dont think so this year just cold
thank you merry Christmas to you n yours as well mark

so far past 2 days its above freezing but not by a lot roads are pretty dry its partly cloudy right now with a 40% chance of snow

 

Hi Mr. DRAGON. hoping you guys have a great Christmas. Light up the chimney and stay warm. I know you guys are freezing your butts off out there haha. Like mark said its been in the 60-70's these past few days. I'm enjoying our t-shirt weather. Its curremtly 56degrees. But we'll still light up the chimney to keep our spoiled guests warm.

 

that kinda weather id be out fanning myself an wondering what a swim suit would set me back

merry christmas Rich to you an everyone there sorry to hear fabby gave up her truck but well $ is money give her a big hug

 

78*f here in Palos Verdes today! Woooooot! Had to take off the sweatshirt cuz I was sweating soo much! hahaha....

Merry Christmas Eve.. Hope it is a wonderful night and day tomorrow for all of you, Will! Gotta catch up on the phoneski here soon!

 

Tomorrow we are in the negative temps. Already had to deal with a frozen bath tub drain, grrr. Gets back up in the 40s, I may need to go work on my tan. Sure you guys up north are not farring much better. Try to stay warm.

 

broke out my long underware to sleep in last night i can tell ya were trying BRRRRR

 

well last week got a couple all terrane uniroyals JUST before we had a major ice storm 5 inches of sleet got them used from a local scrapper lol walmart wouldn't balance both as i had a bad wheel stud i was REallY? oyve so i replaced the stud today

we also got the lady of the house her 90 runner fixed yep timing belt idler was fragged i cringed an tears came to my eyes the sounds it made after removal, bout a 5 hr job so it now has new water pump timing belt, timing belt idler timing belt tensioner and new crank seal since we were in that far, the price was reasonable at 93 bucks from ebay local autozone wanted 155

 

well my tire hoist is in the electrolisis tank weve had some nice days in the mid to upper 40's an nights not less than 34 so im kicking a 1amp battery charger through the hoist chain an such gona blow all the rust off bake it a bit to dry it out then paint an lube it
thank you again terry that will get my spare under the truck where it belongs not up in the bed lol

 

No problem on the tire carrier. My dad thought ebay was just for used stuff. I told him he can get factory things and new things off ebay for alot better prices. Need to get him up to speed on this computer thing.

 

well tire hoist all dereusted (frozen under 2 inches of ice) cleaned oven baked a bit to warm it up good warmed the paint in the sink an painted it all nice an Purdy



now all i need is a day where it isnt in the 20's freezing fog an horzfrost everywhere! not snow nope frost to put it on after painting the underbody a bit in the area (to be done)

was funny paint was steaming the part was as well as i painted it outside real quick then brought it inside

heres a couple pictures when the sun peeked out thursday





nice colors i caught in the shots the second one you can almost see the wall of fog an clouds to the north ive taken to putting a sheet over my wind shield so dont have to scrape an melt ice off in the mornings

 

Beautiful pictures man! And beautiful job on the chain hoist! I have one of those in mint condition of my garage... Just waiting for someone to ask for it to restore theirs! Haha.

How you doing buddy?

 

thank ya mark

ive been ok just driving kiddo to an from school every day so the runners getting used lol do want to get some of them LED fog lights been needing them bad lately, need to replace the idler arm
still need to fiddle with the rear wiper arm too

dont have the $ but need to get my drivers Lic renewed lol oops guess thats what happens on birthdays SHHHH dont tell the local poPo they're already a pain

 

Those are some great pictures, just to bad it takes cold weather to get pics like that. Hoping the weather changes soon. I haven't been in the shop in forever and not sure I remember what it looks like in the shop. The new year and birthdays usually cause something that needs updated and that usually means $$$ for drivers license or tags. Always something.

 

I dont think ive ever seen anyone give that much love to a chain hoist.. Nice attention to detail!

 

thank ya terry ill be honest with ya i took them as i was going back in the house as it was COLD out LOL my worry with the licence is the local has been a pain pulled me over halloween for not using a right turn signal in a parking lot *rolls eyes*

lol thanks Rattle, well im trying to make sure this ol girl stays around a lot longer an bare metal after electrolysis rusts FAST so gotta paint asap

 

well with warm weather comes the fixing if albeit unwilling repairs had to get 2 new rear shocks as the old ones flat broke the mounts off below is a picture of the new with my poly bushing an the old

one apparently broke some time ago an the driverside broke fri afternoon

 

Hey brudda! Miss chatting! Been so busy, as u know...

Those shocks that I sent busted?????? I have 2 more that look new that are on this one in back, the donor. Gonna throw up all the stuff on YT tonight or tomorrow.....Much is gone already.

Hope ur doing ok buddy!

 

nodnod been all sorts of stuff but yeah i didnt know till a bit ago that you'd rolled ruby dang man!
yeah the rears died, the fronts i had to buy new as the ones from you didnt fit
got a passenger door arm rest in gray? lol

 

well today was warm! an i was out there soon as i got the kid from school sigh nothings ever just bolt it on this ol'girl had to drill new holes for the spair tire hoist an then other mods to try an get it to work which in the end with kris helping we got it working had to knotch the bumper to get the hook under the tailgate an to the hoist

gotta stop by the exhaust guy he didnt take into account id have a spare tire exhaust is VERY close nearly touching shifted it to the other side an it wants to hit the spring

will post a few pictures later

 

That would be frustrating on the exhaust. What is wrong with the bolt holes on the frame?

We have cooled down and rain and it just took the fire right out of me. This weekend is to be nice and I have to go to drill. When I get back it cools off again. I am so ready for some descent weather.