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Old 18-02-08, 02:59
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Default Wasted efforts......

Nice Sunday at the barn....... but wasted a whole 7 hours of fiddling.

After measuring and remeasuring I finally got the guts to cut a new hole in the floor to mount the E brake for the winch. We even dug out an old CMP seat to make sure we had enough clearance...... man it's a tight fit.

So Grant gave me hand removing the floor...again.... and cutting and grinding and filing. Once the top handle bracket was installed I fitted the bell crank underneath the floor..... and voila a job well done........

We re-isntalled the floor for a fitting.....KRAP.... the vertical brake rod that goes through the floor is directly above the E brake rod to the back of the transfer case. We measured again and it will need to be redone..... top bracket can stay in place but the rectangular hole for the rod will need to move over by a 1/2 inch and the bell crank underneath removed ....bolt holes welded shut and grinded and re isntalled about 1 inch to the left.......

Guess what I will be doing next weekend...... on the plus side I am now good at welding bolt holes shut and grinding to hide the evidence.... and I can now install the floor in my sleep.....

Will get it right yet!!!!!

On a more productive note....... thanks for a nice time at Gracies Saturday night....... but now all the pretty girls think I'm 75..... wonder if you get a bigger bar discount after 75...???

While doing my greasy CMP stuff Joyce was up at the wee hours to practice with her new camera/lens that Santee Clause got her...... her is a sample of her owling pictures......

Bob
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Old 18-02-08, 05:10
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While doing my greasy CMP stuff Joyce was up at the wee hours to practice with her new camera/lens that Santee Clause got her...... her is a sample of her owling pictures......

Bob
Bob my wife Kathie collects anything to do with Owls and just happened to see the owl photo you posted. I was wondering if it was possible for you to email a high Res copy to me for her collection please? She is as passionate for her Owl collection as you are with your CMP's so you will understand her craving
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Old 18-02-08, 16:13
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Default Owling......

Bonjour Cliff

I will get Joyce to to contact Kathie direct...... so the birds of common feathers can chat...... send me a PM with your He-Male address.

Bob
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Old 28-02-08, 23:11
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Default Awfully Quiet on the Barn Front

Bob, Grant,

Anything happening at the barn lately? What were you up to last weekend? What is the plan for this weekend? I may have to do some time at home this weekend as I have been out of town. I hope to return late on Friday night (Air Canada willing...).

Fredericton is overcast and only -6oC - nearly tropical compared to Ottawa. I have not yet had a chance to track down Wild Bill, but will try to see him at work (I hope you are lurking Bill, just so you can "look" busy if and when I stop by).

Cheers from tepid Fredsville!
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Old 29-02-08, 03:21
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Default Last weekend...

We missed our chronicler (sp?), but not lunch break.
Bob carried on his long running fight with floor plates, linkages etc. for the various parking brakes, winch brakes shifters et al. I kept up the assault on small parts, headlight buckets, pedal assemblies etc, cleaning them (solvents first, then blasting, following up by paint. I also started work on the wood rimmed steering wheel that came with my truck. There was only 3/4 of the rim present so the wood was removed, the bends removed from the metal, a crack welded up, everything blasted and the remains carted home for painting. Now I have to figure out how to make a suitable new wood rim and fit it to the spokes. Some planning, thinking scheming and a bit of luck might make the first try useable, otherwise I'll have to say that it was a deliberate trial run and make sure the next one is better. I doubt that I'll be steaming and bending the rim, more likely finger jointing 8 segments together into an octagon followed by router and hand work to form a ring, then add finger grips and finally join the result to the hub and spokes. The originals were painted, so if I paint mine no-one will see that it was joined instead of bent.

I think it will be Saturday at the barn for Bob and me, hopefully for you too Rob.
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Old 29-02-08, 17:24
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Default Saturday....Barn Day

......yes Joyce is working on Saturday so I have a day pass.

Probably Sunday as well but not a full day......

Rob you lucky stiff you missed our -29 F***n Celsius degrees of last nite.

Spring will be here by Saturday and Sunday with rain on Monday.....

I now need to make new shifting rods///// either pre threaded or cut my one threads on blank rods.... will photograph and post for next week.

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Old 18-03-08, 02:15
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Default Snow Job

The past few weeks saw the Hammond Trio fighting the ravages of Mother Nature including her most evil of weapons - SNOW (hey! it's a four letter word...).

How much snow? So much that weekly shelter cleaning is a must.


Where are the global warmers when you really need them?

Bob tended to the yard clean up:


I tended to the roof of the old barn:


Access was easy:


Lunchtime interrupted the clearning operation. There was some "eye-popping" new talent serving slop at Chez Maries! Lunch went by way too fast, eh, Bob?

After lunch we worked on fixing the hole in my sliding hatch cover.




Some welding and clean up is required, but this is when my leave pass expired...
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