89AKurt

1969 C3. I have briefly checked out one forum. One member posted videos, he jacks up the back to bleed brakes. Then I watched another video from someone else, who swears the front needs to be raised, then I stopped watching. For someone who never was a mechanic (me), knowing the parts names is challenging enough, so I don't know who is blowing smoke. Another guy (Flagstaff trip) guessed the master cylinder is the problem, he showed me a unit with bleeder valves. Today I looked and no issue. I'm putting on Duralast calipers, lesson learned the hard way.

Appreciate the replies! I'm feeling stupid now for not taking advice from my housecall mechanic, he said the reviews for the NAPA brakes are terrible, and I don't wish to elaborate from there. Got two packages of these bungee cords for awnings. It wasn't until I opened the packages and noticed two cords without blue balls, then counted and found they just didn't come with them. I assume both had one missing, so I took one set back for a refund. Then I looked for another package and didn't find any. It's not like that's a bunch of money and time wasted, but the fact that company has bad quality control and maybe I should count every package contents, like are there really 100 screws in that box?

The joys of owning a 56 year old Corvette..... still fiddling with the brakes. When I drove to Flagstaff, pedal got softer, almost no pedal by the time I got back home. Been parked for a couple weeks. Today had a mechanic come over, discovered that THREE of the new NAPA calipers were leaking. The honeymoon is over.

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The routine now is to have scattered showers mixed with one gully-washer that measured a half inch. That is Glassford Hill getting dumped on. Screenshot, I'm lower right on the edge of the red spot. Tonight it's calm and great temperature of 66ºF. Texting with family tonight in Bellingham, WA, they need rain desperately.

Dare I admit it here, but I rode the school bus to the end of High School, yea, I didn't have a car and lived at the edge of town. Our favorite bus was occasionally used, think a '56 GMC, when the "new" Fords broke down. The driver was also retired, used for back-up. Second fav was the early 70s GMC "short bus". Mrs. Parks stomped on the brakes one time, and shouted down the jerks making trouble, that was actually funny and would get her in hot water today. And the Prescott Antique Auto Club is currently restoring the first school bus that the district had, a 1947 Dodge. So I'm giving you best of luck, from the back of the bus! What topic is this? Weather is over there Kurt. 😅 Got half an inch of very much needed rain.

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I have the original engine for the '56 GMC pickup that I acquired recently, does that count? 😜 They put a GMC sticker on it, and were made in Pontiac MI.

My limited experience, ask whoever sells the aftermarket brand (such as Splash) paint what to do. I've used Testors since the Stone Age, their last Model Master line had a pearl that I used very lightly. I don't have good luck with thick coats most of the time.

Appreciate the smallest of things, could add up. Rained a bit today, but still took the Honda Civic to get a few pieces of flagstone to finish off this little project. I'm getting good at cutting with a chisel, and the grinder makes up for the lack of experience. Well, I should grout or caulk the big gaps. Pleased to beat the rain tonight.

Feels like Washington state today, all day cloudy, scattered sprinkles, lots of lightning south of me tonight. Loving it!

Magnum pulls up

the stroller rolling

Wish I could build a model that fast. 😏 Risk of posting a You Toob video, get pulled into a rabbit hole. This blows me away:

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functional for rallying

For what my two cents is worth, I am a product of a Trade school. But it's complicated. Right after High School, entered a Tucson trade school, but when I told dad that I was helping to teach other students how to draw, he let me go to one in Phoenix. Only one year, they had a second year that they tried to rope everyone in to. Years later I was told to repay a student loan for the second year, which I did not attend, lucky I kept records, and come to find out the school was out of business. After moving to Prescott, I attended the local college for an AA Degree in construction, so that is the complication for this subject. They are experimenting with 3D printed houses, which is really just the walls. I never ever had a problem paying back my meager student loans; what Universities charge is a bloody crime. In the construction industry here, the lack of skilled trade workers is slim. Try to find an Architect and/or Engineer to do anything in a reasonable time. I could have kept working, but needed to get addicted to Prozac. IMO, just because you have a computer doesn't mean you know how to design a good structure. So now A.I. will do it for us, I can hardly wait /sarc off the charts/.

I'm pleased to be able to move around still, but I'm worried........ Been busting butt to get my backyard remodel complete, before a much needed gully-washer. Got about 200 pounds of flagstone to put under the Shipping Container perimeter, have to get just a few more pieces. Just when I completed this job, it rained cats and dogs. Also pleased to use some of the scavenged Redwood for something, this is where the forklift hole is. Another reason to be pleased, a reliable pickup that isn't a rolling computer. I have hauled at least 6 tons of rock and dirt this summer.

Don't get me going about weather vs. climate and all the Doomer porn that goes with it. They are making it appear flash floods are a new thing, ever wonder how mountains and valleys are formed? Desert Rat that I am, when big rain falls, we jump for joy. My location got 1.1" today! But first, last night a big storm east of me, the river drains to the right (south) so I knew it would be running. I made myself get out early, to get sand and/or rocks. This is about 20 miles southeast from my home, it's parched, and bumpy. This is the river, I didn't dare cross it without 4WD. I gathered just rocks. I'm more amused than I should be with the iPhone weather app, this is when I returned home. Good thing I don't need it for work or camping. Today was a typical "Monsoon" day, fake you out with almost clear sky, then "out of the blue" as they say. And just then.... Oh.... just a little rain now.... As the saying goes, if you don't like the weather, just wait a few minutes. Oh wait, I was just kidding! From inside when it was really pouring. Got small hail too. Had the lightning map and weather radar up, watching numerous strikes at once was cool. I should repost this in the What Pleased You Today thread. 😅

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We all drove here, so this counts. The panorama smooshed the '69. Off to a monthly cars & coffee.

Pictures, or it didn't happen. 😀 We in Arizona are rejoicing that the "Monsoon" weather pattern has finally be allowed to happen. It's about two months late. When we drive around, some areas are green, while much of the area is still in severe drought. I'll start with this killer rainbow Thursday evening, this is a panorama shot, video was the only other way to get it all. Yesterday, I went for the fifth trip to get bulk spec ABC. For laughs, iPhone said: Then: From zero to 50%, let me show you what that really means, while I drive through Prescott Valley to go to our airport, a 10 mile one way trip. Going to turn left (west) after the bridge, it's just starting. At the airport location, I live on the other side of that hill that's getting rain, 6.08 miles by lighting bolt. Not even two miles on the return leg: Call me a nut, but check out how the hood is reflecting the thunderhead on the water streaks. 🙄 I'm on the other side of that gully-washer. Back to that intersection in the first picture. Back home, the airport is to the right off the picture. Been asking for 0.68 ton, Loader nailed it! I got it unloaded and spread around, and did a rain dance to pack it down last night. 🍷 This morning at the Bosa cruise, scattered sprinkles, but more people showed up later, gorgeous day.

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Looks great! Now for some Mexican rug seat covers for pickups. 😁

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