The Random Thoughts Thread

TangoBlue said:
Hey, it worked for them in 1908, why not now.

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That thing has serious ground clearance. I'd like to see power/weight ratios. With a spooled rear end and some tires, i bet it would do better off road than many of today's offerings.
 
Here in northern Ohio where there are several Ford plants, a *lot* of people drive Ford sedans. My neighbor lady buys a new Taurus every other year for the last 25 years. She'd never buy an SUV.

My very first car was a Ford sedan!

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brentbba said:
44 years ago when I got my first license!
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My grandfather got an AAA membership for me when I turned 16. The card at my next renewal will have "50 Year Member" on it. :)

My first drivers license was a green paper one. While the clerk was in back getting my plates, my dad picked up the rubber stamp and added the motorcycle endorsement to my license! I've never had to take a test since. :eek:
 
When the Permatex Gasket Maker says to wait 24 hours before putting the vehicle back into operation you should apparently wait the 24 hours. I guess now I've got time to find the appropriate Toyota gasket that the internet says doesn't exist.

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I've found it in a parts diagram!

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The problem is when you click on the diagram the part numbers change and that part disappears!!! This gasket is unubtanium. It should be pictured on a Toyota overland patch.
 
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Gallowbraid said:
This gasket is unubtanium.
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Can't you just buy a sheet of gasket material and make your own gasket? It's fairly easy to do even if the original gasket is torn, a little more involved if the gasket is missing. Back in our drag racing days we kept sheets of various gasket materials in the tool kit so we didn't have to make a run to parts stores between rounds.
 
Haggis said:
Can't you just buy a sheet of gasket material and make your own gasket? It's fairly easy to do even if the original gasket is torn, a little more involved if the gasket is missing. Back in our drag racing days we kept sheets of various gasket materials in the tool kit so we didn't have to make a run to parts stores between rounds.
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Ah, but you were REAL mechanics and not just parts changers!
 
Optimistic Paranoid said:
Ah, but you were REAL mechanics and not just parts changers!
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Oh hell no, we were just a bunch of poor ridgerunners making engines scream from an assorted bunch of salvaged parts and swap meet deals. One had to get imaginative to make it all work together. But when it did it was bad assed...good times, good times.
 
Haggis said:
Can't you just buy a sheet of gasket material and make your own gasket? It's fairly easy to do even if the original gasket is torn, a little more involved if the gasket is missing. Back in our drag racing days we kept sheets of various gasket materials in the tool kit so we didn't have to make a run to parts stores between rounds.
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That might be an option when I get back home again later this week. Unfortunately there was no original gasket, I had to wire wheel off the previous liquid gasket that was used. I've now had a Toyota tech tell me they never use the factory gasket for this application, they use Toyota 103 Gasket Maker.
 
When I was a kid, my father used to take me to a barber shop in the Italian section of the city across the river. Some times there would be some very large, very quiet guys sitting reading the paper, but never turning the page. Also guys used to occasionally walk into the the back with paper bags, than walk out with out them. Even as an 8 year old i knew about the mob, but it was just one of the things that was accepted. It was probably one of the safest place in Springfield when the collections were coming in.
 
Kevin LaCroix said:
When I was a kid, my father used to take me to a barber shop in the Italian section of the city across the river. Some times there would be some very large, very quiet guys sitting reading the paper, but never turning the page. Also guys used to occasionally walk into the the back with paper bags, than walk out with out them. Even as an 8 year old i knew about the mob, but it was just one of the things that was accepted. It was probably one of the safest place in Springfield when the collections were coming in.
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As an Italian I can vouch for the fact that we read newspapers very slowly, and enjoy delivering paper bags to backrooms as a cultural hobby. I have no idea what this "mob" is that you've mentioned.

Now if you'll excuse me I've got to go call my cousin Tony about your story...
 
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