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Ha! 0430 where you are, 5 more minutes here...I stocked up on the brew yesterday, so after fixing the trailer lights this morning (loaned it to a neighbor who yanked on the cable to disconnect them from his bumper connection) it's...
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From: Lynden, WA.
It may have been early morning where you are, but if that's the time to have a cold one, remember, it's NOON somewhere.
4:30am.... That's time for coffee with a little whiskey! (Or a little coffee with your whiskey)
-Steve
4:30am.... That's time for coffee with a little whiskey! (Or a little coffee with your whiskey)
-Steve
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Just a note to my friends to say good by. I have to go into the hospital for a week, in about a week. I may have a few days when I get back. But I have to move onto the boat as the Wife will be back soon after and I need to be gone. Maybe in time She will forgive me but in the meantime I will have no internet access on the boat. I love and care about all of you that have been here for me. I will miss so many of my friends here. FTE is the only place I have friends. So thanks to all of you.
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I was just thinking of that this morning. The fire was out and the furnace is turn down. It is only 64*F. And if thats cold now the winter will kill me. This isn't the first time we have had the same thought at the same time. Spoocky Stuff
Tricky
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Was that Spooky Stuff or Spocky Stuff (Leonard Nimoy?) lol.
Yea, get some R7 bulkhead-blanket-style insulation for those bulkheads and overhead or you're gonna' be a cold trucker this winter.
BTW, I put a Mallory CD ignition and new spiral-wound plug wires on the old '78 truck -- what an improvement over the DuraSpark II and old carbon-core plugwires. It thinks it's a frisky young truck on the road now.
Yea, get some R7 bulkhead-blanket-style insulation for those bulkheads and overhead or you're gonna' be a cold trucker this winter.
BTW, I put a Mallory CD ignition and new spiral-wound plug wires on the old '78 truck -- what an improvement over the DuraSpark II and old carbon-core plugwires. It thinks it's a frisky young truck on the road now.
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I got a Mallory CD in my 351W that I would give away. Brother sent it to me for the Dog House. The modual is blown and is a 100 bucks to replace. Every tine he would take his 79 4 wheeling it would blow at high reves. So I got a point type Dizzy to pot in her for less than the cost to fix the Mallory. I really don't trust electronic ignition for Marine use anyway with it so damp and all.
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From: Lynden, WA.
I miss a truck I can work on...
Not that I want to work on things. My PSD runs like a Rabbid Pit Bull, but to upgrade a simple ignition module, oh how it used to be so much easier. I liked my old 78 work horse.
Looks like a job well done, Rex.
-Steve
Looks like a job well done, Rex.
-Steve
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Thanks Steve -- I wasn't sure how much dinero I wanted to put into it since it was already running pretty good (after some other TLC). But the ignition improvements turned out to be a good idea.
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From: La Grande, OR
yeah, hope everything works out for ya Arctic......
John, sorry 'bout that, please don't kill me.....lol.....but seriously.......
Anyone know of a good condition, 1997 F350 PSD Crew Cab Longbox 4WD with a 5-speed for sale?
John, sorry 'bout that, please don't kill me.....lol.....but seriously.......
Anyone know of a good condition, 1997 F350 PSD Crew Cab Longbox 4WD with a 5-speed for sale?