What Did You Do to your Vehicle Today?

Prof said:
Use the front end of that truck the way the artist did in my avatar...would make a great mail box!
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That would be neat:rock: but, won't be enough left after I remove All the parts for spares for my white 83 F350..........gonna keep it till I croak:D
 
Well, Alrighty Then!
 
nuthin today but detailing the hell out of it tommorow so i can go make fun of the local vette club at there meet spot tommorow night:rock: :D
 
Prof said:
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Don't those pictures look like a foundry out of the days of the industrial revolution...!
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Not a single piece of insulation on ANY of those boilers and kilns.... I bet it gets hotter than the 7th circle of hell in there when they are on. :eek:

I remember crawling around on the floors of MANY places that looked just like that, when I was a youngster. Paper Mills were the absolute WORST. Nothing like laying in a pond of rat infested, moldy, horse glue... while insulating a 400deg steam pipe 16" from your face... while the machine is RUNNING (there are no "safety panels" under the machines either). All for the great wage of $12/Hour (with no benefits). :eek: :congrats: But, hey! I was pretty fit back then. :dontknow: :D
 
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Going back today...the owner is a metallurgist, and a very bright guy...going to invite him over to the house for dinner...how often do you get to have a discussion over a great glass of wine and maybe a good cigar with a metallurgist?

I bet I will spend the evening listening and Christine and Robert will toss concepts and theory around all night...should be a real educational evening! Kind of like talking waste water management with Joemags over dinner! Great stuff!
 
Prof said:
Going back today...the owner is a metallurgist, and a very bright guy...going to invite him over to the house for dinner...how often do you get to have a discussion over a great glass of wine and maybe a good cigar with a metallurgist?

I bet I will spend the evening listening and Christine and Robert will toss concepts and theory around all night...should be a real educational evening! Kind of like talking waste water management with Joemags over dinner! Great stuff!
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To bad he is not a wood specalist might have got the answer to your drooping limb problem:p :p :p :D :D
 
includemeout said:
To bad he is not a wood specalist might have got the answer to your drooping limb problem:p :p :p :D :D
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Took the rear axle case to an incredible place to have the bearing seats honed.

Anyone ever heard of Kolar Shotguns??? They start at about $10k and go way up from there...well they have an incredible machine shop, we took the heat hardened and compressed case to them to re-bore the bearing seats.

What a place!
 
Prof said:
Took the rear axle case to an incredible place to have the bearing seats honed.

Anyone ever heard of Kolar Shotguns??? They start at about $10k and go way up from there...well they have an incredible machine shop, we took the heat hardened and compressed case to them to re-bore the bearing seats.

What a place!
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Sounds like fun, hope ya get the 14 sec terror on all 4s soon.:D
 
Prof said:
Going back today...the owner is a metallurgist, and a very bright guy...going to invite him over to the house for dinner...how often do you get to have a discussion over a great glass of wine and maybe a good cigar with a metallurgist?

I bet I will spend the evening listening and Christine and Robert will toss concepts and theory around all night...should be a real educational evening! Kind of like talking waste water management with Joemags over dinner! Great stuff!
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that is what I am going to Grad school for in a year. gonna get my masters and phd in it. I have a metallurgist professor in my engineering program and he got me hooked on the metallurgy field.
 
i just put back my freshly color matched mirrors, door handles, and bumper (touch up). will be redoing 4th gear by the weekend to see if i can finally engage it without grinding.

on a side note my brother in law is having severe problems with his e55 amg. crank bolt for pulley keeps coming loose even after 200 ft-lbs (factory is 148ft-lbs). now the crank where pulley sits is nicked and if it turns out to be no good new crank is several grand ($8000) supposedly.
 
New Venom hood is getting painted, along with my door handles. I also ordered another front bumper; which is being painted as well.
 
I put on a black honeycomb grill with SRT badge, and K&N CAI the other day, and today I put on lowering shackles, LED 3rd brake light, and Billet fuel door. Tomorrow my headlights will be at my front door and will be on!! I dont want to post any pics of my truck untill I am done with a few more things!! lol ;)
 
Getting the axle case bored today...try finding a line boring machine that will accept a 64 inch long rear end!
 
ordered a billet crank the other day and got all my guages(boost,A/F, fuel pressure, oil pressure) coming today.
 
I finnally got around to painting the calipers.(only because I replaced the pass. side with a new one, and the rest didn't look as good:dontknow: ) Now I need a set of viper stickers for the front two:rock:
 
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