Well the good man who has been letting me use his shop gave me a date this last week that he would like my truck gone. I told him that if I ever became a burden to let me know and I'd get out as quick as I could. He's been super nice to open his doors to me. He told me I needed to be out of there by November 5th, so I have little time indeed. He's been super patient with me and waiting on parts and the like. His timing honestly couldn't have been worse though since I am trying to finish my thesis and prepare to defend my research that I've been conducting. It made me sick when I got the message. I defend in 3 weeks. So this weekend I ran the wife and kids off to grandma's for the week and I will be working my day job/school from 6am-7pm and then work on the truck from 7pm-10pm (possibly later).
Then to add to all the madness we are planning to move in December (around Christmas time) to Texas where I will continue my education. I bought a bus two weeks ago to move with since renting a truck was way more money than I am willing to eat. I paid $3200 for the bus and even if I sell it for a thousand less than what I paid I'm still ahead of what I would have been with a rental truck. Now I just need to find a place to live in Texas.
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That's my son Hugh showing off his new bus. He's a pretty proud bus owner.
The plan is to work most of tomorrow on reassembling the engine. My goal is to get the motor assembled and the transmission bolted to it and have it all placed in the truck before I get the truck out of his shop. I'll work out the timing and adding the liquids and such once the storm has blown over. I really need to just get out of the way and it will be a lot easier if I don't have loose parts flying all around.
This morning I went and put in my crankshaft and pistons and got everything torqued down on the underside. Then I painted the oil pan so it will match the shiny block.
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Not the best picture but you get the idea. It's pretty exciting to get this thing going again. Just wish I wasn't so darn busy so I could take my time and enjoy the process a little more. Right now I just sigh and think... man I've got a lot to do still!
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