So things have been just crazy since my last post. I ordered a big cooler and he sent me the wrong one... I went to the welder and he wouldn't take $100 (long / funny story there!)... my a-arm bushings are bad... I lost some hardware for putting my sled back together... etc, etc. Those being some of the negatives - there have been positives as well! I took my crank to Sport Motors and they thought it looked okay... the guy who sent me the wrong cooler is sending me the correct one and paying for the shipping to return the wrong one... I may have found a panel design I want to go with for the final product... I may have sold my bad cylinders... etc, etc. See! I told you it was a friggin' roller coaster!
I've even been tempted to give up at times. I cannot wait for a finished product. The bank account is getting low. I am praying for a season with a lot of money spent on gas and minimal money spent on parts. I need this motor to get back together and be rock-solid. I yearn for a time in the near future where I am praying for snow, and not for parts to arrive or for a motor to run well. "Time will tell" is my motto at this point.
Here is a picture of me grinding out the rivets that hold in the dummy-plate for the 440 chassis. That area will soon be replaced with a full sized cooler which will, in my dreams, keep the 800 cooled down.
2 comments:
So did you have to pay full price to the welder? Keep it up Luke, the harder your work on your sled the more you'll enjoy riding it later on. You'll really have put your heart into it then!
Have fuN!
not yet... I literally brought $100 and that's it. I'll have to stop back up this week and get it!
and I agree - i'm going to love every minute of it!
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