What he said, I think.
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PabloCruise
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We are getting lots of big words in here!
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Exploring Big Bear this weekend with my friend and his uncle. His uncle brought is '72 40. We are high enough up I have cell service so here is a teaser from day 1.
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Day 2
Double ovens! Impressive. What was inside?
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A family favorite potato cheese casserole on the bottom, finishing off a few cowboy cut new yorks.
Jim, you missed out on his cobbler on the last Pig Party, man was that good!
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I did a cobbler 2 nights ago. Did pear and strawberry. Was really good.
PabloCruise
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Looks like a great outing!!!
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Had a last minute need to go back up to the bay area. It's a boring drive so I decided spruce it up by taking the Pig. I was also helping Steve send a set of 37 Chevy rear fenders to a friend.
The Pig did just fine as expected. Even through the 4 hours of rain in the valley. Never had the pig in the bay area and it looked great towering over the sea of Teslas. My family members were aghast at the fact I would drive it on an 8 hour trip. They just don't know, you know? It was a short 60 hour trip with zero scenery or murals. So no photos, sorry.
The Pig did just fine as expected. Even through the 4 hours of rain in the valley. Never had the pig in the bay area and it looked great towering over the sea of Teslas. My family members were aghast at the fact I would drive it on an 8 hour trip. They just don't know, you know? It was a short 60 hour trip with zero scenery or murals. So no photos, sorry.
We know!
I also know the feeling. The Frankencruiser has done long hauls to both LA and San Diego and Phoenix in addition to the many miles put on during journeys to our Pig Parties. Also did a one-way to San Diego in my original pig to deliver it to the buyer a dozen or so years ago.
Gotta say though that the F150 captains chairs (with adjustable lumbar), all the sound deadening on floors, firewall, doors, taligate and cargo sides along with the overdrive make things a bit more pleasant. Still need to add a/c. Don't know when that'll happen since its been sitting unwashed for about three months in the garage awaiting a gas tank transplant. I still marvel at Bob and Remy, who drove Bob's Pig cross country to the original Pig Party in Colorado, stayed overnight and did the return trip the next day. All with mechanical issues like brake problems! They hold the Iron Butt award with Deo maybe a close second.
Gotta say though that the F150 captains chairs (with adjustable lumbar), all the sound deadening on floors, firewall, doors, taligate and cargo sides along with the overdrive make things a bit more pleasant. Still need to add a/c. Don't know when that'll happen since its been sitting unwashed for about three months in the garage awaiting a gas tank transplant. I still marvel at Bob and Remy, who drove Bob's Pig cross country to the original Pig Party in Colorado, stayed overnight and did the return trip the next day. All with mechanical issues like brake problems! They hold the Iron Butt award with Deo maybe a close second.
bobm
WTF, WTF, WTF!!!!
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When I went to Big Bear I got a weird electrical issue that kept a few things from getting power. My headlight, brake lights and stereo just stopped working. I couldn't make heads or tails of it on the trail so I cut a small wire and jumped from a working slot to the brake fuse. Things were fine that way for a few weeks because I was afraid of the nightmare it was going to be to diagnose the issue. There is still some PO wiring that we did not get a chance to cut out, so I figured it was deep under the dash and would require lots of disassemble and acrobatics to find.
Well, the impending doom of the hurricane and the planned camping trip in September got me motivated to see if I could find the issue somewhat easily. Nothing is easy about how the PO put in the fuse panel. They made it so you can't pull it away very far to see the back side. I had to snip a lot of zip ties and skoosh the wires around. I finally get a look at the back of the fuse panel and it is honestly like looking at Chinese arithmetic for me. Ihad Steve on the phone a few times and he thought maybe there was an issue with a bus bar. It made sense kinda, because the items that stopped working were not really associated. A few were on battery power and a few were key power. I find this stupid wire tap and push on it, and low and behold the radio turns on. I squish it down a bit and try my head lights and they turn on. I move the panel slightly and it all turns off.
I get that tap out and devise a plan to get it all working. The wires are really short and not a lot of room to cut and splice. I ended up pulling the top bus bar out and tapping the wire directly into the open slot and got the other wires butted. It all works and I didn't have to turn the truck upside down. Very happy I got one less hillbilly wiring swapped out and at ease about going on another trip soon.
Well, the impending doom of the hurricane and the planned camping trip in September got me motivated to see if I could find the issue somewhat easily. Nothing is easy about how the PO put in the fuse panel. They made it so you can't pull it away very far to see the back side. I had to snip a lot of zip ties and skoosh the wires around. I finally get a look at the back of the fuse panel and it is honestly like looking at Chinese arithmetic for me. Ihad Steve on the phone a few times and he thought maybe there was an issue with a bus bar. It made sense kinda, because the items that stopped working were not really associated. A few were on battery power and a few were key power. I find this stupid wire tap and push on it, and low and behold the radio turns on. I squish it down a bit and try my head lights and they turn on. I move the panel slightly and it all turns off.
I get that tap out and devise a plan to get it all working. The wires are really short and not a lot of room to cut and splice. I ended up pulling the top bus bar out and tapping the wire directly into the open slot and got the other wires butted. It all works and I didn't have to turn the truck upside down. Very happy I got one less hillbilly wiring swapped out and at ease about going on another trip soon.
bobm
WTF, WTF, WTF!!!!
I had something similar on my 40 once. Died on highway all of a sudden, couldnt figure it out. Came back next day accidently touched fusible link on carb for fuel cutoff and it started right up. Pushed it downand it died. Hate electrical 
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It’s all magic to me. How all those ohms and volts and amps and positives and grounds coexist inside those tiny wires. And all those colors and stripes! Beyond swapping fuses I’m lost.
RUSH55
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Last weekend at Doomer’s
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Lol pay back I guess. Might be accurate but it was wetter.
Cracks me up! (I'll let myself out now.)
At least the welder dude had good taste in under garments (if he wasn't a dude). Electrical problems are by far my worst nightmare while traveling, I know just enough to get in trouble. Good job getting to the problem.
Electrical problems are by far my worst nightmare while traveling, I know just enough to get in trouble. Good job getting to the problem.
