[tcb] Re: Murray is home
- From: Eric Woodall <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:54:30 -0500
Right On Denis!
Good to hear it!
I guess you'll be coming to Fredericksberg then?
Denis wrote:
> First of all, I have the f%@!#g <mailto:f%@%21#g> E-brake cables and
> all the parts and the instructions sitting on the lift, so shut up
> about that!
>
> Murray is home. I drove him the 10 miles or so from Tark's. It was
> pretty amazing to drive him and feel how solid and functional he is 10
> months after smashing in to a tree.
>
> My driver's seat seemed wobbly, like a bolt had come loose but after I
> got him home I look under the seat and one of the welded and bolted
> brackets had just torn the metal off. More evidence that the impact
> was harder than I thought. Last night I fashioned a thick piece of
> steel and welded it in to repair the hole. As soon as I have a seat to
> sit on I will put him on the lift and put in the #@^*#! E-brake cables.
>
> Don't ever tell a talented mechanic to do something "from scratch"
> unless you mean it. Tark completely rebuilt the wiring under the dash.
> I found solder on the floor, he had shrink wrapped, wire tied, and
> soldered all the connections. He put in a switch that will direct the
> power from charging both batteries when it is on, to only drawing
> power from the big orange Gerald battery when it is off. He
> reinstalled all the stereo components, radio, amp, sub-woofer and put
> in a new switch in the dash as a master power switch. He threw away
> all my dash switches, but one. He even ran wires for a two dome
> lights. Murray never had dome lights.
>
> So, he is home and I am targeting for the Classic.
>
>
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