goes2fast Posted January 17, 2021 Report Share Posted January 17, 2021 MeTV is no longer in the Denver area and I really miss it! No more Happy Days or Svengoolie. 😟 Stop throwing those rubber chickens! 🤣 1 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted January 21, 2021 Report Share Posted January 21, 2021 On 1/7/2021 at 5:09 PM, datsunfreak said: Also, Tim decided that 13mpg was just too high, so he is having the stock 3.55 rear gears swapped out for a 4.10 set. 😄 And I'm loving the added "squirt" the lower gears give the thing! I'm able to "accelerate" in overdrive without it kicking down a gear or two. Granted, a 0.65 overdrive ain't going to accelerate very quickly no matter what rear gear you have, but it will pull out to pass better now. The final bit of kit for this swap was changing out the speedometer pinion. Calculations and consultation with the Googles told me I needed either 38, 39, or 40 teeth on my pinion, depending on who you asked. I wound up buying a 40* tooth pinion... and it was wrong. Not the gearing, the gear itself. I bought the one for a cable speedo (long shaft) when I needed one for an electronic speedo (short shaft). The short pinion, with 39* teeth, arrived the other day and I installed it today. Oddly, even though the speedo needle doesn't climb as quickly now, the van finally feels quicker than it did before. *I bought the 40 tooth based on the chart the seller had on his website. I actually "did the math" when I had to buy the short shaft pinion, and found 39.1 teeth was 15% more teeth than the 34 tooth I was taking out so I bought a 39 tooth. Of course now I'm questioning whether I took out a 33 or 34 tooth pinion. Meh, it's close enough... closer than before, at least. 1 Quote Link to comment
Stinky Posted January 24, 2021 Report Share Posted January 24, 2021 goestofast...that s-planes things. I work off of an antenna, and for awhile now I haven't been able to get them....also, no Startrek. But, last night, it was telling me that Buck Rogers was on. Quote Link to comment
goes2fast Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 12 hours ago, Stinky said: goestofast...that s-planes things. I work off of an antenna, and for awhile now I haven't been able to get them....also, no Startrek. But, last night, it was telling me that Buck Rogers was on. In the Denver area Star Trek is on MeTV 20.2 at 6pm on Sundays, Next Generation at 7pm, Deep Space Nine at 8pm, and Voyager at 9pm. I have no Idea about the Grand Junction area though. Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted February 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2021 She needs a bath... 1 Quote Link to comment
goes2fast Posted February 4, 2021 Report Share Posted February 4, 2021 1 hour ago, datsunfreak said: She needs a bath... And a paint job. 🤣 Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted February 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2021 17 hours ago, goes2fast said: And a paint job. 🤣 Tim and paint jobs don't always get along so great... 😁 1 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted February 4, 2021 Report Share Posted February 4, 2021 47 minutes ago, datsunfreak said: Tim and paint jobs don't always get along so great... 😁 No, Tim's "good enough is good enough" attitude (and cheapness) doesn't get along with painter's (or John's) hyper obsessive need for perfect bodywork under paint jobs. I suppose I could sneak off to someplace like MAACO and have a GEiGE paint job splashed on there for a couple hundred bucks... but it would just peel off like this one is. 1 Quote Link to comment
goes2fast Posted February 5, 2021 Report Share Posted February 5, 2021 3 hours ago, datsunfreak said: Tim and paint jobs don't always get along so great... 😁 🤣🤣🤣 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted February 7, 2021 Report Share Posted February 7, 2021 So... apparently 10.2 volts is when the TV starts to act up. First I lost sound, then the picture went away and the sound came back, then it was fine for a second and the cycle started over again. I finally gave up and shut it all down for the evening. I just hope the scientists and the Mexican army wound up killing all those "Black Scorpion" monsters. Quote Link to comment
Lockleaf Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 How are my favorite Texans doing during this period of freezing insanity? Not sure if you guys even have internet access right now, since I don't know what part of Texas you are located in. Regardless, keep safe out there. 1 Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted February 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 55 minutes ago, Lockleaf said: since I don't know what part of Texas you are located in. The frozen part. 😁 I just got internet back, but my power has been on for the duration. Tim's power was off for a few days unfortunately. Quote Link to comment
Lockleaf Posted February 18, 2021 Report Share Posted February 18, 2021 Sorry to hear that. Hope you guys are good, despite the difficulties. Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted February 18, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2021 17 hours ago, Lockleaf said: Sorry to hear that. Hope you guys are good, despite the difficulties. I hate to complain about it, since I know some of you fellas deal with a lot worse, but it sucks. Our infrastructure is just not prepared to deal with extended periods of sub-freezing temps (it's been a week straight of 10-20F temps), compound that with a lot more snow/ice than we are used to dealing with and it's getting pretty sketchy. Grocery stores are running out of a lot of stuff since they can't get trucks in, and gas stations are running out of fuel for the same reason. Just got lucky that I randomly filled up my car the day before this started... Quote Link to comment
goes2fast Posted February 18, 2021 Report Share Posted February 18, 2021 32 minutes ago, datsunfreak said: I hate to complain about it, since I know some of you fellas deal with a lot worse, but it sucks. Our infrastructure is just not prepared to deal with extended periods of sub-freezing temps (it's been a week straight of 10-20F temps), compound that with a lot more snow/ice than we are used to dealing with and it's getting pretty sketchy. Grocery stores are running out of a lot of stuff since they can't get trucks in, and gas stations are running out of fuel for the same reason. Just got lucky that I randomly filled up my car the day before this started... Back in the mid 80s I came through the DFW area with a load of tomatoes from Florida going to Denver. There were rumors on the CB that they were going to close the Interstates so I didn't stop for 8 hours before getting to the DFW area. I couldn't believe that the weekend before Christmas and everything was closed and I couldn't get anything to eat, no Mickey D's, Denny's, and shopping malls nothing open. I had to drive 2 hours north of Fort Worth before I found a truck stop open to buy fuel additive for the reefer unit to keep it running so the tomatoes didn't freeze and get some food in my belly. You would think "The Great State of Texas" would learn from the past but I guess not! It was -9 here last weekend and everything went on as normal, just had to put more clothes on. 😉 Quote Link to comment
Lockleaf Posted February 18, 2021 Report Share Posted February 18, 2021 Well if everything stays sideways down there, reach out if you can. You or Tim start getting scary low on food or fuel and it can't be found locally, I'll load up a vehicle with whatever you need and drive my happy ass to Texas. I can't do much to help Texas, but I might be able to help a couple Texans. Looks like the weather is about to take a hard turn for the warmer in the next week there. Hopefully that doesn't lead to massive flooding. 2 Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted February 18, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2021 1 hour ago, goes2fast said: You would think "The Great State of Texas" would learn from the past but I guess not! It was -9 here last weekend Colorado has it down. Texas does not. 😄 1 Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted February 18, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2021 Just now, Lockleaf said: Looks like the weather is about to take a hard turn for the warmer in the next week there. Hopefully that doesn't lead to massive flooding. It'll be sunny and 50s/60s by the weekend, so no worries. And flooding shouldn't be an issue. One thing we can handle here is lots of water. We are used to plenty of big rain. It's Houston that always floods... 😁 2 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted February 19, 2021 Report Share Posted February 19, 2021 I could have sworn I checked this thread yesterday. I guess not. Anyhoo, yeah my power was off from Monday morning to Tuesday night around 10pm. (Hmm, sure seemed like a lot longer than that.) The house got down to 39 degrees at which point my sister took mom to be with her in Granbury (about 45 miles southwest of where we live). My coworkers wouldn't let me stay in the frozen house Tuesday night so I took the cats to my boss's and crashed there. When a neighbor called Wednesday morning to tell me power was back on, I wrangled the cats back into the car and went home. John and I decided going to the shop was not the best idea Wednesday evening, and it looks like we're going to skip this Saturday as well. I really miss my Dajiban though. I might go visit it Saturday. 2 Quote Link to comment
chandlerGTi Posted February 20, 2021 Report Share Posted February 20, 2021 Don’t come around here as often anymore but I have a set of Carroll Shelby Anacondas in 15x7 5x5.5 that would look bad ass on there.... Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted February 20, 2021 Report Share Posted February 20, 2021 41 minutes ago, chandlerGTi said: Don’t come around here as often anymore but I have a set of Carroll Shelby Anacondas in 15x7 5x5.5 that would look bad ass on there.... Someone get me pictures of Spiderman... I mean, these wheels Quote Link to comment
goes2fast Posted February 20, 2021 Report Share Posted February 20, 2021 7 minutes ago, dimlight65 said: Someone get me pictures of Spiderman... I mean, these wheels Think Minilite. Quote Link to comment
chandlerGTi Posted February 20, 2021 Report Share Posted February 20, 2021 Yeah, minilite style. Not sure what they were made for but late 70-early 80’s vintage. I planned to build a dajiban but have waaaayy to many projects as it is haha Ad elsewhere Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted February 20, 2021 Report Share Posted February 20, 2021 14 hours ago, goes2fast said: Think Minilite. Well then... I might be interested. John, am I interested? Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted February 20, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2021 2 hours ago, dimlight65 said: Well then... I might be interested. John, am I interested? Those are pretty dang cool... 1 Quote Link to comment
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