This is what my mechanic buddy told me when I asked him if I had to be super careful about how much I tightened the Bushing Retainer. He told me it shouldn't have any impact on alignment. When driving the car today, one of the first things I did was check to see if the car was tracking true, and it seemed like it was. There was no pull left or right, and the ride seemed the same as usual.

 

x2, hope you keep trending in a positive direction! 🤞

 

Norm - That sounds like a real nightmare, I'm glad you conquered it. 👍 I forget who it was now, probably my neighbor down the street who owns Indians, warned me about those recessed hex drain plugs, and suggested I replace mine with plugs with a head on them at my first opportunity which I did.

 

Chris - Interesting. I have never thought to look for drain plugs w/ a head on them after having changed the oil ~20 times. Good suggestion. I'll see if there is a replacement type for the KM bottle cap 105.

 

Norm - The Indian dealership closest to me actually sells the ones that fit the 2016 Thunder Stroke 111ci that's in my bike. The drain plug is actually a Honda part that I guess just happens to fit as a suitable replacement for the OEM recessed hex plugs. I have no idea if they will work on your 105?

 

Good morning guys,

I was up at 4:45am to see Dawn off to her Mammoth March today with my daughter Blaire. I will be on Dog duty today and watching football. Should be a good game this afternoon between the Lions and Packers, that I believe is in Green Bay. Another really premiere match-up is tonight's game between the Ravens and Bills. I am going to be a real couch potatoe today!

When I was posting last night about the Car Show I went to yesterday, I forgot to mention the nice metal clock (pic) that came in the gift basket that came with my award. I plan on putting the clock up in my garage.

The "Headline News" that I just found out about yesterday is that Keegan's Hockey Team somehow got chosen to play during one of the intermissions between Periods at the St. Louis Blues' home opener on October 9th. His Hockey Club has a limited number of tickets, and my daughter has already secured 2 for Dawn and I! How many opportunities are you going to get to see your grandson play during the intermission of a professional hockey game!

Hope everyone has a great day!

 

Chris, did you click on the re-posted link that I provided? Weird that the original link only showed one car, as I shared that link with some of my friends. The link worked fine for them. Also, congrats on your win at the car show. Should be a great time at the NHL game.

 

Chris - Thanks for providing the part number & image. I did some snooping this morning but nothing readily appeared which stated an exact fit for the 105. I found what is suggested as a fit, but nothing confirmed.

 

Chris - Nice bag of car supplies & a great wall clock which will be quite handsome to hang.

 

I was up before the dawn putting away the myriad of drill bits & tools to remove the oil drain plug. The motorcycle lift has been acting up for the last year. Now that's on my agenda for repair. Could be the two ball bearings inside need replacement. The lift can operate via either pneumatic (air compressor) or hydraulic but I'm not certain exactly how the pneumatic bypasses the hydraulic to be honest. I'd suspect the pneumatic operates in "tandem" w/ the hydraulic fluid - I can't imagine the actual lift cylinder is operating via pneumatic alone. That's where I think (maybe) the two ball bearings (I've researched a little) might come into play - functioning as some form of bypass (big guess). I did manage to find out who makes the actual pump this morning, so that's a huge plus. They're on my radar to call tomorrow.

I have the bike raised to an acceptable height to work on. Removed LH foot pedestal & associated covers to reveal the primary, compensator, clutch pack & jack shaft. Remains unclear to me why I'd need to remove the clutch pack, chain & compensator just to unhook the jack shaft; but, I'll do a little more thinking & research on this.

In taking the (below) pictures of the removed primary cover & attendant jack shaft, what did I find but an image of the first time I had to remove a frozen/stuck oil drain plug (Sunday, ‎November ‎20, ‎2016, ‏‎8:18:33 PM). Think I'll take a break from the motorcycle & move onto something else while I clear my head with something less foreboding.

 

Dan - I thought I had tried the re-posted link, but I must not have because I can see all the pics now. I like the Bullitt Mustang and the Studebaker, and of course the '67 Old's which I have a question about. The badging on the side really looks odd to me, obviously not 4-4-2 badging, but doesn't look like "Cutlass" badging either? I can't see it super clearly though?

Thanks for the congrats on the car Show outcome, and the opportunity to see our grandson at the NHL game!

 

Norm - You're welcome, and thanks for the compliments on the Car Show prizes.

 

Norm - Man, I wouldn't even have a clue on where to start on a project like that! You sir, are a glutton for punishment, "foreboding" would be a gross understatement for me! More like Mission Impossible!

 

Chris- Nothing but a bunch of nuts, bolts & washers.

Trimming bushes/shrubs is boring. A run to the grocery store has more appeal & smack a couple golf ***** into the field behind me for good measure.

 

I'm not doing $hit today except taking care of the dogs needs, and watching football, and I'm just fine with that. Gonna grill myself up a couple BBQ Pork Steaks later, a couple of baked potatoes, and some green beans to go with them, along with a couple of ice cold Frosty's! Just Living the Dream! 😃

 

Hi everyone.

Was really put to the test today. Went to Walmart and walked around over an hour. Did just fine. I'll probably feel it tonight.

Chris that's a cool looking clock. I think the badge on that 67 Says Oldsmobile, with the Rocket in front of it. That would mean it's an F85, not a Cutlass. Don't see many of those. Hope you and the dogs enjoy the game this afternoon.

Gonna clean up in the back yard a little bit. I think Mom is puzzled that I'm not putting up a fuss about having someone else mow the yard. She doesn't know, yet, that I've been transferring the money into her account. This actually frees me up a little, and I sure couldn't have done it the past couple weeks with a bum leg anyway. It's only for a few more weeks anyway.

Okay have a good afternoon everyone.

 

Mike - Glad you were able to make it thru Walmart without major pain. I hope that's a positive sign!

Thanks for the compliment on the clock, Ive got it up already in the garage.

I thought I was seeing a capital F as the first letter after the Rocket emblem but wasn't sure, you're probably correct that it's an F-85.

Hope you have a great rest of your weekend!

 

I believe I've seen before a badge that said Oldsmobile, but I looked up images online and found this. So if you think it says F after the rocket, then this is probably what it is. Pretty cool looking.

 

Thanks Mike, I'm positive now that that is what I'm seeing. Nice work! 👍

 

Mike - Glad to hear you were able to walk around for an hour w/o pain.

Call Jim, will ya?

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Jim's number: 404-372-5446

You should be past the letter "B" transferring your contacts into your new phone, but in case you're not.

 

F-85 is interesting because it is both the internal name of the A body in Olds, but also a model in sales. Sales liked to do that it seems. My OEM does not, if I said 550D or 989W, they would not, deliberately so, coincide to car models.

Had a nice migraine this AM so I passed on a car show. Seem to be pulling out of it. I will start banging on the H/OCA newsletter today.

I am glad Mike is on the mend. One of the issues with pain is you just get tired of that particular pain.

Norm, that is interesting how the starter technically drives the transmission input and chains along the engine for the ride. Are you familiar with air over hydro? I would think your hydraulic pump is either powered by electrical or air, and not that the air itself does the lifting. We have a couple of those on assembly lines, hydraulic power is not something provided to the shops, so we either use electrical for huge hydraulic pumps, or pneumatic for small. The idea is there is a double cylinder common shaft and it takes a huge air supply on the big piston to move the little piston of the hydraulics a short range. Most recent one I did would tension up a serp belt for you to tighten it down (this was on a cheap car without a spring tensioner.)

 

John - I think I’ve had “maybe” 2-3 migraine headaches in my lifetime. The couple I’ve had weren’t fun.

About ready to close up shop for the day. But…..there is no electrical at all for the pump. I can use the foot pump or air compressor. I’ll take a picture later. I’ll say it is a decent sized fluid reservoir on this pump which I have never topped off or evaluated in 15 yrs of ownership. Today, I topped it off and I added nearly one quart fluid. More on this later when I get indoors.

 

Had this guy swoop by my window in search of a meal at the birdfeeders, he was not successful.

 

Beautiful hawk! 👍

 

 

Yep!

 

Dawn's medal for finishing the Mammoth March and some memorabilia she purchased. She's hobbling pretty bad, but she finished the entire 20-mile course! There will be a few pics of them out on the course later.

 

I was looking at future Mammoth March events. I have no intentions of entering an event; yet, I was looking at random questions on Google & this one stuck out. I'm learning sooooooooo much from AI.

Silly me, and here I would have guessed a 5 mile hike was 5 miles long.

 

The real question is, which is sillier, the question or the answer???

 

I'm going to say it's a Cooper's Hawk.

 

A few pics from the Mammoth March course:



Missouri River in the background




Never ending road

She's a badass!

 

You're a day late and a dollar short Norm, it was identified in Dan's original post, but you do win the booby prize for being correct.

 

Figures...

 

Air over hydro? I don't know what it is. Did you mean air over hydraulics (maybe)? Reading what you stated (above) it sounds like air over hydraulics? And, honestly I don't know how the air over hydraulic system(s) operate. I sorta followed you, then did just a tiny bit of on-line research, but it's late for me. I forgot I was up at 3:30am this morning. I'll likely have more to say with questions (perhaps) as I muddle through negotiating a resolution for my motorcycle lift. As said, it's late & sleepy time for me but I wanted to post a couple images none-the-less so you can see what I'm working with. My lift is ~15 yrs old as I said (above). I hear compressed air escaping from somewhere on the pump - don't know where. I believe this (escaping air) has been getting progressively worse over the past year. Capabilities of the lift have certainly been getting worse over the past year. Did I run the pump dry of hydraulic fluid? I don't know. It took nearly one quart to fill the reservoir but no documentation states the capacity of the reservoir; in fact, the documentation contains absolutely no maintenance &/or service related topics - none, nothing more than a simple operation manual & parts list.

This "system" is supposedly proprietary in design. Not 100% what that means other than someone designed it at some company. I have two leads on the pump itself. I won't bother you w/ details on the vendor, the model #, etc. - that's all me to resolve this issue. I'll fetch up a couple telephone calls tomorrow to my suspect support/service personnel/vendor(s) and give them an earful of what's going on. Fingers crossed they'll take pity on me & listen. Perhaps (hopefully) they may have a kit, or know of seals, bearings, shaft(s), service areas, maintenance items I can/should address after I explain the symptoms - maybe the pump needs to be primed &/or new service items. About the only thing I know which resembles a system which "may" have a liking to this, might be my brake hydroboost system? Perhaps not after reading your description but maybe some type of similarity. I haven't had to dive into my 2003 F250 diesel tractor's hydroboost system. I did replace the serpentine belt which drives every other component on the truck including the PS pump (of course). I know pressure produced by the PS pump is fed to the hydroboost brake system, but that's the extent of my knowledge.

I'd make some notes in PowerPoint w/ fancy arrows & $hit but frankly I'm too tired this evening. You can see the pneumatic line from the air compressor feeds into that "thing" (grey metal box) in front of the foot pump. You can see the oil fill bolt/plug on the red reservoir. Air enters that "thing", goes through that "thing" & exits via a hydraulic hose from the front/forward side of the reservoir over to the hydraulic ram cylinder on the lift. Tomorrow I'll likely point out two areas depending on how my phone calls go - may I'll have a resolution. At any rate - this is what it looks like in terms of physical pieces. I "suspect" that "thing" is the actual pump?

 

Yes, I meant air over hydraulics. Hydro is shorthand for hydraulics unless you are in power generation from rivers and such, at least in my industry.

What I think you have there is the following:

A hydraulic cylinder in the lift.
A hydraulic line.
A pump on the other end.
A foot pedal to drive the pump.
An alternative air cylinder to drive the pump.

A traditional air over hydraulic setup has the air cylinder bolted to the first hydraulic cylinder and, when air pushes its rod, its rod drives the hydraulic cylinder, and that is where the multiplier is.

This unit, and there are several on the market under different brands, appears that maybe there is no pneumatic cylinder, and the air just pushes on the back of the hydraulic pump like your foot pedal does.

I wonder if you found the air leak and were able to get a valve in front of it if that would help. Putting a valve on a hydraulic line is very difficult, especially operating it under pressure. I wonder if lifting it with the air then stomping on the last part on the foot pedal would hold it.

 

John - Thanks. The parts list refers to the oil tank & pump as a "Pneumatic/Hydraulic Pump" - approx. 100 parts. I purchased the lift (~2011) Ranger Products Model RML-750HD from BendPak, Santa Paula, CA. My Model appears to have been upgraded (different pump assembly), but the lift stand remains same - new Model number. Yet, the exact same lift is sold by another company "Redline Stands" with yet a different but nearly identical pump - lift stand identical to mine. This ancillary information is meaningless to you; yet, offers some insight as to the business end of this company (BendPak). No biggie - these are business decisions. I hope I can get hold of a decent tech service/support person to assist who knows the history of the pump. Chance I get help & they have parts to support my rebuilding the pump, they can provide insight into a particular maintenance item &/or maybe buy a new pump which I can use w/ my current lift stand. I won't bore everyone/anyone with more information - I'll get it noodled out.

 

Good morning everyone.

Woke up before the alarm this morning and thought, am I crazy why am I going to work on my day off? Because it's big bucks on overtime that's why. Things are smooth so far.

So the big thing today is I'm planning on going to look at a truck after work. A 2012 GMC box truck. I figure this will fill several roles. It's the size of a cabover Uhaul. It can be used as a pickup. It's big enough I could use it in place of a dump truck. And the main reason I thought about a box truck is so I don't have to rent a Uhaul. They are stupidly expensive these days and if I had my own I could go anywhere and not have to worry about paying mileage. I know in the grand scheme that it's more to own and maintain my own vehicle, but I hate Uhaul. So there's that.

And of course there has to be a wrinkle in the ointment. After I made plans to see the box truck I came across an 02 Silverado dually, diesel and 6 speed. About twice what the box truck is, but it would be easier to own. It's a little beat up but the miles are average(200K) and it's purported to be a good runner. So now I don't know what to wish for. I was looking for a Dodge diesel in the past, but every damn one of them the seller is a tool. This last one, in Nashville which is an easy drive, lowish miles, beautiful emerald paint, the very truck I would order from the used car factory. I asked a couple questions and the guy's response? The first one here with cash gets it. Ya I'll be right there.

My Deuce and a half has air/hydraulic brakes. There's a leak in one of the gladhands and when the air leaks down the brakes lock down solid. Then I get to listen to three minutes of an extremely loud buzzer until the air pressure builds. I would guess that wouldn't happen since the hydraulic brakes would in theory still work. Eh, what do I know.

Chris another success for the dynamic duo. I'm guessing Dawn and your daughter are pretty good friends to do this sort of stuff together all the time. That's wonderful, it doesn't always turn out that way with a blended family.

Happy Monday everyone.

 

Mike - Hope you have a great rest of your day too. Actually got chilly here overnight down into the upper 40's, and will do the same again tonight.

I hope the Box truck turns out to be a nice one for what the guy's asking. There has been many a time when I've wished I had something as large as a Box truck when picking up furniture for Dawn. The extra size and ease of loading (if it's not one of the tall ones) would be nice.

Yes, Dawn and my youngest daughter are pretty tight. It wasn't always that way though. Both my daughter's were pretty rude to Dawn when Dawn and I first started dating. Dawn stuck with it though, and with me, and won them over like she does with just about everyone. She's pretty easy to love!

 

Norm - You're not boring me, I find the info about your lift and how it operates interesting. I'm not commenting because I don't have any expertise to add to the discussion. I do have a question though. How well does it function right now just using the Foot Pump without the Pneumatic assist?

If you don't mind the typing, keep us updated on what direction you're going to try to get it back to normal working order. Inquiring minds what to know.