Gun Tolerance

December 31, 2008

My neighbors seem offended by my ownership of guns. In order to let them know I am tolerant of their position, I put a sign in my yard.

Issues with blog server

December 30, 2008

Not sure anyone reads my blog and expects new material, but if you are and you do, then be aware that I am having issues right now. I lost my home router on Christmas day and decided to replace it with a different brand and model, and as a result, I can’t view my blog site from home. (I think it is a bug in the router’s firmware, I working with tech “support”) I have started the process of moving my site over to a hosted server, but that is a time consuming process, and I’m always short on time.

In other news, quadzilla is falling apart on me. The transmission is on its last leg, and the rear wheel steering faulted out 3 times yesterday, and I noticed that the battery voltage was only around 12v instead of 14v, so my alternator might be going out. The transmission was no surprise, since I am putting 200 extra horsepower through it, but the other things are disappointing. I’ve got a beefy new transmission on order, but there is a 4 week lead time on it.

Betty needs new brake pads, and I have the heater controls ripped out of the dash and laying in the floor. I hope I can get home tonight with a little time to at least change out the brakes so I can drive it instead.

Anyway, I’ve got lots of great pictures from Christmas I want to post, so those are coming up. I’ve already uploaded most of them to Google Picasaweb, so if you are interested you can look there, but there won’t be any witty text to go with it.

Additional Wires for Betty

December 20, 2008

My goal of having Betty running on WVO before Thanksgiving failed, but I am determined to get it done this weekend. I had Friday off, which gave me a good chunk of time to get it done. First, I made a wiring harness to connect the components in the engine compartment to the new switches and gauge.

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I was trying to get Dasher to calm down during the rain the other night, so I put him in my lap. It didn’t really help, but Amber thought she needed to take a picture of my trying to type on the computer with him standing on me.

On of our neighbors was giving us grief about the pumpkin still sitting out in front of our house. Amber decided it was time to get rid of it. I told her to pick her favorite tool of destruction. She chose the 36″ demolition bar. Good choice.

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