Shop Talk

[other dog]

Speaking of Tonka trucks, there's a place not far from here where there's dozens of Tonka trucks sitting on some shelves, outside, in a yard. I don't know a thing about them as to who's they are, why they're there, or anything else just saw them sitting there. I took a drive-by picture but I'm pretty sure I deleted it. 

However, I did find them on street view.

[Joey Mack]

Well, I got it together, I made a couple scratches.  So I sprayed some of the yellow Krylon paint in the cap to do touch-ups with a brush.  This paint is so crappy. I sprayed 6 coats and it ran like water. Sure enough the paint was so watered down, when I dipped the brush it just dripped off and did not even stick to the brush.. 

[mowerman]

Dynamite babba

[mowerman]

Well I see sitting in the house last 4 months,,,, didn’t do my ambition any favors I’m supposed to be outside all I wanna do is watch TV

[Joey Mack]

after I assembled the Tonka Toy, I put new injectors in my 97 Tacoma 4x4...  Trying to find a hose, and gasket, and I broke a plastic vacuum thingy on the power steering system... 

[mowerman]

Well that sucks 

[Joey Mack]

Yep. It is a vacuum valve on the power steering. I guess it raises the idle when steering, i assume sitting still, so that the engine doesnt stall. I may be able to insert a new nipple and fix it.  A new valve costs over $200.00.. ouch !

[mowerman]

Thanks for that. I was trying to figure out what you were talking about. Good luck with the repair gorilla glue will use it on everything.

[mowerman]

And yes I’m still watching TV ,,,,, oooooh look it’s lunchtime

[Joey Mack]

All good, I will drill the hole out and fit a vacuum nipple in the hole with some glue.  No sweat.  

[mrsmackpaul]

On 3/18/2026 at 6:11 AM, other dog said:

Speaking of Tonka trucks, there's a place not far from here where there's dozens of Tonka trucks sitting on some shelves, outside, in a yard. I don't know a thing about them as to who's they are, why they're there, or anything else just saw them sitting there. I took a drive-by picture but I'm pretty sure I deleted it. 

However, I did find them on street view.

When I was visiting Tim and family in Connticuit there was a place maybe half a dozen houses up the street that had hundreds of tonka type of toys in a tree in the front yard, no idea why they were there,I asked Tim about it and he didn't seem to know either

Good job Joey 

Yellow is always pretty hard to get to cover properly as is red 

Now to get it into the sand pit 

 

Paul

[Joey Mack]

Paul,, Its in my living room next to my Toy Box,,,  I mean Curio Cabinet...  You can see that I have a few toy's in the Box, I mean Curio... 🍻