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

[Boog]

There are SO many clueless drivers out there. You did the right thing.

[LS short box]

I blocked sanded the cab of a Ford F150. Such fun.

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by LS short box

I blocked sanded the cab of a Ford F150. Such fun.

As I remember you’re doing exchange work for work on your truck right .

[Steeveedee]

The roofer came back and discussed our roof replacement. Materials are at scandalous prices these days, still. I'm not going to discuss the price estimate here.

[GOPAPA]

Originally Posted by Steeveedee

The roofer came back and discussed our roof replacement. Materials are at scandalous prices these days, still. I'm not going to discuss the price estimate here.

Going to have a new asphalt roof put on this year too..I am not healthy enough any more to be on a roof..and I have done a few,,, estimate is around 14K '''''''''''''OUCH!!

[Steeveedee]

Originally Posted by GOPAPA

Going to have a new asphalt roof put on this year too..I am not healthy enough any more to be on a roof..and I have done a few,,, estimate is around 14K '''''''''''''OUCH!!

I have a 2105 Sq Ft house. Should have had it done 3 years ago, before material prices got stupid high.

[FleetsidePaul]

Originally Posted by GOPAPA

Going to have a new asphalt roof put on this year too..I am not healthy enough any more to be on a roof..and I have done a few,,, estimate is around 14K '''''''''''''OUCH!!

Now you're scaring me. I need a roof on my barn. It's not huge but it's barn shaped. Quite a bit of pitch on it.

I got some quotes on painting my house. I knew going in that it was going to be a lot of money. It's a big house and has a ton of woodwork that needs a lot of prep. They estimate about 3 weeks of work. 27K. Ouch is right.

[FleetsidePaul]

Drained my pool. It didn't look that bad when it had water in it. Pretty good actually. Now it looks like a dirty toilet bowl.

[tutone]

Today I worked on my 98 k1500. We went 200 miles to see the grandbaby. I took it cause the diesel is down. It ran fine on the way down and on the way back, 20 miles into the trip, itstarted cutting out under a load. A/C and a steep incline. This has happened before and it usually calls for a new cap and rotor. It was happenning at intervals of 30-40k miles but this time 10k.
So I babied it to I40 and jumped off at Dickson TN 150 miles from home. I asked for a new cap /rotor/ and I bought a little screwdriver set so if needed, I could change it on the way. But we made it home ok.
So today I pulled the new cap out and guess what, it was worse than the one on my truck. It was dirty and used. I called the parts store down there and they fixed it where I could swap it out locally.
The last time this happened, I was still working and we were on a 21 day 12 hr shutdown, so I took it to a reputable garage and they tuned it up.
When I went to tighten my cap, the ear on my distributor was cracked in the front. I made a bracket to clmp it in place until I can get a new one.
So if you guys buy new parts, open the box and take a look.
I was lucky that we made it home.

[Getter-Done]

Originally Posted by tutone

Today I worked on my 98 k1500. We went 200 miles to see the grandbaby. I took it cause the diesel is down. It ran fine on the way down and on the way back, 20 miles into the trip, itstarted cutting out under a load. A/C and a steep incline. This has happened before and it usually calls for a new cap and rotor. It was happenning at intervals of 30-40k miles but this time 10k.
So I babied it to I40 and jumped off at Dickson TN 150 miles from home. I asked for a new cap /rotor/ and I bought a little screwdriver set so if needed, I could change it on the way. But we made it home ok.
So today I pulled the new cap out and guess what, it was worse than the one on my truck. It was dirty and used. I called the parts store down there and they fixed it where I could swap it out locally.
The last time this happened, I was still working and we were on a 21 day 12 hr shutdown, so I took it to a reputable garage and they tuned it up.
When I went to tighten my cap, the ear on my distributor was cracked in the front. I made a bracket to clmp it in place until I can get a new one.
So if you guys buy new parts, open the box and take a look.
I was lucky that we made it home.

Yeah
I agree
Check those parts

I keep a rotor button and a set of (Fan) belts under the seat

[Gregski]

got some real werk done today !

[KW5413]

Originally Posted by Gregski

got some real werk done today !

Now dat rat thar is funny. I used (3) furniture dollies from Harbor Freight, under an 8-foot span, for a rolling work platform 15 years ago for my machine shop. Still used daily.

Great minds....

[D.B]

Originally Posted by KW5413

Now dat rat thar is funny. I used (3) furniture dollies from Harbor Freight, under an 8-foot span, for a rolling work platform 15 years ago for my machine shop. Still used daily.

Great minds....

Talking about HF and furniture dollies. A number of years ago when HF had a large sale on their furniture dollies, I went and bought a number of them. They were cheap and I knew at some point I would put them to use. A few months went by I wanted to do some cleaning in my shop and found it was a huge hassle to move my cabinets and work benches away from the walls. They were not on wheels, and it took me most of the day to do the cleaning. So, I remembered I had these dollies and decided to put them to good use. I fabricated them under my cabinets and work benches. So now what took a full day to clean only takes a couple of hours.

[Gregski]

where my GMC owners at

[Gregski]

GMC's rule,
Cheby's drool !

[Boog]

Oh, way too organized for a home build it shop.

[Getter-Done]

Originally Posted by Gregski

GMC's rule,
Cheby's drool !

Nice work on the cart.

[Gregski]

so I mounted these sexy hooks in the garage the other day, I just had to have 'em

and now I forgot what I'm supposed to hang on 'em

[special-K]

It'll come to you. I like the GMC letter on the tool chest. So move that towel or whatever it is you slob!!

I put a GMC emblem, I think, from an early van on the cross box on my '72. It covers the bee holes left after removing the TSC emblem

[Warrens69GMC]

My tool boxes are all in...

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by Warrens69GMC

My tool boxes are all in...

Back in Black... luv it, how are the ball bearings ???

[special-K]

You guys play with dollies. haa haa (said like that bully on The Simpsons)

[FleetsidePaul]

Today I walked into my garage and immediately went back in the house. 107 degrees here today.

What can be done today can be done later. Turn up the air conditioning.

I don't care what they say. Dry heat is still really friggin hot.

[FleetsidePaul]

Today I walked into my garage and immediately went back in the house. 107 degrees here today.

What can be done today can be done later. Turn up the air conditioning.

I don't care what they say. Dry heat is still really friggin hot.

[special-K]

Hey Paul, I heard you twice the first time (a line I use on drunks). Welcome back to the auto-dupe club. Or is it the dupimatic club? Did you have to wait a long time for your post to send? I know all about this problem except why

I'm restoring some old raised panel doors and hardware in this old house. I'm working in the garage or under my canopy I set up. I have fans. The owner is on vacation and a/c turned off. I went in to remove the jamb side of the hinges so I could start the stripping process. This is second floor. I was fine outside, barely sweating. Up there I immediately started having sweat coming out of every pore. Shouldn't be humid inside with windows closed. It was all I could do to remove one pair of hinge halves, 6 screws. I started getting flustered by the time I got to the second one. I had to get out of there before the heat consumed me. I don't know what the temperature is in their but outside with slight air movement at 90* sure felt better