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Mannnn, totally getting pummeled by rain for the last hour...it's pounding the shingles. sounds like a bunch of hammers over head. I haven't noticed the rain hitting the roof this hard in the past.
We are going to have some flooding here for sure.
I'm 2 blocks but 75 ft above a flood zone.
When I did shingles, I found a new 37 lb rubber underlayment, SO FAR superior to 30# roofers' felt. Then I got 50yr triple thick 6-nail shingles, rated for 110 mph vs the usual 85/5-nail. It was changed to 100 yr, then transferable. It ran just 300 more that 30 yr shingles.
Excellent question. If wear is nice/normal, I can surface them myself, shadetree style. It takes excellent methodology, ans simple electric tools, and a good straightedge and an excellent eye. Otherwise, you are Right On. He is remote-rural and a 3 hr drive, so I'd stay over a day or three. I'd check price and shipping speed for the "extras." Rural can easily add a day. If anyone wants to suggest Dorman, Rock Auto, Napa, other, feel free. TIA
I put a Luk clutch set and flywheel in my Explorer. That was a really nice feeling clutch!
Ron gave me the battery out of his Corvette.... it has a stripped negative terminal (POS GM style).
It's a rare occasion that I sleep in until 8am. Geez!
Put the valve body in the FMX last night. We were both covered in ATF, and didnt want to get in the Challenger to move it. So we decided to wait til today.
Ron called me one day and said he wanted to come over because he bought me something. It was that same jack lift bar. For the record, it's Daytona but fits the newer Pittsburgh Jack's. I love it.
I hope you guys are using jack stands.
Basic geometry, if the top is wider than the base it is a tipping hazard.
I have seen those tip over and drop the vehicle.
I don't think anybody is that amateur in this thread...I love my HF 12 ton stands. My best set.
I saw two pro mechanics skip stands sometimes, 1 young, one middle aged, who I use and taught distilled water for batteries and radiators. I had to harangue about jack stands half of the time. They got it after two years. Especially, that heads are not crushed in wheel wells usually. It is the hammer like impact for the sheet metal wheel well lip, dropping just 6", that has enough speed to kill hitting the back of the head. Not my idea - I read this in a study some years, decades back. V mechanically smart eldest son ruined my inherited low profile jack lifting the front of a Camero front the center. The mild crown of our residential street was enough, putting it on avery slight tilt. No rigidity except straight up. It was ok for half an hour. He was working alone. We got lucky. He's a brute but doesn't bench Camaros. It has to be said. 🙏Thanks!🙏
I even saw one failed lightweight stand, used within its rating. They are probably ok for Bugs and Fiats. I still have to bug them about safety glasses. Esp now that they have assistants. Really great B-in-L lost an eye doing brakes with no safety glasses when a kid tried to help without asking and touched the pedal. Ruined his main job as handmade jeweler with his dad. Had to scrounge for work thereafter, and a year of awful pain. Safety glasses, especially for when you think you won't need them. Maybe for torch-thawing frozen tumblers on car doors??? 😉
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