Garage Hangout

Mossy Motors, New Orleans.

Not sure why anyone would put this out for free, but I'm not complaining. I needed one anyway.

Very cool Rural!

Sounds good, UB. Stick with him, and it will all go well.

Quote from: Uncle Buck on Apr 09, 2026, 06:58 AMSon says he wants to tackle my old 72 C-10 this summer. It will take ALOT to get her road worthy but I am anxious to start. Short to do list below.
1)Hopefully just a blown head gasket left bank. Will replace both.
2) Brakes, everything
3) Front end, everything including new springs, ball joints.
3) Exhaust
4) Tires, all
5) All the rest underhood, hoses, belts, plugs, wires etc.
6) All fluids

If he sides me on everything it will be a good start hopefully leading to the lathe and machine shop stuff. He has a lot to learn.

That would be a cool project, keep us updated.

Son says he wants to tackle my old 72 C-10 this summer. It will take ALOT to get her road worthy but I am anxious to start. Short to do list below.
1)Hopefully just a blown head gasket left bank. Will replace both.
2) Brakes, everything
3) Front end, everything including new springs, ball joints.
3) Exhaust
4) Tires, all
5) All the rest underhood, hoses, belts, plugs, wires etc.
6) All fluids

If he sides me on everything it will be a good start hopefully leading to the lathe and machine shop stuff. He has a lot to learn.

Charming Creek Tramway, West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand was built to haul native timber and later coal. Their second loco, built around 1910 was a self-made construction with a transportable Ruston & Procter boiler (works No. 8698 from 1897) and only one cylinder was built on a wooden frame. The flywheel crankshaft turned the drive shaft via a sprocket and chain, and this turned the two-axis bogies via another sprocket and chain

Amusement for a Thursday, the arborist I've been talking to today has the surname Leef.

Quote from: OldCarGuy on Mar 22, 2026, 04:54 PMNo much progress on the tractor since my last posting. Other than removing grease, grime, and dried mud from years of normal use..




The Ingersoll tractor got sidelined to replace the windshield washer reservoir tank on my Smart Car. Some call it a SwatchMobile. Conceived by Swatch, while engineered by Mercedes. "Smart-Mercedes+Art" = Smart Car...

Since it's only 8 feet long. The task at hand designing is like putting ten pounds of potatoes in a five pound bag. Needless to say the whole front end of the car had to be removed to replace a simple reservoir.  Turning a 15 minute job into nightmare.




After putting the car back together...

HOLY MOLY! It takes a brave man to drive that! I am NOT a brave man I guess!

My son is 24YO. I have hopes that he will slow down and side me long enough to learn some things about mechanics. I am hopeful that will happen. So far he is talking a good show, time will tell.