Today Sherry and I went to the monthly MMMARC social lunch at the Banded Rooster near Kingdom City, MO. Since it was a Model A club lunch we drove the Model A. Weather folks said nearly no chance of rain until late this evening. A half mile down the road the windshield started getting mist on it. I wasn't going to turn around to get another car though. It took us 45 minutes to get there by way of back woods two-lane roads. We don't take the A out on the Interstate due to going so much slower than the other traffic. It would have taken 11-12 minutes in a late model on I-70. It never really rained on us but the mist collecting on the windshield kept turning into a drop here and there. No problem. We are old and tough. Normally we could have gotten there in 20 minutes (in the A) using the north outer road but it's closed for several months due to I-70 construction. South outer road doesn't connect/go through. They have westbound I-70 traffic detoured onto the north outer road while they are rebuilding a huge concrete box culvert under the interstate lanes. High today was 57° which is a bit chilly in a Model A with no heater. They don't have weatherstripping/door gaskets either. There is always a bit of a breeze hitting the driver's left side between your belt and shoulder. I've never ridden in the passenger side but I imagine it happens over there also.

Good food and good friends.

Insurance is taking their sweet time coming forth with money to repair Clarence. Oh well...

 

Good morning youins!
Mike, I hope insurance picks up the pace on Clarence, insurance companies are the reason I quit doing insurance repairs, they're slow and jerk the policyholder and repair facility around.
Alan, you'll get it squared away, just catch your breath and distract your mind.
Have a great day all!

 

Morning folks, have a good one.

 

I am not 100% sure but I think it does. In both pickups the headlights would start blinking, like it would trip then reset. I've been only using the low beams since Monday and haven't had any issues since.

 

Good Morning Everybody!

I have to restring the slide winch again this morning. I'm trying different cables. This time I'm trying coated 1/8" cable. We'll see what happens. I made a shocking discovery last night. If you get my welder extension cord wet, say, leave it plugged in while it's raining, it makes the whole welder hot. I went to grab a wrench off the top of the welder last night and got a real good shock off of it. I hope it's dried out enough to use today. I don't think I have to, but just in case. I am SO ready to get this thing gone.

 

good morning missouri.. just a tad damp in ozark county this morning.. i am still recovering from my last treatment and the late night deer butchering adventure... i spread the bones and hide in the field across the creek.. the coyotes would come up try to grab some then my dog dono would swim across the creek and chase them away.. it is like watching cartoon's on a saturday morning..

rich that is cool that they make those store bought harness.. if i could spare the money it certainly would be better than digging thru old trucks and cars cutting out wire and finding old relays to use.. but seems like the 'spare the money' part always gets me.... ha ha ha ha ha....

my poor ole van is tripping the check engine light again, with a code saying the engine temp is too low... it did this several times last year.. i am thinking of shoving a piece of cardboard in front of the radiator, sounds easier than actually fixing it with a new thermostat.... its better to have a thermostat stuck open than one stuck closed for sure

the rest of ya'll get out and enjoy the sunshine.... vitamin D is free....

 

Evening all,
sounds like everyone is busy.
I was at the VA this morning. Came home and am binge watching 1883. Pretty good if you haven't seen it.
Guess I better round up some supper . Talk at ya later.

 

Evening Everyone!

I gave up. I ripped out the slide winch and cable and started over. I finally have a working slide function. Tomorrow, I'll paint the crane, clean the trailer out and put tools away, then I can call the customer and get it gone.

 

Well tomorrow morning I am finially going to get the motor back on the air compressor, I hope that it works this time. The onto cleaning up the compressor room, and Nick is coming up at 3 to buy some truck parts.

 

Morning all,
No rain so far today. It was gloomy all day yesterday which made it a perfect day for watching the boob tube.
I think I'll work on the door panels on the 56 again today. Hopefully tomorrow it'll be a little bit warmer and I can work on the replacement engine.

 

Morning all.

I’m not sure if I shared this already, but last Sunday, Jesse and I were using my big shop vac to blow the leaves off the gutter guards when we lost power to the vacuum. We switched outlets and after we were finished, I started working on tracking down the cause and discovered that almost everything on that circuit was dead and it was due to a fault on the common. I took a WAG and replaced the dead outlet without any luck. Rather than just throwing hardware at it and hoping for the best, I ordered a tone wire tracer and started making a systematic plan to trace out the common wires and hope the break is somewhere where I can get to it. Since a fault in the common is not likely to cause larger problems, I decided it could wait until today. My plan was to start at the last live outlet and hope the wiring for the outlet on the other side of the door started there rather than the other way around. Since nothing has been easy lately, I ditched all my plans for the weekend expecting a major hassle.

When the first outlet came out in pieces and the wires plugged into the quick connect holes just fell out, I figured I had found the problem in less than 10 minutes. Just to be certain, I traced the common over to the dead side to confirm the connection. I replaced the outlet using the screw terminals on the sides, buttoned it all back together, and flipped the breaker back on. Problem solved. How does that saying go - plan for the worst and hope for the best?

Now I have to come up with a plan for the rest of the weekend - probably rebuilding the drawer for the cabinet I’m building because one piece warped on me and threw the whole thing out of square. This will be the third time I’ve had to make this one piece for one reason or another. Like I said, nothing has been easy lately.

 

Good Morning Everybody!

Today is the day this trailer will be marked, "Ready to ship".

 

Congrats on getting another one out the door. On to the water truck again?

 

Dave,

I started working at the VA Hospital in Columbia in 1981. I'm not (and never have been) an electrician. However, the electricians on staff worked for the same boss that I worked for and we interacted a lot. I learned a lot about electrical, plumbing, and general maintenance from all of those shop guys. One of the first things that I learned was that they NEVER used those plug-in holes on electrical outlets or switches. They always used screw connections. That certainly doesn't make me an electrician, but I've always used screw connections since then and whenever I had an electrician do any work for me I always insisted on them using screws also. You now know what to look for first in the future should you ever again have a similar problem. I'm glad that you were able to find and fix your problem so quickly.

Now I've got to get out to the shop and finish replacing the thermostat in the Rendezvous. I've gone out there a number of times and just couldn't bring myself to get busy on it more than just getting tools and lights out. I only work on stuff because I'm too cheap (or broke) to pay someone else to do it. I really don't like mechanicing on stuff; I'd much rather get in/on them and drive/ride.

 

Atch - I don't trust the quick connect route and won't use them unless there's absolutely no other choice (and that's not often).

Taking a short break from sanding drawer parts.