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and a freeday for me.  BUT, Black Fridays, I hunker down and stay close to home,,,   People are krazzee out there on this day, or I should say, that has been my experiance the few times I went out in that fray.   Thats been a few years now so things may be different, (though I … Continue reading Black Friday

Those uv'y'uns here know me and my kayak-y obsessions,,,  Ya also know my year fiddy-five goal of a 100 miles paddled a month (that I am short on so far,,, Will get to that, swear!) Well heres a goal too.   I want to kayak a snow day.   Paddled in rain, squalls, thunderboomers (popped up on … Continue reading Ya gotta have goals,,,,

Right out of the gate, i want to thank ALL OF MY READERS,,, Dedicated regulars to the occasional curious, all of y'uns!!! a deep and humble thank you. Y'all came through for me when Buffalo had me stranded in Alabama, you come through for me in comments and emails, and for that, I can't thank … Continue reading The Thanks-giving post

around 3:30 today, I sat down in the drivers seat, sent a prayer outward to the small gods of mechanical things, and twisted the ignition switch. First strike hit, missed and grumbled. Second strike brought her to life. And she shit all sorts of gunk and goop and smoke and vapor out her tail pipe! … Continue reading She bellows!

I hope,,,, taken yesterday between rain breaks and before I started the 'return trip' of getting it all back together. Yah, thats the conditions I am workinng with,,, Not quite shadetree, but damned close, and when the wind blows, pulling dead leaves out of places they really shouldn't be occupying. Its getting light out, need … Continue reading Last day in the ‘garage’

BUT, the good news is that I am right back where I was when this day started, IE: I have manifolds to hook up to the exhaust,,,(this morning being disconnect them)   Heads are back on, roccker arms back in place, Ex-manifolds with new gaskets in place, and the exhaust is 'there' but not bolted on … Continue reading Wrappin’ it up, daylights fallin’

Going through the torqueing heads part, broke an adapter to my torque wrench, so needed to run for a replacement (two is one, one is none,,, bought two,,,)   And now that I am back home, the rain is really coming down and probably will be for another hour (according to the radar) and I decided … Continue reading Coffee break, quick update