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I'll check that out, Steven. Do you know anything about S&H Tire in Canton? I've heard their name a couple of times, but that's all.

I just picked up 10 brand new Titan T-Hawk 900x20 tires for Big Betty. I got them at Gensco Aircraft Tires in Anniston, Alabama for $150 each. Good guys to deal with and the tires look good. No cracks or rot at all. They have all the appearances of being brand new tires. Meriwether Tire in...

I'm planning on bringing some poplar wood and some oak. I've got plenty of each here. I need to get the oak split though so it can dry out. Dang it is too hot to swing a splitting maul! If the weather doesn't cool off, we won't have much use for fire wood.

Make them prove that your truck is a commercial vehicle per the legal definition of a commercial vehicle. It is not. Patrol your neighborhood with a copy of the covenants and register complaints for every infraction you find no matter how trivial. Move. I'm lucky. All my neighbors like my...

The fuel gauge strikes again! This time I knew I had just filled to the max fill line last weekend. The gauge was indicating a half tank and it started acting like it was starving for fuel and then going ok again. Of course I checked all the gauges and fuel was indicating a half tank. The...

Here's a short video of me running through the gears in Big Betty on Monday evening. I think she's sounds great now. My brother was trying out his new Cannon camera. The video came out pretty good and I'm impressed by the sound quality. Listen to it on some good speakers and turn it up...

I'll be there Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. I only have 130 miles or so to go, so I'll roll out about 6:00 am Friday from Canton, GA.

Oh my aching head! We had a great time last night, except "last night" didn't end until "early this morning!" Great people, great music, delicious grilling, and more than enough adult beverages that included some direct from England, aged, single-barrel Scotch. My buddy Doug, had a party at...

I actually had a woman hang out of her car window, waving like crazy and then flash us a pretty nice rack on the way to our little party. The only problem is that "us" was me and my 11 year old son. He's starting to learn the code though, mom doesn't need to about everything that happens when...

Strictly speaking, blow-by is a component of pressurized air-fuel mix that is blowing past the piston rings either during the compression stroke or during the power stroke, or both. The result is that you get a certain amount of combustion by-products into the crank case that contaminates the...

Betty's bringin' sexy back today! She looks good and she knows it.

I discovered that my Saturday schedule is not the relaxed, spend all day on the deuce kind of day that I planned. I rushed home after work today, and swapped out the compressor pulley and adjusted the compressor belt. That was a pain with the radiator installed, but I got it done with a lot of...

I got mine from Erik's. THe description/part number is "Wiper Motor, Air Operated, 7539696 / 22191." I also did the "one at a time" thing and kept one plastic motor and installed one metal motor. The problem was that the air demand is different between trhe two motors. It takes (at least in...

Ken, I initially had the plastic wiper motors and I tried cleaning them up lubing them. That yielded some improvement, but they were still unreliable and sporadic. I eventually replaced them with new metal motors that have been far more reliable. I think they were about $95 each though, so...

Yep, good idea. I want to at least inspect the hubs, bearings, and brakes since I'll be making a 130 mile highway trip there and back. I haven't inspected the hubs yet since I've had no operating temperature problems and no visible leaks. I'll feel better about it if I pop them open and take...

The compressor pulley arrived today from TNJMurray. I received the entire pulley assembly (front half and back half) even though the part number I ordered and the part photo was only the front half that I needed. I plan on using only the front half so I have a back half pulley here if anyone...

Clinto, I'm sure we'll get muddy in October. Can hardly wait. In the meantime, I've got a list of projects a mile long!

After almost a month, Betty is back on the road. Well, sort of. With my father-in-laws help today, I re-installed the radiator after improvising a temporary fix for my broken compressor pulley. It'll do until the new one eventually shows up from TNJMURRAY. I filled her up with 50/50...

I'm having a problem with them right now. I ordered an air compressor pulley from them and promptly received an email confirming that I had placed an order, but nothing in the email identified the part that I ordered, whether or not it was actually available, or when it would ship. Today...

Saturn was sold out of the compressor pulleys so, I'm in the hunt again. I think I've found one at TNJMurray, but we'll see when it gets here. The compressor pulley is the first time that I've had really difficult time finding a replacement part. A word to the wise, be careful with your...