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I've used APC forever, just never the flat rate boxes. FunFact: UPS is the world's largest employer.

So I had to return a ring, in a padded envelope or bawkx. I went a little too early this morning, and the post office desk was closed. However, there was a nice display for the "flat rate" boxes. I grabbed one that would fit the ring and packaging perfectly, and went to the APC (auto postal) machine. After hitting a few commands, I got a quick shipment back to NJ on monday for $5.35. Box included. :thumbup: I left thinking that the retail model for the post office is nearly dead now. I can go into a post office 24hrs a day to send letters, but now - as long as the boxes and envelopes are available - I can ship anything. The only thing I see is large boxes or oversized packages...for security handling, it still seems like you need to give it to a postal worker.

LOL

I was in Latrobe, PA...didn't hear anything. :fuuuu:

The lease is worth the free 240V charger in the garage alone! THX, UNREGGIELATED GOV'T SPENDING!

http://www.columbuscarsandcoffee.net 8am-12pm - Cup O' Joe, Lennox Town Center Cruise from Easton at 8:40! Tell yo friends!

My buddy Bob brought some used Viper wheels to you guys for his big, flying banana. Was raving to me how great you guys were to deal with. :thumbup:

Talked to the wife (like she cares)...I'm swapping out trannies as soon as I come back from Pittsburgh tomorrow-Friday...possibly have it drivable for Cars and Coffee Saturday morning??? Should I still stick with the T18...or get an SROD 4-speed? Bolt-in, baby! Same reverse light connector, same speedo gear, same driveshaft!!!

Welp, I've come to a "fork in the road"...or as I'm more affectionately going to call it: a "F&&K-in-the-road" GOOD NEWS: I've been doing a lot of researching online, and car-part.com: The solution is to put the two-piece driveshaft from an F-250 into my truck! BAD NEWS: The only cost-effective way of doing that is through used/JY parts, which still will cost me at least a couple hundred dollhairs in the end. SooooooOOOOOOOOOOOO...I've come to the conclusion that the T18 is a little more trouble than it's worth for now. I don't want to piddle about for the next month trying to jury rig a driveshaft. No doubt the T18 is a beefy unit, but it's not worth driving 150+ miles to get used parts. Honestly, my gut feels good on this one. CR, do I... 1) Continue moving forward with the T18 - It's worth another month or so off-the-road to try and find the pieces/$$$$$ to make a driveshaft work. 2) Swap in the stock 3spd for now - Cheap, Easy, Drivable by the weekend! Not the best tranny, but it'll do for now. 3) Try to sell the T18 (and 3spd) for a 4spd SROD - bolt-in for crossmember, driveshaft, get's an OD gear for the highway (though with a 2.47 rear gear I'm not too worried about final drive ratios). Plus, I can still swap in the 3speed for now while I search for a 4speed: the truck stays drivable! PLEASE KEEP IN MIND: This Cleetus will be a light-duty hauler. No towing, or if so it'll be less than a ton. It's more of a cruiser. I'm trying to - aside from the engine rebuild - stick in a budget...

Please check my Driveshaft thread for my "fork-in-the-road" decision now. I'm thinking about putting the 3spd back in for now...

BECAUSE PASSAT, LOL

I can't even tell you the guy on the BBC interview. He started the group Chic, did a bunch of disco stuff. Wifey was understanding, said she;s surprised I didn;t get a ticket sooner!

SO WAS RED Beautiful pics!

4:30am...beautiful, quiet drive into the airport for an out-and-back day of meetings. Listening to fascinating interview on NPR...only car coming into the airport off of 670. Blew by the control tower doing 53 in a 35. :fuuuu: At least I didn't get hassled for window tint, plate cover, no updated registration sticker on the back, and no plate on the front. I guess the cop thought I'd be chewy enou on this fkking ticket. Thanks for letting me vent, CR :thumbup:

Flawfull

Awesome. :thumbup: http://www.autoblog.com/2012/04/09/mythbusters-tests-the-square-wheel-theory/#continued

http://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/607163-t-18-in-80-f-100-driveshaft-questions.html Ugh...now I'm waffling back to the one-piece drive shaft and a "F-it" attitude: if it fails, it fails. HELP ME CR...YOU'RE MY ONLY HOPE...

Meh...Columbus Joint and Clutch want's $391.75 for parts. $0.70 an inch in tubing for a two piece, all new driveshaft. Definitely not what I want to settle on for a driveshaft. I'm going to start searching for Ford trucks that have my transmission...see if I can't get something used...

http://www.salem-news.com/stimg/june142007/osp_highway_20_fire.jpg I'll bring the 'Shmallows...

IT LIVES!!! Woohoo! Saturday afternoon, replaced starter solenoid and cranked it for a bit, tweaked dizzy, fired up but had a really lumpy idle. Loud as sh!te at the y-pipe. Got it up to what I thought might be 2000-2500 RPMs (no tach!) and put a rock on the gas pedal. Let it break in the cam for 30 minutes. Good times. Neighbors came over to congratulate me like I had another child. Saturday was very therapeutic for me. After several months of on-and-off working on the truck, to hear it run really made me happy. I went with my wife to a party Saturday evening, and I was glowing; part was my sunburn, part was getting the truck started. For some reason, I lost sight of this thing actually being transportation. I know that sounds wierd, but with it staying in one spot the whole time, I think my mind started treating it like a stationary hobby: like a train set or something. After checking some loose bolts and going over the truck while it ran, it genuinely started to hit me that I have another truck to drive again!!! Good feeling for sure. Talking to Columbus Joint and Clutch regarding driveshaft options now...

Just called Bill at CJ&C. He's going to research 2-piece shaft options with a center carrier bearing...NO WAY a lengthened one-piece would survive, he said. Combine that with the slip-joint now needed (since the 9" rearend and tranny output yoke are both fixed) and a 2-piece just makes sense.

Last week, I met a guy at Autozone in Clintonville who had a late '70s F150 LWB. The driveshaft was HUGE, and one piece. My stock DS is scale-rusty and not a looker...no sense spending the money to modify it when another Ford DS option could be available. Anyone that finds something bolt-in would be my best friend 4 lyfe. I was searching car-parts.com yesterday to no avail...

I've always loved black cars, but I'm noticing that a really clean, high-quality blue (with metallic characteristics) is a stunning color.

.....which i why - reading these reviews - I nver see movies on the "big screen" anymore. If it halfway sucks...it makes it's way to Netflix for me to watch semi-free.

Love it, Cody! Only thing else I would do is smoked license plate covers...