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[nnuut]

Looks like the End of the Month RALLY is still alive, while many of us are shackled to the Lilly Pad by our friends at TSP!! Oh well, bring it on I can take it!!

 

[nnuut]

Looks like a good start by the FED, BUT it seems that if you are not over 60 days deliquent on your mortgage payments you don't qualify for help? This will encourage homeowners that are responsibele and have kept up their payments (on their under valued property)to stop paying Home Mortgage payments to qualify, not good for your credit rating I'd say!:nuts:

WASHINGTON (AP) -- With foreclosures spiking, the Federal Reserve is taking steps to try to keep some distressed borrowers in their homes.

Under the program, the Fed has a number of options to provide relief, including lowering the amount the homeowner owes on the mortgage, reducing the interest rate or lengthening the term of the loan.
It's unclear how many homeowners would benefit. However, the relief plan would apply to the billions of dollars of mortgage assets the Fed is holding on its books because of last year's bailouts of Bear Stearns and insurer American International Group.
In general, a borrower must be at least 60 days delinquent to qualify for help, although the Fed has leeway to make some exceptions. A 2008 law that set up the $700 billion bailout fund instructed the Fed to take such foreclosure relief action.
"The goal of the policy is to avoid preventable foreclosures on residential mortgage assets that are held, owned or controlled by a Federal Reserve Bank," Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke wrote in a letter Tuesday to Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., chairman of the House Financial Services Committee.
Bernanke has repeatedly urged Congress and -- more recently -- the administration of President Barack Obama to ramp up efforts to curb home foreclosures, which are aggravating the economy's problems. The new administration is examining ways to stem foreclosures.
Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, welcomed the Fed's program and called it "an important advance." [more]
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Fed-moves-to-help-distressed-apf-14179632.html

 

[Gumby]

Looks like a good start by the FED, BUT it seems that if you are not over 60 days deliquent on your mortgage payments you don't qualify for help? This will encourage homeowners that are responsibele and have kept up their payments (on their under valued property)to stop paying Home Mortgage payments to qualify, not good for your credit rating I'd say!:nuts:

WASHINGTON (AP) -- With foreclosures spiking, the Federal Reserve is taking steps to try to keep some distressed borrowers in their homes.

Under the program, the Fed has a number of options to provide relief, including lowering the amount the homeowner owes on the mortgage, reducing the interest rate or lengthening the term of the loan.
It's unclear how many homeowners would benefit. However, the relief plan would apply to the billions of dollars of mortgage assets the Fed is holding on its books because of last year's bailouts of Bear Stearns and insurer American International Group.
In general, a borrower must be at least 60 days delinquent to qualify for help, although the Fed has leeway to make some exceptions. A 2008 law that set up the $700 billion bailout fund instructed the Fed to take such foreclosure relief action.
"The goal of the policy is to avoid preventable foreclosures on residential mortgage assets that are held, owned or controlled by a Federal Reserve Bank," Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke wrote in a letter Tuesday to Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., chairman of the House Financial Services Committee.
Bernanke has repeatedly urged Congress and -- more recently -- the administration of President Barack Obama to ramp up efforts to curb home foreclosures, which are aggravating the economy's problems. The new administration is examining ways to stem foreclosures.
Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, welcomed the Fed's program and called it "an important advance." [more]
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Fed-moves-to-help-distressed-apf-14179632.html

Looks like another attempt by the government to prop up asset values instead of letting the assets fall back to market price. Only the people that can't afford it are eligible.

 

[nnuut]

Yes if you're responsible and productive you don't need any help!!:nuts:

 

[budnipper1]

Yes if you're responsible and productive you don't need any help!!:nuts: View attachment 5547

Speaking of being "responsible and productive", expect the IRS 1040 form to be updated soon.
Check out line 6a, 6b, and 6c of this sample form.
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[Birchtree]

Oh, he's so funny.

 

[kar_crazy]

wts up Norm , picking up heads today , no cracks, hope to get a little done this weekend , but i am sure the barn is cold ,not looking forward to these headaches, get this out of way and hope to get back on hobby hot rod

 

[nnuut]

Speaking of being "responsible and productive", expect the IRS 1040 form to be updated soon.
Check out line 6a, 6b, and 6c of this sample form.
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View attachment 5549

Par for the course, I knew it was coming!!:laugh:

 

[nnuut]

wts up Norm , picking up heads today , no cracks, hope to get a little done this weekend , but i am sure the barn is cold ,not looking forward to these headaches, get this out of way and hope to get back on hobby hot rod

I would really hate working on a car in the cold weather, I surely would hit my finger or something. Doesn't the temperature effect Torque requirements. Did you check out the torque requirements on those heads? They don't give you torque in foot pounds, they give you degrees! Don't even need a torque wrench. I had to buy new head bolts on this one!! Short bolts 55 degrees, long bolts 65 degrees I think, I hate that!!:nuts:

 

[nnuut]

I'm still 98% "C" and 1% "C" and "S", guess I'm just chicken, or squirrel?:embarrest:

 

[kar_crazy]

I would really hate working on a car in the cold weather, I surely would hit my finger or something. Doesn't the temperature effect Torque requirements. Did you check out the torque requirements on those heads? They don't give you torque in foot pounds, they give you degrees! Don't even need a torque wrench. I had to buy new head bolts on this one!! Short bolts 55 degrees, long bolts 65 degrees I think, I hate that!!:nuts:

(degrees), this is new to me , dang it, am i going to have to buy some other kind of new wrench, my brother bought a book ( chilton) or something similer but i have not read up on specs at this time, and oh yeah wrench's always slip and hurt a whole lot more in this cold

 

[kar_crazy]

I'm still 98% "C" and 1% "C" and "S", guess I'm just chicken, or squirrel?:embarrest: View attachment 5579

98c or G

 

[budnipper1]

Par for the course, I knew it was coming!!:laugh:

At least, they can't take my other exemptions away...
I didn't have any to take! :nuts:
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[budnipper1]

(degrees), this is new to me , dang it, am i going to have to buy some other kind of new wrench, my brother bought a book ( chilton) or something similer but i have not read up on specs at this time, and oh yeah wrench's always slip and hurt a whole lot more in this cold

nnuut probably meant foot/pounds.
He's a shade-tree like me. Just turn it as far as you can, and then another half a turn.:nuts:
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[kar_crazy]

nnuut probably meant foot/pounds.
He's a shade-tree like me. Just turn it as far as you can, and then another half a turn.:nuts:
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works for me D) i hope , once it crosses cattle guard its warranty is over, lol

 

[nnuut]

(degrees), this is new to me , dang it, am i going to have to buy some other kind of new wrench, my brother bought a book ( chilton) or something similer but i have not read up on specs at this time, and oh yeah wrench's always slip and hurt a whole lot more in this cold

My Chiltons said you had to use degrees, not too hard to do, they give instructions in the book I think? Start, torque them in sequence to 20 Foot Lbs then tighten to the required degrees. I'll see if I can find a link!

 

[nnuut]

nnuut probably meant foot/pounds.
He's a shade-tree like me. Just turn it as far as you can, and then another half a turn.:nuts:
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You can say that again, and I don't even have a tree!!:laugh: Tight is right!:cheesy:

 

[nnuut]

98c or G

Good catch that should be 98% GOOD Fund!! Boy am I glad it's GOOD Friday, every Friday is Good Friday!!:laugh:

 

[budnipper1]

You can say that again, and I don't even have a tree!!:laugh: Tight is right!:cheesy:

Of course, I was just being a smarta$$ AGAIN, but I learned the hard way about torque. A know-it-all so-called mechanic once told me that when I was rebuilding a VW motor. Afterwards, the bolts stripped out of the (aluminum)head after about 1,000 miles. Had to tear it back down and use new oversized, self-tapping bolts to make the heads stay on. Got rid of it soon after...:laugh:
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[nnuut]

My Chiltons said you had to use degrees, not too hard to do, they give instructions in the book I think? Start, torque them in sequence to 20 Foot Lbs then tighten to the required degrees. I'll see if I can find a link!

How about this? I can't see the photoes here at work, if you cant follow the link.
This is for a 1997 4.3 V-TEC, Check the Chiltons manual.
http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/t892880.html
VISUALLY CHECK AND FEEL TO MAKE SURE THERE IS NOTHING INSIDE THE CYLINDERS.


New gaskets!!!

Place the new head gasket on the block using the alignment dowel pins for positioning.


Left gasket and head installed. Right side gasket in place.

When placing the head back on the gasket, set it straight down, and do not slide it around on the gasket or you could cause damage. You’ll feel the head meet up with the alignment dowels.

Follow the steps in the Haynes manual to torque the head bolts down. First, put them in finger tight, then there are multiple torque steps in the specified pattern. For the 97’s the last step is to rotate the bolt a given angular rotation based on the size of the bolt (55 degrees for short bolts, 65 for medium bolts, and 75 degrees for the long bolts). See the picture below. A good trick is to draw the angle out on a piece of cardboard. Simple trig will give you the lengths of the right-triangle’s legs. Tan(a) = opposite/adjacent where a = the angle you need. Place the cardboard so that one leg is along the wrench handle, and the vertex of the angle is as close as possible to the bolt and socket. Rotate the wrench until the wrench handle lines up with the hypotenuse of the triangle. You’ll have to go in order of the pattern, and keep track of which length each bolt is so that you use the correct angular rotation.


Angular rotation for final torque spec for head bolts (65 degree angle shown). You'll need to construct three triangles - one for each angle of 55, 65, and 75 degrees.