Since my last posting here. a weekend has elapsed and I'm back at work once more, working from home of course. Unfortunately over the weekend I didn't sleep well. I tended to wake every hour on the hour almost Friday night/Saturday morning, and finally getting up around 7:30 am. It was good to get up then, as my wife, Emily, had a busy day scheduled for herself. Saturday was her final appointment with her long time hair dresser, whom resided in Rock Hill. She had to drive up there to go with her mom to get their hair done, and eyebrows done as well. Since Rock Hill is a little over an hour drive, she had to leave no later than 830 to be there by 930, so she could get her mom and go to the first appointment at 10:30. After all this she and her mom had lunch, and went shopping some before her returning home that evening.
During the day, while Emily was gone, I was able to nap some. That was able to get me to about 1 pm, which is when my buddy Jason came over and we went up to PSA. Palmetto was slammed with people, which isn't a surprise because it was a gun show weekend. Either way, we were able to pickup the lower receivers that we had ordered months ago. Unfortunately while at PSA, I started to not feel so good. I felt hot flashes, and some stomach issues as well. I truly hate having the hot flashes and add stomach issues on top of that it really sucked. As far as lowers go i'm very pleased with my SPACERIDER one. its SN is #21, and that to me is acceptable. The minute men lowers however i was not that happy with serial number wise. I bought 2 of them and had hoped that they would have serial numbers below 100. Unfortunately they are over 400, to be exact they are 401 and 403, which makes no sense, and even less when you know Jasons is 405. I never will understand how i get such a high SN on my lowers when i end up buying them within 15 minutes of them being released. On average i'd be happy if my SN was within the first 100 produced.
Now once we had our lowers in hand we headed back to my home. I stopped at Bojangles for some french fries, cause i thought that maybe my stomach issue was due to needing to eat something with more substance than just a pack of M&M's and a minute maid lemonade drink. And about that time we got back to the house and relaxed a good bit it was close to 5 pm.. Jason had called his girlfriend right before we got home and she showed up around 530 to pick him up. Em got home sometime around 6-630 if i'm not mistaken, and we had supper. After supper we went over to Alex's shop, to check out his progress with the purple car.
Alex had made a lot of headway on the car. He re-wired the battery to be up front in the car, instead of being in back, and then re-wired the starter, alternator and battery. As you can tell by the video, it makes starting the car much easier. This is excellent because it was so difficult to always crank, if at all. Now as he continues to work on the car and continues to troubleshoot its problems we are getting into more wiring behind the dashboard and issues there. He's already found a switch that looked like something melted through it, that he has to replace. see below photo:
One thing that self corrected as soon as he wired the front battery and grounded it correctly was the gas gauge. By doing the battery up front, it gave a proper 12 volts to everything in the car, thus causing the dashboard lights and gauges to read properly. Thats right, from here on out the gas gauge read right without having to drop the tank. thank goodness for that. I do have to do the third-gen resistor soldier on the factory tachometer board. It's an easy enough thing to do, and i may already have one done, i just have to find it, as i had done a few back when i had my Convertible 91 Z28. I can only imagine what other wiring nightmares he will uncover behind the dashboard as there had been known issues with wiring regarding the heater / blower motor and radio and other things.
Alex has also been working on changing the fluids in the car, first the radiator fluid. He found a bunch of gunk in the heater core, and the hoses, so as he has cleaned it out and cycled the cleaner out of it he also has plans to change the oil, the transmission fluid, and the rear end fluid. After that he will also tune the car, tune the carb, adjust timing, and adjust the valves. He has so much to do, but yet works so quickly I've been amazed at how fast he works and how thorough he is in his work. I took Alex a little money for parts and a old battery i had here at the house over to the shop with Emily's help Saturday night. The car sounded even better in person, and i was impressed with the quality of work i saw being done. Thanks be to Alex. I cant thank him enough.
Sunday rolled around, after yet another sleepless night. Emily and I had a busy day planned because of the lack of productivity around the house on Saturday. First stop was Khols. Emily wanted to go by there to see if there were any deals on comforters for our spare bedrooms, as the one set of sheets and comforters we had for those rooms were getting pretty worn down. After Khols, we had to go to CostCo, for our normal once a month shopping trip for household supplies and food.
While at CostCo, we ran into Lindsie, my boss at work. I was so glad to see him, we spoke for a good 20-30 minutes there catching up on things, and I was very happy to have had this time with him. It was really great seeing him. I really miss spending time with my co-workers and work family. Even though I work remotely, it is not the same as working in the office. I just wish my back would hold up to being at work physically better than it does at this point.
After CostCo we went to Publix, and finished our grocery shopping. We went home from publix cooked up some left overs, and had lunch. I had two pieces of leftover home run inn pizza that was pretty good, then i napped the rest of the afternoon. Emily was able to spend most of the afternoon after her nap doing laundry, and then also cooking her family recipe Baked Muscacholi. It was an excellent supper, with which we had garlic bread. YUM!
That pretty much brings us up to Monday morning. Work commences almost immediately when i get up and get plugged in, so by 730 am this morning i was up and running. I verified i had all the information i needed, all the work orders were clear, and I caught up on emails until the first work orders came in. This continued throughout the day until about 230-3pm when my friend Judson came by. He dropped in after being at PSA to pick up his lowers. He was able to hang out until around 330 before he had to go pick up his daughter from dance. I was glad for his visit, i enjoy his conversation, and his opinion on so many things. I almost feel like we've not talked much lately and when i do get to see him, its too short of a period of time. Even for today it wasn't long enough. I worked all day long, from home, and finished up the day just now at 5pm.
I dont really feel that great, in fact i just had a dizzy spell, and some more heat flashes. I wish there were something i could do about those but so far i know nothing i can do about them. I will watch some of the news tonight i'm sure, and be disgusted about the liberal narrative regarding these horrific shootings that have happened over the weekend. I dont know what i'll do for supper, as i'm not that hungry right now, due to the late lunch. Anyways, i'll post more soon, thanks for reading, and for your support.
Steve's Go-Fund-Me
During the day, while Emily was gone, I was able to nap some. That was able to get me to about 1 pm, which is when my buddy Jason came over and we went up to PSA. Palmetto was slammed with people, which isn't a surprise because it was a gun show weekend. Either way, we were able to pickup the lower receivers that we had ordered months ago. Unfortunately while at PSA, I started to not feel so good. I felt hot flashes, and some stomach issues as well. I truly hate having the hot flashes and add stomach issues on top of that it really sucked. As far as lowers go i'm very pleased with my SPACERIDER one. its SN is #21, and that to me is acceptable. The minute men lowers however i was not that happy with serial number wise. I bought 2 of them and had hoped that they would have serial numbers below 100. Unfortunately they are over 400, to be exact they are 401 and 403, which makes no sense, and even less when you know Jasons is 405. I never will understand how i get such a high SN on my lowers when i end up buying them within 15 minutes of them being released. On average i'd be happy if my SN was within the first 100 produced.
Now once we had our lowers in hand we headed back to my home. I stopped at Bojangles for some french fries, cause i thought that maybe my stomach issue was due to needing to eat something with more substance than just a pack of M&M's and a minute maid lemonade drink. And about that time we got back to the house and relaxed a good bit it was close to 5 pm.. Jason had called his girlfriend right before we got home and she showed up around 530 to pick him up. Em got home sometime around 6-630 if i'm not mistaken, and we had supper. After supper we went over to Alex's shop, to check out his progress with the purple car.
One thing that self corrected as soon as he wired the front battery and grounded it correctly was the gas gauge. By doing the battery up front, it gave a proper 12 volts to everything in the car, thus causing the dashboard lights and gauges to read properly. Thats right, from here on out the gas gauge read right without having to drop the tank. thank goodness for that. I do have to do the third-gen resistor soldier on the factory tachometer board. It's an easy enough thing to do, and i may already have one done, i just have to find it, as i had done a few back when i had my Convertible 91 Z28. I can only imagine what other wiring nightmares he will uncover behind the dashboard as there had been known issues with wiring regarding the heater / blower motor and radio and other things.
Alex has also been working on changing the fluids in the car, first the radiator fluid. He found a bunch of gunk in the heater core, and the hoses, so as he has cleaned it out and cycled the cleaner out of it he also has plans to change the oil, the transmission fluid, and the rear end fluid. After that he will also tune the car, tune the carb, adjust timing, and adjust the valves. He has so much to do, but yet works so quickly I've been amazed at how fast he works and how thorough he is in his work. I took Alex a little money for parts and a old battery i had here at the house over to the shop with Emily's help Saturday night. The car sounded even better in person, and i was impressed with the quality of work i saw being done. Thanks be to Alex. I cant thank him enough.
Sunday rolled around, after yet another sleepless night. Emily and I had a busy day planned because of the lack of productivity around the house on Saturday. First stop was Khols. Emily wanted to go by there to see if there were any deals on comforters for our spare bedrooms, as the one set of sheets and comforters we had for those rooms were getting pretty worn down. After Khols, we had to go to CostCo, for our normal once a month shopping trip for household supplies and food.
While at CostCo, we ran into Lindsie, my boss at work. I was so glad to see him, we spoke for a good 20-30 minutes there catching up on things, and I was very happy to have had this time with him. It was really great seeing him. I really miss spending time with my co-workers and work family. Even though I work remotely, it is not the same as working in the office. I just wish my back would hold up to being at work physically better than it does at this point.
After CostCo we went to Publix, and finished our grocery shopping. We went home from publix cooked up some left overs, and had lunch. I had two pieces of leftover home run inn pizza that was pretty good, then i napped the rest of the afternoon. Emily was able to spend most of the afternoon after her nap doing laundry, and then also cooking her family recipe Baked Muscacholi. It was an excellent supper, with which we had garlic bread. YUM!
That pretty much brings us up to Monday morning. Work commences almost immediately when i get up and get plugged in, so by 730 am this morning i was up and running. I verified i had all the information i needed, all the work orders were clear, and I caught up on emails until the first work orders came in. This continued throughout the day until about 230-3pm when my friend Judson came by. He dropped in after being at PSA to pick up his lowers. He was able to hang out until around 330 before he had to go pick up his daughter from dance. I was glad for his visit, i enjoy his conversation, and his opinion on so many things. I almost feel like we've not talked much lately and when i do get to see him, its too short of a period of time. Even for today it wasn't long enough. I worked all day long, from home, and finished up the day just now at 5pm.
I dont really feel that great, in fact i just had a dizzy spell, and some more heat flashes. I wish there were something i could do about those but so far i know nothing i can do about them. I will watch some of the news tonight i'm sure, and be disgusted about the liberal narrative regarding these horrific shootings that have happened over the weekend. I dont know what i'll do for supper, as i'm not that hungry right now, due to the late lunch. Anyways, i'll post more soon, thanks for reading, and for your support.
Steve's Go-Fund-Me
Sounds like a busy weekend. So much going on. Good news on the purple car. Can’t wait to see it back in your driveway. Better yet seeing you driving your purple beauty.
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