What did YOU do today?

[JoshT]

Body flying to another state, cargo terminal. Squishy just them squishy toys my daughter likes. Only the 1 real body today.

I see, you're in the death business. Mortician, coroner, or something in that field. Thank you for what you do, most people couldn't handle it, but we will all need it at some point.

Most people also wouldn't think about bodies flying around. Even being around the aviation industry I forget that it happens outside of military.

 

[Curious Hound]

Body flying to another state, cargo terminal. Squishy just them squishy toys my daughter likes. Only the 1 real body today.

For most of us, transporting a "body to another state" would probably be a criminal offense. I hope your activity was legal.

 

[Gibby6468]

Legal today, do part time for funeral home

 

[scotts90ranger]

The boss talked me into an accessory to relocate golf balls and beverage cans to a fair distance away... good times!

Once I got home I used my new bead breaking tool on the tractor, somehow the inner bead is pristine and the outer bead is rusted to heck? Not sure how that works, the rim isn't too bad yet so I'm going to spend time cleaning it up and painting it before I put it back together, I patched the one hole in the tube and one slit in the tire and put a pre-emptive patch over another big gash that isn't all the way through (while I'm there). Hopefully get it back together tomorrow or Friday night, might clean and paint the wheel tomorrow then assemble Friday. Got the wheel bearings and shock for the '90 Ranger today so I'll get that put back together in the next couple days...

 

[Blmpkn]

While not something I did today.. I did appreciate it today since it's so MF hot

Made the switch from cigarettes to the fairy juice.

My buddy with MS hooked me up with the actual vape since he bought one bigger&fancier.. so all I had to get was extra coils and some juice. The pb&jam is pretty good lol.. the pb part is pretty light but the jam is nigh overwhelming.. the smaller bottle tastes like cinnamon toast crunch/French toast.. yum.

Do NOT crave cigarettes anymore, and this crap is MILES CHEAPER. 100ml bottles of juice are 25$ at the shop down the street from my work.. (or 10$ on sale) and I end up going through about 5ml a day.. so about a buck a day vs. $11 for smokes. Should be saving about 270$ a month.

Whether or not vaping is any better for your health or not.. who knows.. probably not.. but if I'm gonna kill myself it might as well be as cheaply as I can at least with the vape I can slowly get weaker and weaker concentrations of juice until it's nicotine free.. and then switch to hard candies or something just for the same kinda taste lol.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

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While not something I did today.. I did appreciate it today since it's so MF hot

Made the switch from cigarettes to the fairy juice.

My buddy with MS hooked me up with the actual vape since he bought one bigger&fancier.. so all I had to get was extra coils and some juice. The pb&jam is pretty good lol.. the pb part is pretty light but the jam is nigh overwhelming.. the smaller bottle tastes like cinnamon toast crunch/French toast.. yum.

Do NOT crave cigarettes anymore, and this crap is MILES CHEAPER. 100ml bottles of juice are 25$ at the shop down the street from my work.. (or 10$ on sale) and I end up going through about 5ml a day.. so about a buck a day vs. $11 for smokes. Should be saving about 270$ a month.

Whether or not vaping is any better for your health or not.. who knows.. probably not.. but if I'm gonna kill myself it might as well be as cheaply as I can at least with the vape I can slowly get weaker and weaker concentrations of juice until it's nicotine free.. and then switch to hard candies or something just for the same kinda taste lol.

So, my understanding is that most of the problems that happen with vapes (the “popcorn lung” and such) is a direct result of people cheaping out and buying black or grey market juice and such. The ol “Hey, look, I got a quart of vape juice from this dude down the street that mixes it up in his garage.” You’re just begging for trouble at that point. All a vape juice should have is strictly basic ingredients and bought from a reputable place. Unfortunately, somehow, somewhere, my mod went missing along with two tanks. I’m kinda salty about it.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Worked some more on the ol F-150. Got a bunch of bolts, both driveshafts, both shifters, leaf spring plates and U-bolts, and an oil change left to be done. Hopefully I can get that knocked out tomorrow. Dad helped with getting new U-joints in the front driveshaft so it’s ready to go in and he helped with drilling some holes for my one attachment for my farm tractor. This heat is ridiculous though, I’m gonna have to put AC in my garage.

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

Put the carb together for my 1977 Pinto. Wasn't difficult but the choke system was a bit of a head scratcher. I think I got it tho.
However, there was a piece on the back of the carb that I've never seen before. I decided to delete it as from what I could figure it would be a major vacuum leak. It doesn't have bi-metallic springs. It seems like it might be some kind of pressure relieving device. Its connected to manifold vacuum directly under the throttle plates. Perhaps @19Walt93 might have an idea?

 

[broncc]

Tore down the Capri 4bbl today to start diagnosing some poor running. (I guess I'm one of those darn milennials since its my first one...) The metering block for the secondaries is absolute junk! Its so bad I'm choosing to believe its counterfeit and not cast by someone on Holley's payroll.



What is the tolerable amount of play for the butterfly shafts in the throttle plate? There is play, but its only in the side which the choke acts upon. Every video I have watched on the subject implies it should wear where the throttle cable attaches.

Also, Zyn is my poison of choice. Pure nicotine and the same flavorings as chewing gum. The only thing bad I inhale is gas fumes.

 

[sgtsandman]

Got my hairs cut, did some shopping at the Harbor Freight (Tool Thread), and removed the spare tire mounts from the utility trailer (Build thread).

 

[Blmpkn]

So, my understanding is that most of the problems that happen with vapes (the “popcorn lung” and such) is a direct result of people cheaping out and buying black or grey market juice and such. The ol “Hey, look, I got a quart of vape juice from this dude down the street that mixes it up in his garage.” You’re just begging for trouble at that point. All a vape juice should have is strictly basic ingredients and bought from a reputable place. Unfortunately, somehow, somewhere, my mod went missing along with two tanks. I’m kinda salty about it.
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Yeah that's what I've read, about the popcorn lung and stuff.. Definitely gonna buy all my stuff in person at the shop down the street. The selection they have is unreal.. the juice shelf/wall is at least 6' high and probably close to 20' long TOO MANY choices if anything lol.

I'd be salty too though.. those mods aren't cheap. The one my buddy got was like 80-90$ by itself and then of course batteries are separate.. and another tank.. and spare coils.. adds up quick.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Yeah that's what I've read, about the popcorn lung and stuff.. Definitely gonna buy all my stuff in person at the shop down the street. The selection they have is unreal.. the juice shelf/wall is at least 6' high and probably close to 20' long TOO MANY choices if anything lol.

I'd be salty too though.. those mods aren't cheap. The one my buddy got was like 80-90$ by itself and then of course batteries are separate.. and another tank.. and spare coils.. adds up quick.

Yup, I bought the mod used, but it was still $60 (GeekVape Ageis). Then I bought a protective silicone cover, plus batteries, and the two tanks were GeekVape Zeus (think they were like $60 each). I mostly used zero nicotine (funny thing is, a lot of the zeros still had nicotine warnings on them, lol) and I was using CBD juice too (zero THC). The CBD juice helped with anxiety and the zero nicotine was more for my ADD/ADHD. Kinda like a fidget thing. Liked blowing giant clouds just for something to do. I did end up with a few nicotine ones, either I was given those or couldn’t find what I wanted in a zero.

 

[superj]

what are mods in that stuff, and coils? like the coils that make the liquid turn to smoke?

i don't smoke or vape, never have, so i know nothing about that stuff

 

[19Walt93]

Put the carb together for my 1977 Pinto. Wasn't difficult but the choke system was a bit of a head scratcher. I think I got it tho.
However, there was a piece on the back of the carb that I've never seen before. I decided to delete it as from what I could figure it would be a major vacuum leak. It doesn't have bi-metallic springs. It seems like it might be some kind of pressure relieving device. Its connected to manifold vacuum directly under the throttle plates. Perhaps @19Walt93 might have an idea?

It's a hot idle compensator, when the bimetal spring gets hot enough it flexes and allows a little air in to lean out the mixture. I don't think eliminating it will gain you anything but it also probably won't hurt anything. Run it a while and see how well it idles when the engine is hot, if it seems too rich you can stick it back on pretty easy.

 

[Blmpkn]

what are mods in that stuff, and coils? like the coils that make the liquid turn to smoke?

i don't smoke or vape, never have, so i know nothing about that stuff

Mods are the top end of the vaporizer scale.. the one I got is called a pod mod since it takes a proprietary 'pod' that you fill up with the juice, and then there are box Mods like this..

Where the tanks that hold the juice are more or less universal... these also have replaceable batteries unlike mine which is really nice.


The coils sit submerged inside the pod/tank and yeah.. you hit the button and it heats up producing the vapor. Different juices require different coils.. mine are .4ohm but are available in all sorts of different resistances.. whatever wattage you want to vape at will dictate what sort of coil you want to run as well. The best wattage for a .4ohm with my vape is apparently 30watts.. where a .8 or a full ohm coil would want 60-80 watts.

It's really nerdy shit honestly lol.

Yup, I bought the mod used, but it was still $60 (GeekVape Ageis). Then I bought a protective silicone cover, plus batteries, and the two tanks were GeekVape Zeus (think they were like $60 each). I mostly used zero nicotine (funny thing is, a lot of the zeros still had nicotine warnings on them, lol) and I was using CBD juice too (zero THC). The CBD juice helped with anxiety and the zero nicotine was more for my ADD/ADHD. Kinda like a fidget thing. Liked blowing giant clouds just for something to do. I did end up with a few nicotine ones, either I was given those or couldn’t find what I wanted in a zero.

I'll have to look around for some good cbd juice that'll work in something like this.. I've used cbd disposables before but the "juice" was incredibly thick like THC oil.. kinda like an Elmer's glue consistency.