Ok where to start 
Got offered a Birdview from Skewed down in Lousianna (way down lol ) almost to the coast. setup a pickup date and drove down , the drive took about 6 hours ( thats about what we thought made a little better time maybe). Meet Skewed , he gave instructions to his house and left his cell phone #. the directions were spot on, but he called me when i was probably 5 miles from his house , checking on me. We got to his house and took some pictures and talked , started to take out some bolts and talked. Before you know it Stogie5150 called on his cell phone he was about 15 miles away.
We continued to take bolts out and spray PB Blaster on them. Stogie arrived when we had all the bolts on holding the dish to the motor mount off ( ok almost all) two were spinning without comming out , one was broke off and another was 2/3 of the way out when it started spinning.
Stogie told me that some of the bolts would do this and he was right. so we cut the three bolts that wouldn't come out and talked a bit about SatGuys and everything. We discussed the bolts, even found a solution ( i don't know the cost but will have to check since i'm missing four bolts on the mount 2 upper & 2 lower)Skewed mentioned that they made a gun like a rivit gun that presses a sleeve/nut into a hole like this and should work for our purpose. (sounded good maybe a solution for this problem).
Ok we got everything undone, and here was where having someone who had done it before helps, Stogie jumped right on the main bolts that hold the motor on the cap. and then removed the center cap bolt. after that we started building the cradle to hold the dish ( and i had already cut several boards to speed this process up a bit). I will detail the cradle in another post and make a parts list for it. Its a simple design that worked for Stogie and it worked well for me.
so we got the dish loaded and strapped down loaded the motor and all other pieces. strapped everything into place and was ready to depart. So from about 10:30 til 2 to get everything loaded up and done thats not bad.
I do want to thank Skewed for the dish plus he took off work and helped on everything. I also want to thank Stogie 5150 for taking time out of his day to come over and help , it sure help cut the time down having someone who has done it before
I didn't mention it to the guys but after having my heart attack and being put on a bunch of meds i haven't felt 100% the most i've regained is probably 80%
i take two kinds of cholesterol meds and they seem to zap your energy level . plus i'm on two blood pressure meds ( one to lower my BP and another to slow my heart down a bit) and those kinda slow you down and make you sluggish.
So i know at times yesterday even though i didn't feel bad it seemed like i wasn't much help lol but i do thank those guys . you couldn't meet a nicer pair of folks. 
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I'll post some pics :up
EDIT : added a link in my sig to my gallery those are some higher res pics i will post some here that are a bit smaller
Got offered a Birdview from Skewed down in Lousianna (way down lol ) almost to the coast. setup a pickup date and drove down , the drive took about 6 hours ( thats about what we thought made a little better time maybe). Meet Skewed , he gave instructions to his house and left his cell phone #. the directions were spot on, but he called me when i was probably 5 miles from his house , checking on me. We got to his house and took some pictures and talked , started to take out some bolts and talked. Before you know it Stogie5150 called on his cell phone he was about 15 miles away.
We continued to take bolts out and spray PB Blaster on them. Stogie arrived when we had all the bolts on holding the dish to the motor mount off ( ok almost all) two were spinning without comming out , one was broke off and another was 2/3 of the way out when it started spinning.
Stogie told me that some of the bolts would do this and he was right. so we cut the three bolts that wouldn't come out and talked a bit about SatGuys and everything. We discussed the bolts, even found a solution ( i don't know the cost but will have to check since i'm missing four bolts on the mount 2 upper & 2 lower)Skewed mentioned that they made a gun like a rivit gun that presses a sleeve/nut into a hole like this and should work for our purpose. (sounded good maybe a solution for this problem).
Ok we got everything undone, and here was where having someone who had done it before helps, Stogie jumped right on the main bolts that hold the motor on the cap. and then removed the center cap bolt. after that we started building the cradle to hold the dish ( and i had already cut several boards to speed this process up a bit). I will detail the cradle in another post and make a parts list for it. Its a simple design that worked for Stogie and it worked well for me.
so we got the dish loaded and strapped down loaded the motor and all other pieces. strapped everything into place and was ready to depart. So from about 10:30 til 2 to get everything loaded up and done thats not bad.
I do want to thank Skewed for the dish plus he took off work and helped on everything. I also want to thank Stogie 5150 for taking time out of his day to come over and help , it sure help cut the time down having someone who has done it before
I didn't mention it to the guys but after having my heart attack and being put on a bunch of meds i haven't felt 100% the most i've regained is probably 80%
i take two kinds of cholesterol meds and they seem to zap your energy level . plus i'm on two blood pressure meds ( one to lower my BP and another to slow my heart down a bit) and those kinda slow you down and make you sluggish.
So i know at times yesterday even though i didn't feel bad it seemed like i wasn't much help
lol but i do thank those guys . you couldn't meet a nicer pair of folks. : I'll post some pics :up
EDIT : added a link in my sig to my gallery those are some higher res pics i will post some here that are a bit smaller
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