What did you do today not on your truck...

[72c20customcamper]

Only thing left to do is change the oil and filter which is a pain on these as the front head pipe on the exhaust needs to be removed to get at the filter. But it’s already off so I’ll change it out even though it’s not time . You change the filter every other oil change . I started to detail it too since it was apart finish that tomorrow also

[dieseldawg142]

rest of my kids tires showed up today.
we mounted them up and threw them on the 'bird
old and busted...new hotness

[Boog]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

Only thing left to do is change the oil and filter which is a pain on these as the front head pipe on the exhaust needs to be removed to get at the filter. But it’s already off so I’ll change it out even though it’s not time . You change the filter every other oil change . I started to detail it too since it was apart finish that tomorrow also

You probably wouldn't buy another one of those bikes now would you?

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by Boog

You probably wouldn't buy another one of those bikes now would you?

Actually have two . A 99 650 and this 1100 this is the first thing to go wrong on it in 57k miles . The oil thing can be remedied with an aftermarket remote filter .

$5000 new and it’s holding up better than the 23k Road Glide I have . I would not buy another Harley well maybe a pan head

[special-K]

Hey! Don't you be knocking on my Harleys!! Oh. sorry, I see you were referring to the more recent offerings. No thanks, it's go old or it's no go for me. For me, it's Evo or earlier. Yes, I consider the Evos old and they were as modern as a Harley ever needed to get. The beauty in the Harley was how they had survived so long with so little change in style or even general design. Like Jeeps and Vettes did... until more recently. All three came out as favorites for passing up on the fickle changes everything else went through. My dream is to rebuild a 66-69 (would consider '70-'72) Electra-Glide for touring this country's 2-lanes. I'd feel more secure with one of those than anything newer. Or build one off that frame design with an Evo/5spd/belt

Anyway, glad you got the bike done. Turned a nightmare into just a PIA

The Firebird has it's look now! I bet he's happy.

I got the shed roof cut back for the 32 1/2" barn move........whenever that happens. Poking at it here and there some and also nothing

If I showed these somewhere already, sorry for a repeat

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by special-K

Hey! Don't you be knocking on my Harleys!! Oh. sorry, I see you were referring to the more recent offerings. No thanks, it's go old or it's no go for me. For me, it's Evo or earlier. Yes, I consider the Evos old and they were as modern as a Harley ever needed to get. The beauty in the Harley was how they had survived so long with so little change in style or even general design. Like Jeeps and Vettes did... until more recently. All three came out as favorites for passing up on the fickle changes everything else went through. My dream is to rebuild a 66-69 (would consider '70-'72) Electra-Glide for touring this country's 2-lanes. I'd feel more secure with one of those than anything newer. Or build one off that frame design with an Evo/5spd/belt

Anyway, glad you got the bike done. Turned a nightmare into just a PIA

The Firebird has it's look now! I bet he's happy.

I got the shed roof cut back for the 32 1/2" barn move........whenever that happens. Poking at it here and there some and also nothing

If I showed these somewhere already, sorry for a repeat

I went to pick up the oil filter today . Yamaha -Kawasaki dealer they had nothing but ATVs and a couple of sport bikes . Friend is a salesman there we talked he’s going to try and find a 1300 Yamaha bagger they stopped making them in 2017 said he’d if he finds one he can give cash back on trade with my Road Glide . This is the bike she wants. She tried the Kawasaki Voyager but didn’t like it said it was a tad to big .

[LT7A]

Originally Posted by special-K

Hey! Don't you be knocking on my Harleys!! Oh. sorry, I see you were referring to the more recent offerings. No thanks, it's go old or it's no go for me. For me, it's Evo or earlier. Yes, I consider the Evos old and they were as modern as a Harley ever needed to get. The beauty in the Harley was how they had survived so long with so little change in style or even general design. Like Jeeps and Vettes did... until more recently. All three came out as favorites for passing up on the fickle changes everything else went through. My dream is to rebuild a 66-69 (would consider '70-'72) Electra-Glide for touring this country's 2-lanes. I'd feel more secure with one of those than anything newer. Or build one off that frame design with an Evo/5spd/belt

Anyway, glad you got the bike done. Turned a nightmare into just a PIA

The Firebird has it's look now! I bet he's happy.

I got the shed roof cut back for the 32 1/2" barn move........whenever that happens. Poking at it here and there some and also nothing

If I showed these somewhere already, sorry for a repeat

That's good progress on your barn move. How is it going with fixing your friend's structure that got bashed by a tree?

[LT7A]

Originally Posted by dieseldawg142

rest of my kids tires showed up today.
we mounted them up and threw them on the 'bird
old and busted...new hotness
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With the calendar on December with a 1970 442 picture, the Metallica banner, and the Firebird, I would not feel like a fish out of water in your garage. You have hit many of the high points of my existence

[dieseldawg142]

Originally Posted by LT7A

With the calendar on December with a 1970 442 picture, the Metallica banner, and the Firebird, I would not feel like a fish out of water in your garage. You have hit many of the high points of my existence

i buy my calendars for the pictures mostly....

[72c20customcamper]

Ready for the next 50k miles . Need to buy some new bags the old one are tearing on the bottoms .

[LT7A]

Originally Posted by dieseldawg142

i buy my calendars for the pictures mostly....

Hahaha!

[72c20customcamper]

Started to inventory the stuff on the trailer I picked up from an old hardware store. 25 type set boxes a US postal sorting bin from the local post office still has the peoples names on it . I also got lots of old boxes and new metal gas cans . And just a bunch of other odds and ends .

First three are of the base table top and sorting cabinet. Very rear to find all three . Tag is dated 1951

[Steeveedee]

Nice score! You can get some fair money for the printer's drawers. Just steam clean them and list them on etsy.

[special-K]

I got all set up to make trim for a job. The sun was hot so I set up the canopy. Thunderstorms were predicted and I almost got it all made up before the few drops of rain began as I stashed the last pieces into a building. Then, did it rain?? It rained harder and harder. I had ducked into the building the trim went into. I don't know how long it rained like that. Less than an hour I'm sure. The rain gauge read 2" when the rain let up

[FleetsidePaul]

Originally Posted by special-K

I got all set up to make trim for a job. The sun was hot so I set up the canopy. Thunderstorms were predicted and I almost got it all made up before the few drops of rain began as I stashed the last pieces into a building. Then, did it rain?? It rained harder and harder. I had ducked into the building the trim went into. I don't know how long it rained like that. Less than an hour I'm sure. The rain gauge read 2" when the rain let up

I love that Suburban. And everything is so green. You don't see that around here. It's only supposed to be 98 degrees today. So it's cooling down.

I held the door open for a lady at the gas station yesterday and the door handle about burned my fingers off. But she was nice looking and she smiled. So it was worth it. Who needs fingers.

[Boog]

We haven't had measurable rain here in over a month but last night a line of thunderstorms came through here after midnight. All I heard was the wind. We got very little rain but plenty of wind. I spent much of my morning picking up limbs, again, and added them to the burn pile.
Of course, we are under a burn ban.

[KW5413]

Getting so damned hot here the upstairs A/C compressor is struggling, during the heat of theand can't make 74 F. Holds at around 78F trying to get there. So, I have zip tied a soaker hose over both compressors. The fans throw the water on the fins. Keeps the fins cool which keeps the freon cooler which make the whole system run less.

We run the soaker from about 1:00 - 6:00ish...around the time the neighbor's house throw shade on the units.

Of, course now...I have to attack the new skeeter population.

Naturally...Iphone pics are sideways.
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[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by KW5413

Getting so damned hot here the upstairs A/C compressor is struggling, during the heat of theand can't make 74 F. Holds at around 78F trying to get there. So, I have zip tied a soaker hose over both compressors. The fans throw the water on the fins. Keeps the fins cool which keeps the freon cooler which make the whole system run less.

We run the soaker from about 1:00 - 6:00ish...around the time the neighbor's house throw shade on the units.

Of, course now...I have to attack the new skeeter population.

Naturally...Iphone pics are sideways.
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Good idea but I would think most of the water would be blown up and away with the fans . I would think those little mist hoses like they use on patios around the outside would be more efficient.

[special-K]

Yeah, no shortage of green here. That's one thing great about that Suburban. I was able to stuff the two 1 x 8 x 12 footers in and slam the hatch to keep them dry. The storm passed and I was able to finish up. That was Saturday. Yesterday I got it all out, sanded, primed, and let it dry. Put it all back inside just before the thunderstorm.

Now today I got it all out and sanded it. More worried about earlier thunderstorms and now it's the pretty paint. I set it up to take directly inside on racks. And it did already come thundering through here a while back and still thundering. It's about time to fire up the grille.

[KW5413]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

Good idea but I would think most of the water would be blown up and away with the fans . I would think those little mist hoses like they use on patios around the outside would be more efficient.

Yep...that may be more water efficient. I will certainly look into that next year. Thanks for the idea.

This year our "Hot" months are about a month ahead of average. May had June weather. June had July weather and now all of July is averaging August weather...if not higher.

[FleetsidePaul]

Originally Posted by special-K

Yeah, no shortage of green here. That's one thing great about that Suburban. I was able to stuff the two 1 x 8 x 12 footers in and slam the hatch to keep them dry. The storm passed and I was able to finish up. That was Saturday. Yesterday I got it all out, sanded, primed, and let it dry. Put it all back inside just before the thunderstorm.

Now today I got it all out and sanded it. More worried about earlier thunderstorms and now it's the pretty paint. I set it up to take directly inside on racks. And it did already come thundering through here a while back and still thundering. It's about time to fire up the grille.

We've got nothing but dirt and some very tough trees here that manage to survive. My wife wants to grow vegetables. Yeah right. They won't grow here. I put some fake plants out at the end of the driveway. They look real. We'll see how long they last in this climate. I'd take a picture but it's just too dang hot outside.

Paid bills today. Ugh! My electric bill was $287 and I wasn't even here for 2 weeks and I still get my 25% employee discount. I can't imagine what it would have been. i guess I'll find out next month because I'm back and the air is running.

My wife bought a bucket of KFC chicken...42 bucks.

[3757chevy]

Originally Posted by FleetsidePaul

My wife bought a bucket of KFC chicken...42 bucks.

Must have got the 8 pc.

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by Boog

We haven't had measurable rain here in over a month but last night a line of thunderstorms came through here after midnight. All I heard was the wind. We got very little rain but plenty of wind. I spent much of my morning picking up limbs, again, and added them to the burn pile.
Of course, we are under a burn ban.

We’re under flash flood warning .

[Stocker]

I spent the last three days digging a 3' diameter hole, 3' deep for a new tree in the front yard. Several inches of imported topsoil, then native soil, then several inches of hardpan that took a diggin' bar to break up. Halfway down I found two old iron (or steel?) 4" water pipes running through the center of the new hole. Had to wait for the water company to verify they were abandoned. Took 'em out this morning with a sawzall. Hope to plant the tree tomorrow.

[Steeveedee]

In California, contact these people before digging. They can save your life.

https://www.digalert.org/calaw