It rained most of the morning. I suspect most kids decided to stay home and dry, but Arlet, Michael, and Marcus showed up to work. We managed to drain the oil, remove the old air conditioning condenser and pump and all of the old heater hoses. We had to take breaks here and there because of the rain, but it wasn't too bad. Thanks to Marcus one of the work benches we have for the classroom is now enclosed to secure some of the power tools. It looks great too!
Everything is coming off so easily and quickly, we may have a chance to pull the engine sooner than I imagined. However, from countless times working on cars and other home projects, one bolt can create countless hours of toil. I don't expect it though, things were built for surprising ease to work on. Great engineering for the 1970s!
We brainstormed about a crew name in the hopes of doing new projects in the future. Who knows what we can do. We voted on "Los Rayos Engineering" which was by far the best of all the ideas we had.
Ironically, as I was set to go home, my van would not start! Turning over, but not catching. I suspect it is the fuel system as I just gave it a tune up, but it could be so many things! Can't wait to not have to deal with oil changes, filter changes, fuel pumps, exhaust leaks, radiator flushes, heater hoses breaking, and all of the other stuff the infernal internal combustion engine requires. Well, thank goodness for the school vans I was able to get home to get out of the rain. Hopefully I can figure out what is going down with it tomorrow, I would hate to have to tow it somewhere! $$$ Hopefully, I can spend more on this conversion than on keeping my other cars running! Until next post, El Rayo signing off...
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