Gary Lewis Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 Rat Fink shifter? That takes me WAAAAAY back! Haven't seen one of those in a few decades. In the cartoons it always stuck through the roof. https://www.ebay.com/i/133017173307?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-213727-13078-0&mkcid=2&itemid=133017173307&targetid=4580771607727094&device=c&mktype=&googleloc=&poi=&campaignid=395665090&mkgroupid=1234751768217321&rlsatarget=pla-4580771607727094&abcId=1129776&merchantid=51291&msclkid=a33fdfe8a5a516fa354781040be79c2f Yipes! I'd WANT that thing sticking through the roof. It would give me nightmares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 Yipes! I'd WANT that thing sticking through the roof. It would give me nightmares. All this talk makes me want to visit the Don Gartlis (?) Museum, and Shaun's sinkhole in Ocala. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelo Voltura Posted June 19, 2020 Author Share Posted June 19, 2020 In racing, if you're not breaking stuff you're not trying hard enough. New fuel tank nips a lot of issues right in the bud. What are you using to shift? I saw a 'rat fink' ratcheting shifter in a pickup the other day... Funny enough that is EXACTLY what I have for a shifter 😁😁😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 Funny enough that is EXACTLY what I have for a shifter 😁😁😁 Great minds think alike! Is there a name for the really tall shifters where that comic came from? Or is that just the way they had to do it back in the day to move clutches strong enough for the horsepower? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
85lebaront2 Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 Rat Fink shifter? That takes me WAAAAAY back! Haven't seen one of those in a few decades. In the cartoons it always stuck through the roof. https://www.ebay.com/i/133017173307?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-213727-13078-0&mkcid=2&itemid=133017173307&targetid=4580771607727094&device=c&mktype=&googleloc=&poi=&campaignid=395665090&mkgroupid=1234751768217321&rlsatarget=pla-4580771607727094&abcId=1129776&merchantid=51291&msclkid=a33fdfe8a5a516fa354781040be79c2f You used to be able to order them from Honest Charlie among other purveyors of oddments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelo Voltura Posted June 20, 2020 Author Share Posted June 20, 2020 Great minds think alike! Is there a name for the really tall shifters where that comic came from? Or is that just the way they had to do it back in the day to move clutches strong enough for the horsepower? To be frank, I honestly have no idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Wyatt Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Great minds think alike! Is there a name for the really tall shifters where that comic came from? Or is that just the way they had to do it back in the day to move clutches strong enough for the horsepower? To be frank, I honestly have no idea My latest project keeping me busy is non car related. I got my tiller working very well and my project is growing well. There are turnips, dragon tongue beans, tomatos, squash, onions, okra, and brussel sprouts. I also have a second garden plot that has corn, okra, broccoli, cucumbers, bell peppers, and jalapeno that I got planted last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 My latest project keeping me busy is non car related. I got my tiller working very well and my project is growing well. There are turnips, dragon tongue beans, tomatos, squash, onions, okra, and brussel sprouts. I also have a second garden plot that has corn, okra, broccoli, cucumbers, bell peppers, and jalapeno that I got planted last week. That's quite a garden! What do you do with all of the produce? I would think there's a lot of it on a daily basis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salans7 Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 That's quite a garden! What do you do with all of the produce? I would think there's a lot of it on a daily basis. Yesterday I found that my SWRs on my CB in the daily had shot through the roof and my CB was giving me an antenna warning. Upon investigating the cause, the stud mount for the antenna broke, so Amazon to the rescue. Today I replaced that, cleaned the grounds for the antenna mount, cleaned the antenna and spring threads, and removed/cleaned/reinstalled the coax. Some combination of all of that fixed it because now the CB passes all the self checks and my SWRs are back down to 1. That was today's project on my other project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Yesterday I found that my SWRs on my CB in the daily had shot through the roof and my CB was giving me an antenna warning. Upon investigating the cause, the stud mount for the antenna broke, so Amazon to the rescue. Today I replaced that, cleaned the grounds for the antenna mount, cleaned the antenna and spring threads, and removed/cleaned/reinstalled the coax. Some combination of all of that fixed it because now the CB passes all the self checks and my SWRs are back down to 1. That was today's project on my other project. I'm pleasantly surprised that the final on the CB didn't give up the ghost. Apparently the protection circuit works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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