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parts hunting at -30

Posted: January 2, 2009, 11:19 pm
by ICEMAN6166
been in the deep freeze all week, -30.
today i had a visit from Jonathan , he bought that red 460 crew cab down in the lower 48 during the summer.
he needed a pedal assembly and some other parts that were in the shop. him and his brother made pretty quick work getting the pedals and bracket off @ -30. but then he is from Fairbanks, its in the -40 to -50 range there right now.

later on right after my wife got home i went to leave in her 66, got out in the road and the accel cable broke. idled back into my yard and rigged up a temporary fix, engine was warm so it gave off some heat but i set 2 wrenches on the inner fender and when i was getting ready to close the hood i picked them up with my bare hand and they stuck to it.
very happy it broke at home, not with my wife on the road in this weather.

Posted: January 2, 2009, 11:27 pm
by slick4x4
never have seen it quite that cold here (Kansas)

did start the 4x4 up once when it was about 10' below
the oil so thick in tranny & transfer case, motor would die if
the clutch was let out , in neutral

what # weight of oil do you run in that kind of temp , Ice ?
for motor ? for tranny ?

Posted: January 3, 2009, 12:20 am
by DocDave
Hey Ice
It's -43 in Fort Providence NWT today, and that's the high for today!
If you had told me 2 months ago I would be living in a place that was that cold, I would have shot you (or myself). Now that I'm here it's not so bad, you just find reasons to stay inside! :lol:

Guess I better change that tag line

Posted: January 3, 2009, 6:20 am
by Ford4jack
coldwithsnow.gif Dang y'all it sounds like you would have to get in the freezer to warm up.

Don't mind a little cool weather but every year I agree a little bit more with what a buddy from Mississippi says.

I'm not comfortable unless I'm sweating. :wink:

Posted: January 3, 2009, 9:52 am
by deviant1
I have been outside cleaning the garage out for last few days in a T-shirt here in Alabama. But come summer here, I wish that I was having that cold weather you are having right now ICEMAN.

Posted: January 3, 2009, 4:08 pm
by Slick Fan
Ford4jack wrote: I'm not comfortable unless I'm sweating. :wink:
That's my motto, too. :lol:
If I had to deal with Iceman's weather, there definitely no way in hell I'd be venturing out to work on trucks. I'd leave 'em dead until spring. :P
I don't even work on my crap in the winter here when it's 35º or less. I know, I'm a wimp. oops.gif

Posted: January 3, 2009, 5:25 pm
by Alan Mclennan
Slick,you and me both, the only cold thing I like is Beer!

Posted: January 4, 2009, 10:44 am
by therealjoeshmoe
it was 80 degrees here yesterday :dancing:

Posted: January 4, 2009, 2:17 pm
by Hoofbeat Racer
LOL Brian, we have been in a bit of a cold snap here too. Been -38 in the mornings for the past week going to work. Finally starting to break though, today its up to -5 F, that's quite and improvement. Chinook starting to blow in, prolly a ton of snow coming this week then.

Posted: January 4, 2009, 3:54 pm
by DCarr
Ice, do you still have to use those stick on plastic portholes so you can see out the windows at -30? :lol:

Posted: January 4, 2009, 4:10 pm
by 65f100_Thug
Night before last my 11 year old son said "Dad can we turn on the air conditioner?" see-saw.gif thats what makes it kinda tough here in Arkansas it will be 80 degrees one day and 30 the next.

Posted: January 5, 2009, 12:22 am
by Slick Fan
Well, today I had to go out & brave the frozen tundra. My Daughter needed show tires on her 'Stang in a bad way. I figured I'd bite the bullet & bolt on some new snow shoes mounted on Bullitt rims. :lol:

Looks nice-n-sunny, but the temp never got above 20º all day. It was -7º when I got up this morning. coldwithsnow.gif

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Posted: January 5, 2009, 12:39 pm
by Truckfarmer2
I don't care what the temperature, the cat on the Mustang hood would be the feature that evening at the chinese buffet!

Posted: January 5, 2009, 1:51 pm
by ICEMAN6166

Posted: January 5, 2009, 2:09 pm
by DCarr
I kind of miss hearing the snow sqeak as you walk on it because it's so dry & cold. I also saw an earthmover tire explode when it fell off of a flatbed at 65 below. :)

Posted: January 5, 2009, 2:22 pm
by Johnny Canuck
Ice sounds like the last 2 weeks around here, minus the battery blanket, circulaton pump and ice fog.

Posted: January 5, 2009, 3:16 pm
by ICEMAN6166
a nice little wind came during the night, brought us from the -35 range to -14 right now.
found out the record high for yesterday in anchorage was 47 in 1960, the day i was born.

Posted: January 5, 2009, 4:14 pm
by BigTim
Nice GT and the Bullets look great, now that freakin cat would be one life closer to 9 right now.

Posted: January 5, 2009, 4:19 pm
by Slick Fan
:lol:
He's my little buddy, I can't go anywhere witout him following me around. I did take him off just after I snapped that pic & put him in the house, to keep him from underfoot.

Posted: January 5, 2009, 4:21 pm
by BigTim
I got buddies too, but they don't jump on my cars, only lick the bugs and road kill out from under them. :shock: