DirtyComanche

mortgage payment on this house is $415.01/month :eek: And that gets me 1900sqft and .54 of an acre. lol i realize were in different countries but i get half the sq footage at twice the price, but its mine Rates are really low right now, and I'd been saving for 3 years to buy a house, but never worked up the courage till now :rotf: So I had a chunk of money to put down. Also, there's some good deals to be had if you catch the right break. This one has been listed for 120 days without much interest at all, and certainly not an offer, so they were happy when I was even willing to play ball.

Pictures I took for the insurance. She's a '64 model, so she's not exactly perfect anymore, but the yard is nice and mostly private (only one neighbour, and there's most of a green break between us, might consider a fence). Image Not Found Image Not Found Image Not Found Sorry, my finger kinda wound up in a few of them, I was using my phone and I never take pictures with it :ack: Edit, 'Rick' looks like he's taking a leak in the last picture too! But he's not. Next MJ... Hmm. I don't know. Now that I have some space I'll be watching Craigslist and Kijiji. I could use a nice driver, then I could park my Chevy/Duramax for a while (it's a little overdue for a servicing). Cost to run either of them around town is probably about the same. I might even *gasp* consider a 4cyl. Probably should get my shop built and equipped before I start collecting though!

At least you had some success! Although I imagine the driveway has absolutely zero exposed surface area now? :D

Thanks! It's fairly ridiculous, I rent a crappy room for $500/month, plus I had been renting a shop for $300/month on top of that, mortgage payment on this house is $415.01/month :eek: And that gets me 1900sqft and .54 of an acre. Sure, I'm going to sink some money into the place to build a shop and make the house a little nicer, but at least it's mine and hopefully it won't ever be worth less than it is now :clapping:

I don't know when the last time I dropped in was... So, I figured I'd pop by and say Hi. I sold my Comanche last year, I might have stopped in when I did, I honestly don't remember. It was too bad, but I was never going to get back to working on it :( Unfortunately I don't know if I people I sold it to will do much with it either. They had big dreams to compete in Highriders (an Alberta competition that's fairly relaxed) with my chassis. Anyways, moving forwards with my life I finally bought a house. If everything goes as planned I get possession on Feb 3rd. No shop, but it wasn't expensive and there's space to build one! So, hopefully I'll get my recreational life back on track and maybe I'll be back to contribute something to this forum again. So, hello everybody :wavey: What have I missed? Juicy gossip? Did Pete's neighbours make him get rid of all of his 'extra' MJs? Who is still around?

Most likely. Stock gasoline engines see little (almost zero) gains to computer trickery. There just isn't anything else to get out of them. It's not a diesel.

Really sorry to hear. Do what you can, work hard, and you'll come out on top. It's not a battle I'd ever want to be in, but I've seen it. Hang in there, eventually you'll get to an awkward truce.

Unless it isn't like BC, it's not the RCMP 'roadside' inspection. He needs to go to a shop that is approved to do out of province inspections, pay about $100, then pay about $100 to have the stupid 'problems' fixed, then he is given a letter saying it's a pass and that goes with you for when you get insurance. If you can find a honest shop, you won't have any BS 'problems'. Good luck.

Bullshiot. Unless you have a 2.5L. The 4.oh has a nice flat torque curve, so gearing is NOT a huge deal regardless. Besides, you can ALWAYS gear down. Some people don't seem to understand that you can't just hold a hill in 5th because you want to. You might lose a few tenths in the quarter to a regear, but it's really not that big of a deal.

You know that black electrician's tape? It works great for fixing problems like that.

And 8 out the door today... Maybe a few more as they come back from tour. Anyways, I wasn't one of them 8) But I can't say that any of the guys who went weren't my friends :( Hopefully that's all they will do for the winter...

There is no such thing as a "cheeper but tough" diff cover. The bling bling Mr. Gasket chrome ones aren't inexpensive, but they are junk compared to an OEM cover. The heavy-duty, off-road capable covers you can bounce off rocks are NOT cheap, and if you find one that IS cheap ... you probably don't really want to buy it. My Mr Gasket suggestion was a joke. I hope nobody actually buys those things. The 'solid' ones at $65 are a bargain.. But if you want a ruffstuff cover I think the discount code is PBB or PBB10 or something for 10% off (a guy could search pirate to confirm that). Not cheap, but life generally isn't.

Made it through today, but tomorrow :???:

Okay, I think I already have a backup lined up. I hope.

Yup.

All the cool kids run after-market ones. If one has a rust issue, they could always buy one of the chrome one from Mr Gasket or whatever...

Specifically, Rust-Oleum paint. Which, if properly applied to a dirty, rusty old steel differential cover will make it look all nice and shiny-like. Ya know? I'd probably paint a diff cover with a brush... But maybe that's just me.

You can buy DOM tubing from a steel supplier, and weld in threaded bungs from places like polyperformance, ruffstuff, diy4x, etc. This is not a cheap route to go down. Somebody sells a kit, I forget who, it was cheaper than I could buy all the TREs for... Somebody will chime in.

Good bang for the buck... You will never break these, and they are cheaper than most of the options out there. http://www.ruffstuffspecialties.com/cat ... p-151.html http://www.ruffstuffspecialties.com/cat ... p-150.html Or buy the unwelded ones, and weld them yourself to save some coin (if you can).

The transfer case is not an NP 231. It is an NP 207. I hope this info helps. Yup, but it still takes ATF. :waving:

Yeah, this place is really top heavy, and certainly has some incompetence in the mix. It's not like this is any surprise to me, it was only a matter of time before something had to give. Of course, nothing is official yet, just all the signs point towards bad things being about to happen. Not sure what I'm going to do if I go out the door. :???: I might see if any of the arctic operators need anyone, might as well go there during the worst time of the year.

I'm giving myself about a 50% chance of having a job on Monday... They cleaned out our other big hangar on Friday, and apparently the upper management will be here for Monday... They've called people up from time off or in the field to have a 'Performance review'. Nothing has been said to me, but I'm scheduled to work Monday... So they know I'll be there. If they don't lay me off, they've done a damn fine job of ruining my weekend :ack:

I would love to get one that good for $1500.

I don't have DMV, but our equivalent actually operates amazingly well (for being part of the .gov). The post offices here work pretty well too. Airport security ticks me off. I took a driveshaft for a helicopter on a trip once. Basically, I had a day bag and a small pelican case (the driveshaft is only about a foot long). I checked both. But noooooooo, they can't just X-ray the pelican case. They demanded I open it (no big deal) then attempted to tear the foam packaging out of it (think $#!& you'd see in a movie, open the case and there's a big block of foam in it with a cutout for one small object). Conversation went something like this: Security "What is this?" Me "It's a driveshaft for a helicopter." S "Sure. What are you trying to sneak by me?" Me "Huh? Do you want to see my aircraft maintenance engineer license?" S "No. Don't give me attitude." Me "Sorry..?" S is trying to pull foam out of case now... Me "I think the foam is glued in." S "I don't think so." Me "Uh, no, I'm pretty sure it's glued in with 2-ton epoxy" S is yarding on the foam in the case... Me "Can you like, just X-ray this thing instead?" S "I need to see if there is anything under this." Me " :???: :shake: " After watching her yard at the stupid case for another two minutes... S "I'll have to X-ray this. I will need you to accompany me during the process. Stand over there to get a security badge" (Points in a random spot about 5' away) Me "Okay... :hmm: " As I wander over to where she pointed... S "NO! Not there! There!" Pointing to about 6" from where I'm standing... Me " :???: " After she finally gives me a security badge and everything else... S "You must stay ahead of me at all time. Keep you hands out of your pockets. Walk quickly, but do not run" As we start walking down the hallway... Which ends in a T-intersection... Me "Which way?" S "That way!" Pointing somewhere that I can't see since she is behind me... Me "Excuse me?" As I turn around... S takes lead and at least we don't have to keep THAT stupid game up. It went downhill from there. They were pretty upset that I didn't have a bomb. I think I ruined their day.

I drink my beer tepid. Where does that fit in there?