That waitin’ game

Weather shifted back towards springlike today, managed a decent day, though not a full day. Better than sittin’ home feelin’ ill, watching snow fall.

And I am awaiting the arrival of Parts for BlooTwuck,,,

THAT waiting game.

My current focus is making sure that the clutch hydraulics function properly. Replacing the Master Cylinder and line, PRAYING that the Slave is good. Probably a fools wish: I will admit, but watching my debt spiral right now, I gotta watch things. IF, the slave is crapped out, that means pulling the transmission to replace it, and if I am going that far: pressure plate, Friction plate, reface flywheel, pull flywheel and replace rearmain seal, and replace the slave and throwout bearing. Do the Whole shebang and be done once. The reason the Mastercylinder is crap, was lack of a cap. Old biologics made it into that fluid and that was the gunk I ‘sucked’ out (plugging my suction lines a few times as well) and lots of water got mixed in. It looked like grey pus coming out of the line I pulled. Again, fingers crossed and prayers sent high for a miracle on the slave cylinder.

Then comes the fun of replacing hard lines in the brake system. Did a front to back and I think I will be better served just replacing them, not patching them. Once those are done, then I get to see what needs replaced or repaired on the grippy corners of the system.

I’ll be getting Twuck new shoes at that time. (easier to load them in BUffalo and get them all done, not risking driving to the place on them.) I’m not going to play games with shoes. Seen instances of blow-outs on these fullsized trucks and NO, Don’t wanna join that particular club. Had a blow out on one of our work trucks recently, a rear tire thank goodness, thats close enough for me.

I have quite a bit of re-wiring to do on the back half too. I have full lighting on the forward end, but no lights at all on the ass end. Some of that may be found while I am doing the brake lines. Most of it, I believe, is where it goes into the tool boxes. Theres a rats nest of wires back there near the bulbs. Funny-wiring doesn’t bother me like it does some people. I owned mid 80’s FIATS,,,, Wiring diagrams that made NewYuck City Transportation maps look simple. 16 relays, 46 fuses not including the inline ones,,, 6 of those relays were just for the headlamps. A Racing Friend and his wife in Columbus, ‘tubbed’ one, and the wiring harness(s) alone weighed in at 120#: this on a car that had a curb weight of 1350#

Yuppers,,, waitin’ on parts. and one of those ‘parts’ is wiring diagrams,,, A full repair book, but whats essential to me are those diagrams inside.

She runs though. Called the Proxy again, to get a little more info. That fuel that is in that tank,,, less than 2 years old. They had been airing up the tires and moving it around on its own power up till the cats got cut off. Somewhere in the last two years, they lost the keys; likely during the last “business change” the owner was doing. (The building has had three or four businesses ran through it over the last 5 years that I recall.) I won’t be dropping the tank, but I am getting a filter for the ‘Just in Case’ moment of sluggishness.

Feels like a lot, but in reality, I can see this truck being road ready around, or shortly thereafter, Turkey day. And yeah, I am feeling a little anxious in the process. BUT, I am not pushing hard and doing things as close to ‘proper’ as I can, without running my debt sprial into the stratosphere. Hey, I’m a redneck, and this IS a truck,,, Ain’t gotta be ‘perfect’, just gotta be solid. (and I think I really did manage to get SOLID in this one, considering how easy it was to get-er up’n’purrin’ ) The real detail work can take place as she starts earning her keep. (much like whats gonna happen to Buffalo once Twuck is running full time. I need to replace Buff’s drivers door hinges in a bad way, Can’t do that with her on the road 24/7. Twuck as a second/primary will allow me to do those little detail things. And I use the Buff when I need to do something to Twuck. They both win: its my wallet that loses,,,LOL)(teats or tires, right?)

As for the crap in the “Real world”,,,, To say I am disgusted in things right now would be an understatement. I’m not going to link anything, or post any memes about it; not even going to say anything about other this little paragraph. I just keep watching the markets, feeling a little anxious to get Twuck rolling n legal before the bottom falls out of the barrel called the Petro-Dollar.

Have y’all seen the signs about ’rounding off to the nearest nickle’ because no one has pennies anymore, because it costs to much to make them? Those signs are everywhere around here. Most people are blowing it off as just another phase. I see it as one more sign towards the collapse of the Empire. (the next embed is for those scratching thier heads at my statement above)

Yeah, feeling a bit of a push to get my things In order before all order goes buhBye!

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