Fun, fun, fun...NOT!

Probably my new least favorite thing to do in the shop is mounting tires. While we do most everything that needs doing on the cars some things SHOULD be “farmed” out! Case in point...tire mounting. But it’s my understanding that tire businesses won’t or don’t like mounting tires on wire wheels. So yesterday and today I changes the rubber on five wheels for Winston. We were shipped the wrong spokes we had ordered to replace two broken ones so we had the right ones “flown” in. I did get a work out with those tire irons and rubber hammer. I hope it’s a long time before I have to do that again.

The next job I got into was wiring the dash, which required a lot of laying down…ahhhhh now that’s what I’m talking about! By the end of the day most of the electrical was working again. The only things not tested were the charging system and the low gas warning light (part missing on the car and unavailable.) The windshield motor had to be taken apart and cleaned; the grease that was in it had become the consistency of clay and bound up the gears. It’s working again and ready to go back in.

Last thing left to do is change the fluids and put the tonneau cover on and Winston should be ready to stretch his legs for the first time in 25 years.

Tillie got a tune up but has to wait for an oil change because Winston is hogging up the one open bay. We are looking for that noise that the customer wanted fixed. Two of the radiator slats were loose at the top so the radiator shell had to come off and new rivets put in to anchor them. I think that may have been part of the noise problem, there was also a couple of loose bolts and the generator adjustment bolt was put on wrong by someone in another shop. In any event she should be ready to go home on Monday.
Ahhhh the weekend is here. I’m heading into the woods hiking with my new Sony Digital SLR to see what pictures are out there. I hope to have some nice pictures to post. Have a great weekend…Later