It's been a long morning! I went to his shop and he wasn't there so I hit a Wawa for a coffee and he showed up right when I got back. I started by washing some of the parts and while I was doing that 2 of his friends showed up and dove right in! I look up and one guy is honing the block another is cleaning ring lands and someone else is on his phone hunting up parts for FREE! Apparently he told them my work situation and what I'm trying to do and as it turns out the guy on the phone was in one of my bosses wedding parties and isn't friends with him anymore. I'm kind of emotional that people came together that I've never met before to help me like that I feel indebted but I'm good for it. They're all car guys and I'm the only body man in the bunch. So as it stands the cylinders all look good not perfect but good enough there was some very light pitting low in a couple of the boers that's still there but cast rings seat! The heads go to a machine shop Wednesday and Eric had the correct valve springs in stock. There's a guy I never met before putting together a complete serpentine belt setup with air conditioning for me somewhere tonight and another guy thinks he may have all nos tins for it I can have. some of the rings didn't want to come out of the Pistons because they were carbon stuck we were worried they were stuck from detonation and that the lands would be ruined. I got lucky and all 8 pistons and rods from that block are going back in it
If you look at the bottom of #8 that's the worst spot where it's discolored but you can't feel it.
As one of the guys said today F roadkill this should be documented as how to make 500hp out of a pile of absolute garbage that should have gone in a dumpster lol I left there and collected some money owed to me from that deal with the heads and bumper. And that's when I got a text from my boss to fuel my fire even more. I'm the lead body slave and only one other guy has seniority over me and because my boss can't order parts correctly I'm home tomorrow with no pay! Guess who is going to go shop to shop tomorrow morning.. that brings me to another order of business in this thread. All the guys I met today need work done by me and even some blasting. Well they had a meeting with the landlord (my old friend) and I and apparently after the motor goes in my truck the blasting rig is going there to be made fully operational and possibly get painted. They've already designated a spot on the property for me to do my blasting work. So as far as the business things are looking up the wife is making something that smells good and I'm hot and tired so I'll catch you guys later!
If you look at the bottom of #8 that's the worst spot where it's discolored but you can't feel it.
As one of the guys said today F roadkill this should be documented as how to make 500hp out of a pile of absolute garbage that should have gone in a dumpster lol I left there and collected some money owed to me from that deal with the heads and bumper. And that's when I got a text from my boss to fuel my fire even more. I'm the lead body slave and only one other guy has seniority over me and because my boss can't order parts correctly I'm home tomorrow with no pay! Guess who is going to go shop to shop tomorrow morning.. that brings me to another order of business in this thread. All the guys I met today need work done by me and even some blasting. Well they had a meeting with the landlord (my old friend) and I and apparently after the motor goes in my truck the blasting rig is going there to be made fully operational and possibly get painted. They've already designated a spot on the property for me to do my blasting work. So as far as the business things are looking up the wife is making something that smells good and I'm hot and tired so I'll catch you guys later!
