THE Random Chat Thread - AKA "The RCT" - No shirt or shoes required - Open 24 / 7

[ARC]

Wheew i am here.... sorta....

Some places ... a few downed tree limbs and debri only....
Others.... not so good.
There are displaced persons everywhere.... gas and food shortages.
Lines for gas for blocks and blocks.
Fights breaking out at pumps.
People getting a bit nutty.

Many have been flooded and flooding has begun again due to the rivers now... so the chaos is continuing,

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

Treasure of Victoria Peak - Grab it through Amazon!

[ARC]

Entire disaster relief cities are popping up spanning acres with thousands and thousands and thousands of line workers...
And thats not to mention the disaster relief and guard and etc,

MEdia is not reporting on it like it is.

 

[ARC]

South of us in Sarasota is worst of it of course.... we have pockets of it.... and many are still suffering from the first one Helene and now we double whammied.

 

[ARC]

3 chainsaws running for hours yesterday in my yard alone.... neighbors line is downed...
They told him it could be as long as a month wait.

 

[ARC]

Good morning Btw.

Sheesh we dodged a bullet, but not without shrapnel.

 

[ARC]

Rivers are rising still and flooding is major concern all over

 

[ARC]

The largest tornado ever recorded in florida as well as hundreds of smaller ones especially on EAST coast.

 

[ARC]

/the tornado looked like we were watching Kansas.

 

[ARC]

EF3

 

[ARC]

Sorry about typing like this but i am typing on small laptop on 12 inch end table.

Entire house stuff except a few things are 2 foot off the ground.... just got back at 12 ish yesterday

 

[ARC]

Had to remove debris and etc before we could even do anyhing else

 

[robertk]

Wheew i am here.... sorta....

Good to see you back. We were starting to get worried.

 

[robertk]

Good morning everyone.

I had to put a new power steering pump on the truck yesterday (the old one had so much play in the pump shaft that it was causing problems with the belt). Whoever designed the way that thing mounts should be shot. It took several hours to get it swapped out because there is zero clearance to get to the two bottom mounting bolts. And you have to put the two bottom bolts in the pump before you put it on the truck or you'll never get them in there. I discovered this, of course, after putting in on the truck and securing the top two bolts. I also discovered that whoever last worked on it had also made this discovery and just left one of the bottom to bolts out entirely. And I know they left it out, because if it had been in there at all, it would still be there. It would be impossible for it to fall out (did I mention there is zero clearance?). When I finally got everything back in there, it took forever to tighten those bottom bolts. You can only reach them from under the truck, with a short open end wrench, from one tiny angle. And you can only turn them maybe 1/8 of a turn at a time. Huge pain. But it's done now and I hope it's a good long time before I need to touch that thing again.

 

[ToddsPoint]

Good morning Btw.

Sheesh we dodged a bullet, but not without shrapnel.

Glad you made it!👍🏻

 

[pepperj]

Had to remove debris and etc before we could even do anyhing else

Great to hear that not all is lost ARC.
Good to see you back.

 

[ARC]

Lost food in freezer / fridge.... off to try and find food... bbl

 

[pepperj]

Good morning everyone.

I had to put a new power steering pump on the truck yesterday (the old one had so much play in the pump shaft that it was causing problems with the belt). Whoever designed the way that thing mounts should be shot. It took several hours to get it swapped out because there is zero clearance to get to the two bottom mounting bolts. And you have to put the two bottom bolts in the pump before you put it on the truck or you'll never get them in there. I discovered this, of course, after putting in on the truck and securing the top two bolts. I also discovered that whoever last worked on it had also made this discovery and just left one of the bottom to bolts out entirely. And I know they left it out, because if it had been in there at all, it would still be there. It would be impossible for it to fall out (did I mention there is zero clearance?). When I finally got everything back in there, it took forever to tighten those bottom bolts. You can only reach them from under the truck, with a short open end wrench, from one tiny angle. And you can only turn them maybe 1/8 of a turn at a time. Huge pain. But it's done now and I hope it's a good long time before I need to touch that thing again.

My thoughts are they assembled they engine and pumps before drop it in.
Engineering department is in cohoots with the mechanics.

Just did the AC clutch in the Honda CRV.
Yesterday the dump truck wouldn't start.
Jumped it, either got it going.
Loaded it up with garden debris/dirt.
The dump didn't work.
Another hr of sorting out.
Many batteries are getting to their end of life so it should be an interesting winter. 🤔

 

[newnan man]

Lost food in freezer / fridge.... off to try and find food... bbl

Good that your ok. Your side had it much worse than here on the East Coast. Our area didn't even have much rain. My niece in Bradenton is still without power as are some friends in Sarasota. Hang tough.

 

[CreekSide]

Good morning
Glad you are back ARC. Nothing but improvement from here on out. Do whats needed and take care

 

[fishstick]

Morning y'all