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Post by centralvalleygter on May 25, 2011 21:21:32 GMT -5
Very much a false idea that heaven is sitting on clouds, playing harps.
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Post by centralvalleygter on May 24, 2011 12:52:23 GMT -5
If this thread has got you thinking about spiritual/eternal things and you want to know more about Biblical Christianity, below is a link to a letter(essay) I wrote several years ago to someone I had talked to about it. While I do not claim to be the authority on this, I have spent a good deal of time investigating the subject. Also, if we could completely understand God and what He does now, then we might get bored in heaven. Not going to happen. www.swrnet.life/BasicChristianity.pdfIn Christ,
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Post by centralvalleygter on May 23, 2011 10:04:36 GMT -5
Note the key word in my extended post above was by 2068. Anything that has to happen before the rapture has happened or could quickly happen.
But, dawgdk is right none of us are guaranteed another breath, so we should be ready all the time. Problem is most people equate going to heaven to "being good" instead of having a relationship with the Lord.
Yes, it is too bad people hurt the credibility of the Bible and Christianity to get personal attention by exploiting the sensationalistic nature of the idea of the "end of time".
In Christ,
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Post by centralvalleygter on May 21, 2011 21:03:46 GMT -5
I am still here so I guess I am not worthy yet so back to working on my car. None of us are ever "worthy", that is why we have to accept God's provision! Regards,
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Post by centralvalleygter on May 21, 2011 18:08:00 GMT -5
I am not a religious man but it would be my thought that if and when the time comes not a one of us will know about it. There will be know warning. You are partially right. I guess I am what some would call religious (though Christianity has religious components - practicing certain rituals and proclaiming/adhering to certain standards - that is not what determines ones eternal destiny, that is an issue of putting trust in God's provision). The word rapture is not actually in our current Bibles, it was in the Latin vulgate for the "great snatch" talked about in the Pauline letters and by Christ himself in the gospels. Not all Christian denominations agree that there will be even such a thing as the rapture, but the dispensationalist view which does include the event seems to have the least amount of issues with respect to the most literal interpretation of the overall Bible. Jesus said no man would know the ¡°day or the hour¡± and did warn against putting any stock in those who did declare such. However, we are told we could know the ¡°season¡± or ¡°generation¡±, if we were discerning - so one does not have to be so quick to dismiss those who suggest a range of time for the occurrence. Some things that indicate ¡°the season or generation¡± include: 1. Increased frequency of wars and natural disasters (a bit vague for time setting, but will be observable) 2. Israel becomes a nation after many years of its being dispersed all over the world and occupies Jerusalem again (can read Bible scholars who wrote books before 1900 declare this had to happen before the rapture could take place or Christ would come back) 3. The world will have to have a way to ¡°buy and sell¡± using numbers rather than physical currency 4. There will be at least plans to rebuild the last Jewish temple in the original location and resume animal sacrifice rituals (previously declared next to impossible due to the ¡°Dome of the Mosque¡± thought to be on the original site. However, some fairly recent archaeological finds indicate that the temple site is actually to one side of the Mosque, which is puts the Mosque in the courtyard. Very interesting since the Bible says in Revelation 11:2 that the last temple will not have the courtyard because ¡°it was given to the Gentiles¡±) There are other indicators, but this post is already getting too long. Note that items 2 & 3 were not possible until recent years. There are three different numbers used for a ¡°generation¡± in the Bible - 40 years, 70 years and 100 years. So, a reasonable thought would be that it could occur by about 2068 (100 years after Israel reoccupied Jerusalem in 1968). However, if Obama gets his way and forces Israel to give up Jerusalem (back to 1967 boarders), it kinda messes up this ¡°guestimation¡± with respect to the time, but not the fact that the event will occur. Warmest Regards in Christ,
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Post by centralvalleygter on May 5, 2011 14:31:01 GMT -5
Alex, the pic comes up on my screen fine! Nice looking GTII. Regards,
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Post by centralvalleygter on May 1, 2011 22:30:05 GMT -5
I copied the following from a previous thread since it was a bit off-topic and I added a picture.I recently had my brake light switch quit working (well actually it made the lights stay on all the time) and apparently the second one has been bad all along. Haven't got a chance to get new ones and wanted to drive the Bradley. I was sitting in my hobby room and noticed an old A/C thermostat (we replaced it with a digital one) and remembered that they often have mercury switches - opened it an sure enough it had two. Since I have LED lights, I'm not drawing much current and so I decided to make a quick module with the mercury switch, a push button switch (so I could engage brake lights by hand in case the ms didn't work) and a LED, so I would know the brake lights were engaging. Took all of 20 minutes to make the module and about five minutes to run wires to it. It is velcroed to my dash, with the ms slightly uphill. Works great! In fact I'm amazed at how well the ms works, it really is sensitive to deceleration, I don't think anyone could tell that the brake lights are not connected to a brake light switch. Below is a picture of the "quickly made" module: This is a temporary fix and I plan to replace the pressure switches on the master cylinder, but it does work quite well so I plan to keep the module as a emergency backup. Sincerely,
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Post by centralvalleygter on May 1, 2011 1:44:10 GMT -5
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Post by centralvalleygter on Apr 27, 2011 10:42:50 GMT -5
I recently had my brake light switch quit working (well actually it made the lights stay on all the time) and apparently the second one has been bad all along. Haven't got a chance to get new ones and wanted to drive the Bradley. I was sitting in my hobby room and noticed an old A/C thermostat (we replaced it with a digital one) and remembered that they often have mercury switches - opened it an sure enough it had two. Since I have LED lights, I'm not drawing much current and so I decided to make a quick module with the mercury switch, a push button switch (so I could engage brake lights by hand in case the ms didn't work) and a LED, so I would know the brake lights were engaging. Took all of 20 minutes to make the module and about five minutes to run wires to it. It is velcroed to my dash, with the ms slightly uphill. Works great! In fact I'm amazed at how well the ms works, it really is sensitive to decelleration, I don't think anyone could tell that the brake lights are not connected to a brake light switch. I added a picture of the module below: This is a temporary fix and I plan to replace the pressure switches on the master cylinder, but it does work quite well so I plan to keep the module as a emergency backup. Sincerely,
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Post by centralvalleygter on Apr 7, 2011 21:20:21 GMT -5
Hello Eric, As you may recall from my previous posts, I am getting back into R/C planes after being out for 10+ years. Major progress in electric flight and computer radios in that time. A good percentage of our club members fly electric (the biggest percentage fly 50+cc gasoline powered models with 6¡¯-8¡¯ wingspans). Planes are much less attention intensive than helos, but still much more difficult than 2D models (cars & boats). The little $100 RTF's (electric with basic radio) can be useful to start acquiring the basic skills, but they are very susceptible to wind. I have flown one of these that my brother got for his daughters, very fun in calm weather. My own experience has found that .25cc size planes (48¡±-50¡± wingspans) are the minimum which can handle reasonable wind, which, interestingly enough seems to be the most popular size for electric planes.
I still use the old ¡°dumb terminal¡± radio¡¯s that only have the ability to servo direction reverse. However, my brother has given me an Airtronics Stylus PCM computer radio, which is convertible to 2.4G for about $70, so I may be venturing down the path of programmable radios soon. Just my 2c worth. Warmest,
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Post by centralvalleygter on Apr 1, 2011 16:59:07 GMT -5
My Bachelor’s Degree is in Civil Engineering, my Master’s Degree is in Education Administration. I obviously made the career change out of conviction for a need and in response to a calling as opposed to temporal benefits. I am currently the Administrative Assistant/High School principal at a small Christian School (I also teach AP Calculus, Honors Physics and a Bible class).
Been into motorcycles, go-cart racing, computers, model airplanes, tennis, running. oil painting and playing bass & regular guitar (also trumpet). . . and of course working on ACVW based cars.
Have no children, but have hosted international students.
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Post by centralvalleygter on Mar 31, 2011 11:36:03 GMT -5
Just to communicate my experience with electric fuel pumps on ACVW. Both my BAHA and Bradley had/have electric fuel pumps IN PLACE of the MECHANICAL one. My bus has only the stock one. In the 25+ years I had my BAHA I had to replace the pump once. The original was a solid state pump, the second was a traditional motor powered one. Both worked great. I think I originally put in the electrical one when I put on the alternator and the stock fuel pump would no longer fit (I know I could have gotten a later model or other after market mechnical pump, don't know why I didn't, but I had a reason at the time). The one on the BAHA was in the front below the tank and "pushed" the fuel. I currently have a solid state electric fuel pump on the Bradley-mainly because the engine in it is from the BAHA, which doesn't have a mechanical fuel pump.
My point, I have been using an electric fuel pump for years without any problems and at this point prefer them.
Warmest Regards,
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Post by centralvalleygter on Mar 20, 2011 23:23:02 GMT -5
My dream is to someday clean up all the loose ends on my car and drive it to that show, but it won't happen this year! Warmest,
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Post by centralvalleygter on Mar 5, 2011 13:13:25 GMT -5
Yes indeed, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!, your longstanding contribution to the Bradley community is greatly appreciated. Have a great day and great year!
Warmest Regards, Steven Reynolds
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Post by centralvalleygter on Feb 28, 2011 22:00:47 GMT -5
Since I replaced my tail lights with LEDs, I have four of the stock tail lights (the early ones with the steel mounting flange, not the rubber suspended ones), I'll sell the the whole group for $20 plus shipping. Regards....
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Post by centralvalleygter on Feb 27, 2011 18:37:07 GMT -5
I've been running LED rear tail lights for more than a year & I love them. I also have LED clearance lights and turn signals in the front (also on the mirrors). But pay attention to what jspbtown wrote about the electronic flasher. One of the great things about LED's is they draw less current. But that attribute also means that a normal (cheap <$5) thermo flasher will not work because the lights will not draw enought current to make the the flasher bar inside get hot enough to disconnect, so the lights will just stay on. Thus the need for the electronic flasher (about $20). Note that you may have to run a couple of extra wires (at least a seperate ground wire, possibly a seperate + wire) to the electronic flasher. Regards,
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Post by centralvalleygter on Feb 21, 2011 22:50:43 GMT -5
Actually, the butt sag problem is exclusively a twoie problem. The GT 1 will have problems at the front if not supported properly, but the back end doesn't seem to be a problem. Warmest....
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Post by centralvalleygter on Feb 5, 2011 23:36:19 GMT -5
Last weekend one of our club members flew a nearly half-scale cub. There is a link below to a video of the maiden flight that was taken with a camera phone while the cameraman's very young daughter was ready to go home (she is really a trooper, had already been there several hours), so it wobbles a bit and has some extra converstaion. Still cool though. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP7D2lCZK5MWarmest Regards,
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Post by centralvalleygter on Jan 28, 2011 15:32:13 GMT -5
jspbtown comment & syrnrnaguy's last point is important. If you changed flasher bulbs to LED's, you will not draw enough current to make a thermal flasher work. Will have to change to an electronic flasher. They are a bit more expensive (less than $20 though) and require an extra wire, but work great regardless of current draw. Warmest....[/quote]
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Post by centralvalleygter on Jan 21, 2011 18:11:02 GMT -5
I have been to the site with three different antivirus programs (Avg, MS Essentials & Avira) without any warnings from any of them. Avira has been especially effective at finding web site viruses. Just letting ya know my experience thus far. Regards
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Post by centralvalleygter on Jan 18, 2011 12:09:30 GMT -5
Don't know why the link didn't get you there, I have included a screen shot of page, for info sake. The seats were in the car when I bought it. The price was $279 each at one time, though I see it is higher now. Warmest, Steven
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Post by centralvalleygter on Jan 16, 2011 15:08:25 GMT -5
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Post by centralvalleygter on Jan 14, 2011 15:39:34 GMT -5
I too became aware of the lack of symetry when I fabricated my wheel well liners. The driver's side was about an inch wider (I posted that project when I did it, but it must have been on the old board, cuz it did not turn up when I searched for it). If you look carefully, you can see from the rear that the body is off-set about an inch toward the driver's side, even though the mounting base of the body is perfectly aligned on the VW Chassie. Quality control was not a major positive on the orginal Bradleys, but they are still sure fun to drive.
Warmest Regards,
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Post by centralvalleygter on Jan 5, 2011 15:01:17 GMT -5
If your engine has the "doghouse" cooler (where the fan is wider and the tin surrounding the cooler protrudes out the back from the rest of the tin) it is a good system indeed. Earlier engines simply had the oil cooler within the fan shroud itself which restricted air flow and preheated the air that is suppose to cool cylinders 3 & 4 on the driver's side, this contributes to the cylinder #3 overheating problem. If you don't have a "doghouse" type cooler/shroud, the external cooler would likely be better, but make sure it will allow adequate oil flow. You can also get oil pumps that allow an external cooler in addition to the internal one, which is good, but again make sure the cooler you have will allow adequate flow. Warmest Regards,
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Post by centralvalleygter on Dec 25, 2010 11:13:42 GMT -5
Hey Spyder, Wow, looks like you are well into your project and know what you want to do! I'm impressed with your thinking things through and willingness to do even the tedious things to make it come out right. Keep posting the pics, seeing other people make progress inspires everyone to keep moving on theirs. Sincerely,
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Post by centralvalleygter on Dec 24, 2010 12:44:12 GMT -5
I have gotten my new 2275cc engine in the bus. Finished the install on December 18 and did test runs on the 19th. We did have to drill out the main jet a bit to get enough fuel. It is running well and the acceleration is amazing with the increased power. Now, to find the time and money to start the outside and make the camping module. Warmest Regards,
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Post by centralvalleygter on Dec 17, 2010 12:29:57 GMT -5
Hello mj, nice to see you post again. As usual, your insight is very useful. Warmest Regards,
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Post by centralvalleygter on Dec 15, 2010 11:01:51 GMT -5
I agree with smyrnaguy, if you are not leaking and none of the system is building up pressure, it has to be by-pass in the master cylinder. I, too have experienced a "new" master cylinder that was bad from the "git go". If you have another mc that you know at least works somewhat, replace the mc temporarily and see if the symptoms change. Warmest Regards,
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Post by centralvalleygter on Dec 13, 2010 15:28:42 GMT -5
Sounds like you are gonna get the stripes right, are you sure you don't want to go Poulan/Charger/Lime Green on the rest of it?
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Post by centralvalleygter on Dec 3, 2010 22:26:47 GMT -5
Hey Gary, Cool page. Great effects. I know you mentioned your prototype engine before, maybe you can add the story of what you were trying to do and what you did, I think it would be interesting. Warmest Regards,
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