What did YOU do today?

[Li'l Work Truck]

Besides the Ranger stuff, I cleaned up mom's mower to get it running right again. There were leaves and pieces of hickory nuts under the tins on the engine, and the air filter was so stopped up it was running choked all the time. Then mowed her yard and my sister's across the road. Came home and mowed my yard (still gotta run the trimmer), then went to mexican with Brittney and mom.

Mmmm.... Mexican....

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Eye was feeling better so Friday’s work continued on the F-150 this afternoon. Got the rotted radius arm bracket changed, thankfully no more serious problems. Debating if I want to try and do something about the passenger side tomorrow. The bushing is in bad shape but the bracket looks ok-ish. I have the bracket from the donor but it’s also only ok-ish. I have enough bushing pieces to patch something together but what I don’t have is a good heat shield for that side. Not sure how critical that is, I’d like to move onto other projects because I really want the dump truck up and going this year.

 

[Curious Hound]

I don’t have is a good heat shield for that side.

Soup can cut to length?

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Soup can cut to length?

That’s actually not a bad idea… I have a few floating around the shop because I use them to collect small metal bits and crimp the top when they are full and throw them for shredder scrap…

 

[Rick W]

Eye was feeling better so Friday’s work continued on the F-150 this afternoon. Got the rotted radius arm bracket changed, thankfully no more serious problems. Debating if I want to try and do something about the passenger side tomorrow. The bushing is in bad shape but the bracket looks ok-ish. I have the bracket from the donor but it’s also only ok-ish. I have enough bushing pieces to patch something together but what I don’t have is a good heat shield for that side. Not sure how critical that is, I’d like to move onto other projects because I really want the dump truck up and going this year.

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Was it the top one or the bottom one you got in your eye?

And I also vote for fab the heat shield. Something is better than nothing. And it doesn’t take much to deflect heat.If you do use a tin can or aluminum can, bathe it in rust oleum, and let it dry, and then slap oleum on it right when you bolt it in, so there are no bare spots.

That’s what the voice is in my head tell me

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Was it the top one or the bottom one you got in your eye?

And I also vote for fab the heat shield. Something is better than nothing. And it doesn’t take much to deflect heat.If you do use a tin can or aluminum can, bathe it in rust oleum, and let it dry, and then slap oleum on it right when you bolt it in, so there are no bare spots.

That’s what the voice is in my head tell me

Rust from either the frame or the bottom one got me.

I doubt I’ll paint it, probably just grease it. We will see though how things go. I didn’t bother to paint the drivers side, it was cooler today and the paint wouldn’t have dried fast enough to suit me so it got a grease treatment. I make up a grease/oil mixture that’s paintable. Bout the most effective rust proofing I’ve found. And brother, rust is a real problem here. That bottom bracket went from looking ok but not in the best of shape to that massive hole in one drive to church and back. And church is like 3-4 miles away. Hit a bad pothole and rust can disappear along with the metal you thought was under it. One bad thing about living here.

 

[mikkelstuff]

I married my love, Sue! I'm 79. Sue is 73. Who would believe it?

I thought this would never ever happen having lost my beautiful wife Liz in January 2025 after five years of fighting ovarian cancer. God had other plans!

For you men, make sure your women know about ovarian cancer. There are no symptoms until stage 4. There is however a simple blood test, CA125. The test is not definitive for ovarian cancer but if high, there is something wrong. The insurance companies will not pay for it unless prescribed by a physician - after all, they are only women!

We men get PSA tests whether wanted or not. Every woman should have a CA125 test with annual mammograms.

 

[Curious Hound]

I married my love, Sue! I'm 79. Sue is 73. Who would believe it?

Got married yesterday? Congratulations!

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

I married my love, Sue! I'm 79. Sue is 73. Who would believe it?

I thought this would never ever happen having lost my beautiful wife Liz in January 2025 after five years of fighting ovarian cancer. God had other plans!

For you men, make sure your women know about ovarian cancer. There are no symptoms until stage 4. There is however a simple blood test, CA125. The test is not definitive for ovarian cancer but if high, there is something wrong. The insurance companies will not pay for it unless prescribed by a physician - after all, they are only women!

We men get PSA tests whether wanted or not. Every woman should have a CA125 test with annual mammograms.

Congrats on getting married!