The Lunatic Fringe (Part 2)

[creepycrawler]

I see no oil splashing around the valve covers… maybe the oil pump did actually die

Does it have oil in it?

[creepycrawler]

What a nice day it has been. I even took the hog for a little ride.

[Oscar]

Don’t wanna

[Rex Ashton]

Who can recommend me a good Ford shop in Denver area?

I cant help you there.

me neither also

.... hope you get it all figured out and can just start driving it worry-free ....

[Rex Ashton]

What a nice day it has been. I even took the hog for a little ride.

Did some of that too ...

It happened again. I left in the truck this morning and there was a bike in the back when I came home.

...Accidentally found a Ducati hooligan bike that listed in CO Spgs Friday night. I now have 2 Ducati machines that are very different and both very freakin' fun.

Got home and got it unloaded and the family (minus Trey at work) went for a nice long scooter ride through the neighborhood(s) .... Then, I took the Evo for a ride followed by the Hooligan. Got each to crest triple digits and haven't done that on a bike since college.

Gotta sell some bikes now...

[creepycrawler]

Did some of that too ...

It happened again. I left in the truck this morning and there was a bike in the back when I came home.

...Accidentally found a Ducati hooligan bike that listed in CO Spgs Friday night. I now have 2 Ducati machines that are very different and both very freakin' fun.

Got home and got it unloaded and the family (minus Trey at work) went for a nice long scooter ride through the neighborhood(s) .... Then, I took the Evo for a ride followed by the Hooligan. Got each to crest triple digits and haven't done that on a bike since college.

Gotta sell some bikes now...

You might have a problem...

[Rex Ashton]

You have a problem...

fixed

[creepycrawler]

fixed

Well, i guess motorcycles are easier to store than dodge pickups at least.

[R0CKET]

Does it have oil in it?

[R0CKET]

Does it have oil in it?

It did, and now it has fresh earl in it…. I wonder if the pickup tube could be clogged - maybe some seafoam?

[creepycrawler]

The mundee has arrived.

37 heading to a sun shiney 65.

[Rex Ashton]

Might make 44 today; winter weather advisory tomorrow

[R0CKET]

Pulled the distributor to check the pump by hand and with drill.

Oil pump turns smooth and easy by hand, and with a drill you can feel it build pressure and provide increasing resistance to the drill.

I’m hoping that the pump just lost it’s prime from sitting for so long

[tacotoy]

Pulled the distributor to check the pump by hand and with drill.

Oil pump turns smooth and easy by hand, and with a drill you can feel it build pressure and provide increasing resistance to the drill.

I’m hoping that the pump just lost it’s prime from sitting for so long

It shouldn't be a dry sump system, so the pump should be in it.... and prime shouldn't be a problem


If it is a dry sump, an oil pan and some o-rings are in your future

[Willie G]

Fascinating article: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/2....link.facebook

Might be helpful for Rex and Allen....

[Rex Ashton]

Fascinating article: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/2....link.facebook

Might be helpful for Rex and Allen....

that read was definitely longer than my attention span, but I got the gist ... I scrolled but didn't see how long the shifts were.

I've never been one for naps either ... if I get to sleep then I'm tired when I wake up. Fortunately, I've been able to get some sleep the past couple of nights, just with a late start.

The melatonin drinks and gummies are almost always integral now, but sometimes I miss the window and then it doesn't return. Shutting my brain off is a large part of the equation as well.

Jodi says she rarely dreams in sleep or if she does, she doesn't remember them. Every night is Cinema Night where my brain plays movies that I star in. Often, it's a continuation of that day or relative to the next day. I hate it, but it's much better than not sleeping.

[R0CKET]

It shouldn't be a dry sump system, so the pump should be in it.... and prime shouldn't be a problem


If it is a dry sump, an oil pan and some o-rings are in your future

I’m just trying to be hopeful for small issues instead of big ones.

[Rex Ashton]

I’m just trying to be hopeful for small issues instead of big ones.

You need to take a break from working on the truck and go get this tomorrow.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...type=top_picks

No, still not on book o' faces but have a browser that stays open with the wife's login so I can cruise the marketplace ... which I need to close since it's led to buying 3 bikes and possibly a couple of scooters from New Mexico later this week ....

[Rex Ashton]

jinxed myself talking about the sleep thing...

this time, I just ate something that didn't agree with me.

It didn't make me sick, but enabled me to be the sole propulsion of a hot air ballon; or the tear-gas device in a hostage crisis.

All the people walking around with their Covid face diapers would've learned quickly that those masks are no match for my molecular fart-fortitude.

[Rex Ashton]

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...type=top_picks

I almost messaged the guy to see if it is titled, but I exercised restraint.

[Rex Ashton]

the weather monkeys were fairly accurate with the time of snews invading .... little before 5am.... I hope the accumulation totals don't exceed that 2-5" range

[Willie G]

Off today in anticipation of the snews...

[ASCTLC]

Fascinating article: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/2....link.facebook

Might be helpful for Rex and Allen....

That was an interesting read Bill and that's a neat website for someone like me who's curious about most everything.

I found it interesting that he posits that:
"the Industrial Revolution hadn't just changed our technology, but our biology, too."
But regarding an experiment:
"..their sleeping patterns had been transformed – they no longer slept in one stretch, but in two halves roughly the same length. These were punctuated by a one-to-three-hour period in which they were awake."

Would that not simply be changing our habits and not actually our biology? I think that experiment actually showed our biology didn't change since we (can) naturally go right back to it if the artificial environment we've created for ourselves is removed.

It's going to be a cold cloudy day and I believe it's about to be taken by a lot of looking around that site for interesting articles.

[creepycrawler]

Happy toozdee.

40 now heading to a cooler but still sun shiney day of 56.

[Willie G]

That was an interesting read Bill and that's a neat website for someone like me who's curious about most everything.

I found it interesting that he posits that:
"the Industrial Revolution hadn't just changed our technology, but our biology, too."
But regarding an experiment:
"..their sleeping patterns had been transformed – they no longer slept in one stretch, but in two halves roughly the same length. These were punctuated by a one-to-three-hour period in which they were awake."

Would that not simply be changing our habits and not actually our biology? I think that experiment actually showed our biology didn't change since we (can) naturally go right back to it if the artificial environment we've created for ourselves is removed.

It's going to be a cold cloudy day and I believe it's about to be taken by a lot of looking around that site for interesting articles.

My take was that since the melatonin levels changed as well, it was a biological change.

Glad you liked it!

[Scott91MJ]

it didn't make me sick, but enabled me to be the sole propulsion of a hot air ballon; or the tear-gas device in a hostage crisis.

All the people walking around with their covid face diapers would've learned quickly that those masks are no match for my molecular fart-fortitude.

Mournin lewns

[R0CKET]

You need to take a break from working on the truck and go get this tomorrow.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...type=top_picks

No, still not on book o' faces but have a browser that stays open with the wife's login so I can cruise the marketplace ... which I need to close since it's led to buying 3 bikes and possibly a couple of scooters from New Mexico later this week ....

Lol. Pedal and gravity bikes only for me. No more vroom vroom bikes for this guy

[creepycrawler]

Time for a pre-hole in mah head hairs cut.

[Oscar]

Ok wankers come and get your cold weather.

[R0CKET]

Truck runs.
Timing set to 8° BTDC @ 800rpm.

Still fiddling with mixtures, and she still feels like she’s lacking a little bit of power.. and still showing no oil pressure, waiting on a mechanical gauge to verify.

But she runs and drives.

[creepycrawler]

Truck runs.
Timing set to 8° BTDC @ 800rpm.

Still fiddling with mixtures, and she still feels like she’s lacking a little bit of power.. and still showing no oil pressure, waiting on a mechanical gauge to verify.

But she runs and drives.

Nice.

[Willie G]

Truck runs.
Timing set to 8° BTDC @ 800rpm.

Still fiddling with mixtures, and she still feels like she’s lacking a little bit of power.. and still showing no oil pressure, waiting on a mechanical gauge to verify.

But she runs and drives.

Congratulations!!!

[R0CKET]

Tomorrow gonna set the idle mixture, then drive it down to a muffler shop and get exhaust on it… since right now it’s just wide open straight pipes (about 3’ from the headers) and so ungodly loud that it makes it hard to work on.

[R0CKET]

Awake. Stupid

[R0CKET]

Fookin insomnia

[R0CKET]

Coffee’s on guess I’m up for the day. Better hit the gym

[creepycrawler]

Fookin insomnia

Yeah, it wasnt an awesome night here either.

[creepycrawler]

Cold this mernin at 27.

Sun shiney but only 51 later.

[R0CKET]

Cold this mernin at 27.

Sun shiney but only 51 later.

Currently 9* here… high of 33.

Not an awesome day to put all new fuel lines in the truck.

[Rex Ashton]

17 ==> 41

snews coming back tomorrow