JBNeal

VINTAGEPIC: saw this B-4 Spring Special on the FB

I had a gf once that I referred to as Wide Load...she was 5', 120# soaking wet...she knocked over a wobbly end table with her caboose one day not long after we met, she had a very small apartment that had way too much stuff in it...she would be simultaneously irate and amused whenever I would refer to her as such an obstacle to traffic and pedestrians alike...she eventually ran off with a millionaire, then reappeared after a few years to apologize over a steak lunch...good times A few months later, I met a gal that had an 18yr old Toyota that was falling apart, a Matrix she bought new that her daughter named Car-E before she was in grade school. That Toyota had flaking paint, rotting plastic, smelled like feet presumably from a leaky windshield gasket, a wobbly driver seat, and a dash digital clock that I swear on several occasions counted backwards, as if a warning that it's time was nearly up. CEL and rough running had her asking me to give it an exam, I replaced the O2 sensors and warned her that with 190k on the odometer, that she had gotten her money's worth. I eventually persuaded her to invest in a new Subaru CrossTrek, as used car prices were so high that a new car payment was cheaper than a used car payment. This Subaru was almost the same size and color with very similar interior layout, but had gizmos like bluetoof connectivity and a backup camera that she had never used before. She wanted to name the car but couldn't come up with anything that would stick. I would gripe when I drove it that it's lane departure warning was assisted with a steering wheel that seemed to have a mind of its own, which was very annoying on some of the twisty roads near her place; it was like that car kept trying to go into the ditch randomly. I told her several times to look up in her owner's manual to find the setting to disable that, cuz it would freak her out on the occasions when she worked late at night. Eventually, her new TX plates showed up, starting with SPZ...she thought it was short for SPITZ, some cute doggie, but I said it was SPAZ, your car's name is SPAZ...it totally fit as the car seemed to beep and steer itself unexpectedly. She did not want to name her car SPAZ, but one evening I was driving her to dinner and while she was telling me some story about her day's annoyance, I drifted across the white line, the car beeped at me and she annoyingly blurted out SHUTUP SPAZ and started laughing cuz she knew I did that on purpose on that straight as an arrow stretch of highway...so the name stuck

SURVIVOR: there's at least one Pilot-House on this row at the Wellington salvage yard

VINTAGEPIC: spotted this curbside Pilot-House on the FB

additional information - part number lookup in tech.archives

@P15-D24 @adminstrator_p15d24ph is there a link available to this policy announcement?

additional information - homemade pressure bleeder

TOOLBOX ARSENAL: Brake pressure bleeder made from economy pump sprayer; the pressure gauge is the most expensive component. Top off the reservoir, pump up to 15psi, crack open the bleed valves as required. Happy accident is the adapter can be stowed between the pump handle and the tank collar...works waaay better than the old fashioned way

Had some business up the road and ended up shoveling snow for an hour that day 🥶 since there was so much snow piled up already, I filled the bed of The Laramie to export back to TX the next day, much to the amusement of my hostess...it was so cold the next day that most of that snow was still in the truck over 500 miles down the road, long after crossing the Canadian ❄️

BumP

VINTAGEPIC: saw this Dodge tanker on the FB

SURVIVOR: there's at least one Pilot-House on this row at the Wellington salvage yard

VINTAGEPIC: saw this B-4 on the FB

SURVIVOR: spotted this C-1 north of Hugoton KS during the 15hr odyssey taken on a return trip where most of the TX and OK Panhandles were iced over

VINTAGEPIC: saw this B-1or2 Panel on the FB

SURVIVOR: spotted this Pilot-House at the salvage yard east of Lamar CO during the 15hr odyssey taken on a return trip where most of the TX and OK Panhandles were iced over

SURVIVOR: inspected this workhorse at the corner of a big empty parking lot in Borger...the key was still in the ignition

VINTAGEPIC: saw this B-1or2 tanker on the FB

SURVIVOR: another old Dodge at that weld shop in Pampa

VINTAGEPIC: saw this B-series wrecker on the FB

Rebuilding gets ya new rubber on the original style pumps that do not fall apart like the new pumps. https://p15-d24.com/links/