Hovannes wrote: 12 Feb 2025, 19:28
You get old, your friends die off and your kids move away.
It sucks, but what sucks more is there's no one to come over to your garage in the evening, or you have no one's garage to visit, and talk about life and work on old cars.
Once in a while I'll drive by a house at night, the garage door will be open and I'll catch sight of two or three guys, one will be turning a wrench, maybe another will have a beer or will be sitting in a lawn chair just admiring the car. or supervising.
I miss times like those.
Rant over.
I have a good buddy who's twice my age. We've spent lots of time in each other's garages. We get along really well. He's taught me things and I've taught him things. He's been there to help me and I've been there to help him. I like that I can learn about being a good dad and good husband from him. He's been there, done that, and made the mistakes. He's willing to admit that and share his experiences so I don't have to go through them.
You older fellas need to look for the younger guys. There are some young of age, but old of soul fellas out there. Some might not know it yet and you might need to help convince them. You have so much to teach the younger generations. As a bonus, statistically we will outlive you so we'll be the ones missing our garage buddies.
I will say that I do want a garage buddy my age though; someone in the same phase of life. I have a very good friend my age, but we're not geographically close enough to hang out in each other's garages.
Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati (When all else fails, play dead)
I got the bottom of the T spic and span and took a closer look yesterday
I found some brazing on the hogshead close to the drain plug. Could it be a failed repair job? Or is it a gasket problem with the drain plug?
Or is i something else I haven’t discovered?
I drained the remaining oil in the hogshead, beneath the lower petcock, and will continue the diagnosis today, inspecting the brazing repair job for visible cracks and maybe get a better drain plug gasket, put a little oil in her and try to get a better idea of exactly where the leak is coming from.
Any suggestions or advice?
"Prov'dence don't fire no blank ca'tridges, boys."
--- Mark Twain in Roughing It
Hovannes wrote: 30 Mar 2025, 06:10
The oil leak on the Model T is fixed.
Thick Teflon tape, the kind used on gas fittings and cut to size and applied to the threads stopped the dribble.
Teflon tape is right up there with duct tape and baling wire in versatility.
"You may all go to In-N-Out, and I will go to Whataburger."
JimVH wrote: 29 Mar 2025, 13:42
2003 Jeep Wrangler
I6 four liter
One owner
garage kept
weekend only miles
There is no stronger peer pressure than that applied by a grand child. I'm pretty jazzed.
Two things -
1. The Jeep wave is real. Learn it. Use it.
B. Don't do the rubber duck thing.
I'm with you on the duck thing. My grandson has a sticker on his: "I'm over 21, give booze instead of ducks."
When I had a Jeep, I would sometimes forget and give a Jeep wave when I wasn't driving the Jeep. Ever on alert to correct my mistakes, Mrs FredS would remind me we weren't in the Jeep. I said it was a 'farmer wave' then. She said I'm not a farmer either.
If we ever get to heaven boys, it ain't because we ain't done nothin' wrong. - Kris Kristofferson
