Tonyrodz's Tahoe Build Thread

[Tonyrodz]

We miss our girl every day.

 

[Just Fishing]

Loss of pet, amazing how much it hurts.

I lost this little guy 2 years ago, and i still find myself tearing up.


Best cat I have ever had.
I knew it would hurt, but oh baby was I attached to this little guy.

 

[Tonyrodz]

Loss of pet, amazing how much it hurts.

I lost this little guy 2 years ago, and i still find myself tearing up.
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Best cat I have ever had.
I knew it would hurt, but oh baby was I attached to this little guy.

How old was he?

 

[Just Fishing]

How old was he?

15
And he had a condition that caused him to slowly waste away.
That picture was taken when he was about 10.

His little sister had just passed away about a year before that picture.
She was really bad, blood coming out of her mouth due to a gland issue that's linked to the condition.

This is the day we picked both of them up,


The little striped girl in the image, she would announce her arrival as she entered the room.
Looking straight up, and "Meeeeoooow!" while shaking her head around so everyone knew she arrived.

The black one, he was very much my cat.
Both very talkative and would respond to you talking back.
Weird cats.



RIP little guys.

 

[Tonyrodz]

15
And he had a condition that caused him to slowly waste away.
That picture was taken when he was about 10.

His little sister had just passed away about a year before that picture.
She was really bad, blood coming out of her mouth due to a gland issue that's linked to the condition.

This is the day we picked both of them up,
View attachment 368893

The little striped girl in the image, she would announce her arrival as she entered the room.
Looking straight up, and "Meeeeoooow!" while shaking her head around so everyone knew she arrived.

The black one, he was very much my cat.
Both very talkative and would respond to you talking back.
Weird cats.

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RIP little guys.

I'm sorry to hear about your little buddies. I don't know which is worse--watching them slowly waste away, or just losing them suddenly. Well, I guess if they were slowly going, you could just love and spoil them, make their last days as comfortable as possible. Either way sux.

 

[Just Fishing]

I'm sorry to hear about your little buddies. I don't know which is worse--watching them slowly waste away, or just losing them suddenly. Well, I guess if they were slowly going, you could just love and spoil them, make their last days as comfortable as possible. Either way sux.

With the little girl, that was sudden.
we had one day to say goodbye.
It was hard o n the wife, that cat liked to sleep on her head.

Doc gave her some pain meds, and she was on top of the world for that last day for us to say goodbye to her.
Later I found out that the meds she gave her was what was supposed to be given to her before the "shot".
for the "shot" I watched her cringe in pain....


I was not pleased with the doc, I pretty much ran out of there.


The black one, yeah I knew it was coming.
and watched him get really bad a few months before this.
It was pure selfishness that I didn't have him put to sleep before that.

But it gave me time to prepare for it.
I don't think it helped much.

I didn't do what I needed to do it until he was knocking at deaths door, he was in massive pain that last day.

Knowing now how this works, I told them about last time.

I had the doc give him lots of meds...
I told the doc that I don't plan on going out "sober" that cat isn't either.

Little guy pretty much looked up at me, purrd and then laid down.

For the "shot", yeah I made the wife hang out with him.
I did her cat, she gets to do mine.
That's the deal.
I get pretty attached to furballs, but I always get their "big personality" to come out.

We do this thing with them, holding their tail like its their hand since kittens.
Always has a calming effect on them, so I had her hold his tail until he passed.

Me: drove home doing my best to see.

Anyways...
Two years, and i'm still a ***** about it.

I have a paw print of my cat, I still can't even look at it.
You can see how frail he was in the print.

anyways, I think that's enough of hijacking your pain with my own.

 

[Tonyrodz]

With the little girl, that was sudden.
we had one day to say goodbye.
It was hard o n the wife, that cat liked to sleep on her head.

Doc gave her some pain meds, and she was on top of the world for that last day for us to say goodbye to her.
Later I found out that the meds she gave her was what was supposed to be given to her before the "shot".
for the "shot" I watched her cringe in pain....


I was not pleased with the doc, I pretty much ran out of there.


The black one, yeah I knew it was coming.
and watched him get really bad a few months before this.
It was pure selfishness that I didn't have him put to sleep before that.

But it gave me time to prepare for it.
I don't think it helped much.

I didn't do what I needed to do it until he was knocking at deaths door, he was in massive pain that last day.

Knowing now how this works, I told them about last time.

I had the doc give him lots of meds...
I told the doc that I don't plan on going out "sober" that cat isn't either.

Little guy pretty much looked up at me, purrd and then laid down.

For the "shot", yeah I made the wife hang out with him.
I did her cat, she gets to do mine.
That's the deal.
I get pretty attached to furballs, but I always get their "big personality" to come out.

We do this thing with them, holding their tail like its their hand since kittens.
Always has a calming effect on them, so I had her hold his tail until he passed.

Me: drove home doing my best to see.

Anyways...
Two years, and i'm still a ***** about it.

I have a paw print of my cat, I still can't even look at it.
You can see how frail he was in the print.

anyways, I think that's enough of hijacking your pain with my own.

Damn that sux. I'm amazed how much these little guys work their way into our hearts. Feel free to post about your little furballs all you want.

 

[Matthew Jeschke]

Sorry about your dog dang that sucks! Your truck then your dog, that's rough.

I completely forgot about the fuel trims issue. Truck has been sitting since the whole rearend issue. I don't think my 03 has the egr on it.

My junk yard rear end was under $300. Was really easy to swap too, just a PITA to get from junk yard to my house. Luckily a friend borrowed me his truck. The 10 bolts are all over the place for sale. Can even find them on craigslist. I wish I had spent a few extra $$ and got a 14 bolt semi float. I think they made some with mounts for springs instead of the truck leaf springs and the bolt wheel hubs.

It was SUPER easy to swap too. I didn't even have to get under the truck except to unbolt the brake line before disconnecting suspension. Guy at junkyard showed me how to do it the easy way haha.

If you get a used one, grab a dial indicator and check gear lash, should be good, but worth checking before you throw it on. I have the specs somewhere.

 

[Tonyrodz]

Sorry about your dog dang that sucks! Your truck then your dog, that's rough.



My junk yard rear end was under $300. Was really easy to swap too, just a PITA to get from junk yard to my house. Luckily a friend borrowed me his truck. The 10 bolts are all over the place for sale. Can even find them on craigslist. I wish I had spent a few extra $$ and got a 14 bolt semi float. I think they made some with mounts for springs instead of the truck leaf springs and the bolt wheel hubs.

It was SUPER easy to swap too. I didn't even have to get under the truck except to unbolt the brake line before disconnecting suspension. Guy at junkyard showed me how to do it the easy way haha.

If you get a used one, grab a dial indicator and check gear lash, should be good, but worth checking before you throw it on. I have the specs somewhere.

Luckily you're in the dry desert air--salt city here.

 

[Tonyrodz]

The 2nd muffler came today. @iamdub do you have a pic of your dual muffler setup all welded up? I already know I'm gonna need to show the pic to whomever is gonna weld it up.