The shadow
The shadow knows!
last week of finals and test. last day is next Friday! time flys!
coubob
Celestial
I managed to get a 14 foot 2x6 and a 2x8 up were i need the in the attic to install a strongback across the top of the ceiling joist. had to stop and take the 14 year old dog to the vet for her shots and got some comfortis for her fleas, spent $127, 85 of which was for a box of 6 flea pills. i got a deal on them actually. normally they cost $25 each for her. We used them for years and 1 pill tends to last the whole summer into fall. My last and final day off of the 4 tomorrow and i plan on finishing the sagging joist in the mornin since its been cool, and than movies the rest the day.hopefully.
Shadowprophet
Truthiness
Damn, I hate to sound like a wuss but I don't know if I could even stay awake that long let alone work that long.
The shadow
The shadow knows!
Last day of school for Lincoln elementary school. Ian is going to 6th grade (Wright middle school)
Chris is entering 3rd grade!
After Ian's Baseball game. we are hitting Dave and Buster's! I get to fight space invaders again! far to long!
Chris is entering 3rd grade!
After Ian's Baseball game. we are hitting Dave and Buster's! I get to fight space invaders again! far to long!
coubob
Celestial
Lots of ranchers in Texas have donkeys in their fields where they keep other animals. They take care of any critter (including people) who try to bother their herds. They are particularly helpful for sheep and goats.
nivek
As Above So Below
Yep been feeling worse and worse as the day went on, could not sleep much last night either, I think I'm running a fever...ugh
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Toroid
Founding Member
CasualBystander
Celestial
I'd just replace the other spring.
A little more clearance isn't going to hurt anything.
pigfarmer
tall, thin, irritable
Thanks, but Corvettes have a single transverse leaf spring in the rear. The differential is bolted to the frame, the leaf spring bolts to the bottom of the diff. Too much clearance and the half shafts are at too extreme an angle. Like this
I sent the new spring back. Flat out wrong with extra wrong sauce. Put the old one back in. With new bushings where the spring attaches at the ends plus a new pair of gas shocks the ride height is now spot on. Over the winter I’ll probably pull it out and give it new scuff pads, paint, etc
CasualBystander
Celestial
I see.
Interesting that they use universal joints and not CV joints.
Yeah, with that setup you would want the ride height correct.
Looks like the ends of the spring are dangerously close to the rims.
pigfarmer
tall, thin, irritable
Hey now! None of that subversive talk. If Zora Arkus-Duntov felt it needed CV joints it would have had them.**
I have no idea when GM adopted them but it wasn't 1969. They used a much heavier version of that u-joint for the big block equipped 'vettes.
** This applies to firearms too. If John Moses Browning didn't invent it you probably don't need it.
They are but they won't move. In front the tie rod ends are awfully close to the tire too. Just the way it is. Using longer bolts on the diff to accommodate a new spring is one thing, but where you get into the real stooopid is when you put in longer bushing bolts to correct the ride height. Classic two wrongs don't make a right. The longer bolts protrude below the rotor and in the event of a flat it's a coin toss as to what gets violently torn out of the car after that bolts digs into the asphalt like an anchor.
I know, this isn't a classic car forum but the ones I belong to are deadly boring
nivek
As Above So Below
Feeling worse today, I did sleep most of the night but woke up to death warmed over this morning...I'm home now, I left work early today, laying in bed as I type this on my tablet...
This is the first time ever I have got sick in the spring/summer seasons, never have been sick this time of year...ugh
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The shadow
The shadow knows!
report card day! Ian got a B average with a C in history
Chris is more challenging! he got a C average with a D in math.
over the summer we will work with him to identify the problem. and remedy!
Chris is more challenging! he got a C average with a D in math.
over the summer we will work with him to identify the problem. and remedy!
CasualBystander
Celestial
Was riding with a friend and had a front lower arm problem. The wheel folded up into the wheel well and she brought it to a stop with the car riding on the bottom of the McPherson shock tower.
nivek
As Above So Below
Whatever I have its a nasty one, I'm still really sick, worse than yesterday, so going to see a doctor this morning and get some antibiotics or whatever the doctor recommends to help get rid of this illness faster...I haven't taken any meds yet and I'm sure it will run its course naturally but screw it, I'm seeing a doctor...
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Shadowprophet
Truthiness
In my area of southern Kentucky, it's not uncommon for a patient to ask the doctor for a steroid shot, This usually boosts the immune system a great deal and helps one power through things like colds and cases of flu. I would see a doctor man.
Take it from a guy who spent most of last year sick, Don't waste time feeling bad if you can help it, bro.
pigfarmer
tall, thin, irritable
Yeah, McPherson struts were still a bit in the future for this car. Big heavy steel upper & lower control arms, rubber bushings, coil springs, traditional gas shocks, ball joints, tie rods, pitman arm, idler arm, relay rod etc. Just rebuilt it all. Damned near broke my left thumb in the process. It's only now becoming useful weeks later.
There are all sorts of after market composite leaf springs, coil over conversions, rack & pinion conversions, tubular A and trailing arms. For my daydreaming time wasting project I would like to get hold of a later c3 '79-'82 and put a modern suspension under it. Restomod. A nice off the shelf drop in small block performance engine like a 383 stroker, somewhat aggressive but still drivable roller cam, and probably fuel injected. Surprisingly you can still contact Chevrolet and whistle up about any damned motor you want, they still make them. Not in Flint, Michigan anymore of course.....
I just rattled off like $20K+ easily for all that so it's in no danger of happening any time soon.