Same. I’m taking time off just to make decent headway on my tracker and the frame graph. Funny how we swap from all the time and no money to money and no time
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Same. I’m taking time off just to make decent headway on my tracker and the frame graph. Funny how we swap from all the time and no money to money and no time
In my line of work I have a huge opportunity from January to April 15th and it is a dash for the cash! After that I am busy, but nowhere near the frenetic pace that I'm coming off! I also don't make the $$ like I do in the 1st Quarter, so I have to avoid the temptation to overspend until next year 
Keep us posted on that. Last I recall was the engine fiasco so I am curious what your up to now.
Work is a lot more relaxed, though not done throwing me a few surprises (which is always good!). I just landed an audit for a client that DIY'd for their 2023 filing and instantly received a love-letter from the Service for their mistakes. So I get to cement a better relationship with them, and prove my value! But it's some additional hours at work The truck is sitting at my buddy's house and needs to get to his lift for the cab to be raised. I shot myself in the hurry up dept though, and decided to key my cam while so much will be apart. In the interest of time however, I found Wagler had a keyed OEM cam on fleabay that checked good and was $165. So it will help to do a swap rather than pull the old and then have to cut it.
In regard to the upper BJ issue, Summit agreed to allow me to return them. I was shocked. Kryptonite will go in and they will come out ASAP before Summit changes their mind, LOL.
The Honey-Do list is down to my ankles, and I signed up for some classes over the next few weeks (NRA instructor type stuff). So I'm happily burning the candle at both ends as usual. I hope to have a real update soon with some progress!!! I'm going ape-shit without my truck!!!!!!
Oh, and my best friend calls me up and asks if I want to go to UCC if he can swing the time off, etc. Does a bear shit in the woods?! Hell yeah! So maybe I'll get a little vacation soon too I'm picturing throwing my smoker in the back of his LMM and having a brisket ready when we finish the 11hr trip. LOL Life is truly good
The truck is sitting at my buddy's house and needs to get to his lift for the cab to be raised. I shot myself in the hurry up dept though, and decided to key my cam while so much will be apart. In the interest of time however, I found Wagler had a keyed OEM cam on fleabay that checked good and was $165. So it will help to do a swap rather than pull the old and then have to cut it. In regard to the upper BJ issue, Summit agreed to allow me to return them. I was shocked. Kryptonite will go in and they will come out ASAP before Summit changes their mind, LOL.
The Honey-Do list is down to my ankles, and I signed up for some classes over the next few weeks (NRA instructor type stuff). So I'm happily burning the candle at both ends as usual. I hope to have a real update soon with some progress!!! I'm going ape-shit without my truck!!!!!!
Oh, and my best friend calls me up and asks if I want to go to UCC if he can swing the time off, etc. Does a bear shit in the woods?! Hell yeah! So maybe I'll get a little vacation soon too
I'm picturing throwing my smoker in the back of his LMM and having a brisket ready when we finish the 11hr trip. LOL Life is truly good 
A little frustrated today. I ran up and yanked my turbo and brought it a friend of a friend for a rebuild and port and polish. "oh, your buddy didn't tell me rebuild too... I don't do that anymore".
In the interest of time and $ of rebuild vs new, I'm looking at new/reman stock turbos and letting him P&P that. $700 to rebuild mine locally in Philly otherwise. XDP is local and I get dealer price through a friend if I wanted to go with their reman. Always some little twist I guess, lol. I have no complaint with my turbo, other than over 200k on the clock, but I'm going through all of this time, effort, and $ so it's good timing. Hmm.
In the interest of time and $ of rebuild vs new, I'm looking at new/reman stock turbos and letting him P&P that. $700 to rebuild mine locally in Philly otherwise. XDP is local and I get dealer price through a friend if I wanted to go with their reman. Always some little twist I guess, lol. I have no complaint with my turbo, other than over 200k on the clock, but I'm going through all of this time, effort, and $ so it's good timing. Hmm.
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Yeah, if you can move it by hand, you have series hand strength 🫣
