Builds An Accidental Frame Off..................

[waiting for time]

Just admit you miss the project days and you want to take it apart again.
Time to start looking for a new project.


It is ok to be a cruiserholic ready for a new fix.

 

[rkymtnflyfisher]

Just admit you miss the project days and you want to take it apart again.
Time to start looking for a new project.


It is ok to be a cruiserholic ready for a new fix.

You’re not wrong.

At this moment in life I have too many other things that demand time, attention, and money. Not to mention I spend a ton of free time on foot in the mountains now in search of fishes.

 

[waiting for time]

You’re not wrong.

At this moment in life I have too many other things that demand time, attention, and money. Not to mention I spend a ton of free time on foot in the mountains now in search of fishes.

You need a project that has no deadline, this is the mistake a lot of people make. They think they want to finish it but in reality they like the project as making things and learning new skills is more satisfying.

 

[RWBeringer4x4]

You need a project that has no deadline, this is the mistake a lot of people make. They think they want to finish it but in reality they like the project as making things and learning new skills is more satisfying.

I've seen this many times - my father in law is in the Hot Rod scene. I’ve seen his friends spent $80-100,00 building the “perfect” hot rod over the span of several years - big race engines, immaculate paint, white leather interiors, etc. only to finish it, drive it for a month, and sell it for $30,000 to fund the next one. It’s more about the build for them than the finished product.

 

[Helipilot]

Like the old adage: "Life is about the journey, not the destination" or words to that effect.

 

[brian]

mine drops mpgs when the valves are in need of adjustment

 

[waiting for time]

Like the old adage: "Life is about the journey, not the destination" or words to that effect.

Life's destination is the same for everyone.

 

[Catching Neutral]

@rkymtnflyfisher ...agree with your post 2141. I would want an answer for the downward trend as well.
When you work hard to get these things into a sweet spot a downward trend does not make one happy.

 

[RWBeringer4x4]

Life's destination is the same for everyone.

that got dark...

 

[Dizzy]

Cold manifold. Mine dropped too, when it got into the teens. It is back up, now (warmer weather and 13.1mpg with really low compression/vacuum, and a black-oxide finish drywall screw that I just removed from the back passenger tire).

All I can figure is that the engine essentially runs lean because the gas isn't 'atomized.' That was the case for the two Fs in my '73, and the 2F in my current '75. Any throttle on a cold motor is a hickup, here at altitude.

Pull the inspection cover under the flywheel, and look for full synthetic. I'm still waiting for Mud to answer my question about how much of a step should be machined between the plane that the pressure plate is screwed to and the one where the friction disc touches.

 

[rkymtnflyfisher]

Cold manifold. Mine dropped too, when it got into the teens. It is back up, now (warmer weather and 13.1mpg with really low compression/vacuum, and a black-oxide finish drywall screw that I just removed from the back passenger tire).

All I can figure is that the engine essentially runs lean because the gas isn't 'atomized.' That was the case for the two Fs in my '73, and the 2F in my current '75. Any throttle on a cold motor is a hickup, here at altitude.

Pull the inspection cover under the flywheel, and look for full synthetic. I'm still waiting for Mud to answer my question about how much of a step should be machined between the plane that the pressure plate is screwed to and the one where the friction disc touches.

We're getting our fair share of nice weather this week, for Montana in March.

Doesn't the FSM spec a number on that flywheel step? I've seen numbers here before, maybe from @Poser .

 

[waiting for time]

that got dark...

You know what they say, a dark mind is a .....uh no that was something else.

 

[SuperBuickGuy]

I'd be doing the happy dance if I got 9.9 mpg.

Before you get too despondent, where are you buying fuel? oxygenated fuels reduce your fuel economy by 10-15%

 

[SuperBuickGuy]

I've seen this many times - my father in law is in the Hot Rod scene. I’ve seen his friends spent $80-100,00 building the “perfect” hot rod over the span of several years - big race engines, immaculate paint, white leather interiors, etc. only to finish it, drive it for a month, and sell it for $30,000 to fund the next one. It’s more about the build for them than the finished product.

this is why my current FJ40 is the eighth one I've owned, and my Optima Challenge Corvette is the 4th. Heck, even my Suburban - it's number heaven alone knows.... 5th? maybe? no, 8th? hmmmm.... I needed this distraction from the work that I should be getting done.

Corvette and Suburban

 

[rkymtnflyfisher]

where are you buying fuel?

I hit a couple of local stations to fill up, the same ones all the time. Both of them carry the ethanol free fuel.

 

[RWBeringer4x4]

this is why my current FJ40 is the eighth one I've owned, and my Optima Challenge Corvette is the 4th. Heck, even my Suburban - it's number heaven alone knows.... 5th? maybe? no, 8th? hmmmm.... I needed this distraction from the work that I should be getting done.

Corvette and Suburban
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I'm the buy-and-hold type. I have extremely limited disposable income for toys (and an outrageous number of hobbies to divide that disposable income between), so I try to pick my battles carefully. It's part of the reason it takes me so long to get anything done! I have no intention of getting rid of my 40, there will only every be more cars...

The question is - what's next? I tend to wander between something from the 1930's, a Triumph GT-6, a Datsun 240Z, a FJ45/55/60/80, or a Factory 5 818 - and that's just this week...
The answer is - it doesn't matter. We're having a second kid in May and I'll be broke for the next 18-25 years At least I've got my wheeler!

 

[Jdc1]

I'm the buy-and-hold type. I have extremely limited disposable income for toys (and an outrageous number of hobbies to divide that disposable income between), so I try to pick my battles carefully. It's part of the reason it takes me so long to get anything done! I have no intention of getting rid of my 40, there will only every be more cars...

The question is - what's next? I tend to wander between something from the 1930's, a Triumph GT-6, a Datsun 240Z, a FJ45/55/60/80, or a Factory 5 818 - and that's just this week...
The answer is - it doesn't matter. We're having a second kid in May and I'll be broke for the next 18-25 years At least I've got my wheeler!

Good Luck and congrats on #2.

 

[rkymtnflyfisher]

The question is - what's next?

That is always the question.

Next on my list is a raft.

69-70 Mustang Mach 1

a troopy.

Guns

Fly rods

Beer

another 40

ah hell, I have teenage daughters, I'm not buying anything.

except guns.

 

[rkymtnflyfisher]

We're having a second kid in May and I'll be broke for the next 18-25 year

Congrats!!

 

[Jdc1]

That is always the question.

Next on my list is a raft.

69-70 Mustang Mach 1

a troopy.

Guns

Fly rods

Beer

another 40

ah hell, I have teenage daughters, I'm not buying anything.

except guns.

My oldest just turned 13, i like to send her pics of her with her guns and crossbow. She shows them to the boys in her grade and they stay away. She also is more than willing to put people on the ground.