[84fiero123]

I got stuck painting the house this weekend.

15 poles! Wow thats about 4 line extenders (at $400 a pop) and about 2000' of coax at $45 per 4'. Do the math! Oh my!

Ya that’s just it, on my road after me there are about 7 people in the next mile, and then it is another town with even less people per mile on the road.

When we first moved here we called the cable company and they said cable was here, but it wasn’t. hence the reason for the sat. TV.

They wanted like $7,000 to run cable to just us, and with the way the cable service is here in Maine. Out anytime we have a storm, it really isn’t worth it.

So I won’t be getting high speed anytime soon unless it’s Sat. and at the price of that, on fixed income I don’t think we will be getting that either.

So I guess we’re stuck with dial up for a while.

Funny thing is, we have over 900’ of road frontage, and the house is at the far end from the cable. Wonder if they would run it to the beginning of our property and let me run the rest?

Would cut the install fee in half. I could run it the rest of the way on my property and put in my own posts.

Screw it I never really was on here all that much until after my stroke. Dec. 04.

Then I was stuck in the house and figured if I couldn’t work I could help some people out with my knowledge on a few forums.

Which I did, and have met some good people, and a few not so good, but enjoy a good debate now and then.

But now I have to go do the y pipe and cat on the Burb, luckily my buddy in the next town has a lift and torches. So I’m headed over there in an hour to do that.

Wish me luck, that we don’t brake any manifold studs. I got all 6 just in case.

Steve

 

[TrailLeadr]

Ya that’s just it, on my road after me there are about 7 people in the next mile, and then it is another town with even less people per mile on the road.

When we first moved here we called the cable company and they said cable was here, but it wasn’t. hence the reason for the sat. TV.

They wanted like $7,000 to run cable to just us, and with the way the cable service is here in Maine. Out anytime we have a storm, it really isn’t worth it.

So I won’t be getting high speed anytime soon unless it’s Sat. and at the price of that, on fixed income I don’t think we will be getting that either.

So I guess we’re stuck with dial up for a while.

Funny thing is, we have over 900’ of road frontage, and the house is at the far end from the cable. Wonder if they would run it to the beginning of our property and let me run the rest?

Would cut the install fee in half. I could run it the rest of the way on my property and put in my own posts.

Screw it I never really was on here all that much until after my stroke. Dec. 04.

Then I was stuck in the house and figured if I couldn’t work I could help some people out with my knowledge on a few forums.

Which I did, and have met some good people, and a few not so good, but enjoy a good debate now and then.

But now I have to go do the y pipe and cat on the Burb, luckily my buddy in the next town has a lift and torches. So I’m headed over there in an hour to do that.

Wish me luck, that we don’t brake any manifold studs. I got all 6 just in case.

Steve

Good luck! Don't get any molten steel on ya!
Just curious what does the satellite service cost, and is that download through dish, and upload through phone?

 

[84fiero123]

I can’t remember what the monthly price was but it was outrageous. Then you have to buy the equipment so I’m not paying it no matter what it is.

I will check later though.

All done with the y pipe and cat replacement. It sure is nice to have friends. My buddy has a shop with a lift and torches. Dam that was so much easier than at my place.

We replace 3 exhaust manifold studs, the other three were fine, it’s nice to have the right tools to do the job right. Heated the manifold up and 2 studs came right out. The third snapped even with the heat.

Luckily there was enough left to put a vise grip on and heat up the manifold again and she twist right out. Put new ones in and she was good to go, nice and quiet.

I’m saving the old cat. To sell the guts. All platinum and titanium I believe. We have a dog customer who comes to Maine and recycles those parts, he pays good money for them.

 

[WestCoastColy]

Here's my result working on a busy cellular network

Connecting to San Jose, CA


Connecting to Portland, OR


Connecting to Scottsdale, AZ

 

[TrailLeadr]

Here's my result working on a busy cellular network

Connecting to San Jose, CA


Connecting to Portland, OR


Connecting to Scottsdale, AZ

Cool. I would have figured Cellular was slower than that.
Mind if I ask who the carrier is?

 

[Cableguy]

All done with the y pipe and cat replacement. It sure is nice to have friends. My buddy has a shop with a lift and torches. Dam that was so much easier than at my place.

We replace 3 exhaust manifold studs, the other three were fine, it’s nice to have the right tools to do the job right. Heated the manifold up and 2 studs came right out. The third snapped even with the heat.

Luckily there was enough left to put a vise grip on and heat up the manifold again and she twist right out. Put new ones in and she was good to go, nice and quiet.

I’m saving the old cat. To sell the guts. All platinum and titanium I believe. We have a dog customer who comes to Maine and recycles those parts, he pays good money for them.

I hate doing manifold bolts nothing gets me P/O'd faster, tool flying all over shop, foul language and bloody knuckles...

 

[TrailLeadr]

tools flying all over shop, foul language and bloody knuckles...

Huh...I do that before I even start working. Kind of like warm up exercises....lol

 

[84fiero123]

Huh...I do that before I even start working. Kind of like warm up exercises....lol

Same here, just comes with the job I guess.

 

[TrailLeadr]

Same here, just comes with the job I guess.

This conversation just got me thinking about this guy Mike I used to work with. He used to stick weld on the side for some extra $$. It seemed like every time he'd weld overhead, he'd always turn his head so that the slag wouldn't hit his lens. Instead it used to go in his ear, or hair. He'd always come shooting out from under whatever he was working on running around like a crazed maniac.
He wasn't the best overhead welder, he was known as the "grind king". When he was done it looked good, but it took him a few passes to get a single bead right.

 

[Cableguy]

Is this the longest post yet? That almost sounded like are we there yet...

 

[Cableguy]

My other Passion

I Love Harleys too. This is my first one I bought in 96 it was a 75 Sportster built by AMF before Willie bought company back. (AMF should have stuck to making bowling balls and golf carts ha ha)

Then I tore it apart and rebuilt it and painted it myself...

 

[84fiero123]

You can tell a good welder by how his overhead work looks, and if he has to runaway when doing overhead.

I hate overhead, but am good at it so I always get stuck in some hell hole that you can’t get out of real easy or quick.

That’s also why I put a double clear plastic lens over my shade.

 

[RichardG]

Bump this thread

 

[dwill3015]

My 15 year old racing in 2006

Another pic of my Blazer while hunting

Watch for stumps when backing up!

 

[84fiero123]

Watch for stumps when backing up!

Ops.

I bet you looked before you backed up next time.

 

[TrailLeadr]

I take it skid plates were not an option on that year blazer.

That sucks!

 

[84fiero123]

I take it skid plates were not an option on that year blazer.

That sucks!

Option or not, I bet it's got one now.

 

[TrailLeadr]

You can tell a good welder by how his overhead work looks, and if he has to runaway when doing overhead.

I hate overhead, but am good at it so I always get stuck in some hell hole that you can’t get out of real easy or quick.

That’s also why I put a double clear plastic lens over my shade.

I've never really been good at stick. MIG and TIG have always been my thing.
I've always wondered if I'd be better at stick if I started learning to weld with it instead of TIG. I usually spend more time pulling the rod off the metal being welded.:lol:
Overhead work never bothered me, it was vertical that bugged me. Navy specs state that instead of welding downward, they want max penetration so you have to drive the puddle upward. I used to have pigeon s**t welds on my first couple passes of vertical. Not good.:no:

 

[84fiero123]

I've never really been good at stick. MIG and TIG have always been my thing.
I've always wondered if I'd be better at stick if I started learning to weld with it instead of TIG. I usually spend more time pulling the rod off the metal being welded.:lol:
Overhead work never bothered me, it was vertical that bugged me. Navy specs state that instead of welding downward, they want max penetration so you have to drive the puddle upward. I used to have pigeon s**t welds on my first couple passes of vertical. Not good.:no:

I learned on an arc in high school but never used it much until I worked construction. Then I had to relearn it all over again.

All the welding I did at GM was mig. So it had been a long time since using a arc welder. I was so used to the migs that I would forget to feed the rod the first time I used the arc. lol
But like you most times if I hadn't just used an arc I had to take a practice pass at first to get used to it all over again.

Ever do any underwater welding traileader?

I always wanted to learn and have worked with a few guys who had done it, but never got the opportunity to try it.

 

[TrailLeadr]

I learned on an arc in high school but never used it much until I worked construction. Then I had to relearn it all over again.

All the welding I did at GM was mig. So it had been a long time since using a arc welder. I was so used to the migs that I would forget to feed the rod the first time I used the arc. lol
But like you most times if I hadn't just used an arc I had to take a practice pass at first to get used to it all over again.

Ever do any underwater welding traileader?

I always wanted to learn and have worked with a few guys who had done it, but never got the opportunity to try it.

No I haven't. All the boats I ever worked on were either dry docked, or being built, so they had never even touched water.

Must be an interesting experience to weld underwater. I bet the rods are expensive. As I recall the humidity needed to be kept very low for regular rods. Pretty much impossible to do that underwater...:lol: