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Old 09-09-2020, 12:48 PM   #1401
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Now that just sucks! When you get to that point you don't expect that sort of stuff. I hope the rest goes well.

I was in Alaska several years ago when they had a massive wildfire a blazin'. I know the ash in the air and dark skies. That is very depressing too.

Hope today is a better one for you.
Thanks Robert have you all heard that one of the biggest fires in California history was caused by a Gender Reveal Party, I swear to baby Jesus I was born in the wrong decade I would have fit right in in the 50s where we respected our elders, our veterans, laws, rules and regulations, and things were made to be fixed, washers and dryers, cars, vacuum cleaners, etc... I would have loved it, and oh yeah the Cancel Culture wasn't invented yet and gender reveals were limited to the doctor handing you your kid and going he's got a dingaling ha ha

yes the smoke has gone to my head!
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Old 09-09-2020, 03:09 PM   #1402
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Amen!
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Old 09-09-2020, 05:21 PM   #1403
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Things will get better. They always do.
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Old 09-11-2020, 11:53 AM   #1404
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Re: A '54 named Busty

Just the fact that we are all on this site tells me we were all born in the wrong time. Tinkering and fixing things is totally out of style in this modern throw-away world. When I was a kid, nothing in the house got thrown away until I took it apart. I remember fixing my mom's clock radio with a paper clip. She was amazed I could do that.

I often find myself giving up items just because I cannot get parts any longer. Our gas range is 23 years old and is slowly falling apart. I can get parts but the cost is outrageous. Wish I could fix it with a paper clip!!!
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Old 09-12-2020, 01:22 PM   #1405
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so first the Bad News: I fought the law and the law won!

I needed some new drill bits anyway so I bought some and tried to drill a relief hole all the way through the bleeder screw to take the pressure off of it's walls, it's done did work before, but nope not this time I went all the way through the caliper casting, adjacent to the normal bleeder hole

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Old 09-12-2020, 01:28 PM   #1406
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I have fought that same battle with the caliper before. There is no winning that fight. Go get a new caliper. I have also learned (been taught) to always heat the caliper with a small torch before cracking open a bleeder.
Yup threw in the towel and ordered two new calipers, and here are some fun facts:

the Centric 141.62032 Semi Loaded Caliper (front left) was $18 bucks

meanwhile the Centric 141.62031 Semi Loaded Caliper (front right) was $53 bucks

and although both Rock Auto and Amazon claim these part numbers work on the '77 Camaro, take a look at the pic do these even look right?
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Old 09-12-2020, 02:12 PM   #1407
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4 piston caliper looks corvette-ish to me. haha.
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Old 09-12-2020, 02:27 PM   #1408
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is this the page you're looking at? pics look right on this one, today.

https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/...b,caliper,1704
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Old 09-12-2020, 02:42 PM   #1409
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is this the page you're looking at? pics look right on this one, today.

https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/...b,caliper,1704
thanks mate, I ordered from Amazon, so I am eyeballing this:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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Old 09-13-2020, 09:26 PM   #1410
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now for a bit of Good News: the new metric zerk fitting screwed right in, go figure

I know this is pathetic progress but at this point every bit helps
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Old 09-16-2020, 08:25 PM   #1411
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so the new '77 Camaro $18 Centric driver side caliper arrived today and by golley it looks correct, one piston not four (silly Amazon)

the other one is due to arrive next week
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Old 09-16-2020, 09:38 PM   #1412
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so first the Bad News: I fought the law and the law won!



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I knew that was you I saw on the news the other day!! Dang that looked like it hurt!
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Old 09-16-2020, 09:58 PM   #1413
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I knew that was you I saw on the news the other day!! Dang that looked like it hurt!
yeah ha ha, I can see the headline now: "Florida Man..." ha ha
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Old 09-22-2020, 09:46 PM   #1414
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Injury Report: Unrelated but sucks none the less, went for a little jog on Sunday and jacked up my right knee, I used to be a "runner" ok a jogger, but at 45 my knees just went to mush and now at 48 it's a no go sport for me, but I'm too stubborn to give up and since the swimming pools are closed do to the thing that should not be, I have to exercise somehow, and walking is for grandmas, jk ha ha

so although I got all the parts now to assemble both the front and rear brakes I really shouldn't be moving around

Fun Level: -54

as a reference your Fun Level can only be plus or minus year of the vehicle (Example -54 to 54 in my case) obviously!

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Old 09-23-2020, 08:24 AM   #1415
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Hate to hear about that type of injury. Hope you can rehab it and it'll be fine.
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Old 09-23-2020, 10:38 AM   #1416
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Injury Report: Unrelated but sucks none the less, went for a little jog on Sunday and jacked up my right knee, I used to be a "runner" ok a jogger, but at 45 my knees just went to mush and now at 48 it's a no go sport for me, but I'm too stubborn to give up and since the swimming pools are closed do to the thing that should not be, I have to exercise somehow, and walking is for grandmas, jk ha ha
Time to get yourself a bike.
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Old 09-23-2020, 10:51 AM   #1417
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Time to get yourself a bike.
ha ha, true I love cycling used to ride a ton (50 miles in one day, once or twice 100 miles, even rode around Lake Tahoe once) anyway funny you say that cause because of the California fires our daughter had us bring over a stationary bike from grandmas house and her and I take turns riding it, I don't mind a stationary bike at all, just as I don't mind running on a treadmill, some do. But I like variety so that's why I tried to jog again.

Sad thing about riding a real bike, is that though we have lovely bike trails along the rivers here in Sacramento, they are heavily populated by the homeless these days, and a lot of them have dogs, but lack leashes if you know what I mean, and there is no more exciting way to raise your heart rate than being [ahem] escorted by a salivating Pit nippin' at your ankles!
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Old 09-23-2020, 11:08 PM   #1418
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Looks like you need to buy this bike trainer I happen to have fer sale here.lol
Hope it heals up quickly need to see progress on your project.
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Old 09-24-2020, 11:12 AM   #1419
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Looks like you need to buy this bike trainer I happen to have fer sale here.lol
Hope it heals up quickly need to see progress on your project.
ha ha, I used to have one years ago, but I sold it and I sold the road bike too, kinda miss it
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Old 09-24-2020, 10:26 PM   #1420
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Looks like you need to buy this bike trainer I happen to have fer sale here.lol
Hope it heals up quickly need to see progress on your project.
I also have a Kinetic trainer for sale, but I have the old rock and roll version. I could never really get into the standard on wheel bike trainer(ive been a cyclist since '89). So I ended up buying a direct drive trainer(wahoo kickr). It is by far the best type of trainer(direct drrive/smart) you can get. I dont even have to change gears anymore. The direct drive smart trainers control all the load/watts you can ever dream of. Then pair that with training software like Sufferfest- and its a game changer.
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Old 09-30-2020, 11:09 PM   #1421
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so I think as of today I have all the brake parts I need so I can't use that as an excuse and my knee is finally feeling a little better

man this thing is gonna stop on a nickel

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but guess what, today (last day of September for you future readers) we hit 100° F with two new fires burning in Nor Cal / Central valley

snapped this weather forecast on my iPhone before it got that hot to show off our Air Quality
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Smelled like someone had built a campfire in my house when I woke up today.
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Old 10-05-2020, 04:12 PM   #1424
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so I think as of today I have all the brake parts I need so I can't use that as an excuse and my knee is finally feeling a little better

man this thing is gonna stop on a nickel

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Old 10-06-2020, 10:28 AM   #1425
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ha ha, soon I hope, today should be the last day in the 90s and man yesterday was like 96° in October? add the California smoke and nope you don't want to be out there
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