This past
winter arrived late then overstayed its welcome. Old Biddy sat in “The Shed”
waiting for me to do something with her, but I could not get out to her. While
waiting for warmer weather, some interesting things happened.
I sold both
of my tractors and continued to sell stuff on the auction site which gave me a
little spending cash. I watched the US dollar to British pound exchange
rate. When the value got below $1.25 per
pound sterling, I bought a set of roller foot joint kits from England. I saved
about $35 from the last set of these I bought four years ago!!
And, I
sent back the incorrect hydrolastic displacer unit rubber boot covers to Seven
Enterprises (who had great customer service) for a full refund, which then went
to purchasing these…the correct ones from Earlpart in the England. The set from Seven Enterprises is for a Mini hydragas suspension unit even though they have them listed as the same part number 21G1496...BIG difference!!
When the
weather finally warmed up, the front subframe was brought outside and painted.
I am pretty happy with the results!
But I am
not sure if I will rebuild it or leave it as is. If so, I need a short list of parts that I cannot justify buying right now.
I also
took some of the tractor money and decided to bring the remaining seats ( both fronts and the rear bottom) to get reupholstered.
I brought them to Noreen, the same person who did the back of the rear seat in
August 2012…five years ago. I will be getting them back in ten days because she
has to special order the material. I am fine with that as Old Biddy will not be
going anywhere in the next week anyway.
Progress…finally!!
Thanks for visiting.
Toddy
