I’m having a horrible day.  Sucky suckiness with suck on top.
I have an August 1st deadline to have the truck moving under it’s own power.  That means I have today and tomorrow to hook it up.
I started the day with 5 things to do to get it going.  None of these things should take more [...]

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Indeed, that is the old F100 firing up. I ended up cheating and turning it back into a carbureated engine rather than fuel-injected. But I had to do what I had to do. There is still a bunch of work that it needs, I am steadily progressing towards full [...]

I madethe F100 make noise for the first time in well over a year today. It is getting gas and it has spark but it hasn’t actually started up yet. The noise it was making was actually the cranking noise, but that is still better than the paperweight noise it had been making.
So [...]

I am, in my heart of hearts, a TWAC.
It’s not something I’m proud of. After a lifetime of being a TWAC, it is somewhat ingrained.
I’m trying to change.
For instance, the truck rebuild is going on way too long. I compare where I am with the amount of time this project has been going [...]

I mounted the new fuel pump today and it turned out to be about 1000 times easier than I expected it to be. If I hadn’t gotten sidetracked by projects for others, I might very well have cranked the thing up tomorrow.
I still think I can get it going in the next couple of [...]

I now have the engine and transmission fully installed in the truck. What I mean by fully is that originally the transmission crossmember (to which the transmission mount attaches) wouldn’t go back into place. It sat about 2 inches behind the holes in the frame for it. Using the engine hoist, a [...]

The 7/30/05 episode of The Chair and Automan is out. Download the MP3 directly here. Or better yet, get a podcatching client and subscribe to this podcast here. My Odeo Channel is here.
In this episode:
I talk about Emily’s birthday, I call out all of the people with audio capabilities that have not yet done [...]

I spent the entire day working on the F100 with my Father-in-law. We did tons of work and got almost nowhere because we spent much time doing and then undoing and then redoing.
I did, however, learn enormous amounts and made some very valuable contacts.
First, I learned that I’m not the first guy to try [...]

F100 Reassembled

Originally uploaded by jaslusher.

Holy Cow! I found a truck in my driveway! She is finally getting reassembled. I’m still a fair bit of work away from cranking her up (the fuel tank is still not installed), but at least I’m getting to [...]

Fuel Injected Engine

Originally uploaded by jaslusher.

Here is part of the reason I am so tired. This is huge for me to have this engine in the truck. There is still quite a bit to do, maybe 20 to 30 hours left of work, [...]