60+ year old thread.

A mans gotta do what a mans gotta do! (Honestly, trying to do a cast iron sear inside will leave flowery fragrance in the kitchen for days!)

EDIT again....in another defense - it's 98* at 7:01 pm here. We had leftover green chicken enchiladas!

 

I spent the day washing and ceramic coating the taco today. Good weather for it. Started out rainy today but cleared out early. Truck looks great. Went for an evening motorcycle ride after that. Very relaxing and enjoyable ride. I really do love the Bonneville.

 

What ceramic did you try? I have a couple on hold, but cool and shady days are few and far between! (And I gotta fix my hood, and my budget friend appears to have folded his biz!)

 

Good morning fellow Porchatonians!! We had an all day rain here yesterday - really needed it. Luckily I got the grass cut on Saturday. More showers today.

 

Our Tracks run usually from 1.5 miles to 3.5 miles. This track is 2.5 miles and 15 turns..

 

Mowed everything yesterday. I would rather not mow on Sunday, but the weather refused to cooperate. It was still slightly damp at 5pm. Fact of life: grass won't be dry enough to mow until the temp's too hot. Satisfying to have it done for a while.

 

I'm trying the torque brand. They have several products. I chose the redline shine for the initial coat as it is long lasting. I'll use some of they're spray on applications for maintenance and cleaning. They have sales on this stuff all the time. I will say that this was the easiest ceramic I have ever used, went on really easy and wiped off just as easy. No vigorous buffing required. I bet it didn't take an hour to do the whole truck. Covered everything on my taco, including glass and plastic. It really brought the plastic back. And the shine is amazing. Time will tell how it holds up. I used there clay MIT to wash the truck and it really made a difference. You could feel it sticking to the rough surface of the paint and as you used it you could feel it smoothing out. I waited for a sale on the redline shine product as it is expensive. The everyday detailing products are reasonable though.

 

Kurt: What brand of hose reel did you purchase? I agree on the difficulty to roll up is a challenge at times. I hHave the same hose reel. My next hose reel will have less hose on the reel.

Good morning. Today is a day at the dentist getting a new crown. My dentist said that they do it all so the crown will be fitted and made in his office. This is supposed to be a 3 hour process. We shall see.

 

Good morning all!

 

Good Morning

 

Morning Porch Folks
Plenty of rain yesterday but forecast looks good until Thursday . Get a chance to dry out.
Have a good day all.

 

Good Morning Porch Pals & Sue! Well, I saved the hard job for Monday - going to replace the distribution tube in the pool filter. It still spews Zeolite (sand) media every start up, since replacing the old filter. Tried the old valve head, redid the tubes last year - got it to good enough. But, now it's every day. So, rip it apart, suck out the sand, and try the original tubes. Probably require several cans of hydration.

Thanks Greg - I will look into that.

I had an IKRIS from Amazon - lasted 5 years. That one was 75 feet, and I had to pull it almost all the way out to get to the corner of the front yard. I think that was part of the internals going wonky eventually. That, and my wife just lets it loose to rewind. The IKRIS is no longer available, so I got this one at 100 feet.

$110 REDUCTUS Retractable Garden Hose Reel Wall Mount 1/2" x 100 ft + 6.5 ft Water Hose Reel for Outside with 10 Pattern Nozzle, Automatic Slow Rewind System/Lock Any Length/180°Swivel

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09NYBVMST?ie=UTF8

 

Shiiity weather here , for the last 2 weeks, rain , storm, hot ,humid, sticky, kind of weather you’ll get a headache staying out even for a short time. Last eve, was nice for couple of hours, took the chance and rode my bike to Wegmans.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky_rRg-d4S4

 

sixtys/wannabes/humidities. It's been gooey around here all week. Yesterday it rained A LOT; flooding and washouts all around the area.

Hose reels: Eley. That's all I have to say. Pricey, but you will never buy another one. I finally bit the bullet after having two supposedly high quality units either crack or rust into pieces.

https://www.eleyhosereels.com/collections/garden-hose-reels

 

Good day guys, busy morning!
Have a great day,

If anyone is bored and hasn't seen a movie in a while My bride and I seen the "sound of freedom" yesterday .

 

Sounds like the 15 turns is a lot more challenging than the dirt oval track racing we get around here and you can get 140 I'm impressed. It's great you can still enjoy it. I have a friend that does drag/ ET's that his wife does with the same car he complains that she is more consistent than he is but they enjoy it. They're 68 and 70 his wife is a little older than him, and the same age as my wife.

 

So much fun, again!



All comes out that small hole




The new one is on the left, covered in Zeosand. The old one, on the right, is going back in. It's the only part that hasn't been changed.




The bottom pieces have to get folded down to 90*. The one I pulled seemed to be, but I installed it twice, so I am suspicious of it. Fill tank halfway with water, 100 lbs of new sand, another pail of dry used, and back together.



And I think that's it! First bunch of tests it's perfect, and even running lower pressure, closer to what wife wants . I'll clean up in a few, get the zeo off me, and take a pool break!

 

Inspection report!
Those arms are just held in place by friction dimples. One fell out in getting hosed off!



I found two more held in by one dimple. Crooked mount, no seal. Causes of problem!




You'll see the arms are crooked. So, the new one just not built as well, be can be saved for spare.

 

uh-oh!

 

Here's the taco all shined up.

It's kinda hard to show the shine on a voodoo blue taco..