Mike The Grad's Coolant Splat

[Mike_The_Grad]

Mechanicalman: I definitely appreciate your input. The way I look at it is, the more information available to me will help me make the correct choices. Everyone isn't right, and everyone isn't wrong. I will pass along the opinion and see what I hear in return. And yes, I agree with you about doing this again in the near future. I don't want to! It seems as though everything I've done up til this point I've already had to redo. But that's the fun about learning right?! Pfff.... I'm about getting it done right the first time. But that can't always be when I try and do everything myself for the first time. I love to learn, just not at the price of doing everything twice. It is what it is, and I'm much smarter now than I was 6 months ago.

[magwakeenercew2jh]

Originally Posted by Mike_The_Grad

Mechanicalman: I definitely appreciate your input. ...snip... It is what it is, and I'm much smarter now than I was 6 months ago.

HIJACK RANT: ON

Hell, I'm sixty-eight and have been working on American cars and bikes (and some BMW's thrown in the mix) since I was fourteen.

All I can say is that thanks to guys like mechanicalman, Locdoc, VetteVet, and so many others that SHOULD BE NAMED,
I'm much smarter about these puzzles than I was a few days ago. And a few months ago. And a few years ago.

Now, when it comes to taking good advice, I still need some work. It's a hard lesson to learn at any age to step back and
take another look while those with more experience than I offer up their selfless and precious help.

The real deal, in life as well as in this stuff, is getting out of one's own head. And then practicing humility while paying it
forward.

The people on this Forum are still teaching this old dog.

HIJACK RANT: OFF

[Mike_The_Grad]

Magweekeenercew2jh: 100% in agreement. Even though I don't really let others on to how much I don't know, I will be the first one to admit when I'm wrong. Mostly because, I don't want to give someone else the satisfaction in knowing that they called me on my bull$#!+...lol. I still don't know what I'm doing but I have an idea. In the short time I've been a member I've searched through countless threads for hours, thinking that I have a problem no ones EVER had. Boy am I wrong. Its comforting to know I'm not the first, and definitely not the last. So I try to pay it forward, even if my two cents ain't worth the time it took to type it.
Below is comparison for the amount of work I have put into my truck. All work done by me in my garage. (Except carb rebuild,to easy to screw up...) Top:Jan.'14,middle:mar.'14,bottom: may'14