Project; Divorce Therapy ( 72 SWB 4x4 )

[cmabolt]

Hey Gary! Just checkin in. Made any progress lately or staying in from the cold?
Have a good holiday.
Chris

[CUSTOM/10]

Hey Chris:

My knee had finally gotten back to the point where I could get around and do things again, got all caught up with the firewood and leaf clean up, and I suffered yet another health setback !

On Sunday, just before Thanks Giving, I notice something wasn't quite right with my right leg & arm, my fine motor skills were not good, I had 2 incidences that day where I couldn’t control them correctly. When I had the 2nd episode I had my girlfriend take me to the hospital. Turns out I was having a small stroke !!!! Yikes, what a scare !!!! I was rushed into Mass General Hospital in Boston, where I spent the next couple of days. Long story short, I’m just about back to 100% and working again. Close call !

My place of work is shutting down for 2 weeks over the Holidays so I plan on spending some of that time working on the truck.

Gary

[cmabolt]

Originally Posted by CUSTOM/10

Hey Chris:

My knee had finally gotten back to the point where I could get around and do things again, got all caught up with the firewood and leaf clean up, and I suffered yet another health setback !

On Sunday, just before Thanks Giving, I notice something wasn't quite right with my right leg & arm, my fine motor skills were not good, I had 2 incidences that day where I couldn’t control them correctly. When I had the 2nd episode I had my girlfriend take me to the hospital. Turns out I was having a small stroke !!!! Yikes, what a scare !!!! I was rushed into Mass General Hospital in Boston, where I spent the next couple of days. Long story short, I’m just about back to 100% and working again. Close call !

My place of work is shutting down for 2 weeks over the Holidays so I plan on spending some of that time working on the truck.

Gary

Wow Gary! That is some scary stuff. I too hope this is all behind you now and that good health is all that you encounter from here on out. It's not fun when the body doesn't work the way it's supposed to. I experienced a lot of that this past year. Getting old does suck indeed.

Enjoy your time off and the Holiday's.
Chris

[hillbilly_deluxe]

Hope all is well from here on out with your health.
Kyle
P.S. Subscribed a couple weeks ago sweet project. Keep up the good work!!

[CUSTOM/10]

Thanks Kyle !!!!

I sure hope that was the last of my heath issue for a while !!!

It sucks getting old, but it sure beats the alternative !!!!
Gary

[swamp rat]

Thanks for sharing and glad to hear your doing better! I'm 54 as well and i always seem to be battling something, thanks for the wake up call.

[CUSTOM/10]

Yeah, lately it's been a struggle, one thing after the other. But as far as I know there's only one way to avoid getting old, and I don't want that, so I'll deal with the aches and pains, heed the serious warnings and keep moving !

I'm thinking about getting a book called "Eat To Life". It's supposed to be the only diet proven to get your cholesterol down by as much as 33%. I hate taking the statin drugs, they just don't agree with me.... Man I'm going to miss my burgers & steaks..... "LOL"

[swamp rat]

Originally Posted by CUSTOM/10

I'm thinking about getting a book called "Eat To Life". It's supposed to be the only diet proven to get your cholesterol down by as much as 33%. I hate taking the statin drugs, they just don't agree with me.... Man I'm going to miss my burgers & steaks..... "LOL"

I'll have to look into the book, i cant take Statin's ether i get too dizzy.

[CUSTOM/10]

I get the muscle & joint pains.
I got the 2 books today, one explains everything and the other is basically a recipe or cook book. It's basically becoming a vegetarian ! Doubt that will work for me, but I'll try it for a while to get my cholesterol down then go from there....

[Dean'smeanmachine]

Hope it goes well for you

[Ozzy2013]

I know how you feel guys by the time i was 43 i had both shoulders reconstructed ,Right knee and three vertebrae in my back fused and metal plates in the front and rods and anchors in the back .I used to be a lineman Electrical and had to retire early and close my Motorcycle repair shop down too .Its a huge adjustment and i lost it for a few years !LOL but it all works out in the end just have to pace myself real slow.Ha ha

[CUSTOM/10]

Ozzy, sounds like you got busted up pretty bad man ! Must be fun going through the metal detector at the airport !!! "LOL"

[Ozzy2013]

Yea its always a challenge ha ha

[redbaron]

Very nice build. Like the color. Green is really starting to grow on me. We built a 70 Chevelle SS that was an original dark green car. We added a little blue to the green and the car just popped. But now the light greens are to my liking.

[swamp rat]

I tend to have the same problem myself.

[ryanroo]

me too. i have neglected the garage cleaning lately. it shows.

your workbench looks sweet! especially clean!

[jaros44sr]

Not quite as bad as yours, but not good! My method is to push everything to the rear, until i get enuff space to work. LOL


20141120_125504 by james_jaros, on Flickr

[CUSTOM/10]

Thanks ryanroo;

Well it's time to get going again on the truck, and my garage is just a single stall under the house so there's not much room, cleaning it helped a lot.

I found out that a thermostat by-pass hose is needed with any sbc with Vortec heads so I'm going to take care of that before I forget ! Problem being I didn't know this prior to buying and installing my High volume reverse rotation aluminum water pump. This water pump also has no provisions for the heater return hose so I'm looking at drilling and tapping the side of the water pump about in the center of the picture in the flat area. ( If there's enough meat )

What do you guys think ???

[CUSTOM/10]

I had no room left to push anything !!! "LOL"

[jaros44sr]

Gary, i read that thread and my take on it was if you have a functioning heater, flow would be ok to prevent steam pockets. But, weren t they also saying you had to drill the block in the right spot......keep the pics coming as i could use some direction on how to address this problem

Nice clean shop, i ll try to follow suite

[CUSTOM/10]

Jim;

Yes on the heater, but if you had A/C and the water shut off valve then you either needed a by-pass hose or drill holes in the thermostat itself. Most blocks have the water by-pass hole, it's the vortec heads that don't have the water crossover passage in them and you could build steam, over heat the heads and possibly crack a head. So I'm going to put the by-pass hose in, that goes from the intake manifold to the top of the water pump, but my issue is I have no connection on the suction side of the pump for my heater.

Gary

[Last_Paladin]

Put the temp sensor in the thermostat neck, where it should be. Run the steam port to where you have the sensor.

[tjsblazer]

Gary, couple questions after looking at the Engine pic above.
1) What radiator / fan / shroud set up are you using?
2) What headers are you using?

Thanks again, Jeff.

[CUSTOM/10]

Hey Jeff

Entropy radiator & their fans and controler ! The headers are Headman Elite SS headers for our trucks. I did have to clearance the frame a little for the headers because of the engine being 2" forward from stock.

Gary

[cmabolt]

Have fun with the snow. Not!!

We were on the very bottom of that storm and got an inch. My sympathies!
Chris