What's everybody doing?

Been a wilder than ever week around here, sorry not much in the way of updates.  Yesterday and Wed were 2 more days of getting out of here after bedtime but all is good...  

All but 2 of the transmissions that are still out there in the lot were finished on Tues. The last one was basically brand new inside.  It was an old automatic but the hubs got into the case and ruined where the seals go so it couldn't be fixed.  It sure had a lot of super nice like new parts in it though.   

All of the bad parts and all of the cases so far, and some bad engine blocks that were outside on pallets are all loaded up in the neighbors truck and gone too.  The engine with the threads gone in the exhaust was torn down as well because it was not repairable.  It's ashamed that was the case because that engine sounded and ran great.  When I started the tear down I could see the crank had been turned and it had been rebuilt not long ago. 

Now it's on to round 2, getting a ton of engines and transmissions out of the 4 car garage.  There are 10 pallets full of them out there.  They will be in here by next week.  At least progress is being made and that's always a good thing.  

 

Everything is on schedule and should be finished Monday.  These pics are from last night and lunch time today.  Once the truck was out of the garage things really sped up and a lot was done this afternoon.  I planned 3 long days for this and once it's done everything will be together and I'll be able to see anything with a glance.  Wood is stacked longer to shorter and every size is together now.  When I had to clean out the barn + tractors at dad's Spring of 2025 everything was just thrown everywhere.  All 10 pallets of motors and transmissions will be in the shop or somewhere easily accessible before too late on Monday also.

When someone shows up to help and cuts time down by 75% vs just me it's time to switch gears for a few days.  

 

Geno wrote:

Everything is on schedule and should be finished Monday.  These pics are from last night and lunch time today.  Once the truck was out of the garage things really sped up and a lot was done this afternoon.  I planned 3 long days for this and once it's done everything will be together and I'll be able to see anything with a glance.  Wood is stacked longer to shorter and every size is together now.  When I had to clean out the barn + tractors at dad's Spring of 2025 everything was just thrown everywhere.  All 10 pallets of motors and transmissions will be in the shop or somewhere easily accessible before too late on Monday also.

When someone shows up to help and cuts time down by 75% vs just me it's time to switch gears for a few days.  

Now thats what i call switching gears for sure and by the way i need that cab real bad ....


 

Hey Nappy.  That's the cab for my 520 and 2 stage setup.  I've been meaning to get it all put back together and cover it up so it's ready when needed in the Winter.  Maybe it will get done this year...  

We wrapped up all the moving that I had planned for now.  2 pallets of manuals and 1 pallet of autos are in the shop.  That's the end of all of the loose transmissions from everywhere minus 1 more auto outside.  We did some rearranging in the back right corner and put the washer fluid and some tires back there minus one of the NOS 2 stage blowers on the top shelf.  That was so the diesel furnace never has to be moved to grab something from back there. 

There are still things piled up on the right side of the Camaro but it is all on wheels and easy to move.  After the transmissions are done there's 7 more pallets of motors out there to go through next.  I may drag some Onan tractors in the lot inside next that I know have bad engines on them and part them out.  There's some empty space out there now and 2 pallets of tires from the shop are already out there in the back corner freeing up 2 more slots in the shop racks.  When it's all done it will really help a lot to put more stuff back in the new empty spaces.  

At the very bottom of the far right corner pallet rack I found an entire pallet of checked and tagged good and rebuilt engines I didn't know were back there.  That was nice.  I actually found a lot of stuff back there I didn't know was there.   

My neighbor will be starting on the transmissions tomorrow morning.