Getting to the starter/solenoid is a major project in itself. Getting the Beast poised 3 feet in the air to reach it safely is another project all by itself. I’ve begun having night terrors, dreaming that 2 tons of steel drops onto my chest as WWIII casually jiggles the jack and speed dials Met Life calmly requesting the death benefit be sent to her as soon as she hears me breathe my last breath.
He’s doing just fine, page 23 and the floors are rust proofed and he’s got the hood open.
Maybe by page 50 the hood will be closed, and the car’s on the hook, on the way to pick a part :naughty:
Beginning to doubt? You’re kidding. Page 1,000 and I hope to have the Beast jacked up high enough to fit under it without sucking my gut in. I’ve got concrete blocks, stumps, jacks, rags, rocks and prayers keeping her aloaft at the moment. The War Department has calls in to buy more life insurance every 10 minutes. And you fellas doubt my ability.
Now you’ve done it. CONCRETE BLOCKS?? Do NOT USE THEM! They can fail without warning.
@texases I agree that concrete blocks, also known as cinder blocks, can fail without warning. On the other hand, milk crates are remarkably strong. A colleague resided temporarily in an apartment complex with communal parking. Ready to go to work in the morning he found his full size Chevy perched on 4 plastic milk crates and the tires and wheels gone!
Of course I can’t recommend this as a way to change over to winter tires.
This guy is a whacko
I’m assuming he hasn’t even verified power . . . or lack thereof . . . to the solenoid yet
Excuse me db. It is Dr. Whacko! And it’s taken you a month and a half to figure that out! Holy cow! I must be recovering quicker from brain transplant surgery than the shrinks predicted.
I plan to have the solenoid diagnosed before May 11, 3099. Didn’t know what a solenoid was before last week. Glad to hear 10" concrete blocks are no good before sticking my head between them and the starter. Plan to buy 2 more jacks now. Any body see the video of the diesel engine in the back of a pickup running without water jackets? It actually helps me to see how an engine works.
General relativity discovered by Einstein 100 years ago. If nothing escapes a black hole, how can scientists claim they see them regurgitating plasma?
“Plan to buy 2 more jacks now.”
I think you meant to say “Plan to buy 2 more jack stands now.” 
My advice is to get them at sears. I’ll trust a craftsman jack stand, versus harbor fake, for example
you’re clueless, and probably hopeless, as well :trollface:
Bout time you figured that out, my friend. Why do you think I’m begging you guys for help?
i ve wasted another perfectly good five minutes reading this thread…
you remind me of an old friend who i never knew, uncle harry…
Hey. Be patient. For a dude who can’t count to three when spotted a 1 and a 2, I’m actually doing wonderfully. You think you’ve wasted time? I drove half way across the country, all the way to L.A., only to be chased out of town by the fuzz you alerted to my presence.
Actually, they only allow me “off campus” for good behavior on rare occasions, so I can’t work on the project as often as I’d like to. And if I don’t take my thorazine 8 times a day, they don’t let me out into the yard at all. Only have 47 years to go before the parole board hears how well I’ve adjusted to life on the inside.
yes, well, my people have not been west of the appalachias since the “travel time” after the last ice age.
it must ve been DB who ratted you out to the fuzz , or joe guy…
run harry, run!
Why doesn’t that surprise me? My whole life has been on hold, going backwards or the wrong way-all without even trying. Maybe it was Armageddon. She’s had me arrested several times, once for jaywalking, twice for going 38 in a 35 mph zone. After all I’ve done for her! I’ve dedicated my entire life to leaving her alone, which is all she ever asked of me. And what do I get? Poisoned scraps of food!
I’m trying to order supplies from a Mercedes outfit to check/replace the solenoid/starter, but when I try to check out, they reject my credit card. I am a man of constant sorrows. Dylan and them boys was right. O death, won’t you spare me over til another year-ice cold hands taking hold of me.
if I knew how to play videos here I would play the song for you.
I lived in Plymouth MA for a couple of years and you would not believe it but…
…there was this little bar and grill about halfway between Plymouth and boston that was like blue grassy, I couldn t believe it, I was only there once, but it made me feel better just knowing it was there…
aaahm a man of constant sorrows…
Nice to know there are co-sufferers out there. BUT, if the BEAST will start up again, it will be nothing but Blue Skies ahead.
Probably blue smoke behind .
uncle harry set you up nicely for that one, sloepoke
does this beast yet live?