PennSilverTaco's "Perfect 5-Lug Regular Cab" Build, Aspergers, and General BS MegaThread!

January 7th, 2018:

The street on which my friend's parents' house is located...

 

January 7th, 2018:

Tacoma again...



That green spot underneath the truck is coolant that I spilled while topping off the reservoir.

 

January 7th, 2018:

The pictures of the golf cart were also taken on the 7th...

More pictures taken in the backyard...

Everything you see came with the house!

 

January 7th, 2018:

At Aquatopia for the second time!

This is what happens when you own a regular cab pickup and are afraid your stuff will get stolen...

 

January 7th, 2018:

Here we go again!

 

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Most recently, on Tacoma Spotting with Charlie...


January 7th, 2018:

Tannersville, Pennsylvania

 

January 7th, 2018:

I took this picture inside Aquatopia just before we left...




More pictures from the main lobby...

 

January 7th, 2018:

I wonder how much money Boo's owner is making off of all this merchandising?

 

January 7th, 2018:

Outside, as we were heading back out to our vehicles...

 

January 7th, 2018:

Pictures of Aquatopia, taken from the outside:

 

yes, there is very little pressure. You might trim the hose ends back if there is enough slack.

 

I've known my best friend Mike since April 2008 or so (I know it was after I turned 19, which was March 2008). I originally met him in a group for adults on the spectrum. He was an inaugural member of the Coffeehouse when it was founded in the summer of '08. I did not find out about the Coffeehouse until at least November 2008, and officially became a member in January 2009. Mike and I formally became friends in early 2009. I got my learner's permit (for the second time) in August 2009, got the Tacoma as a gift in September of '09, and finally got my driver's license in May 2011. Mike just turned 29 and is the only one of five original Coffeehouse members who still hang out regularly (myself included), who does not have a driver's license. From 2011 onward, Mike and I hung out regularly, primarily going to movies. He also enjoys going to car shows with me, which is surprising since cars aren't exactly his thing.

Mike is always willing to listen and learn new things, and at some point (presumably during a road trip in the Tacoma) I told Mike all about central heating and cooling systems. As a result, Mike not only knows what a heat pump is, but has a basic understanding of how one works. This includes, but is not limited too, defrost cycles...

So, when we saw steam coming from a fenced-in enclosure, Mike actually asked me if it was a heat pump. It did kind of resemble an A/C enclosure like what you'd find at most commercial buildings. I knew it could not possibly be a standard air-source residential or light commercial heat pump, but I thought it was a chiller of some sort.

This is the original picture I took...

January 6th, 2017:



Like I said, a typical air-source heat pump could not produce this big of a steam show! Even the Amana unit at a Doylestown restaurant (seen here in a November 2012 YouTube video), could produce the amount of steam seen in the picture above!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=golDS6cJckk

A quick glance over the fence revealed that it was some sort of pool...

January 7th, 2018:

A closer look as we were leaving the next day (remember, we overlooked the importance of buying tickets ahead of time and had to come back the next day due to tickets being completely sold out) revealed that this was actually part of a largely indoor pool, in the Aquatopia water park. However, due to the dangerous cold, it was closed...

 

I have reason to believe that this has been going on for a couple of years...

My truck has never overheated, EVER. Thus, I think it will be fine if I wait until it gets into the 50s (That's a damn heat wave compared to this past weekend!) to make the repair...

 

And that brings us to a YouTube trend I started! The steam show!

People have been posting videos of heat pumps defrosting (typically their own) on YouTube since the website's founding! However, I coined the term "Steam Show," and started a YouTube revolution...

1998 Trane XL1800:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD4rpKtu56U&list=PL9B3B3DD54D3E758A&index=3

2003 Carrier TECH2000:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNCC2B9GgGs

1999 Rheem:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLWnWef7FBo&t=12s&list=PL9B3B3DD54D3E758A&index=10

2010 Bryant Evolution System (Best friend's parents' house):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm2lBSYQzGY&list=PL9B3B3DD54D3E758A&index=12

York packaged heat pump:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtRJv1pBWBk

2001 Trane XE1000 (Aunt and Uncle's old house):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqO9ibepTCU

 

Yea that’s what I did , just get stainless steel hose clamps (small ones for 3/8” hose) and put them on each end of the hose from the radiator to the reservoir .

 

If it's been 8 years and that's all you've lost. Top off the coolant and call it good.

 

some pretty cool pics charlie! That place looks pretty damn neat

 

January 5th, 2018:

Heading to the PA Turnpike...

When I go to the Turnpike, I go straight down Easton Road. My friend's younger sister insisted on taking this confusing labyrinth of back roads, claiming it was easier...



I don't know why she thought it was easier...

 

January 5th, 2018:

Getting on the Turnpike...

 

January 5th, 2018:

On the Turnpike...