Finally got it installed. What a pain. I am confident the glass shop reversed the backing plate on the left side. Could only get 3 our of 4 so tried installing. The bolts go thru the side support into the windshield frame. With the side support involved, only got 2 of 4. Removed side support (yay - love lying on my back with head on clutch pedal) and attached it with 3 of 4. Couldn;t reinstall support. Tried first method gain - same result - 2 of 4. Attached side support and used large screwdriver the leverage the bolt holes of the support and finally got the left side attached after two hours of fun.. Went to right side - 4 bolts in less than five minutes which reinforces my thought on the backing plate being reversed. If I ever get another cracked windshield I am making sure the glass shop replaces the plate and attaches the side support before shipping it back.
And of course this was written too quickly. it's only a couple of bolts - like 8 that hold it to the stanchions. There is a strip inside the windshield with threaded holes for the bolts. That plate gets put back when you "build" the new windshield. Off course 7 bolts fit and one is off Right now I plan to go with 7. To move the plate would require disassembling the side of the windshield frame and that was exactly why I sent the frame to the garage. Not their fault. You can see the hole in the frame but the bolt doesn't catch. With hindsight I should have put those bolts in the frame before sending but did not. each side has four bolts. Really can't figure out why three line up and the fourth does not but I doubt it will matter. Going to try one of two things to see if I can move the plate slightly but am not going to disassemble the frame. The only thing behind the plate is the side of the new glass and I have no desire to crack it
Just looked at weather. Later this week is 60/70 so I can reseal gas tank sending unit. Refuse to lie on ground in 20 degree weather plus sealants don't like suring in cold. WooHoo - hopefully back on road for 2025.
Got my new windshield back. And by that I mean I drove to Michigan from Alabama and picked it up. Not trusting UPS on this. All it takes is one drop and right back to where i started. It usually is an easy drive up there but this one had winter rain most of the time. However it is done. Installing should take five minutes - just a few bolts holding the complete windshield to support arms.
Crap. heading to Michigan Wednesday to pick up a windshield for my old car. Right now it is 17 in North Alabama so maybe warmer up there. Just went and grabbed my ski jacket and other stuff for the journey.
Jimmy Sexton to white courtesy phone.....
Totally depends on contract. A lot of them have specific schools mentioned in their contract with out clauses. It seems a lot of coaches add an "out" for the school they graduated from.
Some stuff on AU forum about Sumrall's agent starting an auction with Fla. Auburn went to Golesh and he accepted. Feel sorry for Sumrall's wife- she probably wanted to return to AU. Looking more at Golesh's history and liking it. Born in Russia (actually Soviet Union) but moved the good ole USA as part of the breakup. He has done very well with offense which we need. Saw comments from Huepel at Tennessee that were very promising on a decent offense. Plus someone posted that the current AU quarterbacks came out of the team meeting with big smiles
I wanted Sumrall and wondering what happened there. Grew up in Alabama (same high school at different times), wife graduated from Auburn etc. Guessing with no evidence that Florida money whipped him and Auburn wouldn't match. However it looks like we keep the DC and his defense was pretty good this year. The offense was a dumpster fire until Freeze was let go. There is some talent there if they can get anyone for the OL. I can't remember the exact details but the last few years of Malzahn and Harsin had a total of something like 7 (yes seven) total OL in 5 years. Freeze improved on this but it was so deep in the muck that it still effects us. All the new guy has to do is establish the offense.
Correct but John Towers was a real piece of work. In WW2 the air advocates (both Army and Navy) were convinced that every weapon should be a plane and nothing else was needed.
Had more fun this afternoon. Thought I would get a quick start on resealing the unit. My use of sealant earlier made removing the screws a huge issue. I am never putting them back in. I was VERY surprised I didn't round off the head on at least one of them and quickly ordered new ones. No way those will survive another removal with sealant. And I'm changing what I said above - there are are plenty of places to leak versus a sealed unit. The flange has six screws and then there is a compartment on the flange with four more. The compartment holds a resistor which measure the float level and they put a bolt thru the bottom that you add the wire to the gauge. Basically 11 points that could leak in addition to the two gaskets.
Not so much a book about the Pacific war but Nimitz and his Admirals is excellent view of what Nimitz went thru directing the victory. He had lots of trouble with his air admirals thinking they were the only people fighting the war and of course with MacArthur
Unfortunately no The British have their own methods and they don't use tangs. The sending unit is not a fuel pump but a float to send a signal to the fuel gauge. The fuel pump is behind the passenger seat. (In college I once drove home whacking it every few minutes for 200 miles). They just used old fashioned cork gaskets. Which actually work or the new fuel resistant viton gaskets. Which makes it frustrating since there are not many places to leak. I sealed the screw holes so I guess the next step is try again. The real issue is I can't really see where the leak is - so it is harder to repair.
BMW Owners used to do this and may still do it. Around 2001 I thought I had won an M5. They listed the first name and city. I had moved to Austin but they listed my first name and old city which caused me to jump around figuring out what city I listed for registration. Someone else in the old city got a nice car
I may get lucky on the diff leak. Someone posted on the forum that the seals may not be seated yet. And that makes sense based on what I am seeing. The solution is to tighten the lug nuts on the brake drum. I had no leak until I put it on a jackstand and the tire rim has nothing inside it. Basically everything happened when the lug nut were removed. Going to tighten them back and see if anything leaks out for a few days before opening up the rear axle