Super cool, it's finally happening! I remember chatting with you about the Braptor over a year ago on the Wrangler board. About the time I bailed on Bronco because of the BS and ordered this:
The problem with grease and petroleum jelly is that neither counteracts or neutralizes the acid. Most of the battery terminal sprays do neutralize the acid so does a better job of protecting the connection. Noco is good stuff, but make sure you use the spray as well as the felt pads.Terminal grease :
Petroleum jelly is almost as good, and more likely that you have some hanging around
WD
The āterminal greaseā in my photo is an old tin of noco
Just check the specs - a well designed unit will keep the āmaintenanceā voltage below gassing voltage.
I know that you've been dealing with medical issues, Tob, that just plain sucks. My Mother used to regularly say,
Friggin' HILARIOUS!
I am SO envious, Dave, especially now because just this week, the temperature and humidity down here have gone through the roof. It was 83 at 0800 today with the high forecast at 96.
Same here, Mark although our bigger problem is gophers. I trap those regularly and have given up on the moles/voles, I just kick the little pile and move on. Gophers OTOH, will not only eat the roots of your turf but, in our sandy environment, their previously-used tunnels collapse and you wind up with trenches. Geeze, I hate those bastids. <smile>
Thanks for the tip, Tob, I have never tried those but I'm gonna get a few.
Ditto, thanks, Greg.
Geeze, Charlie, WhyTF didn't *I* think to try Noalox, I use it ALL THE TIME in this "Rust Belt!" Big DUH.
You sure know your stuff, WD..impressive! <smile>
Your mom was on the money indeed!
Wow! Had no idea. Wishing you all the best and further recovery!Your mom was on the money indeed!
Of all the surgeries I've had I thought open heart for an aortic aneurysm at Cleveland Clinic was the most difficult to survive. Well, last November I went in for a discectomy in my lower back and they tore a nerve during the procedure. Surgeon sewed it up but a week later I lost all my cerebral spinal fluid as the stitches in the nerve tore open again. A week later, on Thanksgiving, I went back into surgery. Because of the nerve issue I lost the use of my left leg. I've had some painful shit done to me but this was next level.
You'd think that if a nerve was out of the picture then shit wouldn't hurt, right? I'm here to tell you it hurts way f***ing worse. All numb from my left buttock, left nut, hamstring, thigh, calf, ankle, foot, toes...nothing. I was in bed on pain meds for a few weeks, lost weight and got very weak. I then started with a walker, trying to drag my leg and force it to work. After a few weeks of that I used a cane for a while. I looked like I had CP. Two months with a cane before I could hobble without it. I can put on a show and walk now but I have no feeling in my feet and the numbness everywhere else has decreased but is still there. I've done all the therapy including red light and a TENS unit zapping me all the time. My fingers are crossed that by next November I have most of it working again. The discectomy was a success but opened the door for a new issue.
The one thing I've learned is that when something happens to you, don't screw around. Get it fixed as best you can because there is always another issue waiting for you right around the corner. If you let shit go it compounds and things get complicated, quickly. So thank God I don't have to pick up my leg and work a clutch in order to drive my GT500...
I deal with back pain everyday from degenerative disc disease and spinal stenosis but am still fairly mobile once I get loosened up in the am. It's because of the issues you just stated from your discectomy that I am very hesitant to have any surgery done on my back. I also have heart stents and CHF along with type 2 diabetes and severe sleep apnea so not sure how well I would tolerate recovery from back surgery with no complications. I am 1.5 inches shorter now than I was in my 20s, was 5 foot 10 " now 5 foot 8.5" at 68.Your mom was on the money indeed!
Of all the surgeries I've had I thought open heart for an aortic aneurysm at Cleveland Clinic was the most difficult to survive. Well, last November I went in for a discectomy in my lower back and they tore a nerve during the procedure. Surgeon sewed it up but a week later I lost all my cerebral spinal fluid as the stitches in the nerve tore open again. A week later, on Thanksgiving, I went back into surgery. Because of the nerve issue I lost the use of my left leg. I've had some painful shit done to me but this was next level.
You'd think that if a nerve was out of the picture then shit wouldn't hurt, right? I'm here to tell you it hurts way f***ing worse. All numb from my left buttock, left nut, hamstring, thigh, calf, ankle, foot, toes...nothing. I was in bed on pain meds for a few weeks, lost weight and got very weak. I then started with a walker, trying to drag my leg and force it to work. After a few weeks of that I used a cane for a while. I looked like I had CP. Two months with a cane before I could hobble without it. I can put on a show and walk now but I have no feeling in my feet and the numbness everywhere else has decreased but is still there. I've done all the therapy including red light and a TENS unit zapping me all the time. My fingers are crossed that by next November I have most of it working again. The discectomy was a success but opened the door for a new issue.
The one thing I've learned is that when something happens to you, don't screw around. Get it fixed as best you can because there is always another issue waiting for you right around the corner. If you let shit go it compounds and things get complicated, quickly. So thank God I don't have to pick up my leg and work a clutch in order to drive my GT500...
Christ, Tob, no wonder you haven't been here as much and I am SO sorry you were dealt that deck (and, that goes for your situation as well, Mike (@Buldawg76.))
Allow me to say that the mere thought of having that particular operation scared the bejesus out of me and I can't even imagine what must have been going through your mind that morning when they started you on the anaesthesia drip. That's the stuff of nightmares BUT, thanks to a skilled surgeon(s) and his/their team, you're still with us and that's a wonderful thing!
Lord have mercy, that's quite a list, Mike, and my heart goes out to ya. Hell as kids, none of us thought about the future and how some of the crazy (and stupid,) things we did would affect us down the road. I guess that's just how it goes but I am so glad that you are able to deal with the aftereffects.
When it comes to "reviews," Tob, it doesn't get ANY better than that.
Most happy that you don't have to live on narcotics, BD and roger on thinking we'd never see forty. We males can be mighty stupid, can't we? <grin>
