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| Matatk | Tuesday Chat 06.02.09 | ||
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Good Morning CGs!
How is everyone today? Well, I did get some chores done yesterday. Grass cut, messed with the pool chemicals a bit, cleaned the house, etc. I also got a chance in the evening to tinker with the vette. Bled the rear brakes pretty quickly and got that buttoned up. Then I decided to play with my alignment. It's been pretty bad since I bought it. Always had to turn the wheel quite a bit to the right to keep it driving straight down the road. I've never done suspension adjustment, but I figured it couldn't be that hard. Unfortunately, I don't have the correct tools to do it. So what I did was first put the steering wheel into a "zero" state where it was not tilted left or right. I used a long level next to the wheel and marked the floor the angle the tire was toeing out. Then I moved the tired inward until I thought it was straight and marked that line. I measured the distance between the two at the point the tie rod connects to the knuckle and then backed off the nut that much. I then had to disconnect the tie rod and turn it by hand to the nut stop. Worst part was putting it back together since the threads were gummed up from being old and wouldn't go back together. I chased the threads and wire wheeled it and got it together. After my test drive, brakes are great and alignment is almost perfect! Hey, anything is better than what it was. I've got a few more errands to do today later on. Long winded today, huh? Hope everyone has a great day! Matthew |
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| TommyT-Bone | Re: Tuesday Chat 06.02.09 | ||
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| Matatk | Re: Tuesday Chat 06.02.09 | ||
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Tommy, sorry if you had to google Gwen Stefani after my post in the shout out board....hehehe
But she's a babe, huh? Matthew  |
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| TommyT-Bone | Re: Tuesday Chat 06.02.09 | ||
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Ya, I had to google her. LOL.
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| pianoguy | Re: Tuesday Chat 06.02.09 | ||
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Greetings! I have golf league tonight, so naturally it's cloudy with a chance of rain, but at least the wind has died down. I hope to hear from my engine guy soon - I'm getting antsy.
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| Epimax | Re: Tuesday Chat 06.02.09 | ||
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Morning!
Another day, another dollar.. Got the new fridge yesterday, and guess what...damn thing didn't fit...(Insert multiple calls from the wife)...  It was off by just a tad, so I had to pull the counter top and do some mods. Everything turned out fine, and it fits perfect now... It's always something, ain't it?! PS: Beverage holder works nice....  |
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| CSS996 | Re: Tuesday Chat 06.02.09 | ||
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Good Morning Gurus!
Had my morning post all typed out. Got a session time out error. Got one last night too. Don't feel like typing it again. Enjoy your day! |
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| BillH | Re: Tuesday Chat 06.02.09 | ||
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Morning guys, I'm pulling up old dirty, dusty carpet today.
Dave, good thing your countertop wasn't granite. Matthew, That's a strange way to measure toe, why don't you start a thread in tech and we can discuss it. |
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| TommyT-Bone | Re: Tuesday Chat 06.02.09 | ||
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Just so you know. If you hit submit a 2nd time on a timed out it will take. What I do is review the long post then hit Home ............ doh! Adious post. |
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| CSS996 | Re: Tuesday Chat 06.02.09 | ||
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I have tried re-submitting in the past with no success. Next time I get a time-out I will give it another shot. Thanks.
My cable is out today, so no high speed interwebs. Can't watch your nifty videos. Thankfully, I can still wade through the web on my phone's Edge Network. Stinkin Pueblo.... No 3G. |
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| Epimax | Re: Tuesday Chat 06.02.09 | ||
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BillH wrote: Dave, good thing your countertop wasn't granite. That's exactly what I told my wife, but she still wants to upgrade the countertops to granite.... She said it would be easy now that I've got the correct measurments for that section of counter top... Can't win for Losing!  |
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| teebee | Re: Tuesday Chat 06.02.09 | ||
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Morning, I've been back at school today finishing up a bunch of BS paperwork for the state/federal VocEd funding. I hate all the cr@p, but that's the way the administration justifies my program and how they take care of about 1/3 of my salary, so I guess I have to do it....for one more year.
Granite countertops are really nice, but they are a b!tch if you have to make changes down the road. Solid surface tops like Corian are a bit easier to work with, but don't have the same feel. If you want (or have) to change appliances, take your measurements when you go to buy, as it is much cheaper to buy something that fits rather than having to get someone out to "modify" a granite one. Maybe it's not as much of an issue if you live near larger cities or metropolitan areas, but in my neck of the woods...desert, sorry, it's quite an ordeal to find someone to come out and work with granite. Generally speaking it's a 4 hour drive for someone to come out from Wichita, Amarillo, or Colorado Springs. Come to think about it, that's what I like about living here, four hours in any direction and you can get/see/do just about anything you want/need.  Matt, why don't you just take it in and get it aligned properly? |
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| Epimax | Re: Tuesday Chat 06.02.09 | ||
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| Matatk | Re: Tuesday Chat 06.02.09 | ||
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I wanted to wait until I finished my poly bushing install. Got the back done, waiting to do the front. |
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| teebee | Re: Tuesday Chat 06.02.09 | ||
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| teebee | Re: Tuesday Chat 06.02.09 | ||
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| vetteblondie | Re: Tuesday Chat 06.02.09 | ||
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I need to find a 'middle of nowhere' place....
I have had it up to my arse with stupid people today. GRRR. Didn't even feel like finishing the beer I'd opened when I got home. Got a lot done last night putting up some of mom's things, up till midnight. Rested tonight. Need to unbox stuff again tomorrow night and have a book cover to do. And, thanks to the 'just enough sprinkles of rain today to mess up my car' we got - I need to rub out the water spots on the car . Ugh. Is there a light at the end of the tunnel? |
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| TommyT-Bone | Re: Tuesday Chat 06.02.09 | ||
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| biggrizzly | Re: Tuesday Chat 06.02.09 | ||
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| vetteblondie | Re: Tuesday Chat 06.02.09 | ||
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| TommyT-Bone | Re: Tuesday Chat 06.02.09 | ||
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Or... Satan pointing the bright light in my face so I can't see when he shoots me? Nah! Satan shoots from behind. It's Santa that comes at ya head on. |
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