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Hope everyone had a great Christmas! I certainly did, and my wife got me a new 52" tool chest for my new shop
Been busy closing out the year at work, but was able to get get a little free time in the afternoons this week. After our crazy freeze, we finally had some nice weather and I couldn't resist the opportunity to take my C3 out with the top off when it's sunshine and 70F, may be the last ride of the year!
I haven't been able to wrench on my vette, but I did pick up some new parts. I found an auction on eBay with a used oem: front bumper (really good driver quality), bumperettes (cores), and rear bumpers (cores). I was drinking at lunch, which helped me take the gamble on the auction and won it all for cheap! The front bumper is what I really wanted, and I figured I could sell the rest to make my money back. Front bumper is wayyyy better than my current one!! bumperettes have rust, but polish better than my current bent ones. One of the rear bumpers is better than my currents, and the other is flaking some chrome. I'm happy with it!
I'm dying to get back to work on my C3 and start the head/cam swap! It'll commence by February at the latest, and my car will be ready for spring! I've been following all the cam threads closely, and learned a lot recently. Pretty certain i'm going to pull my engine so I can figure out: what's in it, repaint it, and detail the engine bay. I have no vacuum systems or electrical sensors, it's so simple to yank that SBC out! If anyone has any warnings, please let me know! lol
I got a buddy over one afternoon, and had to get creative since we didn't have a man lift to hang those metal sheets on the new C3 shop: Don't worry, i'm a professional! LOL
Have you seen the thread where the guy is lifting the body off the frame using the bucket on his backhoe?
Priceless!
That's too funny!!! That tractor is the most useful tool I own!! I keep the forks on it to lift and move things around my property all the time: work smart, not hard!
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Originally Posted by Arg0413
work smart, not hard!
I hate that saying...The lazy millennials that I worked with said that as an excuse for not doing their job correctly...now the genZ kids are saying it and just siting on their asses
I hate that saying...The lazy millennials that I worked with said that as an excuse for not doing their job correctly...now the genZ kids are saying it and just siting on their asses
I'd have to point out to them that they actually have to correctly accomplish something before they can say that.
Hope everyone had a great Christmas! I certainly did, and my wife got me a new 52" tool chest for my new shop
Been busy closing out the year at work, but was able to get get a little free time in the afternoons this week. After our crazy freeze, we finally had some nice weather and I couldn't resist the opportunity to take my C3 out with the top off when it's sunshine and 70F, may be the last ride of the year!
I haven't been able to wrench on my vette, but I did pick up some new parts. I found an auction on eBay with a used oem: front bumper (really good driver quality), bumperettes (cores), and rear bumpers (cores). I was drinking at lunch, which helped me take the gamble on the auction and won it all for cheap! The front bumper is what I really wanted, and I figured I could sell the rest to make my money back. Front bumper is wayyyy better than my current one!! bumperettes have rust, but polish better than my current bent ones. One of the rear bumpers is better than my currents, and the other is flaking some chrome. I'm happy with it!
I'm dying to get back to work on my C3 and start the head/cam swap! It'll commence by February at the latest, and my car will be ready for spring! I've been following all the cam threads closely, and learned a lot recently. Pretty certain i'm going to pull my engine so I can figure out: what's in it, repaint it, and detail the engine bay. I have no vacuum systems or electrical sensors, it's so simple to yank that SBC out! If anyone has any warnings, please let me know! lol
I got a buddy over one afternoon, and had to get creative since we didn't have a man lift to hang those metal sheets on the new C3 shop: Don't worry, i'm a professional! LOL
Not a big deal... Anyabody can do that!
This, on the other hand, is real work!
Going to disconnect the bellhousing from the engine, and pop the engine out so I can: change seals, paint, easy head/cam install, and clean up/paint engine bay.
The outer ring can slip on the inner as the rubber bit in between dries out which, of course, effects ease of setting timing. There's a topic up right now where the OP's balancer came apart. Not pretty.
The outer ring can slip on the inner as the rubber bit in between dries out which, of course, effects ease of setting timing. There's a topic up right now where the OP's balancer came apart. Not pretty.
I had the one on my car done by 'Dr Rebuild'.
Read the thread, that's a **** show!! Guess I'm adding a new balancer to my list!
