Cricket - 1983 GMC / Shorty
Yes - Diary for the bus - so far I had been using Facebook but my non-mechanic/hacker friends who see only the end result and can't just rejoice in the process are going to slowly loathe me more and more as problems are discovered, boggled and yelled at, knuckles are broken and progress is made. I can't help myself, I have to post this stuff somewhere.
I am calling the bus 'Cricket,' because it makes some -uncanny- cricket chirping noises when it is at highway speed. Coqui frogs come close but they are less familiar to me than crickets and I don't think I could tell the difference in a blind test ... I hope this is a fluke and doesn't represent some mechanical problem that is going to compel me to rename the bus later once it is isolated and fixed. Not building a sports-car here, I can listen to some chirping while I get from place to place. Plus it came equipped with a -really loud- stereo.
This is where it started - filled with someone elses campsite and no shortage of dust, mouse-nests and no doubt a 'healthy,' amount of hantavirus.
Overall on day-2 of work - after the demolition I'll probably have to relax for a while and either look for tools to borrow or wait for another payday ';) Just going to catch up really quick here...
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