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Snow day at the J.O.B.     Spent the day at Da's to get the yodatruck back on the road.   New lines between the master and slave cylinder,,, NO LOVE.   Fought with it for an hour trying to get the system to bleed and finally said "FUCKIT!" and put the new master cylinder we had bought but … Continue reading Square one Redux

Where living by a river in a van doesn't sound so F!up,,,, https://youtu.be/UvA4FHgpQ_0?si=jK_FILSahg2PICnV "whats under Dio's skin now???" Gotta read the comments at BCE's post to get a feel for SOME of what is getting to me,,, and in no small part, a lot of what has me  angsty (not anxious,,,) is my complete lack … Continue reading And there are those days,,,,

Took all day today.  Not the clutch, but getting things running.   And no, it wasn't the clutch,   It wasn't the Slave Cylinder, nor the Master,,,,   It's something between the two.     Had it up'n'runnin' and Dad took it out: did good for the test drive, but he was confuzzed about the 4wheel drive thing.   (this one … Continue reading Square one,,,,

On the downhill slide now.   Trans dropped, clutch replaced, gghetto reface on the flywheel (flapdisced with grinder, no grooves, just a light sanding.) and the gearbox is back in with two bolts holding it there with a jack under the transfer case side to keep it all in line until tomorrow. I'm whooped. I think … Continue reading I be earnin’ them duhks,,,

Gonna be a long day/wknd potentially.    Droppin' the gearbox in Da's truck (yeah, the new to him one) and doing a clutch replacement.  yay me Slow season, needs cash, and Da made the offer.  Normally don'wanna deal with heavy gearboxes while on me back, (don't much like dealin' with 'em on a danged lift, but … Continue reading The Notta-post post

My last post, I made some, what seemed to me, to be reasonable ASSUMPTIONS. Well, then, Assume makes an ass out of you and me. BCE has a better run-down with more intelligence applied to the sitrep, to include things I did not know existed.   I eat my hat.    Not proud, and won't EVER claim … Continue reading Minor Retraction

https://twitter.com/Xcellent78/status/1864380414636236879 WP won't let me embed the vid,,, (HT to Vlad Tepes for the actual footage and some observable points) First shot, failure to feed or failure cycle?   Seems to me that he is using ill-matched subsonics (suppressors don't like +P loads) and hadn't matched the slide spring for it.   Will cycle, but won't fully … Continue reading Subsonic