So, it would seem I haven’t posted for, what, 1 year, 3 months, 2 days… It seems a little unfair that I’m getting all this criticism about not posting often enough! However, due to popular demand (i.e. Linda) I’ll pretend to post more often. We’ll see how that goes…
Also, if anybody sees an old Land Rover, Series 1 or 2 for sale, (must have the inset front headlights) with a troopy body, please let me know!
Another Saturday has passed, and this time with some form of useful work done! Which, I must admit, is a little unusual for me. I’m more the kind who successfully wastes a whole Saturday, and still wonders why I’m tired at the end…
Anyway, my Saturday – two main projects were undertaken: the “barn raising”, and the “car destroying”.
The “barn raising” has been on the cards for a while. I suppose the name isn’t quite accurate, as we didn’t quite build a barn in a day, but the concept is the same. Dad has been working on putting a mezzanine floor into the back bay of the shed for a while, in an attempt to conjure up more storage space. Really, I’m sure he’s just trying to give me as much room to take over as possible, but we shouldn’t let him in on that…
Anyway, so this morning at 10am, 7 people (well, 6 + 1 “blister” – turns up after all the work is done – cheers for that one, Duncan!) arrived in our shed, and helped haul the RSJ’s Dad has so painstakingly prepared into position. Took all of 3 minutes, but you needed all the people otherwise it would have been an absolute pig of a job – the beams would have been far too heavy any other way. Of course, after the job was done, it was time for morning tea, which of course, fitting the work done nicely, took all of 2 hours. As it does.
The afternoon brought a few changes – mainly Dad had cleared enough room in the shed, which meant I could now move onto my main project, “car destroying”. For those of you who actually end up reading this, and don’t know of my current project, I’m working on rebuilding the motor in my car. I’m currently in the process of getting the motor out – kind of crucial if one wants to rebuild it…
It would have been out a while ago, but unfortunately I needed to take out the drive shafts, which required removing the front hubs (being a FWD car), which meant I needed somewhere permanent to park it while I did that, as I wouldn’t be able to get it back on the ground in a hurry. The location I’d done most of the work, half-in and half-out of the shed, really wasn’t appropriate for a job like this. But Dad getting the beams up meant I could finally fit the car in, so I could continue working on the car. Alister showed up around 4, and together we pulled the drive shafts out of it. Doesn’t sound difficult, and after having done it, it’s really not, but it took all night. I do, however have a couple of questions about the gearbox in the car now… Firstly, why on earth would you make the gearbox oil inspection/filler cap be the same place the speedo cable attaches? I mean, really, pulling the speedo cable and its driving gear out to check the oil level? Just, no. Also, how come the driveshafts on it are so loose?! Yeah, it may have travelled over 290,000km, but it still seems dodgey I could just pull them out with my hands – no tools or anything needed. Very, very easy after you get a pair of bolts on the hub undone. I suppose it is still well held though…
Anyway, I’m rambling. Big surprise there! So that was my Saturday. Now the question is how many people will ever read this…
Well, it’s finally arrived, that day whe I get a blog set up on my website. I think it’s almost 2, maybe 3 years since I first decided this was what I wanted to do.
Hopefully there will be some good times ahead. Some frustrated ramblings, thoughts, things I find interesting, projects I’m working on, or basically just whatever comes to mind at the time.
Anyway, feel free to add this site to your bookmarks (or feed reader) and keep an eye on it. If I don’t update often, feel free to harass me about it!