What did YOU do today?

[Rick W]

So yesterday I took care of the passenger side bushing on the F-150. As suggested by @Curious Hound , I fished out a salmon/tuna tin I had, dished the middle in a bit to shorten the height without cutting it, put a hole in the middle, made a thin washer, and put it on for a heat shield. I put it after the big thick washer in the stack instead of under it like the factory heat shield and used my thin washer under the nut. Worked like a charm.

Then I fiddled with the brush hog and trying to help dad a bit with issues of his one lawn tractor (first mowing of the year with anything seems to find all sorts of random issues).

Edit your post, and just say a salmon tin. You don’t want people to think you’re cheap.

 

[Rick W]

I reminded my wife that yesterday was the 54th anniversary of our first date. She was impressed even though she knows I remember numbers.
In 2016 I replaced the battery in my Mustang because the old one was 8 years old, yesterday I replaced the 10 year old Motorcraft with a Diehard because the dealer no longer stocks a group 35 since Ford hasn't used one for years. The Motorcraft cost me $95.96 with a 100 month warranty, the Diehard was $174.69 with 36 months, I guess that's some kind of progress. It had never failed me but if it had to be jump started I would have had to replace the cables because I couldn't stand having booster scratches on the terminals. I'm not anal, I'm particular.

Well, I completely understand. She is impressed with your command of arithmetic numbers, how many roses did you give her for your anniversary?

 

[19Walt93]

Well, I completely understand. She is impressed with your command of arithmetic numbers, how many roses did you give her for your anniversary?

I don't give her flowers. I spend every day with her, she shouldn't need a gift, too.
Actually, we quit buying each other gifts years ago, we just go out to dinner to celebrate things.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

If you were to need more bushings I bought the $17 polyurethane radius arm bushings from LMC for my Ranger and they turned out to be the made in the USA Energy Suspension ones, for what that's worth.

I have a set of bushings I can warranty and I thought about buying new bushings, but it all comes down to this truck really needs retired. There’s glitter in the T-case. The drivers door can’t be opened and it’s currently holding what’s left of the cab together. It just needs to be roadworthy enough to do what I need a big truck for long enough to get my F-350 back up and going. If stuff would stop breaking long enough for me to get back to working on the F-350 that is. The other part of things is that I’m not using the factory radius arm configuration on either truck, I’m going to long arms on both so I don’t need long lasting bushings. The ends will be Ballistic Joints from Ballistic Fab.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Edit your post, and just say a salmon tin. You don’t want people to think you’re cheap.

If it was a salmon tin, I ate the contents (home made salmon patties). If it was a tuna tin, mom’s cats ate the contents. They don’t like salmon or any wet cat food we tried, but they will eat tuna. Go figure.

 

[Curious Hound]

Taking in a baseball game tonight. A co-worker trued to get our crew to show up. But it's just me and him. I'm not much into sports. But it's something different to do for an evening.

The Greenville Drive (Red Sox affiliated) vs the Spartanburgers (Texas Rangers affiliated).

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That turned out to be a good game. Bottom of 7th inning, the Greenville team put up 3 home runs in a row on only about 5 or 6 pitches. Then, with bases loaded, they got another one to bring in 4 more runs. 7 points in one inning on top of the 5 they already had sealed the win for them. That Spartanburg pitcher must have been tired.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

We went to our son's first baseball game last night. 8 and under, his team is mostly kindergarteners and the opposing team wisely chose to field mostly second graders.

We didn't do very good but he says he had fun.

 

[97RangerXLT]

Taking in a baseball game tonight. A co-worker trued to get our crew to show up. But it's just me and him. I'm not much into sports. But it's something different to do for an evening.

The Greenville Drive (Red Sox affiliated) vs the Spartanburgers (Texas Rangers affiliated).

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Those minor league games are often more enjoyable than their major league sponsors. And the tickets are very affordable. Here in Indianapolis we have the Indians, which are sponsored by the Pittsburgh Pirates believe it or not. tickets are usually under 10 bucks, and the stadium is really nice and has comfortable seats. easy to park, get to and get out and that is in the middle of Indianapolis. I have been to several games, my team at work had an outing there, I have been there a few times with David and a few times with friends and inlaws.

And normally I am not a sportsball fan either, but i do find baseball a relaxing sport to watch. Glad you had a good time and even if the rest of the crew blew you off.

AJ

 

[97RangerXLT]

my accomplishment today was changing out the carburetor on my 11 year old weed eater. it has run like @$$ for the last few seasons, and i have grown tired of yanking my arm out of its socket trying to start it. so, for 20 bucks I got a brand new carb, new spark plug, new air filter, new fuel lines and the carb adjustment tool. Now I need to get some gas and 2 cycle oil and see if it works any better...

AJ

 

[Rick W]

I don't give her flowers. I spend every day with her, she shouldn't need a gift, too.
Actually, we quit buying each other gifts years ago, we just go out to dinner to celebrate things.

You should buy her some flowers if you haven’t done it in a long time. She’ll immediately think you’ve done something wrong in. You’re hiding something.

 

[19Walt93]

You should buy her some flowers if you haven’t done it in a long time. She’ll immediately think you’ve done something wrong in. You’re hiding something.

No she wouldn't, she trusts me. We got married in 1974 when I was 20 and she was 18, 6 weeks after she graduated from high school. It's still the smartest thing I've ever done.

 

[pjtoledo]

screamed when I saw $4.99/9 at the Speedway, 87.

 

[Curious Hound]

No she wouldn't, she trusts me. We got married in 1974 when I was 20 and she was 18, 6 weeks after she graduated from high school. It's still the smartest thing I've ever done.

Congratulations in such an enduring marriage. Whatever you're doing, keep doing it.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

screamed when I saw $4.99/9 at the Speedway, 87.

I may not be buying the gas I had planned on…