Making a list
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Fleet Mechanic
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From: northeast Ga
Making a list
I have decided , I need to make a list of things I have already bought for my project . As I go along on this build , I think of things I will need , and try to order or buy them so they will be ready when the time comes to use them . My problem is , I forget that I have already bought some things , and then order the same things over . Last fall I spent a lot of money at the turkey run , and came home and put the stuff in storage . Now as I need different parts I opened the boxes' and found parts I have already bought and used . I will have to make a list and someone will get a good deal . Is this just me or do you find yourself doing the same thing ?
Marmon-Herrington Man
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From: Central Illinois
My problem is finding something that I know I have (new/used part, tool, etc) that isn't where I recall putting it. Drives me crazy. Once I buy a replacement I find the original. Stu
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Fleet Mechanic
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From: northeast Ga
Problem is I still have left over parts from my 54 panel build . Maybe by the third build , I will have all the parts I need ..
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I've been guilty of it, just saying. I've also bought parts only to find that I need to make changes further down the road. Will eventually put them all together and see just what I have,lol
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I can begin to build another truck from some of the parts I bought twice.
The most recent example? The hexagon hood bolts. I went to install the hood and couldn't find the bolts anywhere. I KNEW I put them in a ziplock bag carefully identified with the contents. Poof - they vanished.
So after cursing like a pirate that stubbed his toe, I ordered another set and paid more stupid shipping for them.
Yesterday I found the original set. Right in the middle on the workbench in the carefully labeled bag - plain as day. How I missed it I'll never know. I'll put them in the overflowing box of new parts called 'extras'.
I'm gonna have a heck of a parts sale when I get this truck finished.
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The most recent example? The hexagon hood bolts. I went to install the hood and couldn't find the bolts anywhere. I KNEW I put them in a ziplock bag carefully identified with the contents. Poof - they vanished.
So after cursing like a pirate that stubbed his toe, I ordered another set and paid more stupid shipping for them.
Yesterday I found the original set. Right in the middle on the workbench in the carefully labeled bag - plain as day. How I missed it I'll never know. I'll put them in the overflowing box of new parts called 'extras'.
I'm gonna have a heck of a parts sale when I get this truck finished.
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Fleet Mechanic
Joined: Oct 2011
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From: Birdsboro PA
Ive been using an excel spread sheet to keep track of what ive bought, what i still need to buy, how much i have spent, how much i still need to spend, and how much i will spend in total.
Fleet Owner
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Fleet Mechanic
Joined: Oct 2011
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From: Birdsboro PA
Haha yeah i know. I always seem to find things to add to the list and very rarely take things off the list that i decide i dont need. It does help me plan out when i want to do things though.
Fleet Owner
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From: Central PA
I can begin to build another truck from some of the parts I bought twice.
The most recent example? The hexagon hood bolts. I went to install the hood and couldn't find the bolts anywhere. I KNEW I put them in a ziplock bag carefully identified with the contents. Poof - they vanished.
So after cursing like a pirate that stubbed his toe, I ordered another set and paid more stupid shipping for them.
Yesterday I found the original set. Right in the middle on the workbench in the carefully labeled bag - plain as day. How I missed it I'll never know. I'll put them in the overflowing box of new parts called 'extras'.
I'm gonna have a heck of a parts sale when I get this truck finished.
.
The most recent example? The hexagon hood bolts. I went to install the hood and couldn't find the bolts anywhere. I KNEW I put them in a ziplock bag carefully identified with the contents. Poof - they vanished.
So after cursing like a pirate that stubbed his toe, I ordered another set and paid more stupid shipping for them.
Yesterday I found the original set. Right in the middle on the workbench in the carefully labeled bag - plain as day. How I missed it I'll never know. I'll put them in the overflowing box of new parts called 'extras'.
I'm gonna have a heck of a parts sale when I get this truck finished.
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Definitely have the same problem, I just recently found a set of pins and bushings for my front spring hangers, I thought I installed them over 10 years ago, now I have to re visit that task to see exactly what I did replace up there (it was one of the first jobs I ever did on my truck). I've got a lot of duplicate parts and with the cost of things going up all the time I'm glad, besides if I get a feeling to go out and work on it, I already have enough parts to do several prodjects. I'm bad, if I find a few $s on a credit card, I look for something I just cant live without and then hide it for awhile. LOL You cant have to many parts for your truck. I've got a cardboard box full of receipts about 8inches deep. By the way, am I the only one that lays on a creeper and wipes down the underside of there truck, and enjoys it?