That's why they now sell eggs in packages of 6 as well as by the dozen.
Just for me! Doesn't get any better.
Posts by openair
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It does say "Lifetime Warranty".
At my age, even a bag of ice from the gas station has a lifetime warranty.
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Custer had it coming.
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Finally got a chance to take it out on a WINDY day. Met two semis in a crosswind. Hood didn't move a bit.
SO . . . until it goes flying off on its own, I'm going to think that my problem was that the latch didn't fully close. I had it up before the ride, to replace the clutch fluid (the old stuff was a nasty dark brown), and made sure that I pulled UP on the latch after closing the hood. -
Watch the video. Watch the tach. Listen to that SOUND. Red line??? Red line on a Honda tach means nothing. Red lines are for pussys.
WIND THAT SUMBITCH UP!!!!
You should hear a 350 4 in person at least once before you die. You should see the insides of that engine. Like a tiny jewel box full of the most beautiful jewels you will ever see. You want to stand with a valve clutched in your hand, your eyes closed, and just feel the life in that little piece of metal!
Yes, the engine “burbles” at idle. It is at IDLE. That thing wants to RUN.
Watch the video. Read the article. Watch the video again. Weep for things past and things lost. Then, go listen to a Tesla and puke.
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@openair Yes but if the hood departs the Slingshot it will be easier for people to admire your engine bay. Most people that see my Sling expects it has a go cart engine under there.
I'll just tell them it's an Ariel Atom. Or, that I built it in my garage.
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I have come to the conclusion that the latch lever was not coming clear up after closing the hood. After numerous opening and closings in the garage, I noticed that after closing the hood, I could reach down and pull the release lever UP just a bit, leaving the latches prone to open under the air pressure of meeting a semi in a strong cross wind.
Haven't had a chance to "road test" it, but I have high hopes of having solved it. Of course, should the hood go sailing over my head someday, I'll be stuck with the thought that, "Well, I guess that theory is shot to hell."
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Used to have hood pins on all the HPT RODS years ago.
Where did you get yours?
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Even after the front popped, the back stayed latched, until, of course, it didn't!
Yes, I always checked the back ones by pushing down, then lifting at the corner.
I still think it was not lifting the latch lever up after closing, but I wanted other possible causes. Thanks.
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Went for a ride to local cemeteries today to put out flowers. Had stiff wind from the east, we wnet north and then back south. The hood popped up FOUR TIMES!! The first two, only the front popped up, but the last two times, the whole thing came up. Luckily, the design kept it from folding back like a car hood would, but, DAMN, not something you want to see happening. All four happened went we met semi trucks and we all know what a 20 to 30 mph crosswind feels like.
Maybe I figured out what the problem is/was, but I wanted to ask, some folks with more experience than I have.
When we got home, I checked under the hodd. I put white grease lube on the latch mechanisms and the exposed release cables. I even looked for a way to tie the hood down but still be able to open it, even it would take longer. I did see that a strap could be run underneath and hooked to the hood mechanism, but it would take a little back yard engineering.
THEN . . hopefully, I figured it out. Openng and closing the hood a few times, I noticed that it didn't always fully latch by just dropping it closed. I could still once in awhile lift the front and get it to unlatch. NOT GOOD. Then I noticed that the release lever didn't always go clear to the top. If I purposely pulled it up, the hood seemed to latch OK. Otherwise, it could be unlatched.
So, has anyone else had the same experience? Have I just been lucky until today? Is there something else I'm missing?
I sure hope just making sure that having the release lever ALL THE WAY UP is the answer. I sure don't want to see the hood go over my head on the next windy day.
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If it moves and you don't want it to move, DUCT TAPE.
If it doesn't move and you want it to, WD-40.
Teach that to your grand kids. Leave them a legacy that they will use all their lives.
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BLUE CROSS/BLUE BALL
A wealthy hospital benefactor was being shown around the hospital.
During her tour, she passed a room where a male patient was
masturbating furiously.
"Oh my GOD!" screamed the woman. "That's disgraceful! Why is he doing
that?"
The doctor who was leading the tour calmly explained.
"I'm very sorry that you were exposed to that, but this man has a
serious condition where his testicles rapidly fill with semen, and if
he doesn't do that at least five times a day, he'll be in extreme pain
and his testicles could easily rupture."
"Oh, well in that case, I guess it's okay," said the woman...
As they passed by the next room, they saw a male patient lying in bed
while a nurse performed oral sex on him.
Again, the woman screamed, "Oh my GOD! How can THAT be justified?"
Again the doctor spoke very calmly:
Same disease, better health plan.” -
“Everything happens for a reason. Sometimes the reason is you're stupid and make bad decisions.” - Marion G. Harmon
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My son's girlfriends friend has one of those Cricut decal makers.
I had told him about being in a gas station, and the inside clerk asked me what pump I was at and when I told him the number, he said, "Oh, where the Martian Rover is."
It just became a family nickname for my SlingSlot.
The other day, I got an envelope with this decal in it. The "joke" and the name lives on.
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In our local paper last week, there was an ad for somebody going to give a speech about his near death experience. Note the use of "WEATHER". The copy writer is from the new school of not knowing the difference between weather, whether, they're,their, there, break, brake.
The dumbing down of America is almost complete.
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First used 200,000 to 300,000 years ago. With the fur/hair left on. Not freezing was far more important than enticing the cutie you shared a cave with.
