Yeah, I'm really old as compared to some of you!
But I'm still a youngster in heart and mind, even if
My body disagrees!!
Born just before the end of WWII

In 2012,on a whim, I picked up stakes and made the 1600 mile trip,
here to Sunny Texas. I drove it in 3 days, in a rental truck,
with all that I owned, towing a Bonneville behind me.
I'm now a confirmed Texan, and will never return to NJ.
Born just before the end of WWII and I keep saying
I have another 30 years to go!

I bought a basket case 2000 Dakota back in 2013,
and have been keeping her running and looking almost new.
This past month I discovered that 2 of the spark plugs
in the Drivers side bank were frozen, and I :
broke the plug at the top of the screw threads,
snapped an "Easy Out" trying to remove it.
I took off the head, Not an easy feat at my age, and tried to
chisel out the remaining threads from the underside.
Heating and cooling the area didn't help one iota!

I finally bit the bullet , and got a $300.00 re-manufactured head.
It is all back together now, running smoothly, with just a few final electrical Gremlins,
My fault... for not documenting which plug on the Harness went where.
Oh, I took photos of everything before but they were just general photos of progress.
I should have marked every cabling plug I removed. Live and learn.

I have One replacement water pump inlet tube on order.
The tube, rusted thru at the"O" Ring, and the bottom remains in
the water pump.

 

Welcome to DF! Check out the 1st Gen Dak section.

 

Welcome!

 

Listing most of what I can remember doing:
3 Re-Paints
New Water Pump
New Steering rack
new Sway Bar bushings and links
New Tie rod ends
New Fuel Sender
"Kuhmo" tires, 8 so far
3 different recycled computers
New Blower Motor and squirrel cage
top of dash aftermarket digital volt meter ( to verify erratic dash gauge)
new sound system w/ 2 way door mounted speakers, and separate tweeters
Overhead console for interior lighting (taken from my Bonneville)

see my album for some photos
Question- is the limit on gallery uploads, overall, or per album?
It said I had reached my limit

 

I don't know...... (is the troll going to throw me off the bridge now? ((monty python reference))

Let me see if I can attract the attention of the powers-that-be here for an answer.

 

The Troll won't throw you off the bridge.....
but only if you tell him/her, them/they. it/not it:

"42" { reference- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Originally a 1978 radio comedy broadcast on BBC Radio 4,
it was later adapted to other formats, including novels,
stage shows, comic books, a 1981 TV series,
a 1984 text adventure game, and 2005 feature film.}

 

I've posted a passel of photos over the years here. I just post one, or two, or 5 per post and have never had an issue.

 

Here is what happened:
I navigated to user control panel, and uploaded 5 or 6 photos to "Really Old Mans Albums",
Saved the photos. I saw them in "My Album".
later, I navigated to "Gallery" and added the remaining 4 or 5 photos Saved them also.
Still later, I perused "My album" from the UCP. I saw only one of my photos and a few
of someone else's, in what appeared to be "Really Old Mans Albums".
Today I again perused my album, and there was only a single photo of mine, as shown below

I then navigated to "GALLERY" and I see ...all my photos mixed in with other's photos.
Which is what I had expected to see.
Yet "Really Old Mans Albums" are still missing 9 photos. Yet the icon at the bottom
states 10 pics 1 day
I'm confused, which makes me wonder if there is something wrong with the program,
OR...with me!

 

The way it works IS rather mysterious...... I think there is some secret to making it work properly, but, as its a secret, no one knows what it is.

 

Interesting, But not very funny~~
Arte Johnson (laugh In , 1968)

I guess then, it's like one of those 1000+ page Congressional bills,
that has to be passed, so we can know what's in it