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What's Been Keeping Me Busy!

What's Been Keeping Me Busy It's been a busy stretch around here — more on the home server and infrastructure side than anything under the hood this time, but a lot of it ties back into keeping this site and my home network running smoother. Titanium here, with a rundown of what I've been working on. A Quick Note on the Name Long-time members know me as Mopar1973Man — that name goes back to a different chapter of my life. Since then, I've been through two rounds of bladder cancer, once at Christ
Titanium

What's Been Keeping Me Busy

What's Been Keeping Me Busy It's been a busy stretch around here — more on the home server and infrastructure side than anything under the hood this time, but a lot of it ties back into keeping this site and my home network running smoother. Here's a rundown of what I've been working on. Rebuilding Storage on ZFS The home server had four identical 4TB NVMe drives, but they were set up in the least efficient way possible — one drive per person, fixed and un-resizable. If Suzanna's backup drive fi
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Kubota failed and failed again.

Yesterday I was raking through the pile and separating lumber and debris. FedEx shows up and shuts down the tractor. Took care of FedEx, and then the tractor would start. After probing the internet looking for information. I gave up and quit for the day. Got up this morning and tore all the stuff apart and found the problem: the solenoid lead was pulled and hidden, could see it. Plug it into the starter worked. Then put it all back together. Now I'm repiling the debris, and the belt breaks, and
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Kubota M62 - Serivce

Finally got my materials together to do a service on the new-to-us but 2018 M62 Kubota backhoe. Since I was pulling all the body off the engine finding out that the doghouse panels are missing clips and are tie-wired on. I upgraded to racing zipties. I replaced some old-looking Kubota filters on this machine. I dumped the little 9-quart engine, which actually has 2 drain plugs, because the front driveshaft is running right up the middle of the oil pan. Boy, it's tough to spin off the filter when
Titanium

Busy Man - Titanium

Beast got his new VP44 injection pump. Been a long while since I've done long work like this, wow! I can feel it all through my shoulders and arms from hanging upside down over the tappet cover and injection pump. Few flaws I did on that job. I got sidetracked by people coming and going, and then forgot to tighten the 1,2,4 injection lines at the pump, and couldn't figure out the diesel fuel smell. D'Uh! 🫣 Tighten all that up, and Beast came to life. To test Beast out, I packed up the next da
Beast

VP44 Injection pump - 505,363 Miles - May 23, 2026

Our last trip down to Boise ID we were going to dry camp with the RV as @Tweety Bird had medical appointments. While down in Boise / Eagle area Beast just died and jumped back to life.I called it and was the VP44. Fast forward we get home and park Beast beside the RV. Fast forward again yesterday i went to start Beast and move.Nope no start. Bummed I was going to have to work out in the yard. This morning I figure to try starting Beast again. Long crank but it started. Quickly move over the gara
Titanium

Where is Titanium Hiding Now???

It was awesome to just take time away from the mess in my own yard. Even though both of us were worn out and really didn't do anything much while out here. The weather got cold and is snowing. We were up near Lost Valley Reservoir at an elevation of roughly 4,800 feet. The first two days were spent sitting at the dining table, looking out the windows at the storm rolling in and then rolling out and clearing up. Titanium was in hair and super simple, just black eyeliner and black eye shadow, then
Thor

We return home!

We are still currently living in the RV as we start to unpack into the house again, @Tweety Bird and I enjoyed the dry camping we did up at Lost Valley Reservoir. We needed the break so badly that we never went fishing at all. We just enjoyed the quiet and lack of cell service. My phone had just 1 bar, which barely would work, and I was able to text a few friends and communicate with them. We had two days of a very cold and windy snowstorm. Even back home, I was able to catch the Mopar1973Man we
Thor

Gone - Weekend rest!

@Tweety Bird and I will be heading out to Lost Valley Reservoir. We are going to get away from the house to give us both a break. Time to go fishing! It's been a rough spring with weather issues and attempting to keep vehicles running. We are just both burned out. The new injection pump for Beast will be here on Monday. The owners of Mopar1973Man.Com are going to disappear to the lake. Take a weekend and rest and be free for a while.
Titanium

The change that became permanent

So, as I was packing up on my first trip, I was doing a lot of back and forth, loading stuff in the RV. For 2 days, I didn't wear any makeup at all. When I got going and realized I needed to stop at the local hardware store for a chunk of chain, like 6 feet or so. This was purchased to lock the generator to the truck or RV. When I walked into the store without makeup on, everyone kept coming up to me and asking, "Are you OK? Are you sick again? Cancer coming back?" Nope, just was super busy and
Titanium

We are out of here for a time.

@Tweety Bird has some shoulder issues we need to deal with. She has a few medical appointments to handle down in the Treasure Valley Idaho. Don't fret, we have packed up the RV today and are nearly ready to start a travel trip down south. This is like a practice run because eventually we want to travel cross-country to see some of the members of this website. I know I have a spot with @Doubletrouble. I know I need to rattle some other members in the future. We are going to do as much as we can
Titanium

Black & White

@Tweety Bird asked me what color today. She paused a bit, then said do something with a color you have not used in a while. Black and white hasn't been used in a long while. She asked me to do something to reverse the colors on the wig. Well, I came up with a wild idea using liquid makeup. It's a wild idea and just doing the crazy thoughts.
Beast

Front Driveshaft U-joint replacement

I had a vibration starting on the truck that was noticeable by about 70 MPH. I have already crawled under once before to attempt greasing the joints and check for play, but the u-joints seemed good. This is why I always suggest a full removal of the shaft so it's not loaded by hanging / gear tension. Now it's been some time since I've really been a mechanic, due to my cancer (strength), but I need to keep up with my repairs on Beast. @Tweety Bird came out to document while I was working. Stran
Beast

Back to work for Beast!

As far as my wife and I are concerned, Beast is going to be retired to strictly trailer hauling. I'm in the process of getting the RV ready, and the same with Beast. @Tweety Bird has medical to deal with down in Boise, Idaho. To save on motel stays or just driving back and forth. We are hauling the RV down and going to start in an RV park, but eventually move to a random spot where we are not in an RV park. As for Beast, I need to look into a vibration in the driveline, which I'm pretty sure is
Titanium

Titanium as a Technical Advisor

I'm finding that people don't really care what I look like as long as the knowledge keeps rolling. I've got friends requesting me to sit and watch them work and help where I can. First job was a friend in Caldwell, Idaho that had driver side brake pad start scraping metal-to-metal contact. Luck he was smart, drove home, and parked the truck. The truck is a 1999 Dodge 1500 V8 5.2L 2WD. Driver side I showed him the basics of how to remove, which is simple: get the truck jacked up and remove the wh
Beast

Nearly 10 years of service! Passenger side failed - Morimoto D2S HIDs

During my trip to Lewiston, Idaho, the passenger side headlight failed. I assume the bulb was blown. I attempted to get a replacement bulb in town. Not possible. We stayed to daylight travel to get home. I returned home and ordered a set of 55w ballast and 55w D2H bulbs as a set. As I was disconnecting wires, the passenger side power plug from the MotoControl had burned one of the power pins. I had to contact RetroShop to order the new MotoControl. I've just needed a good weather day to get th
Titanium

Time to head back.

Today we are checking out of our RV space and heading back home with our cache of goodies we picked while in town. This has been a wonderful experience and teaching both of us what we need to travel on the road to see some of you. For a bench test I think we can get started traveling state to stay soon. As for makeup artistry wife and I enjoyed all the great comments as we been in town. Been nice for both us to escape the mess at home and take a break away from problems, phones, projects, etc.
Beast

On the road.

Wife and I took the RV and headed to Lewiston Idaho for shopping and a bit of down time. Ive had my first problem on my trip my passenger headlight finally blew the bulb. Come to find out Lewiston doesnt even have and D2H bulbs for HID headlights. Im going to order new ballast and bulbs for Beast from Amazon. https://a.co/d/0hjxRZNE Upgrading from 35w ballast to 55w ballast and changing from 5000k to 6000k bulbs. Finding a bulb with the right connector is tough.
Beast

Lewiston Idaho

After many little mistakes like me forgetting my ostomy supplies. Trip home. Then back to camp. The last blog was easy 48 miles. We left Whitebird Idaho and got into Lewiston Idaho. Climbing grades like Whitebird Grade 7%. Oil temperature barely touched 180°F even though EGTs 1,100 to 1,350°F as my set limit but touched 1,400°F once. Enging coolant stay 205 to 215°F most of the climb. As we can down grade the oil temp cooled of back to 172°F. Beast is doing good but tripped a P0341 but the light
Titanium

Frustrated...

People tend to forget what has happened to me. Let me update you on a frustration I had to deal with. First of all, dealing with medical insurance companies is a PITA. I lost my insurance for a short time, which now locked up all my medical treatment, testing, etc til lthis was sorted out. This includes my ostomy bags, too, which I was running out. Calling insurance handlers (subcontracted) to get information straightened out so I could get supplies. This last Sunday, my night bag fell apart rig

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