Sorry to hear about your mom Bob, and hope the ear clears up soon.
My prediction for my weekend was about right "...Fun fun fun… :mad: ...."
I got an early start on Friday getting the valve covers off the HEMI in the Plymouth to see what parts I needed. Fortunately (?) turned out to be “ just” a collapsed lifter. Lifters sets for this are up to $100 now. As I have another lifter that occasionally bleeds down I figured I might as well do them all now (luckily I had all the gaskets I need on the shelf).
Of course to get to the lifters I had to drain the coolant (valve cover bolts go into the water jacket), remove the master cylinder, remove the AC compressor, remove the firewall mounted heater plenum and blower, pull the intake and finally remove the valley cover. Then I got to fight getting the wrenches into the adjustable pushrods.
After getting that done Saturday morning it was into town to pick up a few parts. After I got home I realized if forgot to get parts cleaner and paint so turn around and back into town. When I got home I pulled the El Camino into the car port by the shop, shift it into park…….and the shift cable broke!!!!! Of course it does it now when the 2 bays in the shop are plugged up with vehicles that can’t move. It doesn’t really matter I guess, the new cable won’t be in until Tuesday or Wednesday anyway. Fortunately the collar on the steering column is connected (so the backup lights and sifter interlock both work) so I can still drive the truck and shift it by rotating the collar.
On the bright side Grandma and I got to babysit 2 of the 3 Grandkids last night and it’s hard for me to stay grumpy with them around.
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