wickcopland
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uhhh what did I come in here for?
Why is it so hard for me?
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sidevalve8ba
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This getting old is not for sissies!
This is what I do as well.
If you don't currently, do daily puzzles. The New York Times has free ones you can get on an app on your phone. For some, you really need think about it to solve or not (on bad days). Keeping the brain working is crucial to keeping it in tip top shape.
34fordy
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The National Post has the next days NYT puzzle available to print at 5 PM daily. I print it and save it to work on when I give my Honey of 61 years her nightly foot rub. I rub with my right hand and do the crossword with my left hand which I feel is good for my brain function. At first my printing was terrible but now it ain't to darn bad!
sidevalve8ba
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Yes, puzzles help. I do a crossword and a cryptoquote every day with my morning coffee.
ford38v8
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I'm puzzled every morning, trying to figure out which sock goes on which foot... I don't need any more puzzles, thank you.
GB SISSON
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You mean like quickie oil change outfits tend to do with SAE vs Metric when they lose the original oil pan plugs?
I'm still trying to figure out what's so wrong about putting a metric drain plug into an SAE oil pan.... My dad use to say "Gary, a crossed thread is a Tight Thread". But maybe that was just for fasteners.
34fordy
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I'm still trying to figure out what's so wrong about putting a metric drain plug into an SAE oil pan.... My dad use to say "Gary, a crossed thread is a Tight Thread". But maybe that was just for fasteners.
What in the world have you been smokin Gary?? LOL
ford38v8
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I'm still trying to figure out what's so wrong about putting a metric drain plug into an SAE oil pan.... My dad use to say "Gary, a crossed thread is a Tight Thread". But maybe that was just for fasteners.
Gary, As it turns out, a ½"-20 bung had accepted an M12 x .175, and hadn't leaked oil. This was on a 1995 Brand X van when I bought it. When I changed the oil, it stripped out and I discovered the problem. Those pans came in both variations in those days! I put in the correct ½"-20 and all was good for many years...Now how did I remember that and forgot what I had for breakfast?
Oh goody goody...oil pan stories!
My wife always had her oil changed at "Fleet Farm", a local big box store. One time she came home with a note saying she needed a new drain plug before the next change.
What ? I called em up, and the mechanic said, yeah they wear out! I said, how could something that lives in oil, and only makes a few turns in its lifetime wear out? They just wear out he said.
Using that theory, if one spun a nut down the length of a 3' chunk of threaded rod it would be worn out!
So, I got a brand new plug in the factory package from a friend who works for Honda, took that and my dial calipers with for the next oil change. Told the guy, drain the oil and bring me the plug.
I measured the thread pitch on both, the new one was actually slightly smaller!
I told em you guys wrecked the pan, its always come here for oil changes.
Well, after a month of arguing, they bought a pan, installed it poorly, and it leaked happily ever after.
My wife always had her oil changed at "Fleet Farm", a local big box store. One time she came home with a note saying she needed a new drain plug before the next change.
What ? I called em up, and the mechanic said, yeah they wear out! I said, how could something that lives in oil, and only makes a few turns in its lifetime wear out? They just wear out he said.
Using that theory, if one spun a nut down the length of a 3' chunk of threaded rod it would be worn out!
So, I got a brand new plug in the factory package from a friend who works for Honda, took that and my dial calipers with for the next oil change. Told the guy, drain the oil and bring me the plug.
I measured the thread pitch on both, the new one was actually slightly smaller!
I told em you guys wrecked the pan, its always come here for oil changes.
Well, after a month of arguing, they bought a pan, installed it poorly, and it leaked happily ever after.
GB SISSON
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Down the rabbit hole we go! JC Whitney use to sell a rubber expansion plug in a few different sizes for stripped oil pan drains. I may have told this story here before, but I took the family on a long travel trailer trip through the Southwest. Along the way got an oil change in Oregon. Mid state California I notced a drip under the truck. Sure enough, drain plug and No copper gasket! I had one in my tool kit, but so many reasons not to try to get it on there quickly. Had a tube of permatex #2 so I dragged about 18" of dental floss through a glob of it, loosened the plug down about 3/16" wrapped it around nice and tight. Tightened it up, wiped it all clean. Arrived home a moth later, totally clean still.
Oh and the corney line about stripped threads I will blame on my dad....
Oh and the corney line about stripped threads I will blame on my dad....