The Dude Abides

So what would perk your interest again.

We could always do something silly like ohh brents brother or my brother drive mt grizz out there for you.

No i know you took it out there last year but youve done other electrical mods since then so i didnt know if you were leary. I would offer to haul some of your stuff but i wont get out there till saturday. I will be bringing those rings bill sent to me for you.

Thanks for the info mick, will look into it. But since youve got an awsome brat i can leave my open diff in and you can bail me right.

Besides dont you need a good longdistance shakedown if you want to bring it to castina in september.

A trailer for what your trailer queen.

Im votin on mick bringin the brat but i can understand if his little project vehicle is problamatic.

I guess if its important let me know, cuz i still have my little portable charcole grill i can bring if you dont want to use the icky state park ones. Yes and what kind of food people would like i think would be important. Maybe make a list of things people are bringing to sell if they would like. Ive got a good size cooler to bring so if you need extra room for that beer of yours your welcome to it. And no i wont be steelin it.

So i think we need to get some kinda of people list going so we can figure out what kind of food or cooking gear we need to bring.

Youve got a month and a half buttface. Dont sit on this.

Let me know, i might join you. But brent might want to find something different to bring.

Dont know if you local guys have heard of this one but yet another offroad sanction i found through some guy who was thourghly impressed with my subaru yesterday at the parts store. They were at the Mud Coast Road Rally a few weeks ago and i ran into another one last night. Check out the websight. http://www.miobi.org/main.htm

I hear ya, yea were keeping it slow. He has all the machine work and hes close to retirement so this isnt going to move at lightning pace. Like i said mine is the furthest one we have from being complete the other 2 run. Im not putting a whole lot of stock into this as being a future but right now its just something fun i can do on the side. Ive got no money in this only time and hes ok with that. And yea they do make a dirt bike version of this motorcycle. I hear its pretty awsome.

Bought parts for an oil change, replaced the belt and soon the oil cap. Needs a couple more things to pick up as well. Man that belt was bad.

Here we go........... all in its former glory. Its not as bad as it looks though it looks bad. I have the tank and the covers. It needs a carb, light, chain, speedometer, airbox, and a few other misc parts. Motor isnt locked up but it probally needs taken apart. Lots of parts take off but got them in a box. I wish i had this thing at my house so i could work on it personally but sadly.............. well anyways the other pic is of what they are suspost to look like. Ill send updated pictures. Thinking about powercoating the engine and doing a couple other trick parts. This makes the 3rd bike weve gotten since this started. The others just need freshing up but im going all custom on this one.

I can help alittle On some ford models there is a valve that can be tripped in the trunk area. A fuel safety cutoff switch. He might want to check that out first. As far as what they are worth honestly not much. I dont know what a 2000 taurus wagon would bring there but here with non running condition and over 100k probally 500 to 700 bucks. But you know the age old advice about not running your car out of gas. I would say the fuel pump is probally done with over 100k on it and running it out of fuel. Fuel pump is at the top of the tank. So its a drain and drop job. Worth it if the car ran good and looks good but not if its a pile of s***. Like mine. Oh and while you have the tank and pump out, check the float in there to make sure its opperating properly so he has a working gas gauge when its doen.

See this is what happens when suberdave dropes off the face of the planet for a long time. He frankenstins this thing up. Cant wait to see it run at the track.

No because you have plenty of (spare) parts lying around also.

Beast.......... you have xtra cars lying aroung. Your kidding me

Yea im stuck at home with the kids today, i need me some mud.

Your big and ugly:lol:

I know man and i could do that but to many times this jack hasnt had enough heigth or oomph to get the job done. Its time to just get something bigger and better. Im still keeping the old jack for smaller vehicles but now its time to step up. To many times has mick jacked up the car with his floor jack with ease while it takes me forever to work on mine. Just not gonna mess with it anymore.

Tired of fu*****g with this. I cant change the tire on guido because my floor jack isnt tall enough. It doenst help ive added probally 5 inches to the cars heigth but its time. Now dont get me wrong, the old 1 1/2 ton floor jack has done me great throughout the years but it isnt high enough for what i need now. Was look for recomendations on a good 2 ton maybe more floor jack for bout 150 or less. Prefferbely less. Ill buy used if i half to just want a good one. One with a large lift plate. Any help would be appreciated. ben

Norton on this side of the world is a rare breed. I will be getting the sr this weekend. Pictures to follow, i hope its not a pile of trash.

Correct its not a subaru im not able to afford a car newer then 88. And as far as being cocky Turbone i half to actually accomplish something to be cocky about it. And Indyblitzen your right this is not like the NASIOC. Much nicer and relaxed here. No harm no foul man, just your original post seemed unusual so i figured it was spam. My brother is looking into the 05 legacy gt though he wants a sedan. Heard they had turbo problems.