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sitting in a motel in Monhans tx, watching the Mets beat up on the Dodgers.
12-6 going into the 9th inning
Had to replace the MAF on the Toyota yesterday , otherwise it has been running great AC doesn't seem to blow very cold
Heading to Granbury TX tomorrow
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how`d you wind up in that town? if there`s still a little market out on the frontage road they used to have some real good burrito`s cheap.
 
In went to west Palm to check electrical plans for two of our structures. Yesterday started home with a cold. Snot rocket a ping pong ball this morning in the shower :barf: At the house with the wife she is tired of being in bed we’re at week three now
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bigun said:
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sitting in a motel in Monhans tx, watching the Mets beat up on the Dodgers.
12-6 going into the 9th inning
Had to replace the MAF on the Toyota yesterday , otherwise it has been running great AC doesn't seem to blow very cold
Heading to Granbury TX tomorrow
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Charlie,

Check the cabin air filter if the van has one.
When they get plugged up it impeds the airflow.
 
Byro said:
In. I’ve got a lifetime subscription to FNLC and it’s sister publication SNLC as well.

Mounted a tire for my new bike and called it a night.
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It was a hellish week at the shop, I need some legit employees, I’m spread too thin trying to be the salesman, secretary, and installer.
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Have you got any sort of a plan on expansion. I have been in that area for loads/deliveries.
Adult type of $ or McDs...

PM details, I enjoy what I do now but am not planning to stick around past another full season of driving (hopefully market holds up).
 
Middle school has bounce house obstacle courses and food trucks so I brought my son and youngest daughter. Wife is out with her bestie, older daughter is at a sleepover.

So here I sit waiting and playing on my phone til it’s time to go home. Kids only allowed for the bounce house stuff
 
In. Spent the day home sick, was laying on the floor in front of the wood stove by the time I got a fire going this morning. Been alternating between napping and applying for jobs. The one I've been at the past 3 months is starting to play games already. I left a job I was at for 7 years for this one, if they think I'm locked in enough to fuck with after a couple months they're gonna find out how fast I can put tool boxes on a car trailer.

Think I'm gonna try to get away from automotive this time but it's tough to go elsewhere and make the money I need to make.
 
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it old enough to have a liquid line sightglass? I know toyota was good about having those up until the early 2000s
if it isn't solid liquid, dump a can of 134 in there
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Not sure, it does have a transmission dip stick which according to the Internet it shouldn't have
 
TrikeKid said:
In. Spent the day home sick, was laying on the floor in front of the wood stove by the time I got a fire going this morning. Been alternating between napping and applying for jobs. The one I've been at the past 3 months is starting to play games already, I left a job I was at for 7 years for this one, if they think I'm locked in enough to fuck with after a couple months they're gonna find out how fast I can put tool boxes on a car trailer.

Think I'm gonna try to get away from automotive this time but it's tough to go elsewhere and make the money I need to make.
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Have you thought about a mobile diagnostic/repair?
Tools and knowledge you have, rest is working on your business acumen.

Any market for it in your area?

Other thing would be industrial maintenance, do keep in mind pay is based on level of dangerous:laughing:you are willing to subject yourself to...
 
bigun said:
Not sure, it does have a transmission dip stick which according to the Internet it shouldn't have
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I don’t know why Toyota eliminated the transmission dip stick. When I got my 2007 Tacoma I went to check fluids and thought I had lost some points off the man card, “WTF is the transmission dip stick??”. After checking the internet I learned there wasn’t one :homer:
 
Aikido, then grocery shopping after work. When I got home I put together some dry rub for country ribs I'm smoking tomorrow. Beer and a grilled pizza outside now. Not a bad night out
 
Gtrplyr78 said:
Have you thought about a mobile diagnostic/repair?
Tools and knowledge you have, rest is working on your business acumen.

Any market for it in your area?

Other thing would be industrial maintenance, do keep in mind pay is based on level of dangerous:laughing:you are willing to subject yourself to...
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If I could do it on a strictly business to business level I could probably make it work the problem is paying the bills in the mean time. My soft skills are not there for dealing with the general public, and the general public around here that hire mobile mechanics are almost always looking for the cheapest possible option and that ain't me.

I've looked into industrial maintenance but so far all of it would be a 15-20 dollar an hour pay cut. The lazy B is the biggest employer for that around here and they're obviously not hiring at the moment.
 
Gtrplyr78 said:
Have you got any sort of a plan on expansion. I have been in that area for loads/deliveries.
Adult type of $ or McDs...

PM details, I enjoy what I do now but am not planning to stick around past another full season of driving (hopefully market holds up).
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I do aftermarket vehicle accessories. Lift kits, wheels tires, bolt on shit. I’ve been doing it on my own for 4 years, the business has been steady growing and I’m learning how to run and manage a business as I go. The work is easy a mechanically inclined person could do well, flat rate would be the best way to pay I think. Hourly doesnt get stuff in and out quick which directly effects number of vehicles finished which directly effects revenue generation.
 
Byro said:
I do aftermarket vehicle accessories. Lift kits, wheels tires, bolt on shit. I’ve been doing it on my own for 4 years, the business has been steady growing and I’m learning how to run and manage a business as I go. The work is easy a mechanically inclined person could do well, flat rate would be the best way to pay I think. Hourly doesnt get stuff in and out quick which directly effects number of vehicles finished which directly effects revenue generation.
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Thanks for the reply.
Flat rate might be a good direction for someone young and motivated, even better if they still live at parents home:laughing:.

Seems that a lot of car dealers are running out of qualified technicians due to the flat rate pay structure.

As for myself (46) having worked in a few different industries hourly is the undisputed king.

Salary/cents per mile/etc. is all there to screw over hard workers. Muddles the playing field with shitty workers sadly.

Best of luck with your business, I am sure you will get past the growing pains. Tenacity is there.
 
Gtrplyr78 said:
Thanks for the reply.
Flat rate might be a good direction for someone young and motivated, even better if they still live at parents home:laughing:.

Seems that a lot of car dealers are running out of qualified technicians due to the flat rate pay structure.
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Flat rate is fine if the business knows how it works. If you're going to pay someone to wrench flat rate you best have an hourly kid to handle everything else or build in compensation for the shit they have to do in addition to the work you're actually paying them for. There's no flat rate time on running a mop. Wanna discount jobs? Gotta come out of the shops pocket. That discounting labor shit is the chief reason I'm looking for another job.
 
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Well I’ve got new plans on top of patching my boat tomorrow.

Long story head:
So rewind about 3 months ago and at the gym a kid (mid 20’s) talks to me about my bike and says he wants to start riding. He has zero experience so spout off the normal. Start dirt, do an older 250 and grow type stuff. Take the newbie courses etc. well like 2 weeks after that he has some chicom cfmoto450 street bike. Cool.

We go for a ride and he’s not half bad. I talk to him about not riding outside of his skills and always with gear. Being “responsible” old guy stuff

Well he texted me like an hour ago a picture of a hospital bracelet. Turns out him and buddy did a twisties route a Facebook group did as an “A” group ride. He went down and fractured his femur.

Gunna go out and visit him tomorrow.

He thinks the tires gave out. Doesn’t surprise me. He brought his bike over last weekend to bleed the rear brake. I saw his chain was pushing out o rings on the chain. Only has like 1500 miles. Shitty.
 
Totalgirlfriend wanted to go to redding to pick up something for squids bedroom. Fine, im off at 630. So her and her friends got to the hotdog joint and start pounding beers.

637, where are you?
At the hotdog place, youre gona have to walk up here and grab me and the car.
Fuck.

Hauling ass to redding, talking about dinner what stops we need to make, when, and in what order.

Get to home depot by 8pm, sportmans to get ammos, dinner and still no adress from asshole with the desk thing.

Ate dinner and still nothing

spent a shit ton of money on fuel, food, ammo and no fucking $50 desk that syarted the whole damn thing.
 
In.

Up at 0330, coffee and on the road to Prescott at 0430, when I was passing Williams there was a semi laying on it's side between the east and west bound lanes in the middle of town. Saw a little car with the front end caved in and a dead elk on way to Prescott.

Hit the usual breakfast place at 0600, steak and eggs, a nice visit with the guys and off to the Dentist for my 0745 appt. Had a cleaning and got my new crown. Stopped at Linde welding supply for an Argon bottle swap and some new Tillman gloves. Stopped at my favorite gun/cigar shop, picked up my new 9mm suppressor and a box of Arturo Fuentes cigars. Cold rain and hail on the way home.

Saw the aftermath of a guy that hit a guardrail head on, he walked away. Got to Ash Fork and I-40 is shut down due to a fatal accident. Had some cardboard pizza at the truck stop and killed a couple hours, freeway was still closed so I back tracked 25 miles and went to town the back way, started snowing on the way, by the time I got home we had 4-5" and snowing pretty hard.

Cliff notes should have stayed home and watched it snow.
 
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