## So, after I quit my job... Well, I ended up driving tipper wagons, and welding gates, on a farm, for two weeks before the network of people (who know people who know people) got me another job; I'm now something akin to a junior truck mechanic at a recovery firm. More hours, more tired, but hey. Anyway! Since quitting the week leading up to Christmas, here's a
Read more…## May 2018 Some kinda-clunky brake-piping happened! Read more…
## The Hunting of the Screw Camera poked down plug-holes came up inconclusive. There were no horrible noises when the engine was cranked over, so I didn't plan on bumping "engine tear-down" up the list of priorities at that time. (Probably for the best.) Instead, I just planned on towing the truck to the workshop with the forklift every time I needed to work on it.
Read more…## Brake Bisectors! So, at the end of the last installment, I said I was going to look at the brake bisectors. Well, I did that. Read more…
## November 2016 Okay, fine, I'll go deal with the fuel-toilet...
I'm doing a lot of mix-n-match with what's on hand, or at least easy to get, or isn't original but gets me some other feature that I want. Y'know, more resto-mod than restoration. It's all part of the fun! And if someone else later down the line wants to go full restoration, that's cool too. Anyway, I finished picking holes in the roof.
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After the disaster that was starting the truck to get it out of the workshop, using a bit of steel bar to bridge the contacts on the starter switch, I decided that maybe it was time to start doing some of the re-wiring. This is part of why there are some real janky bits -- or, at least, parts that I would do very differently now -- in the new(er) wiring; it wasn't done properly start to finish, it just sorta grew in place, most important stuff first. But, that's why I got this truck; it's a bit of a playground and learning experience. :D
Read more…The forum thread dump continues Early April 2016 I got the new radiator, lightened my wallet not inconsiderably, and fitted it in a giddy rush. (Hence the little mark in the glorious blackness of radiator enamel. sigh)
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