Useless things about your day!

[BDK]

I Craig's List sold 4.0 engine I pulled out of a donor 1994 Explorer, complete with a engine stand. Got tired of pushing it around the back yard. I posted the add with 2 pictures of the engine, one of the car it came out of, and one of the speedo so they could see it really did have 105,000 miles, and I have it listed for 2/3 of what I think its worth. I list that it was out of a Ohio car, engine has surface corrosion, it has the typical oil leaks, etc.., but ran well when I drove it home to strip it, and that I mostly wanted the car for the interior. I also posted that I have no other parts for the 1994 Explorer.

I have suffered through a week of people asking me if I have a transmission, if I have the rear axle, etc. Someone asking me why I pulled the engine if all I wanted was the interior, like that should matter to him. Dude spends 2 days texting me asking about details that I can't give, must have asked me ten times if my price was firm, then wants me to give him some type of paperwork stating its a running engine. I said for him to keep the texts, but when he pays me its his, that's it no warranty because I have no idea what he will do to it when it leaves my possession. When he shows up, I offer to drain the oil, flip it on the stand and pull the oil pan so we can both take a look. He says, Naw that's OK, then hands me 3/4 of the agreed on price. I count it, give him a WTF look, then he hands me the rest. Cute. He pulls the stand pin and pushes it off the stand into the back of his Ranger, crushing the fan blade. I tell him that's why I am not giving any type of warranty. Uses a rope to tie it down, one end on the driver side of the bumper, over the tailgate, around the engine and back to the passenger side of the bumper, and off he goes. Hope his tailgate latch can handle that. I'm just glad he didn't drop it in my driveway.

 

[dave_dj1]

Had a thunderstorm last evening, knocked power out for a brief minute, the cable was out until who knows (it's back this morning)
I had to resort to DVD's
I sold some super duty rear leaf springs for more than I paid, they were new take offs which I thought would fit my 05 but nope, too long, would fit an 11 which the guy had, I had all the pieces for the helpers to rest on too, he was happy.

 

[45acp]

I Craig's List sold 4.0 engine I pulled out of a donor 1994 Explorer, complete with a engine stand. Got tired of pushing it around the back yard. I posted the add with 2 pictures of the engine, one of the car it came out of, and one of the speedo so they could see it really did have 105,000 miles, and I have it listed for 2/3 of what I think its worth. I list that it was out of a Ohio car, engine has surface corrosion, it has the typical oil leaks, etc.., but ran well when I drove it home to strip it, and that I mostly wanted the car for the interior. I also posted that I have no other parts for the 1994 Explorer.

I have suffered through a week of people asking me if I have a transmission, if I have the rear axle, etc. Someone asking me why I pulled the engine if all I wanted was the interior, like that should matter to him. Dude spends 2 days texting me asking about details that I can't give, must have asked me ten times if my price was firm, then wants me to give him some type of paperwork stating its a running engine. I said for him to keep the texts, but when he pays me its his, that's it no warranty because I have no idea what he will do to it when it leaves my possession. When he shows up, I offer to drain the oil, flip it on the stand and pull the oil pan so we can both take a look. He says, Naw that's OK, then hands me 3/4 of the agreed on price. I count it, give him a WTF look, then he hands me the rest. Cute. He pulls the stand pin and pushes it off the stand into the back of his Ranger, crushing the fan blade. I tell him that's why I am not giving any type of warranty. Uses a rope to tie it down, one end on the driver side of the bumper, over the tailgate, around the engine and back to the passenger side of the bumper, and off he goes. Hope his tailgate latch can handle that. I'm just glad he didn't drop it in my driveway.

This is why I've given up selling small stuff like vehicle parts, used tires, etc etc. I give things to friends or friends of friends, or it goes to the scrapper/dumpster.

Between the tire kickers with no money, the 100 message then no show assholes, and the "expects me to deliver it" douchefucks I have seriously given up. You can have it, or I'll throw it in the dollar store dumpster. No other options.

 

[Aggie06]

This is why I've given up selling small stuff like vehicle parts, used tires, etc etc. I give things to friends or friends of friends, or it goes to the scrapper/dumpster.

Between the tire kickers with no money, the 100 message then no show assholes, and the "expects me to deliver it" douchefucks I have seriously given up. You can have it, or I'll throw it in the dollar store dumpster. No other options.

Yup. Or, trade it for something else that will sit in my way until it gets thrown out.

 

[45acp]

Yup. Or, trade it for something else that will sit in my way until it gets thrown out.

Yea, this too.

 

[[486]]

I'm just glad he didn't drop it in my driveway.

people like that are why I don't bother to haggle any more
if it is a good price I'll go and buy it, if it isn't I just don't respond to the ad

 

[Sceep]

Hey Shortthenlong what's the deal with stealing my sweet avatar?

 

[87manche]

This is why I've given up selling small stuff like vehicle parts, used tires, etc etc. I give things to friends or friends of friends, or it goes to the scrapper/dumpster.

Between the tire kickers with no money, the 100 message then no show assholes, and the "expects me to deliver it" douchefucks I have seriously given up. You can have it, or I'll throw it in the dollar store dumpster. No other options.

this.

I had a fender, some guy needs a fender. I told him $30.
"I'm two hours away, can you meet?"
Yeah, let me burn $20 worth of gas and two hours of my time to meet you halfway for a $30 fender.

no. I can't.

 

[BDK]

I also have two pairs of Bilstein shocks listed. They are nearly new, I only had them on the rig for a year and it was a double shock set up, they were hardly used. I keep getting offers of $25 each. I always place adds with the price I am going to take. I always say in the adds that my price is better than you could ever find anywhere else, so its firm. I still get people trying to low ball my low ball pricing.

 

[dave_dj1]

Well I may have found my retirement project. I have converted a couple of tractors from pin on to quick attach so I threw an ad up on marketplace this noon time, I also have built some root rake grapples for myself and a couple of friends so I threw an ad up for them also and I can't believe how many people are pinging me. If I do the conversion, add the third function remote and build a grapple it will set you back about 2300-2500
I am having parts laser cut this week for the first two.

 

[TiTRD]

Well I may have found my retirement project. I have converted a couple of tractors from pin on to quick attach so I threw an ad up on marketplace this noon time, I also have built some root rake grapples for myself and a couple of friends so I threw an ad up for them also and I can't believe how many people are pinging me. If I do the conversion, add the third function remote and build a grapple it will set you back about 2300-2500
I am having parts laser cut this week for the first two.

Whats a quick coupler conversation going for?

 

[Shortthenlong]

Hey Shortthenlong what's the deal with stealing my sweet avatar?

 

[Sandy Johnson]

Went down to Redondo beach for mother in law's birthday last week. Took the kids to the beach every day. I brought down a small(5'8") foam surfboard for my oldest and his cousins to practice on. Surf was small and all that, so it was perfect. Boredom took over and the wife and I ended up taking turns watching the kids and trying to surf the shore break on this crappy little board. I took a little too long to bail on one and had to run it out on the sand and felt something in my heel/ankle go boing. Long story short, I got destroyed by 4 foot high shore break on a crappy costco surfboard taking a break from playing daddy lifeguard. I guess this is what being old feels like.

Back at work now and everyone wants to know why I've got a very noticeable limp.

 

[dave_dj1]

Whats a quick coupler conversation going for?

Depending on the tractor but around 450-500 parts and labor.

 

[TiTRD]

Depending on the tractor but around 450-500 parts and labor.

This is tempting! Would make life easier for sure.

 

[BDK]

Went down to Redondo beach for mother in law's birthday last week. Took the kids to the beach every day. I brought down a small(5'8") foam surfboard for my oldest and his cousins to practice on. Surf was small and all that, so it was perfect. Boredom took over and the wife and I ended up taking turns watching the kids and trying to surf the shore break on this crappy little board. I took a little too long to bail on one and had to run it out on the sand and felt something in my heel/ankle go boing. Long story short, I got destroyed by 4 foot high shore break on a crappy costco surfboard taking a break from playing daddy lifeguard. I guess this is what being old feels like.

Back at work now and everyone wants to know why I've got a very noticeable limp.

My Dad dislocated his shoulder riding my Yamaha 60 around the yard after I told him the throttle was sticking and he didn't believe me. He spent 3 months with his right arm in a sling. He was a Commander at San Diego PD and they guys messed with him for years after that.

 

[[486]]

fell 4' backwards off a ladder prolly 7 hrs ago
was 1/4 of the way through mixing and placing the tallest section of wall I've done yet, so had to just truck on through
still haven't looked at the hole it made in my back, it certainly got the shirt torn and it stings some but shirt ain't sticky so it ain't bleeding

then driving home my turbo decided to make funny noises, it'd been doing that for the last 20k miles or thereabouts, they just got a lot louder, smokier and I lost some of the 80hp that I usually have
get pulled over and the tools are under the trunk floor underneath a full 55 gallon drum of oil so totally inaccessable
use a sawzall blade as a screwdriver to get the intake pipes loose and sure enough the compressor wheel's just rattling around in there
vise grip the oil feed shut and unplug the maf
made it home, gonna make a proper plug for the oil feed tomorrow and figure out some piping to connect the intake directly to the airbox then run it like that until the ground freezes and I can't work on the house any more

 

[Tin Roof]

Apparently the Jehovas are social distancing. I got a letter in the mail from them today instead of a knock at the door.

 

[[486]]

Apparently the Jehovas are social distancing. I got a letter in the mail from them today instead of a knock at the door.

neighbor got one that was handwritten, full page of very nice handwriting
some bleed through and variable pressure on the pen when you feel the paper so it isn't even like they've got a plotter rigged up to write them out

I paid all that attention to the fact that it was hand written, didn't read a single word of it

 

[Brad]

Slap the envelope on a brick everytime.

 

[Squamch]

We are waiting for 2 skids of doors to complete this building. We've been waiting for months.
I expect to be laid off or transferred any day now, since there isn't anything for me to do all day until the doors show up...and no one can tell us where they are, when they will arrive, etc.

 

[Mr Priceless]

235 80r 16 14 ply tires are not all the same. Tired of mismatching brands and creating racing slicks between duallies

 

[aczlan]

We are waiting for 2 skids of doors to complete this building. We've been waiting for months.
I expect to be laid off or transferred any day now, since there isn't anything for me to do all day until the doors show up...and no one can tell us where they are, when they will arrive, etc.

Sounds like our issues with getting a loader, dealer can find out that Kubota has acknowledged the order (from Jan of this year), but has no idea when it will be built or shipped.
Ended up buying an after market loader and am paying the fab shop down the road to make brackets for it. Should be just under half of what Kubota wanted for a loader and I will end up with en extra bucket to sell.

Aaron Z

 

[[486]]

235 80r 16 14 ply tires are not all the same. Tired of mismatching brands and creating racing slicks between duallies

well reznov, try having a lunchbox locker, then you need four that match
actually gonna weld the diff on the $150 drw f350 I just got, that one isn't gonna get much of any care in its selection of garbage tires

 

[87manche]

things I've never done until today.
take apart a fancy panoramic sunroof
redo a headliner.
turns out, not that hard to do a decent job.
sadly the factory glue wasn't the fail, it was the foam. So that shit sucked to get off. I put the headliner fabric in the washing machine. gonna make my wife happy when she gets littel foam glue balls on her shit. I'm gonna play dumb. Stuck it back on with 3m headliner adhesive. smelled bad, seemed to stick hard.

 

[arse_sidewards]

well reznov, try having a lunchbox locker, then you need four that match

Oh they'll match real quick when you can roast them both at the same time.

 

[[486]]

I wish those cheap ass duallies existed down here, I still haven’t found one. My wife is from Duluth so maybe I need to start looking for a rust machine from your state

look for something that doesn't have any doubler plates on the frame, as they are scrap price because it's really all they're worth

 

[[486]]

Is that a rust strengthening fix or just a dually work truck thing to stiffen the frame

c&c fords got those doubler plates
they just hold saltwater against the frame

the good steel in that pic is the doubler, the frame used to be the same thickness

 

[Sandy Johnson]

I have a nerdy friend who works for NASA. He sent some pics from work, NASA variant of a U2 spyplane doing NASA stuff to a slack channel my buddies are all on. His response cracked me up.

 

[87manche]

and today this shitbox is back together.
except for those visors that need cleaned.