Monthly Archives: August 2012

Battle scars and a post-mortem

So, some updates on Cranky… including details of my FIRST injury sustained during the work on Cranky! (Guess I gotta take down that “4 injury-free days” sign!  ) So, this actually happened YESTERDAY…. It looks MUCH better today than it did … Continue reading

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A Day In The Life of…. Cranky!

So, I got out to my dad’s warehouse today where Cranky has been in storage since, oh, last November, I think… Blew up his tires, went to roll him out – URK! No roll-y! DANG IT! Brake was off, shifter … Continue reading

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reergdafgdfsgsg Here’s a cool tractor pic

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Got the rings, made some progress on Wally!

Well, took a sorta-part-day-off, did some landscaping, and decided I was going to try to get moving on Wally. He’s been feeling so lonely, sitting by himself under his sunshade… since I was at a bit of a standstill, because … Continue reading

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Wally-Work over the past week or so!

Well, been a little busy, so I haven’t been keeping people as up-to-date as I should about where I am with Wally…. So here’s a LONG one for you… Over the past, oh, couple weeks, I’ve snuck out for an … Continue reading

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Delicious Cro-sonts (AKA man-food for breakfast!)

Well, Littletractorgal has been working hard on canning and pickling, and doing up huge posts for HER blog about what she does for canning… And I’m starting to feel a bit, um, left out here… So…. I thought, hey, why don’t I … Continue reading

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Teeny tiny bit of work tonight…

Got home from day job, changed into grubbies, then out to keep going with strapping Wally’s K181 together… Got the bearing plate in and snugged down… BUT…. Here’s a question! The manual says torque the bearing plate cap bolts according … Continue reading

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Pictures from the backup camera

Okay, just cuz you guys asked nicely… Here’s the few pix that turned out from my standby camera yesterday… When I finally found my old card reader… The camshaft, with the pin rides on, sitting in the side of the … Continue reading

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