Restoring Rusty

[rich weyand]

Originally Posted by hatzie

^^^ Everyone I know that's had surgery has said don't do it. Find a good Chiropractor.

Given the nonsense we pull when working on our trucks, chiropractors ought to be listed in the necessary tools or preferred vendors sections.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by hatzie

^^^ Everyone I know that's had surgery has said don't do it. Find a good Chiropractor.

Surgery is not an option, the doctor I saw today said no need for MRI cause I do not need surgery I don't have that type of injury/symptoms. It's basically ice, rest, and try to move around as much as possible without pain.

[rich weyand]

Originally Posted by Gregski

I hear you I called 6 Chiropractors today, some did not answer their phone, others could not see me today / until next month some time, others don't take insurance patients. I don't want to pay cash if I have good insurance, type a thing.

My chiropractor is $28 a visit. I don't even have them submit it, since I am going to be paying it on deductible anyway.

[hatzie]

Some of the best Chiropractors I've seen only take cash. They're usually fairly inexpensive because they don't have the overhead to handle insurance.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by rich weyand

Given the nonsense we pull when working on our trucks, chiropractors ought to be listed in the necessary tools or preferred vendors sections.

Does Snap-On make a drawer big enough for them? LOL

[hatzie]

Not yet. Maybe they should.

[rusty76]

Be careful and smart. Back pain sucks. My doctor told me once to take a Tylenol and ibuprofen together. One each and a glass of water. It has worked really well for me. I can't take pain pills. Makes me grumpy in the mornings. I feel that once you have back pain it just sticks around. It likes to hide and then one day you get that pop and there she goes. Get better soon.

[rusty76]

Originally Posted by Gregski

You mean she made you git rid of a lot of stuff, LOL?

Funny but I got rid of most of it by my choice. We literally had two of everything. So bye bye.

[Gregski]

Thanks to a great friend GTO Mike who drove across town and my brother, Rusty is all put back together, here is a pic of the first load, the remains of the old rusty bed floor and the left over parts of the donor bed, on their way to a metal recycler, these bits are way past saving

again a huge thank you to Mike and John

[greg64]

Hey, that's great! Let's see a side picture of Rusty to see how the new bed looks.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by greg64

Hey, that's great! Let's see a side picture of Rusty to see how the new bed looks.

Greg, I only replaced the bed floor, the sides are the same old ones, not painted, cause I ran out of time and money

[Chaplain]

Resting well I hope.

[E.D.75GMC]

Hey Greg, if you want to make your tail lights look new again give them a good buff with some metal polish then go over with a good wax. Did it on mine 6 months ago and they still look great. Really helped to turn back the clock on my truck!

[E.D.75GMC]

Before & after

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by Chaplain

Resting well I hope.

thanks for looking out bud, went camping to keep away from doing something stupid on the truck

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by E.D.75GMC

Before & after

wow what a diff

[Gregski]

returned to work this week, and the sitting at a computer all day made my back worse, can't believe I am on day 20 with injury, hope to see a chiropractor soon, not working on the truck sucks

[Chaplain]

Rest well...

[Titomars]

Originally Posted by Gregski

returned to work this week, and the sitting at a computer all day made my back worse, can't believe I am on day 20 with injury, hope to see a chiropractor soon, not working on the truck sucks

It's been 30 days for me and still dealing with it here. My work really would prefer me gone at this point. It is their policy not to employ people with problems, I guess. Last weekend I forced myself to do a little on my truck. It took a full day to swap my column out for a tilt version. normally that only take a couple of hours.

[Chevy_mud_truck]

I was right at 3 months before I felt like even thinking about doing any thing next month makes 3 years when I hurt mine and there's still day that it hurts so bad I don't fell like getting out of bed I'm just now fell like i can go back to work and work a full shift without conflict over doing my job hope you get to felling better

[rusty76]

Hopefully you'll get back into the swing of things.

[rajincajintj]

I can't speak for everyone here, but I say take your time and get well for good

We'll be here when you get back...

[willem445]

Back on page 15 when you were cleaning up the intake and heads, how did you go about that? I just started cleaning up my engine and im always worried that Im going to get a bunch of grime in the engine.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by willem445

Back on page 15 when you were cleaning up the intake and heads, how did you go about that? I just started cleaning up my engine and im always worried that Im going to get a bunch of grime in the engine.

I think I shoved large paper paper towels into the intake openings in the heads, not the half sheet ones, don't sweat it too much unless you get metal shavings in there, or wire brush bristles, if you get some dirt it will blow out, I don't recommend being sloppy, but I would not dismantle the engine if a tiny piece of dirt fell in, know what I mean, share some pics, so I can live vicariously through you, hee hee

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by rajincajintj

I can't speak for everyone here, but I say take your time and get well for good

We'll be here when you get back...

kind words, thank you, here's how the Greg spent a couple days, God bless daughters my 10 year old dropped off the Walkie Talkie and said use it daddy when you need anything

Two Things

1. What kid plays with walkie talkies these days?!?!?! right guys, know what I'm saying, how cool is that

and B. about 10 mintues later she wanted to rip the walkie talkie out of my cold dead hands, since I was like BEEP can I have a glass of water, BEEP, can I have some ice... BEEP BEEP how about a bendy straw, LOL