Andy: your rubber gaskets take me back to my youth that is for certain. if we didn't keep a tube to use to float down the river that went around my uncle's farm we kept them for gasket and bike tire repairs.
nice work on the Purple car and sounds like you are not stopping. maybe you should fly Vieux to your farm from Russia to help you with the wiring while showing him how you melt some metal?
it seems like SATURDAY here and the sun is shining so I guess i'll move some of my STUFF. we just tell everyone it rains all the time up here cause we already have too many people up here in PARADISE.
enjoy your day!!
I seem to generate lots of tractor tubes for other uses. I think I have three right now.
Not sure why I would stop?
It would be great to have Vladimir come to visit. I imagine I can trace wires, though
I've been to Seattle when the sun was shining. But not too many times, it was usually dreary. We would fly in and drive up to the refineries in the Bellingham area. I had a good friend who moved there and we stayed in touch. He said all the gloomy weather depressed him. But not as bad as winters in Alaska, you have to be real tough to stay happy through the short days up there. He was working on Alaskan projects. He had a great house on Lake Whatcom.
Car is looking good!
Good luck with the internal wiring. Maybe fit the lazyboy instead of a cot. Pull up the coke machine and the tool cart and get comfy for a few hours.
Thank you!
Lazy Boy would be good. I worked without a cushion today, that has to change for tomorrow.
The broom I use daily in the barn gave up the ghost this morning. Dad said it was a cheap POS anyway and he'd pick up a new one. I told him I'd see if I couldn't get my hands on a genuine Andy Martin broom as that kind of handmade quality should outlast him
What'd'ya think the chances of getting my hands on one of your masterpiece brooms are ?? I know you're making great progress on the purple car but it might be time for a break. After all, you'd hate to burn yourself out. Time for a coke and a broom making session I think
I think the chance of you getting a broom is pretty good! You did help me a lot!
I have a love/hate relationship with wiring - it's quite satisfying (almost therapeutic) when you have a defined plan of attack.
But, it's also quite daunting when you look at the typical rat's nest.
I've got a couple of those rat's nests to deal with...
When my '65 Impala was converted to RHD, they just cut every wire from the instrument cluster and lengthened them - all with the same color wire!
The more pressing matter though is my (daily driver) '77 F100, which has had numerous things added to it over the years.
Every accessory seemed to get its own inline fuse - which would be fine, except that you have to take the dash out to access some of those fuses! [emoji15]
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Hmmm, doesn't look bad in a picture.
Only about a third of the wires show up.
I have a similar situation in the Chevelle, though not as bad.
Andy: I know you'll have something to say about flying in an expert when you are probably very capable of wiring up the old Purple car or anything for that matter. I just thought since you are such a good member to entertain European members on your farm that maybe Vieux might like a little warmer week or two this winter to stop by.
i'm with others that i'd much rather wire new than deal with another persons or companie's mess.
best of luck with that!!
how's the farm animals doing now that you are feeding them hay daily instead of them hanging out on the pasture? dogs getting along and taking turns teasing the cows?
I love to have GJ members come to visit.
I really don't like working under the dash of a car. I took the passenger seat out and do have plenty of room to work, it's not too bad.
The cattle are getting cubes not hay. The cubes are compressed ground feed and minerals with controlled levels of nutrients. I feed 39% protein, normal around here is 20%. The high protein makes them hungry for roughage so they make better use of dead standing grass but we still have green grass. I start them on the cubes early because it helps them put on some fat for winter. They'll get hay when the grass runs out, usually around mid December but we have so much grass now it may be early January before they need hay. We'll just see. I don't want them hungry but they do have to work for their nutrition.
The dogs are learning to get along!
We've had a good acorn fall. Good food supply for the deer, squirrels, rabbits, and rats.
Those were under this lone tree on the way to the barn.
I drove the purple car to Mannford to buy drugs.
It's fun.
Then took the passenger seat out and went to work. I found several wires not connected on either end, and a few not connected on one end. I did determine that the all the gauges were using the speedometer ground at the speedometer. So I added a ground and the gauges are working well.
But the radio quit working so something I did removed power to the radio. Also saw that the ignition supply was being used to supply power to several consumers including the volt meter. I think I need to supply power separately to the distributor and the other services.
Spent a little time on the A/C and the compressor will turn so the coil and clutch are working. There are three dash switches in the system and they all seem to be pretty marginal with loose terminals, etc. It may be wise to buy new switches. I don't think the job will be as bad as I thought.
Another Saturday tomorrow!
The blue jumper and blue wire from the right switch goes to the thermostat and clutch, it's the wire I can't get power to. I'm pulling the wires off and prying the switches open to see if I need to send them to Vladimir.
