so waht ya doin today?

Had a low-key but most excellent day. Spent a few hours on the lathe, a few hours with the family, took off about 4 to go pig hunting, ran into a few on the wrong side of the fence, got a shot at one running back through the fence and across a narrow road but had no time and put the bullet through a cedar bush it ran behind. Came home after dark and ate some smoked pork tenderlon my boss gave us.
 
Installed a new porch light for the wife, fixed a closet door, then cast up some NOE 315 clones with some 6/4 alloy water dropped.
I'll try pushing these foe speed in my .308, possibly my .30-06
 
CZ93X62 said:
AFAIK, Marie and I will be going to Chula Vista for Thanksgiving Day at her sister's place. Sister's husband is a great guy, with 2 stalwart sons whose company I really enjoy. Dunno if the boys will be there or not. Our girls are all unable to attend, but will be here for Christmas.

I am genuinely thankful this holiday for what appears to be restoration of my good health. This past year or so has been problematic, and Marie has worked her aspirations off taking care of me.
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Hows the leg coming?
 
Tried not to do a darn thing yesterday. Didn't work out but I certainly didn't over do anything. Horses were out this time. Sigh...
 
didn't even have to blow that up to size to recognize it.
hopefully it ain't 10-F in the sunshine like here.
 
No it's for an F350 that doesn't have a bad thermostat or a bad water pump but does have sever sudden onset overheating .......... I'm down to this and hoses ...... Very sad .......
 
That's a bummer RB. There are a few other things that can cause over heating besides water pump or thermostat. The radiator is the first to come to mind if it's plugged at all. Next would be timing, if the timing chain, tensioner, sprockets etc are off it can/will run hot.
 
7.5L. Beeachhhh. Have fun with all the long bolts down in "bracketsville", hope you don't twist one off that's corroded to the timing cover, and hope you don't get a coolant leak behind the cover after the repair. Check your vanilla milkshake level after a couple of warmups. I feel for ya on that job, it sucked bad enough when those things were new.
 
Would also guess the radiator.

I've had a dozen plus 460's. Never seen the timing cover cause an issue other than a minor antifreeze leak that pools up on the top of the cover. Never caused overheating. Least you don't have to remove 15 layers of plastic & 42 other parts to get at it. In the 77 f250 hiboy you could swap the oil pan without removing the motor, not many newer ones like that far as I'm aware.
 
Overheating, never fun. Wife has an '11 Explorer that we hate. She had an overheating issue. Back and forth to our regular independent shop and then into the dealer time after expensive time. They changed everything short of the radiator and water pump. I finally asked why they were so hesitant about pulling the water pump and taking a look at it. That's when it was explained to me that the pump was in behind the timing cover and you pretty much had an 8 hour day pulling the front of the car apart and then putting it back together. Ouch! Long story/short- turns out the WP impeller is a plastic disc more or less glued to the pump shaft.....with glue that isn't worth a snot. The shaft was spinning and the impeller was just sitting there laughing at it. That was $1800.00+ by the time we got done.

But that's okay, the bushings in the rear axle positioning doo-hickey (what I'd call a control arm) aren't replaceable. You get to buy the whole assy when they go bad and wear out a set of rears in 1K miles. Dealer only item of course. I'm not the worlds biggest fan of automotive engineers!
 
Bret, have you ever known an automotive engineer? I bet you haven't. Very few people have. That's because they are all in witness-protection programs so people like you and I don't hunt them down and take out our frustrations on them.
 
I don't think they ever existed.
except maybe that one guy at Chevrolet that worked there from 1948 through the 90's.
I think they are all still making his designs, with at least another 20 years of them to work on.
 
They're all machines, therefore they all break. All of them have their share of knucklehead engineers and clueless bean counters running the show. I detest everything Henry because of Henry, and the others don't even hit my radar except for GM, who I swore off of forever after 2005. I buy Toyotas. They're a pain to work on, but only because of complexity, not poor engineering.
 
Rick said:
Based on all your experience with them right? :)
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:headscratch:Well based on reviews and negative feedback from acquaintances.

My father had a 67 Buick Lesabre. Entry line full size Buick......nothing fancy. His sister had one also. She also had a 67 Ford LTD...........top of the line that she bought from a inlaw that worked at Ford. She said it didn't compare favorably with the Lesabre.

Had a friend that had a 67 Ford Galaxie 500 convertible................another top of the line full size Ford. We use to alternate vehicles on fishing trips. Lenny couldn't get over how much better the ride of the Lesabre was, compared to his Galaxie.

Ford trucks always flaunted their Twin I-Beam Suspension in advertising. Ride couldn't come close to GM's independent front.

Ford is now flaunting their Military Grade Aluminum body for their pickup trucks. Good luck when you get a dent. Can't be bumped out. How do I know this? Well my wife has a GM Colorado pickup. Got into a very minor fender bender. Appears the tailgate is made of aluminum. Went to more than one bump shop.....all said the same. Can't be bumped put, has to be replaced.
Nearly $1500 for a dent that could be "fixed with a pen". Can't imagine what it would cost fix a major collision of a Ford Pickup.

BTW, Ford 460's are well know for eating timing chains.............according to literature I read from Camping World. That's why I owned a 454 GM C-Class motorhome.

Wouldn't even consider a Ford...............might as well buy foreign.o_O






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