Colorado B.S. Thread

Fetzer valve?

 

Saw that at the liquor store around the corner from me. Crazy expensive... I think $12.

Wondered what it tasted like.

 

Super easy to replace. Get the WIX replacement filter.

Also, make sure you have around 1/4 tank or less of gasoline. There's also a tip where you remove your ECU fuse and crank the truck until it dies (or something like that) to help remove any fuel from the lines. I followed that advice and did not have any gasoline spray.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35dcwKfjMlw

 

It's all ball bearings nowadays

 

Got the other side mostly mocked up, and ran out of welding wire.

 

replaced the grout around the tub/tile today. this job sucks ass, i fuckin hate grout. considering selling the house and going back to renting. #fuckthisshit

 

You should try painting with my wife..... lol

She hates anything home maintance related

 

painting is only slightly better than grout, lol. I did the trim (painted) around the back door and garage today too. also caulked a few windows that needed it. tomorrow, I get to replace a couple shingles that went away at some point. I don't care for heights so that should be exciting.

 

I'll try and get some pics up of my water damage/woodpecker damage repairs. My last 4 weekends have been all house, all day, sometimes the weekend is 4 days (like this last one). It makes you think sometimes. At least I'll own it when I'm 58.......

 

Roof stuff is fun

 

I have a feeling I will be doing this next summer. My roof is aged and I've been procrastinating hard and will most likely pay dearly for that.

Living the dream.
There is some kind of pecking bird here that loves to rap on the metal chimney cap at the wee hours of the morning.
Sucks they got through your wall, sounds like a mess.
I had a bird nest in the bathroom exhaust vent tube in the crawlspace one year. That was a mess, dries bird shit everywhere, egg shells, feathers, the stink. I installed heavy screen over all the potential entrances after cleaning that shit up.

 

Pretty much 2/3 of my neighborhood has had roof work done after this summer of fun.....

No birds here, but we found a large wasp nest while replacing the roof and gutters..... They were quite pissed when I killed off their young ones and sealed them off in a tomb

 

Not gonna lie, that made me chuckle.

 

Yea, when pulling the siding and boards down behind it I found a couple nests. I got stung in the back of the head, 20ft up on the ladder. Sucks trying to scoot fast down a extension ladder.

 

So Eric and I were talking spindle gussets again this weekend, as to which of the two TCs are going to better brace the spindle. I believe that they will both support the spindle/UCA hole equally given their design, and the sway version will support the rest of ti better than the non-sway, any other thoughts? My non-sways have cracked right at the base where the gusset meets the spindle by the tie rod arm, twice.


Non-Sway





Sway

 

Really think about what that is telling you.

1. The welding process is cooling too fast causing tension in the bracket that eventually leads to a crack.

2. You are hitting stuff with enough force that the bracket is not enough to keep the spindle from bending.

Have you asked that question in the LT forum?

 

I got the sway version on mine

 

Agreed, I was thinking the brace to the tie arm would help on both cases. I have a new used set that I will be gusseting and trying to decide which to go with. I have not headed there next.