2008 at the Hammond Barn

[RHClarke]

Despite the forecast, the rain held off. It was a warm and muggy day so we decided not to sandblast all of Bob's newly naked CMP rims. Instead, Bob fired up Lettie and took her for a ride. That freed up space in the barn for my HUP.

The rear brake cylinders need rough adjustment, so I pulled the axles and removed the hubs (which came off effortlessly - a stark comparison to when I first took them off a few (?) years ago). The end screws to the cylinders needed to be turned out a considerably long way. Pulling the hubs made sense as trying to move the screws out by 1/128 of a turn with a bent screwdriver thru the adjusting vents would have taken all day. After a final adjustment, I buttoned up the hubs/axels and replaced the really nice 10.50 x16 tires (that some continue to believe don't fit CMPs). We bled the brake system and finally got some pressure.

Next step in the HUP process - the Great Mating! It will happen this fall come hell or high water!

In the meanwhile, we moved my 3/4 ton ambulance to the back 40 for the winter. Upon return to the barn, Bob's neighbour Marcel, stopped by for some quick repairs to the bucket of his little John Deere. Bob and Grant fired up the touches and straightened the bucket to just about new condition, much to the delight of Marcel.

With that fun out of the way, I headed home to Ottawa to ward off the herds of "Green Shifters" and orange socialist door knockers that plague this city.