You're gonna bridge that gap, right? A little broke sheetmetal will get ya there easy.
What are you working on today?
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Would love to, but its not in the cards for today. Will need to research the best way to actually do it
Honestly, I just want to remove the chimney...
Honestly, I just want to remove the chimney...
This is our living room ceiling. Our chimney had roof issues around it. When they went to fix it the chimney chose suicide and jumped, mostly onto the back yard but partly into the living room. We'd never used the fireplace once in 19 years. We no longer have a chimney, just a nice solid roof now.
The roofing company removed the rest of the chimney then built regular roof over that area joining up with the rest of the roof. That's the limit of my roofing knowledge I'm afraid. Luckily I had an excellent roofing company.
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2013 Ford F-150
Replaced front brake rotors and pads, rotated tires, changed oil.
2018 Ford Edge 2.0 Ecoboost
Diagnosed it with cylinder liner failure #2 cylinder, coolant coming through at the top of the liner, confirmed with boroscope
Off the rest of the week
Replaced front brake rotors and pads, rotated tires, changed oil.
2018 Ford Edge 2.0 Ecoboost
Diagnosed it with cylinder liner failure #2 cylinder, coolant coming through at the top of the liner, confirmed with boroscope
Off the rest of the week
2001 F150 5.4L/4R70W showing 85,000 miles, Misfire on #2 & #5 cylinders along with several trans position switch DTC's & O2 sensor circuit DTC's.
The Trans Position & O2 DTC's were caused by the trans harness being against the right exhaust manifold...Common issue on all 10th gen & newer F150's/F-Series SUV's once "hands" have been on it.
#2 misfire was from a broken coil control circuit from being pierced during some barbaric testing.
#5 misfire ended up being a broken exhaust valve spring, Initial testing yielded good leakdown & static compression numbers....Also verified spark & fuel delivery along with no vacuum leaks.
A dynamic compression test yielded @ 30 psi while #2 had 80 psi at idle, Revving the engine off idle would correct the #5 misfire once the excess fuel burned off the plug & the off idle dynamic test confirmed that.
I've seen many 3V Modular Fords break valve springs along with the early 6.2L's....Think this is the first 2V Mod I've ran across.
The Trans Position & O2 DTC's were caused by the trans harness being against the right exhaust manifold...Common issue on all 10th gen & newer F150's/F-Series SUV's once "hands" have been on it.
#2 misfire was from a broken coil control circuit from being pierced during some barbaric testing.
#5 misfire ended up being a broken exhaust valve spring, Initial testing yielded good leakdown & static compression numbers....Also verified spark & fuel delivery along with no vacuum leaks.
A dynamic compression test yielded @ 30 psi while #2 had 80 psi at idle, Revving the engine off idle would correct the #5 misfire once the excess fuel burned off the plug & the off idle dynamic test confirmed that.
I've seen many 3V Modular Fords break valve springs along with the early 6.2L's....Think this is the first 2V Mod I've ran across.
What do you think is the primary cause of broken springs in Mod motors? Over rev-ing? Bad design? Metallurgy?2001 F150 5.4L/4R70W showing 85,000 miles, Misfire on #2 & #5 cylinders along with several trans position switch DTC's & O2 sensor circuit DTC's.
The Trans Position & O2 DTC's were caused by the trans harness being against the right exhaust manifold...Common issue on all 10th gen & newer F150's/F-Series SUV's once "hands" have been on it.
#2 misfire was from a broken coil control circuit from being pierced during some barbaric testing.
#5 misfire ended up being a broken exhaust valve spring, Initial testing yielded good leakdown & static compression numbers....Also verified spark & fuel delivery along with no vacuum leaks.
A dynamic compression test yielded @ 30 psi while #2 had 80 psi at idle, Revving the engine off idle would correct the #5 misfire once the excess fuel burned off the plug & the off idle dynamic test confirmed that.
I've seen many 3V Modular Fords break valve springs along with the early 6.2L's....Think this is the first 2V Mod I've ran across.
Cold coming to Houston, so I must protect my Citrus Trees! Don't want a repeat of 2021 when I lost all of them 
Its 2 different kinds of lemon (One in the ground and one in a pot), a Key Lime and an Orange
And now for the special sauce. Power goes to the first tent where there is a smart switch. That turns on once the temp drops below 34 and brings on all of the 100w incadecent light bulbs, and energizes the smart switches for the 200w space heaters
If it drops below 28 (Subject to change) the space heaters turn on
Its 2 different kinds of lemon (One in the ground and one in a pot), a Key Lime and an Orange
And now for the special sauce. Power goes to the first tent where there is a smart switch. That turns on once the temp drops below 34 and brings on all of the 100w incadecent light bulbs, and energizes the smart switches for the 200w space heaters
If it drops below 28 (Subject to change) the space heaters turn on
500/500 HP/TQ capacity 4L65E build, Core from a 2001 Cadillac Escalade......
*Blueprinted pump, TransGo Hi-Rev pump rings & primer spring, Sonnax .490" boost valve.
*Sonnax 300M output shaft, Hardened reaction shaft, "Smart Shell" Reaction sunshell, & Input drum reinforcement kit.
*TransGo spacer plate, Pieces from a TransGo SK-4L60E kit, Blocked 2-3 downshift valve, Blocked & gutted 4th Accumulator, Aluminum 2nd & Forward clutch accumulator pistons.
*Corvette 2nd servo, Sonnax servo pin, New GM reverse input drum, OE Borg Warner Hi-Energy Band set at @ .040 clearance.
*Leveled 3-4 clutch using 7 .080" Borg Warner Hi-Energy frictions set at .020" clearance.
*Dura-Bond HP coated bushings throughout except for the GM reverse input drum & Sonnax reaction shaft as they have new bushings installed.
*Borg Warner Input sprag & low roller clutch.
*Blueprinted pump, TransGo Hi-Rev pump rings & primer spring, Sonnax .490" boost valve.
*Sonnax 300M output shaft, Hardened reaction shaft, "Smart Shell" Reaction sunshell, & Input drum reinforcement kit.
*TransGo spacer plate, Pieces from a TransGo SK-4L60E kit, Blocked 2-3 downshift valve, Blocked & gutted 4th Accumulator, Aluminum 2nd & Forward clutch accumulator pistons.
*Corvette 2nd servo, Sonnax servo pin, New GM reverse input drum, OE Borg Warner Hi-Energy Band set at @ .040 clearance.
*Leveled 3-4 clutch using 7 .080" Borg Warner Hi-Energy frictions set at .020" clearance.
*Dura-Bond HP coated bushings throughout except for the GM reverse input drum & Sonnax reaction shaft as they have new bushings installed.
*Borg Warner Input sprag & low roller clutch.
Changing the oil in the 535d
Due to the approaching storm, filled the tank with fresh ethanol free and made sure it ran. First pull! 
Nephews 2010 Crown Victoria, 166k miles; intake manifold. This is now the third one of these I've done. Overall went really well getting easier every time haha. Initially he was going to do it himself, but I think he was not prepared for that "big" of a job. He is really into all things automotive, so he helped me with it great learning experience and bonding for us as we don't get to hang out too often.
Unfortunately had to use the Dorman intake, as it is almost impossible to find OEM anymore.
Also replaced the spark plug boots, thermostat, spark plugs, and fuel injector o-rings while I was in there.
Was a little worried at first when I fired it up it was definitely misfiring and threw a code for a voltage problem with coil pack. Luckily it was an easy fix, nephew didn't push in the connector to the coil far enough. Pushed it in and All is well, running beautifully
Unfortunately had to use the Dorman intake, as it is almost impossible to find OEM anymore.
Also replaced the spark plug boots, thermostat, spark plugs, and fuel injector o-rings while I was in there.
Was a little worried at first when I fired it up it was definitely misfiring and threw a code for a voltage problem with coil pack. Luckily it was an easy fix, nephew didn't push in the connector to the coil far enough. Pushed it in and All is well, running beautifully
Shoveling snow… 8 inches and 12+ inch drifts
Pulled the deck off the tractor, and put the plow on it. A little late but should be good for the storm we're supposed to get tomorrow. Weights and ATV tires were already on. Didn't put chains on, but it was late and dark and cold and the ATV tires are usually enough.
