GonneVille

96...is it a 3100, 3400, or 3800? I can't remember what it was in 95, or when the change to the L36 was; the beginning of the model year, or halfway through.

OK, here's the basics. Yes, the supercharger can go bad, but usually the worst that happens is that the snout bearing get worn and sloppy. If you let that go long enough( a LONG time) they can seize. I had that happen on my Bonneville, with the smaller supercharger from the Series 1. Check for play on the S/C pulley: slip the belt off the S/C pulley and try to move it back and forth, and in and out. If there is any play, the bearings are starting to wear out. At that point, you need to rebuild the nose section. It's not that hard, not that expensive either, and there are a couple guides to doing the rebuild available. Just PM me if you want the links. If the car is over 50,000 miles, CHANGE the oil, don't just top it off. I guarantee you, unless the owner was into modding it, that oil has never been changed. It is on the maintenance schedule, but I've NEVER heard of a mechanic actually doing it without it being requested. Do it while the motor is WARM, but not hot. Jack up the car on the driver's side, then pull the engine cover off. Look at the base of the nose, on the front. You'll see a plug with an Allen wrench socket. Take that out, making sure you use a GOOD Allen wrench, they're hard to back out, and not that hard to strip. Next, you'll need either a big syringe, or an old turkey baster or something, with about 2" of tube on the end, to suck the old oil out. Next, lower the car back down and jack it up on the passenger side, then empty TWO bottles of GM supercharger oil into the hole. Put the plug back in, drop the car, and you're done. Be warned, used supercharger oil STINKS. Worse than rancid lard.

WTF? Now there's TWO fifth Cylons?

If I'm still unemployed, I put it on my cards. If I somehow find a god-damn job, I may finally get my mods installed.

Funny, but completely fake. There's a popper charge that throws the missile out of the launcher before the motor fires. If the popper fails, it just doesn't work, and the missile goes nowhere. If the popper fires and the motor doesn't, then it lands at least 15-20 feet in front of the launcher. If the popper fails and the motor fires, then everyone around the launcher gets fried. There's no failure state that would cause it to dribble out the front like that. Someone pushed it out of the tube from the back from offscreen.

And brains of oatmeal...

I've got no problems starting, it takes maybe 3-4 extra revolutions to fire, that's it. On the other hand, it takes fucking forever to warm up, and I end up driving a couple miles before the damn trans heats up enough to lock the TC. Thank Ghu for heated seats is all I can say.

Heh, I still got your old GenV sitting downstairs, waiting for cash to install it and all the rest of the shit I got down there. I feel your pain though, I've popped two transmissions myself. Then again, I'm hauling around an extra 400lbs, so maybe that's to be expected in my case.

Wait, wait, wait, you mean a criminal ignored the no guns sign?! What is this world coming to?

Oh, I know the recoil isn't that bad. But holding something VIBRATING that hard for a minute-forty-five...yeesh...

They sell em at just about every surplus store in the state, so I can only assume they're legal here. The MA ban on balisongs, or "butterfly knives" is for the same reason as the switchblade ban here: Swithcblades were popular with gang members and other minor criminals back in the 50's and 60's, balisongs took their place in the 70's and 80's.

Guy was better than good, he was the BEST possible pilot for that situation. You couldn't have hand-picked a better pilot. The guy was an airline safety expert, a long-time qualified glider pilot, 29 years experience in commercial jets, and a fighter jock before that. And everything else about the situation was just as improbable: The best possible pilot for the situation makes a better-than-textbook water landing, right in front of the docks of a major ferry line, where the ferries are just getting ready to put out for rush-hour, in the city with the best disaster-response training in the world. Hell, the only two things that went wrong during the whole thing were the water temp and the actual bird-strike. If you tried to sell this as a script, they'd laugh you out of Hollywood.

You know, you hit it almost exactly for me, too. I know my car is not, and never will be, the fastest around. But it's fast for what it is, and I enjoy the hell out of it. When I have money, I'll buy a second car for the stupid-fast part of my soul. Twelve years ago, I owned a Probe. And liked it.

I agree with everything in there except the Vette bit. Especially the Challenger thing. Wow, did Chrysler blow it. Yes, it's beautiful. Yeah, it's pretty fast. But it weighs 4200lbs, and handles like it weighs twice that. And that's coming from a Buick guy.

Please don't do that while I'm drinking pop. My nose is gonna sting for hours...http://www.mos95b.com/Smileys/Strange.gif

Both of my cats have huddled up together under the edge of the army blanket we keep on the couch. Noses are BURIED. Damn, this weather makes me wish I had fur like that.

Actually, I don't think they are. I know switchblades are still banned, but that's just a left-over law from the days when a switchblade was the weapon of choice for "young hoodlums"...oh, for the good ole days, huh?

Hey, no worries, if the trailer doesn't come through, I'm still around. I definitely understand about Harleys, they ain't lightweight...And I know about Harley trucks, too...who the heck names a truck after a bike that it can't haul? BTW, that squirrel looks PISSED.

Don't make a decision about selling anything for at least a month. Give yourself some time to figure things out as to what you want to keep, and what has to go. As for the bike, the guys in Daily Ride can tell you how to strap the bike in the bed of your Dad's truck to move it. If you decide to sell the guns, be sure to have them appraised before you sell them. You mentioned that some of your Grandfather's guns are in that group, and you may have a gem or two and not realize it. I know we were shocked when we found out how much my Grandmother's old shotgun was worth. Finally, when it comes to your Dad's car; YOU make the decision. Don't try to guess what your Dad would have wanted, or listen to what other think he would have wanted. Make the decision based on how important that car is to YOU. And again, wait at least a month before you make that decision. Take your time with this stuff. If you have to store things for a couple months, do it. It's better than making a fast decision that you might regret down the line. BTW, if your Dad's truck won't fit the bike, say the word, and I'll bring my parents' truck out. I'm unemployed, so it ain't like I've got anything to do.

Oh, sick, do they have a showroom? Also sick, a little towards the "fantasy knife" side of things, but they look pretty rugged and serviceable, too. Personally, though, I prefer not to buy something that I wouldn't want to stick into a deer up to my wrist...I'd be afraid of scratching one of those...Beautiful work, though.

I had one of those a long time ago, loved it, and lost the mother. Now I can't find my damn EZ-Out Skeleton. What is it with me misplacing good Gerber knives? Shit. Now I'm gonna have to tear the place up lookin for it.

One minute and forty-five seconds? Dude's right arm had to be numb from nipple to nails after that shit.

Only if you're willing to make some concessions about the definition of "Human"...:whistle: Seriously, though, that pilot should get some kind of commendation, at the least. That area is a BAD place to find open space that won't shred a plane, and making a water landing as gently as he appears to have done...wow. (And yes, I am fairly familiar with the area, having driven the nearby highways about every other week for three years.) Kudos to the ferry-drivers, too, for responding as fast as they did. If it weren't for the leg injuries and obvious lack of survival suits, I might have thought it was a planned exercise. Absolutely text-book.

The type of heater you have is called a "baseboard" heater, and they are SHIT for efficiency. All it is is a water heater and radiators. They rely on the air around them heating and rising, thus drawing in more air to be heated. This means all your heat crawls up the wall to the ceiling and sits there instead of being evenly circulated. It also means you're probably in an older house that has lousy insulation, which means all that heat crawling up the wall is also getting sucked out through the wall and attic. Also, using a programmable thermostat with that system might not be as beneficial as you hope. Baseboards have a lot of "inertia", they take a relatively long time to heat up or cool off, and take a LOT of energy to bring up to operating temps, too. Remember, it's a water heater and a bunch of radiators. I'm betting you also use a gas water heater, and that it's a nice, big tank, too. Talk to your roommates and landlord about replacing it with a line heater. It'll save you a TON of money over a tank heater, and for the landlord, it'll make the house more desirable to the next renter. BTW, they do make fans that fit to base board heaters to circulate the heat and improve efficiency. You might look into those. My final advice: When your lease comes up for renewal, bail. That house is a money pit for heat even compared to my own inadequately insulated apartment, and your roommates seem to have less qualms about throwing away money than you do.

I'm sorry for your loss. Do what you need to do to keep things together. I can't imagine how I'll manage when my Dad goes.