Bittersweet seeing all of the tribute pictures to Lash over the years. Thank you all for posting memories of him enjoying the places and people he loved.
Certainly thinking about Lash's family (including his CLC brothers and sisters who are carrying heavy hearts).
@SHUSH, have your family...
as joe cocker so wisely mumbled in song:
“i get by with a little help from my friends”
thanks to JT and JROB, we not only have a chance of parole, but we may make it out of the jail cell on our own power:
Off with heads to find a cocktail of marvel mystery oil and rust. Bad deal. Rust makes one helluva of strong weld:
And, hence the ride of shame video that preceded this update. Honestly, not sure what happened,. Yes, the cell block is somewhat exposed to the elements but it's never...
I shove the 40 back into the jail cell using my own super human strength and somehow disentangle the trailer from tailgate and rear bumper with the help of a hi-lift jack.
Miraculously I escaped with a few scratches and broken tail light glass (but Ford owns a patent on those with all the...
At this point, I figure it's a good as time as any to find top dead on #1 cylinder in anticipation installing distributor, and then the throttle body and all that good stuff.
I put my socket on the crank nut and turned. Hmmm.. not moving. that's weird. It turned over when I had the oil...
At this point, I'm feeling my oats, and so i take the plunge and order a new AFI harness for the TBI computer. Also, ordered and installed a new prom chip calibrated to that harness. That along with all new sensors for each harness connection and a new distributor, etc..., the works:
Also, did some work on the tranny hump.
When doing a V8 swap, the trans and t case holes generally don't line up anymore (need to be moved closer to the engine bay).
So, I basically covered the old holes in fiberglass and then bondo and then cut new ones (basically a time lapse). Prison...
Okay, this is what had happened:
I was inching my way towards the rest of the engine assembly.
I put on a new fan clutch and fan:
Then, worked on some test fits with the new radiator (I know the hose is not the right size by was just using what I had to make sure I had sufficient clearance...
As you can probably gather from my silence, prison life has been tough lately. ran into some problems with some new charges. currently walking the green mile, but still have a few appeals to burn:
more to come soon….
Was able to sneak my driveshafts out of the yard for a little resizing and rebalancing care of Jackson Power Train:
Finished up e-brake install:
New u joints, cleaned up and installed:
And, yes, I have to put the creeper in 4 low moon rover mode to navigate the shop floor....