Random pic thread.

Silverado_Express said:
Guess I missed it, did you give up on the Cummins? Nice truck
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Nah, haven't given up on it, but went ahead and bought it's replacement. Once it's back together I'll be selling it. When I bought it, it was 3 years old, but now its 9 years old with 200k miles. I wanted to get something newer that was still under warranty (but had enough power that I didn't feel compelled to tune it) so that if there was a major mechanical failure I can just take it to the dealer and say fix the POS. The Cummins has illustrated to me that I just don't have the time or will to work on vehicles in a significant capacity anymore. Plus I miss when it was fun to work on stuff, and these big projects hanging over me wear me down and take the fun out of everything else. I enjoy doing the mods to the XJ, but hate slogging away on the blown up Cummins. With that said, I did get the motor back in the frame this past weekend, so some progress. Still a million things to reconnect, then get the body back on, do a dozen gallons of various fluids, and try to crank it. I'm sure that will come with plenty of hiccups too. But a little at a time.
 
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Noel said:
19’ f450 heater core. Pulled in at 11:25 and was pulling out the gate and done at 2:20. Not a bad job honestly. But pretty sure nothing was even wrong with the core. But the customer diagnosed and bought the parts. View attachment 453434
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Nice work. I probably couldn't have finished searching for all the tools I needed to do the job by 2:20.
 
jeepinmatt said:
Nah, haven't given up on it, but went ahead and bought it's replacement. Once it's back together I'll be selling it. When I bought it, it was 3 years old, but now its 9 years old with 200k miles. I wanted to get something newer that was still under warranty (but had enough power that I didn't feel compelled to tune it) so that if there was a major mechanical failure I can just take it to the dealer and say fix the POS. The Cummins has illustrated to me that I just don't have the time or will to work on vehicles in a significant capacity anymore. Plus I miss when it was fun to work on stuff, and these big projects hanging over me wear me down and take the fun out of everything else. I enjoy doing the mods to the XJ, but hate slogging away on the blown up Cummins. With that said, I did get the motor back in the frame this past weekend, so some progress. Still a million things to reconnect, then get the body back on, do a dozen gallons of various fluids, and try to crank it. I'm sure that will come with plenty of hiccups too. But a little at a time.
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You can't hide money
 
ghost said:
Is that for the new one I assume? I went by that plant a few weeks ago. Man it's huge. I also saw where they were already looking for help from SC even though they put the headquarters in Charlotte.....
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Yea, I did the little preorder thing for the suv with the diesel range extender.

We bid on that job at my old company. The CM that VAG (or Scout, or whomever) hired to manage the construction of that campus did some really weird scope splits between the buildings and even labor and material splits.
 
jeepinmatt said:
They built a Culver’s at the front of our business park, right across from my office, 150 steps from door to door. It opened last week. This is dangerous. I’m probably gonna need to quit to stay under 300 pounds.
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Culvers is the shizz.
 
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