What are you working on today?

After getting in past midnight Wednesday night working on the semi on the side of the road I had another late night yesterday. My Bassett/Lab mix had started limping slightly on Wednesday and that progressed to not being able to get up or walk at all yesterday. Loaded him up last night and hauled him an hour to the emergency vet clinic. He has some narrowing of the discs in his spine towards the hips and they think he has a pinched nerve causing pain. 3 rounds of medication for two weeks and hopefully he will recover. It’s going to be a waiting game although he did get up and move a little this morning. Thankfully he was extremely easy to handle and really doesn’t show any signs of being in pain. Not much seems to bother him. Got home around 1am.

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My dog has bad hips and we give him Baileys CBD oil and that helps him a lot. Order online from their site, it's somewhere in California. Maybe a long-term option for you and him.
Hopefully, he gets better.
 
2015 F-250 - 6.2 gas, new to me truck purchase. Have been getting a P0420 that came back even after a downstream O2 replacement. Pulled out the stock cats, compared the Walker aftermarket replacements. They look good but noticeably smaller. Waiting on a band clamp then will finish the install. The original cats were Ford OEM units and lasted 175k. I'm fairly certain this truck wasn't abused and well maintained by the previous company.

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Doesnt look too healthy.

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More remedial work on the neighbors '04 Highlander
Upper & lower hose, thermostat, coolant, hatch lift supports
Dorman 1.75" constant tension clamps are the closest local approximation to OE Toyota clamps
I'm gonna experiment with Wurth brand clamps in the near future

He was alerted to the radiators condition, up to him now 🤷‍♂️
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Out with the factory Tama, in with the B/A reboxed Tama
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Holy corrosion Batman!
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This radiator is on borrowed time
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They cleaned up acceptably, and so far have been holding 🤞
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All buttoned up and bled out
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Steady temp, good for fuel economy and winter heat
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My BIL’s truck finally started squealing bad enough for him to get me to do the rear brakes. I’ll be doing the install tomorrow, using Bosch Quietcast coated rotors and pads. I found that one caliper was very sticky…I’ll grab new ones and replace both.

You would think being by the ocean would mean rust but there’s very little here, which is nice.

Here’s a few pics after this evening’s disassembly.

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Do I know how to spend a holiday weekend or what? 😂

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Not fun getting the new ones in. Of course they were a smidge longer than the old ones. Poked a hole in my inner CV boot with a pry bar. I can never get through one of these "money-saving" projects without costing myself money. Local shops want between $700 and $1,000 to replace the axle. Since it's a tiny little hole not on one of the folds, it's received a gob of JB Weld and a prayer.
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Nothing. Went to swap cars with SD so she could go to work and I could flush her PS Fluid, PCV valve, belts, rotate tires. She didn't come to the door. 20 minutes of calling/texting and she didn't respond until I was on the way home. Halfway around DC beltway approaching bridge, I wasn't turning around. I'll just return the parts. You'd think after all these years she would know if you tell me 12, it doesn't mean noon in Botswana. Lesson learned. Not my car, not my problem.
 
Replacing hood and front right hand fender on 2015 Journey. Got pretty beat up in recent hail storm. Took to AmFam approved body shop but surprisingly came back as total loss since repairs exceeded value. After 1000.00 deductible they would give us 4100.00 for them to take car or give us 1900.00 and we keep car. So took the 1900. Found undamaged hood and fender at salvage yard with exact paint match codes for 250.00 total. Four studs on hood and about 8 bolts to pop on fender.
 
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