Wrenching?

[BluLightning]

How do you sleep with that rumble strip on the road? Every car that went by made a thump thump sound.

Man, I can sleep anywhere.

[Dynoroom]

Almost finished getting my POS ready for El Mirage next weekend. Working on the air shifter, fun......

[Orange65]

I am finally back to working on getting the 454 into the truck. I wired up the alternator and the distributor yesterday morning. Just lack a few small items before I fire it up. Hopefully, that will happen this weekend. Been working on my house in Alabama trying to get the renovation finished so I can sell it (or move back into it...)

Keith- I painted my truck in my garage last year. I built a paint booth out of cheap plastic, rope, duct tape, 2 x4's, and staples. Used a few cheap AC filters and box fans to create a cross (and down) draft. Worked ok- needed more fans. It fogged up too much.

As for the spark plugs breaking in the heads- that happened to me with my LAST set of Autolites in a set of aluminum heads. They had been antisiezed at install, but 3 of them broke as they were being removed. I pulled the heads to make sure nothing got into the cylinders. (SBC). Real pain for something that should not have taken but an hour....

[squirrel]

My brother's been wrenching. Or soldering. Or something.

We saw him yesterday afternoon, and he had most of the wiring done, but not all of it. He said he took it to a 4th party last night, it was a hit.

[nesabo]

'cationing this week. no wrenching :-)

[98ciHemi]

I bought a seized up canopener at goodwill and tore it apart, cleaned it, lubed it up and reassembled it in functional order. Does that count?

[DanStokes]

Depends on how FAST it can now open a can. Wazzamatter - can't afford modern, pull-top cans?

Dan

I bought a seized up canopener at goodwill and tore it apart, cleaned it, lubed it up and reassembled it in functional order. Does that count?

[Scott Liggett]

Spent the fourth working the day job. Earn a couple extra bucks.

Sold my spare left fender and grille/radiator support/header panel/headlight bucket setup. Made $325.

Bought a Performer intake for the Monte for $50. Clean one too. Also, bought a stereo and speakers for the Monte.

[Caveman Tony]

Dad wants to launch the boat...

so it got a new marine (read: "expensive") Quadrajet for the mercruiser, and I plopped that on while laying on my stomach for a couple hours praying I didn't drop anything important into the frickin' bilge. Most of that time was swearing at a minor fuel leak... dang carb came out of the new box with a plastic gasket pinched/folded in the fuel filter inlet.

Then I proceeded to swear at a few 50-year-old rivets while grinding/drilling/sweating/swearing a new set of motor mounts onto the '56.

Then it was cookout time!

[98ciHemi]

Depends on how FAST it can now open a can. Wazzamatter - can't afford modern, pull-top cans?

Dan

Nope, I'm just a poor college kid saving his money to go fast.

I was opening cans with my hunting knife before I got the canopener. It worked fine and definitely had the overkill factor when you pull out a big knife to open a can of peas. Word to the wise: while the hunting knife is fine for opening the can, trying to eat peas with a hunting knife is a no-go.

[DanStokes]

Walt - SON!!!! You eat the peas off the back side of the blade!

That's OK - we love ya anyway.

Say HI! to the folks for me.

Dan

[milner351]

The only wrenching I've been doing lately is on the pontoon boat - changed props a couple times, replaced the stereo and speakers, changed oil, filter, lower end lube, plugs, etc. Purrs like a kitten and does great on gas. Lee LOVES being out on the boat.