Enjoy your boating trip, but don't have too much fun, or there won't be enough for next time.

 

1963 Ford F100 302 Exhaust - Thrust Welded - YouTube

 

Twas the night before Christmas and all through the truck
All the fluids were frozen, the injectors were stuck,

The glow plugs were chilled and the turbo stone-cold,
This weather was frightful if I may be so bold,

The snowdrift was piled sky-high on the hood,
As I tossed to the fire a fresh load of wood,

My good wife and I settled in for some rest
But 'twas not long-lived, yet perhaps for the best

"What's that!" I declared with a roar
And no sooner than said came a knock at the door,

I arose from my chair soon to be slumber's bed
And there on the porch was the Big Man in red!

"I'm stuck" spoke he, "can you give me a pull?"
I said I may be stupid but I ain't no fool

So I rushed to the truck as I buttoned my flap
I opened the door and threw out my strap

One move and the key was set firm without strife
With one quick turn that mighty Ford Diesel came roaring to life!

The rattle and roar of that powerful eight
The hot blast of smoke shaking the frozen fruit cake

The reindeer were nervous and in awe of such might
But they knew that Ford Diesel would be saving their night

I eased in the clutch and I dropped her in gear
The T-case in low as I backed her in near

One end to the hitch and the other to sleigh
The tow strap was set as the snow wiped away

He cried out "I'm not sure, cause that old sleigh is heavy
but I trust you, cause I see you're not driving a Chevy"

I gave her some fuel and four tires did spin
Then they grabbed with the strength of the truck I was in

Ol' Ford started smoking and pulling so hard
That I ended up halfway 'cross my neighbor's yard

As I backed off the fuel and gave a proud shout
He declared that "No Dodge could have pulled that sleigh out!"

He thanked me profusely and the reindeer did bow
To the Mighty Ford Diesel, which was idling now

For they knew in their hearts that without this fueled might
That there would be no Christmas this shivering night

He climbed in his seat and with a wave of his hand
Those reindeer lurched forward across the snowed land

"I thank you again my dear newly-found friend
For your hand and your heart kept this night from its end

And later this eve, warm and snug in my lodge
I'll be thanking the Lord, that you did not buy a Dodge!"

 

Trey, you definitely have to much time on your hands.

 

Ha. Not any more...

But I didnt write that.

 

Awesome. I loved it. You may have not written it, but you had to type it all up in here.

 

Changed out the spark plugs on my sister's "new" Tacoma today. Its got 130k miles and this was the first time the plugs had been changed. They were the originals because they were still different brands on different sides of the engine (toyotas retarded like that). The factory plugs are supposed to be changed at 75k so this is what they looked like:



and that was a relatively good one

 

You can re-gap that, y'know?

Pop

 

I've never messed with plugs in a new vehicle. Is that electrode supposed to be conical?

 

I'm not sure either, what the gap is supposed to be. But other than that, that plug looks good. She's been burning clean.

Don't ya'll be going anywhere on the 60/605 tonight.

 

Yeah, what a mess, huh? That bridge could have to come down.

 

I suspect it was cylindrical when it started life.

That missing metal is many, many sparks worth of etching.

Spark plug design and metallurgy isn't the same as it once was.

They can last a hundred-thousand miles nowadays, not like changing them every 15K or so each "points, plugs, and condenser".

Pop

 

the electrodes started out cylindrical, now theyre all wedge shaped from age. The ones from my dads 250 that got changed last year had gone 100k and werent nearly that bad but they were supposed to go 100k. these went double theyre expected lifetime and probably wouldve gone longer but we bought the truck about a month ago and im slowly going thru it so we know all the maintenance has been done

 

I love calling Toyota and asking for the part number for spark plugs. They give you two numbers

 

Finally gettin' that Monday So Cal rain today in Misery, but nice and warm.