Looks fun for a new Ford Raptor.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fbody383
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Looks fun for a new Ford Raptor.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fbody383
Lol I want mine medium well.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Alien
Put Matt in the car.Quote:
Originally Posted by marshall_mosty
this is what I'm doing today.
just sitting around like a bum.
On Friday though, I had what I thought was to be a real basic trim on the left knee. turned out to be a little more involved considering the recovery:
Menisectomy on the Medial Posterial part of Meniscus.
but then also found Condral Lesion on the trachlia (i.e. missing cartilage on the femur) which required microfracture drilling.
no, i don't care if any of the proper terms are misspelled...
they drilled a bunch of small holes in the femur to get the bone marrow and blood to ooze out and form a clot. this material has stem cells in it that are supposed to regenerate new cartilage. thats all fine and dandy except now I'm on crutches for the rest of the month instead of just 5 days. the worst part is I have to use this CPM (motion) machine for 8hours a day for three weeks.
yes, i have to sit here while it moves back and forth flexing the leg. So, I'm out of circulation for a while.... and i've already watched Continental sports car, nascar, nascar, more nascar, and some ALMS, and Aussie V8 stuff I had saved up on DVR.
yes that tubing is for an ice water circulation machine, aka cool suit for me knee... now I have something I might be able to repurpose for #95...
Mojo sent for a quick recovery. There was plenty of car racing this past week. What about Formula 1? That was 1.5 hours practice, 1 hour for qual, and 1.5 hours for the race.Quote:
Originally Posted by y5e06
Nice score on the potential cool suit. ;)
Started my new job today... Left the home office in Bryan @ 2pm to test 12 convenience stores in West Texas and New Mexico... on our way to the first stop in Midland I saw my 1st wind farm... in Midland we did a Line and Leak Detector Test on a convenience store.... tapped into the fuel distributors (we call them pumps but the actual pumps are in the tanks) and caused a simulated leak to test the leak detector, which in turn shuts down the fuel pumps. Then we plugged the distribution lines at the fuel storage tanks and applied pressure back down the lines with nitrogen. I was supposed to observe for a few weeks as part of my training but I couldn't stand just watching so I started grabbing tools and did lots of the work myself. Made it to Lubock are 2 am for a day of rest, tomorrow night we will test 4 stores before heading to New Mexico where we will test 7 more facilities before heading back on Friday... I was told it usually takes 4-6 weeks before there is any "hands on" experience.. I fully understand the principals and mechanics for what we are doing and expect to complete an entire test on my own by tomorrow night... I am really, really stoked... The officers of the company have already discussed moving me to New Mexico where they have signed up a new client with @ 250 stores and more on the way..
What part of new mexico will you be moving to? I was born in raised in santa fe.
Congrats, Love. Would certainly miss you around here.
CPM - constant passive motion. One of the warnings I got was watch you hip angle so the machine doesn't dislocate your hip. That would suck.
Already told my bosses that I would need atleast 6 weeks off for racing.... maybe I should add 6 more for the RM region.... I plan to keed my race shop in Texas and might run AI in Texas and take the CMC car to New Mexico and run it in RM...Quote:
Originally Posted by Fbody383
Dropped the oil pan in #77. Did it in 3 hours. last time (1st) took me 12 hours. One of the rear oil pan bolts seems to be stripped. Any ideas on how to fix that?
Thanks.
Morgan, sorry about the knee, but that machine looks like it could be used to lift cans of beer so you can save your arms.
DL, great news on the job. you'll do great. Say no to Jal, NM.
Congrats DLove...
Sorry to hear about the knee Morgan. That doesn't sound like fun.
Local parts store for a metric helicoil thread repair kit. You will need to know the thread pitch and bolt size. The kit will tell you what size drill bit to pick-up. Took me 5 minutes to fix my bellhousing a week or two ago (for each one).Quote:
Originally Posted by rleng1
Went to Pueblo for the NASA event last weekend. Great group of guys, had a blast! It's a long drive but a fun track. It's pretty narrow in some places, so it makes for some close passing (or being passed :)).
Apparently, late night driving on the track is frowned upon there. Who knew?
Cool... you are a true track addict already. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by smitty328
It is? Just what were you...er, I mean, what was that other person operating?Quote:
Originally Posted by smitty328
I seem to remember hearing something about a crew cab dually full of really loud and happy people.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fbody383
That darn Cody again!!!!!
Sweet. After how much fun I had at Hallett I looked at that event thinking that would be a good week to take off with July 4th and race at the end. How did you finish?Quote:
Originally Posted by smitty328
It would have been nice to have some Texas guys up there, but it is a long haul. I ended up with three seconds and a first (two guys in front of me broke down on that one).
So, I've been waiting for a year to go on a trip to Hawaii. After an eight hour flight, check in, then wake up to an awesome day in paradise...
I'm sitting in front of the tv watching womens olympic cycling and reading posts about Mustang TAs. WTF?
If you follow anyone on Twitter.... then you need to follow @driver_problems . He is always posting funny tweets about this problem we have. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by smitty328
A neighbor knocked on the door this morning and I walked outside to find that my truck had just been hit by a neighbor's kid. He came around the cul-de-sac too fast and hit the front fender and bumper. It seems he had gone into yards on the way up the street and was possibly in insulin shock. He had just left his aunt's house and it was 8:30 in the morning, so I don't think it had anything to do with drugs or alcohol.
Since the truck is only two years old I would like to get a good match on the fender paint. Any recommendations on a body shop in north or west Houston? How are Ford dealers in general?
We use Rapid body works here at the dealership, they are about as good as I've seen.Very reasonable as well. They are off of Aldine WestfieldQuote:
Originally Posted by HoustonNW
Love recommended a shop I once used thats on the north side of Tomball...dont remember the name right now but could dig it up if the location is convenient. Dont know about the price, it was 100% insurance covered. The work was excellent.
Thanks for the auto body suggestions and offers of help. I think I'll take the easy way out again (although it didn't work out so well with the shaved tires).
I need to take the truck in for excessive regeneration - it seems to be cleaning the exhaust particulate filter too much - so I'll have them do the bodywork also.
What about just buying a takeoff front fender? Paint should match then.Quote:
Originally Posted by HoustonNW
It's been my personal experience that take-off body panels are a bit hit/miss. The body shops and re-furbishers are good at snatching up to good stuff, leaving panels with awkward dents/scratches for the rest of us.
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Originally Posted by Todd Covini
I just saw Todd in his GrandAm fire suit during the driver interviews at today's race shown on Speed...
Richard P.
I just finished watching the race and was going to post this also.Quote:
Originally Posted by RichardP
LOL... My Mom told me about it... WTH???Quote:
Originally Posted by RichardP
I'm about 6 races back... I'll catch it around Christmas... Just finished the 24 hours of LeMans and Rolex at New Jersey... just ----><----- behind... :)
I can see that your wife doesn't fill the DVR with episodes of "House", "Monk", and "Dr. Oz". I record them for her in standard definition but they still add up. My races have a half life of about a week.Quote:
Originally Posted by marshall_mosty
Our Direct TV DVR holds a crap ton of HD shows... We keep the standard def stuff for the kiddos upstairs on their own TV. My wife's "show" currently is "design star"... I don't understand how those shows keep going, but probably just as much as how she doesn't understand why I can't make a living racing.... :)Quote:
Originally Posted by HoustonNW
lolQuote:
Originally Posted by marshall_mosty
starting week #2 at the new job - should have the race car fixed in time to race at EC too...
Congrats Ken.... I saw the update on LinkedIn.Quote:
Originally Posted by kbrewmr2
Finally pulled apart the LeMon/ChumpCar motor and discovered the source of the strange knocking sound... ;)
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Happy to report that CMC #51 drove under it's own power on/off the trailer last night. Still a TON of work to do before it's even track ready, hopefully should stop being chained to my desk at work over the next few weeks and get it going.
Good to hear that more rookies are working on getting on the track. I hope to meet you at ECR.
Well done. Good to see more creations come alive. See you at ECR.