Recent content by preacher35

I ride mostly Italian bicycles. I have a Fondriest TF1, Carrera Estremo, but the love of my life is my Tommasini Titanio.

So many of you know that I live in Friendswood, TX, where Harvey did some of his worst work. My wife and I have spent the last several days gutting floors, walls, insulation, etc. from peoples' homes and the stories are horrific. The damage is unimaginable. That being said, there was one...

@ T4RZAN, Yeah, try not to take it personally. It's purely out of desperation. My home and family were spared this time around, but back in 2008, my house sustained incredible damage from Hurricane Ike (the storm took away most of my second floor). It's hard to imagine, how paralyzed a city...

Well, like anything electrical in your vehicle, with the battery connected, any short that occurs will blow fuses, relays and/or the main. Cannot say with complete confidence that some individual electrical component might burn out in the process. But as previously stated, it doesn't really...

I agree 100%. Get the vehicle to higher ground, cuz once that water fills the cabin, the interior is ruined, the ECM is probably not going to be salvageable, water gets in the intake manifold, and therefore the throttle body. It is then a matter of repair cost vs. car value. And while I am on...

Yes, I agree. I went out earlier today to get a lay of the land and there are a ton of agencies in my town right now: Marines, National Guard, Red Cross, Police from all over the country, as well as many, many, MANY private parties (church groups, etc). It is such a mess right now. There is...

The biggest problem in the short is going to be supply logistics. The creeks will take three to five days to fall back in their banks and the two major rivers surrounding Houston (Brazos and San Jacinto) will take a couple of weeks to do the same. Thus, we have to get trucks with food to the...

No, the federal government will offer temporary shelter to some people, and low interest loans, but that's about it.

MyanRagahis Well, as I stated in my first post, our street is the ONLY one in our neighborhood that has not been flooded. Our local water retention pond (created to prevent these scenarios) overflowed about 4 hours ago and the homes adjacent to it now have water flowing through them. My...

MyanRagahis, how is your house faring? Are you all dry?

Thanks bud, I appreciate it. So far, we are the lucky ones. Still, I'm keeping my eyes on the street and nervously waiting.

Greetings from Friendswood, Texas, home of the 6th and NEWEST ocean. I wasn't sure if anybody was interested, but I ventured out today, in my Runner and took of few pics of the devastation around my neighborhood. So far, my street is like an island as all of the surrounding streets and homes...

No, not necessarily. As I stated in my earlier post, mine was throwing P0430 and it turned out to be the downstream O2 sensor. If the downstream O2 sensor is faulty, it is not going to be able to report accurate catalytic converter data back to the ECM, or no data at all. This will result in...

Kevin, I JUST went through this the past 48 hours. My '05 was throwing P0430 (bank 2 cat converter). I purchased a new downstream O2 sensor ($90.00 Bosch), installed it (took 4 minutes to do), unplugged the battery to reset the ECM, and drove it for 105 miles. No more CEL/VSC Trac lights. I...

OK, so I had the code run again and came up as P0430 (bank 2 catalytic converter). I went ahead and replaced my driver side downstream O2 sensor, disconnected the batter to reset ECM and drove the rig 105 miles. CEL light has NOT come back on. Going to get the inspection done in the morning...