CWB 20: Babes and Barbarians

[etoncrow]

Good night folks...5:30 comes early. I truly enjoy this little refuge of virtual reality we have created and share. Thank all of you.

[JaamE]

Originally Posted by DerTeufel

The singer backing out I can deal with..

This, however, is not gonna be cheap

I don't know bikes much, but that looks like a clutch. And quite a bit like my VW flywheel looked when the mainseal unraveled (vs just the rubber cracking and it leaking) because the flywheel was warped.

I may not speak bike, or newer car.... but start speaking aircooled VW to me and i will try and out-do you :-)

[etoncrow]

JaamE, you are a hoot! (BEWARE: redneck compliment) You make me smile. Thank you.

[DerTeufel]

Originally Posted by JaamE

I don't know bikes much, but that looks like a clutch. And quite a bit like my VW flywheel looked when the mainseal unraveled (vs just the rubber cracking and it leaking) because the flywheel was warped.

I may not speak bike, or newer car.... but start speaking aircooled VW to me and i will try and out-do you :-)

You're a smart one.

I spent more time working on the watercooled Veedubs more than the air cooled variety.

[chuck3]

Originally Posted by PassivAggressiv

Chuck - I'm honored, and I expect video once the song is learned.

lol - both bands I'm in are tackling the song. don't know who's got video capability though ... I don't. The Vague Assurances have it on our set list for our Vassar gig on November 30, for which we've been asked to play two hours of dance music.

[Mulebagger]

Originally Posted by chuck3

lol - both bands I'm in are tackling the song. don't know who's got video capability though ... I don't. The Vague Assurances have it on our set list for our Vassar gig on November 30, for which we've been asked to play two hours of dance music.

C3, a Vassar gig sounds like a wicked good time. Skidmore is a blast to play too if you get the chance.

[chuck3]

Originally Posted by Mulebagger

Skidmore is a blast to play too if you get the chance.

done that, but I'm embarassed to say when. Suffice it to say that we had to fight off the wooly mastodons to do the gig.

that said, I have some younger generation contacts in 'toga, so I'm leaving the option open.

[JimB52]

Originally Posted by JaamE

The first half of my week at work is always hectic because i have between 2 and 4 fifteen minute interviews to edit by Friday to air on Saturday.

Ms E, do you work in radio or television? I edit long form TV.

[JaamE]

Originally Posted by etoncrow

JaamE, you are a hoot! (BEWARE: redneck compliment) You make me smile. Thank you.

Well i owned 3 of them, and worked on my type one and type 2 myself. Except for the fact that i can't reach the top bot to drop the engine and the strength to wrestle it back into place i can just about R&R an aircooled engine myself with the help of a jack, 4x4, skateboard and a come-along (which we used to lift the body off the engine block so i could pull it out from under the car on the skateboard. I have R&R'd carbs, distributors, points and many other parts on the side of the road. I can do a tune up and oil change myself and set the timing and adjust the valves. The only thing i dont do is spark plugs, because i can cross thread a mayonnaise jar lid and i had to replace a head when i got the plug stuck and it finally stopped working.
I've driven them with dead generators, dead electrical systems (that was fun, new fuse every 2 miles until i gave up and used a coin). Ripped pistons and massive oil leaks (the torn mainseal). My kids know the little red lights mean "get out and look" and "get out and walk" respectively. I'd go back to driving them again if i thought they were safe. I'd really like to have a double cab Bus.

Is thhat enough redneck/geek talk for you?

[etoncrow]

Very impressed. I bet you wear camo, drink moonshine, bait your own hook, skin your own deer and dip Skoal! Seriously, installing a helicoil in aluminum head is pretty easy when the plug threads strip.

[Lee H]

Originally Posted by JaamE

Well i owned 3 of them, and worked on my type one and type 2 myself. Except for the fact that i can't reach the top bot to drop the engine and the strength to wrestle it back into place i can just about R&R an aircooled engine myself with the help of a jack, 4x4, skateboard and a come-along (which we used to lift the body off the engine block so i could pull it out from under the car on the skateboard. I have R&R'd carbs, distributors, points and many other parts on the side of the road. I can do a tune up and oil change myself and set the timing and adjust the valves. The only thing i dont do is spark plugs, because i can cross thread a mayonnaise jar lid and i had to replace a head when i got the plug stuck and it finally stopped working.
I've driven them with dead generators, dead electrical systems (that was fun, new fuse every 2 miles until i gave up and used a coin). Ripped pistons and massive oil leaks (the torn mainseal). My kids know the little red lights mean "get out and look" and "get out and walk" respectively. I'd go back to driving them again if i thought they were safe. I'd really like to have a double cab Bus.

Is thhat enough redneck/geek talk for you?

I am impressed...

I have an extra ford V10 triton engine, here. I was thinking it might make a cool hot rod engine if I could find a 46-51 ford pickup... you are welcome to try your hand at rebuilding it...
If you can handle that I have my dad's old 64 1/2 mustang convertible (K code solid lifter GT package). You can start right in on that restoration

[JaamE]

Originally Posted by etoncrow

Very impressed. I bet you wear camo, drink moonshine, bait your own hook, skin your own deer and dip Skoal! Seriously, installing a helicoil in aluminum head is pretty easy when the plug threads strip.

Helicoils don't stay well in aluminum heads. And I'd have crossthreaded it too, i'm sure. Besides, i had a piston to replace too, so we just did it all at once. Had learned the hard way that the "get out and walk" light means business and ripped a piston right behind the oil ring. It never did leak, just got metal shards in the main bearing.
Finally ended up buying an engine out of a wrecked car and totally swapping them out. Totally shocked the guy when hub and i pulled up in a Rabbit with a small trailer and had that engine pulled ourselves while he got himself a beer.

I don't wear camo cause i'm a peace loving, tree hugging, dirt worshiper. And i don't drink moonshine, but i do love a good chewy dark beer and i do bait my own hooks. I could skin a deer if i needed too and Skoal is nasty. .... Next! :-)

[chuck3]

Originally Posted by JaamE

Helicoils don't stay well in aluminum heads. And I'd have crossthreaded it too, i'm sure. Besides, i had a piston to replace too, so we just did it all at once. Had learned the hard way that the "get out and walk" light means business and ripped a piston right behind the oil ring. It never did leak, just got metal shards in the main bearing.
Finally ended up buying an engine out of a wrecked car and totally swapping them out. Totally shocked the guy when hub and i pulled up in a Rabbit with a small trailer and had that engine pulled ourselves while he got himself a beer.

I don't wear camo cause i'm a peace loving, tree hugging, dirt worshiper. And i don't drink moonshine, but i do love a good chewy dark beer and i do bait my own hooks. I could skin a deer if i needed too and Skoal is nasty. .... Next! :-)

wow ... you've got Lee Brice playing in my brain now ...

I'd be shootin' pool in my bachelor pad
Playing bass in my cover band
Restocking up cold Bud Light
For poker every Tuesday night, yeah

I'd have a dirtbike in the shed
And not one throw pillow on the bed
I'd keep my cash in a coffee can
But if I was a single man
Alone and out there on the loose
Well I'd be looking for a woman like you.

[Mulebagger]

looks like only the west coast peeps are on

DT, how's that clutch coming along?

J, how's life in the temperate rainforest?

[DerTeufel]

Originally Posted by Mulebagger

looks like only the west coast peeps are on

DT, how's that clutch coming along?

J, how's life in the temperate rainforest?

Haven't touched it since yesterday. I'll deal with it when I'm good and ready, and I'm not ready yet!

[drummer5359]

I'm just signing in...

I've been a gearhead since I could walk.

I played with air cooled veedubs in my youth. I had a 67 Beetle ragtop. One of my closest friends had two different buses, a 61 and then a 66. The 66 way pretty strong. Another buddy had a heavily modified 63 type one with the full canvas sunroof. And lastly, another of our circle ran a box stock 66 before he picked up a "modern" 72 Beetle. I was either the secondary or primary wrench of four different engine swaps on these various toys.

I was more of a Ford guy though. I had a bunch of different cool and not so cool Fords over the years. These included a 59 Galaxie 500 four door, a 1975 Pinto coupe with a mildly built 2800 V6, a 66 Thunderbird Landau and a 67 Mustang fastback that was a total rag when I bought it. I made it decent and painted it like McQueen's 68 before I sold it.

Most of the time over the years I drove Ford wagons so that I could haul gear. I had a Fairmont wagon with a straight six and a four speed that I bought new. It was sort of cool actually. I had a 64 Falcon wagon with a 260 V8 and three speed on the column.

But I spent most of the past 20 years in Taurus wagons, sedans and Ford minivans.

I also had a couple of GMC Yukon XLs as company cars.

Now as an old retiree musician I drive a Chevy HHR. It's cheap, simple and hauls gear.
Jackie drives an Infinity FX35.

[drummer5359]

I'm trying to learn at least one song per day. Today I tackled two chestnuts that I'm sure all of you here have played a billion times. (I know that I have as a drummer...)

First was "Hey Joe", I have that very solid and I'm already screwing around with it. The other is Brown eyed girl which I've almost nailed. I know that these are stupidly simple, but I'm never gotten around to messing with them. They both have fairly specific parts that you have to play and that's why I've targeted them.

[Tat2dHeart]

I'm here - just laying back and finishing up some work.

[DerTeufel]

Originally Posted by drummer5359

I'm trying to learn at least one song per day. Today I tackled two chestnuts that I'm sure all of you here have played a billion times. (I know that I have as a drummer...)

First was "Hey Joe", I have that very solid and I'm already screwing around with it. The other is Brown eyed girl which I've almost nailed. I know that these are stupidly simple, but I'm never gotten around to messing with them. They both have fairly specific parts that you have to play and that's why I've targeted them.

I can honestly say that I have never tried those two. I have attempted "Voodoo Child", though.

[drummer5359]

Laying back? Ooo baby!