Here's a picture of my garage workshop (the back bay of the tandem side of my 3-car garage):
That picture is a couple of years old. You can see the clutter on the counter, which is how it always begins.
Now the 928 is up on jack stands for a timing-belt job that turned into a list of WYAITs as long as my arm (steering rack bushings—motor mounts—oil-pan gasket—tie rods—etc. etc. etc.), and the overhead fluorescent lights at the front end of the garage have gone out.
One of these days I'm going to install a lift and rig a steel cable with a winch to make it easy to raise and lower the canoe and get everything off the counter and replace the Racedeck where it's damaged and fix the countertop where it split next to the sink.
It'd be nice to have good light to do all that.
But I can't replace the ballasts on the fluorescents because I can't put up a ladder because I can't move the 928 because I haven't put the steering rack back on because I haven't torqued the crossmember bolts.
Entropy is an implacable *****. She'll get you, if you give her half a chance, and before you know it your once pristine garage will look like a junk shed.
It's not that I'm complaining. I know what I have to do, and I have all of the necessary parts and tools. Next week I have a light work week. Maybe if I state publicly what it is that I need to do, that'll be the impetus for me to get out there and knock it off.
I thank you for listening.
That picture is a couple of years old. You can see the clutter on the counter, which is how it always begins.
Now the 928 is up on jack stands for a timing-belt job that turned into a list of WYAITs as long as my arm (steering rack bushings—motor mounts—oil-pan gasket—tie rods—etc. etc. etc.), and the overhead fluorescent lights at the front end of the garage have gone out.
One of these days I'm going to install a lift and rig a steel cable with a winch to make it easy to raise and lower the canoe and get everything off the counter and replace the Racedeck where it's damaged and fix the countertop where it split next to the sink.
It'd be nice to have good light to do all that.
But I can't replace the ballasts on the fluorescents because I can't put up a ladder because I can't move the 928 because I haven't put the steering rack back on because I haven't torqued the crossmember bolts.
Entropy is an implacable *****. She'll get you, if you give her half a chance, and before you know it your once pristine garage will look like a junk shed.
It's not that I'm complaining. I know what I have to do, and I have all of the necessary parts and tools. Next week I have a light work week. Maybe if I state publicly what it is that I need to do, that'll be the impetus for me to get out there and knock it off.
I thank you for listening.
