i broke this while tightening down the alternator.
this is the top

 

That’s the thermostatic vacuum switch that modulated the baffle that directed warm air off the exhaust manifold through the air cleaner (I think). If it isn’t leaking coolant, I wouldn’t give it another thought.

 

On my 77 with a 351M That would be a Vac controlled by heat that goes to my Distributor. On mine it switches between different Vac sources . After I hooked it up my engine ran a whole lot better. My Distributor must be set up for this setup.

 

One of these days I'm going to learn to stop jinxing myself by saying stuff like this. I got a message from the wife to call the doctor ASAP this morning. The blood work came back fine, but the retina scan set off all sorts of alarms. I get to go visit the specialty eye doctor tomorrow morning (yeah they scheduled it that quick ) and find out what's up.

 

good evening folks..
dang dave i hope all is well for ya.. fingers crossed for ya


jeff ..OHHH NOOOO.. i hope you ran over right away and got a replacement part.. i would hate to see the engine blow-up...

 

Hope everything's okay Grems! I know when I had my cataract surgery, they wanted to do it like THE NEXT DAY after they found it! Wound up being about 3 - 4 weeks after that, but if you've ever had surgery scheduled at the V. A., you KNOW how quick that was! Prayers, my friend! Let us know!

 

good morning missouri..... kinnda cool down here this morning.. i had to get up and put another log on the fire... its to late to go back to bed.. so i am up planning my next move at the shop..
i guess i should bring the lifted bronco back in and get to work on the re-wire job... really wanna start on my 460 build for rip, but need to get this bronco done so i can sell it this winter when people need a 4x4

 

Morning folks, another day closer to a day off work that involves turkey.

 

Good morning Missouri, welcome to Tuesday. Gotta like these short work weeks!

 

MO tacos aren't bad either.

 

Morning guys.

Short week is right. I only had 3 - 8 hour shifts this week and I'm spending part of one going to the eye doctor. I wasn't really sweating this until my doctor called me this morning to make sure I had the time and place of my appointment and to update me with what she learned from my regular eye guy. To a degree, ignorance is truly bliss.

We had a Thanksgiving preview with Alex this weekend so I'm already warmed up and ready to go for Thursday. Hopefully the wife will remember the sugar in the pumpkin pie this time.

I found the sweet spot for the big white truck for interstate travel! 67 MPH got me 15 MPG back and forth to Springfield. Too bad the rural roads I take to work won't let me do that.

 

Dave, how is sugarless pumpkin pie, anyway......LOL

 

Actually, it wasn't half bad - especially with whipped topping on it. Being diabetic, I can say that I've had "sugar free" pumpkin pies that tasted much worse.

 

Ah, this is true. Well, at least the whipped topping helped!

 

Good morning fellers!
We're going to the KC area for Thanksgiving, since we've been gone the last 5. Turkey is thawing out, still, and our light display "should" be finished this afternoon. Just some work to get the shrubs ready to go for Friday night when we fire it all up, weather permitting.

Unk Bob