Unconventional
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Gummies and Princess LeiaI have seen all the movies a dozen times each but it has been decades since I saw them on the big screen. I need some gummies and sit right up front! (like 40 years ago)
Stop in for a cup of coffee
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Out here it's usually 3 or 4 days at best. The UPS distribution center is an hour + away
A nice combination!
Ordered a correct fuel tank from parts geek. STILL have not even shipped it! 3 days ago. Called, assured me I would get it... Ordered a spare tire, 6 days ago. Still not here....
Bigger stuff always seems awkward. Like the ebay engine block that "Ships for $5.95"
Not that I actually know what I'm looking at but nothing looks broke...or otherwise obviously out of place
Numbered??
OEM?
OEM?
Nothing in the pickup screen is good news. And looks clean. Any play in any of the connecting rods? The things that go to the pistons. You have plasti gauge?
I have found pistons marked numbers from factory in the past.
I would pull a main and rod cap for a look see.
Don't have a gauge... today was just a sightseeing tour for obvious FUBAR
Very minor wiggle fore and aft
It looks pretty good to me, as Tim said. If you pull a rod cap and a main cap, at least you can check the condition of the engine bearings....
Ridge wear is a big indicator of engine milage. You look at that? In the cylinders at the top. Should be no ridge at all. If you can get your finger nail to grab it issue.
Going to pull the intake next...
Unconventional
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Let me guess. You were on a raft at about 13:00 when that daily 40 mph wind started.
Plastic gauge is basically dental floss. It squished down on the bearing and you use the included measuring device to get a rough idea. Napa has it for like 2 bucks
No. People might know about that lake but it fills from where the dam
is. It has a concrete Aqua duct that feeds the kern river to fill the lake. It is a strong current. When lake is low you can see the concrete Aqua duct. But when full it is hidden under water. And it flows under parts of the lake. Well I was swimming and got caught in that swift under water current. Almost got me for real. I fought to the surface and was 100s of yards from the boat I was swimming from. Real scary
Unconventional
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Unconventional
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I know that ole Kern River sure hauls *** on the uphill side of Kernville
Unconventional
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4 of us adults went white water raftin' below the dam, pay for play thing.
On the way up the hill I see a large tunnel in the rock spewing water out at a high rate.
Ahhh, must be the outfall from the hydro plant.
After a day of fun we head home just before sunset and that outfall is dry That's odd.
Wind our way down the canyon toward the valley, now in the dark, get to an open spot in the road where we could see the valley below.
Nothing but darkness everywhere we look .
Managed to find a truckstop open way south of Bakersfield that was on a genset.
The power outage went all the way to the beach.
On the way up the hill I see a large tunnel in the rock spewing water out at a high rate.
Ahhh, must be the outfall from the hydro plant.
After a day of fun we head home just before sunset and that outfall is dry That's odd.
Wind our way down the canyon toward the valley, now in the dark, get to an open spot in the road where we could see the valley below.
Nothing but darkness everywhere we look
.Managed to find a truckstop open way south of Bakersfield that was on a genset.
The power outage went all the way to the beach.
Valley view....
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