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[seapotato]

Not a good time to have the dt's or caffeine shakes...

Had to do this once before, and put the white wheel on far left because the tooth that advances the next number was worn down.

I had a second equally s***ty speedo to steal the wee little gears out of so I didn't have to this time.

Amuses me that the older speedo went to 160, and newer is ONLY 140...

Guess they felt that it might be unwise (or impossible) to reach that speed in a 40 and backed it off a little.

Just to the right of the gear in next pic you can see a little pin sticking up vertically that's kinda squished on the end. That's what holds the odometer assembly in place.

It's made of really thin material that's almost impossible not to damage, probably by design, kindof a telltale that it's been ****ed with.

Reset it to zero because it's as meaningful a number as anything else I could set it to.

The most worn wheel is to the left, because I'll probably be dead of old age before it ever rolls over again

Now you too can be a JDM importer.

 

[cruiserpilot]

Now you too can be a JDM importer.

 

[GTSSportCoupe]

Nice work; I've never dug that deep into a speedo. Pretty sure mine was rolled back about 75,000km or so before it came here from Japan tho. Was common at the time....probably still is.

 

[Toshi38]

Young Steven would just crawl under it and pass out with gear oil dripping on his face. I wouldn't say I prefer glamping, but I like a smidge more comfort than that

Ah yes... But I'm lead to believe that it's quite hard on the lawn, and that nearby golf courses suffer as a result.

 

[seapotato]

Ah yes... But I'm lead to believe that it's quite hard on the lawn, and that nearby golf courses suffer as a result.

he's alive... I totally had you pegged as the Gwyneth Paltrow in this story.


Was it eating the pork after the pig ate the banana the bat dropped, or snacking on pangolin tartare this time around?

I did actually think about starting up your truck the other day.

Then, I didn't.

 

[wombat]

There is a viscous rumor that Toshi is trying to sneak back into the country. I heard that he will have to quarantine himself at Seapotato's place for 14 days and I don't think the spudman has enough booze for that.

 

[seapotato]

There is a viscous rumor that Toshi is trying to sneak back into the country. I heard that he will have to quarantine himself at Seapotato's place for 14 days and I don't think the spudman has enough booze for that.

Haha was just thinking about that myself.

We can probably find a soccer field to park Andy in the middle of so he has somewhere to sleep far away from people.

Seeing as I'm one of Viha's tethered goats in this current situation, I think I'd avoid me for more than just the usual reasons.

 

[Toshi38]

Haha was just thinking about that myself.

We can probably find a soccer field to park Andy in the middle of so he has somewhere to sleep far away from people.

Seeing as I'm one of Viha's tethered goats in this current situation, I think I'd avoid me for more than just the usual reasons.

Ah no worries... I live with a doctor so I'm already getting a steady dose.

Probably already contributing to the herd immunity...

 

[seapotato]

Ah no worries... I live with a doctor so I'm already getting a steady dose.

Probably already contributing to the herd immunity...

Should be able to bring a lot of carry on luggage, you'll probably have the plane to yourselves...

Kindof interesting how sweden went for the , " ****it, most of you will probably live" approach to the whole thing.

 

[Toshi38]

Kindof interesting how sweden went for the , " f***it, most of you will probably live" approach to the whole thing.

Oh this is totally going to drag this thread sideways...

Anyway....

Ya its pretty interesting, its not quite "f***it most of you will probably live" and life isn't really as "normal", its more a combination of a few things:
1) The local government has given some "strong guidance" about not traveling so much, reducing time spent with other people. It seems people in Sweden are pretty happy to do as they're told without any real penalties to enforce it. So the guidelines are in some ways similar to other places in some ways. The government has also made these guidelines with the idea that they could be kept for long periods of time... realistically any sort of vaccination/cure/whatever isn't coming for quite some time... how long can you stay in your house?
2) Nobody is saying herd immunity... because people would freak out but it's pretty clear that the experts have at least thought a bit about that... and the fact that if more people have had it, it's less likely to just come raging back the second they remove the guidelines.
3) It seems the goal is to have a steady number of people sick at a time... not to overwhelm the emergencies... but also not to have them too quiet, and eventually for all of us to be dead/immune.

That said life has changed a fair amount.
For example my current clients are insisting that we all work from home (and have for the last 6 weeks)... most of my friends are also working from home. Parks and areas with open spaces and things are much busier, but more people are laid off/unemployed then in the financial crisis, and many factories etc are completely shut down.

Interesting times...

 

[stevebradford]

Oh this is totally going to drag this thread sideways...

Anyway....

Ya its pretty interesting, its not quite "f***it most of you will probably live" and life isn't really as "normal", its more a combination of a few things:
1) The local government has given some "strong guidance" about not traveling so much, reducing time spent with other people. It seems people in Sweden are pretty happy to do as they're told without any real penalties to enforce it. So the guidelines are in some ways similar to other places in some ways. The government has also made these guidelines with the idea that they could be kept for long periods of time... realistically any sort of vaccination/cure/whatever isn't coming for quite some time... how long can you stay in your house?
2) Nobody is saying herd immunity... because people would freak out but it's pretty clear that the experts have at least thought a bit about that... and the fact that if more people have had it, it's less likely to just come raging back the second they remove the guidelines.
3) It seems the goal is to have a steady number of people sick at a time... not to overwhelm the emergencies... but also not to have them too quiet, and eventually for all of us to be dead/immune.

That said life has changed a fair amount.
For example my current clients are insisting that we all work from home (and have for the last 6 weeks)... most of my friends are also working from home. Parks and areas with open spaces and things are much busier, but more people are laid off/unemployed then in the financial crisis, and many factories etc are completely shut down.

Interesting times...

Sounds well thought out

 

[seapotato]

Sounds well thought out

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Haircut looks about right.

I'm starting to eyeball my beard trimmer and whether it could survive a full scalping.

Kinda suck if it died halfway

 

[seapotato]

But yeah, it's weird times. Hospital I work at is empty. ER waiting room is usually full of idiots with trivial ailments they could sleep off, but tumbleweeds these days.

One of those things. If it seems like you're overreacting, then it's probably working.


Unfortunately herd immunity doesn't work on stupid... I see the new anti vaxxer idiocy is that the vaccine will have a microchip from Bill Gates in it.

Bring on president Mountain Dew Camacho

 

[Toshi38]

Brawndo! It's got what plants crave! It also works on corona virus...

 

[GTSSportCoupe]

Brawndo! It's got what plants crave! It also works on corona virus...

Idiocracy was so before it's time. Who could have known how accurately it would predict the future of the US?

 

[seapotato]

Idiocracy was so before it's time. Who could have known how accurately it would predict the future of the US?

Yeah no s***, it's unbelievable. I can only handle reading snippets of the news from there. That idiot's voice makes me ****ing hostile.

Although, I have to say, this bleach and lysol margarita I'm sipping is pretty tasty.

Flashlight is kindof uncomfortable tho...





Now back to our regularly scheduled programming...



I put the 33x10.5's onto the 40x, and as expected it drove way better.

Smoother with the squishy C grade sidewalls, and actually capable of some degree of acceleration. The 285's are just that bit bigger that it was a bit too much for the naturally exasperated 3b.

What I didn't expect, is that the 61 would drive way better with the 285's on it, slightly taller tires smoothed out the 12ht's gearing, other than the wobble from the dodgy rims. So I figured I'd make the switch permanent.

At least until winter when I might want the snowflake tires on the DD again.



I finally badgered @PeeZed enough that he dug up his old receipt for the rims he bought that fit.

Fairly cheap 16x7 steel rims that clear cruiser calipers without spacers.

I'd rather have got white, but it's hard enough to find rims that fit I wasn't about to get picky.

So for future reference, CECO Series 84 Black Daytona, 4 " backspacing. Part # CD847760.

$109 at Cedar tire, bit cheaper online, but I figgered if they changed something and they didn't fit for some reason I didn't want to be stuck with them.

I might order one more from the online place for the spare tho.

So clean and shiny it's kinda gross...

 

[cruiserpilot]

I’ve got a 16” spare alloy lying under a wreck out back. Narrow. If you’re interested.

 

[seapotato]

I’ve got a 16” spare alloy lying under a wreck out back. Narrow. If you’re interested.View attachment 2285413

Hmm, is it a 6" or 7"?

I still have the 4 skinny white spokes so I'm probably ok. thanks tho. Trying to get rid of rims and tires at the moment

I'm just lacking a skinny 33 to put on, but my current spare isn't too bad for size for now.

The tires I'm using probably have a couple years left on them, but I could see myself getting some new 285s in the fall.

Depends on the whole apocalypse thing.

 

[cruiserpilot]

Dunno, probably 7”. It’s here.

 

[PeeZed]

Those new rims look terrible...should probably run into them with the Kubota a few times so you don't have to wince every time you look at them