excell

I hope in some small way, I inspired you to work on this.

Lexus LS4xx. Tailor made for real estate.

Bad ass, Matt. Very excited!

Sounds like the previous owner dogged the shit out of it, sheesh.

Near 80 tomorrow, good workin weather!

 

I didn't do much paying work today.

Finally some progress today. Got the R&R of the underbody done, including removing welded in exhaust hangers. Rear steel braided brake line installed, rear poly pinion snubber installed, brake lines re-installed back onto the body (without rivets), and a Prothane trans mount mostly installed -- ran out of time to get it fully lined up and the bolts in. Need to finish that, then get the fuel lines in. Goal is to have everything up to the engine done this weekend. Let's see if family cooperates...

Pure Tech Porn! I wish I had that in my building. We have one fiber connection and none of our HP switches are fiber, so the building's AP are not even running off full Gigabit speeds. feelsbadman.jpeg

 

I have 1G FiOS as well. :buttsex:

Excell is actually right... to solve the problem... throw a pile of cash at it and have 0 problems ever in the history of ever... lol

 

I have a set of the things in a company that pushes 1PB+ daily across ~20 users. They sustain 500M when wired (on a 500M fiber connection, so max throughput), 300M with two of the units on wireless. Mesh wifi has been a thing in enterprise for years but usually much more costly.

 

Friend of mine has a 1000M FiOS connection and he just switched to the Eero's from a few Apple Airport Extreme's and now gets nearly full throughput on the Eero's vs ~150M on the Airport's. Ludicrous.

Not sure if this is a good option or not. Just saw it this morning on woot.

 

https://sellout.woot.com/offers/luma-whole-home-wi-fi-router-3-pack-11?ref=w_cnt_cdet_sell_dly_img

 

...Also, I personally own these and they're "meh". I only still use them because I bought at the preorder for $300 and I am stubborn. They lost the mesh wifi race to Eero.

All of your save yourselves the time and headaches and buy a set of Eero Pro's. https://eero.com/shop/pro-wifi-system Yes, they're expensive, but they are bar none the best wifi system you can buy at that price point. Stop, don't look at anything else, don't bother. I've installed a bunch of them for clients and recommended them like crazy and none of my folks have had so much as a mouse fart with them. Excellent units.

Like you have ever worried about that...

-Marc

 

My butt is always open for you. :sex:

 

My buddy's dads company builds high quality creepers if you're willing to spend a lil more for something good. Locally made up in Delaware

 

http://www.whitesidemfg.com/index.html

 

Those are some gosh darn good looking creepers. The MC is legit. Wants.

https://www.harborfreight.com/40-in-300-lb-Capacity-Low-Profile-Creeper-63371.html?ccdenc=eyJjb2RlIjoiNjA1Njk4NDEiLCJza3UiOiI2MzM3MSIsImlzIjoiMTkuOTkiLCJwcm9kdWN0X2lk%0D%0AIjoiMTIxMjUifQ%3D%3D%0D%0A

 

This one? It's on sale this weekend for $19.99

 

Reviews say it's cheap, but...guys, c'mon. It's fucking HF. What were you expecting?

 

That's the one. I wouldn't want to spend all day every day on it or anything, but it rolls nice and is very stiff. If I'm on it for more than a few min I'll put a towel down to make it softer. I have to protect my butt, y'know.

HF has a nice plastic one curved for $25

 

I have this one. I like it.

Always wanted a Galaxie. Such cool cars. Torino is a solid choice, too. What condition is your 69 in?

I vote flexplate bolts.

I was an ex-ODOT yellow one...

 

Here's Cleetus I:

 

http://www.columbusracing.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=301&pictureid=2057

 

That's the one. Am I that god damn old?

 

I replaced a flexplate in Cleetus III, not fucking surprising if it's that $35 part, as apparently GM sought to make flexplates for their tee-ruks out of cereal-box cardboard. Will dig into that. I've driven it 444miles roundtrip to Kokomo, IN, and have put almost 3,000 total miles since buying it in January and the noise hasn't gotten any worse, while sometimes going away altogether. It does seem to disappear above 2000-2500RPM??? Maybe just loose TC-to-flexplate bolts?

 

Does it vibrate at vehicle speed or just engine speed?

I'm tickled at the idea that in 20-30 years you'll finally have moved into a "modern" truck.

 

What ever happened to orange Cleetus? I think it was II or III.

Making steady progress. Nothing major completed yet, and not a lot that's picture worthy yet, but getting there.

 

Got the fuel tank down, driveshaft out, sway bars removed, the fender liners out (CAREFULLY since they're not easy to find and $$$), and prolly the largest body of work necessitating removing all that other shit: the factory fuel and vapor lines removed. In Ford's 80's wisdom, they were both bolted and riveted in, and as much as I love working on cars, I really fucking hate drilling rivets. Assholes.

 

Since I have welded in subframe connectors and the convertible has extra bracing in the front the lines run through, I made the decision to cut the lines at the subframe connector to ease getting them out.

 

 

I ordered tube to AN fittings from Earl's for the new lines so I can cut them there as well, rather than bend and beat the fuck out of them trying to get them in one piece around the connectors and bracing. I don't feel like wasting hours and fucking up my pretty new lines when I can cut them and slide them right in and all I have to do is de-burr and then flare one of the lines. New engine feed line is 3/8 (stock is 5/16), and since I'm there I picked up a new SS return line. The vapor line and charcoal can are permanently removed, I'll vent the tank in the rear.

 

Also noticed the pinion snubber was beat to bits, so I picked up a Maximum Motorsports snubber, oh and since I was already ordering from them I picked up a solid steering shaft and solid steering rack bushings I was already on the fence about, furthering my project a wee bit more. :gabe:

 

I have some clean up to do below before I get the new lines in. A little painting and need to cut out some old exhaust hangers some redneck welded in. I also believe in doing shit right, so I ordered the proper fuel pump wiring crimp terminals so I can wire the Aeromotive fuel pump wiring kit that goes with my 340lph pump directly to the factory hanger terminals with no splicing into the old harness, and single-plug weather pack connectors so I can wire in the trigger wire and have the fuel tank harness still be removable from the car.

 

Looking forward to getting the lines in and finishing this under car work.

For your loan: Marc Stock, on here. He is the BEST.

 

http://www.columbusracing.com/forums/cyb_banners/StockUSbanner.jpg

Jesus, that is insane.

 

I assume the dude in the Mustang was OK? That hit looked brutal.

Looks like ebuilding is costing you alot of money

 

"A fool and his money are soon parted."

No new work done yet, but I did realize when I change out the fuel lines I'm gonna have to drop the driveshaft...

 

http://media.beam.usnews.com/1e/65/3b8d44854013a685d6bc32f0fd62/150217-oldermansurprised-stock.jpg

 

 

 

 

 

It needs to stop fucking snowing and being cold so I stop e-building this damn thing.

I hope it's super heavy and overpriced and has four doors for kids I don't have and doesn't make me shift my own gears. Oh neat I'm in luck.

 

You've always had a thing for big dumb vehicles for kids you don't have.

Also I decided to use the 340lph pump, but picked up a 3/8" upgraded hard line kit and pump retainer from LMR last night. Figured, why throw away $100 on a 255lph when I know the lines are 30 years old and prolly need replaced anyway.

 

SOMEBODY STOP ME

Also: Have you seen Chris? He can fit in the engine bay WITH the engine...

 

I've put on about 20lbs, but I can still fit in there. Actually the thought did cross my mind when I was installing the motor mounts yesterday. What a pain in the ass.