Author Topic: What did you do to your non-motorcycle vehicle today? (Read 311138 times)

dhall57 · « **Reply #350 on:** January 12, 2019, 06:20:55 AM »

My wife snapped this pic while I was putting a new serpentine belt on the my truck.

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #351 on:** January 12, 2019, 07:02:09 AM »

Thanks Dwight, I do miss the old buggar, and feel really guilty when I'm ratting thru the stuff in his garage, I can almost hear him telling me to "put that down" when I'm looking at his tools, that are all mine now.

I turn 59 in March but my youngest is 33, those kids are growing up so fast it won't be long before they're older than me!

bear · « **Reply #352 on:** January 12, 2019, 05:13:28 PM »

I suspect they're older than you are now

Are you going to be fit enough to do the PI thing this year?
By the by I clock over the 60 year mark today so everybody is annoying the piss outa me.
I did get a chuckle earlier this week though.
My daughter rang the "lovely Evelyn".
Quote,
" Do you know if dad's sixty this year or do we need to saw him in half and count the rings?"

I love that kid, she's a chip of the old block.

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #353 on:** January 13, 2019, 02:18:23 AM »

Quote from: bear on January 12, 2019, 05:13:28 PM

I suspect they're older than you are now
Are you going to be fit enough to do the PI thing this year?
By the by I clock over the 60 year mark today so everybody is annoying the piss outa me.
I did get a chuckle earlier this week though.
My daughter rang the "lovely Evelyn" earlier in the week to check.
Quote,
" Do you know if dad's sixty this year or do we need to saw him in half and count the rings?"
I love that kid, she's a chip of the old block.

Ha ha, nice one Brian, and Happy Birthday mate! Yep, hoping to get to PI this year, but my fitness is still a problem, so I'll have to play it by ear mate. Geez, looking at that pic of Dwight, we could be brothers!

Terry the beardy weirdy by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

ken65 · « **Reply #354 on:** January 13, 2019, 02:26:48 PM »

Holy cow Terrance. Skinny old sausage.
Are your arms getting lots of veins in them or do you need to start pumping a bit of iron and get all buff?

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #355 on:** January 13, 2019, 02:35:24 PM »

Thanks Ken, the good thing is I've lost 48 Kg so far, the bad news is that because I can't eat solid food yet my muscles have wasted away to the point where I can't get my CB750 onto its centre stand now, so I really need to get some protein into me and hit the weights. Oh well, I'm not gonna get type 2 diabetes, so I guess thats a good start.

Bankerdanny · « **Reply #356 on:** January 14, 2019, 07:57:08 AM »

New rotors all around on the SRX and new pads in the rear (the fronts were only a month old.

Holubs · « **Reply #357 on:** January 14, 2019, 11:02:16 AM »

Put the new rims/snow tires on my new (to me) car....

strynboen · « **Reply #358 on:** January 15, 2019, 02:07:05 AM »

still fighting the ford

70CB750 · « **Reply #359 on:** January 15, 2019, 03:40:39 AM »

Started my Kubota tractor with a stick

Apparently the stop solenoid is bad, it would start and die. Solution was to wedge a stick behind the lever operated by the stop solenoid.

333 · « **Reply #360 on:** January 15, 2019, 07:15:27 AM »

Thought about shoveling it out. After shoveling the car in front of it, I reconsidered.Maybe tomorrow. More snow this coming weekend.

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #361 on:** January 15, 2019, 05:50:40 PM »

Quote from: 333 on January 15, 2019, 07:15:27 AM

Thought about shoveling it out. After shoveling the car in front of it, I reconsidered.Maybe tomorrow. More snow this coming weekend.

Fcuk that sh1t......

Tracksnblades1 · « **Reply #362 on:** January 15, 2019, 10:04:06 PM »

Quote from: 333 on January 15, 2019, 07:15:27 AM

Thought about shoveling it out. After shoveling the car in front of it, I reconsidered.Maybe tomorrow. More snow this coming weekend.

Look familiar,

We had 12-16" here too.
Another big one brewing for this weekend.
Haven't seen this since late 70's, when everyone had snowmobiles.
Must be the global warming thing. 😂😂😂

Bankerdanny · « **Reply #363 on:** January 17, 2019, 03:01:38 PM »

Quote from: Tracksnblades1 on January 15, 2019, 10:04:06 PM

Quote from: 333 on January 15, 2019, 07:15:27 AM
Thought about shoveling it out. After shoveling the car in front of it, I reconsidered.Maybe tomorrow. More snow this coming weekend.

Look familiar,

We had 12-16" here too.
Another big one brewing for this weekend.
Haven't seen this since late 70's, when everyone had snowmobiles.
Must be the global warming thing. 😂😂😂

I'm headed up to Minnesota Sunday from Chicago to pick up the 750 F3 I bought a couple month back (that is part of why I have made all the repairs on my SUV recently so that it was in top shape for the 1000 mile trip in the Winter). It isn't supposed to snow (or not much) but the temps will be in the low single digits.

70CB750 · « **Reply #364 on:** January 18, 2019, 03:46:38 AM »

Quote from: Bankerdanny on January 17, 2019, 03:01:38 PM

Quote from: Tracksnblades1 on January 15, 2019, 10:04:06 PM
Quote from: 333 on January 15, 2019, 07:15:27 AM
Thought about shoveling it out. After shoveling the car in front of it, I reconsidered.Maybe tomorrow. More snow this coming weekend.

Look familiar,

We had 12-16" here too.
Another big one brewing for this weekend.
Haven't seen this since late 70's, when everyone had snowmobiles.
Must be the global warming thing. 😂😂😂

I'm headed up to Minnesota Sunday from Chicago to pick up the 750 F3 I bought a couple month back (that is part of why I have made all the repairs on my SUV recently so that it was in top shape for the 1000 mile trip in the Winter). It isn't supposed to snow (or not much) but the temps will be in the low single digits.

Have a safe trip

70CB750 · « **Reply #365 on:** January 18, 2019, 03:50:13 AM »

I was finally able to install bearings in the steering column of my CJ7. That thing almost got me beat.

If you think you are a mechanic, try rebuilding steering column

Gurp · « **Reply #366 on:** January 18, 2019, 04:46:21 AM »

Not today but inbthe last week or so ive replaved both lower control arms and swaybar bushing on the ladies PT Cruiser. That was fun as the bushing holder bolta where seized... Broke 3 out of 4 getting them out.
Went through my beater truck and got my heat working by accident... Taillights quit working as i was tracing down connections amd fixing bad ones i saw it just happened.

Nov 26 my car got totaled nov 27 her cavy blew up. So got wjat i xould afford quick and made (still making) them work.

PS she hates learning to drive a standard.

WhyNot2 · « **Reply #367 on:** January 18, 2019, 05:25:03 AM »

Tried replacing the light bulbs in the overhead lights on the wifey's Town and Country.

Those things were burnt to a crisp almost. Can't find them in the local auto stores, even the dealer.

Found them on amazon and other places for 6 to 8 bux a piece.

Went to the pik-a-part to get a spare tire carrier, and decided to check the bulbs in those vehicles, and those all were burnt just like the ones in her van.

Must be a Town and Country thing.

Bankerdanny · « **Reply #368 on:** January 18, 2019, 09:16:42 AM »

Quote from: 70CB750 on January 18, 2019, 03:46:38 AM

Quote from: Bankerdanny on January 17, 2019, 03:01:38 PM
Quote from: Tracksnblades1 on January 15, 2019, 10:04:06 PM
Quote from: 333 on January 15, 2019, 07:15:27 AM
Thought about shoveling it out. After shoveling the car in front of it, I reconsidered.Maybe tomorrow. More snow this coming weekend.

Look familiar,

We had 12-16" here too.
Another big one brewing for this weekend.
Haven't seen this since late 70's, when everyone had snowmobiles.
Must be the global warming thing. 😂😂😂

I'm headed up to Minnesota Sunday from Chicago to pick up the 750 F3 I bought a couple month back (that is part of why I have made all the repairs on my SUV recently so that it was in top shape for the 1000 mile trip in the Winter). It isn't supposed to snow (or not much) but the temps will be in the low single digits.

Have a safe trip

Thanks. And now apparently it is going to snow here in Chicago today and tomorrow, 8-10 inches. Hopefully by the time I leave Sunday morning the roads will be mostly clear. But if not I have AWD and lots of experience driving in snow.

Gurp · « **Reply #369 on:** January 19, 2019, 11:19:08 AM »

Pulled my drums off the rear to see why the brakes where sticking. Stretched lower springs.

scunny · « **Reply #370 on:** January 19, 2019, 03:44:05 PM »

Swapped engines on my old mower. success.

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #371 on:** January 19, 2019, 04:45:49 PM »

Quote from: scunny on January 19, 2019, 03:44:05 PM

Swapped engines on my old mower. success.

What sort of mower Scunny? As much as I'm not that keen on mowing, I love anything with an engine, so I've got 2 barrel mowers (one Briggs, and one ancient BSA) plus my ride on, it's an 11 hp Briggs, but I've got a 23 hp Briggs V twin which needs to go on, once I get thru all my other unfinished projects! My regular mower was my dad's rover electric start, which is fcuking useless on wet grass as it just gets clogged, but fine in summer. Maybe we need a mower thread?

scunny · « **Reply #372 on:** January 19, 2019, 05:03:26 PM »

Aussie made Rover with 2 stroke suzuki motor. The coil on the magneto called it a day and parts not available. Got given another mower with the B&S motor but no catcher, so swapped motors.

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #373 on:** January 19, 2019, 05:30:32 PM »

Good job, I threw out my dad's old mower (that he gave me when he bought the rover) which had a perfect Victa engine, but the frame was falling apart. I should have kept the engine, but I've got too much crap that I'll never use, as it is. I just pushed it out onto my footpath and left it overnight, and in the morning the mower fairy had taken it away.

Davez134 · « **Reply #374 on:** January 19, 2019, 06:36:12 PM »

Raised the front 1” with some spacers to level the truck, wired in fog lights, air intake, and got a custom tune installed.

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Author Topic: What did you do to your non-motorcycle vehicle today? (Read 311138 times)

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