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05-01-2011, 05:34 PM
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Sunday rant
OK , today was going to be a nice day to work on the truck.
installed the 2.5" lowering blocks, rebuild long arms, u bolts/etc couldn't do the brakes as the rubber line and shoes are on order.. so I turn to the front, jack it up and stands,, get tools to change the th350 pan gasket/filter/rear seal.. as I have the drive shaft out.. from installing the 3 new joints and new carrier bearing.. so yay me, there is 2 pan bolts that are blocked by the crossmember, fine, unbolt the mount, jack up tail not enough room to get to the bolts, I could've got them off with 1/4 drive but would've been a royal p.i.t.a. to get back in. no prob. I'll unbolt the crossmember and slide it back some.. most of the cars I've owned and even some trucks (s-10) 4 bolts and it's out.. 8 bolts REALLY to hold a tail end of a tranny,, so 7 of those fight me the whole way, the 8th one didn't as it was AWOL.. the mount was missing one bolt for the crossmember and one to the tranny case.. didn't matter, it was toast, sheel and rubber not one anymore.. fine, so. that ended that, as no one has this mount and I have a energy sub tranny mount but that only fit the newer style 77 up so. ordered that.. I figured on the tranny pan gasket taking maybe an hour. taking my time.. nope,, 2.5 tho. I did paint the pan.. can't finish anything as I'm waiting on parts.. oh well rant over.. how was your day.. 
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05-01-2011, 05:46 PM
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Re: Sunday rant
Someone said 'count on every small job taking 3 times longer and twice as much money to do than originally thought'. He's right a lot of the time.
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05-01-2011, 06:56 PM
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Re: Sunday rant
Think "Outside The Box", and be thankful for what you DID learn today.
Bad Mount/Missing Bolts. One Door Closes and another opens. (Feeling "Zen" today). 
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05-01-2011, 08:02 PM
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Re: Sunday rant
yes yes,,
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05-01-2011, 08:07 PM
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Re: Sunday rant
sounds like any tipycal day in my life of working on vehicles....
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05-01-2011, 08:45 PM
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Re: Sunday rant
Atleast you got something accomplished. I had big plans of working on the 70 this weekend since the weather wasnt going to be the best, well a huge snow storm took power out at about 10 yesterday and we just got it back about 2.5 hours ago. A whole weekend shot to sh*t.
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05-01-2011, 08:49 PM
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Re: Sunday rant
Quote:
(no more Snow)! 
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05-01-2011, 08:51 PM
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Re: Sunday rant
I could have cared less if the power would have been on all weekend but I need lights since I have no windows in the shop and most of my projects involved a welder. Oh well its just an excuse to take a day off work this week.
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