Scruffy49 Posted March 24, 2013 Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 Hush puppies? I always give mine to Lisa if I forget to tell the waitress to hold the "deep fried rocks"... Good way to keep the beagle out of the food if we are cooking fish or such though (usually outside, hate trying to unstink the house). Maybe in a couple years mine will be up for a cross country run. Probably have to replace the 1960-62 wide whites before hand... ... dreading that expense, nothing but age wrong with the www it's getting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pflaming Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 Back to the BBQ. I spent the day under my truck doing a second safety check. Found a loose shifter lever and some soft wire 'cotter keys' which I replaced with real ones and washers where required. I marked all items with a yellow paint pencil. I did snug the oil pan bolts, just a little turn, got to sneak up on those. I only had 70 miles on the oil, but it was the first oil after the rebuild so I thought there might be some debrie in it. Also changed the oil in the transmission. The gas tank is full so tomorrow I'm going to take a drive up the hill. In 10 miles the road climbs from 500' to 3,000'. That should be a nice test. There is a good pizza place up there so. . . wish me well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Ed Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 Paul have fun and post a pic of that pizza Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merle Coggins Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 Keep checking on things and soon you'll have a yellow truck... one mark at a time. Sounds like you're getting there. Have a good ride tomorrow. Merle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggdad1951 Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 yes pictures of the pizza and truck on the heights! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pflaming Posted March 27, 2013 Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 Ed, here is the pizza picture and a couple more to confirm my maiden run. Chloe and I drive to the pizza parlor which is a 15 mile pull. Since the temp gauge did not move nor the oil pressure we decided to go to the top,6,700'. The truck pulled the grade in high, maintained a nice 45/50 mph and never lugged. I am estatic. Round trip was 80 miles. I'm still running off the geri can so I know I only used 5 gallons. Comments: The wind noise at 55/60 is unacceptable, the steering is easy, and the truck tracks perfectly. Engine noise there but that can be lowered also. Every time I stopped I opened both hoods. The longer it ran, the dryer the engine became. I had set it at a low idle when I left and it is running on a HIGH idle now, so 80 miles of work did it good. Two visitors from Germany came by. The son spoke a fair Engish. They had a lot of questions. They could not get over how thick the fender metal is. They had seen old trucks before but never one out on the road. We had a nice visit. Enoh for now, Clements, here we come. My file of my pictures at the big sequoia trees wouldn't upload. Said the file was too large!!!!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
52b3b Joe Posted March 27, 2013 Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 Looks like a good time! Glad to hear the truck is going good!!! That pizza has me hungry now.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pflaming Posted March 27, 2013 Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 Here's a shot at the trees. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggdad1951 Posted March 27, 2013 Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 good for you! Bear in mind these trucks are NOT going to be as quiet as a modern vehicle, at least in stock form. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Truck Posted March 27, 2013 Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 Great job. Look forward to meeting you at the BBQ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phntm48 Posted March 27, 2013 Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 Can you see the green glow of my envy from where your sitting?..........It should be pretty bright! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looznutz Posted March 28, 2013 Report Share Posted March 28, 2013 Well it is official. I will not be attending BBQ. So I won't arm wrestle you for the bumper Tim. Unfortunately I could not get the beast ready. Life and friends crossed the way. Gosh I wanted to go so badly. Well perhaps next year. To bad I will not get to meet you all you nice people, enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
48Dodger Posted March 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2013 (edited) Weather Watch: Well....they did this to me last year. Predicted rain on the day of the BBQ. didn't happen ON the day, but got the ground wet the day before. Extended weather report sez 60% rain on 4/6..... Thing is, its sunny days before and sunny the day right after on Sunday, I bet it changes in the next day or so. Plenty of cover for everyone with the garage and shop....but we'll see if the report holds up. REMINDER: BRING POP-UPS IF YA GOT'EM. 48D Edited March 28, 2013 by 48dodger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggdad1951 Posted March 28, 2013 Report Share Posted March 28, 2013 bah, they can barely tell what the weather is outside the window RIGHT now. It'll be fine! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pflaming Posted March 28, 2013 Report Share Posted March 28, 2013 I got a correction to make: I drove some 85 miles and used 7.5 gal so my mph is around 12 mph mountain drivig. @ $4.00 that is a $30 trip. It will be interesting to see what mph I get on the BBQ trip. That is 165 +/- miles. I have an overdrive transmission and I think I will put that in after the BBQ trip. Noise level reduction, door window movement, vacuum check with a gauge, seat belts are the work order today. pic: papa and granddaughter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Ed Posted March 28, 2013 Report Share Posted March 28, 2013 What type of OD you got to put in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TodFitch Posted March 28, 2013 Report Share Posted March 28, 2013 Weather Watch: Well....they did this to me last year. Predicted rain on the day of the BBQ. didn't happen ON the day, but got the ground wet the day before. Extended weather report sez 60% rain on 4/6..... Thing is, its sunny days before and sunny the day right after on Sunday, I bet it changes in the next day or so. Plenty of cover for everyone with the garage and shop....but we'll see if the report holds up. REMINDER: BRING POP-UPS IF YA GOT'EM. 48D I've seen some studies of the various weather predictions and apparently places like the weather channel are less accurate that the National Weather Service. They typically increase the probability of rain when it is low as people are much more likely to grumble if it rains and they weren't expecting it than if rain was predicted and did not happen. I find the "Forecast Discussion" page on the NWS web site to most informative. This is where the actual real human states, in weird stilted weather language, why they posted the forecast they did. In your case for the period after Wednesday of next week I read TUE/WED. UNCERTAINTY IS RELATIVELY HIGH BEYOND THIS POINT...BUT GENERAL MODEL CONSENSUS HAS ANOTHER OFFSHORE TROUGH APPROACHING NORCAL BY LATE WEEK AND HAVE ADDED/INCREASED POPS. THU/FRI WILL START OFF IN THE SLIGHT CHANCES RANGE GIVEN MODEL UNCERTAINTIES. Whenever I see the "uncertainty is relatively high" phrase I know that the forecast is really just a guess and they published the forecast because the schedule said they had to not because they actually think they know what is happening. Basically, at this point, they don't know what the weather is going to be like. Best of luck on the weather! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
48Dodger Posted March 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2013 Thank you Todd......you rock! 48D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ194950 Posted March 28, 2013 Report Share Posted March 28, 2013 (edited) The Weather Channel forcast this past weekend was for rain yesterday ( was cool and a little windy) Today was forcast as lingering showers (it's high 70's a few high fair weather clouds). I'm out in the garage with the small back door open and the big door open, wearing only a tee shirt! Next Sat. has a 10% chance of rain per their long range forcast. Judging by the past quesses. there is a good chance it could be in the 80's and totally sunny. Hope they're wrong as usual! Anybody have AC?? See ya next weekend, Doug Edited March 28, 2013 by DJ194950 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desotodav Posted March 28, 2013 Report Share Posted March 28, 2013 Nice shots of you and the granddaughter Paul. You should probably put that center dividing bar on your windscreen before you make the BBQ trip as that will pull your windscreen in nice and snug and probably cut down on your wind noise! Desotodav Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Truck Posted March 28, 2013 Report Share Posted March 28, 2013 Tim, just checked Lodi weather and it's been down graded....yeah....to cloudy and only 20% chance of showers. We'll continue to keep our fingers crossed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
48Dodger Posted March 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2013 YA....no kiddin. Now its saying 20% chance......and like Doug said, we were suspose to have rain during the week. Gonna keep my fingers crossed its a beautiful for the whole deal......! 48D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Truck Posted March 29, 2013 Report Share Posted March 29, 2013 I know I was sweating it a little bit. Here in Sebastopol it was calling for pretty solid rain on Friday night, of course while I'm loading up the trailer and getting ready for Sat. AM. Now we're downgraded to only 20% on Friday night and 30% on Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merle Coggins Posted March 29, 2013 Report Share Posted March 29, 2013 Yea... I'm looking forward to "Sunny" California. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buds truck Posted March 29, 2013 Report Share Posted March 29, 2013 last day of work tomorrow, just small stuff left to do on the trailer, leaving for California on Monday..... meeting up with Keven on Wednesday. And on to the BBQ. WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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