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

[allchevy58]

Originally Posted by 4u2nv

That's a nice unit he has there , does the back open up to drive your toys into it ???

Yes, a small garage for golf cart, motorcycle etc. He had his dual sport motorcycle and a couple of mountain bikes. We did the exhaust Saturday and he sold it Sunday. Put it up for sale a few weeks ago and someone came with cash Sunday.

[Getter-Done]

Originally Posted by paul blair

No I didn't, but after lookin at it, my truck looked a lot better to me. The Town is using it for a clean up event........

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[LT7A]

Originally Posted by FleetsidePaul

Today I did something that I haven't done in years.

I rode the bus.

I had to drop my car off at the shop and had no ride home. Somehow everyone I know was busy and it took me a week to get this appointment for the car. So I wasn't missing it.

So I took the bus home. It wasn't bad. Kind of nice actually. But it did remind me of when I was a kid and my school bus crashed and we all went flying around.(No seat belts in those days) No one got really hurt but we all got bounced around pretty good and that bus was really smashed up.

So it was kind of a Deja Vu moment for me.

You didn't say how your bus crash happened, but my high school bus got hit on the way home one time. Someone came out from a side street, crossed the other lane and ran into the side of the bus in front of the rear axle. Just a big jolt for us kids, but I've always wondered how they couldn't see something that is literally as big as a bus and covered in 238 gallons (estimated) of bright orange-yellow paint.

[special-K]

The only school bus mishap I experienced was one morning we passed an oncoming combine that had a light hanging out enough to rake across the windows shattering them. Very startling to say the least. I thought it was cool. No one got hurt and we got to school really late!

[Steeveedee]

Originally Posted by LT7A

You didn't say how your bus crash happened, but my high school bus got hit on the way home one time. Someone came out from a side street, crossed the other lane and ran into the side of the bus in front of the rear axle. Just a big jolt for us kids, but I've always wondered how they couldn't see something that is literally as big as a bus and covered in 238 gallons (estimated) of bright orange-yellow paint.

So true about the paint! One of my sons was on the way to school on the bus and noticed that the bus had stopped in the middle of the intersection. Someone in a Mercedes couldn't wait for the bus to get all the way through the intersection, turned early and drove under the bus all the way to the windshield. Nobody hurt, nobody on the bus even felt the impact! 55 passenger bus is what...40 feet long? SMH

[MJN]

I added a spin-on filter to my parts washer, just a small motorcycle/atv size filter. Let it run and the solvent is noticeably cleaner, lighter in color too. Just something I wanted to keep from recirculating the dirt/particulate on the parts I'm trying to clean. The pump seems happy and still has plenty of flow and luckily Rock Auto has these cheap little filters for $1.39 each which is good enough for a parts washer. When the flow slows down then it will be time to change the filter.

[Getter-Done]

Originally Posted by MJN

I added a spin-on filter to my parts washer, just a small motorcycle/atv size filter. Let it run and the solvent is noticeably cleaner, lighter in color too. Just something I wanted to keep from recirculating the dirt/particulate on the parts I'm trying to clean. The pump seems happy and still has plenty of flow and luckily Rock Auto has these cheap little filters for $1.39 each which is good enough for a parts washer. When the flow slows down then it will be time to change the filter.

Good Idea









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[72c20customcamper]

Replaced the crappy rear in the Dodge . Pumpkin rotted out but it’s a common problem with 2002 - 09 trucks with AAM rears. Got the old one out yesterday and the replacement in today. Just have to hook the brake lines ,bleed and hook up the ebrake

[special-K]

Your pumpkin rotted on the vine

[LT7A]

Originally Posted by MJN

I added a spin-on filter to my parts washer, just a small motorcycle/atv size filter. Let it run and the solvent is noticeably cleaner, lighter in color too. Just something I wanted to keep from recirculating the dirt/particulate on the parts I'm trying to clean. The pump seems happy and still has plenty of flow and luckily Rock Auto has these cheap little filters for $1.39 each which is good enough for a parts washer. When the flow slows down then it will be time to change the filter.

What a very cool idea. Would you mind posting up a picture?

[davischevy]

Originally Posted by LockDoc

No saving this one Chip. All of the main support posts were broken.

We are doing good.

Yep, really looking forward to the All Truck Nationals in September...

As Fats would say... "Goin' To, Kansas City, Kansas City Here I come"..

LockDoc

I will be there. Is there camping at or around the park?

[MJN]

Originally Posted by LT7A

What a very cool idea. Would you mind posting up a picture?

Its not the prettiest but it works

[Ol Blue K20]

Originally Posted by MJN

Its not the prettiest but it works

Where did you get the spin on adaptor? That looks great and I want one on mine.

[LockDoc]

Originally Posted by davischevy

I will be there. Is there camping at or around the park?

I honestly can't tell you Larry. I would bet there is something around there. Might even be a place there in Riverside.

LockDoc

[LT7A]

Originally Posted by Ol Blue K20

Where did you get the spin on adaptor? That looks great and I want one on mine. :metal:

x2. I imagine any type of remote filter housing would work but compact and 139 cent filters are a good thing. Thanks for the picture. Sorry for all of the curiosity ;)

[bnorth]

Rebuilt the BBQ. New burners, grills and plates plus a good cleaning. Can't wait to do up some steaks on a sunny afternoon now!

[MJN]

Originally Posted by Ol Blue K20

Where did you get the spin on adaptor? That looks great and I want one on mine.

Its a left over from a college project, pretty sure its not off the shelf based on memory. Rock Auto sells spin on adapters and remote mount adapter kits in the tools and universal parts section.

[weq92f]

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Got the covid vaccine first shot...Moderna.

4 hours later...feeling fine.

-klb

[LT7A]

Originally Posted by MJN

Its a left over from a college project, pretty sure its not off the shelf based on memory. Rock Auto sells spin on adapters and remote mount adapter kits in the tools and universal parts section.

Good info. Thanks!

[Getter-Done]

Originally Posted by Ol Blue K20

Where did you get the spin on adaptor? That looks great and I want one on mine.

He probably made it on his Lathe.
MJN and I have shared a few machining stories












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[Low Elco]

Originally Posted by LockDoc

I honestly can't tell you Larry. I would bet there is something around there. Might even be a place there in Riverside.

LockDoc

They used to let the vanners stay overnight in the park. The club isn't involved. Classic Parts is putting it on. I'll put the arm on Carrie to get some info out on the ol interwebs. Are you coming for the shindig in July, or the meet up in Springfield in a week?

[davischevy]

Originally Posted by Low Elco

They used to let the vanners stay overnight in the park. The club isn't involved. Classic Parts is putting it on. I'll put the arm on Carrie to get some info out on the ol interwebs. Are you coming for the shindig in July, or the meet up in Springfield in a week?

Tell me more about July and Springfield.

[special-K]

Originally Posted by Ol Blue K20

Where did you get the spin on adaptor? That looks great and I want one on mine.

I bought a remote spin-on filter mount at NAPA. They come with two-bolt mounting. The fuel/water filter base/mount (plastic) on the firewall of my diesel Jimmy cracked and replacements are unavailable so I rigged up the spin-on mount and a bleed valve in the line. I tried to find it on NAPA's lame website but they want all the vehicle info for a "universal spin on filter mount". So I Googled that, without universal, and got a zillion results

[1976gmc20]

Originally Posted by Ol Blue K20

Where did you get the spin on adaptor? That looks great and I want one on mine.

Decades ago I think I got one from Northern Hydraulics (now "Tool"). It was all catalog back then (no internet and web existed) and about the only place that I could find cups for the old hydraulic cylinders* that I had salvaged. I finally bought myself a brand new 20gpm pump for my loader and about that time I decided to do it more or less right and get a filter for the system. It was a spin on with pipe thread in and out and I mounted it on the return end of my valve bank.

I don't remember how expensive the filters were, but I wasn't changing them but about once a year or so.

* I used to get old leaky cylinders from the junkyard for maybe $5 and rebuild them with new cups from NH for maybe another $3-$4 Some of those cylinders would be several hundred dollars new at that time (1980s). I couldn't figure out why people would just throw stuff away, but even the parts stores in that little mountain town would say "oh, we can't get those seals - just go buy a new one"

[truckin 79]

I changed the fuel pump on the wifes 2000 GMC and was a pretty simple fix except for draining the gas tank. The one time my wife actually fills up her car full of gas. I hate the smell of gas, had a headache for two days straight. I watched on youtube where people actually cut out the rear of the floor instead of lowering the fuel tank down. It takes a special kind of stupid to cut the metal floor out of your vehicle not the mention the support bracing that runs across vehicle to change the fuel pump like that.