Duck Pond Redneckery
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Duck
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"There's only one woman on earth whom I'll allow to boss me around and it ain't your daughter"....
Didn't seem to go over very well with Sarah's dad a few minutes ago.
He was trying to use his status as a beta male to justify being STUPID and resulting in me having to drive Sarah to Bolingbrook for her daughter's high school graduation instead of meeting him & his looney tunes wife at the McDonald's off I-57 in Manteno where they normally get off onto 2 lane roads when they come up here.
The excuse?
Looney Tunes had her luggage in the back seat and didn't want to put it in the trunk to make room for Sarah because "there might be spiders in there"
And he's too much of a chicken to challenge this logic.
BTW the kid can only have 4 guests... She has two parents and two grandparents. So I'll either be roasting in the car in the parking lot or bored at a nearby restaurant or something.
Didn't seem to go over very well with Sarah's dad a few minutes ago.
He was trying to use his status as a beta male to justify being STUPID and resulting in me having to drive Sarah to Bolingbrook for her daughter's high school graduation instead of meeting him & his looney tunes wife at the McDonald's off I-57 in Manteno where they normally get off onto 2 lane roads when they come up here.
The excuse?
Looney Tunes had her luggage in the back seat and didn't want to put it in the trunk to make room for Sarah because "there might be spiders in there"
And he's too much of a chicken to challenge this logic.
BTW the kid can only have 4 guests... She has two parents and two grandparents. So I'll either be roasting in the car in the parking lot or bored at a nearby restaurant or something.
ironpony
Professional Pot-Stirrer
I don't get out much?Don't get out much, do you?
I mean other thancomic-concommie-kahn.
I went to Freightliner in KC today and axed for 4 short, 2 long, cross-cables to connect the batteries.
VIN?
It's not a Freightliner.
I just need standard battery cables to connect the batteries.
Wull, I can't look it up without a VIN.
It's just a 5 - 6 inch battery cable and a 14 - 16 inch cable with terminal lugs on each end.
I'm sure it's in the crate that says 5,000 battery connectors...
because they haven't changed since you were bornded.
Wull I can't find anything without a part number...
and I can't find a part number without a Freightliner VIN.
I almost always go to Freightliner first (here at home) because I have a super secret discount password that usually gets me close to 50% off compared to a 'cash account'...
so the skinflint accusation isn't totally unfounded. But I've been doing this for a while.
At Freightliner, talk to Maggie, Handsome Larry or Jeff.
Otherwise you're pissing in the wind without a VIN.
At Int'l an OG named Marion (night shift) is a walking encyclopedia and will turn loose of a highly guarded proprietary part number occasionally.
I've axed for part numbers from other mothers in the past and been turned down cold because Int'l is notorious for over-pricing which is the worst thing about them.
Now I either talk to Marion or I call for a quote, then have my wife call to ask for a fax of the quote number...
whatever, it works.
That $3 plug you were blathering on about is $106 plus change there.
I can post a copy of the quote if you want.
So, yeah...
Paying $100 for a $3 plug chaps my ass and I won't do it on principal if I can avoid it.
I have a super-secret discount code for them too but it's not as good as Freightliner.
Maybe 20 - 25 percent.
Midwest Kenworth is pretty good.
They stock a lot of stuff and most of their parts people can match common parts with off-the-shelf replacements.
But if it's complicated talk to Danny.
He knows almost everything.
Sheesh!
Everyone knows if ya want a custom battery cable you go to NAPA auto parts store!
I don't get out much?
Sheesh!
Everyone knows if ya want a custom battery cable you go to NAPA auto parts store!
You'll have much better luck at one the NAPA Auto/Truck stores. Most of the regular NAPA stores are little better than the Advance O'Zone stores.
ironpony
Professional Pot-Stirrer
For heavy duty cable with a terminal at both ends I've found over the years that any of them can supply the stuff, or if ya come back in awhile, provide you with a finished cable.
Betcha find that the case with most of 'em.
That may well be, IP. But as someone who spent most of his trucking career off the beaten path, with little access to normal truck part facilities, I longer ago learned that the NAPA 'truck' stores have far more qualified employees than all but a very few of the auto-only stores. They seem to have most of the old school parts guys still left in that business.
And even something as simple as having a cable made up is much more pain-free when you're not dealing with the clueless.
ironpony
Professional Pot-Stirrer
Duck
Sarcastic remark goes here
You might've been but Blood was talking about the little connector for hooking up just the 12 GA ECM wires.We're talking about wire and terminal lugs.
Duck
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We didn't have ring terminals so I just stripped off about 2" and wrapped them around the studs and put washers over them.
I didn't like doing that and suggested we just limp it to my house where I can put ring terminals on. But it would've been a 40 mile detour for him.
I didn't want to post that pic til after he fixed it right,...
I didn't like doing that and suggested we just limp it to my house where I can put ring terminals on. But it would've been a 40 mile detour for him.
I didn't want to post that pic til after he fixed it right,...
mndriver
curmudgeon extraordinare
those connectors are all available at your local GM dealer.
The problem even with them, they are doing the same thing. Without a vehicle VIN, the skilled parts person is useless. The bean counters are removing the inventory and unless you have the part number of exactly what you wacnt, you won't be getting it without a VIN they can look it up under on the original build sheet that's in the manufacturer's mainframe.
I've always had to go find a truck with the item I wanted and then take THAT VIN to the parts guy and tell them what I want and then get the parts call outs.
Freightliner actually has worked with me to add the build sheets for the boost and pyrometer gauges, to include all factory wiring as well as the engine fan switch to my VIN number BOM from the factory. That way I can get the parts or whomever buys it after me used can get the same parts I added.
The problem even with them, they are doing the same thing. Without a vehicle VIN, the skilled parts person is useless. The bean counters are removing the inventory and unless you have the part number of exactly what you wacnt, you won't be getting it without a VIN they can look it up under on the original build sheet that's in the manufacturer's mainframe.
I've always had to go find a truck with the item I wanted and then take THAT VIN to the parts guy and tell them what I want and then get the parts call outs.
Freightliner actually has worked with me to add the build sheets for the boost and pyrometer gauges, to include all factory wiring as well as the engine fan switch to my VIN number BOM from the factory. That way I can get the parts or whomever buys it after me used can get the same parts I added.
lemme guess it's mrs duck"There's only one woman on earth whom I'll allow to boss me around and it ain't your daughter"....
Didn't seem to go over very well with Sarah's dad a few minutes ago.
He was trying to use his status as a beta male to justify being STUPID and resulting in me having to drive Sarah to Bolingbrook for her daughter's high school graduation instead of meeting him & his looney tunes wife at the McDonald's off I-57 in Manteno where they normally get off onto 2 lane roads when they come up here.
The excuse?
Looney Tunes had her luggage in the back seat and didn't want to put it in the trunk to make room for Sarah because "there might be spiders in there"
And he's too much of a chicken to challenge this logic.
BTW the kid can only have 4 guests... She has two parents and two grandparents. So I'll either be roasting in the car in the parking lot or bored at a nearby restaurant or something.
Rigjockey
In Gord we trust!
I would expect nothing less of you @DuckBolingbrook High School... So-called "adults", parents of graduating kids, having a honking contest trying to get into this clustermuck of a parking lot. SMH.
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They should've just did what I did.and drive through the grass.
Duck
Sarcastic remark goes here
My old friend Matt's dog.
Matt's wife is Filipino. She grew up in the Philippines eating dog meat.
Matt just noticed the dog is getting fat. I said "yeah, your wife is going to eat him".
BAM, just like that, he's on the garage floor choking on beer and laughing at the same time. Beer foam was coming out his nose.
I didn't think it was THAT funny.... Then I turned around and there's these two old wrinkly asian people standing behind me. It was her parents, they'd stopped by to visit their grandkids.
Oops.
But then her mom squatted down next to the dog and in nearly incomprehensible English, started pointing out what parts of the dog make the best meat and her dad held his fingers up to his mouth said "Rottweiler - good meat".
I thought I was going to have to call an ambulance for Matt.
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