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Trouble with a GP is the G... General. Like being Wikipedia smart. Plus you spend all day diagnosing paranoid parents and their kids sniffles after 20 years of that stuff they lose interest.

Mel has some spine issues and she sees a woman who does a mix of chiropractics and massage. She gets vertigo sometimes when her neck locks up.
Trouble with chiropractors is that on it's own it's quackery. Like a bundle of toothpicks with a rubber band around them. Realigning the toothpicks without doing anything about the rubber band.

I know a guy who has the wellspring clinic in Duncan.

He's been into something called somatics (I think?) Which is pretty fascinating stuff. Sortof another level of massage therapy. Deals with the sensory and alignment musculature that people don't have voluntary control over.
A simple example, 20 years ago he did a demonstration on me. Says your right shoulder is an inch lower than your left. Really common for right handed people, everything between shoulder and hip on right side sees more use and gets tighter. Pulls hip up and shoulder down.

Gets me to lie on floor, pulls my feet and yep, right leg is an inch shorter than the left. Imagine how great that is for the spine...

So he showed me this weird stretch move like a sideways sit-up and then tells me to walk around. Weirdest feeling ever. Legs were now the same length, and I'd been effectively limping for years.

Simple example, he has thousands of things like that but his thing is that people continue to compensate for injury years after things are healed, and most of those hunched posture issues you see in old people are just that. Says there's no real reason for it in most cases. Sensory muscle amnesia I think was his term for it.
My neck goes out sometimes and looking up will make my arms go numb.

I'd see him if I could but he's the sister's ex and I haven't seen him in a decade because I don't like him, it'd be awkward and weird, but goddammit he's good at what he does so I'm almost prepared to deal with it.

I'd be looking into that sort of thing myself, maybe you already have. Sports medicine types. They see lots of strange nerve issues.
 
I’ve learned what do you call a D Average med student? Dr.
I feel for you, I’ve been on more f’n wait lists than years I’ve been waiting for a doctor
on this island. Which, BTW is 24 yrs. Try going to emergency, first question? Who’s your GP?
Don‘t have one - response : get treated like you are homeless. This is a mild rant.

bikersmurf - what actually need doing on your 40?

40:
1) 4wheel in anything other than snow... 3.70 diff into front axle & Asian Hubs while it’s apart. Since it’s currently got 4.11 in the front and 3.70 out back.

2) Scout II P/S conversion... to be able to wheel for long wIthout paying for it. I have most of the pieces, just need to turn stock shaft into DD, mount box (moderately straight forward... with the help of my Friend Miller), mount P/S pump (easy since I have a SBC and SBC pump), mod hoses (&/or custom), steering linkage (easy to hard... depends on how many $$$ I throw at it).

3) Fuel injection... although the carb that’s on there works well so it’s not a before I wheel it sort of thing.
 
Is the 3.70 apart or just need to be installed? Replace Warn hubs with Aisin hubs?
My buddy had the same Scout PS setup with same engine. His was an old ‘72 beat to crap.
I inherited the steering box somewhere. Not sure how much it is to change the drag link,
is it stock steering now?
 
Trouble with a GP is the G... General. Like being Wikipedia smart. Plus you spend all day diagnosing paranoid parents and their kids sniffles after 20 years of that stuff they lose interest.

Mel has some spine issues and she sees a woman who does a mix of chiropractics and massage. She gets vertigo sometimes when her neck locks up.
Trouble with chiropractors is that on it's own it's quackery. Like a bundle of toothpicks with a rubber band around them. Realigning the toothpicks without doing anything about the rubber band.

I know a guy who has the wellspring clinic in Duncan.

He's been into something called somatics (I think?) Which is pretty fascinating stuff. Sortof another level of massage therapy. Deals with the sensory and alignment musculature that people don't have voluntary control over.
A simple example, 20 years ago he did a demonstration on me. Says your right shoulder is an inch lower than your left. Really common for right handed people, everything between shoulder and hip on right side sees more use and gets tighter. Pulls hip up and shoulder down.

Gets me to lie on floor, pulls my feet and yep, right leg is an inch shorter than the left. Imagine how great that is for the spine...

So he showed me this weird stretch move like a sideways sit-up and then tells me to walk around. Weirdest feeling ever. Legs were now the same length, and I'd been effectively limping for years.

Simple example, he has thousands of things like that but his thing is that people continue to compensate for injury years after things are healed, and most of those hunched posture issues you see in old people are just that. Says there's no real reason for it in most cases. Sensory muscle amnesia I think was his term for it.
My neck goes out sometimes and looking up will make my arms go numb.

I'd see him if I could but he's the sister's ex and I haven't seen him in a decade because I don't like him, it'd be awkward and weird, but goddammit he's good at what he does so I'm almost prepared to deal with it.

I'd be looking into that sort of thing myself, maybe you already have. Sports medicine types. They see lots of strange nerve issues.

The Physiotherapist I see is kinda like that.

A lot of my problems stem from many of my muscles having learned to lock up when they’re fatigued. Trying to find the right treatment results in visiting a lot of fringe medical people.

The mainstream, old school doctors, and physiotherapists don’t have a clue. “It’s all in your head”, “push through it”, “go to the gym”, “take up sports”... no clue. They can’t comprehend an arm an shoulder going into spasm & freaking out... and being useless for FIVE months because I ate a plate of food with chopsticks. Told that to the specialist who I was shoved off too after waiting 3 years to see the surgeon who operated on my spine... “Nothing wrong”, “Go to the gym”
 
Is the 3.70 apart or just need to be installed? Replace Warn hubs with Aisin hubs?
My buddy had the same Scout PS setup with same engine. His was an old ‘72 beat to crap.
I inherited the steering box somewhere. Not sure how much it is to change the drag link,
is it stock steering now?
3.70 third is ready to go in.
Replace warn with ASCO hubs (long body Asian).
Knuckle hasn’t been repacked in +/- 20 years (so it’s due).
Steering is stock. I’ve got a Flaming River Slip shaft & specialty U-Joints to Turn box. Jeep pitman arm that needs to be machined to fit or an imperial to metric TRE (supposedly a 90ish GM truck TRE) to connect to drag link. May need a custom length drag link or extra threads to make it work... or 70 TRE.
 
3.70 third is ready to go in.
Replace warn with ASCO hubs (long body Asian).
Knuckle hasn’t been repacked in +/- 20 years (so it’s due).
Steering is stock. I’ve got a Flaming River Slip shaft & specialty U-Joints to Turn box. Jeep pitman arm that needs to be machined to fit or an imperial to metric TRE (supposedly a 90ish GM truck TRE) to connect to drag link. May need a custom length drag link or extra threads to make it work... or 70 TRE.
Sounds like a bit of a job. If the knuckles come apart, then might as well do everything.
I’m not sure what all I inherited from this other truck, but the pitman arm is from a SOA
truck so not sure what it’s drop is. Should try to get a work party.
 
The Physiotherapist I see is kinda like that.

A lot of my problems stem from many of my muscles having learned to lock up when they’re fatigued. Trying to find the right treatment results in visiting a lot of fringe medical people.

The mainstream, old school doctors, and physiotherapists don’t have a clue. “It’s all in your head”, “push through it”, “go to the gym”, “take up sports”... no clue. They can’t comprehend an arm an shoulder going into spasm & freaking out... and being useless for FIVE months because I ate a plate of food with chopsticks. Told that to the specialist who I was shoved off too after waiting 3 years to see the surgeon who operated on my spine... “Nothing wrong”, “Go to the gym”
Yeah that all sounds like something that's totally in Andy's wheelhouse.
I can't recommend him highly enough despite the awkwardness between us.
I've known him since I was about 5 years old, because he was with my sister for 20+ years, so when that went sideways I took the sister's side.
What do you do. :meh:
 
Sounds like I should look him up... Duncan is a bit of a commute, but if he can help fix it, it’d be worth it.
 
Here’s my plan.

I’m going to pick a weekend (not this one coming) to drive out to Jordan river area. It’s going to be somewhere between mid aug to mid sept. We are going to do a small hike to check on blueberries, possibly pick some. We are also going to walk to look at carnivourous plants in a wet bog. Then for a late lunch bbq on a back road. If @GTSSportCoupe can work some light wheeling into the day that would be awesome. My dates are pretty open so if a few people can agree on a day we will make it happen.
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Here’s my plan.

I’m going to pick a weekend (not this one coming) to drive out to Jordan river area. It’s going to be somewhere between mid aug to mid sept. We are going to do a small hike to check on blueberries, possibly pick some. We are also going to walk to look at carnivourous plants in a wet bog. Then for a late lunch bbq on a back road. If @GTSSportCoupe can work some light wheeling into the day that would be awesome. My dates are pretty open so if a few people can agree on a day we will make it happen.
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Sounds good to me. I'll be working weekends again later in Aug but I have some more vacation time coming early Sept.
The original wheeling plan of this thread isn't looking promising, Nick's working and well honestly a shakedown wheel of my 40 should be a bit closer to home....:lol:
Sounds like I should look him up... Duncan is a bit of a commute, but if he can help fix it, it’d be worth it.
Dude is good for sure, but I bet there's similar people closer to you. Definitely something I'd look into if it was me.
 
Sounds good to me. I'll be working weekends again later in Aug but I have some more vacation time coming early Sept.
The original wheeling plan of this thread isn't looking promising, Nick's working and well honestly a shakedown wheel of my 40 should be a bit closer to home....:lol:

Dude is good for sure, but I bet there's similar people closer to you. Definitely something I'd look into if it was me.
Jeff, the Physio I see here, has an understanding of the body that puts all the specialists I’ve seen to shame. One specialist diagnosed a problem with my elbow... said meds might help, but I’d likely need surgery but it might not solve the issue,.. he fixed it in an hour... followed by a tuneup a couple weeks later.
 
The original wheeling plan of this thread isn't looking promising, Nick's working

Yeah, life this week has become very hectic with work and I won't be able to get out unfortunately. Next week I'm doing an annual camping trip with my family up island. After that I can be free almost any day though (last couple weeks of Aug and into Sept). So we can plan more than one event around that time. I myself don't mind driving up to Nanaimo for some wheeling closer to home for seapotato as well....as long as someone knows access/trails in around there.
 
Yeah, life this week has become very hectic with work and I won't be able to get out unfortunately. Next week I'm doing an annual camping trip with my family up island. After that I can be free almost any day though (last couple weeks of Aug and into Sept). So we can plan more than one event around that time. I myself don't mind driving up to Nanaimo for some wheeling closer to home for seapotato as well....as long as someone knows access/trails in around there.

All good. I just have some fine tuning to do now that the suspension has settled in a bit.

My front shocks are too short, which isn't a huge deal on road but will be a bit limiting off it.

Also going to redo the front bumps....I have a bit of a list. Mostly minor s*** tho.
 
Yeah, life this week has become very hectic with work and I won't be able to get out unfortunately. Next week I'm doing an annual camping trip with my family up island. After that I can be free almost any day though (last couple weeks of Aug and into Sept). So we can plan more than one event around that time. I myself don't mind driving up to Nanaimo for some wheeling closer to home for seapotato as well....as long as someone knows access/trails in around there.
So is this a real up island or a victorian "up island" ? :lol:


Just thinking about whether I could flag you down as you go by to give you those wheel spacers.
 
So is this a real up island or a victorian "up island" ? :lol:


Just thinking about whether I could flag you down as you go by to give you those wheel spacers.

Haha! Heading up to Comox and Campbell River, so definitely a real 'up island'. Anyhow, I was thinking the same thing, that I could drop by and just pick those things up. We're heading up tomorrow afternoon, and coming back south next Saturday afternoon/evening. When I have my family with me things are a bit hard to plan though; it's sort of like herding cats getting anywhere with them. I'll keep your number handy and shoot you a text if it looks like I'll be able to drop by. If you're busy, no biggie, as I can grab those things probably later in Aug when we finally get some wheeling happening.
 
Well, I'm working tomorrow, but the covid beer planning department has ruled that next saturday might be better.... In which case either I can meet you at the park and shop by the airport on saturday if I don't go, or I'll leave them at bradford's place. :beer:
 
Well, I'm working tomorrow, but the covid beer planning department has ruled that next saturday might be better.... In which case either I can meet you at the park and shop by the airport on saturday if I don't go, or I'll leave them at bradford's place. :beer:

Sounds good. I'll touch base near the end of next week then.
 
I'm free the next two weekends if anyone wants to get out for some technical wheeling, the bog trip, general destinations, or all of the above. I gotta plan something quickish before the wife does...haha. I'd be happy to get out a few times and don't mind driving to meet people. I can also take week days off if that works better for some of you. Less retards in the bush on weekdays, but also might find active logging...
 
I'm free the next two weekends if anyone wants to get out for some technical wheeling, the bog trip, general destinations, or all of the above. I gotta plan something quickish before the wife does...haha. I'd be happy to get out a few times and don't mind driving to meet people. I can also take week days off if that works better for some of you. Less retards in the bush on weekdays, but also might find active logging...
I'm of the next weekend or two, but I want to keep hammering away at the 61...

Last thing I need is take the green thing out and break something ...bad enough I took the wife's CR-V to work today so I could have a few moments of quiet after a weekend of impact guns. :lol:
 
I'm of the next weekend or two, but I want to keep hammering away at the 61...

Last thing I need is take the green thing out and break something ...bad enough I took the wife's CR-V to work today so I could have a few moments of quiet after a weekend of impact guns. :lol:

Ya, you gotta keep the momentum up on that for sure!
 

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