Gary Lewis

Yes, that is great! But I was a little bit concerned when it looked like you were going to use bailing wire for hoses. However, I think you are going to use it to represent the hose lengths. Good idea!

You didn’t lose your time, planing and thinking is a major part of a project "progress". Gary, help me remembering. The goal of using washers is to get the good depth or the correct clocking? Yes, Jeff, planning is a major part of the way I do things. So a lot of planning should make it go more smoothly. As for the washer, it is a copper washer and it is the actual gasket sealing the heat-sink to the bung. You can see the washer in the picture below, and you can see the dimple in the hex. The dimple lines up with the hole in the stem and that hole and dimple have to be facing upstream in the exhaust so the exhaust gasses will flow through, hit the O2 sensor, and then flow out the hole in the bottom. But with the stock gasket/washer the hole faces to the rear, or 6:00, and with the gasket/washer I bought it faces to the side, or 9:00. So I need to take ~.012" off the washer I bought to get the thing to clock correctly.

Matthew & Larry - You are both on the list. Thanks! Everyone - I called at 4:00 today, a Friday before a holiday, and didn't get to talk to anyone at the lawyer's office. That's not really a surprise, but the fact that I've not heard from them for a full week suggests that they don't think we qualify as a 501C7. Given that I'm researching how to do this otherwise, and it looks like Bob is right - I don't have to pay taxes on gifts. (But the giver can't claim it as a tax break either.) So I'm thinking that I'll set up a separate bank account and all the gifts will go into it. I'll keep track of income and show the aggregate on the website as well as the outgo. By doing that we won't have the $500 one-time lawyer's fee, won't have to set up a company so won't have to have to nail down a name for the company, don't need a board of directors, don't need to vote, etc. But I still want to hear from the lawyer to know for sure. So I'll chase them again next week. But in the interim I'm laying plans. But that would mean we don't really have to change the name, or can change it to whatever we want.

Fertilizer!

No, Bill, I certainly do NOT want to take it out. And now for an update on a different and new subject, a sub-woofer. In a discussion in another thread Scott/krammtocs said he has a Kicker 11HS8 sub and has been really happy with it, saying "The sub really helps round the two door speakers out to my ears." And my two Rockford Fosgate RFA-64 door speakers and the Alpine SPS-1029S 4" speakers in the Highliner just don't have much bass. So I'm seriously considering a powered sub-woofer like Scott's. My reasoning is that if I'm ever going to do it now is the time as I'm soon to have the passenger-side power distribution box apart and that's where I'd need to add a fuse and run power to the sub. And I currently have the dash apart so running a control wire & RCA cables from the Sony to the sub would be easy. Given that I did some measuring today and comparing the space below the center console to the dimensions of the 11HS8: 14 1/4" W; 3 1/4" D; & 9 3/8" D. In the right pic below of the platform for the bucket seats and console you can see that it isn't quite 14" between the seatbelts. So while I could force the unit lengthwise between the seatbelts, that's not a good idea as the end of the unit is where the cables come out and the setup switches are. In the left pic you can see that there is about 15" between the front and rear cross pieces. Although I'd need to cut the cross piece out that supports the front of the console, that would provide plenty of length to put the unit in fore/aft. So I'll need to come up with another way to support the console, but that won't be too hard. So it looks like the 11HS8, which is an 8" sub, will fit nicely width and length wise. But, as it turns out its big brother the 46HS10, which is a 10" sub, will also fit. It is only 1/8" deeper, and depth is the next issue. Speaking depth, it is ~4" from the top of the carpet to the underside of the console - the way I currently have the console mounted. So either of the Kicker units would be very close, with the 8" 3/4" away and the 10" would be 5/8". How much room is needed to get the sound out? And, will it rattle the console? I'm going to tag Scott as I'll bet he's dealt with this. But I'd love input from all of y'all.

Bill - Thanks to you and your family for your service!

Wow! Over two weeks and no update. I guess it is time. (Been busy with doctor's appointments, including another today. But things are looking up.) Haven't really done anything other than think and check. I'd gotten the assortment of copper washers and finally tried one of those on the Innovate AFR meter's O2 sensor. Instead of clocking at the 6:00 position where it did with the Innovate washer it stopped at the 9:00 position, or 1/4 turn closer to the needed 12:00 position. So I called Innovate and the guy there understood the problem and said there's only two solutions - take the bung down a bit or take some off the washer. But since the washer is a lot softer than the bung, I have plenty of them, and I can work on it on the bench I decided to take some off the washer. So I measured the two I have: Innovate washer: .060" thick Amazon washer: .049" thick Then I did a bit of calculating on the thread pitch. It is an M14 x 1.25, and in my calc's 1.25mm = .049". So that means it is .049"/turn or .012" per 1/4 turn. And the difference in the washers is .060 - .049 = .011". Almost exactly 1/4 turn, which explains the fact that the Amazon washer lets it screw in 1/4 turn more. So I need to take ~.012" off of an Amazon washer, meaning get it down to ~.037", which should let the adapter clock to 12:00. I'm hoping to do that by working it by hand on a file. We shall see.

I read and translate it in two ways: 1- Two birthdays that occur two dates very “near” on the calendar. 2- A birthday that is a holiday where all commerces and institutions close. Don’t laugh. It’s my case. I have a birthday that close(s). (Ok, there’s a missing “s”, but who cares about a missing “s”?). First of July is the National Day here. It was dafynition #1- Two birthdays that occur two dates very “near” on the calendar. Bill turned 78 on the 12th and his son, Matt, had a birthday yesterday, the 23rd. As for #2, your birthday is July 1st? And the whole of Canada celebrates it? Cool! And we don't seem to be worried about "s". It comes and goes w/o concern.

That's quite a story, Jim. Yes, hundreds if not thousands. But all of us enjoy freedoms secured by the many that have died to protect those freedoms. We all owe a debt to them. I'm old enough to remember this holiday being called Decoration Day, and if I remember correctly it wasn't until 1971 that it became Memorial Day.

It is normal for the oil pressure to drop a little bit when you put 25 or more miles on as everything gets completely warm. Hasn't it always done that or is this new? If new, have you changed the type or brand of oil recently? As for changing the oil pump, how many miles do you have on the engine? It won't hurt to change the pump, but that's not normally necessary if the oil has been changed regularly. But most builders I've talked to don't recommend a high volume pump, just the normal one. And when changing the pump it sure won't hurt to change the driveshaft, although I've reused them many times. But I don't see a need to change the screen. Clean it thoroughly and it should be good. Ditto the dipstick.

Mark - You are now on the list. Thanks! Visiting home? How are things there?

Larry looks happy. Pleased to earn his keep. Yes, if the brakes are dragging in the front then I'd turn the rod back just a bit since that's the only adjustment.

Oh! You have birthdays that close. Cool!

Facebook says Matt is with you. If so, tell him hello for me.

I did, but now you do. Thanks!

You are now on the map, Dave.

That happens all too often. Vernon, the previous owner of Big Blue, supposedly had the engine rebuilt. But that took 4 years! And, when he got it back it was low on oil in 20 miles. He took it to another shop and they found no gaskets on the valve covers, and lots of other problems. But after another $2000 they got it running pretty well. When I decided to go EFI I pulled the engine and did a leak-down test and found over 50% leakage on 2 cylinders and way too much on all cylinders. Then I discovered salvage yard marks on the valve covers. So it looks like after 4 years and he started pushing they went to a salvage and got an engine, slapped the Edelbrock intake and carb on it, painted it, and called it new.

Glad it worked out so well!

I’ve heard the carriers are a bit slow twixt here and there. But at least you got an answer from him. I haven’t yet on the change in polarity, so you may need to swap the two wires in the connector.

Welcome! Glad you joined. Your help can be invaluable and we may also be able to help you. Toward that end, have you seen the Troubleshooting tab on the page at Documentation/Electrical/Gauges?

Matt - Remind me about Blue Oval Trucks Klan, or BOTK, if we need to have another poll. Waylon - If there's enough support for "Gary’s Bullnose Truck Enthusiasts Forum" we can put it on the poll. All - What are your thoughts about these two suggestions?

That sounds like a quite a project! What are you going to do about the wiring? But I can't see the picture you tried to post. Have you looked at the page at Bullnose Forum/Forum FAQ's?

Jeremy - You are on the map and on the list of contributors. Do you know the HillCntryTexan? Check the map.

Welcome, Dave! Glad you joined. The truck sounds interesting. The turbo ought to wake that IDI up, and the Gear Vendors overdrive out to tame those 4.10s. Show us some pics? This site makes it kind of hard to post pics so you might want to read how to do that on the page at Bullnose Forum/Forum FAQs. And you might be interested in the map, which you can see at Bullnose Forum/Member's Map. I can add you with a city/state or zip.

Thanks, Waylon. You are on the list. Still haven't heard back from the lawyer.