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  1. I can't wait to see pics of them prepared and how they will be served on a plate CSM.
  2. If it wasn't for all my training in the Fire Dept I would of lost my head a long time ago. I've got to thank Salmon River Rural Fire Dept and Allan & Melanie Yearsley my Fire Chief for everything they taught me over the years. So as for Mom she even made the comment that she was shocked about how much I've got done and how fast I was ploughing through all the paperwork and kept going forward. I'm going to be smart and take some time to myself and stop at Sherri's place on my way back down. I also need a bit of down time from all this stuff. As for myself, it's a huge lifestyle change. I'm used to having Mom there to take care of some of the tasks around the house like cooking and paying some of the bills. Where the rest of the tasks were on me like fixing the trucks, maintain the yard, etc. We always met in the middle and discussed the plan of action for the house. Now I've lost my business partner helping me manage schedules and other things. I'm slowly getting my bearings and handling things just fine. Like today I'm going to sit down with my other "Mom" and go through the paperwork and get things in order for myself.
  3. 2 points
    Dude videos are always better then not videos!
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    Well I got it installed today. Katoom, I'm sorry to say I forgot to take the before video :-( I got it done before you posted that so I didn't have that as a reminder either. I'm sorry, I wish I had thought of it, but I was in quite a rush today and just kinda got to work. Honestly though, with the little I've driven it so far, I barely notice a difference. Maybe a slightly deeper tone at idle, but very slight. Might have taken away a little of the raspiness of the straight pipe. No noticeable loss off Cummins roar or turbo whistle. Haven't done much towing or any highway runs yet to know if there is any drone or egts issues but I don't expect any. Again sorry about the lack of before vid, but if anyone wants an after I can get it for you.
  5. Not to get all gloomy with things no fun to talk about, but I'd think as long as you have everything recorded as joint tenancy with survivorship you should be OK. But hey.....it sounds like she's going to be fine.
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    I'll get a video of mine up soon. I'll just post it to this thread.
  7. Mom's comment is that everyone is very friendly and are taking care of her very well. She is meeting all kinds of people and she enjoying the different people and social contact at this point. She understands they are there to build her strength up and get her going. No complaints from Mom on being fussed over. I'm sorry for having short posts during the start of this. I was confined to the use of my cell phone while I was there in Boise. I wanted to take the laptop over to hospital but never really had time. My cellphone was a very important tool and I used it quite a bit during that week. Same time frustrating attempting to type on a small screen with huge fingers and misspelling all the time. I figured when I got home I could post good long explanations of what was happening. I'll continue to keep everyone posted and updated.
  8. Unknown as of yet... It's assumed to be permanent. No one knows for sure if she might get the function back. She did have a damaged kidney from her high blood pressure 2 years ago. Her good kidney had stones as well. They can't do much for the stones till she gain her strength back. 30 days maybe? I've got her set up for being set up in Weiser, ID for care facility. They would take her to Ontario, OR for the treatments. I've got that all set up already. Eventually, I'll have to come home it getting cold and I'll be forced home because of winter weather. So I've already planned ahead for her behalf. This makes it easy I can come down to Sherri's place in Weiser and see the girlfriend and then visit with Mom as well. That way I have a place to stay and visit with both of them. That way only a 2 hour drive to see Mom.
  9. Ok... The full story. I'm at home at this point and doing well. Mom is healing for the most part but she'll require dialysis now. So I back up a week. Wednesday 28th of September I get the job doing the roof. So I packed up the RV and finished the job in New Meadows, Idaho and went to Homedale, Idaho to start another roof job at the high school. So every morning around 8am I called home to check on MoparMom. Thurday and Friday she answered the phone and was in a up beat mood and doing well. Then Saturday the 1st of October there was no answer. That's odd. So I figured she was taking a bath and just couldn't hear the phone. About 12 noon I was getting worried so I call my neighbors Jim & Sharon Gould asked them to go over to the house and see if she was OK. They called me back and told me that she wasn't answering the door. Now I'm worried. I remembered that I left the garage door unlocked. I told Jim & Sharon to go in with my permission and see if she was OK. I waited about 5 minutes and called MoparMom answered and was rather annoyed that people were in her bedroom waking her up. She told me she did take a bath and decided to take a nap. She sounded fine so... Back to work for me. Now Sunday the 2nd of October. I called at 8am. No answer again. I continued to call all day off and on still no answer. So after work I called the neighbors again. They came over again to get her up which was odd. She didn't sound good. So I kick Keith out of my RV and packed up at 7pm and drove for home. I got home by 10pm. I got in the house it was cool, she didn't have a fire burning and she wasn't coherent. Confused and breathing rather oddly with hard exhaling breaths. I fought with MoparMom for nearly a hour to get her dressed. I told her she had the choice of me or the ambulance (911). Once she got her pants on I pick her up and carried her to the 1996 Dodge Pickup. I proceeded to drive to McCall Hospital 35 mile drive. I was there about 11:30pm. By about 1am of October 3rd they figured out she was septic and in really bad shape. The sedated her and put her on a ventilator to insure she didn't have problem being life flighted to Boise. By about 3am I drove home to attempt to get some sleep. I got home at about 4am and slept for 2 hours. I was up by 6am and making phone calls for RV parks and where she was at exactly. I proceeded to get laundry done and restock the RV. I got out of here about 1pm October 3rd. I made a plan to make it to Weiser, Idaho and catch up with Mopars Mistress (Sherri). I Told Sherri I want to stop and get a bite to eat and possible get a nap in the parking lot. So she cooked me a mean hamburger and fries. I pounded that down and went back to the RV and fell asleep in my easy chair. I was woke up 2 hours later with Hospital asking for permission for a proceedure. I got up and told Sherri thanks and proceeded to drive the rest of the way to Boise. I made it to the hospital at 10:30pm. I was tired and wiped up. During my morning phone calls I found out the St. Lukes Hospital has a RV park. So I pulled in and got slot #7. (Good Lord's Lucky number). Got a good nights sleep. Starting out the morning of the 4th. I got dressed and cleaned up and hiked over to the hospital and started paperwork. When I finally got to see Mom she was still sedated and ventalated. The nurse reduced the sedation and I was able to let her know I was there. She was totally out of it. I basically stayed at the RV waiting for phone calls and posting here and to friends on messenger. I was building my support network thaqt evening. October 5th the doctor wanted to put in a stent in her UT to help drain the infection. That went without a hitch and she did good. Still sedated and ventilated for the night. October 6th. Mom was moved out of ICU. Doctors want to get her off the ventilator. No problems. She was very confused and having a hard time remembering simple things like her birth date and where she was at. After some more test the figured out that her kidneys have shut down from the infection and would require dialysis. Father Daniel Jones called me and was wanting to come to our place for a visit. I told him that Mom was in St. Lukes Hospital. I was over at Parma with a friend getting dinner for the night. I got back over to the hospital and met up with Father Dan. We said mass in the room, had our confessions, and Mom was blessed with oils as well. Mom was spiritually in good hands at that point. October 7. She started her first session of dialysis. After 2 hours she was feeling much better. She was remembering much more. Birth date, where she was etc. She was very tired. My Fire Chief and his wife showed up and visited with Mom. She got her first meal. Vanilla cup. She keep asking for more so the nurse kept bring food to her and she kept eating. This is a good thing. October 8th. I visited with Mom this morning and watch over her as she ate breakfast. Scrambled eggs and ham. She is due to have another run with dialysis tonight. I left at about 10am and head for home. I'm home I'm safe and sound. Basically got forced home to restock the RV and do laundry. As for me tonight I've had to change a master cylinder for my clutch. I got that done and attempting to get laundry done and finding paperwork for the future. I'm working on the legal side now attempting to ensuring no legal issues in the future.
  10. Opening day. Hunted an hour and worked with the dog after. One wigeon, one redhead, and a shoveler.
  11. Went out riding again Saturday. We went up Rollins Pass. The first picture is of Yankee Doodle then Jenny. You can see the Needle Eye tunnel a bit but can't ride to it anymore so we just hiked up about another half mile to it ~11,700'.
  12. Pickle forks are worthless and are good at only destroying things you may want to reuse. Best is a good heavy hammer and some good hard wraps against the housing itself not the actual tie rod. They will most always pop loose by wrapping on the housing that the joint is stuck in rather than trying to get the joint itself out.
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    Might be some truth in that above post but even straight diesel fuel can do the very same then because of the increased air flow of the 24V head design. Really easy to gunk up the injectors putting around town without fully warming up the engine.
  14. For stock (or near stock) power levels, I would definitely recommend my Stage 2 build, with a Stage 3 billet triple disc torque converter. This is, by far, the most common setup that leaves my shop. I will run this setup up to about 400 hp. Here is what is included in the Stage 2 build: STAGE 2 47RE · 5 disc direct clutch (full thickness Borg Warner frictions/Raybestos full thickness steels) · 4 disc forward clutch (full thickness Borg Warner high energy frictions/Raybestos full thickness steels) · 6 disc OD direct clutch (full thickness Borg Warner high energy frictions/Raybestos full thickness steels) · 10 disc OD direct clutch (stock setup) · Raybestos Pro Series intermediate band · Sonnax billet intermediate servo cover (w/pin o-ring) · Sonnax billet dual seal accumulator piston (scarf cut Teflon/D-ring at each end) · Sonnax billet low/reverse servo piston · Superior reinforced band strut · Heavy duty Borg Warner low roller clutch · Heavy duty Borg Warner OD roller clutch · Low roller clutch direct lube modification · OD brake clutch cooling/lube modification · Forward clutch diaphragm spring · Complete OD thrust bearing set (w/updated sun gear thrust plate) · OD output ball bearing · Dimpled bronze pump bushing · Heavy duty direct drum bushing · OEM OD/TCC solenoid set (w/internal harness and case connector) · Custom calibrated valve body features: o Full cooler flow/converter charge in park o Increased line pressure o Modified TV pressure and curve o Full time lube modification o Custom shift calibrations (tailored to customer’s usage and preferences) o Modified to allow 3-4 and 4-3 locked shifts (external switch required) Optional: 1st/2nd gear lockup ability (external switch required)
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