I enjoy working on those old mechanical engines. There just so darn simple. I've some work to do on the allis chalmers 8010 to do. But it seems to take time to get the parts in nowadays.

 

Ugg...try to stop before stitches are needed.....from banging your head against a wall.
BTW if you are looking for a livestock trailer there is one on 31 just south of kokomo that I passed yesterday on the way through...

 

Got her lookin good Bill!

Well, you know......spring is here and I am busy working around the place. Been pretty busy lately. Don't have anything in the shop at the moment, but have a couple small jobs waiting and one big project for a guy. I gotta pull the body off his '79 Jeep CJ5 and fix a rusted frame, replace fuel and brake lines, clean the underside of the body and repaint the engine bay. I wanna get some stuff caught up around the house before that big project hits.

 

How's it goin Bill. I have been noticing a lot of flat fenders coming out now that the weather has been good. Them thing are cool. I almost bought a cj-7 but in the end I decided it was to rusted out.

 

Did you get a phone number or anything?
I did buy an old horse/stock trailer because it was cheap, but I might just fix it and flip it if something better comes along. It needs all new wheel bearings, wiring for the lights, a new latch for the storage compartment, and a coat of paint. I bought it down by Anderson so it hasn't seen much salt, but the paint is all faded and chalky.

 

Gotta love them old Jeeps. My gfs dad was working on a late 70s CJ-5 that had spent most of its life in a barn. It looked amazing! I told my gfs dad to ask the guy if he would trade a diesel truck for it lol. He decided to keep it for sentimental reasons

 

Sorry Phil. I didn't @80+ mph I was way behind!

 

We had a bit of a scare today in the house. I went to lay down for a nap and my wife came running into the room, she calmly asks where the fire extinguisher is, my reply is by the dryer where it always is WHY? Oh the outlet by the coffee maker is sparking. Awwww chit. I get up and start turning off breakers till it stops. She coated the kitchen in a nice layer of fire extinguisher dust. Anyway all is fine. The tile has some black on it and the breaker panel is very poorly marked lol.

 

That could have been bad Nick. Glad it wasn't.

 

There's always the main!

Glad you guys are all good, that could have been scary. How old is your house?

I still haven't put the cover on when I installed my new panel. I should probably take care of that!

 

the house was built in 1980. But the kitchen was completely gutted and renoed in 2001. All is well though. Except the mess but that's my wife's problem

 

That could have been ugly, Nick. I'm glad nothing got out of hand. Any idea what happened?

 

yeah the 2 hot terminals started arching inside the receptacle. I'm glad I was home to shut the breaker off cause I don't think my wife would have thought about it. All in all it was a pretty crappy day yesterday. My a/c isn't fixed either. The I/c pipe is in the way of the high pressure line so will couldn't just swap it out. I guess they are going to deal with it friday. Hopefully it's easy from there.

 

I had a dryer outlet do that one time. Smelled something hot and went down to the basement to investigate, I could see the glowing reflected off the back of the dryer and the white wall before I even got close. That's a scary moment, for sure.

You'll have to show the wife the main breaker and tell her that if there is ever anything wrong electrically in the house, that's the one to throw. One flip and it all goes out. I need to do the same thing at home and remind my wife as well. I don't know if she would think of it or not, if push came to shove.

 

That's a good idea nate. I'll have to do that