Oil change on the kids' car done. It was a learning experience for him. How does a kid so smart not know how to change his oil? I'm a failure as a dad.

When dropping the hood, the latch wouldn't engage. After franking with it for a bit and working the release cable back and forth we finally got it to lock in. Prolly needs a good soaking of WD-40 or some liquid wrench on the sticky latch mechanism.

If it still doesn't work, we'll have to replace the hood latch and cable and stuff. Or we do the redneck solution.... just tape the hood down with 100 MPH tape (duct tape).

Red neck solution to many problems:

If it moves when it shouldn't move: Apply duct tape
If it doesn't move when it should move: Apply WD-40

Mine was broke, drilled and welded in some hood pins.

Iffn ya want to get fancy, go with hood pins. Automatically adds 20hp to any vehicle

Funny you should say that. The guy's garage where we went (good friend of mine) offered the same solution (jokingly) "we could drill a hole here and there, put some studs in and some clevis pins in."

I could go for a few clevis pins right about now… 😟

This guy is like 70 yrs old. Master machinist, has tons of tools and stuff in his barn.

Few dump trucks, 4 tractors, has a Corvette (not sure the year) under a cover that hasn't seen the light of day in like 10 yrs. Has an old Pontiac Fiero that hasn't been driven in about 20 yrs. Couple other vehicles in various stages of rebuilding.

It's a trip when I visit him. He always has about 4 projects going on.

That’s great Bucky,
but am I gonna get a few clevis pins out of this or what?…

Damn! Wish I knew that sooner! Had hood pins for my Road Runner but never got around to installing them. Those 20 added horses might cut my time down 0.10 seconds! 🤦

Morning, peoples. Welcome to another week in a long string if weeks

Just waiting for some daylight. Constant rain started yesterday so it's gonna be a wet 5 miler, but a 5 miler it will be.

Maybe 4?

Morning peeps & Happy MLK Day. 🙄

Morning Mr Ram and gang

Good Monday Morning! It's a clear 33° on the way to 62° today.

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Another freeze... dafuq!?

40 now, but was in the 30's on the walk. High of 67 predicted.

You are in North Florida. (Notice no citrus groves? You need some more global warming)

Which is still south of Southern California... so dadburnit, should be warmer.

Morning Mr Ram and gang

Dam phone

Greetings Mr Seller's :-"

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My car sure could use 20 hp. Pins didn't seem to help, but the hood opens and closes only when I want it to.