No problem bro. I just want to keep helping out. It's just now I can help in other ways too!!

What are you doing for Christmas dinner?

 

Thanks! I love it! Already plowed the snow in my driveway, and my parents driveway. My buddy has the doors for it buried somewhere in the snow at his house, we'll dig those out inbetween storms lol

 

See above post!

 

I will be going down to Zephyrhills, my grandparent live over there.

 

alrighty then. that there truck has all kinds of issues then. it should have computer controled throttle body injection.

 

That's cool. If you were going to be by yourself I was going to see if you wanted to come here for dinner.

 

I believe chevy had carbs on their v-8's till around 87ish. My grandpa had an 85 gmc bought it brand new and it came with a 305 with a 4 barrel.

I know they have tbi as an option too.

 

I'm still waitin to replace that truck. I've got dad sold on an F450 mason dump with an 8 or 9 foot blade and 7.3 powerstroke. It's just not going to happen this winter though. First he's got to pay me back the $ he owes me so I can pay off my truck and get it home. Then he can go buy trucks for next winter.

Finally we got the heat hooked up in our shop. We put in a double barrel wood stove. It throws some pretty good heat when you really have it going good.

 

My 85 454 was carbed... They switched in 88 to the throttle body... 87 i do believe you had an option...

 

Thats a mighty nice offer Jim. Id rep you for that offer but I already did today, Someone rep this guy for being the great guy he is!

When are you going back north?

 

Throw a fan behind that wood stove, and you will be amazed at home comfortable your shop gets! I know I was amazed at home much a tiny little fan helped out in my last garage!

 

I'm not to sure. Maybe some time in January. I'm trying to take care of a few things here and then head back up for a couple of weeks.

 

Exactly what I wanted to hear! Imma print this out and give it to him! I told him its like a friggin puzzle and u snap it together basically. He looked at me like Ive grown horns.

Are there any objections or concerns to putting it down over linoleum or vinyl flooring? Would I need tar paper/rosen paper down if doing it that way? Hes got some squeaky subflooring and I was going to drive screws into the joists below before we did anything.

He thinks cost isnt a major factor at this point. Hes gonna have a heck of a wakeup call soon. I told him to not pump so much money into his starter house. It needs to look good and function well but he has the idea that he wants everything to be top of the line. Being a real estate and land development major....he will price himself out of the neighborhood. Heck, I think with a new coat of paint, new carpets, and new laminate flooring he already will be doing that!

How far away are you right now from Lake Kissimmee? I try to go down there fishing once a year. I also go to Key West once a year (if Im lucky) but I hate that drive. I think we stay on Big Pine Key or something like that.

 

Great minds think alike. As soon as I can find a big box fan it's getting mounted to the wall behind the stove.

We already have some sort of thing that you stick in the duct work that has several tubes in it that get heated by the air going through the ducting. A fan inside the unit blows air through the tubes and the air that comes out is pretty warm. Last winter we had no heat at all in that shop and it was COLD. And fortunately for us we'll never run out of wood either. My brother does firewood sales so we can burn his rejects AND our business has a client that owns a ton of greenhouses. He is converting to wood heating instead of oil heating since oil cost him 500,000$ last year.

We're hauling waste wood away from the pallet shop by the trailer load. We're talking quantities of 100 yards daily.

 

Well if you need any help just let me know

I cant be to far away from there. Im in Windermere right now. When so you normally go down? Ill find out exactly how far I am in a min.

Edit, I cant be more than an hr away from lake kissimmee.