Gary Lewis

Ok, Bill. I'll wait to see what you find. But if you don't find a number I'll go with F5TZ-A. Thanks!

You are both on the list. Thanks.

They sure tried some strange stuff before settling on "the right way".

Bill - I wish it was a Ferrari, and especially a Red Head. But the Subies are tough to work on. I know when the head gasket let go I thought I was going to do the work and soon learned how hard it is to do it. So little room! Jesse - It is a 2001 Forester. It has been in the family since new, and has 175K miles on it. Runs like a champ, although the tranny shifts a bit softly when it is cold. But, going to Charleston, SC it shouldn't see cold.

LOL! Maybe I should trim some more? Ok, I need to do some thinking/brainstorming so I can determine the order in which I need to do things. At first blush, here are the categories and the order in which I think I need to do things: Electrical: This includes the wiring for the fuel pump, oil pressure sender, and the ignition. Given that some of it is on the firewall or back of the engine, I think it needs to be first. HVAC: Assuming the gaskets are in, next I need to put the plenum on and change up the wiring. Lower Plenum (Intake Manifold): I need to install the plugs for the injector bungs, the various vacuum fittings, and the carb adapter to the lower plenum. Cooling System: I need to install the bypass hose before I get anything else in the way. Then, with the HVAC plenum on, it is time to install the heater hoses, the thermostat, and the radiator hoses. Plus the bulb for the aftermarket temp gauge and see if I can find a place to install the factory sending unit so I can run both gauges. Bill - What is the part # for the upper radiator hose that doesn't kick up? Distributor: Have to get the dizzy to drop and ensure it is sitting on #1, then clamp it down. Fuel System: Now may be the time to install the tanks, plural, and the FDM's, plumbing, and then the regulator, which I hope to put on the firewall. And with that done install the carb, throttle cable, and speed control. Clutch: The clutch needs to be bled and the boot Jim sent installed. Or, maybe change out what's there with the whole system he sent, which has a stainless hose instead of the plastic that's on there. Engine Oil Cooler: Finally, with all of the crawling up into the engine compartment over, it should be time to install the oil cooler. But to do that I need to also install the brackets for the hood latch and grille so I can properly position the cooler and route the hoses - without cutting the radiator support. Exhaust: I have the glass packs, which are welded to the collectors, so they should bolt right on. But I don't want them on until after the fuel system is in place to ensure they won't get in the way. Brakes: The calipers are new and the master cylinder and lines have been replaced, so a lot of bleeding needs to be done. And after all that I need to add LOTS of fluids, inc power steering, front diff, transmission, transfer case, engine oil, and coolant. So, what have I missed? What needs to change in the order?

Got the fan and shroud installed today. But in doing so I realized that the top flanges on the shroud have a recess that can cause it to crack when torqued down. In fact you can see that the one in the left did just that. But I added a washer in between to ensure it isn't damaged any more, as you can see on the right. That let me then put the belts on, as shown here: And then I turned to the oil cooler. The first step was to straighten the fins, which took quite a while. Then I held it up to the condenser and realized I don't really know where to put it w/o the various brackets bolted to the radiator support. So I pulled out the hood latch support and cleaned it up, and as I did my paper towel ripped on something sharp. Can you pick out where has been? Guess I'll be replacing yet another part as I want nothing remaining of his handiwork.

Steve and John, you are on the list.

I've always heard good things about IR.

Rob - Eddy looks to be enjoying getting out and being useful.

Done

Thanks, Dane. You are on the list. And should get an email soon as I'm going to test this approach.

All - If you would like to be included on a list of members wanting an email should we have significant issues on the forum please reply to this thread and I'll add you to the list. I promise to keep the email traffic to a bare minimum, but at least you would have gotten a message the other day when the server went down. Admins - I've already added you as I would think you'd want to know. But if not please tell me. And, should you look there's a new "group" called Email Status Request in which I'm keeping track of those who request to be on the list.

Scott - That was a good idea, but I'll go you one better if you've got the nerve. (Sorry, Jan & Dean.) I just created a new "group" called Email Status Request and can add people to it. That creates a bit of work for me to put people in as I have to copy & paste their handle/email address combo. But that's really a piece of cake to do. And then whenever it changes I'll copy/paste it into a Word document. That should easily keep the # small enough that I can email to it, and probably several times in a day if need be. So now the question becomes where to put the sign-up list? What if I un-pin this thread and create a new thread for signing up and put it here? I'd think it needs to be pinned so people will see it, otherwise new members won't know about it. And, I could add a blurb about it on the Email Notifications tab on the Bullnose Forum/Forum FAQ's page. Thoughts? Suggestions?

Yes, I just got the same message. And you may be right, there may still be some bugs. Or, they may have had hardware problems and taken one or more processors out of the server to get it back up. That's one of the issues we have with Nabble - we don't know anything about what goes on behind the curtain. And we really have no right to do so since we aren't paying anything and they've honored my request not to have adverts. But when we move to a commercial server we should know what is going on.

I agree, the ZF is a good tranny, albeit expensive to rebuild. And my 1345 and 1356 have speedo ports.

I'm along for the ride. Let't go!

That's good news! Congrat's! I didn't realize it would make that much difference, but that's good to know.

So, how do y'all get to the forum? Another option would be to let people sign up for notifications if we have an outage. I could maintain a list and just copy/paste that to the bcc field if I needed to tell y'all something. That would surely be a much smaller # than 500, and maybe less than 100 so I could send it in one go. Thoughts?

I didn't think about that aspect of it, Jim. But I'm pretty sure it isn't glued together for eternity. However, it is glued together to some extent 'cause I pulled two of the screws down pretty tight and the rest of that side didn't suck down as much. So after a bit I loosened the screws and it didn't change anything at all. Given that, I put another c-clamp on to pull the rest of that side together. It should be set up fairly well tomorrow, but the vacuum line grommet didn't set up completely for at least 24 hours. However, I checked it out closely today and it has turned into a chuck of rubber. Silicon rubber. Hard but resilient.

I've wondered about doing something like that, Scott. But what I don't know is how people get to the site and if that would work. Let me think by typing. It seems there are these ways members get to the site. But I'd like y'all to tell me how you get to the site. So, how do y'all get to the forum?

I didn't realize that VT had mandatory quarantines. Interesting. Anyway, I do agree with you about having gatherings, much less from wide-flung locations. As for the brownies, I think we can manage that.

And they say at age 75 I should stop driving? Wish this bumper I have was up there, Jim. Huck, the giving truck's bumper isn't too bad.

I wouldn't put it in a package and take it out for shipping for that, and that doesn't cover the cost of shipping. Yep, less than reasonable.

Nice looking truck! Excellent price.

Thanks, Shaun. But I've run into a stumbling block. Gmail limits you to 500 messages in 24 hours. That could be 500 messages to one person or one message to 500 people, or some combination thereof. But we have ~800 members and they all need one message ASAP when a problem arises. I'm looking into bulk mailing sites, but does anyone know of a good way to mail 1,000 people instantly?