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Full day, good thing too. No time to work on Bloo, but thats alright, I want to dedicate time to her and her only when I get going on this lower end Refresh/Clutch job. Most all of the orders I put in shipped today, but they are scattered like sparks in the wind around the … Continue reading Muhndaze and the Grind

This may seem a somber post, but I think those in this group will understand. I'm embracing the SUCK of Bloo showing the effects of sitting for the last 12 years. I knew what I was buying into, crossing my fingers for the better. For the most part, I DID receive 'the better'. Still, time, … Continue reading In Gratitude

Thats my mind-set this AM,,,, Ain't gonna change a damned thing bitchin' about what is: just embrace it, carry on. I don't have a level concrete floor, I don't have a lift, I don't have a shop full of tools, (amazingly, I DO have a lot of the tools that normally are shop supplied, like … Continue reading Embrace the SUCK

I have not been idle today,,, BUT, I know what it AIN'T!! https://youtu.be/BwA4Cn0ihIs?si=WGdKIfPH-B1Xv8cr Going ahead and ordering timing chain and gears, timing cover, and main bearings, and rear main seal. In fact, as soon as I hit publish here, thats a what I am doing,,,, I'll keep the language I wanna use to meself. UPDATE: … Continue reading Expletives to be deleted..(updated)

Yes kids, there is a reason your old man told you to lube that gasket on the oil filter,,, Obviously not O.E. which it'd better not be,,, BUT, you can see that I musta pulled every trick in the book (and created a couple new ones) to get that thing off Twuck. You can even … Continue reading a 2 hour struggle,,,,

This started this morning. https://youtube.com/shorts/fNzKpzaIfiQ?si=Bp2aY3zlTSfvFzz_ Since then, did the coolant flush and Oil change. Was hoping that the oil change might 'change' the parameters a little and that this would 'go away',,, Yeah,, been down that road, rare, but does occasionally happen. I am of the opinion she has a rod knocking,,, but there's some … Continue reading Advice from old Gearheads NEEDED (check update in comments)

Yesterday, Thanksgiving day, was the first day I drove Bloo around town, legal and legit. Took her to the gas station for her first fill up in untold years (midgrade, to help clean out the junks) 25 gallons (on top of the 5 gallons high test I put in a couple of days prior) OUCH! … Continue reading adventures in BlooTWuck