What did YOU do today?

[SenorNoob]

You probably know this, but I've found the absolute cheapest carbs on Amazon/Ebay usually aren't quite right. If I step up to the second cheapest ones I rarely have problems.

 

[sgtsandman]

Yesterday was pretty much a miscellaneous things day.

I messed with the programming on the ham radios in the 2011, since they weren't hitting the repeaters. I got the quad band radio working but the DMR is still not doing it. I'm going to have to start hitting forums to see what setting I'm missing.

I found some room on the loft in the garage to store the saw horses and racks for the trailer when the RTT or bed cap needs to be stored on the trailer. There was some stuff up there that was just collecting dust and has no potential future use. So, they got trashed.

And I got the front and side panels back on the trailer before it started to rain. It was dark by then anyway. So I just closed up the garage and just called it for the evening.

Once all the stuff is back on the trailer, that will free up more room in the garage to start building another shelf unit or two for the shed. Which will free up room to get the trailer in the garage for winter storage and upgrade the suspension on the trailer.

I do need to figure out how I'm going to stash all the parts for the suspension and the new tires so that the trailer will fit. In some ways, the trailer takes up more room than either of the Rangers do. I might just put all of it in the trailer. I mean, it is 32 square feet of space that otherwise isn't going to be used while the trailer is in there. And the old suspension and tires will need to go somewhere until I can scrap them.

 

[superj]

i went to work and then drove hte wife to her doctor's offices so she could request all her records be sent to her lawyer. opm denied her medical retirement and the when she called and asked 4 or 5 lawyers and asked questions trying to find a representative, each one said they cannot believe she was denied and they all thinks its from the gov shutdown because all of them say they have met a bunch of people who have been medically retired for the same thing my wife has, epilepsy with grand mal seizures and anxiety that makes it worse since certain types of lights cause her to seize. and stress causes her to seize also, and being a girl building turbine engines means she always has some jackass dude that wants to make comments to her about where she should be working, or a supervisor that thinks girls should be in a different shop


and after dropping off that stuff, we ate at lubys and on the way home watched a white kia try to cut across two lanes of traffic and get t-boned by a crew cab full size pick up. it looked terrible when the pickup threw the car around like nothing so me and another guy jumped out to check on the car. the truck driver jumped out and was yelling it wasn't his fault and stomping all over. the kia driver front door was crunched in and all the air bags deployed, and the truck lost the grill and all his air bags deployed.

i ran to the kia and pulled up the driver airbag (window was smashed out) and asked if the two people were ok. they said they were, just shaken up. i let them know we already called 911 and to sit tight and relax.

some other people ran up and were trying to break the door open and get them out, which is not good but no one was listening and the cars stopped on the road because of the accident were honking and yelling for everyone to get out of the road.

the white kia was blocking the center turn lane and a grey honda had also tapped the white truck when the truck was rolling slowly across the two lanes of opposite traffic and that girl was just sitting in her car. there was only the oncoming lanes and the one lane between the grey and white cars so i cleared the car parts out and was directing traffic through because a lady in a ram and a guy in a honda civic had floored it between the wrecked cars yelling and honking and the rest of the cars were trying to force their way through and i was worried someone was going to get hit.

so we got traffic moving safely and the truck guy seemed ok as he was just walking around grumbling that it wasn't his fault. the other people in the kia were on the side of the road sitting in the grass and seemed ok but i still think they should have not been taken out of their car.

the ambulance and fire truck showed up first. the ambulance pulled through and parked just past the grey car and, thankfully, the fire truck pulled across the lanes just in front of the accident, so cars had to go around now. the police showed up last and parked behind the white destroyed kia.

after the paramedics and fire guys checked on everyone and we told them what happened, they let me and the other guy go through because they had the scene covered now.

i don't know the outcome but i hope those two kids in the white kia are ok. they got hit really hard. their car got spun completely around and the door frame and driver front door are completely destroyed so i know they got bounced around all over inside. the truck driver will be ok, for sure, and the grey car girl was fine too. she didn't try to stop when the truck crossed into our lanes and hit him behind his passenger front tire but at a very slow roll so i think it just tore her license plate and mount off.

either way, that was my day yesterday

 

[sgtsandman]

i went to work and then drove hte wife to her doctor's offices so she could request all her records be sent to her lawyer. opm denied her medical retirement and the when she called and asked 4 or 5 lawyers and asked questions trying to find a representative, each one said they cannot believe she was denied and they all thinks its from the gov shutdown because all of them say they have met a bunch of people who have been medically retired for the same thing my wife has, epilepsy with grand mal seizures and anxiety that makes it worse since certain types of lights cause her to seize. and stress causes her to seize also, and being a girl building turbine engines means she always has some jackass dude that wants to make comments to her about where she should be working, or a supervisor that thinks girls should be in a different shop


and after dropping off that stuff, we ate at lubys and on the way home watched a white kia try to cut across two lanes of traffic and get t-boned by a crew cab full size pick up. it looked terrible when the pickup threw the car around like nothing so me and another guy jumped out to check on the car. the truck driver jumped out and was yelling it wasn't his fault and stomping all over. the kia driver front door was crunched in and all the air bags deployed, and the truck lost the grill and all his air bags deployed.

i ran to the kia and pulled up the driver airbag (window was smashed out) and asked if the two people were ok. they said they were, just shaken up. i let them know we already called 911 and to sit tight and relax.

some other people ran up and were trying to break the door open and get them out, which is not good but no one was listening and the cars stopped on the road because of the accident were honking and yelling for everyone to get out of the road.

the white kia was blocking the center turn lane and a grey honda had also tapped the white truck when the truck was rolling slowly across the two lanes of opposite traffic and that girl was just sitting in her car. there was only the oncoming lanes and the one lane between the grey and white cars so i cleared the car parts out and was directing traffic through because a lady in a ram and a guy in a honda civic had floored it between the wrecked cars yelling and honking and the rest of the cars were trying to force their way through and i was worried someone was going to get hit.

so we got traffic moving safely and the truck guy seemed ok as he was just walking around grumbling that it wasn't his fault. the other people in the kia were on the side of the road sitting in the grass and seemed ok but i still think they should have not been taken out of their car.

the ambulance and fire truck showed up first. the ambulance pulled through and parked just past the grey car and, thankfully, the fire truck pulled across the lanes just in front of the accident, so cars had to go around now. the police showed up last and parked behind the white destroyed kia.

after the paramedics and fire guys checked on everyone and we told them what happened, they let me and the other guy go through because they had the scene covered now.

i don't know the outcome but i hope those two kids in the white kia are ok. they got hit really hard. their car got spun completely around and the door frame and driver front door are completely destroyed so i know they got bounced around all over inside. the truck driver will be ok, for sure, and the grey car girl was fine too. she didn't try to stop when the truck crossed into our lanes and hit him behind his passenger front tire but at a very slow roll so i think it just tore her license plate and mount off.

either way, that was my day yesterday

Gotta love the road ragers... a major accident just happened and they are pissed because people are in their way...

 

[sgtsandman]

The garage is cleaned out and the work bench on saw horses is set back up again. I just need to get the remainder of the wood I need to build the shelf. I found some more scrap behind things and in the loft. So I may be able to build a kind of bench so there is room made for some other stuff that might need a place. I'm going to do the shelf first and see what is still looking for a home. I also need to organize the shed so I can unearth the bike carrier. I need it to bring the bike at work home so it can be stored for the winter. Which is another driver as to why I need the shed organized. I need room for the bike and that isn't going to happen as things sit right now.

 

[scotts90ranger]

So far polished the headlights on the explorer and jammed a blue rag where the wood shim was since the drivers side is missing one of the adjusters ... New housings are on the short list for that thing but it needs new buckets too

Working on cleaning the shop a little for a bit, the benches are a disaster

 

[racsan]

Almost hayride time here.

 

[Sharky]

opening day of pheasant season.......

 

["Risky Bizness"]

Took my wife to breakfast, and then cleaned the local dealership.

 

[racsan]

from last night, on a gravel road through a wooded area

 

[pjtoledo]

drillin' some holes.
1" in 3/16 steel/
trying out the new step bits. they work great but take some serious power at about 3/4" diameter.

the square tubes are just temporary on the wheel dollies. I have other plans for them.

 

[racsan]

Brought the trailer & tractor back home from last nights hayride, put the back blade on & put the tractor in the “shed”. Hopefully with it all ready it wont snow. Delivered the ‘11 escape to my daughter as they needed a vehicle since the one they have left has a electrcal issue that needs looked at. I looked but couldn’t find the in-cab fuse box. (2009 ram 1500)

 

["Risky Bizness"]

Watched the dis=appointing NASCAR Cup race.

 

[JoshT]

Twas a good day today.

Spent some time visiting with mom. Last weekend was opening of firearms deer season so didnt; get around then. She was gone off with extended family for most of the week or helping my sister with fall festival stuff at her school (she's a 2nd grade teacher). Finally got a chance to get over there when she was home today. Turned out to be a great day for it cause I also got to see an aunt, some cousins, and my sister and niece.

I may have mentioned it previously but her and dad had a 24 foot camper that she wasn't going to use with him gone. It was too big for me solo, and my sister prefers to do Air BNB. Was kind of worried about it sitting around and getting damage from exposure and wanted to get it sold now or first part of next year. Well it went today. Very easy sale, turned out that my aunt wanted it even knowing all the repair work that dad earlier this year. She owns 18 acres outside town that my grandma built a house on, and she's been living in the house with her. She wanted both as her own space on the land, and as a camper that her and her grown kids & their families could use. Tried to get mom to keep the money, but she's stubborn, wouldn't hear it, and split it between my sister and I. Looks like I've got a little starting capital for when the F-100 restoration begins (hopefully next year), or maybe use it to find a camper that fits my needs better.

While we were getting that hooked up and loaded up the carburetor for the little 2300 generator came in, so got that installed. @SenorNoob I couldn't tell you if it was the cheapest from Amazon or not, but it was the only one with Prime shipping. , swapped a couple of pieces from the old carb, poppet it on, pulled the cord twice and it was purring.

When pulling the plastic casing off, one of the fasteners for the side panels is a bolt into a square nut. The square nut slots into the bottom pan and it was sipnning, looks like the plastic slot cracked from the bolt holes and was spreading. I had to rip it out to remove the panel. Knowing that the generator was going to be G2G, I mixed up some JB Weld and glued it back into place and left that to cure over night. Probably go back over Tuesday after work and putting it back together.

Next project will probably be the Kawasaki 300 4x4. Looks like the float valve in the carburetor might be stuck shut on it. I'd drained the bowl when I was over there last week, and left the fuel turned on to the carburetor when I left. When I opened the bowl drain today I got a single drop out of it. Pull the feed line off the carburetor and it flows good out of the tank. Makes sense why I couldn't get it to run the other day. To quote Carl: "It ain't got no gas in it." Unfortunately that thing is buried down in there, so going to need to figure out the right wat to extract it.