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Did a little work on the Jeep bumper I made last summer. The first pic is last summer towing behind the motorhome. The red shackles were used because the safety cable hooks were not big enough to hook directly to the bumper.

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I ground the loop more on the bottom corner so the hook will fit, ground a groove down the center, and then laid a bead to match the top. I haven't decided whether I will just zzzt zzzt a touch-up or repaint the whole thing. The shackles will now just be used if we get in a pinch somewhere off the beaten path...

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looks nice!

 

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Blue64Tbird, I take it you like T birds, I know of a 64 buried in 2 feet of wet and soggy leaves with lots of holes eaten through the sheet metal plus it is covered in moss. The vinal top is gone it is a sad sight to see. It is sitting in the rain forest in Washington.

 

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Nice looks like a great easy project unlike the other, it would be damn near impossible to restore it., Would be damn near impossible to restore it. the only thing I would do with the sad rust pile would be cutting the whole bottom end out of the thunderbird, stick an old f150 frame under it with the twin I beam suspension and put a new floor pan in. I think it would look great as a Baja bird. I like the twin I beam mostly for the great offroad abilities and sketchy road handling. Good luck restoring your grandmas Tbird.

 

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It's to pretty. Go rub it against some rocks.

It ain't an off-road vehicle until you beat the piss out of it.

 

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So my son gives it a try. Started on the second pull for him. (Grrrr!)
Meanwhile, the Makita rental worked like a champ! A 4 stroke engine!!! 😃😃😃

It always works for the next person, I hate it.

 

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Last night helped my dad work on our 92 Suzuki Sidekick pulling the intake apart finding a way to put a Datsun carb on. Will be needing a bit of Jerry Rigging.

 

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Worked on the intake for the Suzuki just about to throw the carb on and wedge the Suzuki between the dunes again and go bombing down a dry creek bed. As if the bent frame, broken body mount, motor mount, radiator mounts, bent traction bar, suspension blown into oblivion along with steering, blown head gasket, trashed rings and pistons, oblong cylinders, along with everything else. Most of the problems are taken care of. The 92 Suzuki is my dad's pride and joy, mostly because it left him stuck once after the clutch and head gasket saw the pearly gates in the sand dunes. The amount of cracks in the frame that had to be welded is ridiculous, On the outside it looks fine except for the passenger mirror that is held together with duct tape, missing trim, zip-tied grill, broken led light in the grill, minor dents busted rear hub cap raked bumpers, and a hell of a lot more. That thing is about as strong as the rock the lower control arm was attacked by (He has lots of fun taking people for rides in it and bringing them back looking like a ghost, even if it means you can't go above 10 mph without getting thrown into a ditch).

 

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Yesterday was a great day got to do nothing and relax for a bit and a little more work on the Suzuki. This morning however I had to walk for an hour because someone slashed my bike tire during seminary. If your going to destroy something destroy your own crap! $30 worth of tire down the freaking drain, I am not made of money. That $30 could have gone into buying another mower and selling it for $150. that $150 could have gone into the 93 Mazda.

 

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Suzuki update. Sorry for the poor photo quality.
The grill is finally mounted by zip ties again, we went from 15-20 mph to zero by getting wedged between the dunes we had the front end buried in the sand. The rear passenger side tire was about three feet in the air. We found the grill disconnected and bolts ripped from the plastic.

Datsun carb on the homemade intake manifold. All that is left is ignition, some wiring, and clutch linkage. The block had been over bored .05 inches new incorrect but correct enough to work distributor.

 

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Luck has turned around for me this week finally. The Suzuki finally runs nice and smooth.

Got a free lawnmower along with another lawnmower engine. The first is a 216 cc honda mower, the second one is a
1993 ish 6.5 HP Toro an older version of my 1998 6.5 HP Toro also known as "1 Ton".

I have cleaned the carb, burned the carbon off the plug, and fixed the self-propelled issue. The fishing wait was able to be used to increase tension. Once I get a new air filter and more motor oil I will sell it.

I am going to scrap the new Toro deck, reset the valve lash and store it for later.
I was able to get new rear tires for 1 ton, the guy who gave me the other mowers had one more mower that was
exactly the same mower as 1 ton the engine was seized up so I took the tires, The old ones are bald and paper-thin.

 

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Here are the rest of the photos. This is the heaviest mower I have ever owned plus the transmission does not like to be pushed around.

 

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I was just looking at the bald and cracking tire thinking how the hell could someone cut that much grass? I mean, one is not doing burn outs with it.

Burn out, just change the front pulley, rear pulley, and belt It is easy to make smoke with the rubber tires

 

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Learned that dollar store electrical tape works as an inner tube patch kit. Took an old inner tube that had 10 holes and patched them. Lasted long enough to get to Walmart for a new tube they still don't have a 29-inch bike tread so I have the original paper-thin tread on it.

 

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Waiting on parts for the s10 still.

My 01 must have sensed I had some time because I have a missfire. I threw some new plugs in and ordered a new regulatior tonight that will be here Tuesday. I have a bucket full of coil rows I can throw on if the regulatior does not fix it.
I am 95% sure it is the regulatior though.

Most likely.

 

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Headed back out to the garage to clean the bugs off the front of the 57 before they turned to concrete. I finished that up and decided to take care of one of the quirks in my HF 20 ton press. The moving part had a lot of slop in the ends. A C-clamp and a hammer took care of the overwhelming majority of the slop. Clamp one side, smack the other with the hammer. Lather, rinse, repeat. I may wrap a thin piece of aluminum around one ear on each side to get a little more slop out if needed. I noticed some movement when I was pressing parts of the T5 trans, but it was really noticeable when I was pressing the front bearing for the Hooptie van. Maybe a strip or two from a drink can will do the trick if needed. View attachment 616669 View attachment 616670 View attachment 616671 View attachment 616672

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Bug cement is the worst to clean off. Those little kamikazes are annoying just about need sandpaper. The worst is fresh varnish and paint, When my grandparents built their house who knows how long ago they had to redo all the varnish on the hardwood floor throughout their home, there were too many bugs stuck in the varnish and paint, Had to sand all varnish off and redo the window screens and still, there were lots of bugs stuck in everything. The paint was painted over.

 

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I'm working on house neglect.
Man. are all the trees overgrown around my property. It takes forever to cut up branches.
Not car stuff, but that's what I worked on today......ha..........

I have been working at a tree farm putting in a drip irrigation system for a few (6,000) trees, very time consuming, 8 to 4 get home lawn care till the sun goes down maybe a meal in there.

 

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Bad, bad day.

Went to the re-opening of Summerduck Dragway last night. Under new ownership and they have made a lot of improvements plus lengthening the track about 150 feet. I don't care for the water box situation where you have to pull around and then back in to the box - but it is what it is.

Took the Monza out for what I wanted to be a few test passes. Figured with two time shots and a first round I could make three decent hits and collect some data. If I got a bit lucky, then maybe another extra hit but luck decided not to join me for the ride last night. Yesterday was flat hot, miserable high humidity and I was burning through T-shirts - I had brought 5 extras with me. We got the car through the inspection process with them checking the belts, power off switch and the safety neutral switch. Back at the trailer, one last look at everything then put the hood back in place, topped off the methanol and headed to the staging lanes. I decided to run the right lane, may or may not have been the right choice. Anyway I pull around and my son is helping me backup into the water box - mind you we are having to rely on the track person to have the area wet enough. I pull back up to a spot to perform the burnout, pump the brakes (which I now notice are not as solid as I like them) set the linelock and start the burnout - the car twist usually meaning that one tire is dryer than the other. I stop and my son backs me into the water again. This time I tap the pedal and spin them then come out. Same procedure but the burnout is good this time. So move up and light the prestage bulb, once the other car prestages, I start bumping in and just barely turn the stage light on. I get on the brake pedal and start bringing up the RPM, figure to leave about 2500, I notice the car creeps just a touch but then holds. I'm concentrating on that last bulb - it flashes, I nail the throttle, she lifts and I think "good launch!", then a split second later about 45-50 feet out I'm into the right wall. It bounces off that wall and starts heading across the track to the other side and I remember saying to myself "F*** No - not messing up both sides of the car!! - I get it straightened out. I sit there for a few seconds, engine is still running, check the gauges no issues, look for smoke or anything resembling steam - no issues and I drive it away. (Yes I got yelled at for doing that - but I could tell the car was alright).

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I spent the next hour collecting my missing fiberglass - got most of it recovered. The 1/2" tube mounting for the one-piece front is twisted and destroyed, some wiring is crushed and the right side part of the cowl got bent upwards a bit. I am still not sure what caused it to suddenly turn as nothing in the ladder bars is broken but I need to check the axles and see if the right rear is broken.

Bad, bad day.

The good thing is no one was hurt good luck with the repairs wish I could help.

 

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X3 and it appears the front wheel may be bent as well. My guess would the axle too, for it to turn that suddenly on you. Watch vids where it looks like the car is possessed, turns hard right and slams itself into a wall.

That aluminum rim was most likely bent from the impact there is a high chance that there is suspension damage. There would be no way that tire would pass the tech inspection even by Roadkill standards, and some reason for those "possessed" cars would be broken tie rods, ball joints, bad alignment, or in special cases closing the scrub line gap causing the car to turn sharper than a knife. In drag racing you are playing with a fine line. Odds are always staked against you. It did not sound like the front end was reaching for the sky I have no idea how chasracer managed that, but During suspension travel however the steering alignment does change and it could have had just enough play to cause it to wreck, that is also another reason people lower there cars.