Daily Rant........
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well it is another rainy sat. trying to work on my truck between the showers. installing direct reading guages, oil press temp and amps. i also wanted to try to start doing some body work on my cab but it is not a good idea to expose bare metal to water lol
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hey guys, got my guages in last night to find out my 460 has 0 oil pressure at idle. guess it is time to freshen up my spare 460 and get it in there. got my carb adjusted today still cuts out on the hills,
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Hey all..........just check'n in. I see things are pretty slow around Ohio these days.
Fuel is killing everyone..........not sure how much racing I'll do this year if it gets much worse. Got my drum of fuel for the year so that's not an issue, but getting car to the track at $4.20/gal diesel is gunno HURT! We'll keep try'n as long as possible.
If anyone is interested, check out the schedule here: UMTR north - Stick shift racing
We run all over NE Ohio, so might be in your neck of the woods sometime during the summer. Stop out...and say "Hey".
Fuel is killing everyone..........not sure how much racing I'll do this year if it gets much worse. Got my drum of fuel for the year so that's not an issue, but getting car to the track at $4.20/gal diesel is gunno HURT! We'll keep try'n as long as possible.
If anyone is interested, check out the schedule here: UMTR north - Stick shift racing
We run all over NE Ohio, so might be in your neck of the woods sometime during the summer. Stop out...and say "Hey".
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From: dayton ohio
well here we are into may the weather is getting nicer and warmer. time to get some work done on our rides and hit some shows. my work is going sour where i am thinkin about changin employers thinkin about tryin a new profession all together.
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From: On the road in Ohio
Well its tough job wise out there right now, but there are always opportunity's, what are you thinking about doing? or interested in?
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I am off the Baltimore tomorrow for a couple of days for some fun filled training, boy oh boy they think they can train me....
well only if they have some
on hand then it might be possible.
well only if they have some
on hand then it might be possible.
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hey guys im back, started a new job and time has been tight but here i am again some updates i have blew up my dana 60 rear end. i have another in line to buy and this week i am going to swap out my motor 460 for another 460, tranny c-6 for another c-6 and my 203 transfer case for a 205. going to be a busy week
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Grrrrr. Replacing u-joints in my truck. Figured I would start with the front drive shaft. I managed to twist off a bolt in the pinion flange. Had to order a new flange and nut. That was a $80 mistake. When I was removing the old u-joints I managed to break the ears of a clip. GRRRRR. Spent two hours trying to get that out. Then I was pressing in the last new one and didn't notice one of the pins in the end cap came loose. I managed to snap it in half and tear the rubber boot all up. GRRR $25 for a new new u-joint. Oh well I guess I have spare parts now.
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u'joints and carrier bearing can be a royal pain in the a$S .
Well this past week-end our club held its champ kart race ,
we had over a 150 karter entries for the qualifying race. I had my fastest time to date, a 45.98 with the top time being 44.94 which placed me in 12th for the pre-final out of 24 other racers, ,during the start into turn three two karts spunout in front of causing me to lose maybe 6 places, so I drove my but off and regained all but one position , I finished in eleventh place in feature .
the top eight places were held by the clubs top national & local karters who have many more years of experience then I do , I only have been really racing for a year and a half to date.
so this a very very good day for me.
BTW 15 laps will put a hurting on you...
Well this past week-end our club held its champ kart race ,
we had over a 150 karter entries for the qualifying race. I had my fastest time to date, a 45.98 with the top time being 44.94 which placed me in 12th for the pre-final out of 24 other racers, ,during the start into turn three two karts spunout in front of causing me to lose maybe 6 places, so I drove my but off and regained all but one position , I finished in eleventh place in feature .
the top eight places were held by the clubs top national & local karters who have many more years of experience then I do , I only have been really racing for a year and a half to date.
so this a very very good day for me.
BTW 15 laps will put a hurting on you...
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