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Month: September 2020

WTFery Garage

Had a productive weekend working on the truck project. Got the Cab off and the engine out. So down to bare frame and suspension. Next project will be the differential rebuild.

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Working on the truck this weekend, getting ready to pull the cab off. Got the doors off, seat out, gas tank out, and steering wheel out. Still have the brakes and dash to get removed. Got parts and tools ready to do a lot of work in the coming weeks.

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WTFery Garage said goodbye to the Mini Cooper this morning, probably at a stupid low price but with oil in the cooling system and small puffs of white smoke coming out of the exhaust, I would just be throwing money at it with potential for nothing but negative returns. So, the garage will spend time and resources on the 1969 Chevy truck instead since I enjoy working on old school vehicles more. Of course after rebuilding the transmission and cleaning up 47 year old gaskets it isnt going to be easy by any means.

I just need for nothing else to break at this point, since I just had to replace a water heater Friday at what was my parents house. Not sure where I will find the funds to replace all of the ruined flooring but one disaster at a time and right now I need the transportation more than the flooring. The dogs dont seem to care about the floor and I will be months getting all of the glue stripped up so, I think it will be ok on the back burner.

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Well I finally was able to finish the transmission this past weekend, Still have a long way to go on the truck it goes in before it is drive-able. Got to enjoy a month of driving the Mini Cooper however, as of this morning the engine is officially gone. It overheated on the way to the house and after adding coolant and making a short 2 mile trip the coolant looks like a bad milkshake of the oily variety. I just don’t see paying as much in shipping as I would for the engine and first up on ebay one with bent valves, who the, what the, seriously who buys an engine with bent valves. Oh well I am sure something will come along or not. In the meantime a picture of a freshly rebuilt TH350.