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Old Mar 14, 2012 | 08:24 AM
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Good morning everyone! Yesterday pretty much sucked at work. Got home and had success with the truck and hit got oil changed in the car and van.

Decided to do some follow up for work and ended up continuing the ****ty *** day. Ended up going to bed at 1:45am.

I hope today goes better or I'm taking the day off.
 
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Old Mar 14, 2012 | 08:40 AM
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I'm baaaaaaaacccckkkkkk.......and still in the lead...

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Old Mar 14, 2012 | 08:45 AM
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Originally Posted by DieselCamper01
I'm baaaaaaaacccckkkkkk.......and still in the lead...

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Until you have pictures your not allowed to post
 
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Old Mar 14, 2012 | 08:47 AM
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Originally Posted by msmenne17
Good morning everyone! Yesterday pretty much sucked at work. Got home and had success with the truck and hit got oil changed in the car and van.

Decided to do some follow up for work and ended up continuing the ****ty *** day. Ended up going to bed at 1:45am.

I hope today goes better or I'm taking the day off.
Good morning Michael! Glad to hear you got the truck running! So by changing oil in the car do you mean just adding oil? As much as that car goes through I would just change the filter! LOL

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I'm baaaaaaaacccckkkkkk.......and still in the lead...

DieselCamper01 169
fordpower88 167
HP junkie 144
wildstang 126
Ford79 115
dlibson 103
mndiesel 99
MisterCMK 75
msmenne17 74
Devious Delight 72
Excursion4X4 28
GIGGER 27
Jbotto 11
Skattracker3 5
Welcome back Jay! Hope you had a good time!

So the post count war is on!

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I agree!!!
 
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Old Mar 14, 2012 | 08:54 AM
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Troy to gain in post count you need to stop the multi comment posts. Add much faster. LOL
 
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Old Mar 14, 2012 | 09:09 AM
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Troy to gain in post count you need to stop the multi comment posts. Add much faster. LOL
Dang it I should know better!
 
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Old Mar 14, 2012 | 09:09 AM
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Good Morning All!
 
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Old Mar 14, 2012 | 09:13 AM
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Good morning Dale!
 
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Old Mar 14, 2012 | 09:17 AM
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Any plans for today Troy?
 
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Old Mar 14, 2012 | 09:29 AM
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Not much Dale. Just working here in the shop. Not a real busy day for me so far anyway. How about you?
 
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Old Mar 14, 2012 | 09:56 AM
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Morning guys...

Chris, that sucks to hear about your truck. hopefully it'll get sorted out quickly and inexpensively.

Michael, that's no fun but congrats on getting the truck running. When's the trans rebuild party?

I made some progress on my truck yesterday. pretty much finished the exhaust. got the gas tank straps loose, then realized that there was an extra cross member welded to the frame to mount an old hitch too....

So now in order to replace the gas tank, I need to remove the box. So I'm unloading the plow that's in the box right now, took out the toolboxes. Ugh.

I'm going to order a poly tank, so I won't have to worry about the tank rusting again. While the box is off, I'm also going to give it new fuel lines (currently leaking).

Then it'll be time to start collecting new brake parts. front calipers aren't working correctly, and going to do a rear disc brake swap also.

I'm debating on whether or not to replace the Front rotors, as well as the master cyl and brake booster. My thought is, since I've just replaced 95% of the brake lines, if I just bite the bullet on the rotors/master/booster, I'll have a 100% new brake system.
 
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Old Mar 14, 2012 | 09:57 AM
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Until you have pictures your not allowed to post
No kidding! I posted pics!
 
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Old Mar 14, 2012 | 10:14 AM
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Howdy Troy, Jay, Dustin, Mike, Chris, Dale, MS, Jim & Mike & all.........wow, I need a rollodex but I think I got y'all
 
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Old Mar 14, 2012 | 10:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Devious Delight
Morning guys...

Chris, that sucks to hear about your truck. hopefully it'll get sorted out quickly and inexpensively.

Michael, that's no fun but congrats on getting the truck running. When's the trans rebuild party?

I made some progress on my truck yesterday. pretty much finished the exhaust. got the gas tank straps loose, then realized that there was an extra cross member welded to the frame to mount an old hitch too....

So now in order to replace the gas tank, I need to remove the box. So I'm unloading the plow that's in the box right now, took out the toolboxes. Ugh.

I'm going to order a poly tank, so I won't have to worry about the tank rusting again. While the box is off, I'm also going to give it new fuel lines (currently leaking).

Then it'll be time to start collecting new brake parts. front calipers aren't working correctly, and going to do a rear disc brake swap also.

I'm debating on whether or not to replace the Front rotors, as well as the master cyl and brake booster. My thought is, since I've just replaced 95% of the brake lines, if I just bite the bullet on the rotors/master/booster, I'll have a 100% new brake system.
Good morning Dustin! Sounds like you have plenty to do!

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No kidding! I posted pics!
Hey Chris! We only saw two pics of you sledding so where is the rest?

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Howdy Troy, Jay, Dustin, Mike, Chris, Dale, MS, Jim & Mike & all.........wow, I need a rollodex but I think I got y'all
Sometimes it is easier just to say Howdy guys! LOL Less mental strain trying to remember if you got everyone.
 
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Old Mar 14, 2012 | 10:27 AM
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Thx Troy, I'm still trying to get to know my friends over here, lol

Maybe you could tell me who to watch out for, I hear that Jim from VT is trouble, lol
 
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