Still Here...

...but progress is negligible again.


I had to lay vinyl floor tiles and finish shelving in my wife’s art studio, so nothing much happened on the car in the past week or so. One evening storm with cat-1 hurricane winds and heavy rain didn’t help my disposition either! No serious damage, but lots of cleanup.


 I spent most of the weekend getting some of my wife's art supplies moved in and put away. I did sneak away for a couple of hours on Saturday  to order more e-brake parts, heavier metal stock for shock absorber extenders, plus a few odds and ends parts from on-line suppliers.


 Everything I ordered is scheduled to arrive by the end of the week, so hopefully I’ll get back to the car by next weekend…unless the puppy takes up all my time. Some friends left their two Pomeranians with us to dog-sit for two weeks while they take a business trip to Australia, and the ten-weeks-old puppy has chosen me as his interim guardian. Unless he is in my lap or underfoot, he cries constantly, so he may demand more of my time than the Plymouth!


I’ve been studying my accessory drive belt configuration, and I’m tempted to modify it for increased reliability. I picked up a heavy cast iron alternator bracket and I’d like to use it as the base to reconfigure the layout…or maybe not. It depends on how much the existing configuration keeps nagging at me whenever I stop to look! The constant desire to improve something already finished is one of my major failings, and often it is not needed. The car is not intended to be driven hard, so it should be fine as-is, but I know I can do better!


I also dug through my driveshaft collection and found one that looks like it can be modified rather easily. It only needs to be shortened about two inches, so I’ll drag it out and clean it up so I can take it to the driveline specialists the next time I’m headed that direction.