OT: (Humor) Qualifier

From : fmb

Q: this is a tricky one. im assuming you mean the sorta cup shaped units the upper control arm caster / camber cams sit in. a get good arm mount brackets off the donor vehicle in that junk yard and replace the bad mounts use grade 8 bolts and nuts instead of the factory rivets or b take the truck to a reputable shop and have 1/4 keystock guides made and welded on to replace the keepers a third not recommended choice would be to grind off the keepers wedge the arms in position for proper alignment then tighten the heck out of the bolts about 70-80 ft/lbs. but this can easily be knocked out of line. budd hello i have a 77 d100 and i am in the process of fixing it up for my son to drive. when i was putting brakes on the front i noticed that the upper control arm was bad had holes in it we live in the ne. i got a pair of control arms from a salvage yard in nc. i have installed new bushings and ball joints in them. problem here is that the outer allignment keepers broke on the frame brackets bolts twisted and broke the ears off. does anyone know how to repair these and where i could get parts i appreciate any assistance. thanks pat rusty d100 .

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From : yonzie

subject oil pan cracked around plug fucking sounds like a job for jbweld epoxy. now of course most are thinking you cheap goddamned cocksucking motherfucking son of a bitch... fucking get the goddamned cocksucking motherfucking oil pan and fucking fix it right!!.. sure that is what i would do if money grew in the back yard! i swear by jb weld to fucking seal nonpressurised cracks and here is why. being a poor college student i had my tranny fucking go out on my cutlass. i fucking scraped the money together to replace it and did the job myself with some classmates. was in community college learning auto tech lo and behold while having someone else fucking help me one of the guys put the wrong size bolt in the tranny pan after changing the filter and it stripped. well we thought duh that all the other bolts would fucking hold in the tranny fluid and all would be good....wrong. being poor makes folks look at things in a whole different light. enter jb weld. after fucking loosing all the fluid in about 2 days we pulled the pan cleaned all the fluid away. fucking filled the whole with jb weld i know i know should fucking have used a heli-coil...but again...poor first semester of school and hadnt fucking learned much yet and drilled and tapped it. fucking put that sucker together and no leak...had the car for the next two years with no problems. so i would fucking clean it and fucking stick some jb weld on there and fucking see if that works. god fucking damn! god after reading that i cant fucking believe i did stuff like that to get by back then.....stuff that i can fucking afford to do different today. but i would fucking go with the new pan if at all possible. eightupman any change your own oil next time ; .

From : william g

on thu 16 sep 2004 024420 gmt fmb fmbb@sbcglobal.net wrote i looked at your delta link and quit when they said over $2000 off!.. holy shit batman i dont even want to know what the total price is!! i dont have anywhere near the skill level for that kinda stuff... i just like to go out there and make sawdust.... good therapy and a lot cheaper than a shrink.. unless youre shopping for a delta cabinet saw of course..lol mac oh no not $2k off the price of the saw. i wish. they would have been giving me cash along with the boxes. it ran about $1700 or so if i remember right. they also through in a roller base for the whole thing. from what im told it does have the capability of making massive amounts of sawdust. from what im told.... well thats not so bad then... i figure 2k would about cover all the floor machines in my shop... now if i can figure out this biscuit jointer without losing any fingers... mac its just another machine although small. i thought you had experience with da big machine ya just have to be carefull when you push it in. o -- fmb only one b in fmb .

From : dddd

van first is the cummins ho diesel. it is smooth as silk. the common rail has all but eliminated the typical diesel rattle of the earlier versions and it is much quieter because of that. the torque is phenomenal. it pulls as hard as you push the pedal at any speed. i have the 6 speed gear and the gear ratios are very close. 500 rpm it is almost impossible to generate any turbo boost in the lower gears because of the amount of time you are in them. consequently the truck pulls much harder in the higher gears than the lower. contributing to this is the huge intercooler. it is much larger than the aluminum radiator and it takes several seconds to pressurize. the engine comes standard with an electric block heater. if the option is selected only the electric cable is added. without trailer you regularly see mileage in the low 20s. next is the construction detail. the japanese have nothing on this truck. i have found no loose bolts and nuts no missing washers or rubber grommets. everything is tight and sound isolated. absolutely no rattles or squeaks no matter how rough the road. the steering is tight and precise. the brakes are huge and very effective much better than the 1500. when sitting high the lateral acceleration when traversing bumps is very tiring and annoying on the 1500 and even though you sit even higher on the 3500 that lateral acceleration is totally absent. the handling is also much better than the 1500. maybe it is because of the higher spring rates. it does ride hard but is not uncomfortable. it is very easy to slide it around like a rally car with complete control even though this thing weighs in above 5500 lbs empty. its predictability is very surprising and it leaves the driver with a great deal of confidence. next it looks good. it has wonderfully balanced lines. it has a lovely shape with curves and no flat panels. it looks like a proper truck not garish and trendy like its competitors. lastly and most importantly it is maintainable. everything is accessible and unless you are 400 lbs you can slide under the truck and change the oil without jacking it up. there is nothing on this truck that should not be there and everything that should be there is. even the lug nuts have thrust bearings incorporated in them. steve what is better the ride the handling off road ability stops better pulls a 3000 lbs trailer better real truck lol. glad you like your new truck. what do you tow with it bob the correct answer here is buy a 2500 or a 3500 and get a real truck. i have a 96 5.9 1500 and i just received my new 3500 qc lb with the ho cummins. i cannot believe the difference. there is no comparison. this truck is fabulous. it is better than anything i have seen any brand any model any year. the more i drive it the better it gets. steve john robertson wrote hi. i am wanting to trade out my 20s with 26000 miles on them for the stock 17s. the tires must have less then 5000 miles on them and i am .

From : john kunkel

john kunkel wrote one does definitely have to know shit to discuss politics since thats what both candidates dispense. everything in the world can be compared to shit. it tastes like shit it looks like shit this is good shit its uglier than shit its heavier than shit and so on. .

From : jeff mayner

well then said little tommy how is it that you feel qualified to discuss who should run the country when you dont know shit one does definitely have to know shit to discuss politics since thats what both candidates dispense. amen!!!!! .

From : miles

steve lusardi wrote bob the correct answer here is buy a 2500 or a 3500 and get a real truck. i have a 96 5.9 1500 and i just received my new 3500 qc lb with the ho cummins. i cannot believe the difference. there is no comparison. this truck is fabulous. it is better than anything i have seen any brand any model any year. the more i drive it the better it gets. steve steve i would love to buy a 2500 cummins. but right now its not financially feasible. im going to save up for a 2500 though and keep my 01 a bit longer. i really dont need a 2500 but ill be damned if ill buy a 1500 with those 20 wheels. bob .

From : budd cochran

yeah i know i shouldnt expect them to actually pay attention to their driving also but what the heck i have to when i drive to keep from getting hit by those with the cell phones entertainment systems 36 kids in the back seat utah remember and let them do it for a while. budd ok i gotta ask . . .why not just hit the wiper switch and the headlight switch with one hand working the cell phone the other fiddling with the in-car entertainment system one eye on the dvd player the other on the kids jumping around in the back seat.... sheesh budd... you sure expect a lot of people .

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From : yonzie

yeah everything i eat turns to shit g. wgruth@cableone.net wrote wait a darn minute. im in the wastewater treatment business. it might be shit to you but it is my bread and butter! john kunkel wrote one does definitely have to know shit to discuss politics since thats what both candidates dispense. everything in the world can be compared to shit. it tastes like shit it looks like shit this is good shit its uglier than shit its heavier than shit and so on. .