1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

Dallas

 

I'm happy for you, that's a healthy weight

 

Still gotcha


155

 

Got the freezers all hooked up 23 hours after losing power. Meat was all still ice solid besides some chicken. Had to make a run across town to a truck stop for some 10w30 oil for the generator.

Lot of main roads are blocked due to poles being down. Was telling my old roommate how it’s the apocalypse out here right now.

 

I've been watching it. Scary stuff. Is it close to any members?

 

I just saw some pictures. The hurricane hasn't even hit yet.

 

It will clean up nicely. I use a mix of Kerosene and Berrymans Carb cleaner.

 

@BartMaster1234 https://tr-8r.com/

 

Have any of your guys taken the TransAmerica Trail at any point?


https://www.transamtrail.com/

 

Guess we lost another dog yesterday. Was struggle to have puppy’s so they took her to the vet, had a C section done and got the rest of the puppies out (none living) and got her closed up and on an IV.

She was doing fine, up and about. Then a blood clot got free or whatever and went to her brain, DED.

 

Sorry to hear that.

 

4 dogs this year, not doing too hot

 

That's pretty brutal, sorry to hear it's been a bad year

 

That's what you use to make intake manifolds like new?

What part of each?

 

Damn.

 

Mmmm kerosene

 

We have a family cabin in Boulder Creek that my great grandfather built in 1928. As of yesterday afternoon it was still standing but a house on the end of Chipmunk Hollow Rd. went up and numerous propane tanks nearby burst so...fingers crossed. Firefighters from LA are sitting in downtown Boulder Creek not fighting fires nearby but instead waiting to save the town itself as a "last stand." We have a pool that bucket helicopters have used numerous times over the years to fight Big Basin Redwoods State Park fires but they didn't this time, too much smoke to fly safely. Sad.
Here's a pic neighbor who works for CERT took yesterday afternoon. You can see the cabin across the road (Big Basin Way) through the smoke.

 

Thats the best gas station beef jerky right there

 

Intake manifolds start with this. Usually, a 50/50 mix -- sometimes different depending on the level of grime.

Then pressure wash with some type of soap-like Purple Power or I take those parts to a car wash to get rid of any grease residue.

Then I usually polish up the manifold part with a wire wheel. Depending on the part, I use a Dremel wire wheel or for the manifold, a drill with wire brush.

After that brake parts cleaner and acetone.

For the large part of the manifold, I coat it with POR Glisten PC clear. Smaller parts like the throttle body get clear wheel coating from an aerosol can.

The idea is to seal up the aluminum so it won't tarnish. So far it is holding up ok. Time will tell. The goal was to have something that is low maintenance that I can just hit with an air hose to blow off any dust.

 

@xtremewlr https://www.instagram.com/p/CEM_7gApiAM/?igshid=1xqiemnmnkxpj