I am facing the fact that I will not be finishing the car this week. Too many brackets and difficult to reach bolts.
It's not a surprise this thing blew a gasket. Probably not the cylinder head but this car has been worked on before. By somebody's grandmother. Some bolts which should have been tight were amazingly loose. It's surprising they didn't just fall off.
Haven't gotten the engine to turn yet. Being cautious to not snap the bolt on the harmonic balancer. I was hoping to turn the engine before removing the distributor and avoid re-timing it. Guess that's not going to happen. Oh, well.
I did run into a bent push rod. Not where I expected it to be. Of course, there is the question of which came first, the engine locking or the push rod already being bent.
Well, get to bed and try for an earlier rise tomorrow. Right now the temperature is supposed to be warmer in the morning than last few days.
Guess it's just as well it's taking longer than expected. If I push too much to do it in a short time, I may cut corners. Taking longer, long as all works well, will let me go ahead and throw in some other parts. Like new spark plug cables. May need them.
Still, want to have it running by next weekend and definitely before the Twinkle Lights parade comes along. Want a more reliable vehicle to take daughter out looking at lights and go to holiday events this year.
Work sucked today. Kept running into people who were being highly aggressive for me to approve cases when they had no appropriate clinical information for the case to approve by any method. Hope tomorrow is better. I have a feeling it will be.
It's not a surprise this thing blew a gasket. Probably not the cylinder head but this car has been worked on before. By somebody's grandmother. Some bolts which should have been tight were amazingly loose. It's surprising they didn't just fall off.
Haven't gotten the engine to turn yet. Being cautious to not snap the bolt on the harmonic balancer. I was hoping to turn the engine before removing the distributor and avoid re-timing it. Guess that's not going to happen. Oh, well.
I did run into a bent push rod. Not where I expected it to be. Of course, there is the question of which came first, the engine locking or the push rod already being bent.
Well, get to bed and try for an earlier rise tomorrow. Right now the temperature is supposed to be warmer in the morning than last few days.
Guess it's just as well it's taking longer than expected. If I push too much to do it in a short time, I may cut corners. Taking longer, long as all works well, will let me go ahead and throw in some other parts. Like new spark plug cables. May need them.
Still, want to have it running by next weekend and definitely before the Twinkle Lights parade comes along. Want a more reliable vehicle to take daughter out looking at lights and go to holiday events this year.
Work sucked today. Kept running into people who were being highly aggressive for me to approve cases when they had no appropriate clinical information for the case to approve by any method. Hope tomorrow is better. I have a feeling it will be.
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