Jim Fortner wrote: 88 - good luck on the car. My Chevy Colorado has a brake light that people tell me is out, but when I go to replace it all the lights are working?
88 - good luck on the car. My Chevy Colorado has a brake light that people tell me is out, but when I go to replace it all the lights are working?
Jim...The brake light filiment is burned out in your bulb. The running light filiment is working. That's why you see the lights on. Have someone hold the brake pedal down as you look at it. You probably already knew this.
Chuck
Jim Fortner wrote: I keep getting emails from TRAINZ, those DEVILS! They know I just spent all my TRAIN MONEY for like the next 3 months! ARRRGHGHGH!
I keep getting emails from TRAINZ, those DEVILS! They know I just spent all my TRAIN MONEY for like the next 3 months! ARRRGHGHGH!
Lee, sorry to hear of your job woes and good luck on the new job search.
Brent, That is the price you pay for driving a BMW, parts are out of this world, cost wise. Have a friend who is a BMW fanatic, belongs to their owners club & goes to the plant every year. He also buys and restores older ones. Does a lot of shopping around for parts.
RT, hope the interview works out for you. BTW, one of my daughters and her family used to live in Severville, just outside of Gatlinburg.
One more thing, got my YORK MEET flyer and sent for my badge. Don't forget to send for yours if you are going. September 15 deadline. Are we going to get together again this fall? I think the Chief should declare a city holiday and join us there. Less than two months away October 18-20 & TCA openhouse on the 17th.
I signed up with man power today its a staffing company. Got to do somethin I figured hate doing nothin lol.
Well about 10 minutes ago got a call from a resort in Gatlinburg where I put in for maintanece they want to interview me tomorrow.
If all goes well that would be great would have to drive about 40 - 45 minutes every day to work but that would be fine.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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laz 57 wrote: HI GIZ, Rainy day again today. Only to get to 65 again. Last day o vacation, in service tomorrow and Thursday. Going to Lancaster today to pet shop then to BARRYs to see whats new? Last day o vacation so got to go to TRAIN SHOP. CHIEF to PAM. LISA to you. All have a good one.laz57
HI GIZ,
Rainy day again today. Only to get to 65 again. Last day o vacation, in service tomorrow and Thursday. Going to Lancaster today to pet shop then to BARRYs to see whats new? Last day o vacation so got to go to TRAIN SHOP.
CHIEF to PAM.
LISA to you.
All have a good one.
laz57
Laz, Let me know what is new. I probably will not get there this week.
To Pam & Lisa.
Harry Potter was pretty good! We got to see a glimpse of the Hogwarts Express at a tiny station near the school and I think we saw the engineer for a split second?
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
lionroar88 wrote: phillyreading wrote: Brent,I would suggest getting rid of the car if it acts up again trade it in for a Honda or Toyota and you will be much happier and you won't see your mechanic except at oil changes.Lee F.Lee,I hear ya! I have really loved the car since I got it, this is just driving me nuts. Supposed to take it to the mechanic tomorrow to see if he can finally figure this out. Will speak with him then about the drive shaft and a refund, I'm not paying for something that wasn't broken...
phillyreading wrote: Brent,I would suggest getting rid of the car if it acts up again trade it in for a Honda or Toyota and you will be much happier and you won't see your mechanic except at oil changes.Lee F.
Brent,
I would suggest getting rid of the car if it acts up again trade it in for a Honda or Toyota and you will be much happier and you won't see your mechanic except at oil changes.
Lee F.
When all else fails do what the Country & Western singer said happened to his pickup truck, set it on fire & roll it down a hill! Think the song is titled Pickup Man.
Sorry but I couldn't resist that line.
Evenin' boys. Cooking dinner (steak) for the ladies.
88 - Tough break with the BMW. Sounds like the CTT Diagnostics team is hard at work.
I was still getting over beats the Hoo-Ha when I read about Chief's exploits by the pond...
jaabat - I wasn't treadin' there ...but since you did... BTW, ever hear of the Canadian Pacific Railway...?
cnw1995 wrote: Good choice, Don. I can just see the conversation, 'Honey, we're going to celebrate our anniversary this year with an exotic vacation to York, Pennsylvania.'
Good choice, Don. I can just see the conversation, 'Honey, we're going to celebrate our anniversary this year with an exotic vacation to York, Pennsylvania.'
Good choice, Don. I can just see the conversation, 'Honey, we're going to celebrate our anniversary this year with an exotic vacation to York, Pennsylvania.'Cleared up: sunny, hazy and humid now. Just got back from going over to the Art Institute for a noon lecture on arms and armor - they have a neat collection. This sounds so cultural.
Speaking of Fords, we had an old Escort that seemed to have an undiagnosed electrical problem as a 'class'. We got to counting how many Escorts we'd see driving around with blown headlights and taillights. Can't tell you how many I replaced.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
dougdagrump wrote:Brent, Find a shop with a dyno, it can be checked in all facets of operation. Not neccessarily in-expensive but it beats the HooHa out of being nickle n' dimed to death by fixing one thing after another trying to solve the problem.
Good Afternoon -
Finally got the soundboard on. Chief you didn't say how "itchy" that stuff is. Took 4 sheets, then had a 3 foot square section, and bought another sheet to finish it up. So next step is to put a covering on. I'm going to cheat and use indoor/outdoor carpeting. I want to get back to operating and this is the fastest way. Anyway, I will try my hand at landscaping it in the future a section at a time.
I had purchased a pair of AC4000's last December. Power unit and dummy. (Avatar). The light kit is optional for the dummy. The engines arrived in May but no sound kit. Been talking to the supplier since then, every couple of weeks different story; not available - came in, have to sort out, all mixed up - will take care of it immediately - in the mail - don't have any not available yet. Finally checked on the MTH website, hmmmm they are available and according to the find it at a number of stores. So finally found it! Will be ordereing it from PA.
EVERYTHING is in PA !!
Speaking of which, would go to York, but OUR anniversary. So can't do that, (York). Maybe in 2008 or 2009.
Well back to work, hope all have a great day.
Don
Off to the doctor's for my annual physical. That's always fun. At least he's a Three Stooges fan.
Last night I put the final touches on another refinished table and one of my train room stools. I spray painted the stool's legs with Krylon black. The stained the seat with Minwax. Coated all with Minwax Polycryllic. Looks great. One done, 3 to go. Spray painting the stool only took all of 5 minutes!
Chief, are you going to eat that beaver after you shoot it? Enquiring minds want to know!
Jim
Modeling the Baltimore waterfront in HO scale
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Brent....At an idle, there is no load on the engine. It will appear smooth. Under a load, the spark advance will kick in. This may be the problem. Or an old spark plug could be fouling out under a load. The octane of your gas could cause a bad knock. If it should run on higher octane, then your valves will suffer. You say it is an AWD ?? Chances are, it is not your transmission or transfer case to the front wheels. This would have a tendency to vibrate all the time. Same with the differentials. It really sounds like a power problem.
lionroar88 wrote: Blueberryhill RR wrote: lionroar88 wrote: mitchelr wrote: 88 - Looks like the shed may have to wait even longer with all of the rain we are getting. Mitch,Yeah, now I'm worried that the OSB may have to be replaced due to all the rain! That will just really... shouldn't have waited to do the roof on Sunday... oh well.Car is acting up again... replaced the drive shaft and it is doing the exact same thing it was doing before... $1,000.00 for a drive shaft... I'm a bit ticked off... I didn't think it was the drive shaft, just didn't make sense. The car feels like it is going to shake apart when I accelerate, not while cruising... so you tell me... a drive shaft only vibrates when accelerating?Brent....A drive shaft should NEVER vibrate. They are balanced at the factory. Weights are welded on them. If it still vibrates after a new drive shaft, then it is something else in the drive train. Could even be the engine is missing on acceleration and not in cruising. This even could be the transmission. Good luck.ChuckChuck, that is what I thought. My point is the car is doing the exact same thing with the new drive shaft that it was doing with old one, so it wasn't the drive shaft and I dished out $1,000.00 for that 'repair'. I was thinking about the timing. BMW recommends high octane gas in the car, and I've been running 87, so maybe I should put a tank of high-test through it... also 110,000 miles and still running on original plugs... maybe I should go ahead and replace them as well...When I gun the engine in park or neutral the car just purrs like a finely tuned kitty cat, so I don't think it is the engine, but could be since it isn't under stress. I'm leaning toward AWD or tranny... both repairs I hate to think about...Lee - Kurt was responding to my rant. It's a BMW and not a Ford... if were a Ford I would just shoot the poor soul and leave it along side the road where it belongs! I really want to get this solved because I don't want to trade it in... would like to get 2 or 3 more years out of it...
Blueberryhill RR wrote: lionroar88 wrote: mitchelr wrote: 88 - Looks like the shed may have to wait even longer with all of the rain we are getting. Mitch,Yeah, now I'm worried that the OSB may have to be replaced due to all the rain! That will just really... shouldn't have waited to do the roof on Sunday... oh well.Car is acting up again... replaced the drive shaft and it is doing the exact same thing it was doing before... $1,000.00 for a drive shaft... I'm a bit ticked off... I didn't think it was the drive shaft, just didn't make sense. The car feels like it is going to shake apart when I accelerate, not while cruising... so you tell me... a drive shaft only vibrates when accelerating?Brent....A drive shaft should NEVER vibrate. They are balanced at the factory. Weights are welded on them. If it still vibrates after a new drive shaft, then it is something else in the drive train. Could even be the engine is missing on acceleration and not in cruising. This even could be the transmission. Good luck.Chuck
lionroar88 wrote: mitchelr wrote: 88 - Looks like the shed may have to wait even longer with all of the rain we are getting. Mitch,Yeah, now I'm worried that the OSB may have to be replaced due to all the rain! That will just really... shouldn't have waited to do the roof on Sunday... oh well.Car is acting up again... replaced the drive shaft and it is doing the exact same thing it was doing before... $1,000.00 for a drive shaft... I'm a bit ticked off... I didn't think it was the drive shaft, just didn't make sense. The car feels like it is going to shake apart when I accelerate, not while cruising... so you tell me... a drive shaft only vibrates when accelerating?
mitchelr wrote: 88 - Looks like the shed may have to wait even longer with all of the rain we are getting.
88 - Looks like the shed may have to wait even longer with all of the rain we are getting.
Brent....A drive shaft should NEVER vibrate. They are balanced at the factory. Weights are welded on them. If it still vibrates after a new drive shaft, then it is something else in the drive train. Could even be the engine is missing on acceleration and not in cruising. This even could be the transmission. Good luck.
Good morning everyone,
Ford= Found on road dead
Ford= Fixed or repaired daily
Ford= Ford's only roll downhill
It's been a rainy week here. No sunshine here at all. My parents ae looking at new houses, and I went with my mom to look yesterday, and they are nice. I ws amazed by how nice they look.
Well off to hang out with friends.
88 - I think your OSB should be okay but let it dry out before you put the roofing on it. You'll know if I'm wrong, because it will be coming apart or otherwise sagging and look bad after it dries out. Good luck and watch out for black mold!
Just got a call - I'm off with the kids again today - and we're meeting up with my wife and a friend for an afternoon showing of the new Potter movie, so gotta go. I'll get back on later. TTFN!
Check the motor mounts and transmission mounts. They are probably rubber in a metal frame. Look for cracks in the rubber or loose mounts. The harmonic balancer will also cause vibration on acceleration. You may want to see about a refund for the trans shaft.
Good luck
Kurt,
A drive shaft should vibrate all the time except maybe when braking, sounds like a lame excuse from the dealership. If the problem happens on accelaration then it is ignition timing or computer controlled spark issue. Transmisssion would not happen all the time mainly an occasional knock or bump, however if Ford left out some mounting screws or bracket that could be differant.
$1000.00 for a drive shaft? Hope it was gold plated for that kind of money. A drive shaft for a front wheel drive only costs about $375.00 installed, price is down here in south Florida a.k.a. rip off city.
Go to an outside mechanic for another opion, don't go to Pep Boys or Firestone as I have had bad experiances with both in the past, as I feel Ford is cleaning out your wallet.
lionroar88 wrote:Car is acting up again... replaced the drive shaft and it is doing the exact same thing it was doing before... $1,000.00 for a drive shaft... I'm a bit ticked off... I didn't think it was the drive shaft, just didn't make sense. The car feels like it is going to shake apart when I accelerate, not while cruising... so you tell me... a drive shaft only vibrates when accelerating?
Brent: Can you get under the car??? Check to see if the transmission is secured to the crossmember in the frame. The trans may be wagging its tail.
Kurt
Doug, the F22 is huge and quite remarkable. I got to sit in one....fantastic! One of my friends was a chief engineer on the project at Lockheed. The rear stabilizers are bigger than the delta wings on a Mig 29. Like I said, it is huge. I also got to see it in demonstration and got a lot of goodies while on my visit. I hope that you get to see it soon.
Dennis
TCA#09-63805
Happy Birthday to Pam and Lisa!!!! Lisa, Town and Country Hobbies has flatcars for $15. They also have some with loads for a little more. They have a web site that also includes some great pewter figures.
Jon, glad to see you stopping in. Always enjoyed the photos of your layout. Look forward to the next one.
Chief, hope you get to treat Miss Pam real well today.
Getting ready to head in. One of the senior guys is celebrating his 50th birthday today, so I will stop and pick up a gift certificate and card.
FIL and his bride are here to watch the kids as regular sitter is on vacation. This may free some time up so I can actually get to the trains....if SWMBO allows it.
Have a blessed day,
MORNING
Happy birthdays to those willing to admit it.
62 this morning 69 damp degrees in the house,75 by this afternoon. We got all of our summer rain at once 3 inches in 48 hrs, more predicted. Gulf storm has raised reg gas back to $3.10 gal. I bought gas in Ohio sat at$2.77. What a scre...g.
Hungry but don't want to cook. maybe toast. and then some choo-choos. Later, Sir James
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