Hoss429, when looking for a doctor, find one with small hands. At my last exam it felt like the doctor was wearing a catcher's mitt.Quote:
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Hoss429, when looking for a doctor, find one with small hands. At my last exam it felt like the doctor was wearing a catcher's mitt.Quote:
Originally Posted by HOSS429
Looks like Johnson is done now...
Well, not the result I was hoping for.. glad that's over! LOL..
so many people complaining about the rain here down south* .. it`s only rained twice this year in north bama ... once for 38 days and once again for 45
That's like the folks complaining about the weather in Maine, it's only 2 seasons. 9 months of winter and 3 months of bad skiing.... LOL..
In Idaho dad said spring was the day that separated too dam cold from too dam hot. Fall was the day that separated too dam hot from too dam cold.
recently i got my 4.3 chevy powered pinto back from the fellow i sold it to .. aside from him breaking the rear end for some reason it will not start unless i run a hot wire from the battery to the coil .. it had always worked fine for me with my running the stock ford solenoid in conjunction with the chevy solenoid and just feeding my coil off the ignition terminal on the ford solenoid .. for some reason that no longer works ..i have`nt fooled with anything of this nature in so long i`m at a loss as to what to do .. how much voltage should my stock ford solenoid be putting out at the ignition terminal ?.. and does the chevy starter have an ignition terminal that i may need to hook up to ..do ford solenoids get weak over time ? on the ignition output i mean ..
The stock solenoid only supplies 12 volts while cranking. It shouldn't be "live" unless cranking the engine.
There should be a wire from the ignition switch to the motor compartment to turn the ignition on/off.
A cheap test light and a few minutes time and you should be able to identify it.
Hoss, maybe this will help. a simple drawing for a GM type points ignition but the wiring is close to the same. delete resistor of course.
getting the test lite solved everything in about a minute .. i found the original hot feed i had used before .. i dont know what the guy i sold it to for a minute was doing but it cranks and runs good now .just got to get the rear end fixed now and enjoy it again .. i got my welder back so the rear end is going to get fixed one way or another ..
That's good news. Glad to hear it's running again..
You know- without pics it never happened! 8-)
greatnews HOSS
well .. it`s going to be fun for a minute but it has to get old soon .. finally got the rear end welded up and put back in today .. i only welded one spider as i did not want a locked rear .. i did not expect the result i got in the test ride .. it will spin the locked wheel on demand .. it will spin it at 60 MPH .. it will be undriveable on wet pavement .. i welded the passenger side axle .. would it have made a dif if i did the drivers side .. i still need and want a stock working rear ..i haven`t added a picture in so long i dont remember how ... give me a bit ...Quote:
Originally Posted by 34_40
several years ago as i was leaving a local grocery store a person who knew me motioned me over to where a lady was having* trouble starting her car ..* the person stated that i was once a mechanic and perhaps could help with this issue ,,i had heard them trying to start the vehicle and recognized the clicking sound of a bad battery connection so i casually walked over and put both hands on the positive and negative battery terminals and felt that the negative was warm from a loose connection ,,* i inconspicuously ( spell that off* the top of your head ) twisted the ground cable to tighten it up a bit and at the same time said " HEALED* "* and shut the hood* .. i walked away* and heard the car fire up but i was on my way by then ..* anywho another similar situation occurred recently* * * as my neighbor could not get her riding mower to start .. she called me .. i pulled the little lever on the back to put it out of gear and pushed it up to my shop and cleaned the carb bowl and got it going .. i pushed it back to her garage and forgot about it .. a couple of days later she calls me saying her mower runs now but it will not move in any gear .. i say i will be there in a minute .. as i walk up to it i remember that i had not pushed the gear engage* lever back in so as i was looking at it i took my foot and pushed the lever in and put my hands on the steering wheel and again said " HEALED "* *and just walked away ,,* *whether you baffle them with brilliance or befuddle* them with bullcrap leave them wondering .
A friend of mine did a very similar thing several times, like magic. Then one day, he was stumped, could not get the darn thing to go. I asked him what was wrong? he simply said "sometimes the magic doesn't work".
I've been using that phrase for over 50 years!
I've had a couple of those that always made me smile, the funniest to me was while at work, standing at the urinal and the boss walks up to the one next to me and starts a conversation about work. I finish my business and turn to wash when I realize the unit I had used was still flushing non stop. I turn back while drying my hands and yell "knock it off". And it did! :eek::LOL::eek::LOL: So I shrug while smirking at the boss and walk out the door... I felt like Arthur Fonzerelli! :LOL::LOL::LOL:Quote:
Originally Posted by HOSS429
We once had a Nissan 'thing' (can't remember what the model was, daily drivers are just rubbish things we buy off the side of the road and drive until they go 'Pop',) and it had a delay on the headlights, they'd turn themselves off after fifteen seconds or so.
The missus took it down to the village one evening, got out and walked away, and had some fella yell: "Lady! You've left your lights on!"
She turned around, folded her arms, and nodded in the direction of the car. (A la Samantha from 'Bewitched'.)
And the lights went out.
"Thank-you!" She called to him.
She reckoned his bottom jaw was somewhere around his navel.
i have made the mistake of trying to follow national news and things going on in this country and quickly saw i could not tolerate the bull shi+ being spewed by the major news medias .. i was a fan of fox news for a moment but now they are cowtowing to the whims of the left and will shut down any comments on stories that do not fit the liberal views .. radio talk shows are headed that way as well .. i guess i will just have to zone out .. i am glad we do not have a political forum on this site as i most likely would lose a few friends ..
Hoss, I've found it's best for me to simply not turn on ANY news programs these days, other than occasionally the local news to see what their guesses are for the weather, but even then it's easier to log on to their web site and only look at what's of interest for me. I'm sure others disagree, but I've got no respect for the talking heads and the trash they talk.
If you have it, try OAN. That don't have the drama or BS and the White House reporter is a cute little thing.
JMHO, ever since the National Inquirer became mainstream news, no longer is there any truth or integrity in the news. Instead of an actual news broadcast, it's just another pretend reality show...
Hoss, OAN stands for One America News and i believe you can see it online now as well.
I am with you on tuning out the majors for quite a while...
Stay safe!
HOSS429 .. Genesis 1 chapter 1 ,, i suppose some of us are born into hot rodding and some grow into it .. i feel i was born into it .. i firmly remember at age 4 my father driving a pea green 53 ford ..every friday was pay day and so every friday he would bring home a six pac of Double colas and a half gallon of Neapolitan ice cream ( you know the strawberry/ chocolate and vanilla kind ) .. being as i was the baby of the family i got dibs .. one day a pea green 53 or so ford pulled into the driveway and as usual i ran out and clung on to the leg of dad as he came up to the porch and was hollering " DADDY DADDY " but there was a little bit of confusion and a few moments later another green car pulled up and out stepped another man .. i did not know my father when i saw him but i knew that green 53 ford .. the first man was a salesman .. when my father came up he quickly asked my mom .. if this man is little HOSSes son i need to have a talk with you ...chapter 2 later ..
chapter 2 ....1963 and i was 7 years old and my dad drove a 1957 chevy 2 dr light blue 3 on the tree.. only one time do i ever remember going to town and while in town i remember sitting at a red light and a real loud corvette screeching off from the light and my dad saying " some body is in a hurry " ... later that same year my mom and dad separated briefly and i was sent to live with one of my older sisters who hated me i guess .. every day she beat the crap out of me cause i would not quit crying wanting to go home .. her husband at the time drove a new 63 blue impala .. her daughter hates me now because i did not attend my sisters funeral .. she does not need to know why ..
in late 1975 when i bought my r code 69 stang for 250 bucks it needed a 3/4 front .. not hit all that hard but the sheet metal was damaged beyond repair .. i was already working at the junkyard at the time so i got the repair parts for free .. i found a left front fender the same color ( gulf stream aqua blue or so ) and a hood that was a lighter blue so i painted it black all over .. my replacement hood did not have the shaker cutout .. a fellow needed my shaker hood setup on a car he was fixing so he offered me 20 bucks for the whole getup .. i jumped all over it .. 20 bucks was a tank full of gas .. a pack of smokes and a six pack of beer ..can i get some smokes and beer and a tank full of gas for what that scoop would bring today ?
20 years ago when i was looking for a 69 stang to put my 429 engine and c6 trans into i looked at a 70 torino .. it was already a 429 cobra with the shaker hood and automatic trans .. the motor was missing .. they wanted a thousand bucks for the body ..it was a good body .. i asked about the original engine and they pointed to a dump truck sitting in some weeds .. the engine is in that truck and it aint for sale ..ok .. i noticed the shaker assembly in the back seat and asked how much for that .. they said " a thousand bucks " and the car comes with it .. i just was`nt that hot on a 70 torino .. i later found my stang in Mississippi ..though i dont own it now i recently helped the new owner get it running again .. i`m itching to build something again .. the pinto gets a lot of looks when i take it out but the quiet whoosh of a stock V6 just is`nt doing it for me anymore ..i need to rattle some windows again ..
429 Pinto?
In my best Randy "Macho Man" voice.... OOOHhhhhhh.... YEAH!:eek::LOL::eek::LOL:Quote:
Originally Posted by 53 Chevy5
been there .. done that ... i dont remember if i have posted about a BOSS 302 pinto i built about 40 years ago but it was a full tube frame car with role cage and narrowed pro car rear and the works ,,i made the mistake of trying to run a C4 automatic behind the Cleveland headed 289 i cobbled together .. it was a screaming engine as long as i didn`t floor it until i was above 3000 rpm .. anything from a dead stop would just shoot flames out the carb ..a high stall converter was useless as the engine did not make enuff torque to rev up ..i took the BOSS HOSS 289 out and built a 460 to run in it but then developed bump steer problems that i could not overcome ..i sold the body to a fellow and soon lost track of it .. the 460 motor then went into a 70 ford drag race pick up with a twin 70 ford tow truck for several years but was damaged when a tree fell on it during my trying to dodge a tornado leaving the drag strip one night .. i then put that motor in a 83 T Bird ,, the baddest hot rod iv`e ever owned ,, drove it till around 1999 then got the itch for the 69 stang that later became the HOSS429 ,,, HOSS460 just didn`t have the right ring to it .. so yeah ... if i can find that original 460 set up pinto perhaps i can now cure the bump steer issue or live with it better ... my current V6 pinto has bump steer as well .. i had to move the rack in order to get the chevy engine in it ..Quote:
Originally Posted by 53 Chevy5
the BOSS HOSS 302 build .. i built this engine about 40 years ago but i still remember every detail of it .. funny how concentration can do that ,, i have`nt played golf in over 10 years but i can remember just about every shot i ever took on most golf coarses .. but anyway i remember this engine just as well ..i had had my mind on a boss 302 for quite some time .. i knew a fellow who had an original intake for one and i finally got it off him ,, cost me 75 $ ... i had access to everything else i needed as i was working at the junkyard at the time .. i got a set of open chamber 351 cleveland 4 barrell heads and milled the rocker pedestals down to accept screw in studs and guide plates .. i used big block chevy studs and pontiac rockers as they were 1.65 ratio VS the 1.73 or something cleveland rockers .. i was concerned about valve to piston clearance .. a fellow ford friend of mine had a 289 hipo steel crank and rods he was`nt using so he gave them to me .. i knew the 351 and the 289 had a 4 inch bore so the cleveland pistons would fit .. they just stuck out of the block about 80 thousandths hench the pontiac rockers .. i beveled the pistons edges with a grinder to fit into the clevelands open chamber head .. i had to drill intake water openings in the heads as clevelands have dry intakes but BOSS 302`s are wet .. push rods were 318 dodge as they were 3/8 ths diameter and close enuff in length .. i hardened them for the guide plates ..it took me two weeks to get the engine started .. i would crank and crank till i killed many batteries and it would not fire up .. i would take the electronic ignition out and bench wire it and it would shoot flames .. put it back in a get no spark .. i would switch back to conventional points ignition and get the same results .. after a time a fellow worker was putting in a new battery ( from some new wrecked car ) and noticed that i has the cables backwards the whole time i had been trying to crank the engine ,, the engine was turning backwards for two weeks ..put the battery in correct and it fired right up ..but as stated in the last post it would not perform in front of a c4 trans .. i later converted it back to a hipo 289 and put it in another pro street pinto i had built .. i was quite impressive showing up at the drag strip with two pro car pintos on a role back car hauler ( from the junkyard ) but neither one would get out of it`s on way ..
a brief break from reality ..
https://youtu.be/XW8iAVwt_Yc
being as most ( I say half ) of the convience stores in my area are ownd by indians ( not American indians but india indians ) i have made a bit of an attempt to learn a little of their language .. especially since the one who operates the store i visit most frequently is quite a hotty .. anywho i have learned that Kim-cho is a greeting that sort of says " good day how are you ? " and they will usually respond with " majamma " which is i`m fine thank you for asking " .. yet i have learned that even among indians ( people from india ) that some words do not mean the same thing as i have gotten illegable responses from other indians in other stores .. today i visit a store in my area that i do not frequent very often and as i am paying for my produce ( beer) i say Kim -cho .. and i get a blank look from the attendant .. i say majamma and get the same look .. they respond with some gibberish i dont understand then i realise they are not indian ( from india ) ... they are iranian ( from iran ) .. the people who own the other half of all convience stores ... hA ! but they love their new country and not a single one of them is with the crowd that wants to burn everything down ..
my absolute fav episode .. https://youtu.be/bvU1etC7TDk
ha.!!!!!!!!!! .
i have lived within 3 miles of where i was born my entire life .. when i cruise around i constantly run across places of fond memories .. today i got the pinto to finally start and i go on a short run about and come upon a location i fondly remember from over 50 years ago .. it`s a home that was once a grocery store .. i remember as a young teen ager riding my bicycle all day looking for undamaged returnable soda bottles .. 6 bottles would get me a free double cola .. sodas cost 12 cents or 10 cents with a return bottle ..the store owner was an elderly fellow and in later years some friends of mine would pull up to the gas pump and start pumping gas and another fellow would distract the owner as gas was rationed for a bit in the mid 70`s .. as the store owner was distracted the fellow pumping the gas would restart the pump and rip off the old fellow .. i could`nt do much about it as these were mean people back then ..one of my " friends " was later killed in prison and another was banished to another state and never allowed back in Alabama lest he be arrested on site .. he died a few years ago in florida ..i am becoming the last dinosaur so to speak ..
who has fresh roses in December in 26 degree weather ? mine seem to be a bit off season .. anywho i work part time at a big box hardware store that is "not " home depot .. i work in tools and hardware and only once in a great while am i not able to give a customer what they need .. some will come in after having studied countless hours learning everything about what they want and have more questions than i can answer .. i dont know everything about every product we sell . i spent 30 years in the space and defense industry .iv`e been one year on the sales floor ..we have 8 different kinds of the same Dewalt impact driver and some people want me to explain them all ..recently one guy was not satisfied with the answers i was giving him and he literally farted on me as he walked away ... HA !! ..and no the virus mask does not mask the smell .. which makes me ask .. if a mask cant deter a fart how can it deter a virus that is a 1000 times smaller ... all this is leading up to all of our managers and bosses are out with the virus .. one of them attended a meeting while infected and infected them all .. we are running on borrowed bosses from other stores and we are out of control .. glad i`m off all week .
I have an ex son in law who works for HD and he thinks he knows it all but he doesn't have enough common sense to pour piss out of a boot.
a few loyal customers we have say they will never set foot in a home depot again .. others who get angry at me say they will go straight to home depot .. i admit we do not have enough floor staff to service all the needs of our customers .. too many times i find myself trapped in the plumbing or electrical departments because no one is working them .. lowes has had a 30 % increase of business this year yet has not increased floor coverage one iota ..they still staff departments based on known sales figures and trends from last year ..
COTTON !!! when i was a member on a worldwide forum every year i would post a few pictures of various stages of cotton and some members from other parts of the world would be fascinated that their drawers and tee shirts came from such a strange plant ...for some reason i have always paid attention to the growing trends near me and its` always either cotton, soy beans or corn usually equally divided but this year 80 % of all crops has been cotton ..there is a gin across the road from me and i have never heard it running in December .. and they still have a months worth of bales sitting on the ground ..there is about 20 times more than this sitting around .
I've been through the south on a few occasions, mostly driving from Dayton, Ohio to Bradenton, Fl on spring vacations while in high school in the late 50's, and I don't remember seeing even a bail of cotton much less a field. My step father never liked going the same way twice so I've been through parts of Georgia, Alabama, South and North Carolina and Tennessee. Awesome country except for too much red clay in Georgia.