24 hours (that was as far as I could be bothered to scroll back) he had not gone more than two hours without reposting an idiotic conservative boomer meme. Like, literally nothing clever or insightful or balanced or ironic or even self-aware.
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Its alright there's enough junkers floating about the country to roll my own. Looks like I found a welder to weld the crack and fishplate the frame on both rails to make it back west. Option B is to drive and store it at a goon's place out in the midwest and deal with it later. If the welder is unable to provide a temporary solution I'll ship it to either location. Gonna move back to SF since the timing here is most unfortunate and i've not found the next place to move to nor have stars aligned correctly to buy a place. I'm not in a position to drop 75 large on a new F550 and I do not have the willpower to buy a 20 year old F550 with a worn out 7.3 and roll the dice with my tools 1300 miles away. I have no interest in moving everything over to another similarly equipped frame. Beyond that I'm not sure. I won't have a garage in SF this time and rebuilding this truck isn't going to be a priority. I could rehome it on a 08+ F550 frame but you know as well as I do it'll get broken like this one did. Camper stays, its gonna go on another truck of the class 5-8 variety, with 4x4 or 6x6. I'm done with little trucks. The truck is just a tool. Tools break. I built it to build a homestead for us but regardless it got a solid second lease on life for a few years and it went out with a bang. May its parts keep many others running.
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cursedshitbox posted:Its alright there's enough junkers floating about the country to roll my own. Maybe I'm dumb, but why is this an immediate death sentence? It seems like you can weld in enough frame reinforcement to handle what you're throwing at it? Is it a failure that's indicative of further cascading failures, or is the crack a sign that the chassis just isn't up to the duty? I'm seriously sad about this, I've watched it as an incredible project and fantastic idea. Of all places, why back to SF?
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meatpimp posted:Maybe I'm dumb, but why is this an immediate death sentence? It seems like you can weld in enough frame reinforcement to handle what you're throwing at it? It'll cascade fail. Plate the crack, the crack is now going to form where the plate ends... extend the plate.. crack moves again... etc. From reading there's 3 major failure areas on these frames. Over the axles where the channel is pinched, in front of the rear spring hangers (where mine and a fellow goon's F350 snapped) and behind the front leaf spring mounts. Its literally mild steel and nothing really special. Patch this and the next weakest link will go. This frame is not up to the task. Its not uncommon even in newer 350/450s busting frames under the weight of a truck camper. I literally didn't know. the 550 uses a different frame that doesn't seem to have this problem. There were no 550s in this era, this is already a 450 frame. If it were just a wheeling toy or whatever yeah I wouldn't care much. but uhhh for something that hauls, and hauls us and a very spicy (lithium!) load. it can't be trusted. I caught this crack early. Next time may not be so fortunate. DOT tends to frown on frame patches. Its also something that can be a huge hassle in selling. Its literally better to part it out than risk lawsuits. Why sf? (technically southbay) its where we'll have the quickest ability to get jobs and reintegrate with normal living. Its also close to where our stuff/vehicles is in storage. Otherwise we're throwing darts at a map and hoping it all works out.
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cursedshitbox posted:It'll cascade fail. Sucks. And I'm assuming too complicated / space demanding to remove camper and replace on new transport? quote:Why sf? (technically southbay) its where we'll have the quickest ability to get jobs and reintegrate with normal living. Its also close to where our stuff/vehicles is in storage. Otherwise we're throwing darts at a map and hoping it all works out. Makes sense, I just shiver about the cost of living there, and after spending some time with my uncle who lives in the Oakland hills, I'm worried about the climate, as well. He was saying how the marine layer is getting poo poo hammered with climate change, and that's affecting a lot of the living conditions there.
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cursedshitbox posted:It'll cascade fail. Plate the crack, the crack is now going to form where the plate ends... extend the plate.. crack moves again... etc. From reading there's 3 major failure areas on these frames. Over the axles where the channel is pinched, in front of the rear spring hangers (where mine and a fellow goon's F350 snapped) and behind the front leaf spring mounts. Its literally mild steel and nothing really special. Patch this and the next weakest link will go. This frame is not up to the task. Its not uncommon even in newer 350/450s busting frames under the weight of a truck camper. I literally didn't know. the 550 uses a different frame that doesn't seem to have this problem. There were no 550s in this era, this is already a 450 frame. Sorry to see that go. I do think you would be best served by just rolling on the patch for a bit. This wave of covid is pretty bad and going to set us back 2-3 months in terms of supply chain recovery. And I can’t imagine trying to find housing is going to be easy thanks to the eviction moratorium. I would find a spot and ride it out. If nothing else works out you are welcome to use my shop in Indiana but you have to install the 2 post lift. Has a 50 amp hookup, cleanout and city water. I don’t have a welder at the moment but its on the list.
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meatpimp posted:Sucks. And I'm assuming too complicated / space demanding to remove camper and replace on new transport? I'm not in a position to drop 75 large on a new F550 and I do not have the willpower to buy a 20 year old F550 with a worn out 7.3 and roll the dice with my tools 1300 miles away. The camper uncouples from the truck really easily. it was one of our early design decisions as we intended to replace donkey with something more befitting of the camper's build. It was built to build some land out, not live on. I don't plan to buy there. this is probably 1-2 years while waiting for the afore mentioned stars to align. We lived there before, we can move back relatively easy. If we bought some questionable truck while still on vacation, this becomes less easy. There are other things we're waiting for that I don't wish to make public on the forums, the timing is poo poo for the frame to break. Its not just the frame. this fucker is dying a death of a thousand cuts and i'm calling it at the frame as its the major failure damning the project and its potential to ever do future work or get sold in the open market. This means I'm hesitant to pump another dime into improving this truck. The injection pump is acting up, I'm still unsure that the suspension shop didn't fuckup the rearend, nevermind the lack of sound deadening, decent seating, and air con. Most all this stuff I don't care a lot about. The frame... screws it all up. Hard to justify a thousand dollar pump on an engine at best worth $300, on a truck that can't be used or sold. We set aside a years budget for travels and vacation plus enough to go back to apartment living. We've made it 10 months, and can handle one more good systems breakdown. With the frame and cranky IP I'd rather start heading back towards familiar waters. I think we got a good vacation out of this thing. It'll probably take us 2 months to get back west. I do not want the frame to break further. Gonna get dude to brace both rails so it can't break there on the opposite side. No offroading and jeep trails. truckstops and restareas only. part of the SF decision is we don't want to buy a car, nor another truck right now. Can do moto and bicycle there pretty much 365 days a year. rdb I'd help you install the lift just to help out. Indiana isn't accessible atm but after the patch... we'll see. I got a "no" from several shops on liability/dot reasons alone. This guy is only willing to weld on it with a release of liability wavier. I mean yeah, I'd ask for the same or flat out not touch this kind of poo poo on highway going vehicles. but heavy equipment prevails....just don't drive it at 85. My GM bus was mostly patch panels and bulkhead plates lol. I've offers from goons to drop this off in the midwest and let it sit out of the way. I think its best to keep it nearby just in case. I can't speak for the future. Right now? its getting backburnered like the Gillig. Maybe in the next crash I'll find a killer deal on a dead 08+ F550 frame/chassis to rehome the cab on with a newer cummins|allison. Who knows. Right now it just needs to get back out west.
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Its pretty easy to find a dead 6.4. I will keep an eye open. Good luck either way. Does it have to be ford or will anything medium duty work? Its pretty easy to find old grain trucks, chop frames and pop a flatbed on.
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cursedshitbox posted:A bunch of stuff You're a smart dude and you really seem to make the smartest decisions. When you posted it was dead it was clear it's dead. For your long term goals, I'd probably part it out entirely. One item that you just mentioned I don't know that you've ever said before, cabin comfort of the Donkey had to suck. I'm happy to sit in my Sierra until my bladder is ready to pop, it's smooth, quiet, and the stereo is pleasant at any volume. Someday you'll get the right mover for that camper.
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My Sierra blows cold air to massage my balls, luxury.
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rdb posted:Its pretty easy to find a dead 6.4. I will keep an eye open. Good luck either way. Does it have to be ford or will anything medium duty work? Its pretty easy to find old grain trucks, chop frames and pop a flatbed on. Preferably ferd but dodge of the 5500 variety would probably be ok too. basically coiler solid front and HD rear. Old MDT? yeah absofrigginlutely. A powered front axle as long as it isn't a 5 ton/deuce and let's party. I'd prefer that over ford poo poo again. FMTV would possibly work too but i'm throwing the cat over a fence. StormDrain posted:You're a smart dude and you really seem to make the smartest decisions. When you posted it was dead it was clear it's dead. For your long term goals, I'd probably part it out entirely. Its sooo awful. The cab needs to be stripped and modernized with insulation and sound deadening if its to be reused in a future build.... I did buy some really really nice door cards for it. The lack of insulation plus lack of a/c and busted springed bench makes it a torture test for anything over about 150-200mi in a day. It gets air flow without a/c but that means listening to the engine at full volume + air. Our jaunt east we started wearing earplugs to help prevent noise fatigue. it helped immensely. Some areas of the rockies mean listening to this thing scream at 2500-2800rpm at 45-50mph for hours. I intended to use it to drive a couple hours at a time to fetch building supplies and such, not this. With the frame now cracked I can't in good faith put a 20-40' gooseneck behind it to haul say rafters or Quonset hut shells. Now that you all know that. Recently some familial stuff came up and we pushed this fucker 650mi in two days. August we put 1800 miles down to evade smoke + the former. It probably contributed to where we are today. Ball chillers own. 80s Toyota had em and I wish all cars had em.
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My neighbor just tried and failed to start an auger, I wanna know if he checked the oh en oh eff eff switch before he pulled the spark plug and hit it with a torch. Edit yes I am a nosey neighbor.
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Some of these anti-vaxx protests in Canada are getting out of hand. There are now protests in front of hospitals slowing down ambulances and people with appointments/cancer patients. Reports of people being spit on. https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/doctors-frustrated-with-selfishness-of-unvaccinated-people-protesters-1.5572140 https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/anti-vaccine-protester-spat-at-nanaimo-nurse-rcmp-say-1.5571428 I swear to god, if someone spat on me or someone I was with that constitutes an outright assault and I would become loving unglued.
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StormDrain posted:Edit yes I am a nosey neighbor. https://youtu.be/oRivqpinXRM
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Also for a little spice to my story as I am now reminded, when I brought a girl friend home a few weeks ago they were all standing on the corner. Like of course you're all standing around at 10:30 at night when I'm trying to keep secrets!
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The term "disrespectful showing off" has just been redefined. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIDXLxMMXog
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