Muhndaze, no work due to single digit weather,,,

I ordered the 4bolt Main caps last night,,, I know there is some machining involved to make them work, but that seems doable by the desciptions of the parts. Mostly machining the end-roots to match current issue. I WILL be anal retentive about this,,, I need this truck running, sooner than later,,, My paranoia levels with Buffalo are creeping well into the red zone. (Bloo isn’t helping any at all with this issue. the whole ‘what next?’ thing she has been dropping on me. since that rod started knocking. And I know, most of that has been my fuck ups,,, I’ll own it. hell, I AM owning it,,,)

But, What to do with a day off without choice???

I’m going to go play and figure the caps I DO have out, and get that crankshaft to spin freely,,, THAT will aleviate a lot of my stress for the new part,,, I will know where it belongs and orientation and make it ‘right’. The busted cap? I’m sticking it in my 20ton press to close those cracks up and measure every single detail about it!!! Not going to try welding on it unless thats ALL I have left to work with. THAT will be a temporary thing until I have better options: I wouldn’t trust it even if it came out perfect. Not because I don’t trust my welding, but because I know the material.

Reasons for my stress have been discussed, not necessarily here, but those of you’n’s that have my email and converse there regular are in the know. I will leave it at that. Yes, I am stressed over this truck, and its hogging up space at my Da’s. Good note though,,, Having been in his basement a week, and his NOT smelling fuel or fumes,, he broke down yesterday and built a fire to keep the house warm. THAT relieves ONE of my stressors,,,

But by no means all of them.

And you probably already figured out the ‘no work today’ thing is one of the bigger ones,,,

Yes,,, will not deny it.

and for now, “IS what it is”,,, I am doing what I can, how I can. Life ain’t easy, and I would worry if it were,,, usually means some one is about to put a shiv in your ribs or drop an 81mm mortar on your dumb ass. Just my opinion mind you,, YMMV and if so, I applaud you. That ain’t my life,,,

Maybe its mindset,,, usually is, right? Well, I’m working on that as well as my current situation leaves my mindset in tatters more than I care for. Twuck ain’t helpin’ none currently, but as I have stated and others have told me, ONCE she is reliable again, shes FRICKIN’ GOLD on wheels. She can be anything I want her to be, and depending on the tools within, CAPABLE more than I currently am. As I have stated, ALL of the tools I have used (with the exception of that space heater) came from her tool boxes. ALL OF THEM,,, And I have more at the ready as needed. THAT, is a powerful amount of leverage into ‘doing my own thing’. I can’t let that go because of frustraion. Hard choices, easy life,. Easy Choices, hard life.

Maybe I took too many easy choices in me past,,, (some weren’t ‘easy’ by any means, but SURVIVAL at its core,,, Leave a relationship or bury some one, likely ME.for example.) Nuff about that shit though. I have stuff to do, likely won’t take all day, but IF I DON’T, I will be behind the curve when I need to be on it,,, and gather information as much as I can gather because this little side trip requires it.

and paying frellin’ attention to details,,, of which I did not and how I ended up here… All on me,,,

L,L,L,L,L!

(, ‘)

Fun fact: Hydraulic fluid doesn’t really like to flow below 10F,,, Went to press the busted cap and my press ain’t moving. Too thick to flow into the pump part. Days warming, so I ain’t out of the game yet. (and no, its not a POS issue, I used this press just last week and it worked fine, ABOVE 30F,,, There is a post from way back on this blog when I built the daggum thing, using Roadside gaurdrail I-beams for the frame.)

that jack is an 8 ton and I upgraded to a 20 ton about a week later. This thing is a beast.(note, campstoves make GREAT portable tool heater-uppers,,,)