Wuck You, Finter!!!!

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Wuck You, Finter!!!!

Reply #90 – March 19, 2015, 09:11:30 PM

Yup. The pimp sled is entombed. I was hoping I'd have it in the garage by now, doing a major service before putting it back on the road (timing belt, water pump, spark plugs, coolant flush, trans fluid & filter). Looks like that ain't happening until, oh, say, August or so

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Reply #91 – March 23, 2015, 04:15:59 PM

The snow finally all melted, and I can see the yard again. However, the frost heave was so bad on the street in front of my house that they had to close the road to through traffic. The asphalt was humped up probably 18" in some places. It was spongy though, when I'd drive over it in my big old van, it would just squish down like quicksand and then pop back up once I was past it. Freaky! I was worried that there was a sinkhole under it. I should have taken pictures. I can see now, looking through my security cameras, the road crew has the road dug completely out and my driveway is blocked. Yay.

Oh yeah, and it's currently snowing. The title of the thread can be applied here.

Wuck You, Finter!!!!

Reply #92 – March 23, 2015, 06:42:48 PM

Happy spring. It was in the teens here last night

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Reply #93 – March 23, 2015, 07:31:14 PM

Yeah, minus teens (celsius) here, so just above zero to you 'Muricans. And with a lovely 50MPH wind, too!

The forecast does look promising, though, with temps above freezing for the next two weeks, including two days at 10 Celsius (50 F). Supposed to rain those two days, too, which should make for some interesting times with this six feet of snow on the ground

Wuck You, Finter!!!!

Reply #94 – March 23, 2015, 09:47:56 PM

It was 32* today and it snowed. We got about 5 inches. It's supposed to thunderstorm tomorrow night and be 60* on Wednesday...

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Reply #95 – March 23, 2015, 09:50:35 PM

Typical March weather again today...54*F and windy. Far cry from the 80 we had Sunday. Goded weather is making ME bipolar...I don't know whether to cheer and clap because there's earthworms and robins and the peeper frogs...or piss and moan that I have no money, and am now completely jobless, and have to make a decision fairly soon as to which Mustang goes bye bye.

I need a warm day, a fishing pole, and about 5 places to call me and say hey...we'd like to interview you.

My dad came over today for a few...he's been eyeballing my engine and the progress. Asked me what I was gonna do with it, and all. I explained to him some of the parts that I installed, and what similar combos were roughly putting out.

Then he made fun of me for any little reason he could...I retorted back that I didn't need to consult a chilton's manual to find out how to remove the intake from a Linc Conti 3.8 and change the head gaskets. And I told him when he did that work that time, that unless there was "milk" in the pan, and the radiator has bubbling and gurgling coolant with the engine running, then he should replace the water pump first.

He went ahead and did the HG's first, and I'll be ed to inumerable hells if the car didn't overheat again before they even got 5 miles. He brought it back in, slapped a new w/p and t-stat on, and voila, solved the problem.

Not that I'm an expert...but someone who was probably a chevy guy likely told him that the only thing that fails on an Esshag 3.8 is the HG's. Instead of asking me, who had at that point owned and/or driven 3 3.8 Thunderbirds...he just started tearing shiznit off of it LOL.

Oh well. He also let a nice '89 F150 4x4 go to hell simply because he didn't want to put another engine in it. Even when I offered to give him the engine from my '92..that engine had a LOT of new parts put into it.

This summer I'm going to go "save" that truck...though I fear the whole interior will need thrown in a ditch and new shiznit put in...mice. Little sonsabitches..(and you guys wonder why I love cats and snakes..)

Wuck You, Finter!!!!

Reply #96 – March 23, 2015, 11:37:39 PM

Luckily there isn't much interior in a truck.

It was 58 with a bit of rain ending in a dust storm right before dark. Really gotta fix my wiper squirter.

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Reply #97 – April 10, 2015, 09:37:27 AM

The Weather man can jump in a lake. For the past 2 weeks the forecast EVERY DAY has been for at or around 60 degrees, in some cases higher. One day it hit 60..... The other days have all had highs of mid 40's at best. shiznit's gettin' old....

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Reply #98 – April 10, 2015, 11:45:14 AM

We were around 75-80 for the high for the past few days...yesterday, a line of storms moved in...you know...the ones that dropped tornaders from kansas to the great lakes, and it's not even 60 out now.

It was so ominous here yesterday that I literally took ALL of my guns, knives, and other important paperwork that was upstairs down to the basp00get and locked them up in the big safe. Ya never know.

It all blew by pretty quick though, but for about 20 minutes, it looked as if the End was shaging Nigh.

Today, it's like a decent March day, clear, light breeze, and cold enough for a hoodie and long underwear. I guess I shouldn't bitch..in about 2, 3 weeks it's going to be hot here.

Wuck You, Finter!!!!

Reply #99 – April 10, 2015, 01:02:17 PM

We're finally supposed to get a run of decent weather (mid 50's with sun). We need it. As you all can tell in the pics with my burning Sonata, we still have several feet of snow on the ground

Wuck You, Finter!!!!

Reply #100 – April 14, 2015, 06:54:37 PM

Ok, so after a week and a half of thawing, we're finally getting somewhere. As you all remember, I started out with this:

Eventually turned into this:

And is now this, as of a few minutes ago:

Progress! Another month or so and I should actually be able to move the sled!

Wuck You, Finter!!!!

Reply #101 – April 14, 2015, 07:05:46 PM

I took the dog for a walk and noticed something: The snow was so deep (over 6 feet) and has compacted so much (down to two feet) that it's left layers behind representing individual storms. The look is quite something, and is hard to photograph, but it looks like sedimentary rock cliffs. The shot with the dog in it is my own driveway. The other shot is the snow bank on the side of the road, with sand helping to make the layers more obvious.

And finally, a sign of life. cooch WILLOWS!

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Reply #102 – April 14, 2015, 10:22:55 PM

Nice. I cut my yard grass today...third time, too.

It's been really mild and rainy here...everything is vibrant, and starting to leaf out. So long winter...see you in December, bitch! :D

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Reply #103 – April 14, 2015, 11:14:32 PM

I may actually have to mow my lawn for the first time next week. It's finally starting to turn green and grow. I've actually had one daffodil in my yard bloom. They rest are waiting. The rhubarb and strawberries are starting to grow again. Hopefully in 6 weeks or so I'll have enough to make pie.